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Free IRS-run tax filing pilot to be available in 13 states irs.gov \| points: 876 \| comments: 319

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Commercially available chairs in Star Trek ex-astris-scientia.org \| points: 564 \| comments: 158

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Psytrance Guide psytranceguide.com \| points: 490 \| comments: 249

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What is the Demoscene? An interview onthearts.com \| points: 469 \| comments: 191

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4K4D: Real-Time 4D View Synthesis at 4K Resolution zju3dv.github.io \| points: 369 \| comments: 126

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USB-C head-to-head comparison lumafield.com \| points: 301 \| comments: 160

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Hacker leaks millions more 23andMe user records on cybercrime forum techcrunch.com \| points: 296 \| comments: 212

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Google opens Falcon, a reliable low-latency hardware transport, to the ecosystem cloud.google.com \| points: 259 \| comments: 145

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What happened to blogging for the hell of it? blog.whiona.me \| points: 250 \| comments: 188

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Universal cancer vaccine trial shows significant improvement in overall survival ultimovacs.com \| points: 229 \| comments: 47

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Superlinear Returns paulgraham.com \| points: 222 \| comments: 155

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GPT-4 vision prompt injection blog.roboflow.com \| points: 219 \| comments: 101

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Sweden reports damage to Baltic Sea cable with Estonia dw.com \| points: 217 \| comments: 172

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Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 216 \| comments: 119

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Reflect – Multiplayer web app framework with game-style synchronization rocicorp.dev \| points: 203 \| comments: 73

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New pill helps Covid smell and taste loss fade quickly nature.com \| points: 185 \| comments: 105

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The pneumatic tube mail system in New York City untappedcities.com \| points: 181 \| comments: 102

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A 1990 experiment to test whether we could discern life on Earth remotely nature.com \| points: 179 \| comments: 89

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Localization Failure: Temperature Is Hard randomascii.wordpress.com \| points: 171 \| comments: 136

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"A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer" Simulated by GPT-4 andrealyip.com \| points: 170 \| comments: 151

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