Articles by amichail
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The Commodore 64 Ultimate Is Here – A new C64 in 2025 [video] (youtube.com)

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A Hands-On Review of the Commodore 64 Ultimate (hackster.io)

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Commodore 64 Ultimate Review: 21st Century Computing from a 1982 perspective (tomshardware.com)

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Ask HN: Why are modern AIs ignorant or reluctant to talk about "vibe coding"?

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The Story of Erdős Problem #1026 (terrytao.wordpress.com)

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Ask HN: Is writing without AI worse than sharing your medical records online?

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Canada: Supplementary reserve of 300k citizen soldiers envisioned (cbc.ca)

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I Built a Commodore 64 Laptop That Never Existed – The Portable 64 [video] (youtube.com)

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Time might not exist – and we're starting to understand why (sciencefocus.com)

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Every Commodore 64 Ultimate comes with a USB Cassette, pre-loaded with goodies (commodore.net)

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SedaiBasic2: A modern reimplementation of Commodore BASIC v7 (github.com/camauri)

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Ask HN: A dating site where puzzle score decides outfits in your profile photos?

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Ask HN: Why not make intelligence attractive, *literally*, in online dating?

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Ask HN: Will AI make humans smarter through evolutionary selection pressure?

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Ask HN: Physically and dynamically connect self-driving cars to save energy?

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Ask HN: Glasses with lights that flash whenever they detect cigarette smoke?

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Mars Has Its Own Clock and It Runs Faster Than Earth's (discovermagazine.com)

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'If you aren't lying, you aren't flying.' Pilots hide mental health struggles (reuters.com)

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Ask HN: Why don't buildings have dry warm up rooms for your laptop in winter?

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Ask HN: Does taking a MacBook Pro out for a walk in the cold cause water damage?

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Ask HN: Why doesn't OpenAI open real-world AI theme parks?

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New Breakthrough to Strengthen Bone Could Reverse Osteoporosis (sciencealert.com)

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Ask HN: A restaurant that shows a video of your burger's cow in happier times?

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Ask HN: A horror movie based on the shocking real-life behavior of crows?

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Autistic individuals are more prosocial towards strangers (psypost.org)

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Ask HN: Should unfriendly robodogs on a leash be legal in public spaces?

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Ask HN: Why don't closed captions boldface words that are likely to be misheard?

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Ask HN: Do AIs reply with numerous em dashes to save money somehow?

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Transit violence rising across Canada – in some cities, by nearly 300% (cbc.ca)

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Skip short strolls – a longer daily walk is better for your heart, says study (bbc.com)

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Unpowered SSDs slowly lose data (xda-developers.com)

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Yes, the Universe Can Expand Faster Than Light (universetoday.com)

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Ask HN: Should pharmacies dispense C64s for nostalgia therapy prescriptions?

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This Slug Should Be Impossible [video] (youtube.com)

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Ask HN: Did PageRank delay the invention of transformers and modern AI?

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Gemini 3 Pro solves IMO 2025 P6 with some prompting (no hints or tools involved) (reddit.com)

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C64 gets Doom-style shooter (hackaday.com)

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Jeddah Tower Update 2025: 1km Tower Racing Past Burj Khalifa [video] (youtube.com)

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Bring TeXmacs to Your Students and Colleagues (texmacs.cn)

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Tinnitus Is Somehow Linked to a Crucial Bodily Function (sciencealert.com)

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Ask HN: What do you think of this sci-fi movie idea for a UBI world?

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One Swift mistake everyone should stop making today (hackingwithswift.com)

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[flagged] Owning a Cat Could Double Your Risk of Schizophrenia, Research Suggests (sciencealert.com)

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Ask HN: Will people have online "ambiguous families" in the near future?

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Liii Stem vs. LaTeX (liiistem.com)

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Ask HN: What doesn't Tesla let passengers fly a virtual drone around their car?

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Ask HN: Has AI unlocked probability proofs for computer programmers?

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Researchers isolate memorization from reasoning in AI neural networks (arstechnica.com)

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Ask HN: Why not use AI for smart product placement in free ad-supported novels?

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Robotic chair concept looks like a crab and can carry you around the house (livescience.com)

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Listening to Music Has a Surprising Impact on Dementia Risk, Study Shows (sciencealert.com)

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Ask HN: Why not combine dating with board game design and testing?

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Ask HN: Do single people feel young for life?

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Ask HN: A service for dating through escape rooms with strangers?

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Deep sequence models tend to memorize geometrically; it is unclear why (arxiv.org)

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Ask HN: Why not make universal basic income conditional on the crime rate?

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Tell HN: Don't use the iOS 26.1 simulator in Xcode 26.1

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Ask HN: Hedge animals for your house that only move when you're not looking?

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A simple illusion can unlock your childhood memories (psypost.org)

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An Experimental Program for AI-Powered Feedback at STOC (scottaaronson.blog)

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Ask HN: Are social bonds bad for independent thought?

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New Drug Kills Cancer 20,000x More Effectively with No Detectable Side Effects (scitechdaily.com)

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Does Emirates Operate Too Many Airbus A380s? (simpleflying.com)

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Ask HN: What do you think of this Christmas movie idea involving AI?

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Ask HN: What do you think of this haunted house movie idea involving AI?

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Long Covid in Kids: What Pediatricians Need to Know (medscape.com)

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Chimpanzees Are Natural Scientists (science.org)

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Health Canada approves first drug to slow Alzheimer's disease (globalnews.ca)

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Battle of the Planets (1978) [video] (youtube.com)

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UCLA math department TA, grader cuts spark concern over student learning (dailybruin.com)

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Ask HN: Chess variant where queen moves according to your secret Python program?

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Ask HN: Would this sorting puzzle game be fun, challenging, and/or educational?

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New TeXmacs Beta Released (texmacs.org)

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Drugs That Lower Cholesterol May Also Reduce Dementia Risk, Says New Study (sciencealert.com)

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Poland's birth rate is in freefall. The cause? A loneliness epidemic (theguardian.com)

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Ask HN: Would playing c64 games with enhanced graphics and sound be nostalgic?

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"I used ChatGPT to solve an open problem in convex optimization." (twitter.com/ernestryu)

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Commodore: Full Circle – VCFMW 20 (2025) [video] (youtube.com)

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Ask HN: Is AI not creative because its creators don't care about creativity?

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Cancer patients who got a Covid vaccine lived much longer (sciencedaily.com)

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Ask HN: Why not have 24/7 live YouTube channels for rare phenomena?

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Ask HN: Should parents be required by law to know computer programming?

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Ask HN: Why not an anti-dating app for people who don't want to meet anyone?

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Chess but it's Battle Royale [video] (youtube.com)

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New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques from Brains of Mice Within Hours (sciencealert.com)

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Go behind-the-scenes of the NEW Commodore 64 Ultimate [video] (youtube.com)

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Ask HN: Why aren’t leaky abstractions considered bad practice in mathematics?

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Soft Drink Consumption Linked to Depression Diagnosis in Women, Study Says (newsweek.com)

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Ask HN: If cancer were cured, would you stop eating meat?

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Next-gen vaccine prevents up to 88% of multiple aggressive cancers (newatlas.com)

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Ask HN: Why does ChatGPT's writing often use "or" when "and" would be better?

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Ranking the Top 50 6502 Instructions (From the Commodore 64 ROM) [video] (youtube.com)

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Motherhood Flips Brain Switch That Triggers Aggression (neurosciencenews.com)

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Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long Covid Brain Fog (scitechdaily.com)

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Ask HN: Why isn't AI viewed as a way to prevent humanity from going extinct?

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Researchers Claim First 'Unconditional Proof' of Quantum Advantage (gizmodo.com)

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Repeat Covid-19 Infections Could Double Your Risk of Long Covid (time.com)

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Ask HN: Why don't computers tell you when your glasses need cleaning?

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Ask HN: Does AI understand your ideas better than humans?

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Ask HN: An "Empathy News Channel" that reports global tragedies as local ones?