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Hacker News

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• Plug-in solar is coming. Plug-in batteries should follow▲ 79

Plug-in solar is coming. Plug-in batteries should follow

Plug-in batteries could help millions more households access the bill-saving benefits of home energy storage. With plug-in solar now on the way, Regen argues that the government should make plug-in batteries next.

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• Show HN: I'm a 15 Year Old Wannabe Engineer, This Is a Cyclo▲ 76

Show HN: I'm a 15 Year Old Wannabe Engineer, This Is a Cycloidal Gearbox I Built

3D Printed Cycloidal Gearbox . Contribute to tom-ilan/cycloidal_gearbox development by creating an account on GitHub.

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• Go 1.27 Interactive Tour▲ 117

Go 1.27 Interactive Tour

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• Better Performance per Dollar Than B300▲ 51

Running Kimi K3 on MI355X at Better Performance per Dollar Than B300

The fastest open source LLMs for enterprise.

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• MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150▲ 35

MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150

As is typical here in the Floodgap lab, it all started so innocently: rebuilding a flaky Apple Workgroup Server 9150, the odd duck of the Wo...

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• Linux desktop market share has hit over 10% in North America▲ 64

Linux desktop market share has hit over 10% in North America

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• ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine▲ 40

ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine

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• Canadians are leaving the country at record levels. Can anyo▲ 7

Canadians are leaving the country at record levels. Can anyone solve this?

Canada just hit a 50-year high for people leaving the country. The numbers are staggering—and getting worse. Here's why our best talent is fleeing.

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In Brief
When random.bytes() runs but doesn't workWhen random.bytes() runs but doesn't workDeep-sea vehicles spot 'alien' sharks deep beneath the waves in the PacificDeep-sea vehicles spot 'alien' sharks deep beneath the wavesDon't credit the LLMDon't credit the LLMFour Time Scales for Technology Development and DeploymentFour Time Scales for Technology Development and DeploymentShow HN: CostPerPrompt – Live AI API pricing and real-workload cost calculatorsShow HN: CostPerPrompt – Live AI API pricing and real-workloPersistent State Machines: LLM Attention with INT4 In-Memory CellsPersistent State Machines: LLM Attention with INT4 In-Memory

HN — Best of the Week

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• Cursor▲ 317

Cursor removed cost information from the usage page and CSV export

I just noticed Cursor Usage window switched from $$ to Token amount. I use this Usage window closely to keep tabs on my daily/active spending, not from the spending overall page. Today, the $$ amount is replaced by token amount which is completely useless. Any way to revert back to $$ amount as I can’t seem to find this in settings or elsewhere. Is it just me, or does Cursor feel like it’s more buggy than before, ie. auto select sub agents despite having the default subagent setup.

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• Michael Geist▲ 284

A Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: Canada Signs UN Cybercrime Convention

Last week, the government announced that Canada has signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, with Ministers Anita Anand, Gary Anandasangaree and Sean Fraser touting the treaty’s child protection provisions and human rights safeguards, which were described as “among the strongest found in an international criminal justice…

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• Zaksa▲ 217

The Silicon Valley Founder Meat Grinder

A few years I met a guy, let’s call him Jim, who was trying to break in tech by going to a bootcamp to become a developer. In the meantime, he worked as a bartender and had been living off the support of his girlfriend, who was from a well-off family and Jim was her trophy boyfriend. He approached me because he was really into startups…

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• Open RSS▲ 476

How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023)

Learn how one of the biggest tech companies played a major role in the reason many people stopped using RSS feeds

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• Elgan▲ 263

Google has abandoned Google News?

You know that scene in Forrest Gump where Forrest sees Lieutenant Dan on the shore and is so distracted by him that he jumps off and swims to shore, allowing the boat to crash into the…

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• Massachusetts Institute of Technology▲ 241

AI financial advice is surprisingly good, especially if you ask right questions

Large language models encourage smart financial behavior, but they fall short on the more subtle aspects of saving and investing, according to MIT Sloan’s Taha Choukhmane and co-authors.

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• Open AI▲ 425

Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

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