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The Importance of Being Idle

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Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator

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MegaTrain: Full Precision Training of 100B+ Parameter LLMs on a Single GPU

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2604.05091: MegaTrain: Full Precision Training of 100B+ Parameter Large Language Models on a Single GPU

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Show HN: Is Hormuz open yet?

Live status of the Strait of Hormuz

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Six (and a half) intuitions for KL divergence

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Git commands I run before reading any code

Five git log commands that diagnose a new codebase before you open a single file: code churn hotspots, bus factor, bug clusters, and crisis patterns.

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They're made out of meat (1991)

Copyright, Terry Bisson, 1991 Originally published in OMNI, 1991, and featured in HARPER’S and around the internet since. It has even made its way into several books on consciousness and brain science. I’m surprised, pleased, and proud. But please do not reprint, perform, alter or adapt in any way without first checking with the author. Thanks.

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Expanding Swift's IDE Support

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I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii

Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) running natively on the Nintendo Wii

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Understanding the Kalman filter with a simple radar example

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LittleSnitch for Linux

Discover powerful applications such as Little Snitch Mini, Little Snitch, LaunchBar and Micro Snitch.

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Muse Spark: Scaling towards personal superintelligence

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ML promises to be profoundly weird

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John Deere to pay $99M in right-to-repair settlement

The ag manufacturing giant will also make digital diagnostic, maintenance, and repair tools available to third parties for 10 years.

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I imported the full Linux kernel git history into pgit

Portfolio of Oliver Seifert, a Software Engineer & Electronics Technician from Bern, Switzerland.,I imported the entire Linux kernel git history into pgit's PostgreSQL-backed storage. 1,428,882 commits, 24.4 million file versions, 20 years of development. Here's what the kernel looks like when you can just ask.

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Understanding Traceroute

I never understood how traceroute discovers each hop. Turns out it's a clever TTL trick, and about 80 lines of Rust.

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Newly created Polymarket accounts win big on well-timed Iran ceasefire bets

Customers make hundreds of thousands of dollars as records show substantial bets made before announcement

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USB for Software Developers: An introduction to writing userspace USB drivers

A basic introduction to USB for people that don't need to know what happens on the wire

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What does it mean to “write like you talk”?

Subordinate clauses, phrasal modifications, and metadiscourse

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On this day

At least 26 people are killed in a terrorist attack on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba claimed responsibility for the attack.

2025

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Four police officers are killed after being struck by a truck on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne while speaking to a speeding driver, marking the largest loss of police lives in Victoria Police history.

2020

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The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.

2016

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Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.

2005

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Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.

1993

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A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206.

1992

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Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

1977

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Pan Am Flight 812 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, killing all 107 people on board.

1974

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The first Earth Day is celebrated.

1970

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Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park.

1970

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British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.

1969

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The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.

1969

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American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D crashes on approach to Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma, killing 83.

1966

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Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.

1954

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Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

1951

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Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.

1948

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World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape.

1945

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World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army.

1945

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World War II: The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.

1944

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World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.

1944

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World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.

1944

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The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.

1930

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World War I: The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.

1915

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The 1906 Intercalated Games open in Athens.

1906

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Spanish–American War: President William McKinley calls for 125,000 volunteers to join the National Guard and fight in Cuba, while Congress more than doubles regular Army forces to 65,000.

1898

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At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.

1889

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The first National League baseball game is played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia.

1876

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The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that permitted the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.

1864

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Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when some of his fellow soldiers mistakenly give away his identity.

1836

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The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg.

1809

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Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues (1,250 kilometres (780 mi)) east of the Moluccas.

1529

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Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.

1519

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Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil (discovery of Brazil).

1500

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Election of Pope Gregory VII following the death of Pope Alexander II.

1073

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Basil II is crowned co-Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

960

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