QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wall

109 speckx 2026-07-10 16:28:32 UTC jeffgeerling.com Qwen Share 40

The QuadRF is a Raspberry Pi-powered phased-array radio enabling advanced signal processing, WiFi analysis, and RF visualization, with potential for Moon-scale radio experiments. Despite a rough UI, its MIPI-based high-speed data transfer and modular design showcase impressive performance for SDR applications.

Snails' Teeth Beats Spider Silk as Nature's Strongest Material

28 simonebrunozzi 2026-07-10 16:38:32 UTC smithsonianmag.com Qwen Share 22

Marine snails' teeth, composed of goethite nanofibers and protein, are Earth's strongest natural material, exceeding spider silk and Kevlar. Though outmatched by graphene, they rival top carbon fibers, while rare materials like lonsdaleite surpass diamond's hardness.

The tech of 'Terminator 2' – an oral history (2017)

15 markus_zhang 2026-07-10 16:49:32 UTC vfxblog.com Qwen Share 2

In 1991, ILM pioneered CGI tools like 'Make Sticky' and 'Body Sock' to create Terminator 2's liquid metal T-1000, overcoming limited resources and nascent tech. Artists and developers collaborated intensively, blending innovation with practical problem-solving, cementing the film's legacy as a VFX milestone.

A Love Letter to Flashcards

54 surprisetalk 2026-07-10 16:28:32 UTC lesleylai.info Qwen Share 23

Initially dismissing flashcards for deep learning, the author adopted spaced repetition via Anki, creating personalized cards for concepts and insights rather than rote facts. This approach enhanced long-term retention and enabled resuming learning after breaks.

Late Bronze Age Collapse

219 dmonay 2026-07-10 12:28:32 UTC acoup.blog Qwen Share 123

The Late Bronze Age Collapse (c. 1220–1170 BC) saw interconnected states in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East decline or collapse, marked by site destructions and political fragmentation. Causes remain debated but likely include climate shifts, warfare, and economic strain, with uneven regional impacts.

Lost city discovered beneath Egypt's desert with ancient church

70 Bender 2026-07-10 13:28:32 UTC dailymail.com Qwen Share 17

A 1,600-year-old Byzantine city with churches, homes, and 200 inscribed pottery fragments was discovered in Egypt's Western Desert, offering insights into daily life. Separate finds include ancient tombs with a 'golden tongue' practice and the Great Pyramid's earthquake-resistant design revealed.

Good Tools Are Invisible

191 theanonymousone 2026-07-10 11:28:32 UTC gingerbill.org Qwen Share 107

A good tool should be invisible, not celebrated for complexity or puzzles. Avoid reframing flaws as fun or identity; prioritize productivity over tribalism and honest evaluation.

Show HN: Reviving my 2001 college band with AI

17 jacobgraf 2026-07-10 16:28:32 UTC fadingmaize.com Qwen Share 4

Fading Maize's 2001 original songs, led by Charlie Saponara and Brad Mott, are revived in 2026 via AI-assisted production, with Jacob Graf managing the project, preserving archives, and upholding principles like consent and authorship. The revival blends original recordings with reimagined versions, maintaining Charlie's creative control and transparently crediting all contributions.

Write code like a human will maintain it

226 ScottWRobinson 2026-07-10 14:28:32 UTC unstack.io Qwen Share 192

Relying on LLMs to generate repetitive code risks perpetuating poor practices, as duplicated logic trains the model to mimic your codebase's patterns. Over time, this creates a self-reinforcing cycle where shortcuts become entrenched, undermining maintainability and requiring manual intervention to correct.

You're Not a Better Engineer Because You Type Git Commands by Hand

5 meerita 2026-07-10 17:02:32 UTC minid.net Prefix Share 0

After 27 years of writing code, I have stopped spending time on a long list of small but painful engineering tasks. AI agents now handle commit messages, pull request descriptions, code comments, naming conventions, Git hygiene, issue tracking, and release workflows with more consistency than most teams ever managed by hand. One of the things I like most about AI is something I did not expect ...

Successful Companies Go Blind

92 speckx 2026-07-10 14:28:32 UTC ianreppel.org Qwen Share 36

Mexican cavefish retain eye genes despite blindness, mirroring companies that lose competence as stable environments suppress innovation, prioritizing comfort over skill. Surviving in predictable conditions, they adapt to internal pressures, mistaking stagnation for loyalty until external change reactivates dormant traits.

Computation as a Universal and Fundamental Concept

16 simonpure 2026-07-10 15:28:32 UTC ergo.org Qwen Share 6

Tim Roughgarden explores computational limits, starting with Turing's 1936 proof that some problems (like the halting problem) are unsolvable by algorithms. He then examines NP-completeness, showing that many problems resist efficient solutions, leading to the unresolved P vs NP question with implications for cryptography and AI.

The mathematical secrets of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia

86 Gedxx 2026-07-10 11:28:32 UTC mappingignorance.org Qwen Share 19

Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família, celebrated in 2026 for its 100th anniversary since his death, integrates mathematical principles like the 7.5m module and ratios of 12, creating harmonious proportions. Its design features symbolic elements, polyhedrons, and structural innovations, reflecting both architectural genius and religious symbolism.

Chat Control 1.0 has been passed

3 polloRebozado 2026-07-10 17:02:32 UTC gerarddupre.dev Prefix Share 0

← Back to blog Chat control is an EU proposal that was temporarily accepted on its version 1.0. This rule allowed tech companies to voluntarily scan unencrypted messages (Discord, Gmail…) for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and it expired on April 2026. After that the version 2.0 was proposed and it was way worse as it wanted to implement this mass surveillance on E2E encrypted ...

Hands-On with the AMD Ryzen AI Halo

9 bdcravens 2026-07-10 16:28:32 UTC microcenter.com Prefix Share 0

The AMD Ryzen AI Halo is an AI-focused desktop that takes AMD's latest AI hardware and puts it in a box that can fit on any desktop. Why would you want a device like this? Because it shifts the ability to run massive large language models, or intensive stable diffusion pipelines directly onto your desk. More importantly, this AI desktop is a dedicated piece of hardware aimed at turning ...

Anyone else get a vague GitHub shakedown notice?

3 jjgreen 2026-07-10 16:58:32 UTC lists.osgeo.org Prefix Share 1

Greg Troxel gdt at lexort.com Fri Jul 10 09:17:56 PDT 2026 tl;dr: I got an email from github threatening to start billing me, and have eliminated most reasons why it would have arrived, and my qgis association is next. For background, I've had a github account for a long time, but never signed up for a paid plan or given them billing information. I have been a listed member of a few ...

Laylo (YC S20) Is Hiring a Head of Finance

0 2026-07-10 12:28:32 UTC ycombinator.com Qwen Share

Laylo, a SaaS platform for creators to monetize fan relationships, seeks its first finance hire to build financial infrastructure, optimize costs, and drive strategic decisions. The role involves budgeting, pricing strategy, vendor negotiations, and scaling systems for a fast-growing, profitable company with a clear CFO path.

Show HN: Getting GLM 5.2 running on my slow computer

814 vforno 2026-07-09 19:28:32 UTC github.com/justvugg Qwen Share 200

colibrì runs GLM-5.2 (744B MoE) on 25 GB RAM via int4 quantization, disk-streamed experts, and C-based zero-dependency engine, achieving lossless inference with speculative decoding and adaptive caching. It leverages AVX2, MTP heads, and batched expert reads, but requires NVMe SSDs and careful hardware management due to disk I/O and wear risks.

In Emacs, Everything Looks Like a Service

126 kickingvegas 2026-07-10 08:28:32 UTC yummymelon.com Qwen Share 69

Emacs functions as an OS-like environment by orchestrating applications and services above the kernel, enabling users to manage computing tasks within its ecosystem. Through Elisp and libraries, it treats external utilities as services, allowing seamless client-server interactions and improvising workflows.

Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

797 oumua_don17 2026-07-09 17:28:32 UTC kotaku.com Qwen Share 332

Running Train, a hyper-realistic train sim by solo dev Novatetsu Games, blends fictional Japanese landscapes with intricate details like logical powerlines and weather effects, offering immersive gameplay through precise controls or free camera exploration. Praised for its stunning realism and dedication to detail, it’s hailed as a top-tier simulation with plans for expanded routes and features.

Alternate Clock Designs and Time Systems

32 ethanpil 2026-07-10 15:28:32 UTC serialc.github.io Qwen Share 16

The article critiques the traditional 24-hour time system's inconsistency and explores alternative metric-based time designs, like decimal or hexadecimal formats, for simpler calculations and readability, while acknowledging challenges in adoption and accuracy. It invites suggestions for custom time systems, emphasizing flexibility in reimagining how we measure and display time.

The Annotated JEPA

17 surprisetalk 2026-07-10 14:28:32 UTC elonlit.com Qwen Share 1

This post provides a step-by-step guide to implementing Joint Embedding Predictive Architectures (JEPAs), Yann LeCun's self-supervised learning framework that predicts latent representations instead of pixels, focusing on image (I-JEPA) and video (V-JEPA) models. It emphasizes using exponential moving average (EMA) for stable training, structured masking strategies, and predictor networks to ...

Let's Reinvent the Scroll Wheel

4 tippa123 2026-07-10 16:28:32 UTC scrollpods.app Prefix Share 4

← Back to blog Most of the time, I live by the continuous improvement mantra. That is the right approach for me 95% of the time but whenever I'm feeling creative, I come back to this quote. In this particular case, it was the annoyance of not being able to scroll when my hands were occupied. A good place to start when solving a problem is usually the definition of the word itself. It ...

Show HN: Runloom – Go-style coroutines for Python free-threaded

32 Uptrenda 2026-07-10 13:28:32 UTC github.com/robertsdotpm Qwen Share 13

runloom enables Go-style stackful coroutines in Python, using a work-stealing scheduler and netpoll for I/O, allowing millions of coroutines across cores in free-threaded CPython 3.14t (GIL off). It supports blocking code via monkey patching and matches Go's concurrency performance, though with higher memory per coroutine.

Show HN: Reverse-engineering web apps into agent tools

35 pancomplex 2026-07-10 09:28:32 UTC news.ycombinator.com Qwen Share 17

A browser-based agent auto-generates and updates API tools for AI integration in authenticated apps, bypassing complex APIs and security hurdles without code. It creates reusable "recipes" from app interactions, enabling direct actions like user invitations, though varying standards and edge cases like GraphQL pose challenges.

EU Commission: addictive design Instagram and Facebook in breach of the DSA

194 jeroenhd 2026-07-10 11:28:32 UTC ec.europa.eu Llama Share 134

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How RCA Victor sold Sound Service to classrooms in 1939

13 pncnmnp 2026-07-10 14:28:32 UTC pncnmnp.github.io Qwen Share 3

The blog post explores RCA Victor's 1939 "Sound Service for Schools" radio programs, highlighting their merger during the Great Depression and parallels to modern tech in education. It details how RCA leveraged music and audio tools to modernize classrooms, contrasting with today's digital learning innovations.

Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Device Future

170 tosh 2026-07-10 03:28:32 UTC macrumors.com Qwen Share 242

Apple's Mac mini and Mac Studio are favored for AI agents due to Apple silicon's integrated chip design, emphasizing whole-chip efficiency and local processing over cloud reliance. Critics debate practicality and costs, but Apple's proactive neural engine integration since 2017 and current memory shortages highlight both strategic foresight and industry-wide challenges.

Ditching Vagrant: VMs with KVM and Virsh on Debian

71 fanf2 2026-07-10 07:28:32 UTC benjamintoll.com Qwen Share 27

The author transitions from Vagrant to KVM/libvirt for streamlined VM management, leveraging native Linux tools and preseeding with virt-install for automation, reducing complexity and abstraction layers. They highlight benefits like deterministic setups and improved efficiency over Vagrant's additional software overhead.

Interview with Mitchell Hashimoto about Ghostty and Zig

344 veqq 2026-07-09 21:28:32 UTC alexalejandre.com Qwen Share 189

Alex Alejandre discusses transitioning from software engineering to building Ghostty, a feature-rich terminal emulator addressing ecosystem gaps with protocols like n-screen and button APIs, emphasizing open-source principles and low-level systems understanding. He critiques modern tech complexity, advocates for Zig's potential, and stresses open-source maintainers' autonomy while balancing ...