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CIA Releases President's Daily Briefs in Commemoration of 9/11

stmw — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:30:07 +0000

https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/cia-releases-presidents-da...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49663054

Points: 142

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New comment by stmw in "The Thinking Machine (1961) – AI debates 65 years ago [video]"

stmw — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:20:30 +0000

"This rare episode of CBS’s Tomorrow series, produced to commemorate MIT’s 100th anniversary (1861–1961), explores the early days of artificial intelligence, robotics, and the potential of “thinking machines.” Hosted by actor David Wayne, this documentary-style special features interviews with pioneering computer scientists, including MIT President Jerome B. Wiesner and AI visionary Oliver G. Selfridge of MIT Lincoln Laboratory."

The Thinking Machine (1961) – AI debates 65 years ago [video]

stmw — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:20:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Apsqv0CpI

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49661946

Points: 3

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New comment by stmw in "An interactive tour of the spanning tree protocol"

stmw — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:11:13 +0000

Also a good opportunity to read about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radia_Perlman in general (she is mentioned in the blog of course).

New comment by stmw in "The Deathray: A simple way for an untrusted site to freeze a Mac"

stmw — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:09:27 +0000

It's interesting because we learned this lesson with JVM applets, Flash and X controls in the browser, yet somehow insist on revisiting it...

New comment by stmw in "Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables"

stmw — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:02:03 +0000

JIC! That's funny. It may sound like inefficiency, but really it is an option on future flexibility. Just like the big box of cables.

New comment by stmw in "Bill Biggart, 9/11 photographer"

stmw — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:31:39 +0000

also - https://www.freedomforum.org/remembering-bill-biggart-911-an...

Bill Biggart, 9/11 photographer

stmw — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:31:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.billbiggart.com/september-11th

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49651025

Points: 6

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New comment by stmw in "Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables"

stmw — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:56:29 +0000

It's what JIT (just-in-time) inventory and offshore manufacturing took away from us. Hold onto your spare parts.

Cherenkov light as a mechanism for light flashes seen by astronauts in space

stmw — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:04:05 +0000

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11761

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49602393

Points: 2

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MIT Science Reporter–"Computer for Apollo" (1965) [video]

stmw — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 18:50:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndvmFlg1WmE

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49589586

Points: 2

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New comment by stmw in "Refurbishing a Tektronix TDS7104 Oscilloscope"

stmw — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:54:58 +0000

Thanks for answering, not surprising. I think the transition from all-hardware to Windows-driven digital hard on Tektronix and many other storied engineering teams.

British Parliament, 1 Sept 1939 – start of WW2

stmw — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 23:55:36 +0000

Article URL: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1939/sep/01/british-note-to-germany

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529969

Points: 1

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New comment by stmw in "Refurbishing a Tektronix TDS7104 Oscilloscope"

stmw — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:57:44 +0000

For a brief second, I thought this was about an original 7104.

Are there specific TDS models that you have found to be better, btw, reliability-wise?

CMS Proposes Changes to Incentivize FHIR-Enabled Electronic Prior Authorization

stmw — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:07:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsgr.com/en/insights/cms-proposes-changes-to-incentivize-fhir-enabled-electronic-prior-authorization-use.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49523944

Points: 1

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New comment by stmw in "507 Mechanical Movements"

stmw — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:09:24 +0000

Ineed, it's a very good book. Someone should make an animated website version, though.

New comment by stmw in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

stmw — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:40:37 +0000

Which MacOS version are you on, out of curiosity? Do others see the same software issues?

What Zig felt like, coming from Rust

stmw — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:59:44 +0000

Article URL: https://besok.github.io/posts/what-zig-felt-like-coming-from-rust/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408915

Points: 2

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New comment by stmw in "The Official History of Arm"

stmw — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:55:50 +0000

"Arm was officially founded as a company in November 1990 as Advanced RISC Machines Ltd, which was a joint venture between Acorn Computers, Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.), and VLSI Technology (now NXP Semiconductors N.V). "

The Official History of Arm

stmw — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:55:50 +0000

Article URL: https://newsroom.arm.com/blog/arm-official-history

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49354650

Points: 4

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