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Post #232523 2.76K Sep 19, 2026, 22:25 UTC

Disney+ changes subscriber agreement to allow ads on every plan
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Dexerto Disney+ “ad-free” plans can still show ads before and after playback - Dexerto Disney+ has updated its subscriber agreement to allow advertising before and after movies and shows across every subscription tier.

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Post #232522 2.42K Sep 19, 2026, 22:12 UTC

How Hacker News ranking works: scoring, controversy, and penalties (2013)
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Righto How Hacker News ranking really works: scoring, controversy, and penalties The basic formula for Hacker News ranking has been known for years , but questions remained. Does the published code give the real algorithm...

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Post #232521 2.41K Sep 19, 2026, 22:01 UTC

English: A vs. An
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Post #232520 2.46K Sep 19, 2026, 21:58 UTC

Mayday Mysteries
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www.maydaymystery.org May Day Mystery:Historical Madness A weird historical mystery/logic puzzle based in Tucson Arizona. Very complex. Very frustrating.

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Post #232519 2.57K Sep 19, 2026, 21:34 UTC

Microsoft director: AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'
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Tom's Hardware Microsoft director called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ while OpenAI head brands ChatGPT an ‘existential… The NYT argues that OpenAI and Microsoft infringed upon its copyright over thousands of news articles.

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Post #232518 2.54K Sep 19, 2026, 21:22 UTC

I captured 72 hours of idle Android packets behind pfSense
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PraveenTechWorld 2026 DeGoogle Mobile Telemetry Study: 72-Hour Packet Benchmark Empirical 72-hour network telemetry dataset measuring 348 background outbound requests/hour across stock Google Android vs hardened GrapheneOS.

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Post #232517 2.44K Sep 19, 2026, 20:27 UTC

Measure internet censorship. Contribute to the largest open dataset
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ooni.org Install OONI Probe Measure internet censorship. Contribute to the world's largest open dataset on internet censorship. Install OONI Probe on Desktop and Mobile platforms

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Post #232516 2.44K Sep 19, 2026, 20:15 UTC

DraftKings Uses A.I. To Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
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Nytimes How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.

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Post #232515 2.43K Sep 19, 2026, 20:08 UTC

ZK-JPEG: Zero-Knowledge Image Editing and Compression
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IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive ZK-JPEG: Zero-knowledge Image Editing and Compression Tools for generating deep fake photographs are proliferating with greater ease of use and prominence in pop culture. Image authentication tools can defeat these deceitful developments by verifying that a digital image was actually produced by a physical camera.…

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Post #232514 2.41K Sep 19, 2026, 20:03 UTC

Brood War Bench
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Agent StarCraft Brood War Bench Which model wins at Brood War? Results, recordings, costs, and game-by-game analysis of Codex, Claude, and Grok across 171 matches.

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Post #232513 2.34K Sep 19, 2026, 18:47 UTC

Show HN: CUA-S1 – A System One Model for Computer Use
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GitHub GitHub - trycua/cua: Scale computer-use 2.0 with open-source drivers, cross-OS fleets, and benchmarks for training, evaluation… Scale computer-use 2.0 with open-source drivers, cross-OS fleets, and benchmarks for training, evaluation, and data generation. - trycua/cua

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Post #232512 2.46K Sep 19, 2026, 18:39 UTC

Btrfs/ZFS/bcachefs under workloads classic benchmarks skip
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Post #232511 2.4K Sep 19, 2026, 18:39 UTC

Almost Never Use AI to Write Anything Substantive
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Substack Why You Should Almost Never Use AI to Write Anything Substantive A plea.

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Post #232510 2.48K Sep 19, 2026, 18:27 UTC

People who know the most often sound the least certain
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Substack The people who know the most often sound the least certain AI needs better storytellers. It does not need its researchers trained to sound like politicians.

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Post #232509 2.41K Sep 19, 2026, 18:15 UTC

Learning Another Language May Be One of the Best Ways to Keep Your Brain Healthy
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The Conversation Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy as you age Learning another language is not a miracle cure for aging, and it cannot guarantee protection against Alzheimer’s disease. But it does have various other benefits.

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Post #232508 2.45K Sep 19, 2026, 16:35 UTC

Agreement between the USA and Denmark (1951,2004) [pdf]
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Post #232507 2.59K Sep 19, 2026, 16:33 UTC

Leaving DigitalOcean, one site at a time
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keith.is Leaving DigitalOcean, one site at a time - keith.is DigitalOcean is giving $3 million to the foundation behind DHH's Omarchy. I'd already moved my sites off it that weekend, so here's how the move went.

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Post #232506 2.56K Sep 19, 2026, 16:32 UTC

Jobs Without LeetCode
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noleet.lol Jobs with no leetcode interviews: noleet.lol Jobs at companies that hire with take-home projects, pairing and real problems instead of leetcode puzzles.

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Post #232505 2.71K Sep 19, 2026, 14:25 UTC

A graphical desktop for the ZX Spectrum
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GitHub GitHub - mindbox77/zxdesk: A GUI operating system for the 48K ZX Spectrum, in Z80 assembly A GUI operating system for the 48K ZX Spectrum, in Z80 assembly - mindbox77/zxdesk

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Post #232504 2.67K Sep 19, 2026, 14:12 UTC

Tin: full-text search for Postgres
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Planetscale Introducing TIN: full-text search for Postgres — PlanetScale TIN is a fast, full-featured, full-text search index for Postgres

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