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A startup by a former Tesla engineer is exploiting Pronto technology to help automate a copper mine

A startup by a former Tesla engineer is exploiting Pronto technology to help automate a copper mine

💥 Check out this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Startups,Transportation,Exclusive,pronto,autonomous vehicles,avs,Anthony Levandowski,mariana minerals 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: There is a lot of interest in domestic manufacturing in the United States these days. But for Turner Caldwell, who spent nearly a decade at Tesla, there's not enough interest in the minerals and metals further down the supply chain. That's why he left Tesla and created Mariana Minerals in 2024. The purpose of his startup is to become a modern mining (and refining) operation primed for growth, because Caldwell basically has one goal: to bring more refined minerals into the…
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The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy

The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy

💥 Check out this must-read post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: "She", for example, is younger than "he", and seems to be an amalgamation of two Old English female pronouns, Birkett says – "heo" and "seo". "[These] probably combined over time, to make 'she'," he says.Vikings and werewolvesAnother commonly used modern pronoun, "they" – along with "them" and "their" – is actually not Old English at all, according to Birkett. It arrived with Old Norse, a Scandinavian language spoken by the Vikings who invaded and settled in England from the 800s onwards. "They" then spread…
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Manchester United defender Harry Maguire opens up about life at Old Trafford

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire opens up about life at Old Trafford

🔥 Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Even for a top-level world-class footballer, sometimes mother is the best.In September 2023, by his own admission, when Manchester United defender Harry Maguire was at his lowest ebb, subjected to abuse and taunts during England's match against Scotland ("I came on, played really well, and then scored an own goal"), his mother Zoe took to social media.She described her son's treatment as "disgraceful and unacceptable.""I didn't want her, but she just said: 'I'm doing it! I'm not listening to you!'" a smiling Maguire said, speaking…
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Claude mixes up who said what, and that’s not OK

Claude mixes up who said what, and that’s not OK

✨ Check out this awesome post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: The bug Claude sometimes sends messages to itself and then thinks those messages came from the user. This is the worst bug I’ve seen from an LLM provider, but people always misunderstand what’s happening and blame LLMs, hallucinations, or lack of permission boundaries. Those are related issues, but this ‘who said what’ bug is categorically distinct. I wrote about this in detail in The worst bug I’ve seen so far in Claude Code, where I showed two examples of Claude giving itself instructions and…
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Encryption software developer VeraCrypt says Windows users may experience boot-up issues after Microsoft locked its account

Encryption software developer VeraCrypt says Windows users may experience boot-up issues after Microsoft locked its account

✨ Explore this insightful post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Security,Microsoft,Windows,encryption,cybersecurity,data security,veracrypt 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: The developer of popular file encryption software VeraCrypt said Microsoft has blocked access to the account it used to send updates to Windows users, and warned that anyone who encrypts their computers using its software could soon have problems accessing their computers. VeraCrypt developer Mounir Idrassi said in an online post on March 30 that Microsoft had “terminated the account it had used for years to sign Windows drivers and bootloaders,” and said he had received no explanation or ability to appeal the decision.…
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The American Society of Cinematographers 
Voyage: Creating…

The American Society of Cinematographers Voyage: Creating…

🚀 Discover this insightful post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: The 3-D space in the pre-visualization didn't always relate to the physical stage, but effects cinematographer Bill Neil and his associate, Paul Gentry, found it to be useful, if only as a timing guide. Neil explains, “It was a wonderful communications tool between the visual effects team and the director to help clarify what his vision contained, and to reach a common understanding."Neil insisted on shooting the city background plates before filming the cars in order to create interactive light on the vehicles that would…
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Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD documents

Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD documents

✨ Read this insightful post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Security,cybercrime,cybersecurity,hacking,Los Angeles Police Department ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Cybercriminals allegedly stole a large amount of sensitive internal documents from the Los Angeles Police Department and leaked the data online. The stolen data included police officers' personnel files, internal affairs investigations, and discovery documents that could include unredacted criminal complaints and personal information, such as witness names and medical data, according to the Los Angeles Times. Emma Best, founder of the transparency group Distributed Denial of Secrets, which hosts the data, said in an online post that the World Leaks extortion…
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The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess

🔥 Explore this trending post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Table of Contents This is a long article, so I'm breaking it up into a series of posts which will be released over the next few days. You can also read the full work as a PDF or EPUB; these files will be updated as each section is released. Introduction Dynamics Culture Information Ecology Annoyances Psychological Hazards Safety Work New Roles for Humans Where Do We Go From Here This is a weird time to be alive. I grew up on Asimov and Clarke, watching…
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Astropad’s Workbench reimagines remote desktop for AI agents, not IT support

Astropad’s Workbench reimagines remote desktop for AI agents, not IT support

🚀 Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: AI,Apps,TC,remoteaccesssoftware,Astropad,AI agents,remote desktop 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Demand for Apple's Mac Mini has surged, especially in China, where the mini computer has become an ideal platform for experimenting with standalone AI clients like OpenClaw and others. Now, a company called Astropad is building a remote desktop solution specifically for this use case. On Tuesday, Astropad CEO Matt Rung introduced Astropad Workbench, a remote desktop solution for Apple devices that he touts as designed for the "age of artificial intelligence." While an AI agent running on a Mac Mini may not…
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botctl — Process Manager for Autonomous AI Agents

botctl — Process Manager for Autonomous AI Agents

🔥 Check out this must-read post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: YAML frontmatter for settings, markdown body for the prompt. --- name: code-reviewer interval_seconds: 60 max_turns: 20 --- Review open PRs and post comments... Spawns Claude with your prompt, tools, and workspace. Runs, logs, and sleeps on a loop. $ botctl start code-reviewer -d ✓ Harness started (pid 48201) $ botctl logs code-reviewer -f [run #1] Reviewing PR #49... Every run saves its session. Resume where Claude left off, or send messages to redirect a running bot. $ botctl start review --message "focus on PR…
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