How did retro consoles handle graphics before modern GPUs?
Graphics chips could draw but not compute, until the Xbox arrived.
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Desulforudis Audaxviator: radiotrophic bacterium kms below the surface
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Orbital Sunrise
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US removes all Air Force bombers from UK base following new threat
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Open Source Instinct
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Teen suspected of running KillSec ransomware group as cops seize servers
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Show HN: Digital scarcity; app where photos gradually decay with time / views
Like instagram, but all photos have a shelf life: they can be up for year, an hour or ten minutes, or up until they're viewed 100 times, 1000 times or a million times, etc. The longer they're up, the more they fade - user chosen filters are applied gradually over the lifetime of the photo (be it...
Linux 7.3-Rc6 Released: Normal for the New "AI Normal"
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The reason the Mac mini is cheaper than a MacBook
If you're trying to decide between a MacBook and a Mac mini, you might be interested to know why there's a price difference.
Astronaut back on Earth – forgets about gravity
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Radio signal detected for the first time from a planet outside our solar system
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A priors-based argument for psychadelic skepticism
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Study of 2.5M children finds no link between MMR vaccine and autism
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Every Map Everywhere All at Once: exact neutral redistricting maps on a GPU
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Show HN: EditUI – Cursor/Claude Design-style UI editing directly in the browser
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Smart meter rollout in Germany continues to be slow
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RustQC: Rust reimplementation of dupRadar, RSeQC, Qualimap, preseq, and samtools
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You should avoid using a screen protector on your MacBook — here's why
Screen protectors can do more harm than good.
Zelenskyy says Ukraine is developing satellite system similar to Starlink
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Show HN: Soulor – Rehearse hard conversations with simulated people
I built Soulor independently as a 16y/o high school student. It helps reading social situations with multiple perspectives, and helps users rehearse hard conversations by simulating others with analyses and suggestions, there are also companions that knows the full context if users choose to sha...
Show HN: TapRacer – drag racing with real car physics and a two-key throttle
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Show HN: Xetodus, browser based 3D space MMO
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I ported the new Hare compiler to OpenBSD
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Hurl – Run and Test HTTP Requests
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