GPT-5.6

1319 logickkk1 2026-07-09 17:07:52 UTC openai.com Qwen Share 922

OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna), with Sol leading in coding, cybersecurity, and science efficiency, outperforming prior models and competitors. Enhanced ultra mode, cost-effective tiers, and robust safeguards boost performance-per-dollar and safety for diverse professional tasks.

Show HN: Getting GLM 5.2 running on my slow computer

707 vforno 2026-07-09 19:07:52 UTC github.com/justvugg Qwen Share 170

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

32 kickingvegas 2026-07-10 09:07:52 UTC yummymelon.com Qwen Share 3

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.

EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0

1423 rapnie 2026-07-09 11:07:52 UTC patrick-breyer.de Llama Share 678

The European Parliament allowed the interim "Chat Control 1.0" regulation to pass, permitting mass scanning of private communications until 2028. Negotiations for a permanent regulation will resume in September, with the EU Parliament pushing for targeted detection orders and stricter security standards.

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

633 oumua_don17 2026-07-09 17:07:52 UTC kotaku.com Qwen Share 234

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.

Show HN: 18 Words

1009 pompomsheep 2026-07-09 13:07:52 UTC 18words.com Full Share 325

Find a word using all the letters before time runs out! Thanks for playing! You can send me feedback or try my other game Zanagrams.

Postgres rewritten in Rust, now passing 100% of the Postgres regression tests

692 SweetSoftPillow 2026-07-09 13:07:52 UTC github.com/malisper Llama Share 582

pgrust targets Postgres 18.3 compatibility with over 46,000 regression queries. It uses Rust and AI-assisted programming to explore deeper server changes.

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

85 tosh 2026-07-10 03:07:52 UTC macrumors.com Qwen Share 108

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.

AI-generated videos to maximally drive a target brain region

73 smusamashah 2026-07-10 08:07:52 UTC nevo-project.epfl.ch Qwen Share 68

NEvo uses a digital twin and genetic algorithm to evolve videos maximizing brain region activation. Dynamic videos outperform static ones, highlighting regions' preference for motion and social features.

Interview with Mitchell Hashimoto about Ghostty and Zig

266 veqq 2026-07-09 21:07:52 UTC alexalejandre.com Qwen Share 127

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 ...

Hy3

485 andai 2026-07-09 16:07:52 UTC hy.tencent.com Qwen Share 101

Hy3 outperforms similar-size models and rivals larger open-source models in productivity tasks, achieving 2.67/4 in expert evaluations. It addresses stability, hallucination, and context retention issues, is open-sourced under Apache 2.0, and reduces API costs.

The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break in the next war

384 baud147258 2026-07-09 14:07:52 UTC mwi.westpoint.edu Qwen Share 490

The US Army's efficiency-driven sustainment model, optimized for permissive environments, is ill-suited for modern multidomain warfare, where survival under persistent attack determines victory. Historical and contemporary conflicts show that centralized logistics collapse under attrition, demanding decentralized, survivable sustainment networks to match industrial-scale combat endurance.

No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026

289 ChrisArchitect 2026-07-09 15:07:52 UTC datacenter.iers.org Qwen Share 223

The IERS confirms no leap second will be added at the end of December 2026, keeping UTC-TAI at -37 seconds. Leap seconds may occur in June or December based on UT1-TAI, with updates provided every six months via Bulletin C.

A road to Lisp: Why Lisp

244 silcoon 2026-07-09 15:07:52 UTC scotto.me Qwen Share 186

Lisp's macros, code-as-data structure, and interactive REPL enable powerful language extensibility and dynamic programming, fostering a unique problem-solving approach. Mastering Lisp transforms programming by allowing developers to shape the language itself, creating domain-specific tools and adaptable systems through its homoiconic and extensible nature.

My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part I (2020)

79 Michelangelo11 2026-07-09 23:07:52 UTC joesiegler.blog Qwen Share 6

The author recounts their 17-year tenure at Apogee/3D Realms (1992–2009), detailing roles in community management, game distribution, and early online innovations like virtual tours and DRM. They also outline the company's complex name/ownership history and note broken legacy site links.

Common prefix skipping, adaptive sort

26 theanonymousone 2026-07-10 04:07:52 UTC smalldatum.blogspot.com Qwen Share 3

The inventor developed Orasort, an in-memory sort algorithm with adaptive quicksort and MSD radix switching, achieving ~5X performance gains in Oracle 10gR2. The expired patent, featuring clear algorithmic descriptions, now allows for potential open-source implementation.

Parental device use and the adolescent-caregiver attachment bond

131 hbcondo714 2026-07-10 01:07:52 UTC frontiersin.org Qwen Share 110

This study validated the Device Attachment Interference Scale (DAIS) to assess adolescents' perceptions of caregivers' device-centric behaviors, finding higher DAIS scores correlated with greater insecure attachment (anxious/avoidant) to both mother- and father-like figures. Results highlight parental tech use as a relational risk factor for adolescent attachment insecurity, emphasizing ...

Ditching Vagrant: VMs with KVM and Virsh on Debian

12 fanf2 2026-07-10 07:07:52 UTC benjamintoll.com Qwen Share 4

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.

Life with Hazard Ratios

46 surprisetalk 2026-07-10 02:07:52 UTC dynomight.net Qwen Share 18

Hazard ratios (HR) don't directly translate to life expectancy changes because mortality risk varies with age, making simple percentage calculations misleading. A rough approximation uses a weighted average (e.g., 12.93 years for US males), but accuracy drops if HR effects differ significantly across ages.

A possible future for Damn Interesting

287 mzur 2026-07-09 16:07:52 UTC damninteresting.com Qwen Share 39

Alan Bellows, founder of Damn Interesting, is launching a fundraiser to regain time for the project after transitioning to a full-time job, which has limited his ability to write and manage the site. The goal is to counter the influx of AI-generated content by funding more long-form articles, with donations separate from regular operational expenses.

Launch HN: Context.dev (YC S26) – API to get structured data from any website

98 TheYahiaBakour 2026-07-09 17:07:52 UTC context.dev Qwen Share 69

Context.dev offers an API for web scraping, brand data extraction, and logo retrieval, with plans from Free to Enterprise. It includes self-service sign-up, a startup discount, and supports AI agents with tiered pricing and scalable credits.

Building a real-time AI tutor for 5-year-olds

92 catalinvoss 2026-07-09 21:07:52 UTC ello.com Qwen Share 165

Building a real-time AI tutor for kids 4-9 requires sub-second latency, pedagogical action streaming, and dual-agent architecture (converser for interaction, planner for lesson flow) to balance speed, safety, and adaptive teaching. Custom systems handle safety checks, parallel execution, and predictive responses to maintain engagement without compromising learning outcomes.

Muse Spark 1.1

379 ot 2026-07-09 15:07:52 UTC ai.meta.com Full Share 189

Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.

Girls just wanna have fast MPMC queues with bounded waiting

177 EvgeniyZh 2026-07-09 16:07:52 UTC nahla.dev Qwen Share 34

The author designed a lock-free queue using atomic counters and state/data buffers, initially mistakenly labeled as wait-free; it ensures bounded wait times but risks overflow with extreme usage. Benchmarks show good scalability, though performance peaks vary with core utilization, and drivable operations help mitigate head-of-line blocking.

Why American ambulance rides are so expensive

228 jyunwai 2026-07-09 23:07:52 UTC davidoks.blog Qwen Share 300

A 25-year-old man faced a $12,873 surprise ambulance bill after a minor injury, exposing the U.S. system's reliance on outdated Medicare-based per-ride fees, which force ambulance services to extract costs from privately insured patients through out-of-network charges. This flawed structure, rooted in high fixed costs and underfunded Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements, creates exorbitant bills, ...

Triple Dragon Fractal (2020)

52 nhatcher 2026-07-10 00:07:52 UTC paulbourke.net Full Share 13

Created by Paul Bourke December 2020 This image is a visualisation of how the following series behaves for initial values z0 at each point on rectangular region of the real-imaginary plane. The colour represents how fast the series converges to a fixed point, or diverges to infinity (which it doesn't actually to for points in the bounded part of the complex plane in the figures here).

TLS certificates for internal services done right

157 mrl5 2026-07-09 15:07:52 UTC tuxnet.dev Qwen Share 112

The article explains securing internal services (like Grafana) with split-horizon DNS and a reverse proxy (nginx) using ACME (Let's Encrypt) certificates, avoiding self-signed cert issues. It leverages a WAF via nginx and NetBird's Custom Zones to restrict access, ensuring TLS works seamlessly for both internal and external clients without manual client-side trust configurations.

John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement

1328 djoldman 2026-07-09 11:07:52 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 278

John Deere agreed to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment under a right-to-repair settlement with the FTC and several states. The company must provide diagnostic and repair tools to owners and shops, not just authorized dealers, and pay $1 million in antitrust enforcement costs.

Harman and Dr. Sean Olive are reshaping headphone sound (2025)

19 ledoge 2026-07-10 05:07:52 UTC crutchfield.com Qwen Share 9

Harman and Dr. Sean Olive advanced spatial audio via the Hyperion Sphere and the Harman Target curve, revolutionizing headphone tuning. Olive's 32-year career, blending science and music, defined audio standards before his 2025 retirement.

Patterncollider: Generate and explore quasiperiodic tiling patterns

52 tobr 2026-07-09 22:07:52 UTC github.com/aatishb Qwen Share 3

Pattern Collider generates quasiperiodic tilings using de Bruijn's multigrid method, enabling custom, shareable patterns. It explores non-repeating motifs via intersecting lines, offering controls for symmetry, disorder, and visualization, with references to Penrose tilings and quasicrystals.