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I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer
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Andrew Schmelyun
I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer
Not only did I give internet strangers unrestricted access to send me completely anonymous physical messages, but I also self-hosted the entire site on a Raspberry Pi
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First shape found that can't pass through itself
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Quanta Magazine
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
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Microsoft Teams will start snitching to your boss when you're not in the office
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tom's guide
Microsoft Teams will start snitching to your boss when you’re not in the office — and this update is coming in December
Teams will start tracking office attendance and yes, your boss will know
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Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-only operation
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Show HN: MacOS Live Screensaver – A screensaver that plays live video streams
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GitHub
GitHub - hauxir/macos-live-screensaver: Use live streams as screensavers/lock screens on MacOS
Use live streams as screensavers/lock screens on MacOS - hauxir/macos-live-screensaver
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How to make a Smith chart
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John D. Cook | Applied Mathematics Consulting
Mathematical properties of the Smith chart
Deriving the basic mathematical properties of the Smith chart from electrical engineering
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Code Like a Surgeon
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Geoffreylitt
Code like a surgeon
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MRI Contrast Agent Causes Harmful Metal Buildup in Some Patients [study]
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OR Manager
Study: MRI contrast agent causes harmful metal buildup in some patients - OR Manager
Editor's Note New research offers a potential explanation for why some patients retain toxic metals long after undergoing an MRI. Published in the journal
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"ChatGPT said this" Is Lazy
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Terrible Software
“ChatGPT said this” Is Lazy
When you paste ChatGPT’s response instead of your own feedback, you’re not being helpful. You’re being lazy and creating more work for everyone.
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Harnessing America's Heat Pump Moment
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Heat Pumped
Harnessing America’s Heat Pump Moment
The tech works. The policy’s in place. So why are heat pumps still a hard sell? What's stopping America from going all-in on heat pumps?
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TextEdit and the relief of simple software
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The New Yorker
TextEdit and the Relief of Simple Software
The bare-bones Mac writing app represents a literalist sensibility that is coming back into vogue as A.I. destabilizes our technological interactions.
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Modern Perfect Hashing
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Vibe Coding in the 90s
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SSG's
Vibe coding in the 90's
Hey folks. You know how programming is hard in 1994. You need books, help files, manuals, references to learn about a certain feature. You read all those. Then you go through endless iteration of trial and errors to find out how to accomplish a certain task.…
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New OSM file format: 30% smaller than PBF, 5x faster to import
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OpenStreetMap Community Forum
New OSM file format: 30% smaller than PBF, 5x faster to import
The OSM dataset is huge, and keeps growing every day. Great news, of course, but sometimes the sheer volume can be overwhelming – there are just gobs and gobs of data! Hence, we created GOB (“Geo-Object Bundle”), a new file format that makes tackling OSM…
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Carmack on Operating Systems (1997)
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Unlocking Free WiFi on British Airways
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saxrag
Unlocking free WiFi on British Airways
I was recently flying between HKG & LHR via British Airways. I’d done the same flight back in 2023, and remember relying on the in-flight entertainment for the 14 hour journey. However, this time on my way to London, they had an interesting offer: Free WiFi…
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The Coming Clash of Civilizations
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Notesfromthecircus
The Coming Clash of Civilizations
From the Wilderness of a Recovering Technocrat
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The Mainframe Six (2022)
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People with blindness can read again after retinal implant and special glasses
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NBC News
With a tiny eye implant and special glasses, some legally blind patients can read again
The device helped people with an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration, which affects about 1 million people in the U.S.
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Context engineering is sleeping on the humble hyperlink
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mbleigh.dev
Context engineering is sleeping on the humble hyperlink
The dream of hypermedia can come to fruition in a world where clients can not only parse, but navigate with intent.
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What Is Intelligence? (2024)
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whatisintelligence.antikythera.org
What is Intelligence? | Antikythera
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