Articles by firefax
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The Wow signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected on August 15, 1977 (wikipedia.org)

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Best AI solution to hunt for buffer overflows in open source apps?

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How did a Usenet troll and encryption genius become a criminal mastermind? (atavist.com)

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A skills-based pathway to licensure is ordered in New Mexico [pdf] (archive.org)

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Why police raided Starbucks Korea's headquarters (cnn.com)

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How does the front page algorithm work?

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How Donald Trump Silenced the Voice of America (newyorker.com)

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"My dad is Li Gang" incident ("我爸是李刚"案) (wikipedia.org)

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Problems: A Close Reading with 4th Amendment Guidance for Cops and Perps (archive.org)

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Moscow complains of black rain after largest Ukrainian attack hits oil refinery (bbc.com)

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Spy law on track to lapse after Congress rejects extension (2026) (politico.com)

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Human Flesh Search Engine (wikipedia.org)

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Unexplained Phenomena (wikipedia.org)

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2020 United States federal government data breach (wikipedia.org)

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The first web browser was released on this day in 1990 (wikipedia.org)

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Stochastic Parrot (wikipedia.org)

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Peter Higgs: I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system (theguardian.com)

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Frutiger Aero (wikipedia.org)

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Slashdot effect (wikipedia.org)

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T-Mobile accessed a whistleblower's personal cell phone account to identify him (medium.com/chrisspeakuptfb)

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Ask HN: How do you restrict bandwidth when using a hotspot?

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Ask HN: How can I delete my Instagram?

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The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine (1791) (gutenberg.org)

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Ask HN: Best LLM model for code generation?

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Ask HN: Can you show me examples of static site design?

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DDG puts a little "L" hat on it's logo if you search Luigi (duckduckgo.com)

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What would you learn to become a "full stack web developer"?

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The Cricket as a Thermometer (1897) (uchicago.edu)

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Conspiracy as Governance (2006) [pdf] (ucdavis.edu)

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Ask HN: What would you read to learn about "artificial intelligence"?

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Apple Is Selling iPad Repair Parts for Astronomical Prices (404media.co)

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Hampsterdance: The twisted true story of one of the first memes (cbc.ca)

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Ask HN: What are your favorite funny things from the old internet?

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When Tyranny Takes Hold (2016) (newyorker.com)

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Musk complains of cyberattack against X (pravda.com.ua)