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Ask HN: Should hard-tech founders join a problem or technology-first PhD lab?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299333I'm an engineering undergrad considering pursuing a PhD with the long-term goal of founding a hard-tech startup. I’m undecided about the specific area and only have a vague sense of what interests me -- industrial decarbonization, mining / mineral processing, and advanced materials are a few areas that currently seem exciting.However, I'm unsure which type of PhD lab would provide better preparation: either a problem-first lab (e.g., like Yet-Ming Chiang at MIT) or a technology-first lab (e.g., your typical academic lab that focuses on novel science without a predetermined application, and where commercialization happens largely by chance — when a technology happens to have a valuable market application).I've looked at advice online from successful hard-tech entrepreneurs, but the answers are conflicting. Some say to work backwards from a problem, but others argue that problem-first approaches often don't work since deep tech is inherently different: you often can't force a scientific Aug 14, 2026 2:38 PM
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Michael Jackson Movie Is Still in Theaters, But You Can Buy the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Online Now - Billboardhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNMWhuZ1ZoWV9NdWVGTzRIQkJyNTJQekNUWS1kbzNQYnB0eEwxWTZGbVlhakFqVzN3bFRnd2JDQzRoVUpKZndKQXFRQmhJTUN6MGIxYnJvMkNqZmNqVEV0ZFZ5aXJiVmU5MU1CWGdLTFQyc3VkQ2dzSHJ4MDU2T0x5ejk1UkFDalBIUWZKS3RzWHk0U2F0LTFzZElnaUljcWlsYzZKMlZ2OWo5Z2RRaFhsNHZ2SnQ?oc=5Michael Jackson Movie Is Still in Theaters, But You Can Buy the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Online Now BillboardJul 15, 2026 7:00 AM
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Walmart’s Onn HD Streaming Stick Disappears from Its Online Store - Android Headlineshttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirwFBVV95cUxNSDJsM3VqTkVmZUVkNlBEbU1PM0V0RE56c25wZTZwLWhBWWNBVEIybkw3UG5UUWJaOXJLNjdIeXFNWGYtXzhOMHBsejEwR3JKR0ZnWEZGWVBZZ19JU0JRN253WEt5QnNuUy1yMHNyNGg1RHBtT0V0LUxGM1pzeWx1ckIzOWVFOVA4MmtlLW82Nl9fTzdpN3JPRE9SeVExZGh4X0t3Q2xNRzJaQ3F4ZkZv?oc=5Walmart’s Onn HD Streaming Stick Disappears from Its Online Store Android HeadlinesJul 13, 2026 7:00 AM
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Satluj leaked online in HD after OTT takedown; Diljit Dosanjh’s film sparks fresh debate - Moneycontrol.comhttps://news.google.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?oc=5Satluj leaked online in HD after OTT takedown; Diljit Dosanjh’s film sparks fresh debate Moneycontrol.comJul 6, 2026 7:00 AM
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Satluj leaked online: Diljit Dosanjh's film available in HD a day after OTT removal - India Todayhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMizgFBVV95cUxObXkxVnZRVnliTVlNV05LNklhSnlnTHEzNDRoaTZYYzhWUXFOMGVueDgzZWl5X3lrRV9xcXdBdXczZk5YOGx5dWN4TUVvSE90MlZ0VmVlWDluN1JSalRFbmJCb200T3JPc2dSWEVfeElJUlZKeHczZmV5YjNqTmlEcW05OTR0VVA3TVBsanZCYkd6UFJKQlRMa3I3QkxGZFRpcm0zMnlwM1owSzUybGQ0azdvRVJ2RDBhdjc2UXFid2YyRXpCV2trM3BIMThkQdIB0wFBVV95cUxPRVdkMmx4MTNSR3RuUk1mSWl4dlcwZDIweU9GNG82WU9MSnU1Vi04MXRyVThCcjZSU3pvYmhQdlhSREc4c2gycmtvdnRjc3BRcTg0U2JwMWZNSG5DUXQxSjhnczYtVnFXZkx1a0VOWG5ENXIxU012OWV2SC15NmNvQkc2RFJJb1RGbExCSW5VQ0RyYU1UMldfUHlZU0hyTVpYc2FldkM1aWtUOEVmRVBFRmM5Zm5lRHM1b2NIdWRaelRHX2VMVDRaVXBPN2Y2SmU2LWlz?oc=5Satluj leaked online: Diljit Dosanjh's film available in HD a day after OTT removal India TodayJul 6, 2026 7:00 AM
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Show HN: Pictolab (online HDR image editor)https://pictolab.io/Source code: http://github.com/anchpop/pictolabI love HDR, but until recently dynamic HDR content was hard to render in the browser. But now, with browsers shipping support for WebGPU and canvases with extended color spaces, it's actually feasible.So what I wanted to was make an image editor capable of doing the simple edits I often need to do, but with full HDR support, which is rare in browser editors. Turning up the brightness on an HDR-capable monitor is a great way to see what your monitor can do :PI tried to go overboard in every way I could. So brightness/saturation/hue adjustments use the okLCH color space, and there's an option to do a "content-aware resize" with seam carving, which is fast because it's parallelized using Sam Westrick's triangle-blocking algorithm [0].Also, the site supports importing HEIC photos as taken with an iPhone, which is surprisingly hard to do correctly. Libraries like libheic don't fully support the format used by iPhones, so if used naively the HDRMay 31, 2026 9:45 PM
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Australia’s data watchdog calls for input on draft Children’s Online Privacy Codehttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiugFBVV95cUxORmN6dUl1X1NpQWVOZXlIZHZwWWl4QTFIUktkRTczeThveU0zb3ZxVG85RC1Nam50WHZSdFBvZ2xpbXlyYmctX25Rb1h0MXlTRGtoTHJHUWRHTGlPUnVUTV9mV1d2Z25xbVd6SmFGelctQW1XOWhqSUVLMzUzVXN4bHEzU3hKYlJTcE92aFpUWmhVSVltYUl2RXNodzF2M29fVDBGd2puYlhuNWVTZld2azdhMWd3WnZnV1E?oc=5Australia’s data watchdog calls for input on draft Children’s Online Privacy Code Biometric UpdateApr 1, 2026 7:00 AM
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