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The Lie That Facebook Sold You

havenweb.org

What is Facebook? For a tool that so many people use every day, the answer is...
What is Facebook? For a tool that so many people use every day, the answer is surprisingly difficult to pin-down. It’s a social network, which means it’s about connecting you to other people. You have friends on Facebook, and it helps you keep in touch with those people. You get to see what they are up to and they g...
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Presenterm: Markdown Slideshows in the Terminal

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GameBoy retro games to play online (on IPFS to stay there forever)

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The 90s Gamer Experience: Handwritten Notes and Maps

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Microsoft Windows 1.0 with Steve Ballmer (1986)

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entertainment
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Zig's dot star syntax (value.*)

openmymind.net
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OneText (YC W23) is hiring a browser extension engineer

ycombinator.com
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Show HN: TypeLeap: LLM Powered Reactive Intent UI/UX

typeleap.com
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Why AI is still dumb and not scary at all (pt. 1)

substack.com

edit 3/8/2025: I initially wrote this a few years ago in March of 2023, There’s been...
edit 3/8/2025: I initially wrote this a few years ago in March of 2023, There’s been a lot of changes in the field since then, but surprisingly (or rather unsurprisingly) a lot of these points still stand.Everywhere I go I keep hearing “Oh no, AI is gonna take my job” “Oh no, Is Skynet coming?” “Oh no, is AI is gonn...
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Accessibility: Don't Use Fake Bold or Italic in Social Media

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MCP vs. API Explained

norahsakal.com

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a new open protocol designed to standardize how applications provide context...
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a new open protocol designed to standardize how applications provide context to Large Language Models (LLMs). Think of MCP like a USB-C port but for AI agents: it offers a uniform method for connecting AI systems to various tools and data sources. This post breaks down MCP, clearly ex...
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"Big 3" science fiction magazines including Asimov's and Analog acquired

substack.com

For other news from February, see my previous grapevine. This report is available free to the...
For other news from February, see my previous grapevine. This report is available free to the public. If you like my writings on genre issues, consider backing my Patreon.My report three days ago revealing the sale of Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and Fantasy and Science Fiction merely c...
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'A camp environment': why Alan Turing fatefully told police he was gay

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For decades, it has puzzled historians. Why, in the course of reporting a burglary to the...
For decades, it has puzzled historians. Why, in the course of reporting a burglary to the police in 1952, did the maths genius Alan Turing volunteer that he was in an illegal homosexual relationship? The admission enabled the police to prosecute the Bletchley Park codebreaker for “gross indecency”, ending Turing’s g...
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How Much Are LLMs Boosting Real-World Programmer Productivity?

lesswrong.com

My understanding of the situations, speaking to people in normal firms who code, and management, is...
My understanding of the situations, speaking to people in normal firms who code, and management, is that this is all about theory of constraints. As a simplified example, if you previously needed 1 business analyst, one QA tester, and one programmer a day each to do a task, and the programmer's efficiency doubles, o...
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The Hierarchy of Hazard Controls

hillelwayne.com

practices systems
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Linear Pluggable Optics Save Energy in Data Centers

semiengineering.com

Linear pluggable optics (LPO) is garnering more attention as a way to quickly and efficiently move...
Linear pluggable optics (LPO) is garnering more attention as a way to quickly and efficiently move data in and out of server racks, but a lack of standards for connecting the optical modules is slowing adoption at a time when there is growing pressure to reduce power in data centers. LPO is the newest of two approac...
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Deploy from local to production (self-hosted)

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Standards for ANSI Escape Codes

jvns.ca
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Tesla car battery catches fire as crews demolish home damaged in prev blaz

wjla.com

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Show HN: I built didtheyghost.me, open-source tool for your next job search

didtheyghost.me
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Google will still have to break up its business, the Justice Department said

engadget.com

Google will have to break up its business, the Justice Department said in a filing, upholding...
Google will have to break up its business, the Justice Department said in a filing, upholding the previous administration's proposal after a federal judge ruled last year that the company illegally abused a monopoly over the search industry. As The Washington Post and The New York Times have reported, the Justice De...

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Feds arrest man for sharing DVD rip of Spider-Man movie with millions online

arstechnica.com

A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested Thursday, accused of stealing Blu-rays and DVDs from a manufacturing...
A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested Thursday, accused of stealing Blu-rays and DVDs from a manufacturing and distribution company used by major movie studios and sharing them online before the movies' scheduled release dates. According to a US Department of Justice press release, Steven Hale worked at the DVD c...
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Show HN: I built a tool to detect scams

scamchecknow.com

ai scam detector cryptocurrency scams investment scams online fraud phishing analysis
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Kagi Is Bringing Orion Web Browser to Linux

omgubuntu.co.uk

Kagi, the company behind a paid, private search engine1 of the same name, has announced it’s...
Kagi, the company behind a paid, private search engine1 of the same name, has announced it’s bringing its Webkit-based Orion web browser to Linux. In a post on BlueSky, Kagi said: “We’re thrilled to announce that development of the Orion Browser for Linux has officially started!”. Orion is currently only available o...
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