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Show HN: I discovered roads in the US across > 1000 themes

This interactive dataviz I created lets you explore about ~1k different themes I computed by cross referencing popular Wikidata articles against OSM roads. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49846409 Points: 7 # Comments: 5
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Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?

Do you currently work with or know anyone who is still using: * dBase/Clipper/CLARION/Paradox/other DOS RAD environments on period hardware to run business processes? * CNC mills/spectrometers/microscopes/other industrial instruments controlled by ISA cards (either bespoke or standards like GPIB)? * Anything with a parallel port dongle? If so, I'd be very interested in hearing your experience here, or feel free to send me an email at the address in my profile. I'm not trying to sell anything, ju...
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Teaching a World Model to Play Pokemon

Article URL: https://nostalgia.dev/posts/teaching-a-world-model-to-play-pokemon/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49849907 Points: 3 # Comments: 4
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What even is an OS now?

Article URL: https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/09/25/what-even-is-an-os-now/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49850305 Points: 44 # Comments: 47
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Tell HN: Codex Is Down

Shows an Incorrect API Key error...which is weird. Nothing on the status page. (EDIT: Added to incident page: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M3DCNWMW57HYK8FJ5FBFPA... ) Per Twitter/X this appears to be widespread https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M3DCNWMW57HYK8FJ5FBFPA... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851032 Points: 53 # Comments: 36
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Issues with Codex – Identified – Full Outage

Article URL: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M3DCNWMW57HYK8FJ5FBFPA39 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851169 Points: 19 # Comments: 12
Designing Data Products Around Uncertainty
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Designing Data Products Around Uncertainty

If users act on an estimate, its assumptions and limits should be visible. A light-pollution map shows why uncertainty is part of the product.
Your AI Agent Needs an Unknown State
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Your AI Agent Needs an Unknown State

A timeout does not prove an AI agent’s action failed. Here’s how explicit unknown states, idempotency, and reconciliation can prevent duplicate effects.
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Leaks reveal a new Apple HomePod mini, iPad mini, and Apple TV 4K

Apple is expected to announce more hardware before the end of the year following the debut of the iPhone 18 Pro and folding iPhone Duo earlier this month. The updated products will include a new version of the HomePod mini, the iPad mini 8, and the Apple TV 4K, according to details and images discovered […]
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Meta makes the Muse filesystem even more accessible

Yesterday, with a little prodding, it was discovered that Meta's Muse would expose its filesystem to curious users. The files offered a fascinating peek under the hood of an AI chatbot, and appeared to expose details we weren't meant to see, not least because Muse itself told people, including us, it wasn't supposed to reveal […]
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Tesla’s Optimus robot is going through growing pains

Hitting its goal of making 20,000 Optimus robots per week is reportedly proving tricky for Tesla. The Information reports that Tesla produced "several hundred robots a week" last month, after it repurposed its Model S and Model X production lines for Optimus earlier this year. However, this strategy is reportedly creating manufacturing snags, like issues […]
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These camera apps give you more control over the iPhone 18 Pro’s aperture

One of the questionable limitations of the iPhone 18 Pro's new main camera with a variable aperture is that you're limited to just four settings in the native iOS' camera app in manual mode: f/1.48, f/1.8, f/2.8, and f/4. Those same limitations are also in place when the app is adjusting the iris itself in […]
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Phones don’t have lights

Mark Zuckerberg has a new defense of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses: They're actually doing more to signal they're taking a photo than phones do. He's brought this up in at least two recent interviews, noting that the glasses have a light that comes on to signal when a photo is being taken, while phones do […]
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Roku’s first OLED TVs are up to $400 off, starting at $699

Roku recently launched its first-ever OLED TVs. The $999 starting price was already impressive for the 55-inch Pro Series model that has a 120Hz refresh rate OLED panel (with four HDMI 2.1 ports and support for Dolby Vision and HDR 10 Plus). The price is even lower right now at Amazon when you enter the […]