Bob

Word is spreading on Hacker News that veteran technology journalist Bob Cringely has died. Cringely, best known for his long-running tech writing and the 1996 PBS documentary series 'Triumph of the Nerds' chronicling the personal computer revolution, was a familiar byline for decades. Readers are sharing memories and tributes, though official confirmation and details of his death have not yet been widely reported.

Bob Costas and Hannah Storm will serve as the headline broadcasters for NBC's upcoming 'throwback' NBA game, according to Sports Media Watch. The pairing revives two familiar voices for the network's basketball coverage, which returns to airing NBA games this season. The retro-styled broadcast is expected to lean on nostalgia for NBC's earlier era of NBA telecasts in the 1990s and early 2000s.

California officials are considering ending the state's ban on bobcat hunting, according to SFGATE. The proposal would reopen recreational hunting of the animals, a move likely to draw debate between wildlife advocates and hunting interests over bobcat populations and management policy.

Turbobulls has launched a personal inflation feature that shows what inflation has done to an individual's own money rather than the headline rate. Hovering over any date on the net worth chart reveals what that day's cash and investments would buy today, a Wallet view shows losses on idle cash, and the Portfolio adds an inflation break-even line. The tools are part of the paid Turbo Pro tier, with access apparently limited for now.

Personal finance writer Turbobulls has broken down its 'cost efficiency' measure, defined as one minus the fees and taxes paid on trades divided by total gains. The author notes the metric's honest limitation: it cannot capture a fund's own ongoing charge, because that is deducted inside the fund's price and never shows up as a transaction. Investors are directed to the fund factsheet for that figure.