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The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor

Link: acoup.blog/2024/11/29/collecti…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor

This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly …
A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

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Tim Patrick catches first two touchdowns since 2021 to help Lions clinch postseason spot nfl.com/news/tim-patrick-catch… #NFL
@nfl@a.gup.pe

Tim Patrick catches first two touchdowns since 2021 to help Lions clinch postseason spot

Having returned from back-to-back lost seasons due to devastating injuries, Tim Patrick, who hadn’t scored a touchdown in 1,082 days, tallied two go-ahead TDs in the second half to help the Lions to a thrilling 34-31 playoff-clinching triumph over th…
Grant Gordon (NFL)

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Trailbase: Fast, single-file, open-source app server built using Rust and SQLite

Link: github.com/trailbaseio/trailba…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


GitHub - trailbaseio/trailbase: A blazingly fast, single-file, open-source application server with type-safe APIs, Auth, and Admin UI built on Rust+SQLite.

A blazingly fast, single-file, open-source application server with type-safe APIs, Auth, and Admin UI built on Rust+SQLite. - GitHub - trailbaseio/trailbase: A blazingly fast, single-file, open-so...
GitHub

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Researchers launch "moonshot" to cure blindness through eye transplants

Link: canoncitydailyrecord.com/2024/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


Researchers launch “moonshot” to cure blindness through eye transplants

As part of a national “moonshot” to cure blindness, researchers at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus will receive as much as $46 million in federal funding over…
Seth Klamann (Canon City Daily Record)

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Almost $20m of maple syrup was stolen in Canada. This new series turns the heist into a revenge comedy
abc.net.au/news/2024-12-06/the…

The Sticky: The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist the new Margo Martindale crime series is based on, explained

In 2011, a group of Canadians stole a hell of a lot of maple syrup and now there's a TV show about it, called The Sticky. How much of the crime caper is true?
Yasmin Jeffery (ABC News)

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FDA RECALL
Brand: SunFed
Product: Whole cucumbers
Issue: Potential Foodborne Illness/Salmonella
Date: 11/28/2024
More: fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-… #FDA #recall

Sunfed Produce, LLC Recalls Whole Fresh American Cucumbers Because of Possible Health Risks Due to Salmonella

SunFed Produce, LLC (SunFed) is recalling all sizes of whole fresh American cucumbers packaged in bulk cardboard containers labeled with the “SunFed” label or in a generic white box or black plastic crate with a sticker that provides the implicated …
Office of Inspections and Investigations (FDA)

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Disney CEO Bob Iger honored at Ad Council's Annual Public Service Award Dinner in New York City
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Disney CEO Bob Iger honored at Ad Council's Annual Public Service Award Dinner in New York City

Disney CEO Bob Iger was joined on the red carpet with some fellow colleagues from Disney, ABC and ESPN, including Robin Roberts and Desmond Howard.
ABC7 Chicago

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Gray Matter on a Chip: Building an Artificial Brain with Luminol - Ever wondered if you could build a robot controlled by chemical reactions? [Marb] ... - hackaday.com/2024/12/05/gray-m… #artificialbrain #microfluidic #robotshacks #robotichand #graymatter #humanbrain #reaction #luminol #brain

Gray Matter On A Chip: Building An Artificial Brain With Luminol

Ever wondered if you could build a robot controlled by chemical reactions? [Marb] explores this wild concept in his video, merging chemistry and robotics in a way that feels straight out of sci-fi.…
Hackaday

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McKinsey unit will pay $123M to settle claims it bribed South African officials

Link: cnbc.com/2024/12/05/mckinsey-b…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


McKinsey unit will pay $123 million to settle claims it bribed South African officials

The scheme to bribe two South African state-controlled companies helped McKinsey and McKinsey Africa net approximately $85 million in profits, the DOJ said.
Kevin Breuninger (CNBC)

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Congo gov. says it's 'on alert' over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens

Link: ctvnews.ca/health/congo-govern…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


Congo 'on alert' over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens

Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo's health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people.
CTVNews

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Hard Drive Tossed in Landfill With Bitcoin Now Worth $800 Million. Lawsuits Continue - 11 years ago his hard drive ended up in a U.K. landfill — with 8,000 bitcoin. It's... - news.slashdot.org/story/24/12/… #bitcoin

Hard Drive Tossed in Landfill With Bitcoin Now Worth $800 Million. Lawsuits Continue - Slashdot

11 years ago his hard drive ended up in a U.K. landfill — with 8,000 bitcoin. It's now worth $800 million... and James Howell wants it back.
news.slashdot.org

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PaliGemma 2: Powerful Vision-Language Models, Simple Fine-Tuning

Link: developers.googleblog.com/en/i…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


Introducing PaliGemma 2: Powerful Vision-Language Models, Simple Fine-Tuning

PaliGemma 2, the next evolution in tunable vision-language models, comes with new features such as scalable performance, long captioning, and expanded capabilities. Get started with pre-trained models, documentation, and tutorials.
Daniel Keysers (developers.googleblog.com)

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After 7.0 Earthquake, Coastal Northern California Phones Get 'Tsunami Warning' Alert (Since Cancelled) - A tsunami warning was issued — and then cancelled about an hour later — for 400 mi... - news.slashdot.org/story/24/12/… #usa

After 7.0 Earthquake, Coastal Northern California Phones Get 'Tsunami Warning' Alert (Since Cancelled) - Slashdot

A tsunami warning was issued — and then cancelled about an hour later — for 400 miles of California coastline after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast near California's northern border with Oregon.
news.slashdot.org

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PUBG’s creator has an ambitious plan for multiple new games - Prologue: Go Wayback. | Image: Krafton

It’s been a... - theverge.com/2024/12/5/2431396…


PUBG’s creator has an ambitious plan for multiple new games

Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene, creator of PUBG, has announced a handful of new games, including a free tech demo out now called Preface: Undiscovered World.
Andrew Webster (The Verge)

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Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025 - Image: Laura Normand / The Verge

Google CEO Sundar... - theverge.com/2024/12/5/2431424…


Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025

During an interview at the NYT’s DealBook Summit, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company’s search engine will “change profoundly” in 2025.
Emma Roth (The Verge)

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Federal Court Says Dismantling a Phone to Install Firmware Isn't a 'Search'

Link: techdirt.com/2024/12/04/federa…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


Federal Court Says Dismantling A Phone To Install Firmware Isn’t A ‘Search,’ Even If Was Done To Facilitate A Search

This is probably the correct conclusion to arrive at, at least at this point in extremely limited jurisprudence, but it still raises some questions courts will likely have to confront in the future…
Techdirt

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Vodafone and Three can now merge to become the UK’s biggest mobile operator - Image: Getty

Vodafone and Three have been cleared ... - theverge.com/2024/12/5/2431387…


Vodafone and Three clear to merge and form UK’s biggest mobile operator

Vodafone and Three have been cleared to create the UK’s biggest mobile operator after committing to address concerns around network upgrades and price hikes.
Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)

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Show HN: A 5th order motion planner with PH spline blending, written in Ada

Link: 600f3559.prunt-docs.pages.dev/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

Prunt Motion Controller

Prunt is an advanced open-source motion control system targetted at 3D printers. Prunt includes features not found in other popular open-source systems, including: Corner blending with user defined deviation.
600f3559.prunt-docs.pages.dev

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Intel Linux Display Driver Being Adapted For DRM Panic "Blue Screen of Death" Support

The DRM Panic infrastructure has been in the Linux kernel for several releases now and allows for a kernel-based experience similar to Windows' "Blue Screen of Death as well as more recently allowing QR code kernel error messages and other features. The Intel kernel DRM driver has seen some patches for enabling DRM Panic support...
phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-…

Intel Linux Display Driver Being Adapted For DRM Panic "Blue Screen of Death" Support

The DRM Panic infrastructure has been in the Linux kernel for several releases now and allows for a kernel-based experience similar to Windows' 'Blue Screen of Death as well as more recently allowing QR code kernel error messages and other features
www.phoronix.com

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AI hallucinations: Why LLMs make things up (and how to fix it)

Link: kapa.ai/blog/ai-hallucination
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


AI Hallucinations: Why Large Language Models Make Things Up (And How to Fix It) - kapa.ai - Instant AI answers to technical questions

Kapa.ai turns your knowledge base into a reliable and production-ready LLM-powered AI assistant that answers technical questions instantly. Trusted by 100+ startups and enterprises incl. OpenAI, Docker, Mapbox, Mixpanel and NextJS.
www.kapa.ai

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Bringing K/V context quantisation to Ollama

Link: smcleod.net/2024/12/bringing-k…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

Bringing K/V Context Quantisation to Ollama

K/V context cache quantisation has been added to Ollama. This enables significant reductions in VRAM usage, allowing users to realise the potential of expanded context sizes and run larger models at their existing context sizes.
Sam McLeod (smcleod.net)

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AI helps researchers dig through old maps to find lost oil and gas wells

Link: newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/12/04/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


AI Helps Researchers Dig Through Old Maps to Find Lost Oil and Gas Wells

Undocumented orphaned wells pose hazards to both the environment and the climate. Scientists are building modern tools to help locate, assess, and pave the way for ultimately plugging these forgotten relics.
ssuh (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

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Show HN: Outerbase Studio – Open-Source Database GUI

Link: github.com/outerbase/studio
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


GitHub - outerbase/studio: A lightweight Database GUI in your browser. It supports connecting to Postgres, MySQL, and SQLite.

A lightweight Database GUI in your browser. It supports connecting to Postgres, MySQL, and SQLite. - outerbase/studio
GitHub

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Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals

Link: ft.com/content/1201f834-6407-4…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


Why America’s economy is soaring ahead of its rivals

The country’s outperformance is rooted in long-term productivity growth that is the envy of the developed world. Could Trump’s policies endanger its lead?
Valentina Romei (Financial Times)

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More Aussies are leaving the workforce for good as mental health insurance claims continue to rise
abc.net.au/news/2024-12-05/wor…

Spike in mental health insurance claims sees more Australians leaving the workforce for good

Over a 10-year period, mental health claims by Australian workers aged between 30 and 40 have increased by more than 730 per cent, new data has revealed.  
Bronwyn Herbert (ABC News)

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Speeding up Ruby by rewriting C in Ruby

Link: jpcamara.com/2024/12/01/speedi…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


Speeding up Ruby by rewriting C… in Ruby

There is a recent language comparison repo which has been getting shared a lot. In it, CRuby was the third slowest option, only beating out R and Python. The repo author, @BenjDicken, created a fun visualization of each language’s performance.
jpcamara.com

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My brand new digitizing workflow using a 25 year old film scanner

Link: blog.vladovince.com/my-brand-n…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


My brand new digitizing workflow using a 25 year old film scanner - Vlado Vince

Photography is arguably my oldest hobby. I’ve loved taking photos for as long as I can remember. I reflected on my first encounter with digital photography in 2003 in a recent post, but I’m old enough that I first got to know photography through film…
Vlado Vince

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Making a parallel Rust workload 10x faster with (or without) Rayon

Link: gendignoux.com/blog/2024/11/18…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

Optimization adventures: making a parallel Rust workload 10x faster with (or without) Rayon | Blog | Guillaume Endignoux

In a previous post, I’ve shown how to use the rayon framework in Rust to automatically parallelize a loop computation across multiple CPU cores.Disappointing...
gendignoux.com

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Sniffing Around Inside a ThinkPad Battery - For most people, a battery pack that’s misbehaving simply means it’s time to get a... - hackaday.com/2024/12/04/sniffi… #computerhacks #batteryhacks #batterypack #sniffing #smbbus #i2c

Sniffing Around Inside A ThinkPad Battery

For most people, a battery pack that’s misbehaving simply means it’s time to get a new battery. But when the battery in their ThinkPad wasn’t able to muster up more than 20 minute…
Hackaday
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