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Hi. Long-time nerd. Fan of Hacker News and open debate.

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Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:33am PST

The successful fight to save a remote phone box

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Wed Jan 15, 2025 5:52pm PST

Qantas South Africa flights delayed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets

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Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:08pm PST

Halt illegal imports of conflict minerals from DRC, campaigners urge EU

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Tues Jan 14, 2025 4:25pm PST

In 2024 global warming topped 1.5C. Have we failed the Paris Agreement?

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Tues Jan 14, 2025 10:46am PST

Australian funnel-web spider enthusiast discovers a new species

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Sun Jan 12, 2025 7:25am PST

How Norwegian Filmmakers Turned Mats Steen's Online Life into an Oscar Contender

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Sat Jan 11, 2025 7:47am PST

Indonesia keeps iPhone 16 ban despite Apple offer to build AirTag factory

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Tues Jan 7, 2025 7:39pm PST

Elon Musk's 'disinformation' endangering me, says UK Minister Jess Phillips

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Sun Jan 5, 2025 8:00am PST

Washington Post cartoonist resigns after cartoon satirising Jeff Bezos rejected

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Mon Dec 30, 2024 2:49pm PST

The Most Dangerous Game

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Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:33pm PST

World coal use to hit record high in 2024: IEA report

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Tues Dec 17, 2024 6:19pm PST

China kicks off homegrown Bluetooth alternative – Star Flash

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Tues Dec 17, 2024 2:14pm PST

Environmental Burden of United States Data Centers

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Tues Dec 17, 2024 10:46am PST

The Year in Popcorn Buckets

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Sat Dec 14, 2024 6:52pm PST

For Hollywood, AI Is a Double-Edged Sword

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Thurs Dec 12, 2024 4:19pm PST

Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index

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Thurs Dec 12, 2024 5:57am PST

Facebook, Google and TikTok to fund Australian journalism under new tax plan

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Wed Dec 11, 2024 8:04pm PST

Scrabble star wins Spanish world title – despite not speaking Spanish

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Tues Dec 10, 2024 8:53pm PST

Coffee price surges to highest on record

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Sun Dec 8, 2024 7:56am PST

Facebook's Sperm Marketplace

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Sat Dec 7, 2024 3:12pm PST

Nightclub stickers over smartphone rule divides the dancefloor

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Thurs Dec 5, 2024 9:29am PST

Former Playstation Studios boss Shawn Layden on future of video game consoles

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Mon Dec 2, 2024 5:34pm PST

2024 Textbook Award Winners

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Mon Dec 2, 2024 3:16pm PST

Technical ambition, optimism and timeframes: The Witcher 4 from CD Projekt Red

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Tues Nov 26, 2024 9:43am PST

Macquarie Dictionary names 'enshittification' as 2024 Word of the Year

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Tues Nov 26, 2024 4:44am PST

The Biggest EV Maker Has the Industry's Worst Human Rights Appraisal

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Mon Nov 25, 2024 5:46pm PST

Northvolt, Europe's Hope for a Battery Champion, Files for Bankruptcy

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Sat Nov 23, 2024 12:58pm PST

How Flavor Flav Became the Unofficial Bluesky Hype Man and Platform Ambassador

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Sat Nov 16, 2024 6:01pm PST

UK court sides with Icelandic firm over artist's spoof corruption apology

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Fri Nov 15, 2024 9:04pm PST

Teen turning e-waste into working technology for overseas charities

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Fri Nov 15, 2024 3:36pm PST

The Guardian Will Stop Posting on "Toxic Media Platform" X

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Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:45am PST

Amazon Is Shutting Down Freevee, Its Ad-Supported Video Streamer

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Mon Nov 4, 2024 9:29am PST

Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site

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Sat Nov 2, 2024 3:55pm PST

'Welfare for the rich': how farm subsidies wrecked Europe's landscapes

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Wed Oct 30, 2024 9:17pm PST

Indonesia blocks Apple iPhone 16 sales over lack of investment

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Tues Oct 29, 2024 9:49am PST

E-waste challenges of generative artificial intelligence

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Mon Oct 28, 2024 6:11pm PST

Sudan's civil war: how did it begin?

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Sat Oct 26, 2024 2:38pm PST

'Oregon Trail' Action-Comedy Movie in Development at Apple's Studios

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Fri Oct 25, 2024 6:44am PST

Taiwan is months away from shutting off all nuclear power but questions remain

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Wed Oct 23, 2024 6:53pm PST

Perplexity CEO Speaks at News Corp. Event Days After Lawsuit

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Tues Oct 22, 2024 2:53am PST

'When Dams Fail, People Die': The Race to Save Thousands from Potential Disaster

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Mon Oct 21, 2024 6:33pm PST

'Blade Runner 2049' Producer Sues Elon Musk's Tesla and WBD over AI Images

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Sun Oct 20, 2024 5:30pm PST

Job title of the future: Digital forest ranger

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Fri Oct 18, 2024 7:00pm PST

Documentary on Unionized Amazon Workers Drew Critics' Praise but No Distribution

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Fri Oct 18, 2024 1:43pm PST

GSAP Is Joining Webflow

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Thurs Oct 17, 2024 7:51pm PST

Negative stereotypes in international media cost Africa £3.2B a year – report

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Mon Oct 14, 2024 9:03am PST

'I, Robot' Director Mocks Elon Musk for Tesla Ripping Off Film for Optimus

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Sun Oct 13, 2024 4:38pm PST

Why I Write by George Orwell (1946)

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Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:09pm PST

AI helps farmers target weeds, livestock illnesses and pests

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Fri Oct 11, 2024 3:52pm PST

Student finds scorpion crawling inside Shein parcel

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Fri Oct 11, 2024 1:34pm PST

The venture capital model is still suitable for agtech. Sort of

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Tues Oct 8, 2024 7:45pm PST

Car brands are collecting and sharing your data with third parties

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Mon Oct 7, 2024 5:28pm PST

Woman gets reply about job application – 48 years on

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Mon Oct 7, 2024 2:10pm PST

Canada's carbon tax is popular and helps the planet – now it faces the axe

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Sat Oct 5, 2024 12:45pm PST

Insecure Deebot robot vacuums collect photos and audio to train AI

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Fri Oct 4, 2024 7:03pm PST

What the Heck Is Going on at OpenAI?

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Wed Oct 2, 2024 6:10pm PST

IMDB Launches Sag-Aftra Verified Badges for Union Members

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Tues Oct 1, 2024 7:52pm PST

Irish finance minister calls €14B tax windfall from Apple 'transformational'

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Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:59pm PST

Tupperware files for bankruptcy as its colourful containers lose relevance

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Sun Sep 8, 2024 11:45am PST

Australia 'wasting' record amounts of renewable energy

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Fri Sep 6, 2024 4:31pm PST

The Rise of Bitcoin-Powered Pools and Bathhouses

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Thurs Aug 29, 2024 9:13pm PST

Oprah Winfrey to Host 'AI and the Future of Us' ABC Special

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Wed Aug 28, 2024 8:13pm PST

Lego plans to make half the plastic in bricks from renewable materials by 2026

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Mon Aug 26, 2024 4:51pm PST

The Long Road to Ropeless Fishing

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Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:27pm PST

The Power of Attraction: How Beauty Influences Startup Investments

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Sun Aug 25, 2024 6:02am PST

Divided we stand: The rise of political animosity

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Thurs Aug 22, 2024 8:03pm PST

Sean "Diddy" Combs Revealed as Part of Investors in Elon Musk's X Launch

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Wed Aug 21, 2024 9:01pm PST

How WW2 bombs across the Pacific are found and destroyed, decades after war

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Pakistan blames users for slow internet as firewall rumours grow

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Wed Aug 14, 2024 11:27am PST

Charlie Brooker Tries to Steer Clear of Painting Technology as a Bad Thing

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Sat Aug 10, 2024 2:04pm PST

Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO, Dies at 56

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Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:26pm PST

Artist Shaun Gladwell went to extraordinary lengths to paint Julian Assange

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Mon Jul 29, 2024 1:52pm PST

The Geology of Minecraft [pdf]

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Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:14pm PST

'I'm afraid there is no money.' The letter I will regret for ever (2015)

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Mon Jul 15, 2024 9:24pm PST

China is installing wind, solar equivalent of 5 nuclear power stations per week

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Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:13pm PST

Solitary wooden house on Union Island escapes fury of Hurricane Beryl

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Wed Jul 10, 2024 10:00pm PST

Man in China caught smuggling 100 live snakes in his trousers

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Sun Jul 7, 2024 6:21pm PST

A brief history of liquid computers (2019)

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Sun Jul 7, 2024 7:35am PST

Independent bookshops are still thriving, even in the age of Amazon (2023)

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Sat Jul 6, 2024 11:21am PST

'Money always wins': Inside Sydney's underground tree-killing industry

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Sat Jul 6, 2024 7:33am PST

Mineral winds down: 'We will no longer be an Alphabet company'

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Mon Jul 1, 2024 5:39pm PST

How GoFundMe Perpetuates Myths of Merit and Deservingness

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Sun Jun 30, 2024 4:35am PST

Queensland's last uranium mining town, Mary Kathleen, vanished into the outback

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Sat Jun 29, 2024 4:22pm PST

Privacy Patterns

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Sat Jun 29, 2024 11:32am PST

The environmental cost of rocket launches

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Fri Jun 28, 2024 8:47pm PST

A former president's crocodiles are terrorising Ivory Coast's capital (2019)

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Thurs Jun 27, 2024 8:47pm PST

OpenAI Sued by Center of Investigative Reporting

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Wed Jun 26, 2024 7:17am PST

Protecting just 1.2% of Earth could save most-threatened species, says study

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Wed Jun 26, 2024 6:54am PST

eBay Seller Offers $100k Stingray So You Can Track Your Friends and Enemies

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