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Post #232563 2.26K Sep 20, 2026, 18:01 UTC

A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W
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Literary Hub A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W “The letter W is a child of the fall of Rome. In the fifth century CE, the western half of the Roman Empire disintegrated into a patchwork of new kingdoms and new rulers. The reasons behind this co…

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Post #232562 2.25K Sep 20, 2026, 18:00 UTC

I turned Jev into a (lousy) chatbot
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GitHub GitHub - kyle-pena-nlp/jevchat: Turns Jev into a chatbot Turns Jev into a chatbot. Contribute to kyle-pena-nlp/jevchat development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Post #232561 2.33K Sep 20, 2026, 17:24 UTC

The senior engineer death spiral
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Solving the decision problem the senior engineer death spiral on proving yourself, burning out, and being a good teammate

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Post #232560 3.38K Sep 20, 2026, 16:56 UTC

ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
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Buchodi's Threat Intel ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ordinary websites you visit. Any company that buys ads on…

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Post #232559 2.37K Sep 20, 2026, 16:53 UTC

Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative
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Radius Meetup Alternative for Groups, Events and Activities | Radius Radius is a modern Meetup alternative for local groups, events and activities. Find people with shared interests, join what they are doing nearby, or start your own community.

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Post #232558 2.27K Sep 20, 2026, 16:50 UTC

Jev Collection
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academy.dair.ai Built with Jev | DAIR.AI Academy | DAIR.AI Academy Explore community demos, experiments, and ideas.

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Post #232557 2.36K Sep 20, 2026, 16:44 UTC

Laya (OS Jev) on Mac M4 CoreML Offline (45 decisions per second)
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Gist Laya on Mac m4 CoreML Offline https://github.com/mizorewww/laya-coreml Laya on Mac m4 CoreML Offline https://github.com/mizorewww/laya-coreml - laya.sh

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Post #232556 2.36K Sep 20, 2026, 16:43 UTC

Prompts Aren't Real
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evaluation.club Prompts aren’t Real Dispatches from Agentic Product

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Post #232555 2.36K Sep 20, 2026, 16:28 UTC

One-Electron Universe
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Wikipedia One-electron universe Physics postulate describing all electrons/positrons as one time-independent entity

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Post #232554 2.48K Sep 20, 2026, 16:03 UTC

Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion
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Pirate Face Pirate Face - The permanence layer for sovereign AI Open models as checksum-verified magnet links. Censorship-resistant, kept alive by seeders.

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Post #232553 2.38K Sep 20, 2026, 15:46 UTC

Singapore Is Paying People to Put Down Their Phones and Read Books
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Gadget Review Singapore Is Paying People to Put Down Their Phones and Read Books Singapore's ReadSG program pays citizens virtual coins for logging daily reading time, aiming to curb phone use through small financial nudges.

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Post #232552 2.39K Sep 20, 2026, 15:20 UTC

If You Knew God Exists, Wouldn't You Become a Priest?
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Joe M. If You Knew God Exists, Wouldn't You Become a Priest? Developer and Author from Austin, TX.

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Post #232551 2.43K Sep 20, 2026, 15:20 UTC

Sherline Tools Is Going Out of Business
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Post #232550 2.64K Sep 20, 2026, 14:54 UTC

system design in depth – 200 topics, 118 diagrams, interactive demos
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system-design-in-depth.pages.dev System Design In Depth Deep system design curriculum — 18 modules, 200 units, 118 architecture diagrams, from-scratch algorithm builds, and curated video walkthroughs for senior engineers.

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Post #232549 2.59K Sep 20, 2026, 14:17 UTC

Do birds have accents? the regional differences in birdsong
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The Conversation Do birds have accents? The fascinating regional differences in birdsong Birds have dialects too.

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Post #232548 2.44K Sep 20, 2026, 13:45 UTC

Teen Social Media Bans Miss the Point
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The MIT Press Reader Teen Social Media Bans Miss the Point Instead of treating platforms as monoliths, adults and policymakers should listen to the young people who know them best.

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Post #232547 2.38K Sep 20, 2026, 13:38 UTC

Qwen-Image-2.1: Compact, efficient, and unified image creation
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qwen.ai Qwen offers comprehensive functionality spanning chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, tool utilization, and artifacts.

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Post #232546 2.4K Sep 20, 2026, 13:38 UTC

PearOS
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pearOS Linux you'll want to look at. A Mac-inspired desktop, built on Arch, Debian, and BSD.

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Post #232545 2.43K Sep 20, 2026, 13:01 UTC

Chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic's con
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Out of the Software Crisis The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep… The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour

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Post #232544 2.33K Sep 20, 2026, 12:53 UTC

The Millennium Problems for Biology
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millenniumproblems.bio The Millennium Problems for Biology A working catalogue of twelve open problems in biology — each a concrete, testable target for the field.

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