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The Greatest Shot in Television: Science Historian James Burke Had One Chance to Nail This Scene … and Nailed It

The Greatest Shot in Television: Science Historian James Burke Had One Chance to Nail This Scene … and Nailed It

šŸš€ Check out this insightful post from Hacker News šŸ“– šŸ“‚ **Category**: šŸ’” **What You’ll Learn**: The 80-secĀ­ond clip above capĀ­tures a rockĀ­et launch, someĀ­thing of which we’ve all seen footage at one time or anothĀ­er. What makes its viewĀ­ers call it ā€œthe greatĀ­est shot in teleĀ­viĀ­sionā€ still today, 45 years after it first aired, may take more than one viewĀ­ing to notice. In it, sciĀ­ence hisĀ­toĀ­riĀ­an James Burke speaks about how ā€œcerĀ­tain gasĀ­es ignite, and that the therĀ­mos flask perĀ­mits you to store vast quanĀ­tiĀ­ties of those gasĀ­es safeĀ­ly, in their frozen liqĀ­uid form, until you want to ignite…
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Bottom G wants you to know he’s more than just ‘gay Andrew Tate’

Bottom G wants you to know he’s more than just ‘gay Andrew Tate’

šŸ’„ Explore this must-read post from WIRED šŸ“– šŸ“‚ **Category**: Culture,Culture / Digital Culture,Twin Peaks āœ… **What You’ll Learn**: Last month, cryptocurrency-based online casino Duel broadcast a blackjack livestream, which it said would be hosted by former professional kickboxer turned controversial masculine influencer, Andrew Tate.But while the dealer — a bald man with a dark beard, wearing a black T-shirt, tight suit and sunglasses — looked like Tate, he didn't act much like the masculine, articulate broadcaster. His mostly silent performance was interspersed with sudden outbursts of singing, power contortions, ever more ridiculous dance moves, and most impressively a full…
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Im going back to writing code by hand

Im going back to writing code by hand

šŸ’„ Read this trending post from Hacker News šŸ“– šŸ“‚ **Category**: šŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: 09 May, 2026 Here is k10s: https://github.com/shvbsle/k10s/tree/archive/go-v0.4.0 234 commits. ~30 weekends. Built entirely on vibe-coded sessions with Claude, whenever my tokens lasted long enough to ship something. I'm archiving my TUI tool and rewriting it from scratch. k10s started as a GPU-aware Kubernetes dashboard (and my first foray into building something serious with AI). Think k9s but built for the people running NVIDIA clusters, people who actually care about GPU utilization, DCGM metrics, and which nodes are sitting idle burning $32/hr. I built it in…
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Thousands of Vibe-encrypted apps expose corporate and personal data on the open web

Thousands of Vibe-encrypted apps expose corporate and personal data on the open web

šŸ’„ Discover this trending post from WIRED šŸ“– šŸ“‚ **Category**: Security,Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks,Security / Privacy,Security / Security News,Business / Artificial Intelligence,Bad Vibes šŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: As AI is increasingly As modern programmers take over, the cybersecurity world has warned that automated encryption tools will almost certainly introduce a new set of exploitable bugs into software. When these encryption tools invite anyone to create web-hosted applications with a single click, the security implications turn out to extend beyond errors to the complete absence of... any Security – sometimes even for highly sensitive corporate and personal data.Security researcher Dor…
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Make America AI Ready: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Recommendations

šŸš€ Discover this must-read post from Hacker News šŸ“– šŸ“‚ **Category**: šŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: Analysis by: Jane Castleman, Sam Hafferty, Steven Kelts, Arvind Narayanan, Francesco Salvi, Hilke SchellmannEdited by: Sam Hafferty, Steven Kelts, Arvind Narayanan, Hilke Schellmann The Trump administration has made artificial intelligence a centerpiece of its economic agenda, promising to retrain a workforce it says must be ready to compete in an AI-driven future. One early piece of that effort: a free text-message course from the Department of Labor (DOL) and private partner Arist called, ā€œMake America AI-Readyā€, is a useful start on the journey to AI…
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This reggae band is in a nightmarish battle against AI Slop remixes

This reggae band is in a nightmarish battle against AI Slop remixes

✨ Check out this insightful post from WIRED šŸ“– šŸ“‚ **Category**: Culture,Culture / Music,Hit Record āœ… **What You’ll Learn**: Reggae music based in California Stick Figure has been around for 20 years, released eight albums, and countless hours on the road, but lead singer and guitarist Scott Woodruff has never seen a song take off like last week's "Angels Before Me."The seven-year-old song reached No. 1 on the iTunes sales charts in six different countries, including the UK, Austria and Canada, and became a hit "out of nowhere," according to Woodruff.Stick Figure has achieved many exciting feats before, with albums…
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PlayStation Emulator Devs Beg People To Stop Spamming AI Code

PlayStation Emulator Devs Beg People To Stop Spamming AI Code

šŸ’„ Discover this must-read post from Hacker News šŸ“– šŸ“‚ **Category**: šŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: The team behind RPCS3, the open-source PlayStation 3 emulator, took to X today to very kindly and civilly request that users ā€œstop submitting AI slop code pull requestsā€ to its GitHub page. Then they immediately proceeded to tell the AI-brain-rotted tech bros attempting to justify their vibe-coding nonsense to kick rocks in the replies, which is somewhat less civil but far more entertaining to read. RPCS3 has been around since 2011, and it’s remained the go-to PS3 emulator of choice for the majority of users…
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Google ditches the screen with the new Fitbit Air (2026)

Google ditches the screen with the new Fitbit Air (2026)

šŸ”„ Discover this trending post from WIRED šŸ“– šŸ“‚ **Category**: Gear,Gear / Products,Gear / Products / Health and Fitness,Face Off šŸ’” **What You’ll Learn**: Air isn't meant to stand alone so much as serve as a data collector within Google's expanding health software ecosystem. (The company also renamed the Fitbit app "Google Health.") Built on top of the Gemini system, the Health Coach is the brains of the system, promising personalized guidance based on your habits, goals, and biometric data. Instead of just displaying statistics, Google Health Coach translates them into actionable recommendations. It can create workout plans, suggest recovery…
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Running local models on an M4 with 24GB memory

Running local models on an M4 with 24GB memory

šŸš€ Explore this trending post from Hacker News šŸ“– šŸ“‚ **Category**: āœ… **What You’ll Learn**: I’ve been experimenting with running local models on and off for a bit and I’ve finally found a setup that seems to work reasonably. It’s nothing like the output of a SOTA model, but the excitement of being able to have a local model do basic tasks, research, and planning, more than makes up for it! No internet connection required! Not to mention that it’s a way of reducing your dependence on big US tech, even if just a tiny bit. I gotta say though,…
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Google renames Fitbit app to Google Health

Google renames Fitbit app to Google Health

✨ Check out this awesome post from WIRED šŸ“– šŸ“‚ **Category**: Gear,Gear / Gear News and Events,Crunch Time āœ… **What You’ll Learn**: More than a After a decade since its debut and five years after it was acquired by Google, Fitbit has officially been rebranded as Google Health. As part of the transition, Google also announced plans to discontinue the 12-year-old Google Fit app later this year, though details about migrating user data to Google Health will be released in the coming months.Google introduced a radical redesign of the Fitbit app last year in public beta, centered around a new…
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