StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time

351 kls0e 2026-07-07 12:50:53 UTC streetcomplete.app Full Share 69

Help improve OpenStreetMap with StreetComplete! This app finds missing map data in your vicinity and displays it on a map as quests. Solve each quest by visiting the location on-site and answering a simple question to update the map. The info you enter is directly added to OpenStreetMap in your name, without the need to use another editor.

A better way to tie your gym shorts. (Or any drawstring) [video]

268 surprisetalk 2026-07-07 12:50:53 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 102

Better Auth is joining Vercel

55 sync 2026-07-07 15:53:53 UTC better-auth.com Llama Share 31

The author of Better Auth joined forces with Vercel to focus on building a framework-agnostic auth framework. This partnership will help them invest in the future of auth, including secure access for agents acting on users' behalf.

98% Isn't Much

315 speckx 2026-07-07 12:50:53 UTC whynothugo.nl Llama Share 238

The 98% statistic is often misleading as it implies success for most, but neglects the 2% who fail. Truly robust engineering requires handling edge cases, not just meeting a general average.

Europe's company websites are mostly served by US vendors

189 adulion 2026-07-07 12:50:53 UTC ciphercue.com Llama Share 136

Researchers studied 19,450 European company entities and found US-headquartered vendors serve the majority of primary websites in the UK and Netherlands, and the plurality in Italy, Spain, and France. Cloudflare is the single largest internet-facing infrastructure vendor in every sampled country.

Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament

179 miroljub 2026-07-07 15:50:53 UTC heise.de Llama Share 82

The European Parliament voted to reinstate the Chat Control regulation with a narrow majority, allowing tech giants to scan private chats for child abuse material. The move was seen as an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to avoid a regulatory gap before the summer break.

Microsoft Fire IdTech Team at Id Software

190 bauc 2026-07-07 15:50:53 UTC gamefromscratch.com Llama Share 179

id Software developers working on idTech have been fired due to massive Xbox layoffs. Approximately 1,600 id Software roles were eliminated as part of a 3,200-person team reduction across Xbox divisions.

Top researchers leave USA for the Netherlands (in Dutch)

278 28304283409234 2026-07-07 10:50:53 UTC nwo.nl Llama Share 206

Hier is een samenvatting van het artikel in 2 concise Engelse zinnen van niet meer dan 200 tekens:

But Nothing Has Changed on Our Side

20 adunk 2026-07-07 14:50:53 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 6

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Mapping homes you can buy from the US government for <$100k

3 player_piano 2026-07-07 16:43:53 UTC govauctions.app Prefix Share 1

← Research & Data The U.S. government ends up owning thousands of homes when federally-backed mortgages default, and it quietly resells them - sometimes for less than a used car. Right now 335 of them are listed under $100,000 across 38 states, 77 under $50,000, 15 under $25,000. Here they are on the map. 334 homes owned by HUD, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac, across 38 states. Pick your ...

9 Mothers (YC P26) Is Hiring in Austin, TX

0 2026-07-07 12:50:53 UTC 9mothers.com Llama Share

The team ships hardware on software tempo, focusing on real deployment, short iteration loops, and hands-on ownership of specs. They prioritize user needs, iterating based on data and affordability, not just roadmaps.

Show HN: PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types

47 anivan_ 2026-07-07 12:50:53 UTC postgres.saneengineer.com Full Share 3

Choose how big your data is and how much throughput you need. Each point is a benchmarked instance × disk; everything right of the target line clears your requirement, and the cheapest of those is the pick.

Reducing Doom Loops with Final Token Preference Optimization

3 dataminer 2026-07-07 16:32:53 UTC liquid.ai Prefix Share 0

A doom loop is a common failure mode during inference: the model emits a span (often something like “Wait, let me reconsider…”), then repeats the same span again and again, until the context window is exhausted. Small reasoning models are more prone to this behavior, especially on long thinking traces and hard problems [1]. The commonly applied inference-time fix is to apply ...

Jim's TrueType QR Code Font

3 arantius 2026-07-07 16:31:53 UTC github.com/jimparis Prefix Share 1

This repo generates an experimental OpenType font that turns bracket-delimited text into a QR Code symbol while leaving surrounding text readable. The fonts are generated rather than hand-authored. The build script emits glyph outlines and GSUB feature logic, then compiles them into dist/qrfont-*.ttf. The default build compiles the delimiter parser, byte expansion, Reed-Solomon parity ...

MacSurf 1.68 – NetSurf on OS 9 Released

3 mplsllc 2026-07-07 16:25:53 UTC github.com/mplsllc Prefix Share 1

A native web browser for Classic Mac OS (PowerPC, Mac OS 9.1–9.2.2), with real HTTPS and a modern JavaScript engine — no proxy, no companion machine. Verified on: Power Macintosh G3 iMac and G4, Mac OS 9.2.2. The 1.68 number honors 68kmla.org — the community and the site that drove the majority of this cycle's work. MacSurf is a full-time project. Bringing the modern, HTTPS-only web back ...

C++ Details of Asymmetric Fences

40 anon_farmer 2026-07-07 12:50:53 UTC nekrozqliphort.github.io Llama Share 2

Asymmetric thread fences are a construct that allows for optimizing common paths in concurrent algorithms at the expense of uncommon paths by using lighter fences on the common path and heavier synchronization costs on the uncommon path. They are implemented using compiler barriers and processor-specific fence instructions, with the Linux membarrier() syscall being used to enforce consistency ...

Weighing smoke: why AI visibility dashboards are mostly useless

3 iainharper 2026-07-07 16:21:53 UTC betterthangood.xyz Prefix Share 0

The promise of a tool that gives you similar search visibility to the pre-agent world is understandably seductive. But before you eagerly hand over your cash for a platform, consider whether an afternoon’s work a month might be a more cost-effective alternative. I recently wrote about the GEO chimera, the cottage industry promising to optimise your brand into AI answers. My argument was that ...

OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

778 peter_d_sherman 2026-07-06 18:50:53 UTC openwrt.org Llama Share 291

Anubis is a server protection system using Proof-of-Work to prevent aggressive AI scraping. It requires modern JavaScript features, so disable JShelter or similar plugins for this domain.

CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps

726 basilikum 2026-07-06 19:50:53 UTC comaps.app Llama Share 177

CoMaps is a GPS app for abroad trips without mobile data, offering private navigation and search. It's an open-source project built by a community contributing to OpenStreetMap and Codeberg.

How to sequence your own DNA at home

344 bilsbie 2026-07-07 00:50:53 UTC bradleywoolf.com Llama Share 129

You sequenced your genome 5 times at home using an Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION, taking two months to set up and costing a significant amount. The genome is a reference layer, and analyzing it with tools like VEP and gnomAD provides information on gene expression but is not yet diagnosis-level.

Small AI Models Gain Traction In places with unreliable networks

246 sscaryterry 2026-07-07 00:50:53 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 74

Adebayo Alonge created a handheld device called RxScanner that uses AI to identify counterfeit medication in Africa. He later developed a smaller, low-power version that can run on an Android phone, enabling it to work in areas without broadband or electricity.

Historic Photos of NASA's Cavernous Wind Tunnels

85 ohjeez 2026-07-07 08:50:53 UTC theatlantic.com Full Share 21

Throughout the 20th century, NASA made extensive use of wind tunnels to test and refine designs for airplanes, spacecraft, and many other vehicles and structures.

China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes

9 randycupertino 2026-07-07 16:39:53 UTC bbc.com Prefix Share 3

A court in eastern China has sentenced a former city official to death for taking more than 2.2bn yuan ($325m; £243m) in bribes over 30 years. Yang Youlin, who served in various positions in Nanjing city from 1993 to 2023, was also convicted of embezzlement, abuse of power and money laundering, with his ill-gotten gains amounting to one of the highest in recent years. The 69-year-old ...

The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth

151 archargelod 2026-07-07 05:50:53 UTC www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu GoogleT5 Share 42

New material for volume 4 will first appear in beta-test form as fascicles of approximately 128 pages each, issued approximately twice per year. the first finder of any error in my books receives 0x$1.00 ($2.56), deposited to their account at the bank of san serriffe - if you find an error, i'll fix it. a citation to the original text is included in the index of each volume unless

GLM 5.2 and the coming AI margin collapse

634 martinald 2026-07-06 20:50:53 UTC martinalderson.com Llama Share 408

The author discusses the shift in AI economics, specifically the difference between training and inference costs in AI models. They argue that inference costs are where the real money lies, with providers like OpenAI and Anthropic charging high prices for their models.

Ask HN: Where are the good search engines for mathematical formulas?

27 lo0dot0 2026-07-07 13:50:53 UTC news.ycombinator.com Full Share 10

Here's what I found so far searchonmath.com : Gives irrelevant results such as p = m v when searching for F = m a https://search.mathweb.org/: A collection of abandoned projects and offline sites

Microsoft Can Track Users via a Windows Device ID

280 ifh-hn 2026-07-07 09:50:53 UTC pcmag.com Llama Share 115

A 19-year-old hacker's arrest revealed Microsoft can track Windows PCs through a "Global Device ID" with no easy opt-out, sparking surveillance fears. Microsoft's device ID can associate with third-party services and track online activity, raising concerns about potential abuse for surveillance purposes.

Amazon Without the Knockoffs

7 plurby 2026-07-07 15:50:53 UTC knockoff.shopping Prefix Share 2

Features Filtered listings can vanish entirely (with a one-click reveal), fade until hovered, or just wear a warning chip. Flip one toggle to strip Amazon's paid “Sponsored” listings out of search, too. Off by default. Your call. Trust or block any brand from the results page. Your personal lists override every other signal, always. Relaxed catches the notorious offenders. Standard adds ...

Automating AI Away

3 gritzko 2026-07-07 15:50:53 UTC replicated.live Prefix Share 0

A. Karpathy once said that OpenAI researchers are effectively "automating themselves away" by improving their AI. Right now I develop Beagle SCM with Anthropic's Fable and it is of course a brilliant model able to spot nits in a mountain of code, file tickets, make fixes. Still, yesterday it managed to commit the build/ dir into a project, twice. It is brilliant, but clumsy. Due ...

Fable turned reMarkable into Tom Riddle's diary from Harry Potter

594 modinfo 2026-07-06 23:50:53 UTC github.com/maximerivest Llama Share 369

To use the reMarkable Paper Pro with riddle, you need developer mode and a launcher installed. You can use remagic to set it up with one command.