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Show HN: Laptop is the last place your secrets are still in plaintext

(github.com/jitpass/jit)

21 points by bukershok 44 minutes ago | loading comments

Asus Bike Booster

(www.asus.com/accessories/bike-booster/asus-oxiis/oxiis-intelligent-bike-booster/)

326 points by wiradikusuma 4 days ago | loading comments

Asynchronous I/O in DuckDB: Work, Thread, Work

(duckdb.org/2026/07/31/asynchronous-io)

127 points by pdet 6 days ago | loading comments

Patterns and problems in emerging multi-agent systems

(www.anthropic.com/research/multiagent-systems)

56 points by maxutility 5 hours ago | loading comments

Semaglutide linked to lower predicted dementia risk

(alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dad2.70432)

412 points by randycupertino 16 hours ago | loading comments

Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born (2023)

(www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/good-ideas)

152 points by felixbraun 11 hours ago | loading comments

Software Engineering fundamentals matter more

(rhonabwy.com/2026/08/15/software-engineering-fundamentals-matter-more-than-ever/)

100 points by ingve 9 hours ago | loading comments

Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter

(www.severe-weather.eu/long-range-2/super-el-nino-growth-accelerating-to-record-strength-fall-winter-2026-2027-forecast-impact-united-states-canada-europe-fa/)

205 points by dgellow 12 hours ago | loading comments

Guiding Ships with Moire Patterns

(tinkerings.org/2018/03/28/guiding-ships-with-moire-patterns/)

37 points by Eridanus2 6 hours ago | loading comments

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At-home test for infected ticks could improve Lyme Disease diagnosis

(www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-first-at-home-test-for-infected-ticks-could-improve-lyme-disease-diagnosis-180989235/)

252 points by gmays 18 hours ago | loading comments

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Show HN: Mic Drop, a real-time multiplayer karaoke game

(www.micdrop.gg/)

47 points by johnsillings 7 hours ago | loading comments

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AI in drug discovery – what it is, where we stand and the path forward

(www.science.org/content/blog-post/so-how-ai-drug-discovery-doing-really)

132 points by AnodicElegy 12 hours ago | loading comments

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RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better

(dmitry.gr/?r=06.%20Thoughts&proj=12.%20RV)

287 points by dmitrygr 2 days ago | loading comments

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Numba in the Browser: Unlocking a New Scientific Python Stack in JupyterLite

(notebook.link/blog/numba-in-the-browser/)

31 points by xalfotis 4 days ago | loading comments

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Abdominal fat predicts heart disease risk better than BMI

(www.acc.org/about-acc/press-releases/2026/08/11/14/59/abdominal-fat-predicts-heart-disease-risk-better-than-bmi)

240 points by theanonymousone 10 hours ago | loading comments

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A fortuitous decade as an indie software developer

(lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/8/3.html)

69 points by frizlab 6 days ago | loading comments

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Tracking down a Zsh history data loss bug

(michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2026-08-09-zsh-history-truncation-bug/)

63 points by ingve 10 hours ago | loading comments

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Health benefits of Tai Chi

(www.health.harvard.edu/exercise-and-fitness/the-health-benefits-of-tai-chi)

3 points by helloplanets 2 hours ago | loading comments

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AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain

(davidepiffer.com/p/ai-isnt-outthinking-mathematicians)

477 points by rzk 13 hours ago | loading comments

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Tea5767-Radio-Tuner

(github.com/turtushig22-blip/tea5767-radio-tuner)

35 points by turtushig22 8 hours ago | loading comments

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Falstad Math and Physics Simulations

(www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html)

7 points by pykello 3 hours ago | loading comments

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A spectre is haunting Unicode

(www.dampfkraft.com/ghost-characters.html)

212 points by sensanaty 17 hours ago | loading comments

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Zapping Rocks Unlocks Stimulated Geologic Hydrogen

(spectrum.ieee.org/stimulated-geologic-hydrogen)

12 points by adm4 5 hours ago | loading comments

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Not sure where I am going with this garbage collection rabbit hole

(ikouchiha47.github.io/2026/08/12/concurrency-and-gc.html)

6 points by argentum47 4 days ago | loading comments

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AI-Assisted GPU Porting of a 250k Line Legacy Weather Simulation Code

(arxiv.org/abs/2608.13122)

25 points by Jimmc414 9 hours ago | loading comments

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Program with Paint Brushes, Not Pencils

(blog.pickcode.io/program-with-paint-brushes-not-pencils/)

8 points by skadamat 5 days ago | loading comments

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Voltair (YC W26) Is Hiring a Test Flight Engineer

(www.ycombinator.com/companies/voltair/jobs/sSOD2Ox-flight-test-engineer)

1 points by wweissbluth 13 hours ago | loading comments

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Government sponsored study on alcohol doesn't stand up to scrutiny

(nntaleb.substack.com/p/have-another-drink)

37 points by scoofy 4 hours ago | loading comments

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Speaking for the Dead

(longreads.com/2026/08/11/obituaries-new-york-times-sam-roberts/)

3 points by NaOH 5 days ago | loading comments

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Tess's Android Wayland Compositor

(github.com/wmww/tawc)

65 points by schmorptron 13 hours ago | loading comments