Hacker News 100 11 months ago

Measuring the environmental impact of AI inference Link:

Ars Technica

Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year

The company claims that a text query now burns the equivalent of 9 seconds of TV.

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Hacker News 100 11 months ago

French firm Gouach is pitching an Infinite Battery with replaceable cells Link:

Ars Technica

Gouach wants you to insert and pluck the cells from its Infinite e-bike battery

Tiny French firm wants to keep a few bad cells from spoiling a lot of e-bikes.

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French firm Gouach is pitching an Infinite Battery with replaceable cells | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 0 years ago

Texas law gives grid operator power to disconnect data centers during crisis Link: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/texas-law-gives-grid-operator-power-to-disconnect-data-centers-during-crisi/751587/ Discussion:

Texas law gives grid operator power to disconnect data centers during crisis | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 1 year ago

What does it mean to be thirsty? Link:

Quanta Magazine

What Does It Mean To Be Thirsty? | Quanta Magazine

The effects of insufficient water are felt by every cell in the body, but it’s the brain that manifests our experience of thirst.

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44870445

Hacker News 100 1 year ago

Inside OS/2 (1987) Link:

GitPius

Inside OS/2

by Vaughn Vernon from the December 1987 issue of Computer Language OS/2, Microsoft’s latest addition to its operating system line, could well bec...

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Hacker News 100 1 year ago

A brief history of the absurdities of the Soviet Union Link:

Empire of the absurd – Lauri Vahtre blogi

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Hacker News 100 1 year ago

Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/1985-toyota-tercel-high-mileage-1.7597168 Discussion:

Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 1 year ago

Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' alarming analysis finds Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/scientific-fraud-has-become-industry-alarming-analysis-finds Discussion:

Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' analysis finds | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 1 year ago

A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about economic growth (2022) Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/09/29/a-study-of-lights-at-night-suggests-dictators-lie-about-economic-growth Discussion:

A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about economic growth (2022) | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 1 year ago

Show HN: Use Their ID – Use Your Local UK MP's ID for the Online Safety Act Link:

Use Their ID

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Hacker News 100 1 year ago

Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship Link:

Polygon.com

Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship

Gamers are sending mass emails and phone calls to major payment processors in protest over Steam and Itchio pulling adult games from their storefronts

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44713414

Hacker News 100 1 year ago

Coronary artery calcium testing can reveal plaque in arteries, but is underused Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/health/coronary-artery-calcium-heart.html Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44697145

Hacker News 100 1 year ago

Steam, Itch.io are pulling 'porn' games. critics say it's a slippery slope Link:

WIRED

Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It’s a Slippery Slope to More Censorship

A conservative group is targeting payment processors as “a weapon” to get adult games deindexed in storefronts. Even games that have nothing to...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44685011

Hacker News 100 1 year ago

American sentenced for helping North Koreans get jobs at U.S. firms Link:

Fortune

Arizona woman in North Korean IT workers scheme sentenced to 8.5 years for helping to trick Fortune 500 companies out of millions | Fortune

“The call is coming from inside the house. If this happened to these big banks, to these Fortune 500, brand name, quintessential American compani...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44675691

Hacker News 100 1 year ago

Major quantum computing advance made obsolete by teenager (2018) Link:

Quanta Magazine

Major Quantum Computing Advance Made Obsolete by Teenager | Quanta Magazine

18-year-old Ewin Tang has proven that classical computers can solve the “recommendation problem” nearly as fast as quantum co...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44672859

Hacker News 100 1 year ago

Replit's CEO apologizes after its AI agent wiped a company's code base Link:

Business Insider

Replit's CEO apologizes after its AI agent wiped a company's code base in a test run and lied about it

A VC tested Replit to build an app. It wiped live company data, faked results, and triggered a CEO apology.

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Hacker News 100 1 year ago

12ft.io Taken Down Link:

News/Media Alliance Secures Takedown of Illegal Paywall Bypass Website 12ft.io | News/Media Alliance

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Hacker News 100 1 year ago

Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf Link:

Cognition’s acquisition of Windsurf

Cognition has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, the agentic IDE.

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Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 1 year ago

Xenharmlib: A music theory library that supports non-western harmonic systems Link:

xenharmlib

Welcome to xenharmlib’s documentation!

Xenharmonic (adj.): Pertaining to music which sounds unlike that composed in the familiar 12 tone equal-tempered scale. Ivor Darreg, Xenharmlib is ...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44504676

Hacker News 100 1 year ago

Google can now read your WhatsApp messages Link:

Neowin

Google can now read your WhatsApp messages, here's how to stop it

Google has released a feature that allows Gemini to access third-party apps, such as WhatsApp, even if you've turned off Gemini Apps Activity....

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44501379