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Catalytic process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles to make new plastics
Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2024-08-catalytic-vaporizes-plastic-bags-bottles.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494798
Points: 3
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Sigrok – a portable, cross-platform, FOSS signal analysis software suite
Article URL: https://sigrok.org/wiki/Main_Page
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494786
Points: 1
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Pakistan finds oil that may 'change its destiny
Article URL: https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/pakistan-finds-oil-that-may-change-its-destiny-natural-gas-petroleum-19472606.htm
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494769
Points: 2
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When Is "Recyclable" Not Recyclable?
Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/plastics-industry-redefine-recyclable-ftc-grocery-bags
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494768
Points: 1
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James Earl Jones, Actor Whose Voice Could Menace or Melt, Dies at 93
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/arts/james-earl-jones-dead.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494443
Points: 2
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UVTrick: Determine the venv that a Python function runs in from another venv [video]
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXWIxk2brfk
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494441
Points: 1
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Replacing React code with CSS:has selector
Article URL: https://www.developerway.com/posts/replacing-react-with-css
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494434
Points: 1
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Show HN: I made an AI-powred gaming name generator with stylish text
As gamers, we know the struggle of finding a memorable, cool username that isn’t already taken. That’s why we built the AI Gaming Name Generator – a tool designed to create unique, creative names for every type of gamer. Using cutting-edge algorithms, our tool generates names tailored to your preferences, helping you find the perfect identity in seconds.
Key Features:
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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494386
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Ask HN: What stops open source UberEats alternatives from popping up everywhere?
I am aware that it takes a lot of marketing these days to get a consumer app off the ground. But from my very limited knowledge of how these things work, restaurants are incentivized to get on the cheapest delivery platform possible, and also to promote it to increase their own revenue, so in my mind you only need to convince a critical mass of restaurants for the dominos to start falling. Starting with neighborhood restaurants and then progressively moving outwards seems like a good strategy here.
The core software itself doesn't seem too hard to build, except that some real time features like the ETA are clearly only possible if you have massive amounts of data. Yet a simple version where orders are dispatched to a pool of drivers should be relatively easy to put together.
Restaurants can offer items for cheaper than in-store prices because online orders don't have real estate overheads (except for maybe the kitchen), and our fees will be very low / a flat rate. Cheaper food should incentivize users to accept a lower quality UX.
Drivers can be paid more than Uber eats because a small open source project should not have the same insane R&D overheads that uber has.
The only thing I can think of is that if you get big enough, Uber eats / doordash will either try to stomp you out or buy you.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494355
Points: 2
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iPhone 16's unfinished Apple Intelligence is useful except when it's bonkers
Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/09/iphone-16-apple-intelligence-ai-event-2024/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494327
Points: 1
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The Mosquito-Borne Disease Triple-E Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise
Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/the-mosquito-borne-disease-triple-e-is-spreading-in-the-us-as-temperatures-rise/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494311
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The power of nostalgia: Age and preference for popular music
Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11002-022-09626-7
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494306
Points: 1
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Bitcoin Miners' AI Arbitrage Play to Boost Revenue
Article URL: https://www.vaneck.com/us/en/blogs/digital-assets/matthew-sigel-bitcoin-miners-ai-arbitrage-play-to-boost-revenue/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494292
Points: 1
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Very few problems are in NP intersect coNP but not known to be in P.
Article URL: https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2024/09/very-few-problems-are-in-np-intersect.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494280
Points: 1
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Oracle and AWS Announce Strategic Partnership
Article URL: https://press.aboutamazon.com/aws/2024/9/oracle-and-amazon-web-services-announce-strategic-partnership
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494261
Points: 2
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Exposing a Hospital Chain's Disturbing Practices
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/insider/acadia-healthcare.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494247
Points: 1
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Apple Discontinues iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 13
Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/09/apple-discontinues-iphone-15-pro-iphone-13/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494228
Points: 3
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'Terrorgram' leaders arrested, charged
Article URL: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leaders-transnational-terrorist-group-charged-soliciting-hate-crimes-soliciting-murder
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494198
Points: 4
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Superheroes came to Hollywood's rescue this summer. Is it enough to save movies?
Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-08-29/summer-box-office
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494137
Points: 1
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Building Resilience as a Software Engineer: A Senior Engineer's Journey
Article URL: https://swecareer.substack.com/p/building-resilience-as-a-software
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41494115
Points: 2
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