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- Show HN: 99avatars.com – Avatars for Humans and Computers https://99avatars.com 4 comments
- Show HN: The Read Aloud Cloud, a visual intro to cloud computing for all ages https://www.amazon.com/Read-Aloud-Cloud-Innocents-Inside/dp/1119677629/ 2 comments
- Show HN: Developments on the Star Trek / Jarvis computer https://github.com/thomasweng15/E.V.E. 4 comments
- Show HN: A computer vision model to help identify Valentine's chocolates https://universe.roboflow.com/chocolates/valentines-chocolates 2 comments
- Show HN: Introduction to Simple Computational Geometry Concepts Using C++ http://wykobi.com/tutorial0.html 10 comments
- New SSD not showing up on the computer https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/l2i0z4/new_ssd_not_showing_up_on_the_computer/ 4 comments techsupport
- Is Avast Antivirus Showing Me Actual Problems With My Computer, Or Is Avast The Problem With My Computer. https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/9byunk/is_avast_antivirus_showing_me_actual_problems/ 5 comments techsupport
- Computer randomly turned off now display won't show https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/5x0rkb/computer_randomly_turned_off_now_display_wont_show/ 10 comments techsupport
- Computer not showing both of my hard drives... http://www.hgst.com/support/downloads 6 comments techsupport
- Chaos Computer Club shows that TouchID can by bypassed with a Fingerprint collected from a Glass http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid 152 comments apple
- [Build Help] Computer not showing display. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1kDD 3 comments techsupport
- Newly Built Computer doesn't show Display https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/9khiqu/newly_built_computer_doesnt_show_display/ 4 comments techsupport
- System 76 in Denver shows how easy it is to use Ubuntu Linux computers http://www.denverpost.com/husted/ci_29603044/not-just-geeks-linux-user-friendly-version-is 26 comments linux
- Chess-Championship Results Show Powerful Role of Computers http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/sb10001424052702304337404579209980222399924?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter 7 comments chess
- Email Shows Colin Powell Told Clinton He Did State Dept. Work On Personal Computer http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/email-colin-powell-clinton-emails 17 comments politics
- Neuralink's brain-computer interface demo shows a monkey playing Pong https://www.engadget.com/monkey-mindpong-link-003709524.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000618 7 comments technology
- Chinese tech giant Huawei shows off new processor chip for data centers and cloud computing https://abcnews.go.com/technology/wirestory/chinas-huawei-unveils-chip-global-big-data-market-60204231 8 comments technology
- Computer models show that super-Earths may host liquid water http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/01/surfing-on-a-super-earth/ 2 comments science
- Installed xubuntu on ubuntu a few days ago and now my computer will turn on to load the xubuntu graphics and then freeze on a screen showing me all the things it "started". Help!! https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/5hwzl3/installed_xubuntu_on_ubuntu_a_few_days_ago_and/ 3 comments techsupport
- 1987 holiday gift segment from PBS show Computer Chronicles: Includes the Toshiba T1000, "the smallest, lightest thing around; about 6 pounds." http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/gift-guide-please-any-geek-25-years-ago 9 comments technology
- A mind-bending article about how a quantum computing process could be the engine behind reality - the process is fundamentally connected to several fields of science, and even shows how human behavior can be explained by this model’s method of optimizing a series of “games” [Jun ‘20] https://www.vesselproject.io/life-through-quantum-annealing 50 comments futurology
- The New York City's MTA Is Breached by Hackers as Cyberattacks Surge: Hackers with suspected ties to China penetrated the New York transit agency’s computer systems in April, an M.T.A. document shows. Transit officials say the intrusion did not pose a risk to riders https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/nyregion/mta-cyber-attack.html?action=click&module=top%20stories&pgtype=homepage 9 comments worldnews
- Just received a new computer from my company, some weird installers showed upon first restart. What are these things? Google doesn't seem to know, should I be concerned? https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/dbupy1/just_received_a_new_computer_from_my_company_some/ 76 comments techsupport
- Computer has gone dark, no power registering anywhere in the system. PSU paperclip test showed it's not the problem, so now I'm at a loss. https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/a4q2g2/computer_has_gone_dark_no_power_registering/ 10 comments techsupport
- For the first time, more Japanese people are reading news on their smartphones or computers than in morning newspapers, a survey by the Japan Press Research Institute showed Saturday. But print was favored over the Internet in terms of credibility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/20/national/media-national/japanese-read-news-online-newspapers-first-time-survey-finds/#.wml1lrxl-uk 6 comments worldnews
- Laptop extremely slow. Shows 100% disk usage right after startup. Running malwarebytes now for over 2 hours. It’s found 0 threats thus far. Any advice? I’m not well versed in computer lingo. HP laptop running win 10. I have no restore points. https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/7b3ica/laptop_extremely_slow_shows_100_disk_usage_right/ 13 comments techsupport
- We're not living in a simulation, theoretical physicists confirm. Calculations show that just storing information about a couple of hundred electrons would require a computer memory that would physically require more atoms than exist in the universe. https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/physicists-find-we-re-not-living-in-a-computer-simulation 45 comments science
- Found a great article on how to pay yourself first. "The thing is, this is not logical or linear. You can do the maths around it, but this is not computable. Energetically, the universe starts to contribute to you as well and you start to have money show up in the most random places." https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/6t3gah/found_a_great_article_on_how_to_pay_yourself/ 44 comments financialindependence
- Computer turns on but nothing works. Chrome, Skype, Steam, and Internet Explorer show up with "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail." https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/4mhvwg/computer_turns_on_but_nothing_works_chrome_skype/ 11 comments techsupport
- Leaked Mozilla document shows Firefox OS tablet, TV stick, router, and even a keyboard computer http://venturebeat.com/2015/12/23/leaked-mozilla-document-shows-firefox-os-tablet-tv-stick-router-and-even-a-keyboard-computer/ 10 comments technology
- First-person augmented reality demo from Magic Leap shows how close we are to the future of AR computing http://bgr.com/2015/10/21/magic-leap-demo-video-augmented-reality/ 33 comments technology
- Issues with installing drivers from USB on new harddrive. The files show up as XML on my new HD computer. http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Extreme4/?cat=Download&os=Win764 3 comments techsupport
- New documents from Edward Snowden published in the United States show how Britain’s GCHQ has been involved in developing spyware that can take over an individual computer or mobile phone and spy on its owner. http://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1368 6 comments technology
- Could diamonds be a computer's best friend? - Experiment reveals diamond’s potential in computing: Physicists show that information can flow through a diamond wire. Electrons did not flow through diamond but stayed in place and passed along a magnetic effect called "spin" to each other down the wire http://phys.org/news/2014-03-diamonds-friend.html 96 comments science
- In interview with South China Morning Post, whistleblower Ed Snowden shared classified US government data showing the dates and IP addresses of specific computers in China that the NSA penetrated over the last four years, the success rates for hacking and other operational information. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1260306/edward-snowden-classified-us-data-shows-hong-kong-hacking-targets 51 comments technology
- Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data — "documents show the agency collecting almost 3 billion pieces of intelligence from US computer networks over a 30-day period ending in March 2013" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/08/nsa-boundless-informant-global-datamining?guni=network+front%3Anetwork-front+full-width-1+bento-box%3Abento+box%3Aposition1 10 comments technology
- The estranged wife of a police officer struggled to keep her composure Monday as she testified about discovering shocking online chats and other evidence on his computer showing he had discussed killing her and abducting, torturing and eating other women. http://www.journalnow.com/news/nation_world/article_031089c0-7fcb-11e2-8779-0019bb30f31a.html#.usywqhqijri.reddit 3 comments politics
- Recent evidence suggests that living organisms are using quantum mechanics in a sophisticated fashion to enhance the efficiency of photosynthesis. Bacteria are essentially performing a quantum computation to extract energy from light. I will show how plants and bacteria perform quantum processing. http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=551&itemid=568&lecture_id=9904 45 comments science
- Investigation into HP shows the company sold faulty laptop computers and ignored consumer protection regulations. http://uk.reuters.com/article/iduktre62i0p620100319 61 comments technology
- Hey ABC, I went to your website to watch your show legally, with ads. However you choose to make me install some plug-in that puts god knows what on my computer, so I went and torrented it instead. http://beta.abc.go.com/watch/shark-tank/225872/228878/week-2 238 comments business