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IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND OMAN OVER STRAIT OF HORMUZ ARE IN FINAL STAGES - IRNA
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Wikimedia Foundation refuses union recognition, hires union-busting law firm || 260 Comments
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what drives you nut about our chatgpt/codex plugins/connectors? 1. i also want multiple gmail and calendar connectors 2. anything else? I'm going to compile everything for the team from the comments
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IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON: THE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN IRAN AND OMAN REGARDING A NEW ROUTE DOES NOT MEAN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS BEING OPENED OR CLOSED
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A Rant About “Technology” (2005) || 51 Comments
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Has the New Cocaine Arrived? || 82 Comments
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US Treasury undertakes historic intervention in yen market || 108 Comments
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How the words we teach English language learners changed || 24 Comments
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Generative AI floods and dilutes the market for books || 91 Comments
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people want to dunk on this by saying their weekend harness does better on some dumb one shot benchmark but at scale this is true. these tools are complicated and must factor in user behavior. you do not even understand what this means unless you have a huge user base sending yo
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IRAN: NO HORMUZ REOPENING DEAL Iran says reports that it agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are false. A source cited by Fars News says no deal has been accepted. The report adds the strait will remain closed while the US continues what Iran calls "hostile actions." Ships
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It's not time to slow down but to accelerate! The recent AI-powered cyberattacks have everyone talking about the risks of AI. We should. But let's not lose sight of the bigger picture! If we work hard at it, AI will make the world safer, not less safe, just as most major techno
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Is the Industrial Revolution a good precedent for explosive growth today? || 76 Comments
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Only 8.9% of sites block AI crawlers, but 94.8% are never cited in AI answers || 59 Comments
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Do not forget your weekend's mandatory read. What happened last week explained. Foundations: Market Structure, Volatility Targeting, Pod Shops & Other Gremlins open.substack.com/pub/michae… The Type of Read that Grants the Reader not only Understanding but Air Superiority || open.substack.com
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More on the pelican on the bicycle test from @simonw: simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6… I uploaded the source here so it's playable in the browser, forkable etc. karpathy.ai/lotr-movie/ Look out for GTA Hobbiton dropping before GTA VI :) || simonwillison.net
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An internal OpenAI Astra model solved 10 major open math and CS problems || 43 Comments
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i apologize to all my coworkers i've been slacking since 6am, i thought it was monday...
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F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language || 32 Comments
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Show HN: Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM || 5 Comments
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SpaceX is suffering the same fate as so many major IPOs before it: a euphoric debut, unrealistic expectations, and a painful reality check. Lesson: great companies can still be bad investments at the wrong price. Don’t chase. $SPCX Video: youtube.com/watch?v=YXM9rR9y… || youtube.com
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The US National Debt has increased by over $450 billion since July 1st. The Federal Government continues to borrow from our future to spend money like drunken sailors today. Everything they said about "balancing the budget" was a lie. Video: youtube.com/watch?v=YXM9rR9y… || youtube.com
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Graduate in 2036 as a AI engineer is it worth? || 4 Comments
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So... Samsung is expected to generate roughly $1.25 trillion in operating profit over the next three years, right? And what was Samsung’s market cap again...?
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As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews || 6 Comments
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i know most people that follow me can already feel what’s happening but don’t be fooled into thinking only verifiable domains will fall this obliteration of what we once naively considered fields requiring human intelligence. they’re all coming next, people that work at openai
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the 3 jobs after agi: 1. explain things with passion, a smile, and eye contact 2. care enough, and stay humble enough, to be the midwife of something that might not be conscious 3. remain deeply dissatisfied with how things are going
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Genius is found at the cusp of disciplines. youtu.be/WkXAAHDIN7U?si=mABO… || youtu.be
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Today, following Trump's announcement that he was holding off on strikes: -Iran FM Araghchi says talks with Oman over the strait are in their "final stages." -regional mediators engaged with both sides, aim at facilitating de-escalation that can get the strait open. -progress
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Frontier open models have really changed the conversation on intelligence. It needed to happen because we were headed to an absolute catastrophe. Most importantly, as AI continues to progress, it's important not to forget how bad centralization of AI is.
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The irony of AI: Smarter than a math PhD. Solves 10 open math problems. Dumber than my intern. Can’t follow 3 simple instructions, but somehow burns 10M tokens and $250.
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TIL Coldcard's co has like 5 employees. That seems crazy low for such an imp job. Would you use a bank to store your life's savings that had 5 people working there and was based in Canada? Maybe that's a feature in crypto world, but to me that would be red flag.
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Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson: agreement with Oman on new route doesn't imply Strait of Hormuz is opening or closing
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Pepper-spraying drones deploying against school shooters, not everyone approves || 2 Comments
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You've seen this tweet, right? It *is* insane. Wanna know why? Because it's bullshit. He made it up. The 100% win rate he's promising with his paid service? It's actually 55%, which is worse than the median. I went ahead and ran the actual numbers. Send this to everyone.
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The 30-Year US Treasury Yield ended the month at 5.27%, its highest level since July 2007. The Federal Reserve and Federal Government continue to spin the lie of low inflation while the bond market reveals the truth. Video: youtube.com/watch?v=YXM9rR9y… || youtube.com
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Nomura raised its operating profit forecasts for Samsung Electronics to KRW 391tn ($271bn) → KRW 635tn ($440.1bn) → KRW 774tn ($536.4bn), with FCF projected at KRW 296tn → KRW 456tn → KRW 563tn and shareholder return yields of 11.2% → 17.6% → 22.3%.
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I’ve been a vocal supporter of hyperscale ROIC and competitive positioning, where narratives have run counter to fundamentals/reality in the last year. Reported results demonstrate that cloud capex is yielding attractive returns: GCP and AWS are seeing rising margins along with a
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I was thinking of learning jiu jitsu for self defense (I live in philly) but my buddy does it and says he would never use it against a stranger on street bc you never know who has a gun. He just does it for exercise. I was like ok, no thx, i'll stick w/ bball, tennis and jogging
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Artificial Intelligence: Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge || 23 Comments
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Twenty Years of RISC OS Open || 15 Comments
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How it started / how it’s going
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I just used the phrase "I've done all the wayfinding, I just haven't built it" I.e. I've done all the preparatory work and I know it's possible, I just haven't executed it "Wayfinding" - I like it
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Show HN: Syncular – offline-first SQL sync with TypeScript and Rust cores || 22 Comments
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I love all the AI people who are like “Nobody’s prepared for what’s coming.” It’s like, maybe just speak for yourself?
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Wtfhappenedin1971
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I know I've reposted this before, but it's worth re-emphasizing. If you want to get good at using AI, GET GOOD AT THE THING YOU'RE USING IT FOR This is a great illustration of why:
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OPEC: The 7 participating countries decided to implement a production adjustment of 188,000 barrels per day.
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The Case for Bad Coffee || 4 Comments
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Here's my attempt at summarizing the various "open letters" about AI development that have been doing the rounds over the past few weeks simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/2… || simonwillison.net
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