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Data Colada Flags Likely Fabrication in Ariely's Famous Procrastination Study
A forthcoming Psychological Science paper failed to replicate Study 2 of Ariely and Wertenbroch's heavily cited 2002 article on deadlines and self-control — the
Dwarf Fortress's Myth and Magic update will procedurally generate whole systems of sorcery
Bay12 Games is building a Myth and Magic update for Dwarf Fortress that replaces the game's thin existing spell system with procedurally generated magic. Rather
Enterprise AI Demand Blindsides Apple, Forcing Early Mac Studio and Mini Launch
Apple pushed out refreshed Mac mini and Mac Studio models this week — well ahead of its usual fall cadence and awkwardly close to the iPhone reveal — because bu
Fastpotify: a native, sub-second Spotify client that morphs into Winamp
Fastpotify is a desktop Spotify client for Linux, macOS, and Windows built as a native binary rather than around an embedded browser engine. That choice is the
Freezers defrosting in sync across US military commissaries spark hacking fears
Refrigeration systems at multiple US military commissaries — the tax-free grocery stores run by the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) — failed near-simultaneousl
Google Play threatens to pull AnkiDroid over 501(c)(6) donation-link dispute
AnkiDroid, the free open-source flashcard client for Android with more than 10 million installs, is facing removal from Google Play worldwide (excluding India a
Heart-stopping 'mad honey' reportedly on sale online
Only the headline was available for this item — the article body was not provided, so the details below are limited to what the headline itself claims and shoul
HN's September 2026 'Who Is Hiring?' Thread: AI, Cloud, and Space Roles Lead
The monthly Hacker News hiring thread is back for September 2026, running under its usual rules: only companies hiring directly (no recruiters or job boards), o
How 2004 RuneScape squeezed a 3D MMO through a 56k modem
Jagex shipped a browser-based 3D world holding thousands of players per server over dial-up links that delivered roughly 5 KB/s down and less up. A decompiled 2
How ChatGPT decides to render dashboards, charts, and reports
This is a detailed reference of the internal tool and skill instructions that govern how ChatGPT (and the Codex tooling behind it) renders data artifacts — dash
How NAT Quietly Killed the Peer-to-Peer Internet
NAT began as a stopgap. RFC 1631 proposed it in 1994 alongside CIDR to buy time against IPv4 address exhaustion, letting many devices share a single public addr
Jujutsu creator Martin von Zweigbergk joins startup ERSC as CTO
East River Source Control, a version-control startup that launched in 2025 with backing from Amplify Partners, has named Jujutsu creator Martin von Zweigbergk a