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The Stanford freshmen who want to rule the world . . . will probably read this book and try even harder
Can a book like this actually change anything? Or does the spotlight, as it always seems to, send more students racing to the place?
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Apple Is Setting Its New CEO Up to Be Synonymous with the $2,000 Foldable iPhone, Report Says
Sources tell Bloomberg the rollout will be pitched as the culmination of John Ternus's career so far.
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X’s ‘Everything App’ Metamorphosis Supposedly Accelerating Soon with ‘X Money’ Rollout
It's been years, but Elon Musk is reportedly still trying to make this happen.
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DF Paraphernalia: Last Call for This Round of T-Shirts and Hoodies
It’s really just a coincidence, but it was 20 years ago this week that I went full-time writing Daring Fireball (after writing the site in my spare time for 4 years). That feels like a long time ago. But it feels like yesterday, too. In my announcement, I wrote: Daring Fireball i…
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Maine Governor Vetoes Landmark Data Center Moratorium
The plan would have frozen data center constructions in the state until November 2027.
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Amazon’s new podcast strategy: Monetize everything
Amazon's podcasting business seems to have transformed over the past six months.
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Psychology says true love in your 50s and beyond doesn’t look like the version you were sold, it isn’t the spark or the intensity or the certainty, it’s the quiet Tuesday evening you’re tired and a bit unkind, and the person across from you stays in the room without making it mean anything
When the butterflies fade and the grand gestures stop, what remains is something far more powerful—the kind of love that survives your worst Tuesday evening and still chooses to stay.
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Meituan Quietly Tests Trillion-Parameter AI Model Built on Domestic Compute
Meituan enters the trillion-parameter AI race with a domestically trained model rivaling GPT-4.
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Pony.ai Unveils Next-Gen Autonomous Driving Domain Controller Built on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion
Pony.ai launches a next-gen NVIDIA-powered domain controller to accelerate scalable L4 autonomous driving and Robotaxi commercialization.
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There’s a specific kind of adult who can’t enjoy a gift without immediately calculating what it cost the giver, and it isn’t thoughtfulness, it’s a residual scan from a childhood where everything received was followed by a reminder of the sacrifice it required
The adult who can't open a present without immediately pricing it isn't being gracious. They're running an old program from a childhood where every gift came with a quiet reminder of what it cost.
siliconcanals.com
Honda Shifts China R&D Strategy to Local Leadership Amid Intensifying Competition
Honda shifts to China-led EV development as it restructures operations to stay competitive in the world’s largest auto market.
pandaily.com
Psychology says the people who genuinely seem happy aren’t more optimistic or more grateful than everyone else, they’re the ones who stopped chasing the feeling a long time ago and quietly built a life small enough, honest enough, and slow enough that happiness had nowhere left to hide from them
The genuinely happy people you know aren't posting motivational quotes or keeping gratitude journals—they're the ones who quietly downsized their lives until there was nowhere left for contentment to escape.
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EP212: Data Warehouse vs Data Lake vs Data Mesh
Storing data is the easy part. Deciding where and how to organize it is the real challenge.
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Waymo says can't avoid bike lanes because riders want to be dropped off in them
Article URL: https://road.cc/news/driverless-taxis-veering-into-cycle-lanes-normal-practice-says-waymo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47912645 Points: 217 # Comments: 334
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Mist, Mirrors, Laser : Multi-view 3D Projection
“Lights, camera, action!” might have been the call when recording back in the day, but for an awesome three-dimensional viewing experience, you might try yelling “Mist, Mirrors, Laser!” and following …read more
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GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
Article URL: https://anchor.host/godaddy-gave-a-domain-to-a-stranger-without-any-documentation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47911780 Points: 570 # Comments: 223
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A Sail and Oar Skiff Built from Common Lumber
For those first venturing into sailing, it can be overwhelming since the experience is thick with jargon and skills that don’t often show up in life ashore. With endless choices, …read more
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2026 Green Powered Challenge: A Portable Solar Panel, Made Better
Many of us will have seen the portable solar panels offered on our favourite online purveyors of electronics, but some who have bought them remain unimpressed with their performance.  [t.oster92] …read more
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I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
Article URL: https://ca98am79.medium.com/i-bought-friendster-for-30k-heres-what-i-m-doing-with-it-d5e8ddb3991d Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47914165 Points: 561 # Comments: 306
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Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race
https://www.letsrun.com/news/2026/04/15930-sabastian-sawe-sh... https://news.adidas.com/running/two-adidas-athletes-sabastia... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47914350 Points: 311 # Comments: 215
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Hackaday Links: April 26, 2026
It’s been three weeks since the Artemis II crew returned to Earth, and while the mission might be over for Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, …read more
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