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“Car Wash” test with 53 models

"I Want to Wash My Car. The Car Wash Is 50 Meters Away. Should I Walk or Drive?" This question has been making the rounds as a simple AI logic test so I wanted to see how it holds up across a broad set of models. Ran 53 models (leading open-source, o

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UNIX99, a UNIX-like OS for the TI-99/4A (2025)

Article URL: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/380883-unix99-a-unix-like-os-for-the-ti-994a/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47127986 Points: 158 # Comments: 50

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Writing code is cheap now

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/guides/agentic-engineering-patterns/code-is-cheap/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47125374 Points: 88 # Comments: 123

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A Meta AI security researcher said an OpenClaw agent ran amok on her inbox

The viral X post from an AI security researcher reads like satire. But it's really a word of warning about what can go wrong when handing tasks to an AI agent.

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Tesla’s battle with the California Department of Motor Vehicles isn’t over after all

Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the California DMV in the ongoing battle around Autopilot.

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NIST Seeking Public Comment on AI Agent Security (Deadline: March 9, 2026)

Article URL: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/08/2026-00206/request-for-information-regarding-security-considerations-for-artificial-intelligence-agents Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47131689 Points: 10 # Comment

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Shatner is making an album with 35 metal icons

Article URL: https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/william-shatner-announces-all-star-metal-album Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47131173 Points: 73 # Comments: 35

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I Ported Coreboot to the ThinkPad X270

Article URL: https://dork.dev/posts/2026-02-20-ported-coreboot/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47130860 Points: 46 # Comments: 2

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Why Your Load Balancer Still Sends Traffic to Dead Backends

Article URL: https://singh-sanjay.com/2026/01/12/health-checks-client-vs-server-side-lb.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47130431 Points: 12 # Comments: 4

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The rise of eyes began with just one

https://archive.ph/drNhb Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47125484 Points: 11 # Comments: 5

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Show HN: Sowbot – Open-hardware agricultural robot (ROS2, RTK GPS)

Sowbot is an open-hardware agricultural robot designed to close the "prototype gap" that kills most agri-robotics startups and research projects — the 18+ months spent on drivers, networking, safety watchdogs, and UI before you can even start on the

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With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: At least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic

While some dual investors are understandable, others were more shocking, and signal the disregard of a longstanding ethical conflict-of-interest rule.

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Uber wants to be a Swiss Army Knife for robotaxis

Uber Autonomous Solutions will see the company selling both software and services for all the tasks associated with operating a robotaxi, self-driving truck, or sidewalk delivery robot business.

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Google’s Cloud AI leads on the three frontiers of model capability

AI models are pushing against three frontiers at once: raw intelligence, response time, and a third quality you might call "extensibility."

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Pentagon buyer: We're happy with our launch industry, but payloads are lagging

"The point is to get missions out the door as fast as possible. Two to three years is too slow."