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There aren’t enough rockets for space data centers. Cowboy Space raised $275 million to build them.
Cowboy Space Corporation wants to put data centers in orbit. First, it has to build the rockets to get them there.
techcrunch.com
A Gigantic Atmospheric Anomaly Keeps Showing Up on Venus. Astronomers Finally Know Why
The answer is a gigantic “hydraulic jump,” and researchers believe similar phenomena may occur on planets like Mars.
gizmodo.com
NYT’s Wordle to become a TV game show
This will be the first time that The Times has collaborated with a TV broadcaster for an entertainment-based program, representing yet another pivot in the media company's attempt to build a sustainable digital subscription business as print revenue continues to decline.
techcrunch.com
‘Too early’ to talk IPO, Redwood Materials’ incoming CFO says
The battery-recycling and energy-storage company has hired former Tesla finance chief Deepak Ahuja, reuniting him with former Tesla CTO JB Straubel.
techcrunch.com
‘Crystal Lake’ Will Finally Let You Celebrate Halloween With Jason Voorhees
Peacock just announced the release date for the Voorhees family prequel, and it's a franchise first.
gizmodo.com
The Download: the hantavirus outbreak and Musk v. Altman week 2
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Here’s what you need to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak Last week, eight passengers aboard a Dutch-flagged cruise ship contract…
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Philippine House impeaches VP Sara Duterte for second time over $110M in flagged bank transactions
The gavel fell on 255. Against 26, with 9 abstentions, the Philippine House of Representatives voted Monday to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte — a margin that cleared the one-third constitutional threshold with room to spare and sent her to a Senate trial that could end her p…
siliconcanals.com
Quote of the day by Helen Mirren: “When you’re 16, 30 seems ancient. When you’re 30, 45 seems ancient. When you’re 45, 60 seems ancient. When you’re 60, nothing seems ancient.”
“When you’re 16, 30 seems ancient. When you’re 30, 45 seems ancient. When you’re 45, 60 seems ancient. When you’re 60, nothing seems ancient.” — Helen Mirren Read it back slowly. The first three lines feel like things you’ve actually thought. The fourth one feels like a trick. Wh…
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The psychology of attention residue and how I have started minimizing it
Imagine this. You’re forty minutes into a piece of work. The thinking is finally clicking, the sentences are starting to land in roughly the right order, and you can feel the shape of what you’re trying to say. Your laptop pings. A Slack message. You glance at it. It can wait. Yo…
siliconcanals.com
InCred Holdings UDRHP: A Look At Shareholding Pattern & Key Executives
Fintech unicorn InCred Holdings has filed its updated draft red herring prospectus (UDRHP) with the SEBI for an IPO that…
inc42.com
Adda247 Lays Off 20% Workforce Ahead Of IPO
Google-backed edtech major Adda247 has laid off 20% of its workforce, or around 200 employees, in an internal restructuring ahead…
inc42.com
The difference between people who keep moving forward in life and those who stall sometimes isn’t talent, luck, or hard work. It’s the habits they choose to say goodbye to.
A friend of mine, mid-thirties, used to answer every email within minutes. Weekends, holidays, dinner with his kids. Didn’t matter. Then one Sunday afternoon he put his phone in a drawer, told his wife he wasn’t checking it until Monday, and went for a walk. He told me later it f…
siliconcanals.com

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I'm going back to writing code by hand
Article URL: https://blog.k10s.dev/im-going-back-to-writing-code-by-hand/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48090029 Points: 729 # Comments: 400
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Ratty – A terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics
Article URL: https://ratty-term.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48093100 Points: 427 # Comments: 152
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The Vacuum Tube’s Last Stand(s)
When most people think about vacuum tubes, they picture big glass bottles glowing inside antique radios or early computers. History often treats tubes as a dead-end technology that was suddenly …read more
hackaday.com
Want Driving Simulator Feedback? Make The Robot Do It
Humanoid robots are a thing now, and here’s an interesting research project that explores using one as a form of haptic media. Specifically, using a humanoid robot to move a …read more
hackaday.com
Hacked Video File Holds Multiple Films On YouTube
We notice there are a lot of hacks on YouTube lately, but we don’t share enough hacks about YouTube. That’s why [PortalRunner]’s latest oeuvre is interesting: it’s a video that …read more
hackaday.com
The greatest shot in television: James Burke had one chance to nail this scene (2024)
Article URL: https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/the-greatest-shot-in-television.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48090521 Points: 282 # Comments: 157
openculture.com
Mermaid Clutch-Purse Cyberdeck is Unappologetically Girly
We feature a lot of DIY portable computers — rehash the “is that a cyberdeck” in the comments to your heart’s content — but how many of them are explicitly …read more
hackaday.com
Making Big Dry Ice Blocks With Low Pressure CO2
Although the term ‘dry ice’ is generally used for solid CO2, it’s much more accurate to call this ‘dry snow’, as, rather than being actual solid blocks, they are effectively …read more
hackaday.com
EP214: Claude Code vs. OpenClaw: 5 Design Dimensions
Both are highly capable, but they have key architectural differences.
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