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Hopes of Big Bang Discoveries Ride on a Future Spacecraft
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/hopes-of-big-bang-discoveries-ride-on-a-future-spacecraft-20240417/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40073023
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Nine Rebel Astronomy Theories That Went Dark
Article URL: https://nautil.us/nine-rebel-astronomy-theories-that-went-dark-544315/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40073018
Points: 3
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Why being humble can make you a better leader
Article URL: https://theconversation.com/why-being-humble-can-make-you-a-better-leader-227265
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072999
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Ask HN: Were arrow keys a mistake? Should they just have been delegated to HJKL?
A few months ago I finished TypingClub and while I type much better now, I couldn't keep my right hand on the home row for too long because I would have to shift it to the arrow keys anytime I wanted to move around. Recently I decided to completely disable and replace them with H J K L after I started learning Vim. Vim uses those keys because those were the arrow keys on Bill Joy's keyboard when he made Vi.
I wonder if it should've stayed that way with keyboards. If the average non tech savvy person knows to press shift to capitalize, as well CTRL C X V, then would it be easy for them to know to press a modifier key plus H J K or L to move around? In such case would it help to print the modifier key in small font on the corners of the H J K L keys to help type them?
It seems like computer have really been optimized for low learning curves for the average person, and to the cost of efficiency, at least arguably.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072992
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Bessy II: How pulsed charging enhances the service time of batteries
Article URL: https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/pubbin/news_seite?nid=26506&sprache=en&seitenid=1
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072979
Points: 1
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How can software developers focus to ensure safety from AI era side effects?
Could the U.S. force treatment on mentally ill people (again)?
Article URL: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2024/04/16/1244702372/could-the-u-s-force-treatment-on-mentally-ill-people-again
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072943
Points: 1
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Databases Are Spreadsheets
Article URL: https://stack.convex.dev/databases-are-spreadsheets
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072937
Points: 4
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TikTok Shops and Commerce has Around 27% Retention (2nd only to Amazon)
Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-shop-better-at-keeping-customers-than-temu-shein-2024-4
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072936
Points: 2
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Google Fires 28 Employees After Multi-City Protests
Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/18/google-terminates-28-employees-after-series-of-protests-read-the-memo.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072892
Points: 22
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The Next Mass Extinction?
Article URL: https://www.nybooks.com/online/2024/04/14/the-next-mass-extinction/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072884
Points: 1
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Live Theater Comes to Google
Article URL: https://albertcory50.substack.com/p/live-theater-comes-to-google
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072797
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Former US Treasury Secretary warns Trump plans would 'set off an inflationary
Lions OS: secure – fast – adaptable
Article URL: https://trustworthy.systems/publications/papers/Heiser_24:eo.abstract
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072731
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New edition of Emily Dickinson's letters upends the myth of her reclusive genius
Article URL: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/162413/eternity-only-will-answer
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072728
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Oriole Joins Supabase
Article URL: https://supabase.com/blog/supabase-aquires-oriole
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072711
Points: 1
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The Rust Calling Convention We Deserve
Article URL: https://mcyoung.xyz/2024/04/17/calling-convention/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072686
Points: 1
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Cobalt Tools Media Downloader
Article URL: https://cobalt.tools/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072679
Points: 2
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Google Fires Workers Protesting $1.2B Israeli Contract
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-18/google-suspends-workers-protesting-1-2-billion-israeli-contract
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072677
Points: 7
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Show HN: A decentralized solution for service discovery in pure Rust
Article URL: https://github.com/al8n/ruserf
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072674
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