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Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/lightmatter-unveils-high-performance-photonic-superchip-claims-worlds-fastest-ai-interconnect

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43631016

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Article URL: https://overreacted.io/react-for-two-computers/

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Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-tariffs-live-markets-selloff-us-reciprocal-tariffs-kick-2025-04-09/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43630982

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Article URL: https://mathstodon.xyz/@robinhouston/114272721723207991

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Article URL: https://harvardpolitics.com/spongebob-queer-failure/

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I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic lately, so I decided to build a little web chat app inspired by Yahoo! Messenger. Right now it’s got group chat rooms. Super simple setup, no email required to register. You can create your own room or hop into one that’s already open.

Room owners can customize things like backgrounds and even cursors of their room. Users can format their messages with basic markdown like bold, italics, and color texts (kind of like the old Yahoo! days).

I even brought back the classic Yahoo! Messenger emoticons because… well, why not?

You can try it out here: https://buzzed.chat (Heads up: it's still pretty barebones, so excuse any bugs you might run into!)

I'm thinking of adding a few more features next, like:

• Audibles

• A buddy list so you can add friends

• Private chats between buddies

Before I keep building, I wanted to check in and see what people think. Anyone else remember using Yahoo! Messenger back in the day? Any features you’d love to see again?

Would genuinely love to hear your thoughts and ideas

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43630733

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Article URL: https://www.natesilver.net/p/silicon-valleys-gamble-on-trump-isnt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43630719

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Article URL: https://metsonet.co.uk/gear/2021/01/12/racks.html

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Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/are-e-bikes-a-godsend-or-the-road-to-perdition-an-amish-community-is-torn-9f4f6b86

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43630699

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Article URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adr4827

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Article URL: https://subs.ft.com/products

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Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/09/ietf_ai_preferences_working_group/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43630674

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Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/business/economy/us-bonds-trump-truss-treasury-yield.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43630672

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“On a scale of 1 to 10, how much credit do you give to yourself for getting to where you are?”

This question has always fascinated me. I’ve asked this question from numerous people and based on people’s background and how much they have suffered, I get all the numbers from 1 to 10. (or even higher)

I don’t know much about our “Soul” and its effect, whether we carry something from our past life (if we had any) but I can see these factors as things that truly shape us: - Family - Surroundings/Community (somehow family again) - IQ/brain capacity and our appearance

We have no say in any of these and are totally random. Whatever we do and decide, can be traced back to these factors.

I’d like to argue we humans are static functions generating the same results if fed the same inputs. If a supercomputer can capture all the inputs from the beginning and does the required processing, we can become deterministic creatures.

Back to the first question, people like to compare themselves with people of the same age, arguing I have decided to suffer and grow at some point blah blah and because of that give more credit to their “will” and themselves.

I’d say it’s easy to compare yourself when you are 25 or 30 but do you ever compare two kids aged 5 in totally different circumstances?

Another interesting fact supporting this: In 1983, Benjamin Libet and colleagues conducted a study revealing that the brain's readiness potential (Bereitschaftspotential) begins approximately 550 milliseconds before a voluntary action. Participants reported conscious awareness of their intention to act about 200 milliseconds before the movement, suggesting that unconscious neural processes initiate actions prior to conscious awareness. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6640273/

In my mind all of this leads to “illusion of will”. Although I do not look at it in a nihilistic way, it just helps me be more humble and embrace the randomness of the world and appreciate what I have.

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Article URL: https://speedbumpapp.com/en/blog/how-to-reduce-screen-time/

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Hey all, so I'm a data engineer who has become an engineering manager. I'm replacing a manager who has amazing knowledge of internal systems and I feel like an imposter. It will take a long time for me to built up any where near the understanding of the business and processes and understanding who knows and how each random system works.

I'm thinking the best option would be for me to focus on a few key projects that I can get my head around but I'd appreciate any advice from people who have been in my position.

I'm replacing a manager who has great knowledge of internal systems and business history. I don't have that.

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Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2025-04-guatemala-altar-tikal-context-mysterious.html

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Article URL: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427/shadow-ticket-by-thomas-pynchon/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43630631

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Article URL: https://newatlas.com/learning-memory/tapping-finger-hearing-comprehension/

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Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/27/cbp-cell-phones-devices-traveling-us/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43630624

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