Google ignores &quot;must have&quot; quotesZocdoc insists on giving me appointments weeks away even when I set a date rangeAmazon insists on showing me products that they can&#x27;t deliver tomorrow.What happened to deterministic search parameter results? It&#x27;s like every search function now just take what I ask for as a suggestion and then ignores it.

Why does every site's search now insist on giving me what I don't search for?

Hi all,Tom Howard is going public as HN moderator today. He has been doing HN moderation work for years already and knows the site and its practices inside-out, so the only new thing you&#x27;ll see is mod comments from Tom showing up in the threads the way mine do. I&#x27;m not going anywhere, so you&#x27;ll have two of us to put up with going forward :)I&#x27;ve known Tom since he was sctb&#x27;s and my batchmate back in YC W09. Many of you know him as the kind and thoughtful community member tomhoward (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;user?id=tomhoward">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;user?id=tomhoward</a>). He&#x27;s still kind and thoughtful, but he&#x27;s going to post as tomhow from now on (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;user?id=tomhow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;user?id=tomhow</a>), the same way I switched to dang when I went through this rite of passage years ago.Below is a bit from Tom about himself. Please join me in welcoming him to this new status which he was crazy enough to say yes to!---YC and HN have been a huge part of my life for nearly two decades. I read pg&#x27;s essay How to Start a Startup in 2005 after my friend (and later, co-founder) Fenn found it on Slashdot, and it opened our eyes as to how to go about building products and companies. I first signed up in late 2007, and since then HN has been the place I come to find interesting news and discussions.Hacker News gave me a window into the big wide world of technology and startups, that had previously seemed so remote and opaque from where I lived (and still live) in Australia. We were lucky enough to be accepted into the W09 batch of YC, and since then HN has been a place where we could share announcements about the startup, but also where I could share the challenges and struggles I experienced in the startup journey and other aspects of life, particularly to do with health and wellbeing.From the discussions that have happened about these topics I&#x27;ve ended up making enduring friendships with people all over the world, and have been able to learn many things that have improved my life in profound ways. I love HN&#x27;s ethos - of being a place people come to engage their curiosity. That&#x27;s what it&#x27;s always been for me and what I hope I can help it to be for everyone!--Tom

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EDIT: Back online?!NPM discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;npm&#x2F;cli&#x2F;issues&#x2F;8203" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;npm&#x2F;cli&#x2F;issues&#x2F;8203</a>NPM incident: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;status.npmjs.org&#x2F;incidents&#x2F;hdtkrsqp134s" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;status.npmjs.org&#x2F;incidents&#x2F;hdtkrsqp134s</a>Cloudflare messaging: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cloudflarestatus.com&#x2F;incidents&#x2F;gshczn1wxh74" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cloudflarestatus.com&#x2F;incidents&#x2F;gshczn1wxh74</a>GitHub issue: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;sindresorhus&#x2F;camelcase&#x2F;issues&#x2F;114" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;sindresorhus&#x2F;camelcase&#x2F;issues&#x2F;114</a>Anyone experiencing npm outage that&#x27;s more than just the referenced camelcase package?

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What are you working on?  Any new ideas that you&#x27;re thinking about?

Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)

How would one go about being a &#x27;rogue&#x27; OSS contributor so to speak? Live off of donations, bounties, hackathons, ect?

Ask HN: How do you make a living contributing to and/or creating OSS projects?

This is coming up a lot these days in the news- but Customs and Border Patrol have increased the amount of searches they do for travelers coming to and leaving the US. I find this fascinating- because it feels like an area that should have answers -but that there are only some.With Laptops, one can do things like dual booting, and basic file or OS encryption -so if you are asked to unlock your laptop, you can show someone your OS- and if they decide to do a advanced search, take it and image it- files and items will still be encrypted. Now, this is the sort of thing Veracrypt&#x27;s Hidden OS would solve without resorting to individual container and file encryption- however that is not a real option these days as that only works with MBR partitioning, not EFI- and nothing else in that space has appeared.For phones - the situation is messier.It appears there is no general encrypted profile app or feature one can do in a similar manner, say with steganography features- Sure one could obtain a Graphene phone or the very latest updated Apple or Android device so the Cellebrite or Greykey device can&#x27;t break into it if you refuse to unlock your password and they take it to image it. If you cooperate and unlock something for them to do a basic search on and then they take it to image presumably- there&#x27;s a lack of hidden&#x2F;profile options that are encrypted or steganographically able to hide files in files which would be enough for this sort of thing.There also is no whole-imaging solution to make a perfect backup, as current backup methods don&#x27;t include everything, like if someone has apps not covered by a backup or full settings.And one does not want to unlock the bootloader or Root a phone to attempt this,that would make them easier from a Cellebrite type attack.For those of you a bit privacy minded who do like to see how private and secure a setup you can do- How do you handle this? This isn&#x27;t something totally new, but mobile devices are not as far along as computers it appears- and that is something the general public is fully susceptible to.

Ask HN: For the privacy minded, How do you prepare for gadget Border Searches?

I feel like talking about how to think is going to be a bigger topic of discussion going forward now that we have AI, and dependence on software is really going to the next level — so since I&#x27;ve always gotten such amazing recommendations on HN, I had to ask this here

Ask HN: Best books written on “How to think”?

A few days ago I posted Vets Who Code[0] on HN[1]. It got put into the second chance pool and made the front page yesterday.Not sure how high it got, but I saw it in the teens.The founder just shared the impact on his organization in a post on LI[2], but I wanted to share it here.&gt; We now have 12 new mentor volunteers and received a donation.Thank you, HN community, for helping out with not just attention and comments (though I&#x27;ve found those extremely valuable in the past) but concrete action.0: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vetswhocode.io&#x2F;1: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=435331242: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;feed&#x2F;update&#x2F;urn:li:activity:7313539233317543936&#x2F;

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I have a blog but it seems most people who are with my content hardly like it.
I had a review recently that said I write like a person with ADHD. 
All I am asking for is a guide. What to start with. Length.
I usually blog about vim which I started using 3-4months ago.

Ask HN: How to write better tech blogs

I’ve been involved in web dev in different forms for 20 years, but I’ve never done anything with these types of websites.My questions are:* When you register a domain with them, is the domain legally yours?* Are there any SEO penalties for using these apps to build websites? Does anyone own a website or client site hosted on Squarespace or similar that’s ranking high on Google?I can see the benefit for developers but I’m wondering about the benefits for clients.

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Currently, I use Perplexity or ChatGPT via the web prompt for small coding tasks, but sometimes I&#x27;ll use Ollama. Stuff like writing a shell script perform some task, or maybe a small Python function. I&#x27;d like to get to the next level, but I don&#x27;t know where to start.What are some good places to get started? What are the tools you use to get work done?Some background: I mainly do data engineering using Python and Snowflake + MySQL. I use Pycharm as my dev environment, but I&#x27;d be open to changing that if there&#x27;s a better option.

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I am currently working remotely from EU against US and I wonder how the ongoing and escalating trade wars will affect us.Anyone already being affected? What are your plans for the future?

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I appreciate developing ROCm into something competitive with CUDA would require a lot of work, both internally within AMD and with external contributions to the relevant open source libraries.However the amount of resources at stake is incredible. The delta between NVIDIA&#x27;s value and AMD&#x27;s is bigger than the annual GDP of Spain. Even if they needed to hire a few thousand engineers at a few million in comp each, it&#x27;d still be a good investment.

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Heyah,This is Lukasz. I am running Wisent, a representation engineering company. I created guardrails that allow you to block certain patterns of LLM activations on the latent space level. It is now fully self-hosted and open source. Think stopping hallucination, harmful thoughts of the LLM or bad code generation. Let me know how it works for your use case- happy to help you generate the most value from it.Check out more at https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wisent.ai&#x2F; or https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lukaszbartoszcze.com&#x2F;

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Hey HN&#x2F;Reddit,
We&#x27;re a team of AI researchers passionate about simplifying 3D modeling. We&#x27;ve built an easy-to-use tool that generates detailed, high-quality 3D models directly from regular videos. We are now opening up this tool for preview.Just upload your video, and we&#x27;ll deliver a 3D model file that&#x27;s ready to embed, view, or edit. Our approach is fast, cloud-based, and removes the hassle of complex photogrammetry setups.Originally, we built this as an internal experiment with neural radiance fields and mesh extraction techniques. However, we noticed people across industries like e-commerce, gaming, digital twins, and virtual production struggling with cumbersome workflows involving multiple tools. So we decided to share our tool to help streamline these processes.Right now, we&#x27;re looking to collaborate closely with early users who have compelling use cases. If you&#x27;re currently spending hours with painful pipelines—or juggling multiple software tools—we’d love to help simplify your workflow.Try it out here: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;unrealizex.comTo discuss your use case or brainstorm together, book a quick chat here: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;calendly.com&#x2F;unrealizex3d&#x2F;30minQuick Demo: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=AX_8Sg19PXEWe&#x27;re eager for your thoughts, feedback, and challenging questions—especially about your ideal use cases or persistent issues in your existing 3D workflows. You can join the AI for 3D discord community at https:&#x2F;&#x2F;discord.gg&#x2F;c29cY9mbwt.Ask us anything!
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Community Builders of UnrealizeX

We Built an AI Tool to Create High-Quality 3D Models from Regular Videos

Between newsletters, podcasts, Youtube videos, (tech) news, articles, and (of course) books, how does one keep up with it?I currently try to read long-form content that requires deep focus in the morning before work (30-45 mins depending on my day). Then during the day I have some breaks and read newsletters and other posts. Videos and podcasts are difficult for me to consume, as they are often a bit too padded with small talk and non-essential conversational information, but I sometimes listen to them when I work out or while I cook. I recently started taking notes when I read, I would like to extend this system into rewriting my synthesis in Obsidian or Notion.However, despite all, I feel my reading list keeps growing and I&#x27;m always catching up with what happens in our field, but as if I&#x27;m always a few steps behind. There are many more articles and books that would make me better as a professional, but I simply don&#x27;t have time to go through them. (Not to mention other topics I&#x27;d like to learn aside from my work, or simply read for pleasure.)So my question is: how do you keep up? How do you stay up-to-date in your own profession?And I mean it both in terms of your approach&#x2F;methodology (e.g. when do you read and what, how do you retain information, what aids to reading&#x2F;bookmarking do you use) but also in terms of the mental aspect&#x2F;wellbeing (how much is &quot;good enough&quot; for you? How do you keep yourself from being overwhelmed? Do you feel energized by reading?).

When so much knowledge is produced every day, how do you keep up?

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I was looking at https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;notifications when I accidentally pressed the mouse over the [unsubscribe] bell icon twice.Did github show a confirmation dialog? Nope. It unsubscribed me from 2 random issues I&#x27;ll never find again.Is there any way to recall which issues it was? Not a chance.. Not unless you had the browser console open on the Network tab before you did your mistake.I&#x27;m so fed up with Github&#x27;s aging edgy cringekid javascript webdesign choices and their overridden CTRL+F search. Their site literally screams peak JavaScript&#x2F;UX terrorism era of 2014-ish.Its unproductive, you can never find the right button to navigate in commit&#x2F;PR views compared to the absolutely intuitive alternatives. The 30% viewport width on gist&#x2F;files on HiDPI 4K screens with a height viewport that looks like an embarrased accidentally shrunken wooly sweater on short files with low line-count is absolutely terrible.Am I totally wrong about this being tasteless design? It it just me, who feels like Github feels like a time-capsule from the worst era of webdesign?

Unfollow accidents on GitHub/notifications is too darn easy

I’m developing a system in Go that maintains a fixed pool of Docker containers (e.g., 10) running a specific image (like ‘node’), where each container remains alive (using a command like tail -f) to be ready for executing arbitrary commands via docker exec. The system tracks the workload of each container, distributes commands to the least loaded one, and monitors container health to automatically restart or replace unhealthy instances.I’m aware of the official Docker Go SDK (github.com&#x2F;docker&#x2F;docker&#x2F;client) for managing containers, but I’m curious if there are any higher-level tools or libraries in Go that provide additional support for scheduling, load balancing, or enhanced health monitoring of containers in such a setup. Has anyone built or used libraries that streamline this kind of container orchestration and command execution?Any insights, recommendations, or experiences would be greatly appreciated!

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I recently built [PenZen](https:&#x2F;&#x2F;penzen.app). It scans websites for real vulnerabilities (not just SSL checks) using OWASP Zap under the hood and sends prioritized alerts with AI-powered remediation suggestions.I made it because I was tired of tools that alert me about issues I don&#x27;t understand or can’t do anything about. Curious: What are you using to monitor website security?And more importantly: What actually makes you trust a report or take action on it?

Ask HN: What do you use to monitor website security (vulns, uptime, etc.)?

I&#x27;m toying with launching a secure data vault application. It&#x27;s designed to be a dropbox-like app but you choose where your box is hosted and can permit apps to access your data under strict, revokable protocols. Curious what you think.The app would start with simple features like secure notes, file sharing and secure messaging and gradually add more sophisticated features like GDPR compliant data sharing, facebook-like feeds and data monetization. The vision is to develop each feature as a means to evolve open protocols for the secure sharing of private data with decentralised applications, moving towards the web3 vision of controlling your own global data footprint. Developers would be free to build apps on these protocols promoting competition and giving the user a choice of UX for each feature. Each protocol would use specifically designed smart contracts to govern access to the data and to act as a digital service level agreement. This puts the data sharing intelligence on chain where it is fully customizable, programmable, transparent, interactive and auditable under the conditions of the protocol.What do you think? Is it a concept that resonates? Any feedback would be appreciated.Here&#x27;s a bit more info: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@bubble-protocol&#x2F;what-if-you-owned-your-digital-life-8fe515f5a1a7

Validating ZenBox – a self-hosted encrypted data vault

Over the past few weeks, I’ve spoken with several VCs who confidently claim that companies won’t need to hire anyone in the next year or two because AI will handle everything.Even Bill Gates recently said we might all be out of work soon and won’t need to do anything in an &quot;age of abundance.&quot;How much of this is hype vs. reality?Which jobs are likely to be completely eliminated by AI and which ones are likely to survive or even thrive?

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Been wrestling with this for a while, figured some of you might have seen similar.
The Situation:
* 15+ years Enterprise Software - PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) experience, including a stint at Google.
* Now based in India.
* Strong US network (NY, OH, OK, CA).
* Targeting direct client engagements, potentially building a small remote team.
* Problem: Most remote PLM roles explicitly state US&#x2F;UK&#x2F;EU residency.The Question:
How do you effectively find remote PLM consulting&#x2F;contracting gigs in the US when you&#x27;re physically outside those regions? Freelance platforms seem to be a dead end due to the residency requirements.Initial Thoughts (and Maybe Where I&#x27;m Going Wrong):
* Leveraging existing network is a given, but feels like I&#x27;m hitting a wall.
* Direct outreach to companies? Feels like a long shot, especially with the location hurdle.
* Is there some niche platform or strategy I&#x27;m missing? Something beyond the usual Upwork&#x2F;LinkedIn grind.Looking For:
* Specific strategies that have worked for others in similar situations.
* Experiences with companies that are open to remote PLM consultants outside the typical zones.
* Insights on how to navigate the legal&#x2F;contractual aspects of this arrangement.
Anyone cracked this nut? Any and all advice appreciated.

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What do you guys think about a virtual whiteboard that has a LLM baked in as a thinking assistant providing insights and suggestions based on what your writing and helps you brainstorm?
Is able to also modify your writings and add also add more ideas.
Is also able to retrieve information and provide insights in combination with what you&#x27;ve already written on the whiteboard.

A Virtual Whiteboard That Has a Thinking Assistant Baked In

Employed. Unfairly compensated. Old. Love AI. How to capitalize on the new tech wave?

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I remember there was an old but popular post on HN front page about a failed startup project. The project is about distilling biology science. The conclusion was that there is no money in science distillation.I can&#x27;t recall any search key word to find it. If you remember its title, please help me.Thank you!

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I’ve been messing around with MCP servers to get a feel for the ecosystem. I’m seeing a real issue, and I’m not sure what solutions are possible with the architecture - am I missing something?The LLM always sits in the middle of any pipeline. That means you’ll always have potentially messy and lossy translation in between every tool call (not to mention incredibly slow&#x2F;wasteful compared to piping data between processes).The example I was using: I wanted Claude to orchestrate some analysis on Stripe data for me. I asked it to get all transactions from last month and write them to disk (as a step one, before actually doing anything). Because the data coming out of Stripe goes back through the LLM before going to disk, it completely borked it and wrote only a small fraction of the data.I&#x27;m trying to piece together the puzzle that lets a chatbot do useful things for me in my life. Is there a future-state where this issue isn’t an inherent problem? Some workarounds I&#x27;ve thought of:- have a python interpreter and have the LLM write code. But then what’s the point of an MCP server when you’d just use the Stripe python library or APIs? 
- have some kind of inter-MCP-server communication protocol At this point we&#x27;re writing an OS for the LLM to live inside.

Ask HN: What's the Point of MCP?

I have an 82 year old friend who I help and care for. She has about 10% of her sight left and she uses and needs her phone on a daily basis.She particularly needs Whatsapp.I am having a lot of difficulty finding and installing apps with very large clear fonts, in a way where the operating system doesn&#x27;t keep having overlays or changing things and keeps getting stuck using her phone?What are the best options?

Ask HN: An Android build/skin specifically created for Almost Blind People?

Question says it all - I&#x27;m curious what the state of the art is for a community like HN (that, intuitively, wouldn&#x27;t just start an eg. Substack).

Ask HN: Do you still self-host a blog? What's your publishing stack?

This is about finding a good linux distro for my parents to use. Apparently, Windows now requires an outlook account in order to log into your computer. Well - his outlook account has been hacked. (In fact, it&#x27;s the second time he&#x27;s had a Microsoft account be hacked. He&#x27;s pretty savvy about scams and phishing, but we can&#x27;t figure how how this keeps happening.) Anyway, understandably, he&#x27;s pretty freaked out about what they might have access to on his computer and will probably end up just reformatting it.He&#x27;s open to switching to linux, but I&#x27;ve been out of the game for a while and not sure what to recommend. In olden times, Ubuntu was my go to - is that still a reasonable default or is there a new game in town?They primarily use the internet and I guess they might need to print sometimes (which I&#x27;m assuming is going to be a hassle no matter which distro we pick).

Best Linux distro in 2025 for non-experts

We were frustrated by vector-based RAG systems that rely on semantic similarity and often fail on long, domain-specific documents. In these contexts, domain-specific terminology tends to be semantically similar, making it hard to retrieve the exact content users need. It’s also difficult to incorporate expert knowledge or user preferences effectively. So we started exploring a more reasoning-driven approach to RAG. Inspired by the tree search algorithm in AlphaGo, we came up with a reasoning-based RAG system that uses tree search to guide retrieval.We open-sourced one of the key components: PageIndex, a hierarchical indexing system that transforms large documents (like financial reports, regulatory documents, or textbooks) into semantic trees optimized for reasoning-based RAG.Some highlights:- Hierarchical Structure: Organizes lengthy PDFs into LLM-friendly trees — like a smart table of contents.- Precise Referencing: Each node includes a summary and exact physical page numbers.- Natural Segmentation: Nodes align with document sections, preserving context — no arbitrary chunking.We&#x27;ve used PageIndex for financial document analysis with reasoning-based RAG and saw significant improvements in retrieval accuracy compared to vector-based systems.Would love any feedback — especially thoughts on reasoning-based RAG, or ideas for where PageIndex could be applied!

RAG Without Vectors – PageIndex: Reasoning-Based Document Indexing

Basically, a QuickLogic Qomu Dev Board plugged into a hub with six USB Type A ports:<pre><code> * A USB Type A keyboard

 * A USB Type A mouse

 * A DisplayPort over USB Type C Monitor connected with a USB Type C to USB Type A adapter

 * A MicroSD to USB Type C Adapter connected to a USB Type C to USB Type A adapter

 * A free and open source wifi or ethernet or lora adapter.
</code></pre>
A free and open source SPI Firmware for the Arm Cortex M4F can be developed. The eFPGA&#x27;s tooling is officially supported with a free and open source Verilog to Bistream toolchain, as opposed to the legal gray area that is FPGA vendors tolerating reverse engineered toolchains, a stance that they might change in the future.I don&#x27;t know if the Qomu&#x27;s EOS S3 chip has the proprietary flexible fusion engine, I&#x27;ll edit this post once QuickLogic tells me whether it does or doesn&#x27;t, but the documentation says that if it does have it, the Flexible Fusion Engine is powered off by default, so as long as I don&#x27;t turn it on, it&#x27;s free and open source hardware.I&#x27;ll make a gplv3 or later OS for it where the Arm core powers up the eFPGA and reconfigures it when necessary for performance. The eFPGA would run a soft core cpu whose instruction set is my programming language source code. My OS will run entirely in Ring 0 and I&#x27;ll make it programmable with my programming language via voice commands since that chip has a microphone inside. My OS will be for recreational programming. I&#x27;ll call it eFPGAos-Libre.Now I know that the Arm Cortex M4F and QuickLogic eFPGA&#x27;s Architecture are both closed source, so one can&#x27;t put QuickLogic&#x27;s eFPGA architecture or derivatives of it or the Arm Cortex M4F or derivatives of it into a chip of theirs without either&#x27;s permission, but the tooling for both is entirely free and open source.It comes with 512KB of Sram in the chip, enough for me.

A free and open source software, hardware and firmware PC with a eFPGA

I fondly remember my student days of running Ubuntu on a tiny Thinkpad X61 w&#x2F; a 12&quot; 1024×768 screen.So a few weeks ago I started to wonder what the best ultraportable laptop for running Linux is nowadays.I know these are somewhat arbitrary, personal constraints of mine (that the X61 also did not meet) but is it possible that there are (almost) no options for a laptop w&#x2F;- no fan- 190+ dpi?I think I&#x27;d even be willing to accept battery life that&#x27;s just &quot;ok&quot; if the screen is sharp for rendering text and passively cooled.With 100s of vendors I thought there surely must be dozens of options.But I have trouble finding any options from within the last 10 years.And I mean not only no options specifically for running Linux &quot;ok&quot; but any options at all (e.g. compromising on Windows + WSL 2).Except from Apple.The 12&quot; Macbook and current Macbook Air M1-M4.Is that really it?A close miss I found is the Thinkpad X13s that comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon (!).It is fanless but it has a 160 dpi screen which unfortunately places it in the &quot;almost good but still blurry&quot; uncanny valley when it comes to text rendering.