Plug-in solar is coming. Plug-in batteries should follow

40 thelastgallon 2026-08-02 03:12:33 UTC regen.co.uk Llama Share 23

The UK government plans to make plug-in solar panels available soon, but plug-in batteries are still not legal in Great Britain due to safety concerns. Plug-in batteries could benefit low-income households, renters, and those in small spaces who cannot afford traditional home battery systems.

Go 1.27 Interactive Tour

80 Hixon10 2026-08-02 02:12:33 UTC victoriametrics.com Llama Share 17

Go 1.27 introduces several new features, including generic methods, improved struct literals, and broader type inference, as well as performance improvements like size-specialized allocation and an experimental SIMD package. Other notable additions include a standard UUID package, a json/v2 package, and various testing and quality-of-life improvements.

MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150

15 goldenskye 2026-08-02 03:14:33 UTC oldvcr.blogspot.com Llama Share 1

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Seedance 2.5

222 njaremko 2026-08-01 21:12:33 UTC seed.bytedance.com Llama Share 105

Seedance 2.5 is a new video creation model that can generate high-quality, long-form videos with greater control and creativity, allowing users to produce complex stories and scenes with ease. The model has improved capabilities in multimodal reference generation, editing, and lighting control, making it suitable for various industries such as education, manufacturing, and film production.

Diátaxis

244 ryanseys 2026-08-01 21:12:33 UTC diataxis.fr Llama Share 33

Diátaxis is a systematic approach to documentation that identifies four needs and forms of documentation: tutorials, how-to guides, technical reference, and explanation. It helps maintainers think effectively about their work and has been successfully adopted in hundreds of documentation projects.

ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine

27 plug_world 2026-08-02 02:12:33 UTC plug-world.com Llama Share 6

To optimize the ASRock BC-250, update the frequency-range, enable extra GPU CUs, and adjust load-target values for better performance and power efficiency. Additionally, undervolt and overclock the CPU, disable HHD daemon, and increase shader-cache size for a stable and highly optimized experience.

The teenage hitmen recruited to kill across Europe

35 1659447091 2026-08-02 03:20:33 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 11

The Foxtrot Network, an organised crime group linked to the Iranian regime, has been recruiting teenagers on social media to carry out attacks for cash, using a 'gamified' approach. The group's leader, Rawa Majid, has fled to Tehran and is believed to be working for the Iranian regime, ordering attacks against its enemies, including Israeli targets and dissidents.

RFC 10015: Deprecating Obsolete Key Exchange Methods in TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2

42 Jimmc414 2026-08-02 00:12:33 UTC rfc-editor.org Llama Share 5

This document updates RFCs to deprecate or discourage the use of certain key exchange methods in DTLS 1.2 connections. It recommends avoiding non-ephemeral cipher suites due to security problems and side-channel attacks.

Deep-sea vehicles spot 'alien' sharks deep beneath the waves in the Pacific

8 pkaeding 2026-08-02 03:12:33 UTC science.org Full Share 1

AI financial advice is surprisingly good, especially if you ask right questions

217 foxtrot8672 2026-08-01 23:12:33 UTC mitsloan.mit.edu Llama Share 193

Researchers found that AI financial advice can be good but gets better with structured prompts. Following AI advice can result in sizable savings for individuals above 30, but it may not adjust well to life changes and relies on simple rules.

Unraveling the mysteries of habit formation

46 hhs 2026-08-01 23:12:33 UTC kyoto-u.ac.jp Llama Share 17

Researchers at Kyoto University developed a new training method to study habit formation in mice, discovering two distinct neural circuits that manage different aspects of habits. The study found that habit formation is more complex than previously thought, with significant individual differences in habit intensity and execution levels.

Postmortem for Kernel Soundness Bug #14576

125 juhopitk 2026-08-01 19:12:33 UTC leodemoura.github.io Llama Share 45

A soundness bug in Lean's kernel was reported and fixed on July 27, allowing a proof of False to be accepted. The bug was only reachable through metaprogramming and has been fixed along with other related bugs found by nanoda and an AI.

Show HN: CostPerPrompt – Live AI API pricing and real-workload cost calculators

5 ahmed_hassan7 2026-08-02 02:12:33 UTC costperprompt.com Prefix Share 1

Live pricing for 232+ models, refreshed automatically — plus calculators that turn token prices into real answers: what your chatbot, agent, or API workload will cost per month. Every major AI provider bills the same way: you pay per token (roughly ¾ of a word), with separate rates for input (what you send) and output (what the model writes back). Output is usually 3–5× more expensive than ...

Four Time Scales for Technology Development and Deployment

13 jeffreyrogers 2026-08-02 03:12:33 UTC rodneybrooks.com Llama Share 1

Technologies often take decades to develop and deploy, with hype cycles and false starts common along the way, and it's rare for a new technology to reshape the world's economy in less than 50 years. People mistakenly believe that new research results will change everything soon, ignoring the long time it takes for technologies to scale up and have a significant impact on the economy.

But can your calculator run Linux?

75 jandeboevrie 2026-08-01 20:12:33 UTC raymii.org Llama Share 5

The user is interested in running Linux on the HP Prime G2 calculator, which has a powerful ARM Cortex A7 CPU and 256 MB RAM, and has successfully updated an old Linux port to work with the calculator's newer touchscreen controller and keyboard. The user has made a pre-built download available for the calculator, which can be run without compiling the entire Linux system, and has also added ...

When random.bytes() runs but doesn't work

6 Funes- 2026-08-02 02:12:33 UTC insider.btcpp.dev Prefix Share 0

This is a guest post from noted Core-Lightning developer, ddustin, who dug into the Coldcard firmware commit history to uncover what happened and why the code failed. I began investigating the Coldcard hack and was immediately shocked. I need to explain why. When we developers work on code, we organize or code changes into changesets we call “commits.” The purpose of doing so is to show a ...

Morph (YC S23) Is Hiring Member of Technical Staff

0 2026-08-01 23:12:33 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

We're hiring a performance engineer to optimize Morph's inference infrastructure, making it faster, cheaper, and more reliable. The ideal candidate has expertise in GPU performance, Python, and complex system optimization.

Show HN: I'm a 15 Year Old Wannabe Engineer, This Is a Cycloidal Gearbox I Built

43 tomilan 2026-08-02 02:12:33 UTC github.com/tom-ilan Llama Share 14

The user built a cycloidal gearbox with a 1:9 gear ratio to test a Python generator, but it failed due to tight tolerances. The design was improved in Version 3 with MR128 bearings and M2 screws for higher efficiency and torque output.

China begins producing advanced chipmaking deep-ultraviolet lithography machines

48 ck2 2026-08-02 02:12:33 UTC reuters.com Full Share 35

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The Art of 64-bit Assembly

207 0x54MUR41 2026-08-01 14:12:33 UTC nostarch.com Llama Share 89

The book covers advanced programming topics including macros, Unicode strings, and object-oriented programming. It also covers concurrent programming, exception handling, and advanced parameter implementation.

We accidentally built an LLVM compiler for Jax

20 infinitewalk 2026-08-02 00:12:33 UTC iza.ac Llama Share 8

The authors built a quantum compiler called Catalyst for PennyLane, leveraging JAX to capture classical Python processing and represent it in MLIR, but discovered that pure JAX code can be compiled directly to machine code via LLVM. This bypasses the XLA compiler backend and enables quality of life improvements such as standalone AOT binaries, dynamically-shaped arrays, and native Python control flow.

How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023)

451 pudgywalsh 2026-08-01 18:12:33 UTC openrss.org Llama Share 159

Google has a history of building products with RSS support, then removing it, which has led to a decline in RSS adoption. This behavior poses a threat to the freedom and openness of the internet, as users lose trust in RSS feeds due to Google's inconsistent support.

Kenji/Serious Eats – 30-Min Pressure Cooker Pho Ga

115 stasomatic 2026-08-01 16:12:33 UTC seriouseats.com Full Share 66

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Nyctography: A substituton cypher by Lewis Carroll

58 nanna 2026-08-01 18:12:33 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 8

Lewis Carroll invented Nyctography, a substitution cipher, and the Nyctograph device in 1891 to write in the dark. It uses a system of dots and strokes on a gridded card with 16 square holes to represent an alphabet and record thoughts without light.

NetBSD 11.0

233 jaypatelani 2026-08-01 18:12:33 UTC blog.netbsd.org Llama Share 105

NetBSD 11.0 is released with various ISO images, including CD-ROM and DVD options, and users are advised to check installation notes for their architecture. The release includes fixes for security issues, such as hdaudio and ipfilter vulnerabilities, and open pullup requests will be committed to the stable branch for the upcoming 11.1 release.

The Theater of Sport: Bill Buford Revisits Among the Thugs

6 Thevet 2026-08-02 01:12:33 UTC theparisreview.org Prefix Share 1

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CISA Alert: Water Sector PLC Targeting

84 speckx 2026-08-01 19:12:33 UTC censys.com Llama Share 60

CISA issued an alert warning of increased threat actor targeting of internet-exposed PLCs in Water and Wastewater Systems, causing boil-water notices and manual operations. Exposed hosts include 4,148 Rockwell/Allen-Bradley, 4,117 Siemens, and 2,072 Schneider Electric devices.

Explorative modeling: Train on the best of K guesses

85 DSemba 2026-08-01 16:12:33 UTC alexiglad.github.io Llama Share 24

Explorative Modeling is a new paradigm for generative modeling that increases generative expressivity by exploring multiple possible answers during training, improving existing models across images, video, and language. This approach enables end-to-end generation and scales generalization, with gains growing with model and data scale.

Glyphs 4 – the leading Mac font editor

66 microflash 2026-08-01 17:12:33 UTC glyphsapp.com Llama Share 10

Glyphs 4 is a leading Mac font editor that allows users to draw quickly, manage efficiently, and release with confidence. It offers various features such as customizable shapes, blending modes, and opacities, as well as a powerful left sidebar and kerning assistant.

Atom is better than RSS, in ways that matter

23 frizlab 2026-08-01 22:12:33 UTC chrismorgan.info Full Share 3