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Cory Doctorow - The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI (Excerpt) • May 17, 2026 at 5:27 PM • youtube.com • ~books
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Tildes Survey #5: Pineapple on pizza? (Results) • May 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM • tildes.net • ~talk
108
New design for the FreeBSD website • May 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM • freebsd.org • Lobsters
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US Math/Reading Scores Continue 13-Year Decline. Researchers Blame Reduced Testing and Social Media • May 17, 2026 at 1:34 PM • time.com • science.slashdot
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'Stargazers: A Star Trek Story' boldly launches May 17 on Webtoon • May 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM • inverse.com • ~comics
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At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five states since April 2025 • May 17, 2026 at 1:09 PM • stateofsurveillance.org • Hacker News
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What do folks carry in their hiking/backpacking/camping first aid kits these days? • May 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM • tildes.net • ~hobbies
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Show HN: Semble – Code search for agents that uses 98% fewer tokens than grep • May 17, 2026 at 11:37 AM • github.com/MinishLab • Hacker News
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Adults Have Lost the Ability to Smile, Why? • May 17, 2026 at 11:31 AM • livingkindfully.bearblog.dev • Bear
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NASA still maintains some of the Voyager spacecraft code in a 1970s-era programming language that almost nobody on Earth fully understands anymore • May 17, 2026 at 11:16 AM • spacedaily.com • ~space
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Coding on Paper • May 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM • wickstrom.tech • Lobsters
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Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit • May 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM • techspot.com • Hacker News
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WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency • May 17, 2026 at 9:22 AM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
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I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation • May 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM • github.com/tech4bot • Hacker News
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AI is a technology not a product • May 17, 2026 at 9:11 AM • daringfireball.net • Hacker News
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I don't think AI will make your processes go faster • May 17, 2026 at 8:13 AM • frederickvanbrabant.com • Hacker News
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Apple Silicon costs more than OpenRouter • May 17, 2026 at 8:09 AM • williamangel.net • Hacker News
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Native all the way, until you need text • May 17, 2026 at 7:57 AM • justsitandgrin.im • Lobsters
750
Native all the way, until you need text • May 17, 2026 at 7:49 AM • justsitandgrin.im • Hacker News
807
AI subscriptions are a ticking time bomb for enterprise • May 17, 2026 at 7:49 AM • thestateofbrand.com • Hacker News
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How does Google expect the open web to survive AI Overviews without a compensation/citation model? • May 17, 2026 at 6:48 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Feeling empty after finishing a video game (post-game depression) is a real phenomenon. A recent study has found that many video game players experience a specific sense of emptiness and sadness after finishing highly engaging games. • May 17, 2026 at 6:09 AM • psypost.org • r/science
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Do most non tech savvy people think Al-generated websites look good or hasn't Al-fatigue caught up to them yet? • May 17, 2026 at 6:06 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
73
San Francisco Sign Guild • May 17, 2026 at 5:57 AM • sfsignguild.com • ~arts
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Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools • May 17, 2026 at 2:17 AM • blog.mozilla.org • Hacker News
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Square peg in a round hole: airpower against mobile targets and missiles • May 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM • secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com • ~humanities.history
668
Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels • May 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM • electrek.co • Hacker News
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Amazon Stops Supporting Pre-2013 Kindles Today. Some Owners Turn to Jailbreaking • May 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM • amzn.to • build.slashdot
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I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert • May 16, 2026 at 11:25 PM • medium.com/@breid.at • Hacker News
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Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of May 17 • May 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM • tildes.net • ~games
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First Public macOS Kernel Memory Corruption Exploit On Apple Silicon M5 • May 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM • blog.calif.io • r/programming
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Some Datacenters Divert Power from Homes. Will It Drive Homeowners to Solar and Batteries? • May 16, 2026 at 9:34 PM • electrek.co • Slashdot
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1 in 3 people believe they don’t have to seek news from traditional outlets like newspapers and television. Instead, they think the “news will find me” (NFM), relying on algorithms and social networks to get information. This may make them more vulnerable to believing and sharing misinformation. • May 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM • psu.edu • r/science
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Once dismissed as weeds, native plants are now flying off the shelves in the US • May 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM • grist.org • ~enviro
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A nicer voltmeter clock • May 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM • lcamtuf.substack.com • Hacker News