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Mixpanel Security Breach
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November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Quake Engine Indicators
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Quake Engine Indicators
fabiensanglard.net
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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250MWh 'Sand Battery' to start construction in Finland
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250MWh 'Sand Battery' to start construction in Finland, for both heating and ancillary services
Polar Night Energy and Lahti Energia have partnered for a project using 'Sand Battery' technology for a district heating network in Finland.
www.energy-storage.news
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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We're losing our voice to LLMs
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We're Losing Our Voice to LLMs | Tony Alicea
We are losing something precious in the age of LLMs: our unique voices.
tonyalicea.dev
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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TPUs vs. GPUs and why Google is positioned to win AI race in the long term
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The chip made for the AI inference era – the Google TPU
I am publishing a comprehensive deep dive, not just a technical overview, but also strategic and financial coverage of the Google TPU.
www.uncoveralpha.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
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Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile platform
Initial kernel and subsystem support for new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 posted for review. Learn what’s in the patches and how you can start working with them.
www.qualcomm.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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AI CEO – Replace your boss before they replace you
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AI CEO – Replace Your Boss Before They Replace You
Stop working for humans. AI CEO delivers algorithmic thought leadership, with instant decisions, and zero ego. Replace your boss before they replace you.
replaceyourboss.ai
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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DIY NAS: 2026 Edition
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DIY NAS: 2026 Edition
An 8-bay DIY NAS with 10GbE networking, TrueNAS 25.10.0.1, an Intel N355 CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a smallish form factor that occupies less than 20 liters of your office space.
blog.briancmoses.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving
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November 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Linux Kernel Explorer
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Linux Kernel Explorer | reverser.dev
Interactive Linux kernel source code browser with guided learning paths.
reverser.dev
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Penpot: The Open-Source Figma
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GitHub - penpot/penpot: Penpot: The open-source design tool for design and code collaboration
Penpot: The open-source design tool for design and code collaboration - penpot/penpot
github.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg
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Migrating from GitHub to Codeberg ⚡ Zig Programming Language
ziglang.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Statistical Process Control in Python
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16 Statistical Process Control in Python | System Reliability and Six Sigma in R and Python
Your online textbook for learning reliability and six sigma techniques in R and Python! Made for Cornell University Course SYSEN 5300.
timothyfraser.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]
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introducing copyparty, the FOSS file server
something I've been making for the past 5 yearsthe project: https://github.com/9001/copyparty/watch this video on the demoserver: https://a.ocv.me/pub/demo/ ...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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DRAM prices are spiking, but I don't trust the industry's why
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DRAM prices are spiking, but I don't trust the industry's reasons why
There are a lot of reasons to be skeptical.
www.xda-developers.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Surprisingly, Emacs on Android is pretty good
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Surprisingly, Emacs on Android is pretty good | Kristoffer Balintona
Musings
kristofferbalintona.me
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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A cell so minimal that it challenges definitions of life
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A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life | Quanta Magazine
The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by genome sequencing.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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New layouts with CSS Subgrid
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Brand New Layouts with CSS Subgrid • Josh W. Comeau
Subgrid allows us to extend a grid template down through the DOM tree, so that deeply-nested elements can participate in the same grid layout. At first glance, I thought this would be a helpful convenience, but it turns out that it’s so much more. Subgrid unlocks exciting new layout possibilities, stuff we couldn’t do until now. ✨
www.joshwcomeau.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Gemini CLI Tips and Tricks for Agentic Coding
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GitHub - addyosmani/gemini-cli-tips: Gemini CLI Tips and Tricks
Gemini CLI Tips and Tricks. Contribute to addyosmani/gemini-cli-tips development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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S&box is now an open source game engine
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s&box
sbox.game
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A Fast 64-Bit Date Algorithm (30–40% faster by counting dates backwards)
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A Very Fast 64–Bit Date Algorithm: 30-40% faster
Counting years backwards unlocks faster speed. The first date algorithm to use only 4 multiplications, instead of 7+
www.benjoffe.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Don't Download Apps
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Don't Download Apps
The personal blog of Caleb Jay Rogers, Software Engineer
blog.calebjay.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop
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The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop
Google’s Pixel 10 works with AirDrop, and other phones should follow later.
arstechnica.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Bring bathroom doors back to hotels
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Bring Back Doors
Bring Bathroom Doors Back to Hotels
bringbackdoors.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Show HN: KiDoom – Running DOOM on PCB Traces
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Michael Ayles - Automotive/Electronics/Software Engineer
www.mikeayles.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM