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Saving Voyager 1 [video]
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Saving Voyager 1! - Bruce Waggoner at !!Con 2024
Saving Voyager 1!
Both of the 47 year old Voyager spacecraft are currently in interstellar space and returning their most important data set; in-situ measurements of the magnetic field, plasma and dust beyond the Heliopause. In late 2023, Voyager 1 lost…
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Mirror Bacteria Research Poses Significant Risks, Scientists Warn
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The Scientist
Mirror Bacteria Research Poses Significant Risks, Dozens of Scientists Warn
Synthetic biologists make artificial cells, but one particular kind isn’t worth the risk.
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A 'Second Tree of Life' Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn
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NY Times
A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn
Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.
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Donald Bitzer has died
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CHM
In Memoriam: Donald Bitzer, 1934–2024
CHM remembers Fellow Don Bitzer, computer pioneer who co-invented the flat-panel plasma display and was called the "father of PLATO.”
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Web Origami, for making websites where you can understand how they're made
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Americans spend more time living with diseases than rest of world, study shows
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the Guardian
Americans spend more time living with diseases than rest of world, study shows
American Medical Association finds people in US are sick for an average of 12.4 years, an increase from figure in 2000
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Three Mistakes from Dart/Flutter's Weak PRNG
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www.zellic.io
Far From Random: Three Mistakes From Dart/Flutter's Weak PRNG | Zellic — Research
A look into how an unexpectedly weak PRNG in Dart led to Zellic's discovery of multiple vulnerabilities
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Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32 and MicroPython
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Ian Langworth's Things of Variable Interest
Imposter Attack
The design and construction of "Imposter Attack," a custom interactive game with ESP32-powered infrared targets, creative lighting, sound effects, and an Among Us-themed designs
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Making my first robot as a software engineer
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GitHub
pen_plotter_robot/story.md at main · Robertleoj/pen_plotter_robot
Contribute to Robertleoj/pen_plotter_robot development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Show HN: Rain hashes – well designed, simple and fast variable sized hashes
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GitHub
GitHub - DOSAYGO-Research/rain: The fastest 128-bit and 256-bit hash, passes all tests, and under 140 source lines of code. API…
The fastest 128-bit and 256-bit hash, passes all tests, and under 140 source lines of code. API library and CLI tool in C++ and NodeJS/Wasm - DOSAYGO-Research/rain
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Garbage Collected Smart Pointers in Rust via Concurrent Cycle Collection
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MarkItDown: Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown
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GitHub
GitHub - microsoft/markitdown: Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.
Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown. - microsoft/markitdown
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People who are good at reading have different brains
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The Conversation
People who are good at reading have different brains
Reading can change the brain.
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Show HN: Credit reports about German companies
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bonscore.org
Credit Reports on German Companies | Bonscore
Transparent credit reports, company data, and industry insights for German SMEs.
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Ask HN: What should I do with
meet.hn
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Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit
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Openai
Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit
Elon Musk’s latest legal filing against OpenAI marks his fourth attempt in less than a year to reframe his claims. However, his own words and actions speak for themselves—in 2017, Elon not only wanted, but actually created, a for-profit as OpenAI’s proposed…
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Microsoft GW-Basic User's Guide and Reference (1989) [pdf]
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Exotic new superconductors delight and confound
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Quanta Magazine
Exotic New Superconductors Delight and Confound | Quanta Magazine
Three new species of superconductivity were spotted this year, illustrating the myriad ways electrons can join together to form a frictionless quantum soup.
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The Pentium FDIV bug, reverse-engineered
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OldBytes Space - Mastodon
Ken Shirriff (@kenshirriff@oldbytes.space)
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Intel launched the Pentium processor in 1993. Unfortunately, dividing sometimes gave a slightly wrong answer, the famous FDIV bug. Replacing the faulty chips cost Intel $475 million. I reverse-engineered the circuitry and can explain the…
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An Italian town that built its own sun (2021)
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VICE
The Italian Town That Built Its Own Sun
Surrounded by mountains and left in the dark for three months a year, a town in northern Italy has found a creative solution to its sunlight problem.
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Show HN:
@smoores
/epub, a JavaScript library for working with EPUB publications
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npm
npm: @smoores/epub
Latest version: 0.1.9, last published: 3 months ago. Start using @smoores/epub in your project by running `npm i @smoores/epub`. There are no other projects in the npm registry using @smoores/epub.
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