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Ask HN: Startup I work at is failing -precedent for VC backed hostile takeovers?

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The question that no LLM can answer and why it is important

mindprison.cc

Notes From the Desk are periodic posts that summarize recent topics of interest or other brief...
Notes From the Desk are periodic posts that summarize recent topics of interest or other brief notable commentary that might otherwise be a tweet or note.“Which episode of Gilligan’s Island was about mind reading?”No LLM properly answers this question unless it uses a web search. But how can a LLM not know the answe...
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Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to President Biden's desk

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A bill that would force China-based company ByteDance to sell TikTok — or else face a...
A bill that would force China-based company ByteDance to sell TikTok — or else face a US ban of the platform — is all but certain to become law after the Senate passed a foreign aid package including the measure.It now heads to President Joe Biden, who already committed to signing the TikTok legislation should it ma...
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Orange skies engulf Athens as dust clouds blow in from Africa

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Dust clouds blown in from Africa have blanketed the skies above Athens, creating an orange, otherworldly...
Dust clouds blown in from Africa have blanketed the skies above Athens, creating an orange, otherworldly glow over the Greek capital city.Skies over southern Greece turned an orange hue on Tuesday as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Acropolis and other Athens landmarks.St...
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Preview of autonomous ride-hailing via Tesla app

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US breaks ground on its first-ever high-speed rail

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The Open Compute Project

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I'm giving up on open source

nutjs.dev

A little over a year ago I wrote a blog post about open source and why...
A little over a year ago I wrote a blog post about open source and why I'm charging money for some of my plugins. Sadly, one year later I've reached a point where I'm just not willing to continue the way I did before.So this is my letter of resignation.Why?Ever since I first started to use Linux I was fascinated by ...
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The Rare Earth Metals Handcuffing the EV Revolution

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Show HN: Use LLMs to Interact with APIs

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Protecting the Darkness in Chile's Atacama Desert

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FTC adopts a comprehensive ban on new noncompetes with all workers

ftc.gov

Under the final Noncompete Rule, the FTC adopts a comprehensive ban on new noncompetes with all...
Under the final Noncompete Rule, the FTC adopts a comprehensive ban on new noncompetes with all workers, including senior executives.The final rule provides that it is an unfair method of competition—and therefore a violation of Section 5—for employers to enter into noncompetes with workers.Note: The regulation's ef...
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Apple releases CoreNet, a library for training deep neural networks

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The Apple Vision Pro Is a Total Failure [video]

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California could ban Clear, which lets travelers skip TSA lines

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The spam came from inside the house: How a smart TV can choke a Windows PC

arstechnica.com

Enlarge / I have hundreds of UUIDs and I must scream. The modern "smart" TV asks...
Enlarge / I have hundreds of UUIDs and I must scream. The modern "smart" TV asks a lot of us. In exchange for connecting you to a few streaming services you use, a TV will collect data, show ads, and serve as another vector for bad actors. In a few reported cases, though, a modern connected TV has been blamed for at...
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Loongson CPU that performs like 2020 Core i3 makes its way to Chinese mini PCs

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Has anyone else had their Reddit account Kafka'd? How did you solve the issue?

ycombinator.com

I recently got a message that my Reddit account was banned, with the following message:>Your account...
I recently got a message that my Reddit account was banned, with the following message:>Your account has been permanently banned for breaking the rules.>This account has been permanently banned due to multiple, repeated violations of Reddit's Content Policy on your other account(s). For more information about what r...
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Microplastics make their way from the gut to other organs, researchers find

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Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are calling the police

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Bottle Plotter

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I have noticed that, it is quite common in group of small wine producers, that they...
I have noticed that, it is quite common in group of small wine producers, that they don't use bottle labels. Usually they just draw some basic info on the bottle with special (Edding) paint marker. That is how I got this idea. Everybody can get paper label printed, but what about bottle plotter. CNC that would used ...
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China's small towns thrive as more opt out of demanding megacity life

japantimes.co.jp

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New York offshore wind projects scrapped, along with promise of local jobs

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In Silicon Valley, You Can Be Worth Billions and It's Not Enough

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U.S.WorldBusinessArtsLifestyleOpinionAudioGamesCookingWirecutterThe AthleticSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access....
U.S.WorldBusinessArtsLifestyleOpinionAudioGamesCookingWirecutterThe AthleticSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Andreas Bechtolsheim, the first investor in Google, has an estimated $16 billion f...

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