QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wall

208 speckx 2026-07-10 16:50:49 UTC jeffgeerling.com Qwen Share 76

The QuadRF is a Raspberry Pi-powered phased-array radio enabling advanced signal processing, WiFi analysis, and RF visualization, with potential for Moon-scale radio experiments. Despite a rough UI, its MIPI-based high-speed data transfer and modular design showcase impressive performance for SDR applications.

Snails' Teeth Beats Spider Silk as Nature's Strongest Material (2015)

74 simonebrunozzi 2026-07-10 16:50:49 UTC smithsonianmag.com Qwen Share 45

Marine snails' teeth, composed of goethite nanofibers and protein, are Earth's strongest natural material, exceeding spider silk and Kevlar. Though outmatched by graphene, they rival top carbon fibers, while rare materials like lonsdaleite surpass diamond's hardness.

The tech of 'Terminator 2' – an oral history (2017)

65 markus_zhang 2026-07-10 16:50:49 UTC vfxblog.com Qwen Share 23

In 1991, ILM pioneered CGI tools like 'Make Sticky' and 'Body Sock' to create Terminator 2's liquid metal T-1000, overcoming limited resources and nascent tech. Artists and developers collaborated intensively, blending innovation with practical problem-solving, cementing the film's legacy as a VFX milestone.

Late Bronze Age Collapse

246 dmonay 2026-07-10 12:50:49 UTC acoup.blog Qwen Share 152

The Late Bronze Age Collapse (c. 1220–1170 BC) saw interconnected states in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East decline or collapse, marked by site destructions and political fragmentation. Causes remain debated but likely include climate shifts, warfare, and economic strain, with uneven regional impacts.

A Love Letter to Flashcards

82 surprisetalk 2026-07-10 15:50:49 UTC lesleylai.info Qwen Share 39

Initially dismissing flashcards for deep learning, the author adopted spaced repetition via Anki, creating personalized cards for concepts and insights rather than rote facts. This approach enhanced long-term retention and enabled resuming learning after breaks.

War Atlas: An interactive cartography of every named war in human history

18 NaOH 2026-07-10 17:52:49 UTC waratlas.org Full Share 3

An interactive cartography of 10,584 recorded military conflicts across 5,000 years of human history, with 427 historical empire borders, casualty estimate ranges, and era-by-era timeline navigation.

Lost city discovered beneath Egypt's desert with ancient church

92 Bender 2026-07-10 12:50:49 UTC dailymail.com Qwen Share 39

A 1,600-year-old Byzantine city with churches, homes, and 200 inscribed pottery fragments was discovered in Egypt's Western Desert, offering insights into daily life. Separate finds include ancient tombs with a 'golden tongue' practice and the Great Pyramid's earthquake-resistant design revealed.

Write code like a human will maintain it

261 ScottWRobinson 2026-07-10 13:50:49 UTC unstack.io Qwen Share 213

Relying on LLMs to generate repetitive code risks perpetuating poor practices, as duplicated logic trains the model to mimic your codebase's patterns. Over time, this creates a self-reinforcing cycle where shortcuts become entrenched, undermining maintainability and requiring manual intervention to correct.

Successful Companies Go Blind

130 speckx 2026-07-10 13:50:49 UTC ianreppel.org Qwen Share 48

Mexican cavefish retain eye genes despite blindness, mirroring companies that lose competence as stable environments suppress innovation, prioritizing comfort over skill. Surviving in predictable conditions, they adapt to internal pressures, mistaking stagnation for loyalty until external change reactivates dormant traits.

Combustion Engine Web-Based Simulator

19 mytuny 2026-07-10 16:50:49 UTC combustionlab.net Full Share 3

Crank-angle-resolved combustion engine simulator: build an engine, watch it run, and read real thermodynamics — P–V diagrams, dyno curves, knock prediction and more.

Good Tools Are Invisible

224 theanonymousone 2026-07-10 10:50:49 UTC gingerbill.org Qwen Share 125

A good tool should be invisible, not celebrated for complexity or puzzles. Avoid reframing flaws as fun or identity; prioritize productivity over tribalism and honest evaluation.

Show HN: Reviving my 2001 college band with AI

29 jacobgraf 2026-07-10 16:50:49 UTC fadingmaize.com Qwen Share 34

Fading Maize's 2001 original songs, led by Charlie Saponara and Brad Mott, are revived in 2026 via AI-assisted production, with Jacob Graf managing the project, preserving archives, and upholding principles like consent and authorship. The revival blends original recordings with reimagined versions, maintaining Charlie's creative control and transparently crediting all contributions.

Hands-On with the AMD Ryzen AI Halo

23 bdcravens 2026-07-10 16:50:49 UTC microcenter.com Qwen Share 20

The AMD Ryzen AI Halo is a compact desktop with 128GB unified memory and a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip, enabling local AI model execution to cut cloud costs. It efficiently runs large LLMs and image generation tasks, offering a server-like setup for offline AI workflows.

New York City to become first in US to ban deceptive subscription practices

18 randycupertino 2026-07-10 18:26:49 UTC theguardian.com Qwen Share 0

New York City's Mamdani administration bans deceptive subscriptions and junk fees, enforcing fines for hard-to-cancel services and requiring upfront pricing for all charges, targeting housing and consumer markets. The rules aim to combat hidden costs and corporate malpractice, facing industry opposition but backed by consumer advocates.

Bun vs. Deno vs. Node.js 2026: Real Benchmarks Mislead

7 h1696UOuk 2026-07-10 17:50:49 UTC byteiota.com Prefix Share 3

New 2026 benchmarks show Bun handling 52,000 requests per second compared to Node.js’s 14,000—but real-world applications tell a different story. When testing actual apps with databases and business logic, all three runtimes deliver nearly identical performance at ~12,000 RPS. The gap between synthetic benchmarks and production reality reveals what developers actually need to know: runtime ...

Computation as a Universal and Fundamental Concept

33 simonpure 2026-07-10 15:50:49 UTC ergo.org Qwen Share 29

Tim Roughgarden explores computational limits, starting with Turing's 1936 proof that some problems (like the halting problem) are unsolvable by algorithms. He then examines NP-completeness, showing that many problems resist efficient solutions, leading to the unresolved P vs NP question with implications for cryptography and AI.

The mathematical secrets of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia

95 Gedxx 2026-07-10 11:50:49 UTC mappingignorance.org Qwen Share 25

Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família, celebrated in 2026 for its 100th anniversary since his death, integrates mathematical principles like the 7.5m module and ratios of 12, creating harmonious proportions. Its design features symbolic elements, polyhedrons, and structural innovations, reflecting both architectural genius and religious symbolism.

Anyone else get a vague GitHub shakedown notice?

40 jjgreen 2026-07-10 17:50:49 UTC lists.osgeo.org Qwen Share 32

Greg received a GitHub billing email for Code Quality despite no paid plan, having left orgs, and no sponsorship, questioning if QGIS activity triggered it and if others faced similar unexpected charges. Concerns arise over potential billing errors or scams.

In Emacs, Everything Looks Like a Service

139 kickingvegas 2026-07-10 08:50:49 UTC yummymelon.com Qwen Share 79

Emacs functions as an OS-like environment by orchestrating applications and services above the kernel, enabling users to manage computing tasks within its ecosystem. Through Elisp and libraries, it treats external utilities as services, allowing seamless client-server interactions and improvising workflows.

Laylo (YC S20) Is Hiring a Head of Finance

0 2026-07-10 12:50:49 UTC ycombinator.com Qwen Share

Laylo, a SaaS platform for creators to monetize fan relationships, seeks its first finance hire to build financial infrastructure, optimize costs, and drive strategic decisions. The role involves budgeting, pricing strategy, vendor negotiations, and scaling systems for a fast-growing, profitable company with a clear CFO path.

Alternate Clock Designs and Time Systems

49 ethanpil 2026-07-10 14:50:49 UTC serialc.github.io Qwen Share 28

The article critiques the traditional 24-hour time system's inconsistency and explores alternative metric-based time designs, like decimal or hexadecimal formats, for simpler calculations and readability, while acknowledging challenges in adoption and accuracy. It invites suggestions for custom time systems, emphasizing flexibility in reimagining how we measure and display time.

The Annotated JEPA

34 surprisetalk 2026-07-10 13:50:49 UTC elonlit.com Qwen Share 3

This post provides a step-by-step guide to implementing Joint Embedding Predictive Architectures (JEPAs), Yann LeCun's self-supervised learning framework that predicts latent representations instead of pixels, focusing on image (I-JEPA) and video (V-JEPA) models. It emphasizes using exponential moving average (EMA) for stable training, structured masking strategies, and predictor networks to ...

Show HN: Reverse-engineering web apps into agent tools

48 pancomplex 2026-07-10 08:50:49 UTC news.ycombinator.com Qwen Share 20

A browser-based agent auto-generates and updates API tools for AI integration in authenticated apps, bypassing complex APIs and security hurdles without code. It creates reusable "recipes" from app interactions, enabling direct actions like user invitations, though varying standards and edge cases like GraphQL pose challenges.

Show HN: Runloom – Go-style coroutines for Python free-threaded

36 Uptrenda 2026-07-10 13:50:49 UTC github.com/robertsdotpm Qwen Share 15

runloom enables Go-style stackful coroutines in Python, using a work-stealing scheduler and netpoll for I/O, allowing millions of coroutines across cores in free-threaded CPython 3.14t (GIL off). It supports blocking code via monkey patching and matches Go's concurrency performance, though with higher memory per coroutine.

EU Commission: addictive design Instagram and Facebook in breach of the DSA

210 jeroenhd 2026-07-10 11:50:49 UTC ec.europa.eu Llama Share 144

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How RCA Victor sold Sound Service to classrooms in 1939

16 pncnmnp 2026-07-10 13:50:49 UTC pncnmnp.github.io Qwen Share 5

The blog post explores RCA Victor's 1939 "Sound Service for Schools" radio programs, highlighting their merger during the Great Depression and parallels to modern tech in education. It details how RCA leveraged music and audio tools to modernize classrooms, contrasting with today's digital learning innovations.

Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Device Future

176 tosh 2026-07-10 02:50:49 UTC macrumors.com Qwen Share 258

Apple's Mac mini and Mac Studio are favored for AI agents due to Apple silicon's integrated chip design, emphasizing whole-chip efficiency and local processing over cloud reliance. Critics debate practicality and costs, but Apple's proactive neural engine integration since 2017 and current memory shortages highlight both strategic foresight and industry-wide challenges.

Interview with Mitchell Hashimoto about Ghostty and Zig

355 veqq 2026-07-09 21:50:49 UTC alexalejandre.com Qwen Share 197

Alex Alejandre discusses transitioning from software engineering to building Ghostty, a feature-rich terminal emulator addressing ecosystem gaps with protocols like n-screen and button APIs, emphasizing open-source principles and low-level systems understanding. He critiques modern tech complexity, advocates for Zig's potential, and stresses open-source maintainers' autonomy while balancing ...

GPT-5.6

1496 logickkk1 2026-07-09 18:50:49 UTC openai.com Qwen Share 1054

OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna), with Sol leading in coding, cybersecurity, and science efficiency, outperforming prior models and competitors. Enhanced ultra mode, cost-effective tiers, and robust safeguards boost performance-per-dollar and safety for diverse professional tasks.

Ditching Vagrant: VMs with KVM and Virsh on Debian

74 fanf2 2026-07-10 06:50:49 UTC benjamintoll.com Qwen Share 35

The author transitions from Vagrant to KVM/libvirt for streamlined VM management, leveraging native Linux tools and preseeding with virt-install for automation, reducing complexity and abstraction layers. They highlight benefits like deterministic setups and improved efficiency over Vagrant's additional software overhead.