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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 | loading comments

On A.I. regulation and messaging

(twitter.com/DarioAmodei/status/2088758816376807762)

65 points by jacquesm 9 hours ago | loading comments

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 | loading comments

HackEurope 2026: A short rant on AI and hackathons

(duti.dev/blog/2026/spr/)

48 points by mindracer 3 hours ago | loading comments

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 | loading comments

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 | loading comments

Reticulum – Decentralized Mesh Network

(reticulum.network/)

131 points by sudo_cowsay 11 hours ago | loading comments

Claude: System Prompts

(platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/system-prompts)

667 points by tosh a day ago | loading comments

Gakutensoku

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gakutensoku)

33 points by benbreen 4 days ago | loading comments

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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 | loading comments

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Rhombus 1.1 is now available

(blog.racket-lang.org/2026/08/rhombus-v1.1.html)

87 points by spdegabrielle 10 hours ago | loading comments

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Linear algebra done right

(linear.axler.net/)

88 points by the-mitr 5 hours ago | loading comments

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Low-Tech Ceramic Water Filter

(wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Filtre_%C3%A0_eau_c%C3%A9ramique/en)

187 points by Bluestein 6 days ago | loading comments

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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 | loading comments

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Show HN: Vocal Slice – Cut audio by selecting text, fully on-device

(vocalslice.com/)

46 points by terranivium 7 days ago | loading comments

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SIMD in the 90s: Programming Intel's Pentium MMX

(pikuma.com/blog/programming-intel-pentium-mmx-simd)

119 points by ibobev 4 days ago | loading comments

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Design 3D-printable parts by talking

(nurb.dev/)

21 points by mkmk 3 days ago | loading comments

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GIMP Development Update

(www.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/)

181 points by lumpa 8 hours ago | loading comments

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The Mysterious Syndrome Destroying Endurance Athletes

(www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/running-empty/)

7 points by cwwc 3 days ago | loading comments

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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 | loading comments

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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 | loading comments

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Dancing with friends and enemies: boids' swarm intelligence (2012)

(community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/122095)

43 points by surprisetalk 6 days ago | loading comments

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The AI Credit Resale Economy

(vectoral.com/blog/who-are-the-token-brokers)

294 points by mlenhard 20 hours ago | loading comments

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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 | loading comments

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Tell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers

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519 points by stagas 17 hours ago | loading comments

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Protobuf has LSP support

(buf.build/blog/protobuf-lsp)

155 points by theanonymousone 16 hours ago | loading comments

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Prolly: A content-addressed ordered map built on prolly trees

(github.com/crabbuild/prolly)

45 points by forhappy 10 hours ago | loading comments

28.

MathCode, Mathematical Coding Agent

(math-ai-org.github.io/mathcode/)

91 points by homarp 16 hours ago | loading comments

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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 | loading comments

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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 | loading comments