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Re:New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @10:45AM (#49435092)
anyone know if this is "pre-order" is coming late October, or "will be available to ship in late October, thus pre-order will be available earlier than that"
Re:How Complex Systems Fail on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:49AM (#49415278)
a nice compliment is The Myth of Progress by Tom Wessels. Preview here: https://www.perlego.com/book/2236739/the-myth-of-progress-to...
Re:Show HN: Interactive map of the Odyssey with tap-to-gloss Homeric G... on Friday August 21, 2026 @06:28PM (#49394491)
great suggestion, thanks!

Show HN: Interactive map of the Odyssey with tap-to-gloss Homeric Greek

Posted by bohnohboh on Friday August 21, 2026 @02:11PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://georgemasto.com/odyssey/

Built an interactive atlas of Odysseus's voyage. See where the stops fall in today's world, with etymological and knowledge nuggets. 17 stops from Troy to Ithaca. Every stop has Homer's actual Greek (Perseus TEI), Murray's 1919 translation, and every single Greek word is tappable for a translation.Press N and the ancient chart swaps to today's satellite view: these are real places (e.g. Scylla...

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Re:Ancient Library – 1,060 Greek/Latin texts, click any word to parse it on Friday August 07, 2026 @03:33PM (#49215243)
it would be nice to sort by date or date range as well
Re:Brockman's 'deeply personal' diary becomes focus in Musk vs. Altman... on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @03:44PM (#48027511)
so how does one keep a deeply personal diary without fearing it be used in a future court case?
Re:SubQ: Sub-quadratic LLM built for 12M-token context on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @03:43PM (#48027497)
12 MILLION! Is it good though?
Re:First all-optical XPU processing system on Friday December 26, 2025 @07:08PM (#46397781)
Believe it or not...https://quake.by/news/?id=39 ..... https://youtu.be/9tqOPS6x9l8?si=YP98Tn4FePchfblk&t=881
Re:First all-optical XPU processing system on Friday December 26, 2025 @07:06PM (#46397772)
I appreciate all the questions you bring up here. Any good resources for diving deeper here?