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Silicon Valley's Secret Power Plays: How Encrypted Group Chats Shaped American Politics

2025-04-28
Silicon Valley's Secret Power Plays: How Encrypted Group Chats Shaped American Politics

This article exposes a hidden network of power built by Silicon Valley elites through encrypted group chats (like Signal and WhatsApp), playing a crucial role in shaping American politics, particularly the alliance between the tech world and the right wing. Led by Marc Andreessen, tech moguls discuss politics, strategies, and even influence mainstream opinion in these private chats. These chats once propelled support for Trump, but internal rifts have emerged with shifting political landscapes, reflecting the complex dynamics of American politics and the tech sector.

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(www.semafor.com)
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Triangular Grids: A Fresh Perspective on Tactical Game Design

2025-09-03

Square and hexagonal grids are commonplace in strategy games, but triangular grids remain largely unexplored. This article delves into the advantages of triangular grids in game design, highlighting their visual flexibility in representing both straight lines and curves, and their unique tactical possibilities. Unlike square grids with 4 directions and hexagonal grids with 6, triangular grids, when allowing diagonal movement, offer up to 12 directions, significantly increasing tactical options. The article details coordinate representation, conversion methods, and various distance calculation formulas for triangular grids, providing a small open-source library for developers. While few games currently utilize triangular grids, their potential is vast, promising a fresh take on strategy game mechanics.

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(kvachev.com)
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Effortless Weather Station Data Acquisition with a Raspberry Pi

2025-07-01

The author effortlessly acquired data from an Acurite weather station using a Raspberry Pi and Software Defined Radio (SDR). By installing rtl_433, the Raspberry Pi automatically identified and decoded the weather station's 433MHz wireless signal, displaying temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, and lightning information. For better data visualization, the author also installed WeeWX software and configured the weewx-sdr plugin, ultimately creating a local weather data web dashboard. The process involved configuring sensor mapping and adding udev rules to grant the WeeWX user access to the SDR device.

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(www.jeffgeerling.com)
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Another Car Carrier Fire Highlights Growing EV Risks at Sea

2025-06-05
Another Car Carrier Fire Highlights Growing EV Risks at Sea

The fire aboard the Morning Midas, carrying thousands of vehicles including electric vehicles, is the latest in a string of car carrier fires. This incident, along with detailed accounts of previous disasters like the Fremantle Highway and Felicity Ace, highlights the significant challenges posed by lithium-ion batteries in maritime transport. Investigations often reveal issues such as inadequate fire suppression systems, poor emergency response, and underlying design flaws. The increasing number of electric vehicles necessitates urgent improvements in safety regulations and technologies for their seaborne transportation.

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(gcaptain.com)
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Dodge Axes Base Electric Muscle Car, the Charger Daytona R/T

2025-06-04
Dodge Axes Base Electric Muscle Car, the Charger Daytona R/T

Dodge has confirmed that the base electric Charger Daytona R/T will not return for the 2026 model year, leaving only the pricier Scat Pack version. This follows significant incentives offered on 2024 and 2025 models to clear inventory, and recent tariff increases impacting the Canadian-built coupe. Dealers currently hold roughly 3,500 unsold R/T models, prompting steep discounts. Eliminating the base trim will inevitably increase the Charger's price, bad news for what was hyped as the first electric muscle car.

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(www.thedrive.com)
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The Forgotten Syntax of Salt and Gold: How Ifriqiya's Merchants Coded Commerce Before Silicon

2025-04-19
The Forgotten Syntax of Salt and Gold: How Ifriqiya's Merchants Coded Commerce Before Silicon

This article unveils the story of the Sifraniyah, a merchant guild in Ifriqiya (modern-day southern Tunisia), who used a unique trade language, Al-Khatt al-Tujjari (The Commercial Line), centuries before the silicon age. Resembling an early programming language, this cryptic system employed conditional statements, looped inventory management, and error-checking mechanisms, executed through wax-sealed scrolls, knotted scripts, and rhythmic chants. Their decentralized autonomous protocol-like system operated across various trade nodes. However, with the rise of empires and more modern accounting, Al-Khatt al-Tujjari was eventually forgotten, leaving behind fragments that remind us logic isn't solely born of silicon, but can also grow from sand, salt, and stories.

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(medium.com)
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Zero-Cost Static Blog with React Server Components

2025-05-08
Zero-Cost Static Blog with React Server Components

This blog post details how to deploy a completely static blog using Next.js's static site generation capabilities and React Server Components (RSC) on Cloudflare's free static hosting plan, costing exactly zero. The author explains the concept of 'hybrid' frameworks, capable of both server-side rendering and static site generation. By running RSC code during the build process and saving its output, a fully static deployment is achieved, eliminating server costs. A code example shows data being read from the local filesystem during the build, generating static pages. This demonstrates that 'static' is essentially a 'server' running ahead of time, with the code logic remaining the same, only the timing changes.

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(overreacted.io)
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Amazon's Secret Project 'Bend the Curve': Cleaning Up the Everything Store

2025-05-30
Amazon's Secret Project 'Bend the Curve': Cleaning Up the Everything Store

Amazon has launched a secretive project codenamed "Bend the Curve" to purge billions of unproductive product listings, aiming to reduce cloud computing costs. This initiative, part of CEO Andy Jassy's cost-cutting strategy, targets a reduction to under 50 billion active ASINs by the end of 2024. While Amazon claims the goal is to improve product quality, not reduce selection, surveys suggest a decline in consumer perception of Amazon's product variety. The project has also caused confusion among some sellers, prompting Amazon to improve communication and clarify its policies.

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(www.businessinsider.com)
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Java at 30: From WORA to Enterprise Backbone

2025-05-23
Java at 30: From WORA to Enterprise Backbone

Thirty years ago, Java burst onto the scene, its 'Write Once, Run Anywhere' promise offering a breath of fresh air to the development world. While the reality of 'Write Once, Test Everywhere' sometimes prevailed, Java quickly became a mainstay of enterprise applications. It weathered legal battles with Microsoft and experienced fluctuations in popularity, yet remains a top-tier language in the TIOBE index. Oracle's commercialization strategy has caused controversy, but the existence of open-source alternatives ensures Java's continued vitality, keeping it highly relevant as it enters its fourth decade.

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(www.theregister.com)
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Lufthansa Flight Flies on Autopilot for 10 Minutes After Co-pilot Faints

2025-05-17
Lufthansa Flight Flies on Autopilot for 10 Minutes After Co-pilot Faints

A Lufthansa Airbus A321 flight from Frankfurt to Seville flew on autopilot for 10 minutes after the co-pilot fainted while the captain was away. A Spanish investigation report revealed the incident, which occurred on February 17, 2024. The autopilot maintained stable flight despite unusual noises in the cockpit indicating a medical emergency. The captain, who had recently completed emergency training, accessed the cockpit using an emergency code. Lufthansa acknowledged the report but declined to comment further on its internal investigation.

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(www.scmp.com)
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X-37B's Secret Mission: A Quantum Leap in Space Navigation

2025-08-25
X-37B's Secret Mission: A Quantum Leap in Space Navigation

The US military's X-37B spaceplane, launching on its eighth mission in August 2025, carries a potentially revolutionary experiment: a quantum inertial sensor. This sensor uses atom interferometry to enable highly accurate navigation even where GPS is unavailable or compromised, such as deep space or underwater. Outperforming traditional inertial navigation systems in accuracy and stability, it holds significant implications for both military and civilian spaceflight, marking a crucial step towards real-world applications of quantum technology.

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(www.space.com)
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Steam UK Implements Credit Card Age Verification, Bypassing VPN Workarounds?

2025-08-29
Steam UK Implements Credit Card Age Verification, Bypassing VPN Workarounds?

To comply with the UK's Online Safety Act, Steam now requires all UK users to verify their age with a credit card to access mature content and games. This has sparked controversy, as users without credit cards are locked out. Valve claims this maximizes user privacy and prevents age verification circumvention. Weeks after the UK's new age-gating rules were found easily bypassed via VPNs, and following brief exploits of Discord and Reddit's age verification, this move is significant. Microsoft is also rolling out Xbox age verification in the UK, currently optional but mandatory in early 2026.

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(www.theverge.com)
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Driverless Maserati Sets New Land Speed Record

2025-03-03
Driverless Maserati Sets New Land Speed Record

A driverless Maserati MC20 Coupe achieved a new land speed record for autonomous vehicles, reaching 197.7mph (318km/h) at the Kennedy Space Center. The feat, a collaboration between Politecnico di Milano and the Indy Autonomous Challenge, pushed the limits of AI-driven software and robotics. The team aims to leverage the extreme testing to improve the reliability of autonomous driving algorithms, ultimately enhancing safety for autonomous road vehicles.

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(www.theverge.com)
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TikTok Experiment: My Rabbit and the Robot Cat

2025-05-26
TikTok Experiment: My Rabbit and the Robot Cat

A researcher's TikTok experiment, introducing a robot cat to her rabbit, unexpectedly led her down the rabbit hole of animal-robot interaction (ARI) research. The rabbit showed zero interest, and other pets' reactions varied. This sparked reflections on how animals understand and respond to robots, leading to explorations in ARI, revealing surprising parallels with human-robot interaction (HRI) but also ethical dilemmas, such as manipulating animal behavior with robots. The TikTok videos, contrary to expectations, didn't generate a robust discussion about the robot-pet relationship, instead prompting deeper introspection into animal welfare and human-robot relationships. The ethical implications of using robots to manipulate animals, particularly in industrial or military contexts, are highlighted, along with the emotional responses of both the researcher and viewers.

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(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
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Shape-Shifting Browser Extensions Steal Credentials

2025-03-10
Shape-Shifting Browser Extensions Steal Credentials

Researchers at SquareX Labs have uncovered a new class of malicious browser extensions dubbed "polymorphic extensions." These extensions can impersonate legitimate extensions like password managers in real-time, tricking users into revealing sensitive credentials. The attack proceeds in four phases: distribution, reconnaissance, impersonation, and exploitation. Attackers distribute the malicious extension disguised as a useful tool on the Chrome Web Store. Once installed, it identifies target extensions and, upon use, temporarily disables the legitimate version, replacing it with a near-identical fake. Credentials are stolen and the legitimate extension is restored, leaving no obvious trace. Because the attack uses legitimate browser features, there's no easy fix, but SquareX suggests countermeasures like restricting sudden extension icon changes and enhancing permission monitoring.

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(cyberinsider.com)
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Koa.js: A Next-Gen Node.js Web Framework

2025-01-10

Koa.js, from the creators of Express, is a new web framework for Node.js that aims for a smaller, more expressive, and robust foundation for web applications and APIs. Leveraging async functions, Koa ditches callbacks and significantly improves error handling. It doesn't bundle middleware, offering instead an elegant set of methods for building fast and enjoyable servers. Middleware cascades in a streamlined fashion, and Koa provides a rich context with methods simplifying common HTTP tasks like content negotiation, caching, and redirection.

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(koajs.com)
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Montana's Right-to-Try Bill: A Medical Tourism Gamble?

2025-05-15
Montana's Right-to-Try Bill: A Medical Tourism Gamble?

Montana's controversial new law allows access to unapproved experimental drugs, sparking debate. While proponents claim it promotes equitable access, experts question its safety and feasibility. US courts have previously rejected the right of patients to access unapproved experimental treatments. The bill mandates that experimental treatment centers allocate a percentage of profits to support local residents' access, but this might introduce further risk as doctors lack efficacy guarantees. Additionally, the law limits sales to drugs manufactured within Montana, contradicting federal requirements for FDA approval of interstate drug commerce. Despite these hurdles, several clinics have expressed interest, potentially creating a unique medical tourism market.

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(www.technologyreview.com)
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Bay Area AI Engineer: Building the AI-First Fraud Detection System

2025-08-21
Bay Area AI Engineer: Building the AI-First Fraud Detection System

Coris is hiring experienced AI Engineers to build an AI-first fraud detection system for global commerce. Responsibilities include fine-tuning and optimizing LLMs for fraud detection, building high-performance Django backend services, and handling massive data volumes from payment processors like Stripe and Adyen. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of Python/Django experience, expertise in LLM optimization and fraud detection, and the ability to ensure low latency and cost in high-concurrency environments.

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(www.ycombinator.com)
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AI Code Generation's Hallucinations: A New Software Supply Chain Threat

2025-04-12
AI Code Generation's Hallucinations: A New Software Supply Chain Threat

The rise of AI-powered code generation tools is revolutionizing software development, but also introducing new risks to the software supply chain. These tools sometimes 'hallucinate' nonexistent software packages, a vulnerability attackers are exploiting. They create malicious packages and upload them to registries like PyPI or npm. When the AI 'hallucinates' the name again, installing dependencies executes the malware. Studies show around 5.2% of commercial AI suggestions are non-existent packages, compared to 21.7% for open-source models. This 'hallucination' shows a bimodal pattern: some invented names reappear consistently, others vanish. This form of typosquatting, dubbed 'slopsquatting', requires developers to carefully vet AI-generated code. The Python Software Foundation is actively working to mitigate these risks.

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(www.theregister.com)
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Montana Closes the Data Broker Loophole: A Win for Privacy

2025-05-16
Montana Closes the Data Broker Loophole: A Win for Privacy

Montana has become the first state to successfully close the 'data broker loophole,' a practice that allows law enforcement to circumvent warrants by purchasing personal information from data brokers. The new law, SB 282, prohibits government agencies from using funds to obtain electronic communications data, tracking device information, financial transaction data, pseudonymous information, or 'sensitive data' (including details on personal life, religious affiliation, health status, biometric data, and precise geolocation). While law enforcement can still obtain information through warrants or consent, this legislation represents a significant step towards protecting citizen privacy and sets a precedent for other states to follow.

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(www.eff.org)
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The Real Value of a Business Founder

2025-04-27

Many non-technical founders struggle to find technical co-founders. This article argues it's not a lack of engineers, but an overvaluation of the business founder's contribution. They often overestimate the importance of their idea and underestimate the difficulty of technical execution. The author suggests business founders should focus on building and expanding their customer network and demonstrating market demand, such as securing a large pre-order list or letters of intent. By validating market demand, rather than relying on the product itself, they can attract technical co-founders and increase their chances of success.

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(verdikapuku.com)
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Threads Glitch Creates a Monolithic Echo Chamber: Everyone's Saying the Same Thing

2025-06-21
Threads Glitch Creates a Monolithic Echo Chamber: Everyone's Saying the Same Thing

A bizarre bug on Meta's Threads app is causing a disturbing phenomenon: some users are seeing the same post repeated endlessly across their feeds, creating a massive echo chamber. One example shows the phrase "Siri, unsubscribe me from 2025" being echoed ad nauseam. While more silly than malicious, this incident, coupled with a recent Meta AI privacy breach, highlights ongoing issues with app stability and user data security at Meta. Meta has acknowledged the problem and is working on a fix.

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(techcrunch.com)
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YouTube: TV Overtakes Mobile as Primary Viewing Device in the US

2025-02-11
YouTube: TV Overtakes Mobile as Primary Viewing Device in the US

YouTube reports that in the US, TVs have surpassed mobile devices as the primary way people watch its content. Despite the rise of smartphones, big-screen TVs and their remotes remain dominant, based on YouTube's watch time data. Nielsen confirms YouTube's leading position in streaming watch time for two years running. Furthermore, YouTube announced a new feature, "Watch With," enabling creators to provide live commentary and reactions to games and events, currently in testing.

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(www.engadget.com)
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The Impossible Tetrahedron: From Math Problem to Real-World Object

2025-06-26
The Impossible Tetrahedron: From Math Problem to Real-World Object

Mathematicians have long studied the 'monostable tetrahedron' – a unique shape stable on only one side. Theoretically, this shape is achievable through clever mass distribution, but building one proved incredibly challenging. Gergő Almádi and his team, after complex calculations and multiple failed attempts, finally constructed a monostable tetrahedron model using a carbon fiber frame and tungsten carbide components. This successful model not only validates mathematical theory but also offers new avenues for future engineering designs, such as lunar landers.

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(www.quantamagazine.org)
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Fortescue's 'Infinity Train': A Self-Charging Battery-Electric Locomotive

2025-06-25
Fortescue's 'Infinity Train': A Self-Charging Battery-Electric Locomotive

Australian mining giant Fortescue, through its subsidiary Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), and Williams Advanced Engineering have unveiled an ambitious project: an "infinity train." This battery-electric locomotive utilizes regenerative braking to recharge its batteries downhill, eliminating the need for external charging infrastructure. The train is designed to transport iron ore between mine sites without needing recharging, aiming to replace diesel locomotives and significantly reduce emissions. While details are still emerging, the project's success hinges on sufficient downhill gradients for regenerative charging. FFI's broader commitment to green technology includes ammonia-powered ships and hydrogen fuel cell mining trucks, positioning them as a major player in the green energy transition.

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(newatlas.com)
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FTC Launches Inquiry into Big Tech 'Censorship'

2025-02-20
FTC Launches Inquiry into Big Tech 'Censorship'

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is launching an inquiry into whether major online platforms, including Meta and Uber, are censoring users. This follows Republican claims that social media companies suppress conservative viewpoints and allegations of the Biden administration pressuring platforms to remove certain information. The investigation is broad, covering numerous online services, and seeks public input on how consumers have been harmed by restrictions on speech. While courts have previously given social media companies significant leeway, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson has signaled a priority to crack down on tech 'censorship,' potentially significantly impacting the tech industry.

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(www.yahoo.com)
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DocumentCloud: An Online Document Collaboration Platform

2024-12-31

DocumentCloud is an online platform that allows users to upload, collaboratively edit, and share various types of documents. It offers powerful search and organizational features, making it easy to manage large volumes of files. For journalists, researchers, and organizations needing team collaboration, DocumentCloud is a valuable tool that increases efficiency and facilitates information sharing.

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(legacy.www.documentcloud.org)
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EM-LLM: Human-Inspired Episodic Memory for Infinite Context LLMs

2025-05-14
EM-LLM: Human-Inspired Episodic Memory for Infinite Context LLMs

EM-LLM is a novel architecture that significantly enhances the ability of large language models (LLMs) to handle extremely long contexts by mimicking human episodic memory and event cognition. Without fine-tuning, EM-LLM organizes input token sequences into coherent episodic events and accesses relevant information through an efficient two-stage memory retrieval mechanism. In LongBench and ∞-Bench benchmarks, EM-LLM outperforms state-of-the-art retrieval models like InfLLM and RAG, even surpassing full-context models in most tasks. It successfully performs retrieval across 10 million tokens, computationally infeasible for full-context models. The strong correlation between EM-LLM's event segmentation and human-perceived events offers a novel computational framework for exploring human memory mechanisms.

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(github.com)
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AI-Powered CAD Startup Hestus Hiring Machine Learning Engineer

2025-04-29
AI-Powered CAD Startup Hestus Hiring Machine Learning Engineer

Hestus, a fast-growing AI-powered CAD startup based in Peninsula, is seeking an experienced Machine Learning Engineer. You'll design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable software applications using Python, create and tune custom machine learning models and embeddings, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to build new features. The ideal candidate will have at least four years of experience in machine learning engineering, expert-level Python proficiency, familiarity with deep learning frameworks (like PyTorch), and thrive in a fast-paced environment. Competitive salary, equity options, and excellent benefits are offered.

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(www.ycombinator.com)
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