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Show HN: We built instant Kubernetes provisioning with KVM and gRPChttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45936611We've spent the last year building RunOS, a platform that spins up production-ready Kubernetes clusters in 5-10 minutes with databases, message queues, observability, and AI tooling configured.The ProblemEvery team rebuilds the same Kubernetes infrastructure: networking, certificates, monitoring, databases, storage. The existing solutions either lock you into a vendor ecosystem or dump you into raw Kubernetes complexity. We wanted the control of self-hosting without weeks of setup.ArchitectureOur system uses two agent types:Server agents run on VM hosts and communicate with our backend via gRPC bidirectional streams. When users request a cluster node, the agent provisions a KVM-based VM and bootstraps it.Node agents run on each Kubernetes node and handle cluster operations, monitoring, and service installations.Key insight: gRPC streams initiated by agents eliminate firewall configuration and public IP requirements. Agents reach out to our backend, not vice versa.Why KVM?- Battle-testeNov 15, 2025 11:01 AM
moondaily.com
Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission achieves key flyby milestoneshttps://www.moondaily.com/reports/Chandrayaan_3_lunar_mission_achieves_key_flyby_milestones_999.htmlSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 Chandrayaan-3 was developed to demonstrate the capability for a controlled lunar landing, enable rover mobility on the Moon, and facilitate in-situ research. The mission includes a lander module, propulsion module, and rover. The satellite launched aboard LVM3 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota, on July 14, 2023. Following its lunar touchdown on August 23, 2023, the propulsion module maintained lNov 15, 2025 9:46 AM
spacedaily.com
Reading a quantum clock costs more energy than running it, study findshttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Reading_a_quantum_clock_costs_more_energy_than_running_it_study_finds_999.htmlOxford UK (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a surprising source of entropy in quantum timekeeping - the act of measurement itself. In a study published 14 Nov in Physical Review Letters, scientists demonstrate that the energy cost of reading a quantum clock far outweighs the cost of running it, with implications for the design of future quantum technologies. Clocks, whether pendNov 15, 2025 9:46 AM
spacedaily.com
New research with GW230814 upholds Hawking black hole area lawhttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/New_research_with_GW230814_upholds_Hawking_black_hole_area_law_999.htmlTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 Researchers from Purple Mountain Observatory have conducted an observational test of the black hole area law. Using the gravitational-wave event GW230814, which features a high signal-to-noise ratio, the team closely examined the event horizons of merging black holes. The black hole area law, first proposed by Stephen Hawking in 1971, predicts that the total event horizon area after a merger wilNov 15, 2025 9:46 AM
spacedaily.com
Haystack scientists study recent geospace storms and light showshttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/MIT_Haystack_scientists_study_recent_geospace_storms_and_resulting_light_shows_999.htmlBoston MA (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 The northern lights, or aurora borealis, one of nature's most spectacular visual shows, can be elusive. Conventional wisdom says that to see them, we need to travel to northern Canada or Alaska. However, in the past two years, New Englanders have been seeing these colorful atmospheric displays on a few occasions - including this week - from the comfort of their backyards, as auroras have been viNov 15, 2025 9:46 AM
europeanspaceflight.com
European Spacesuit to be Tested Aboard ISS in 2026https://europeanspaceflight.com/european-spacesuit-to-be-tested-aboard-iss-in-2026/During her mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2026, French astronaut Sophie Adenot will be tasked with testing a European intravehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit. In late 2023, the French space agency CNES contracted Spartan Space, the Institute of Space Medicine and Physiology (MEDES), and the sporting goods retailer Decathlon to conduct an initial […] The post European Spacesuit to be Tested Aboard ISS in 2026 appeared first on European Spaceflight.Nov 15, 2025 5:00 AM
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Louise Penny gives us a tour of her book collection. Her dogs come, too.http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d4a4122344309bb10f554776fc4eb&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbooks%2Finteractive%2F2025%2Flouise-penny-gamache-black-wolf-book-tour%2F&c=6480651555098622380&mkt=en-usKNOWLTON, Quebec — Louise Penny was eager to show me an important book — the one she said is at the core of her wildly successful Armand Gamache mystery series — but she couldn’t find it. The floor-to ...Nov 15, 2025 5:00 AM
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HDFC Bank’s Rs 1,500-crore ex-Gratia payout sounds generous — but there's catch in terms of taxeshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8db5f9306d421c920cc568c143d005&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesstoday.in%2Fpersonal-finance%2Ftax%2Fstory%2Fhdfc-banks-rs-1500-crore-ex-gratia-payout-sounds-generous-but-theres-catch-in-terms-of-taxes-502323-2025-11-15&c=6653989130594735506&mkt=en-usIn the previous financial year, HDFC Bank disbursed more than Rs 1,500 crore as ex-gratia to its employees—one of the largest one-time payouts made by any Indian private bank. Announced soon after the ...Nov 14, 2025 10:15 PM
gopitchwell.com
Show HN: PitchWell, My AI PR Tool That Sounds Like Youhttps://gopitchwell.comI'm the dev behind PitchWell. I learned PR from our founder, Rebecca, and co-founder Katie, who run an actual agency.Here's the difference between us and platforms like PodPitch or OnePitch.PodPitch is solid, but it's podcast-only. OnePitch is journalist-only. We built PitchWell for both because founders need both. PodPitch has some AI integration, but it lacks great personalization and can’t learn from a user's writing style. OnePitch doesn’t even have any AI built into the platform.Our AI, Winsley, learns your actual voice from your writing samples (not just "style preferences"). It uses Rebecca and Katie's pitch templates, then researches each contact individually before personalizing using Exa. I built a vector search that finds truly aligned contacts, not just keyword matches. You control everything, send through Gmail, and schedule follow-ups.The goal isn't replacing humans. It's giving founders elite publicist tools without the $5K/month retainer.Nov 14, 2025 10:06 PM
spacenews.com
SES adds to GEO’s busiest servicing pipeline with Infinite Orbits contracthttps://spacenews.com/ses-adds-to-geos-busiest-servicing-pipeline-with-infinite-orbits-contract/SES is adding another servicer to what is already the broadest and busiest satellite life-extension roster in the commercial geostationary orbit market, with five missions now scheduled between 2026 and 2029. The post SES adds to GEO’s busiest servicing pipeline with Infinite Orbits contract appeared first on SpaceNews.Nov 14, 2025 9:47 PM
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NASA Glenn Teams Win 2025 R&D 100 Awardshttps://www.nasa.gov/newsletters/aerospace-frontiers/nasa-glenn-teams-win-2025-rd-100-awards/NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has earned 2025 R&D 100 Awards for developing a system that delivers high-speed internet for space and co-inventing technology for a new class of soft magnetic nanocrystalline materials designed to operate at extreme temperatures. This brings NASA Glenn’s total to 130 R&D 100 Awards. High-Rate Delay Tolerant Networking NASA […]Nov 14, 2025 5:39 PM
bing.com
The US minted its last penny. See how the coin evolved throughout its 232-year history.http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d4a4122344309bb10f554776fc4eb&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fus-minted-last-penny-see-222801079.html&c=10064468500290827203&mkt=en-usAdd Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The last US penny was minted on November 12 and will be auctioned off.Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images The US minted its last penny on ...Nov 14, 2025 2:28 PM
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How Many Miles for a Free Flight, Broken Down by Airlinehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d7d19caf847cfb1757cbc8771e5b6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nerdwallet.com%2Ftravel%2Flearn%2Fhow-many-miles-for-free-flight-by-airline&c=14771696061386825819&mkt=en-usWith the shift away from fixed award charts, it can be hard to know how many miles you'll need for an award flight. Years ago, airline loyalty programs published fixed award charts and members could ...Nov 14, 2025 2:00 PM
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How Many Miles for a Free Flight, Broken Down by Airlinehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d9bfbbf5a4e17a865054bb4ba63fd&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nerdwallet.com%2Ftravel%2Flearn%2Fhow-many-miles-for-free-flight-by-airline&c=14771696061386825819&mkt=en-usWith the shift away from fixed award charts, it can be hard to know how many miles you'll need for an award flight. Years ago, airline loyalty programs published fixed award charts and members could ...Nov 14, 2025 2:00 PM
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Ask HN: How common is banning Docker?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45926181I was doing some client work recently at a bank, where most of their engineering is offshored one of the big offshore companies.The offshore team had to access everything via virtual desktops, and one of the restrictions was no virtualisation within the virtual desktop - so tooling like Docker was banned.I was really surprsied to see modern JVM development going on, without access to things like TestContainers, LocalStack, or Docker at all.To compound matters, they had a single shared dev env, (for cost reasons), so the team were constantly breaking each others stuff.How common is this? Also, curious what kinds of workarounds people are using?Nov 14, 2025 12:36 PM
robodaily.com
AI enables tailored education for medical students at scalehttps://www.robodaily.com/reports/AI_enables_tailored_education_for_medical_students_at_scale_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025 Researchers at Dartmouth have demonstrated that artificial intelligence platforms can provide individualized academic support for large student populations. The study tracked 190 medical students who used an AI teaching assistant called NeuroBot TA in a Neuroscience and Neurology course. NeuroBot TA employs retrieval-augmented generation, anchoring answers to curated course materials and reducinNov 14, 2025 10:57 AM
spacedaily.com
Race for first private space station heats up as NASA set to retire ISShttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Race_for_first_private_space_station_heats_up_as_NASA_set_to_retire_ISS_999.htmlLisbon (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 With NASA's International Space Station set to come out of service in 2030, American aerospace firm Vast has stepped into a frenzied race for the world's first commercial space station. Haven-1 - a mini station scheduled for launch in May 2026 - has been designed for comfort, according to Andrew Feustel, a former NASA astronaut now an advisor at Vast. "It has a three-year lifespan, andNov 14, 2025 10:57 AM
marsdaily.com
NASA twin spacecraft depart Earth orbit to begin Mars missionhttps://www.marsdaily.com/reports/NASA_twin_spacecraft_depart_Earth_orbit_to_begin_Mars_mission_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 NASA's ESCAPADE mission has initiated its journey as two identical spacecraft, designed to study Mars' magnetosphere, separated and deployed from Blue Origin's New Glenn upper stage. Both probes will spend the next year in a unique Earth-bound orbit before executing a trans-Mars injection burn in November 2026, employing the Oberth Effect to maximize mission fuel efficiency. The paired orbNov 14, 2025 10:57 AM
spacedaily.com
Filtronic wins contract for RF payload assemblies in LEO satellite programhttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Filtronic_wins_contract_for_RF_payload_assemblies_in_LEO_satellite_program_999.htmlBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2025 Filtronic has confirmed a contract exceeding euro 7 million to supply high-frequency radio frequency assemblies for a leading European aerospace manufacturer engaged in the expansion of a Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation. The components will be designed and produced by Filtronic at its facilities in North East England. These payload assemblies are built to operate reliably in harshNov 14, 2025 10:57 AM
spacedaily.com
Europe commercial satellite life extension mission set for 2027https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Europe_commercial_satellite_life_extension_mission_set_for_2027_999.htmlLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 Infinite Orbits and SES have agreed to conduct a geostationary satellite life extension mission, marking the first commercial undertaking of its kind in Europe. The operation will use Endurance, a 750kg docking satellite designed for in-orbit services. Launch is planned for 2027, and docking with a SES satellite is set to follow an in-orbit demonstration. The agreement establishes InfiniteNov 14, 2025 10:57 AM
