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151.		Why does every mammal get 1B heartbeats in their life? [video] (youtube.com)
		6 points by binyu 13 days ago \| discuss
152.		Sally the Robot Was Coming to a New York School. Then the Plug Was Pulled (nytimes.com)
		6 points by apparent 14 days ago \| 3 comments
153.		The South Carolina town in turmoil over a $545,000 email phishing scam (msn.com)
		10 points by MilnerRoute 14 days ago \| 3 comments
154.		SEC acquiring AI agents to monitor phone locations, social media, credit headers (jackpoulson.substack.com)
		9 points by iamnothere 14 days ago \| 2 comments
155.		Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break (npr.org)
		9 points by geox 13 days ago \| discuss
156.		Show HN: QueryTuner – SQL diagnostics across 5 DBs, no database connection (querytuner.com)
		8 points by autoshiftops 13 days ago \| discuss
157.		What a $15 pint of ice cream says about the economy (cnn.com)
		8 points by mooreds 13 days ago \| 1 comment
158.		I scanned my AI agent framework for destructive/consequential actions, and wow (actenon.com)
		8 points by Bucko1 14 days ago \| 2 comments
159.		Brazil denies visas to U.S. officials who aimed to impugn electoral system (washingtonpost.com)
		15 points by matheusmoreira 14 days ago \| 9 comments
160.		Hugging Face CEO calls for 'radical transparency' after 'unprecedented' OpenAI (techcrunch.com)
		8 points by sbulaev 13 days ago \| discuss
161.		What will more intelligence do for us? (noahpinion.blog)
		8 points by jinjin2 14 days ago \| 2 comments
162.		Claude Code Cut Their System Prompt by 80%. Does That Work for Small Models Too? (antigma.ai)
		7 points by ubermon 14 days ago \| 4 comments
163.		Upd.dev: Free Git hosting, including the freedom to vibe code (upd.dev)
		7 points by Xlab 14 days ago \| 1 comment
164.		Triton: DirectX 11 driver for QEMU (getutm.app)
		7 points by generichuman 14 days ago \| 1 comment
165.		Jedi Knight fansite has been running consistently for almost 30 years (pcgamer.com)
		7 points by Apocryphon 14 days ago \| 1 comment
166.		Bordeaux considering 'total evacuation if needed' as wildfires rage nearby (sky.com)
		7 points by tosh 13 days ago \| 1 comment
167.		Artificial Intelligence and the Rise of Independent Work (mercatus.org)
		7 points by dctoedt 14 days ago \| 2 comments
168.		Silicon Valley Splits over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I (nytimes.com)
		7 points by dkobia 14 days ago \| 4 comments
169.		Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and AI Use (thenextweb.com)
		6 points by colinprince 13 days ago \| discuss
170.		The diminishing returns of productivity culture (2021) (annehelen.substack.com)
		6 points by downbad_ 14 days ago
171.		Tokenflation: When "Hi" triggers 33 tool calls (quesma.com)
		6 points by jakozaur 14 days ago \| 1 comment
172.		Registration of new accounts to the Arch AUR reopened with hardened requirements (archlinux.org)
		6 points by exploraz 13 days ago \| 2 comments
173.		Introduction to Microsoft Excel 1990 with Jan Brehm (youtube.com)
		6 points by chistev 13 days ago \| discuss
174.		We Are Not Special (2021) (hillelwayne.com)
		6 points by birdculture 13 days ago \| discuss
175.		Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure (theguardian.com)
		6 points by n1b0m 13 days ago \| discuss
176.		Juice – non-essential visual, audio, and haptic effects to enhance UX (bradwoods.io)
		6 points by gurjeet 14 days ago \| 1 comment
177.		Show HN: Desktui – a remote desktop client for your terminal (github.com/mishushakov)
		11 points by ushakov 14 days ago
178.		Coinbase Switches to Chinese AI Models GLM and Kimi, Cuts AI Spending by 50% (mlq.ai)
		10 points by mgh2 13 days ago \| 1 comment
179.		Quantum internet leaves the lab (northwestern.edu)
		8 points by hhs 14 days ago
180.		In a Ukrainian bomb shelter, Laura Loomer explains shift on Russia's war (apnews.com)
		8 points by haburka 13 days ago \| discuss
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