Japan develops a method to recover up to 90% of lithium from used EV batteries

424 donohoe 2026-07-14 02:50:45 UTC tech.supercarblondie.com Qwen Share 102

Japanese scientists developed a 90% lithium recovery method from EV batteries using lithium hydroxide, surpassing traditional 50% rates and cutting emissions by 40%. This innovation could reduce Japan's mineral imports, stabilize supply chains, and scale globally by 2035, despite current low recycling rates needing improvement.

Alternative(s) to run CUDA on non-Nvidia hardware

11 alok-g 2026-07-14 08:26:45 UTC hpcwire.com Qwen Share 1

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YouTrackDB is a general-use object-oriented graph database

106 gjvc 2026-07-14 03:50:45 UTC github.com/jetbrains Qwen Share 30

YouTrackDB, a JetBrains-developed object-oriented graph database, offers O(1) link traversal, ACID transactions, and supports Gremlin/YQL for queries. Join their Zulip community or use Maven/Docker for installation to leverage its production-ready, secure, and scalable design.

The git history command

273 turbocon 2026-07-14 01:50:45 UTC lalitm.com Qwen Share 155

The user struggles with Git's complex parallel workflows and explores jj but finds Git's new `history` commands (fixup, reword, split) promising for painless history rewriting without switching tools. While limited by merge conflicts and stateful operations, these atomic, branch-aware features reduce the need for jj's advanced conflict handling, offering incremental improvements within Git's ecosystem.

Australian energy retailers must provide three hours of free daytime electricity

63 i2oc 2026-07-14 04:50:45 UTC lenergy.com.au Qwen Share 76

From July 2026, NSW, SA, and SE Queensland households with smart meters can access three hours of free midday electricity daily via the Solar Sharer Offer, capped at 24 kWh to ensure fairness. The scheme, designed to offset solar surplus, allows renters and non-solar users to save up to $1,100/year by shifting energy use to free windows, with automation maximizing savings.

Fundamentals of Wireless Communication (2005)

126 teleforce 2026-07-14 02:50:45 UTC web.stanford.edu Qwen Share 4

This textbook offers a unified wireless communication foundation, covering MIMO, OFDM, and CDMA with real-world examples, aimed at graduate students and engineers. It includes exercises, instructor resources, and is adopted globally by universities and institutions, with authors offering short courses.

How to build a circular LCD clock

76 birdculture 2026-07-14 02:50:45 UTC blinry.org Qwen Share 25

Built a 7-inch LCD wall clock with Raspberry Pi 3B+, featuring multi-touch, custom clock faces, and software-controlled brightness. Used HDMI/USB for connectivity, resolved power issues with official Pi supply, and added Swiss railway clock functionality with automatic day/night dimming.

Building and shipping Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode

460 speckx 2026-07-13 18:50:45 UTC scottwillsey.com Qwen Share 196

Use Xcode's CLI tools (xcodebuild, notarytool) and XcodeGen to automate Mac/iOS app builds, avoiding Xcode GUI entirely via scripts like release.sh. LLMs like Claude Code streamline setup, handle certificate management, and generate workflows for signing, notarization, and deployment without manual GUI steps.

Zero Knowledge Tolstoyan Art

13 max-amb 2026-07-14 07:50:45 UTC max-amb.github.io Qwen Share 2

The author compares Tolstoyan art to zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), arguing both transmit truths without revealing secrets: art evokes shared feelings without exposing the artist's original experience, while ZKPs verify claims without disclosing underlying data. Both rely on sincerity and conceal the source of the conveyed truth.

The Economics of Recursive Self-Improvement [pdf]

91 apsec112 2026-07-14 01:50:45 UTC elasticity.institute Qwen Share 27

The study models AI's recursive self-improvement through feedback loops, showing current acceleration is insufficient but improving. They use elasticity-based graphs to analyze factors like algorithmic efficiency and bottlenecks, distinguishing narrow vs. broad capabilities.

Is x86 ready to ACE it?

74 mfiguiere 2026-07-14 01:50:45 UTC chipsandcheese.com Qwen Share 12

Intel's AMX and ACE extensions optimize CPU matrix operations for ML via tile registers and outer product instructions, contrasting Arm's SME, which uses scalable vectors and distinct scaling methods, differing in data handling and hardware design approaches.

An Englishwoman who sketched India before photography took hold

144 1659447091 2026-07-13 23:50:45 UTC bbc.com Qwen Share 40

Emily Eden, a 19th-century British artist, captured India's diverse people and landscapes in detailed sketches during her 1830s travels, later published and exhibited in Delhi. Her work, blending colonial context with cultural observation, remains a rare artistic record of India's pre-Victorian era.

Indian scientists produce most detailed 3D atlas of the human brainstem

11 BaudouinVH 2026-07-14 06:50:45 UTC bbc.com Qwen Share 0

Scientists at IIT-Madras created Anchor, a detailed 3D brainstem atlas linking MRI and cellular data, offering insights into neurological disorders. By mapping 200+ cell clusters affordably, it bridges macro and micro brain studies, aiding disease research and surgery.

Satellite Tracker – Live Map of Starlink and 30k Satellites

77 rolph 2026-07-14 02:50:45 UTC satellitemap.space Full Share 32

Track satellites in real-time on an interactive 3D map. See Starlink trains, space stations, rocket bodies, and satellite passes visible from your location.

Jektex 0.2.0 – A Jekyll plugin for LaTeX rendering is now ~10x faster

14 yagarea 2026-07-14 06:50:45 UTC github.com/yagarea Qwen Share 1

Jektex is a Jekyll plugin for fast LaTeX rendering with server-side caching, macros, and KaTeX support, preserving Markdown/HTML structure. It configures cache, ignores files, and processes formulas in display/inline modes using kramdown conventions, handling HTML blocks and offering customizable KaTeX options.

MorphoHDL: A minimalistic language for growing circuits

64 jacktang 2026-07-14 01:50:45 UTC paradigms-of-intelligence.github.io Full Share 8

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Writing a bindless GPU abstraction layer

46 surprisetalk 2026-07-14 03:50:45 UTC kevin-gibson.com Qwen Share 2

Loon GPU is a simplified graphics API built on Vulkan and Metal, using GPU pointers and eliminating buffer objects to reduce complexity. It faces shader compilation and cross-platform challenges but aims to streamline GPU programming by abstracting low-level details, remaining experimental with ongoing improvements.

World-First 'Super Alloy' Could Transform the Way Metals Are Made

60 tejohnso 2026-07-14 00:50:45 UTC sciencealert.com Qwen Share 29

Scientists developed a new alloy-making method using low-temperature baking, creating a super-strong material twice as strong as steel. The self-organized atomic structure offers scalable, defect-free alloys with potential for aerospace and energy sectors.

Two Case Studies of NaN

11 ryantsuji 2026-07-14 05:50:45 UTC sebsite.pw Qwen Share 1

IEEE-754 NaN's non-reflexivity breaks language design assumptions, causing unexpected behavior in Python's identity-based equality and Lua's for-loops, with similar issues in Go's map keys.

The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes

159 Stratoscope 2026-07-13 19:50:45 UTC sfgate.com Full Share 275

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Our Amish Language

43 NaOH 2026-07-14 02:50:45 UTC thedial.world Qwen Share 21

The Amish community's modernization has eroded Pennsylvania Dutch, driving my oral history project to document linguistic and cultural shifts. Intergenerational changes, English integration, and evolving identities reveal a complex transition from tradition to contemporary life.

Nokia’s years of mobile-phone supremacy ended in an afternoon

112 jruohonen 2026-07-13 16:50:45 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Qwen Share 67

Nokia rose to dominance in the 1990s-2000s with iconic, durable phones like the 3310 and 1100, known for innovations like internal antennas and Snake games. Despite early recognition of the iPhone threat, delayed touchscreen adoption and strategic missteps led to its decline, culminating in a 2013 Microsoft acquisition.

Linux 0.11 rewritten in idiomatic Rust, boots in QEMU

98 arto 2026-07-13 20:50:45 UTC github.com/poseidon-fan Qwen Share 83

linux-0.11-rs rewrites Linux 0.11 in Rust, booting on i386 QEMU with a Unix userland. It offers idiomatic Rust abstractions, processes, virtual memory, Minix filesystem, and tools for building bootable images.

What are Forward Deployed Engineers, and why are they so in demand? (2025)

54 saisrirampur 2026-07-13 23:50:45 UTC newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com Qwen Share 64

Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) are emerging as a critical hybrid role in AI startups, blending software engineering, sales, and platform work to integrate AI solutions, originating from Palantir and now adopted by companies like OpenAI and Ramp. FDEs bridge customer needs and product development by embedding with clients, contributing to core engineering, and driving innovation through ...

SalesPatriot (YC W25) Is Hiring Full Stack Engineers (SF)

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Replacing outdated systems with an AI-native platform for defense/aerospace supply chains, this role involves building integrated systems with legacy environments. Senior Software Engineers need full-stack project experience, SQL proficiency, and problem-solving skills to drive autonomous operations.

The Anatomy of an Instruction Pipeline Hazard

4 somnial 2026-07-14 07:50:45 UTC hiraditya.github.io Prefix Share 0

A note on methodology: Everything in this article is based on my analysis of microbenchmarks executed directly on B200 silicon. Nvidia does not publish instruction latencies, pipeline depths, or scoreboard encoding details for its GPUs. The numbers and mechanisms described here represent my best empirical understanding. Readers should do their own due diligence and verify against their own ...

Building Food Metadata with LLM Juries

37 tie-in 2026-07-14 01:50:45 UTC careersatdoordash.com Full Share 9

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Linux on the Sega 32X. Who needs hardware synchronization primitives anyway?

128 cakehonolulu 2026-07-13 18:50:45 UTC cakehonolulu.github.io Qwen Share 25

The author ported Linux to the Sega 32X to enhance board bringup skills, overcoming hardware limitations via SDK examples, FPGA flash carts, and custom synchronization solutions like Peterson's algorithm. Challenges included cross-compilation fixes, memory constraints, and implementing inter-CPU communication, resulting in a functional albeit slow Linux system with a console display.

What will be left for us to work on?

128 randomwalker 2026-07-14 01:50:45 UTC normaltech.ai Qwen Share 146

The speaker argues AI's impact follows a gradual "Normal Technology" framework, requiring societal adaptation rather than sudden job displacement, emphasizing collaboration over automation and highlighting the slow, complex transformation of work structures akin to past industrial shifts.

Precursor

183 AznHisoka 2026-07-13 14:50:45 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Qwen Share 149

Cloudflare's Precursor enhances bot detection by analyzing session-based behavioral signals, improving accuracy and reducing false positives. It complements Turnstile by evaluating full user journeys, making automation harder and boosting security without disrupting legitimate users.