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Ask HN: A Reddit UI where all writing is done by an AI?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: If AI can get gold in the IMO, why hasn't it invented a better chess?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Will the IMO start grading style to combat overly long AI solutions?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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The Prisoner of Benda (The Futurama Theorem) (wikipedia.org)

4 months ago | amichail | wikipedia.org | newest

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Ask HN: Would this idea get retrocomputing enthusiasts typing in programs again?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Should touch-typing classes use program listings to teach coding also?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: How to encourage typing of program listings in new Compute!'s Gazette?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Compute!'s Gazette, first issue in 35 years [free edition] [pdf] (computesgazette.com)

4 months ago | amichail | computesgazette.com | frontpage

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Ask HN: Does reenforcement learning reduce AI creativity?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Not Even Bronze: Evaluating LLMs on 2025 International Math Olympiad (matharena.ai)

4 months ago | amichail | matharena.ai | newest

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Ask HN: Should movie theaters show closed captions you need glasses to hide?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Tron: Ares – Official Trailer [video] (youtube.com)

4 months ago | amichail | youtube.com | frontpage

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Ask HN: Can programming contests use vibe coding without giving solution away?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Are some autistic behaviors semi-voluntary?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Dementia Linked with Treatment for Chronic Lower Back Pain (sciencealert.com)

4 months ago | amichail | sciencealert.com | newest

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Ask HN: Should universities ban easy to grade exams since AI can do the grading?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Signs of autism could be encoded in the way you walk (sciencealert.com)

4 months ago | amichail | sciencealert.com | best

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OpenAI, DeepMind and Anthropic: "We may be losing the ability to understand AI" (venturebeat.com)

4 months ago | amichail | venturebeat.com | newest

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Ask HN: Should math competitions become open-ended?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Will AI result in fewer students interested in math competitions?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Analysis of the 2025 IMO problems and how AI should be able to do (sugaku.net)

4 months ago | amichail | sugaku.net | newest

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Ask HN: Why don't subreddits adopt peer review instead of relying on bans?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Why isn’t Hollywood producing WWIII films in these perilous times?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Live most polluted major city ranking (iqair.com)

4 months ago | amichail | iqair.com | newest

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Ask HN: Could the C64 startup screen have encouraged more users to learn BASIC?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Could dual pilot input help prevent Air India-like crashes?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Commodore 64 Ultimate released by new Commodore (commodore.net)

4 months ago | amichail | commodore.net | newest

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X-Plane 12.2.1 beta: Increased demo time from 15 to 60 minutes (x-plane.com)

4 months ago | amichail | x-plane.com | newest

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Ask HN: AI as a solution to the declining population problem in many countries?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Why isn't mobile phone service restricted to emergency numbers only?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Why the World Needs More People, According to These Experts (time.com)

4 months ago | amichail | time.com | newest

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Ask HN: Is csound the best way to create video game sound effects via ChatGPT?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Would this idea combat the negative portrayal of men in thriller novels?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Threads is nearing X's daily app users, new data shows (techcrunch.com)

4 months ago | amichail | techcrunch.com | newest

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How a big shift in training LLMs led to a capability explosion (arstechnica.com)

4 months ago | amichail | arstechnica.com | newest

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Ask HN: Should the new Commodore create C64 digital art displays for your wall?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Do Commodore fans have anything in common to guide new products?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Should OpenAI be penalized for killing the em dash in English?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Video captured during Alberta storm could be rare ball lightning event (globalnews.ca)

4 months ago | amichail | globalnews.ca | newest

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DropZap World v1.1.0 released with significant change in game rules [video] (youtube.com)

4 months ago | amichail | youtube.com | newest

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Ask HN: What product should the new Commodore release?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Should AIs make errors on purpose to keep human minds sharp?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Laid-off workers should use AI to manage their emotions, says Xbox exec (theverge.com)

4 months ago | amichail | theverge.com | frontpage

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How Much of Kojima's Games Are Cutscenes? We Did the Maths (ign.com)

4 months ago | amichail | ign.com | newest

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Ask HN: Do AI companies use PageRank to influence their training?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Should new Commodore computers boot into a programming language?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Would limiting game size to 5–10 MB spur the creation of novel games?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Is AudioKit best for sound synthesis of sound effects in iOS games?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Commodore bought by YouTuber who's re-assembling execs and teasing new hardware (pcgamer.com)

4 months ago | amichail | pcgamer.com | newest

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Stack Overflow Challenges (stackoverflow.com)

4 months ago | amichail | stackoverflow.com | newest

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Cat Parasite Can Seriously Disrupt Brain Function, Study Suggests (sciencealert.com)

4 months ago | amichail | sciencealert.com | frontpage

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Breakthrough on 125 Year-Old Physics Problem [video] (youtube.com)

4 months ago | amichail | youtube.com | newest

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Ask HN: Will AI lead to universal healthcare in the US due to high unemployment?

4 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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John Carmack (Keen Technologies): Research Directions Upper Bound 2025 [video] (youtube.com)

4 months ago | amichail | youtube.com | frontpage

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Ask HN: Why do some indie devs reveal personal info and risk discrimination?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Commodore acquired for a 'low seven figure' price – CEO from retro community (tomshardware.com)

5 months ago | amichail | tomshardware.com | best

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The Boeing 747 Still Uses Floppy Disks for Software Updates: Here's Why (jalopnik.com)

5 months ago | amichail | jalopnik.com | newest

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Ask HN: Would this idea help address declining populations in many countries?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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A continent is splitting in two, the rift is already visible (evidencenetwork.ca)

5 months ago | amichail | evidencenetwork.ca | newest

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Ask HN: Would interactive TV commercials be acceptable with privacy safeguards?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Is this the future of operating systems?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Why don't OSes automatically download apps/features that you might like?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Why doesn't pause and resume work well with internet radio?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Why aren't AIs being used as app beta testers yet?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | frontpage

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Pill Promises to Give Your Dog More Years (slate.com)

5 months ago | amichail | slate.com | newest

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Is the Volonaut Airbike Real or a Scam? (Expert Breakdown) [video] (youtube.com)

5 months ago | amichail | youtube.com | newest

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The video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD (bbc.com)

5 months ago | amichail | bbc.com | newest

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Ask HN: Will "indirect phones" replace today's phones?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Why the Boeing 737 Flies with Its Wheels Exposed (jalopnik.com)

5 months ago | amichail | jalopnik.com | newest

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Ask HN: Why do you read theoretical physics news articles?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Could a "social mode" in AI chats replace social media?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | frontpage

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Ask HN: Were any of the DropZap World game rules hard to understand?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Do EU devs support consumer protections as they act as trade barriers?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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European Commission: Software, Including Games and Apps, in Scope of GPSR (cooley.com)

5 months ago | amichail | cooley.com | newest

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We may finally know how Tylenol works – and it's not how we thought (livescience.com)

5 months ago | amichail | livescience.com | newest

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Early Baby Behavior Predicts Adult Cognition and Intelligence (neurosciencenews.com)

5 months ago | amichail | neurosciencenews.com | frontpage

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Using a space elevator to get water off Ceres (phys.org)

5 months ago | amichail | phys.org | newest

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Ask HN: Can AI allow estranged relatives to talk to each other indirectly?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Tell HN: Why my game, DropZap World, is not available in the EU

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: How can indie game developers satisfy the EU safety rep requirement?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Demystifying EAA and GPSR (igda-gasig.org)

5 months ago | amichail | igda-gasig.org | newest

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Bringing Boulder Dash back for a new generation (spillhistorie.no)

5 months ago | amichail | spillhistorie.no | newest

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New 'razor blade throat' Covid subvariant quickly gains ground in California (sfgate.com)

5 months ago | amichail | sfgate.com | frontpage

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Ask HN: Do you have to be really smart just to understand how to play my game?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Commodore VIC 20 in an Alternate Universe [video] (youtube.com)

5 months ago | amichail | youtube.com | frontpage

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Ask HN: Should high schools have private report cards excluding grade inflation?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Would you release a mobile app in Russia or Ukraine?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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DropZap World – My falling block game with lasers, released after years of work (apps.apple.com)

5 months ago | amichail | apple.com | frontpage

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Show HN: DropZap World — after a long beta, falling block laser game is now live (apps.apple.com)

5 months ago | amichail | apple.com | newest

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Ask HN: Is macOS 26's darker dark mode a hint that OLED is coming to MacBooks?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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New Terminal App with 24Bit color and powerline font support in macOS Tahoe (reddit.com)

5 months ago | amichail | reddit.com | newest

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Largest Aircraft in the World to Make Its Debut at Paris Air Show 2025 (aviationa2z.com)

5 months ago | amichail | aviationa2z.com | newest

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Scientists stunned to see humpback whales trying to send messages to humans (discoverwildlife.com)

5 months ago | amichail | discoverwildlife.com | newest

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Seeing Human (2014) (slate.com)

5 months ago | amichail | slate.com | newest

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Rocket Mail (wikipedia.org)

5 months ago | amichail | wikipedia.org | newest

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Why Philosophers Should Care About Computational Complexity [video] (youtube.com)

5 months ago | amichail | youtube.com | newest

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Astonishing discovery by computer scientist: how to squeeze space into time [video] (youtube.com)

5 months ago | amichail | youtube.com | newest

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Ask HN: Should HN censor or replace the phrase "back in the day" in comments?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: A Tetris variant with greater tactical and strategic depth?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Has flawless grammar become a liability in the age of AI?

5 months ago | amichail | ycombinator.com | newest