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Monday, 24 August 2026

• Oceans hit highest temperature on record
  bbc.com · Discuss

• LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines
  boydkane.com · Discuss

• Removed all counters, replies, following/ers, timestamps, from textlog
  textlog.cc · Discuss

• Anger, Anxiety and Agency
  lucumr.pocoo.org · Discuss

• The "File" menu isn't about files
  adam.farkas.pro · Discuss

• Technology Is Over
  taylorforeman.com · Discuss

• What Is a Syslog Server?
  blog.greencloudvps.com · Discuss

• Octopus intelligence may be related to never-before-seen mutation
  smithsonianmag.com · Discuss

• Autostep (YC P26) Is Hiring AI/Fullstack Engineers and a Chief of Staff
  app.dover.com · Discuss

• Adding 4 more 2.5GbE interfaces to the GMKtec NucBox G9
  catskull.net · Discuss

• Where Did All the Public Bathrooms Go?
  daily.jstor.org · Discuss

• The entire city of San Francisco as a video game
  sf.thijs.gg · Discuss

• Hot Chips 2026: CUDA Targets RISC-V – By Chester Lam
  chipsandcheese.com · Discuss

• EuroHPC Launches 6 Quantum Calls with €119M in Funding
  hpcwire.com · Discuss

• Man Dressed as Darth Vader Defends Flock Cameras to San Diego City Council
  thehill.com · Discuss

• Public services are increasingly strained by LLM-written appeals for benefits
  arxiv.org · Discuss

• A Blackstone real estate company exposed SSN digits, DOBs, addresses and more
  alexschapiro.com · Discuss

• Show HN: GlassBox – what the browser reveals, and how identifiable you are
  glassbox.codecanary.org · Discuss

• Show HN: PicoMQ – Durable Streams over HTTP, on object storage
  picomq.com · Discuss

• Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance
  larsfaye.com · Discuss

• Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence
  gultsch.de · Discuss

• IPFS Maintainers Winding Down
  ipshipyard.com · Discuss

• MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID
  xusheng.dev · Discuss

• OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21)
  developers.openai.com · Discuss

• NetBSD GSoC 2026 Improving RAIDframe
  blog.netbsd.org · Discuss

• Anna's Archive Owes $340 Million, Lost Several Domains, but It's Still Online
  torrentfreak.com · Discuss

• Could We Dredge the Netherlands Without Fossil Fuels?
  solar.lowtechmagazine.com · Discuss

• Adafruit USB Type C CC Resistor Fixer
  adafruit.com · Discuss

• Hot Chips 2026: Samsung and HBM Base Die Opportunities
  chipsandcheese.com · Discuss

• Hot Chips 2026: Applying High Bandwidth Flash (HBF)
  chipsandcheese.com · Discuss

• Codefloe Is a Professionally Hosted Public Git Forge
  codefloe.com · Discuss

• Peppermint oil reduces blood pressure by 8.48 mmHg in small study
  journals.plos.org · Discuss

• How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs
  lectronz.com · Discuss

• Ask HN: Why do corporate failures always seem to punish the wrong people?
  news.ycombinator.com · Discuss

• Anthropic candidates face blunt money question
  axios.com · Discuss

• SeL4 security proofs now complete on AArch64
  proofcraft.systems · Discuss

• Why older tech is sometimes safer from hackers
  bbc.com · Discuss

• Agent Is Not the Model
  code.joejag.com · Discuss

• Omakase Computing
  learn.omacom.io · Discuss

• Omacom Foundation funding hits $10M
  omarchy.org · Discuss

• The treasury bond mess: is this the demise of the US as a safe haven?
  theguardian.com · Discuss

• Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2026 – Show and tell
  news.ycombinator.com · Discuss

• Show HN: Vanilla OS 3 Reunion – Immutable and Reproducible Operating System
  vanillaos.org · Discuss

• Woman stranded in Spain after UK's eVisa system mistakes her for twin sister
  theguardian.com · Discuss

• We never use AI. For anything
  corkmac.app · Discuss

• The Future Belongs to the Weird
  essays.georgestrakhov.com · Discuss

• Fast drilldown dashboards from a single Parquet file
  hamiltonulmer.com · Discuss

• The Work Number: credit score but for your employment history – by Equifax
  employees.theworknumber.com · Discuss

• Over 5,200 Ebola cases recorded in Congo
  afro.who.int · Discuss

Sunday, 23 August 2026

• Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future
  modelrepublic.org · Discuss

• Anthropic Claude and API service outages
  status.claude.com · Discuss

• FDA clears blood test to aid evaluation for Alzheimer's disease
  medicine.washu.edu · Discuss

• Your Open Source Model Could Have a Hidden Time-Release Backdoor
  morgin.ai · Discuss

• New EU-wide product repair rules come into force
  rte.ie · Discuss

• Elevated Errors for Multiple Models
  status.claude.com · Discuss

• Executable Is a SQLite Database
  fzakaria.com · Discuss

• Mourning Steve French
  lwn.net · Discuss

• Nearly 3M Teslas recalled in China over hidden door handles
  bbc.com · Discuss

• Why is Anthropic's public writing style so unlike Claude's?
  cmart.blog · Discuss

• Former OC actor Ben McKenzie on crusade to take down 'stupid' cryptocurrency
  rnz.co.nz · Discuss

• Migrating a Synology NAS to a UniFi UNAS Pro 8 with Robocopy, SMB Multichannel
  hanselman.com · Discuss

• The first search engine for Internet-connected devices
  shodan.io · Discuss

• I built a low-latency AI companion that plays Skyrim with me
  pantel.is · Discuss

• Everything I own, owned
  schlarp.com · Discuss

• Parallel development without the headaches using Git worktree
  barrd.dev · Discuss

• The planet now has more trees than it did 35 years ago (2018)
  psmag.com · Discuss

• A complex structure on S^6 [pdf]
  alpo.ge · Discuss

• Declarative WebGPU with S-Expressions
  hugodaniel.com · Discuss

• Rural Village in Spain Is Welcoming Digital Nomads with Open Arms
  cntraveler.com · Discuss

• Decoding silent reading from non-invasive EEG
  arxiv.org · Discuss

• Training AI to Paint with Code
  surya.website · Discuss

• 'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics'
  npr.org · Discuss

• Google Workspace thinks my domain is an email provider (2025)
  blog.elis.cc · Discuss

• How I find problems to solve as a staff engineer
  lalitm.com · Discuss

• Fable and the end of the free lunch
  dbreunig.com · Discuss

• Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?
  slate.com · Discuss

• Say It Four Times (In Your System Prompt)
  khola.blog · Discuss

• The Vibe Tax
  insufferable.dev · Discuss

• Etched Sohu vs. Nvidia: Transformer ASIC vs. GPU (2026)
  spheron.network · Discuss

• Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive
  ft.com · Discuss

• AI and Infrastructure Engineering
  omegion.dev · Discuss

• Explain it to me like I'm ten
  timharford.com · Discuss

• Predicting AI model release dates with stats
  releaseoracle.xyz · Discuss

• I turned Unix talk from 1983 into the interface for my AI
  en.andros.dev · Discuss

• My agent.md to improve LLM-assisted code quality
  fabiensanglard.net · Discuss

• From Front Panel to Program: Thinking Like a PDP-8
  pikuma.com · Discuss

• Powerful extensions do not need powerful code
  adayinthelifeof.nl · Discuss

• I wrote a BASIC interpreter that boots on UEFI machines and ported it to Windows
  tarjan.itch.io · Discuss

• Dutch regulator fines Uber $966M for automating driver suspensions
  theguardian.com · Discuss

• We must not grant AI agents legal personhood
  ft.com · Discuss

• The Remote Work Challenge: Lessons from 5 Cities
  pew.org · Discuss

• Erik Brynjolfsson says an AI "job apocalypse" is unlikely
  wpintelligence.washingtonpost.com · Discuss

• A website for debloated open source alternatives
  debloat.dev · Discuss

• Phoenix tried a reflective coating on black asphalt; noon surface heat fell 12°F
  economictimes.indiatimes.com · Discuss

• Vit D assoc w better cognition in those w sleep disturb./mild cognitive impair
  sciencedirect.com · Discuss

• Kodak DC50 now usable on the Apple II
  colino.net · Discuss

• GLM-5.3 (open-weight) beat Anthropic/OpenAI models – for 1/5 the cost
  reinvently.co.uk · Discuss

• Being nude in public can make us feel better about our bodies
  bbc.com · Discuss

• Why Sal Khan't: On Learning by Making but Teaching by Telling
  punyamishra.com · Discuss

• Coconut oil jet fuel matches kerosene's efficiency in engine tests
  studyfinds.com · Discuss

• How Complex Systems Fail (1998)
  how.complexsystems.fail · Discuss

• Blueprint for how to be self sufficient in a 1/4 acre backyard
  reddit.com · Discuss

• Hacker News in Uncompromised Detail
  vale.rocks · Discuss

• Amiga-Inspired AROS Goes Bare Metal on Raspberry Pi
  hackaday.com · Discuss

• Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras
  risky.biz · Discuss

• Authoritarianism of Code
  zedshaw.com · Discuss

• What Is a Harness?
  earendil.com · Discuss

• Death to px, long live ch
  shkspr.mobi · Discuss

• My favorite nonfiction books about cults, scams, and schemes
  bookdna.com · Discuss

• Malware infects Android-based automotive head unit firmware
  securelist.com · Discuss

• Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium
  bbc.com · Discuss

• Iranian hackers shut down UK power plant for 4 days
  telegraph.co.uk · Discuss

• I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job and it finished in 30 minutes
  xda-developers.com · Discuss

• Show HN: Live 3D satellite tracker and the declassified Pentagon UFO archive
  skylens.yantraai.app · Discuss

• Doomscrolling at work wastes time, but the real cost is what happens after
  stories.tamu.edu · Discuss

• Tragically, as many as 9625 out of every 10k individuals may be neurotypical
  erikengdahl.se · Discuss

Saturday, 22 August 2026

• Wi-Fi 8 is the first wireless upgrade in years that isn't chasing speed
  xda-developers.com · Discuss

• Risk of transmission of amyloid β pathology via transfused blood products
  doi.org · Discuss

• JIT Compiling Code in 5μs
  malisper.me · Discuss

• The End of an Athlon
  os2museum.com · Discuss

• Fast and Hard Code
  lucumr.pocoo.org · Discuss

• To become a better writer, read as much as you can
  nappertime.com · Discuss

• MartyPC is a cross-platform emulator of early PCs written in Rust
  martypc.net · Discuss

• I Dream of Quieter Computing
  henry.codes · Discuss

• AI Chip Architectures
  jepeake.com · Discuss

• The Art and Beauty of Blade Runner (2015)
  nappertime.com · Discuss

• Software Engineering in the Agentic Era
  simonwillison.net · Discuss

• US Military newspaper editor voices censorship fears after being fired
  bbc.com · Discuss

• Mathematicians will probably become obsolete before anyone else [pdf]
  olli.unt.edu · Discuss

• NanoGPT Speedrun Frontier
  primeintellect.ai · Discuss

• Knowing When to Stop: The Art of Making a Loop Converge
  a16z.com · Discuss

• Fast and Hard Code
  lucumr.pocoo.org · Discuss

• English ↔ Claudish Translator
  programasweights.com · Discuss