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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Cheap laptop for Linux without GUI (for writing)

Ask HN: Cheap laptop for Linux without GUI (for writing) 4 by locusofself | 2 comments on Hacker News. Hey HN, I'm on a quest for a distraction-free writing device and considering a super cheap laptop which I can just run vim/nano on. I'd like: - Excellent battery life - Good keyboard - Sleep/wake capabilities (why is this so hard with Linux?) I'm thinking some kind of chromebook? Maybe an old thinkpad?
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What's your preferred Python tool to convert Markdown to print ready PDF

Ask HN: What's your preferred Python tool to convert Markdown to print ready PDF 2 by eon01 | 0 comments on Hacker News. especially for technical books with code
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Who is firing? (February 2026)

Ask HN: Who is firing? (February 2026) 4 by chalmovsky | 0 comments on Hacker News.
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New ask Hacker News story: GitHub Actions Have "Major Outage"

GitHub Actions Have "Major Outage" 22 by graton | 7 comments on Hacker News. Currently the GitHub status page says there is a "Major Outage" for GitHub Actions. https://ift.tt/B2zTpem This is as of 19:58 UTC / 11:58 PST on 2-Feb-2026
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New ask Hacker News story: Why do people still talk about AGI?

Why do people still talk about AGI? 4 by cermicelli | 1 comments on Hacker News. I am curious I am not sure if AI is just hype, I use it for software and a few other things. But looking at so many people talking about AGI when the best models can't even answer simple stuff correctly, fail at tool use, are vulnerable to all types of injection attacks that don't make sense. I don't know if the investments in AI are worth it but am I blind for not seeing any hope for AGI any time soon. Agentic AI is interesting perhaps but I hardly have had it work perfectly, I have to hold it's hand at everything. People making random claims about AGI soon is really weakening my confidence in AI in general. Given I haven't seen much improvements in last few years other than better tools and wrappers, and models that work better with these tools and wrappers.
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What are some examples of non-evil tech that makes you optimistic?

Ask HN: What are some examples of non-evil tech that makes you optimistic? 3 by Gooblebrai | 2 comments on Hacker News. The narrative over the last few years is that tech is evil. What are some good examples of software tech that still gives you a feeling of optimism?
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: The Next Big OS Leap

Ask HN: The Next Big OS Leap 2 by rafaelmdec | 2 comments on Hacker News. After witnessing what is being said about the AI Botlers (like OpenClaw/Moltbot/Clawdbot), I believe UIs will start melting big time. The point, click and type era is over. Voice will take over as the primary interface. UIs will be adaptive and enabled on demand. There will be an AI agent layer on every single PC out there. Since privacy will be an issue, "Shazam-like" filters will inhibit uncleared capture of voice. Makes sense?
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