1.
Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to overthinking things
(simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/16/qwen-38-27b/)
509 points by
bilsbie
11 hours ago |
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2.
On A.I. regulation and messaging
(twitter.com/DarioAmodei/status/2088758816376807762)
65 points by
jacquesm
9 hours ago |
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3.
A third world engineer responds to “RISC-V: They should have known better”
(rvembedded.com/blog_post/12/)
519 points by
Narishma
18 hours ago |
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4.
HackEurope 2026: A short rant on AI and hackathons
(duti.dev/blog/2026/spr/)
48 points by
mindracer
3 hours ago |
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5.
Anthropic's 'watermark' text adulteration in Claude is a perversion of writing
(daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthropics_watermark_text_adulteration_in_claude_is_a_perversion_of_writing)
293 points by
ropbear
13 hours ago |
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6.
The continuing "Q collar" scandal
(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/13/we-should-probably-be-doing-more-coverage-of-science-adjacent-medical-scams-like-the-q-collar-and-less-on-repulsively-self-promoting-but-ultimately-less-harmful-academic-grifters/)
13 points by
luu
3 days ago |
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7.
Reticulum – Decentralized Mesh Network
(reticulum.network/)
131 points by
sudo_cowsay
11 hours ago |
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8.
Claude: System Prompts
(platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/system-prompts)
667 points by
tosh
a day ago |
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9.
Gakutensoku
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gakutensoku)
33 points by
benbreen
4 days ago |
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10.
AGI-64 Brings Sierra Adventures to the Commodore 64
(meanhamster.com/news/agi-64-brings-sierra-adventures-to-the-commodore-64)
89 points by
erickhill
9 hours ago |
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11.
Rhombus 1.1 is now available
(blog.racket-lang.org/2026/08/rhombus-v1.1.html)
87 points by
spdegabrielle
10 hours ago |
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12.
Linear algebra done right
(linear.axler.net/)
88 points by
the-mitr
5 hours ago |
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13.
Low-Tech Ceramic Water Filter
(wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Filtre_%C3%A0_eau_c%C3%A9ramique/en)
187 points by
Bluestein
6 days ago |
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14.
How do I permanently disable random Google Photos popup to backup photos? (2024)
(support.google.com/photos/thread/256212140/how-do-i-permanently-disable-google-photos-pop-up-prompt-to-backup-my-photos-i?hl=en)
124 points by
dt3ft
4 days ago |
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15.
Show HN: Vocal Slice – Cut audio by selecting text, fully on-device
(vocalslice.com/)
46 points by
terranivium
7 days ago |
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16.
SIMD in the 90s: Programming Intel's Pentium MMX
(pikuma.com/blog/programming-intel-pentium-mmx-simd)
119 points by
ibobev
4 days ago |
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17.
Design 3D-printable parts by talking
(nurb.dev/)
21 points by
mkmk
3 days ago |
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18.
GIMP Development Update
(www.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/)
181 points by
lumpa
8 hours ago |
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19.
The Mysterious Syndrome Destroying Endurance Athletes
(www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/running-empty/)
7 points by
cwwc
3 days ago |
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20.
Applying a photosynthetic process to treat “dry eye”
(www.science.org/content/blog-post/taking-tip-plants-eyes)
47 points by
gumby
10 hours ago |
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21.
Interview with Amit Patel, Creator of “Solar Realms Elite” (2013)
(breakintochat.com/blog/2013/02/18/amit-patel-creator-of-solar-realms-elite/)
59 points by
bananaboy
8 days ago |
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22.
Dancing with friends and enemies: boids' swarm intelligence (2012)
(community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/122095)
43 points by
surprisetalk
6 days ago |
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23.
The AI Credit Resale Economy
(vectoral.com/blog/who-are-the-token-brokers)
294 points by
mlenhard
20 hours ago |
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24.
Red queen hypothesis – A new way forward for self-improving AI
(www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/red-queen-hypothesis-new-way-forward-self-improving-ai)
64 points by
hardlianotion
15 hours ago |
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25.
Tell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers
()
519 points by
stagas
17 hours ago |
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26.
Protobuf has LSP support
(buf.build/blog/protobuf-lsp)
155 points by
theanonymousone
16 hours ago |
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27.
Prolly: A content-addressed ordered map built on prolly trees
(github.com/crabbuild/prolly)
45 points by
forhappy
10 hours ago |
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28.
MathCode, Mathematical Coding Agent
(math-ai-org.github.io/mathcode/)
91 points by
homarp
16 hours ago |
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29.
Strong gravitational lensing and microlensing of supernovae (2024)
(infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/644cad8a-6c9b-4b02-bcf3-b8b6e8c614c5)
11 points by
andsoitis
8 hours ago |
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30.
Stripe will reportedly acquire OpenRouter for $7B+
(techcrunch.com/2026/08/16/stripe-will-reportedly-acquire-ai-gateway-startup-openrouter-for-7b/)
365 points by
zacharyozer
14 hours ago |
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