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Re:Show HN: Open-source early-reading reader with phonics help
on Monday October 19, 2026 @04:16PM (#50157501)
Neat project. Too bad it only handles English phonemes, as it would be very valuable for teaching other languages. Maybe someday I'll convert it from ARPABET to IPA...
Re:Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]
on Sunday October 11, 2026 @03:23PM (#50046866)
Yeah, if they actually put their money where their mouth is, we'd see UBI supporters on the mid term ballots.
Re:I think we might lose public key cryptography
on Thursday October 08, 2026 @05:47PM (#50012828)
This is essentially a guess that P probably = NP.
Way more likely is that every existing cryptocurrency implementation contains bugs outside of the core cryptographic algorithm that would allow stealing coins without having to break that encryption. Cybersecurity is an arms race, as it always has been.
Re:Man discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days
on Thursday October 08, 2026 @05:08PM (#50012309)
I wonder if you can identify the age of devices based just on network scans? Like if an advertiser can tell I've got a washing machine model that was last sold 7 years ago, it's time to spam me with washing machine ads.