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Show HN: Notepad.mx – web based notepad with no logins and complete encryption

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Show HN: Serverless VPN for Lifetime

serverlessvpn.com
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IRS Direct File pilot processed 140k+ returns, saved consumers $5.6M in fees

cnbc.com

This season, more than 140,000 taxpayers successfully filed returns using IRS Direct File, a free tax...
This season, more than 140,000 taxpayers successfully filed returns using IRS Direct File, a free tax filing pilot from the IRS.The program fully opened for certain taxpayers in 12 states in early March and saved filers an estimated $5.6 million in tax preparation fees for federal returns.However, the IRS has not ma...

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Cisco says hackers subverted its security devices to spy on governments

reuters.com
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Show HN: Hive – open-source Marketplace for AI

hivenetwork.ai
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The follow lie, and why it's worse than ever

substack.com

That little button, the one saying ‘follow’? It’s lying to you.The follow lie is a classic...
That little button, the one saying ‘follow’? It’s lying to you.The follow lie is a classic tale of enshittification that’s occurred on nearly every social media platform. It’s pretty simple:You join a social media platform and find some people who interest you. You tap follow (or ‘Add friend’, ‘Like page’, ‘Subscrib...
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Meta's gamble on chatbots opens new wave of tech competition

ft.com
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Univer: Open-Source Alternative for Google Sheets, Slides, Docs

github.com
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My undying love for the painfully uncool Amiga

theguardian.com

I have told my wife that I want a Mini Amiga for Christmas. I know it’s...
I have told my wife that I want a Mini Amiga for Christmas. I know it’s only April, but I do this with things I want in the hope that when it suddenly appears in the house next week, my wife will think she bought it for me. I have slipped the purchase of seven games machines, a stuffed tarantula and an air fryer...
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The Landscape of Machine Learning on ArXiv

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Functioning 3D Printed Records

youtube.com

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Simmerstats: The tech that controls your stovetop [video]

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Jeff Bezos: 'No thank you, Mr. Pecker' (2019)

medium.com

Something unusual happened to me yesterday. Actually, for me it wasn’t just unusual — it was...
Something unusual happened to me yesterday. Actually, for me it wasn’t just unusual — it was a first. I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse. Or at least that’s what the top people at the National Enquirer thought. I’m glad they thought that, because it emboldened them to put it all in writing. Rather than capitulate...
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Chipotle tells employees not to eat chicken on the job

qz.com

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Video Game Preservation Has Become an Industry Urgency

variety.com

While video games are a relatively young media form, the need to save its history is...
While video games are a relatively young media form, the need to save its history is surprisingly urgent. And with the rise of always-online and subscription-based gaming, game preservationists’ focus is expanding to include the present as well as the past. This April started with Ubisoft shutting down the servers f...
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The Secret Tube Map That's Only Meant for TfL Employees

medium.com

“Mind the gap!” A phrase synonymous with the heartbeat of London — the Underground.As Londoners, we...
“Mind the gap!” A phrase synonymous with the heartbeat of London — the Underground.As Londoners, we navigate the labyrinth of tunnels and tracks that crisscross beneath our city’s streets daily.But beyond the familiar sight of coloured lines and station names lies a hidden gem — the PAYG Map.Join us on a journey to ...

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Google is officially a $2T company

theverge.com

Google has spent the past year dealing with two of the biggest threats in its 25-year...
Google has spent the past year dealing with two of the biggest threats in its 25-year history: the rise of generative AI and the growing drumbeat of regulation. AI, in particular, has shaken the company to its core: it’s made big search changes, realigned the Search, Android, and hardware teams around AI, and launch...
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Postgres Bloat Minimization

supabase.com

By default, all table data in Postgres are physically stored using the “heap” method. So every...
By default, all table data in Postgres are physically stored using the “heap” method. So every database is a set of 1Gb files (”segments”) and each file is logically split into 8Kb pages. Actual table rows are put into any page with enough free space. When the row data is updated, a new version of a whole row is con...

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What explains the outsized success of autistic applicants to college

substack.com

Read this post on my blog. Z went to a Duke recruiting weekend where accepted kids...
Read this post on my blog. Z went to a Duke recruiting weekend where accepted kids can get a feel for the university. He hung out with some kids who decided to go to Harvard and Stanford, and a bunch of kids who decided on Duke. What was similar about all of them? They talked openly about having autism.At lunch one ...
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45 Drives adds Linux-powered mini PCs, workstations to growing compute lineup

theregister.com
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Tiny in size, a Cupertino home is selling for big bucks: $1.7M

latimes.com

A home in Cupertino, Calif., that measures less than 400 square feet was listed for more...
A home in Cupertino, Calif., that measures less than 400 square feet was listed for more than $1.7 million. It sits on 7,900 square feet of land. A home in Cupertino, Calif., that measures less than 400 square feet is making headlines across the U.S. for its surprising asking price: more than $1.7 million.Some are c...

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Plunging Home Prices, Fleeing Companies: Austin's Glow Is Fading

msn.com
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Factorio – Statistics improvements, Linux adventures

factorio.com

Hello, welcome once again to the world of facts. StatisticsKlonan Do you love watching your production...
Hello, welcome once again to the world of facts. StatisticsKlonan Do you love watching your production graphs grow as much as we do? Accumulator graph It is a little bit tricky when you transition from Steam power to Solar panels and Accumulators, to know if you have enough capacity in the system to survive the cold...
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How I search in 2024

vickiboykis.com

April 25, 2024 We are now in a very weird liminal space in information retrieval for...
April 25, 2024 We are now in a very weird liminal space in information retrieval for consumers, particularly those attuned to trends in search and working on the bleeding edge of LLMs. On the one hand, we have the fall of old companies. Broadcast-based centralized social media, which steadily served as a newsfeed an...
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