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Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks to Local Governments

techdirt.com

Broadband Tired of being underserved and overbilled by shitty regional broadband monopolies, back in 2002 a...
Broadband Tired of being underserved and overbilled by shitty regional broadband monopolies, back in 2002 a coalition of local Utah governments formed UTOPIA — (the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency). The inter-local agency collaborative venture then set about building an “open access” fiber network ...
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Prototypal Inheritance (2008)

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LLMs are not suitable for brainstorming

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This may be obvious to many people already, but I recently thought about this in a...
This may be obvious to many people already, but I recently thought about this in a few scenarios and figured it may be valuable to articulate it clearly. One note before the main discussion is we should acknowledge that LLMs do have some sort of independent and creative thinking. Some folks are still skeptical about...
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Ask HN: What do you do with your old Intel MacBooks?

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Philippines sends warship to assert sovereignty, counter activities by Beijing

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The Philippines has bolstered its presence in the South China Sea by deploying a navy warship...
The Philippines has bolstered its presence in the South China Sea by deploying a navy warship to assert its sovereignty and counter alleged Chinese reclamation activities, while it shores up surveillance capabilities with a space technology partnership with the United States.The efforts by Manila reflect a multipron...

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Lucy Letby Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It?

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AI is coming for the professional class. Expect outrage – and fear

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Taiwan Is the New Berlin

foreignaffairs.com
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It's the End of Google Search as We Know It

wired.com
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'Stroads' Cause Traffic Problems. An Urban Planning Critic Offers Solutions

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Boeing faces criminal charge for violating deal over 737 MAX crashes

arstechnica.com

Enlarge / Relatives hold a poster with faces of the victims of Ethiopia flight 302 outside...
Enlarge / Relatives hold a poster with faces of the victims of Ethiopia flight 302 outside a courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 26, 2023. The US Department of Justice yesterday said it has determined that Boeing violated a 2021 agreement spurred by two fatal crashes and is now facing a potential criminal pr...
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Recycled beer yeast can remove lead from water

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Tesla nearing shareholder vote to grant Musk $46B

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Parents' Trauma Leaves Biological Traces in Children

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MIT-educated brothers allegedly stole $25M in crypto in just 12 seconds

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Two brothers who studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were arrested on Wednesday on US...
Two brothers who studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were arrested on Wednesday on US charges that they carried out a cutting-edge scheme to exploit the Ethereum blockchain’s integrity and steal $25 million worth of cryptocurrency. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan called the scheme perpetrated by An...

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Show HN: Fidoprobe – A utility to manage FIDO2 devices

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Hysata electrolyzers produce cheapest hydrogen at 95% efficiency

hysata.com

Hysata has closed the largest Series B in Australian clean tech history, announcing an $111m USD...
Hysata has closed the largest Series B in Australian clean tech history, announcing an $111m USD investment round with strong backing from existing major strategic and financial global investors. This is a significant milestone that demonstrates global recognition for Hysata’s game changing high efficiency electroly...
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Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?

ycombinator.com
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Simultaneous Many-Row Activation in Off-the-Shelf DRAM Chips

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Skip to main content View PDF Abstract:We experimentally analyze the computational capability of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)...
Skip to main content View PDF Abstract:We experimentally analyze the computational capability of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) DRAM chips and the robustness of these capabilities under various timing delays between DRAM commands, data patterns, temperature, and voltage levels. We extensively characterize 120 COTS ...
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Lessons learned as a recruiter hiring developers the last decade

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Build Your Own React.js in 400 Lines of Code

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How to kill the "zombie" cells that make you age

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PostgreSQL just might replace your Oracle database

infoworld.com

Despite being filled with Oracle veterans, Salesforce.com can’t seem to stop flirting with rival databases, with...
Despite being filled with Oracle veterans, Salesforce.com can’t seem to stop flirting with rival databases, with reports surfacing that the SaaS vendor has made “significant progress” to move away from Oracle with its own homegrown database. This comes on the heels of Salesforce adding to its investment in NoSQL dat...
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40% of US lithium needs could come from wastewater

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Most batteries used in technology like smart watches and electric cars are made with lithium that...
Most batteries used in technology like smart watches and electric cars are made with lithium that travels across the world before even getting to manufacturers. But what if nearly half of the lithium used in the U.S. could come from Pennsylvania wastewater? A new analysis using compliance data from the Pennsylvania ...
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