The Bernoulli disk was a wild piece of 1980s hardware. Take a big floppy. Spin the platter at 1500 RPM just a micron or so from a read head. The airflow around that rapidly-spinning disk actually stabilizes the disk that close to the read-head via the Bernoulli...

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260614012006.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48615569 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

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Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-delays-release-us-voting-machine-study-midterms-near-2026-06-19/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614809 Points: 10 # Comments: 0

With the advent of affordable 2.5 Gbit, 5 Gbit, and 10 Gbit consumer networking gear, more and more people are taking advantage of these higher networking speeds, with [This Does Not Compute] having used 10 Gbit SFP+ modules over regular Cat-5e copper to connect to a...

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Submarius started as just a dashboard for diving conditions, but I quickly realized that there is simply no API for water clarity, nor even a simple way to calculate it. Divers call it viz, and it is one of the most consequential factors for a diving experience. So I...

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In order to stave off the worst effects of climate change, experts say that we, as a planet, need to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.  That has led countless companies to set their own corporate net-zero goals—and use carbon credits and renewable energy certificates...

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One of the stun gun modules with battery pack. (Credit: Dani Cruster DiWHY, YouTube) Few things are more satisfying during a Summer night than hearing the crackle and pop of another mosquito hurling itself against a bug zapper and knowing that it won’t be trying to...

Article URL: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a71619211/peter-thiel-dialog-club-wired-report/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613732 Points: 11 # Comments: 1

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Article URL: https://www.dallasfed.org/~/media/documents/research/papers/2026/wp2607.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613112 Points: 24 # Comments: 15

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/software/2025/09/03/supermarket-giant-tesco-sues-vmware-for-breach-of-contract/1420651 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613008 Points: 15 # Comments: 1

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Article URL: https://www.publictechnology.net/2026/06/15/public-order-justice-and-rights/home-office-launches-75m-policeai-to-capitalise-on-artificial-intelligence/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48612806 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-will-reinstate-memory-encryption-on-ryzen-9000-cpus-through-a-bios-update-in-july-tsme-is-coming-back-after-valuable-community-feedback Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48612098 Points:...

Although the basic principle of radio direction finding is easy to understand (measure the phase difference between different antennas, then calculate the angle of arrival from this difference), the radio hardware to actually implement this has historically been hard...

So ... what's your In the Weights score?

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I posted my portfolio here about a year ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45154609) and while there was a big response, it was very mixed! It'll probably be similar this time, but regardless of your thoughts about the concept, I think I've done a pretty good...

Article URL: https://waxy.org/2026/06/the-wholesale-plagiarism-of-obscure-sorrows/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48611411 Points: 32 # Comments: 0