The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in 11 years (2011)
Article URL: http://longbets.org/601/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49228458 Points: 191 #…
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Triton: DirectX 11 Driver for QEMU
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Mea Culpa – Dark Hours
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Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
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Don't use your phone while you poop
Article URL: https://nate.spot/no-phone-while-poop/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221939 Points:…
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Can Intel finally beat ARM on performance per Watt?
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Os8088: A powerful Mac-like OS for the IBM XT, 286, 386
Article URL: https://os8088.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226923 Points: 209 # Comments: 122
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The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk
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Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was a Correct Rejection
Thread for original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214863 Comments URL:…
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Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species
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Dropbox is a PC builder’s best friend
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Shopify replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations–and it scaled
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Meetily Lets You Transcribe and Summarize Meetings Without a Subscription—Here’s How
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The Complicated Case of Passing On Your Digital Estate
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AI detectors are creating a new era of distrust
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Dithered QR Codes
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