The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million

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The author visited the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Money Museum to see a $1,000,000 cube of $1 bills. They created a tool to count the stacks in a photo but found no existing web app to do so.

Figma files for proposed IPO

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Figma has filed a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The company plans to list its stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FIG".

Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake product reviews

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Fakespot, a popular fake review detection tool, shut down on July 1, 2025, after Mozilla discontinued it due to sustainability challenges. Mozilla acquired Fakespot in 2023 but couldn't find a sustainable business model, redirecting resources to core Firefox features.

Why Do Swallows Fly to the Korean DMZ?

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The author, a Korean American, traveled to South Korea to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the armistice between North and South Korea. She is a third-generation sirhyangmin, or displaced person from the north, and has a personal connection to the Korean War and the DMZ.

Mandelbrot in x86 Assembly by Claude

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Mandelbrot in x86 assembly by Claude. Inspired by a tweet asking if Claude knew x86 assembly, I decided to run a bit of an experiment. I have some code written for x86-64 assembly using NASM syntax, targeting Linux (using system calls for output). So I fired up Claude Code (with the --dangerously-skip-permissions option) in that directory and told it what to run: It started crunching. It read ...

Hilbert's sixth problem: derivation of fluid equations via Boltzmann's theory

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Researchers derive fluid mechanics equations from Newton's laws using Boltzmann's kinetic theory, resolving Hilbert's sixth problem. The proof extends previous work on Boltzmann's equation on 2D and 3D tori.

Code-GUI bidirectional editing via LSP

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The user built a proof-of-concept for real-time bidirectional editing between a code editor and a GUI using an LSP server. They aim to create a code-based CAD system that allows using their preferred text editor, like Emacs, for a cozy development environment.

Sam Altman Slams Meta's AI Talent Poaching: 'Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries'

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is defending his company against Meta's AI talent poaching, saying staying at OpenAI is the best option for building artificial general intelligence. Altman claims Meta's recruiting efforts will lead to cultural problems and that OpenAI has a superior team and culture.

Feasibility study of a mission to Sedna - Nuclear propulsion and solar sailing

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A mission to Sedna using advanced propulsion concepts like Direct Fusion Drive and solar sail could reach the object in 7-10 years. The study evaluates key mission parameters, including travel time, payload capacity, and science return for both propulsion methods.

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2025)

Felt clinic is building the first embedded care sdk for health apps. we're looking for a founding engineer to architect and build an mvp from the ground up. + confident handling of ci/cd tools (e.g., gitlab ci/cd, semantic release, revit). + able to demonstrate hands-on keyboard coding chops. equity is possible for exceptional candidates. please only post

The Roman Roads Research Association

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The Roman Roads Research Association advances knowledge of Roman roads and promotes study of Roman heritage in the British Isles using modern technology. They publish a journal, Itinera, and host talks on Roman roads and related topics.

Show HN: Spegel, a Terminal Browser That Uses LLMs to Rewrite Webpages

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Spegel is a proof-of-concept terminal web browser that uses LLMs to transform web content based on custom prompts. It renders markdown directly in the terminal, allowing users to explore web content through personalized views.

Show HN: I made a 2D game engine in Dart

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Bullseye2D is open-source under the MIT License, offering free game development. A Premium Edition is in development with advanced features, available to supporters and sponsors.

Soldier's wrist purse discovered at Roman legionary camp

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Archaeologists found a Roman soldier's wrist purse in South Moravia, Czech Republic, outside the empire's traditional boundaries. The purse likely held up to 50 silver denarii, a soldier's private funds and operational expenses.

Building a Personal AI Factory

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The user has created a self-improving AI factory using Claude, O3, and Sonnet models to generate and verify code, with a focus on fixing inputs rather than outputs and iterating on tasks to improve results. The factory is currently capable of shipping code but needs further development to handle more complex workflows, maximize token usage, and automate workflow management.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2025)

A data scientist & ml engineer with 8 years experience building end-to-end products. primarily worked in e-commerce before shopify ate our lunch - now working in call center tech at twilio based company in the last 5 years! looking for monthly/yearly 'no-strings' sponsorships/donations, not employment. looking to work with people that are engaged, intellectually honest,

Show HN: A modern C++20 AI SDK (GPT‑4o, Claude 3.5, tool‑calling)

Hi all, I’m hacking on new features for the ClickHouse native client and wanted the same “just call the model” ergonomics JavaScript and Python now enjoy. It didn’t exist for modern C++, so I wrote one. - Unified calls to OpenAI (GPT‑4o) and Anthropic (Claude 3.5) with a single C++20 API. - Streaming, multi‑turn chat, error handling—all std::optional/std::variant, no macros. - Tool calling ...

When we die do we still have any of the original cells from our birth? (2020)

Answer (1 of 4): Yes, we do. The neurons of the central nervous system live as long as the body does, unless they are killed by accident or disease. They never divide, and are never replaced. Anybody who doesn’t suffer a catastrophic spinal injury dies with the very same nerve cells in their spin...

Hydrogen sulphide gas restricts SARS-CoV-2 replication in host cells

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Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature, outdoor heat exposure in Vegas

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OpenFLOW – Quickly make beautiful infrastructure diagrams local to your machine

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OpenFLOW is a React-based, open-source tool for creating isometric diagrams with offline support. It can be cloned, installed, and run locally using npm and npx commands.

HN Slop: AI startup ideas generated from Hacker News

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Fresh AI generated startup ideas from the current Hacker News front page. Powered by Claude AI.

Show HN: Jobs by Referral: Find jobs in your LinkedIn network

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JobsByReferral analyzes your professional network to find job openings at companies where you have connections. Get referred by people you already know and dramatically increase your chances of landing interviews.

Australians to face age checks from search engines

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Australians using search engines while logged in will have their age checked by 2025 under new online safety rules. Search engines will set safety tools to highest setting for users under 18 and blur images of online pornography and violence.

Swearing as a Response to Pain: Assessing Effects of Novel Swear Words

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Swearing has a beneficial effect on pain perception and tolerance. our data replicate previous findings that repeating swear words benefits pain tolerance, extending this finding to pain threshold. the novel “swear” words showed higher ratings for emotion and humor compared with the neutral word. both made-up words were selected by... experts and laypeople briefed to choose words that could ...

Converting a large mathematical software package written in C++ to C++20 modules

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A C++20 module system is introduced to replace clunky header files, allowing explicit export and import of code. Converting large packages like the finite element library is possible with non-trivial effort, reducing compile time for the converted library.

Show HN: Core – open source memory graph for LLMs – shareable, user owned

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C.O.R.E is a private, portable memory system for LLMs that allows users to store and access context, facts, and preferences. It provides a dynamic, living temporal knowledge graph with full transparency and traceability.

Graph Theory Applications in Video Games

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Maze generation can be efficiently accomplished using Graph Theory and the Disjoint-Set data structure, which allows for unique maze creation every time. By applying optimizations such as union by rank and path compression, the find operation can be improved from O(n) to essentially constant time, lg* n.

The Hoyle State (2021)

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The nucleus of an atom is a complex system governed by quantum mechanics, with various models such as the liquid drop model and shell model attempting to explain its behavior. The Hoyle state in carbon-12 is an excited state that can be thought of as three alpha particles orbiting each other.

Cua (YC X25) is hiring an engineer

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Cua is building infrastructure for safe and scalable AI agent use, backed by Y Combinator and 8.9k+ GitHub stars. They seek a Founding Engineer to turn research prototypes into deployable systems.