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Secondhand laptop market goes 'mainstream' amid memory crunch
Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/refurbished_pcs_memory_crunch/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044419
Points: 2
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JWasm: Masm Compatible Assembler
Article URL: https://github.com/Baron-von-Riedesel/JWasm
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044413
Points: 1
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In Defense of Boring Technology
Article URL: https://aazar.me/posts/in-defense-of-boring-technology
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044412
Points: 1
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"Signal sniffer" to detect Nancy Guthrie's pacemaker deployed
Article URL: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/signal-sniffer-detect-nancy-guthrie-pacemaker-deployed-law-enforcement-sources/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044408
Points: 1
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Show HN: Visualize S&P 500 financials with Sankey diagrams
I built this to understand where companies actually make and spend money. Each company gets a Sankey diagram showing the flow from revenue to expenses to profit. Also includes the three standard financial statements. Would love feedback on the visualization approach.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044393
Points: 3
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Federal Reserve set to loosen US bank rules in attempt to boost mortgage lending
Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/b36ca89c-39d6-47b6-9f62-0389ec8dda9d
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044384
Points: 3
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Show HN: Minimalist Glitch Art Maker (100% client-side)
Article URL: https://yuyz0112.github.io/glitch-art-maker/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044369
Points: 1
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Show HN: VoiceNative Directory – Discover and Submit apps built for voice first
Article URL: https://voicenativeapps.com
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044356
Points: 1
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A Scientific Table Generator
Article URL: https://www.llambada.com/p/mz3XU3Jd/latex-table-generator
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044342
Points: 1
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Show HN: Ucpify – JSON config to UCP-compliant commerce server
Why should standing up a commerce backend require hundreds of lines of boilerplate? ucpify takes a single merchant-config.json and generates 13 REST endpoints with Stripe, PayPal, OAuth 2.0, and SQLite. Node.js and Python. Same config, same behavior.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044335
Points: 1
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Anderson Cooper Reportedly Steps Away from 60 Minutes After Nearly 20 Years
Anderson Cooper is stepping away from 60 Minutes after nearly two decades on the long-running news program. The veteran journalist, who has balanced his work between CNN and CBS for years
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044274
Points: 1
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How Michael Abrash doubled Quake framerate
Article URL: https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_asm_optimizations/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044273
Points: 1
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Show HN: Alexa-like voice interface for OpenClaw
I’ve been experimenting with running OpenClaw fully locally on a small PamirAI Distiller Alpha device. Something interesting happened: OpenClaw detected the device had an unused microphone + speaker, and I ended up wiring a full local voice interface on top of it, wake word, audio pipeline, and agent loop, all running 24/7 on-device.
The result is a completely local, always-on AI agent I can talk to anytime (no cloud, no external APIs required). It executes real tasks, manages memory locally, and behaves more like a persistent system than a chatbot.
This repo contains the minimal setup so others can replicate:
* Local voice pipeline (mic → STT → OpenClaw → TTS → speaker)
* Wake-word loop
* Fully offline / local-first architecture
* Runs on small edge devices (tested on PamirAI Distiller Alpha)
One unexpected observation from this project: modern agents are starting to feel environment-aware. Instead of being a static program, the OpenClaw can detect what hardware and capabilities exist around it, notice when something is missing or underused, and adapt itself, sometimes even improving its own interface and workflows without explicit instructions. In my case, the voice layer wasn’t originally planned; it emerged from the system recognizing unused audio hardware and wiring it into the agent loop. This shift, from software that executes, to software that understands and evolves within its environment, feels like a meaningful change in how we think about AI systems.
The coding agent bot was kind enough to share it's creation with the rest of the world :-) https://github.com/sachaabot/openclaw-voice-agent
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044211
Points: 1
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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Feb. 17
Xbox UI Portfolio Site
Article URL: https://gabrielcabrera.co/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044179
Points: 2
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The AI productivity take-off is finally visible (Erik Brynjolfsson)
Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/4b51d0b4-bbfe-4f05-b50a-1d485d419dc5
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044174
Points: 1
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mirror.hoobly.com
Article URL: http://209.126.127.252
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044165
Points: 1
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AI Agents and the Rise of Judgment-Powered Software
Article URL: https://www.digitvibe.com/ai-agents-and-the-rise-of-judgment-powered-software/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044161
Points: 1
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My first blog post: On the Conversational AI Audio Pipeline
Article URL: https://www.wallacecorp.ai/content
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044157
Points: 1
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