bing.com
Giant underground pipe mysteriously rises over 30 feet, bursting through road in Japan: "I can't believe this"http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83d0eca6d042be97caf48ec2ccf147&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cbsnews.com%2fnews%2fgiant-pipe-mysteriously-rises-30-feet-japan%2f&c=754746048691497471&mkt=en-usA giant, underground pipe rose more than 32 feet out of a construction site in a busy area of the Japanese city of Osaka, nearly reaching an elevated road overnight, unseen by any witnesses. The steel ...Mar 12, 2026 8:05 AM
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Giant underground pipe mysteriously rises over 30 feet, bursting through road in Japan: "I can't believe this"http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83d0df4c29451c94c56310d175e75d&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cbsnews.com%2fnews%2fgiant-pipe-mysteriously-rises-30-feet-japan%2f&c=754746048691497471&mkt=en-usA giant, underground pipe rose more than 32 feet out of a construction site in a busy area of the Japanese city of Osaka, nearly reaching an elevated road overnight, unseen by any witnesses. The steel ...Mar 12, 2026 8:05 AM
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Giant underground pipe mysteriously rises over 30 feet, bursting through road in Japan: "I can't believe this"http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83d0cc95c54aa1868338bd68bc3453&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cbsnews.com%2fnews%2fgiant-pipe-mysteriously-rises-30-feet-japan%2f&c=754746048691497471&mkt=en-usA giant, underground pipe rose more than 32 feet out of a construction site in a busy area of the Japanese city of Osaka, nearly reaching an elevated road overnight, unseen by any witnesses. The steel ...Mar 12, 2026 8:05 AM
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Giant underground pipe mysteriously rises over 30 feet, bursting through road in Japan: "I can't believe this"http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83d0d848754921acb9575a324523e7&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cbsnews.com%2fnews%2fgiant-pipe-mysteriously-rises-30-feet-japan%2f&c=754746048691497471&mkt=en-usA giant, underground pipe rose more than 32 feet out of a construction site in a busy area of the Japanese city of Osaka, nearly reaching an elevated road overnight, unseen by any witnesses. The steel ...Mar 12, 2026 8:05 AM
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Giant underground pipe mysteriously rises over 30 feet, bursting through road in Japan: "I can't believe this"http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83d0c6964640cbb93b340405afc13a&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cbsnews.com%2fnews%2fgiant-pipe-mysteriously-rises-30-feet-japan%2f&c=754746048691497471&mkt=en-usA giant, underground pipe rose more than 32 feet out of a construction site in a busy area of the Japanese city of Osaka, nearly reaching an elevated road overnight, unseen by any witnesses. The steel ...Mar 12, 2026 8:05 AM
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Ask HN: Can a word game work as a competitive strategy esport?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47347625I've been experimenting with a browser game design problem.Most word games (Scrabble, Wordle, etc.) are either slow or mostly about vocabulary. I wanted to see if it was possible to build one that behaves more like a competitive strategy game — something closer to chess in terms of tension and reversals.The result is a prototype called The Word Gambit. The board grows organically from placed words, and late-game detonations from long words can swing the match dramatically.The surprising thing during testing is that matches often feel more like territory control than spelling.Players also started creating AI opponents ("gladiators") and pitting them against each other, which I didn't originally plan.I'm curious about a few design questions:• Can vocabulary realistically function as a competitive skill in an esport context? • What mechanics would make a word-based game strategically deep rather than dictionary-driven? • Would spectators even enjoy watching something like this?If anyone iMar 12, 2026 7:37 AM
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New technology to reduce risk of architect drift. Ask for feedbackhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47347273I want to share what we’ve achieved working with architectural drift. Linters and tests help check code correctness and style, but they can’t effectively identify structural deviations that may accumulate over time and affect the long-term stability of a project. So, we asked ourselves how we can proactively manage such risks.In the search for an answer, we came across an approach that takes into account not only the syntax and functionality but also the code structure. It’s based on analyzing changes in a project’s architecture by modeling its structural integrity. This method allows us to track deviations from the historical code structure, which is critical for long-term maintainability and scalability.The foundation for this approach is the theoretical model PhaseBrain, which uses a toroidal representation to analyze the dynamics of structural changes. This allows us to capture deviations that are not visible to standard tools but can significantly impact the project’s architectureMar 12, 2026 6:43 AM
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Proposal: Global Solar-Offset Fractional Time (G-Soft) Modelhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47345563OBJECTIVE: To replace the disruptive biannual one-hour clock shifts with a system of four scheduled 15-minute fractional adjustments. The proposed G-SOFT protocol aligns human activity with the natural seasonal drift of the sun in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres while maintaining global synchronization and returning to whole-hour UTC offsets for the majority of the year.RATIONALE: - Biological Integrity: A single 60-minute jump causes significant circadian disruption. G-SOFT’s 15-minute increments are virtually imperceptible to human biology, mimicking the body's natural ability to adapt to minor daily light changes. - Operational Stability: Gradual changes eliminate the "Monday after" productivity slump and the documented spike in heart attacks and workplace accidents associated with traditional one-hour DST transitions. - Hemispheric Optimization: G-SOFT allows the Northern and Southern Hemispheres to move in opposite directions simultaneously. This ensures both regions foMar 12, 2026 2:22 AM
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Collecting perceptual data for a possible CSS optical-center propertyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47345360Play icons in YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music are not mathematically centered – they are optically centered. Most icon systems adjust this manually.I'm collecting perceptual data to explore whether a CSS “optical-center” property could be defined, similar to how fonts have baseline metrics.The experiment takes about 5–7 minutes (40 steps) and works on mobile and desktop. No login required.Results and the dataset will be shared publicly after collection.https://harley-sponsored-toolbox-operation.trycloudflare.comMar 12, 2026 1:59 AM
spacenews.com
The Post-Capacity Era of Satellite Connectivityhttps://spacenews.com/the-post-capacity-era-of-satellite-connectivity/Paris, February 2026 — Novaspace’s Capacity Pricing Trends, 8th Edition finds the satellite connectivity market has entered a Post‑Capacity Era, where bandwidth is no longer the basis of differentiation. Starlink’s vertical integration and cost […] The post The Post-Capacity Era of Satellite Connectivity appeared first on SpaceNews.Mar 12, 2026 1:10 AM
github.com
Show HN: K9 Audit – Causal intent-execution audit trail for AI agentshttps://github.com/liuhaotian2024-prog/K9AuditOn March 4, 2026, my Claude Code agent wrote a staging URL into a production config file — three times, 41 minutes apart. Syntax was valid, no error thrown. My logs showed every action. All green.The problem was invisible because nothing had recorded what the agent intended to do before it acted — only what it actually did.K9 Audit fixes this with a causal five-tuple per agent step: - X_t: context (who acted, under what conditions) - U_t: action (what was executed) - Y*_t: intent contract (what it was supposed to do) - Y_t+1: actual outcome - R_t+1: deviation score (deterministic — no LLM, no tokens)Records are SHA256 hash-chained. Tamper-evident. When something goes wrong, `k9log trace --last` gives root cause in under a second.Works with Claude Code (zero-config hook), LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, or any Python agent via one decorator.pip install k9audit-hookMar 12, 2026 12:40 AM
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Report criticizes delays in Artemis lunar lander developmenthttps://spacenews.com/report-criticizes-delays-in-artemis-lunar-lander-development/NASA’s approach to managing the development of crewed lunar landers for Artemis has successfully controlled costs but not schedule, raising questions about NASA’s desire to accelerate those efforts. The post Report criticizes delays in Artemis lunar lander development appeared first on SpaceNews.Mar 11, 2026 10:57 PM
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New crew arrivals and science highlight February aboard the ISShttps://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/03/iss-roundup-022026/Following the early departure of Crew-11 in mid-January due to a medical concern, the International… The post New crew arrivals and science highlight February aboard the ISS appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.Mar 11, 2026 10:38 PM
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2026 William T. Pecora Award Nominations Now Being Acceptedhttps://science.nasa.gov/missions/landsat/2026-william-t-pecora-award-nominations-now-being-accepted/The William T. Pecora Award is presented annually to individuals or teams using satellite or aerial remote sensing that make outstanding contributions toward understanding the Earth (land, oceans, and air), educating the next generation of scientists, informing decision-makers, or supporting natural or human-induced disaster response. Both national and international nominations are welcome.Mar 11, 2026 8:18 PM
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Missile strike hits SES teleport in Israelhttps://spacenews.com/missile-strike-hits-ses-teleport-in-israel/Satellite operator SES said a missile “targeted and struck” its teleport facility in Israel March 9 as tensions spill across the region amid ongoing Israeli and U.S. military operations against Iran. The post Missile strike hits SES teleport in Israel appeared first on SpaceNews.Mar 11, 2026 6:57 PM
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About University Innovation Project (UI)https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/armd/tacp/ui/about-ui/NASA’s University Innovation (UI) project funds university-led innovation to address the agency’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate’s system-level challenges via independent, NASA-alternate-path, multi-disciplinary awards. Strategic Goals The UI portfolio’s strategic goals in descending order of importance are: 1. Assist in achieving aviation outcomes defined in the ARMD Strategic Implementation Plan through NASA-complementary research. 2. Transition research […]Mar 11, 2026 5:00 PM
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Show HN: Clawly – OpenClaw for Shopify Merchantshttps://apps.shopify.com/clawlyI’ve been experimenting with agent frameworks like OpenClaw recently and wondered how useful that model could be for ecommerce workflows.A lot of Shopify tasks are repetitive: generating product descriptions, monitoring inventory, sending reports, tagging products, etc. In theory, agent-style systems could automate a lot of that.The problem I ran into is that most agent frameworks are developer tools, and wiring them directly to a live store API feels risky. You don’t really want an unconstrained agent making arbitrary API calls.So I built Clawly, which is basically an AI assistant system designed specifically for Shopify stores.Instead of giving an agent full access, each assistant has scoped permissions and can only use the tools you allow (similar to Shopify API scopes). For example:- an assistant that only generates product descriptions- one that monitors orders and sends alerts- one that produces daily sales summariesAgents can also connect to external tools like Klaviyo, Notion, Mar 11, 2026 4:43 PM
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Show HN: Klaus – OpenClaw on a VM, batteries includedhttps://klausai.com/We are Bailey and Robbie and we are working on Klaus (https://klausai.com/): hosted OpenClaw that is secure and powerful out of the box.Running OpenClaw requires setting up a cloud VM or local container (a pain) or giving OpenClaw root access to your machine (insecure). Many basic integrations (eg Slack, Google Workspace) require you to create your own OAuth app.We make running OpenClaw simple by giving each user their own EC2 instance, preconfigured with keys for OpenRouter, AgentMail, and Orthogonal. And we have OAuth apps to make it easy to integrate with Slack and Google Workspace.We are both HN readers (Bailey has been on here for ~10 years) and we know OpenClaw has serious security concerns. We do a lot to make our users’ instances more secure: we run on a private subnet, automatically update the OpenClaw version our users run, and because you’re on our VM by default the only keys you leak if you get hacked belong to us. Connecting your email is still a risk. The best defense I kMar 11, 2026 3:54 PM
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Show HN: Ink – Deploy full-stack apps from AI agents via MCP or Skillshttps://ml.ink/Hi HN, I built Ink, a full stack deployment platform where the primary users are AI agents, not humans.We all know AI can write code, but deploying them still requires a human to wire it up: hosting, databases, DNS, and secrets. Ink gives agents those tools directly.The agent calls "deploy" and the platform auto-detects the framework, builds it, deploys it, and returns a live URL at *.ml.ink. Here's a demo with Claude Code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ZM_RrIaC0.What Ink does that I haven't seen elsewhere:- One agent skill for compute + databases + DNS + secrets + domains + usage + metrics + logs + scaling. The agent doesn't juggle separate providers — one account, one auth, one set of tools.- DNS zone delegation. Delegate a zone once (e.g. dev.acme.com) and agents create any subdomain instantly — no manual adding DNS records each time, no propagation wait.- Multiple agents and humans share one workspace and collaborate on projects. I envision a future where many agents collaboratMar 11, 2026 3:39 PM
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Show HN: Open-source browser for AI agentshttps://github.com/theredsix/agent-browser-protocolHi HN, I forked chromium and built agent-browser-protocol (ABP) after noticing that most browser-agent failures aren’t really about the model misunderstanding the page. Instead, the problem is that the model is reasoning from a stale state.ABP is designed to keep the acting agent synchronized with the browser at every step. After each action (click, type, etc), it freezes JavaScript execution and rendering, then captures the resulting state. It also compiles the notable events that occurred during that action loop, such as navigation, file pickers, permission prompts, alerts, and downloads, and sends that along with a screenshot of the frozen page state back to the agent.The result is that browser interaction starts to feel more like a multimodal chat loop. The agent takes an action, gets back a fresh visual state and a structured summary of what happened, then decides what to do next from there. That fits much better with how LLMs already work.A few common browser-use failures ABP helMar 11, 2026 2:39 PM
