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Fable 5 outperformed GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-hard optimization problem, producing the best solution with high consistency. The /goal feature, which changes the control loop and search path, sometimes improved and sometimes worsened performance, highlighting its complexity.
GoPro is struggling financially with a 26% revenue drop in the first quarter of 2026 and may not survive the year without a new owner or fresh cash. Founder Nicholas Woodman is propping up the company with a $20 million loan, but a buyer is being sought to take over the brand.
The author of "The Secret Life of Circuits" created 290 original illustrations by gathering real data for electronics components, including quartz crystals, batteries, and vacuum tubes. To measure semiconductor devices, the author used a benchtop multimeter and pulsed power from a lab supply, interfacing them to a computer using the SCPI protocol to capture accurate V-I curves.
LG monitors may automatically install software promoting McAfee subscriptions without user consent. Users can block this behavior by enabling a Windows Group Policy setting to prevent automatic downloads of device-associated applications.
The post explains how JPEG progressive scans can be used to progressively display low‑frequency data, and how the author exploits this by concatenating multiple scans (mostly DC‑only) to create a pseudo‑animation that works in browsers up to about 90 frames. Although this trick bypasses the usual 9‑scan limit and avoids ghosting, it has no real practical use because timing must rely on ...
EU companies must keep unsold clothes and shoes in use by selling, donating or repairing them, with destruction allowed only in specific cases. Companies must report and keep records of discarded items, with fines for non-compliance, to reduce waste and support a more circular economy.
AWS users reported massive unexpected billing estimates (up to $595B) due to a billing console bug, causing panic and infrastructure shutdowns. The incident highlights urgent need for AWS to improve error communication and billing accuracy.
The Rekursiv, a custom silicon chip designed in the 1980s, was right about many things, including memory safety, garbage collection, and persistence, but was ahead of its time and failed due to economics. Now, with the commodity curve dead and new technologies emerging, the Rekursiv's ideas are being rediscovered and implemented in modern silicon, making it a relevant case study for ...
I revived an ASUS Eee PC 1000HE, noting its weak Atom N280 CPU and 1 GB DDR2 RAM, and installed Arch Linux 32 to run a lightweight LXQt desktop, detailing partitioning, networking, and swap setup. After upgrading RAM to 2 GB, I still faced performance limits due to the aging HDD and CPU, but the machine now serves as a modest server or media device.
Celebrating 15 years, Recurse Center began as a YC 2010 startup, pivoting from failed ventures to a self-directed programming retreat, driven by Hacker News (HN) for growth. Though not a billion-dollar venture, it's impacted over 3,000 programmers, with HN as a key applicant source and catalyst for the founder's work—thanking HN!
Researchers analyzed 109 Qubes Security Bulletins from 2011-2025 and found persistent upstream dependence in Qubes security issues. The study shows a stable but not quiet Qubes public advisory record, with most issues attributed to upstream components like Xen and CPU architecture.
Researchers discovered the first atmosphere on an Earth-like rocky planet, LHS 1140b, in a star's habitable zone, detecting helium but noting other gases might exist, marking progress in the search for extraterrestrial life. While not confirming life, this finding, alongside studies of planets like K2-18b and TRAPPIST-1, highlights ongoing efforts to identify habitable worlds beyond our solar system.
The author analyzed Instacart's open-sourced data to find unusual grocery combinations. They used a product classification system to reduce complexity and ranked combinations by "lift" and humor score.
The Zilog Z80, launched 50 years ago in 1976, became a foundational 8-bit processor for early computers and embedded systems, influencing CP/M and spawning clones like the GameBoy’s LR35902, while its industrial use persisted until 2024. The author’s DIY Z80 projects and exploration of its evolution from the 8080 highlight its technical legacy, from simplified interfacing to advanced features ...
TP-Link Kasa Spot EC71 indoor cameras have multiple vulnerabilities, including fleet-wide RSA key exposure, unsalted MD5 credential storage, and unauthenticated GPS exposure.
Using SQLite with Django revealed performance issues resolved by `ANALYZE`, but concurrency challenges during deletions caused crashes, prompting consideration of Postgres for scalability. Despite backup efforts and small-scale success, SQLite's limitations highlight the need for better database management as projects grow.
I came across a reference to DeepWiki, a site that will generate “documentation” for any Github repository. I can't say I've been impressed with LLMs generating code, but what about documentation? I haven't tried that yet. Let's see how well Roko's basilisk dances! Intially, I started with mod_blog. I've been working with the codebase now for 26 years so it should be ...
Waldi is a multi-tenant blogging platform that guarantees readers for new writers and prioritizes private, unhurried writing. It's built on Go and Postgres, with a single editor and server-rendered pages.
"ease rating" = average ease-of-assembly rating (1–5, higher = easier) left by reviewers on ikea.com. "~" ratings are averaged across combo products.
in-toto is designed to ensure the integrity of a software product from initiation to end-user installation. It does so by making it transparent to the user what steps were performed, by whom and in what order. An open metadata standard that you can implement in your software’s supply chain.
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, a 2.8T-parameter model, claims top performance in benchmarks, open weights by July 2026, and high pricing ($3/$15 per million tokens), outperforming peers in code tasks but costing 25 cents for a complex SVG generation test.
User has a habit of over-organizing notebooks, making it hard to take new notes. To break this cycle, they started a "dirt notebook" with poor paper quality and cheap pens to write down random thoughts without structure.
You installed the LG ThinQ app to remotely control your appliances but after discovering aggressive terms of use, you removed your account and appliances from the network. The terms require arbitration for disputes, grant LG broad rights to user content, and limit liability.
The post discusses implementing a static search tree (S+ tree) for high-throughput searching of sorted data, optimizing it to its limits, and adding batching to improve throughput. The S+ tree is a data structure that supports queries returning the smallest element of vals that is at least q, or u32::MAX if no such element exists, and is optimized for throughput, with the goal of making ...
Valve's Steam Machine is selling around 12k to 15k units per week, with estimated 12-month sales of 600k to 750k units. This suggests a niche device with demand likely to slow down naturally after the initial launch period.
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2026-07-18 01:32:25 UTC
ycombinator.com
OpenAI
DrDroid in Bengaluru builds AI agents to automate triage, debugging, and remediation for platform teams. Backed by Accel and Y-Combinator W23, they seek devs passionate about tools that improve engineering workflows.
The article discusses various ordered dithering algorithms, including Joel Yliluoma's 2011 algorithm, and presents new simplified variants, comparing their results to a state-of-the-art algorithm. The article also introduces the "EMA" color selection algorithms, which are faster and comparable in quality to the original Yliluoma-2 algorithm and Thomas Knoll's algorithm.
Barbatronic is a French robotics creator who shares hardware tutorials on YouTube and Twitch, and has a community of makers and hackers. He integrates Stenchill, a stencil for precise solder paste deposits, into his fabrication workflow.