Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7k

467 systima 2026-07-12 18:25:51 UTC systima.ai Qwen Share 262

Claude Code incurs ~33,000-token overhead per request (vs OpenCode’s ~7,000) due to extensive system prompts, tools, and mid-session rewrites, while OpenCode’s stable, cached prefixes minimize costs. Subagent workflows amplify Claude Code’s token usage 54x vs OpenCode’s lean design, with configuration files and MCP servers further inflating baseline costs.

Old and new apps, via modern coding agents

413 subset 2026-07-12 11:09:42 UTC terrytao.wordpress.com Qwen Share 120

A mathematician successfully migrated 1999 Java applets to JavaScript via AI, reviving tools like honeycomb and Besicovitch set visualizers with minimal bugs. They also created new interactive visualizations for special relativity and the Gilbreath conjecture using AI, finding the process efficient and low-risk for supplementary educational tools.

What xAI's Grok build CLI sends to xAI: A wire-level analysis

402 jhoho 2026-07-12 01:09:50 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 156

I love LLMs, I hate hype

322 therepanic 2026-07-12 18:31:56 UTC geohot.github.io Qwen Share 192

The author is enthusiastic about AI progress, including LLMs and coding agents, but criticizes fear-mongering narratives of AI dominance. They argue that value creation, driven by Moore's law, isn't captured by closed labs, advocating for open-source solutions.

Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to link underlying OS

300 joahnn_s 2026-07-12 21:12:11 UTC scrapfly.dev Qwen Share 151

Chrome 148+ uses OS-specific math libraries for functions like Math.tanh, creating OS fingerprints. Scrapfly replicates exact OS math behaviors (e.g., libsystem_m on macOS) to spoof browsers indistinguishably, matching host libm, CSS trig, and Web Audio down to bit-level precision.

Ghostel.el: Terminal emulator powered by libghostty

265 signa11 2026-07-12 08:52:59 UTC dakra.github.io Qwen Share 50

Ghostel is an Emacs terminal emulator using libghostty-vt, offering modern VT features like Kitty protocols, rich underlines, and OSC 8 hyperlinks. It integrates with Emacs via Elisp and a Zig-native module, supporting shell commands, password prompts, and TRAMP remote terminals.

How to read more books

256 silcoon 2026-07-12 15:47:16 UTC scotto.me Qwen Share 145

Replace screen time with reading, use an e-reader, read in daily moments, mix genres, and avoid distractions. Set goals, build a library, track progress, and avoid speed reading/summaries to deepen understanding.

The shingles vaccine may reduce the risk of dementia

213 saikatsg 2026-07-12 15:23:59 UTC economist.com Qwen Share 176

Alzheimer’s, a feared dementia, erodes identity and self-trust, as described by Terry Pratchett, who likened it to "unwinding" and isolation. The government’s inadequate response fails to address its devastating impact.

Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country's electricity

211 Bender 2026-07-12 20:16:12 UTC theregister.com Qwen Share 204

Ireland's datacenters consumed 23% of electricity in 2025, up 10% from 2024, despite a Dublin moratorium on new grid connections. New regulations now require backup power systems, as protests grow over energy use and environmental impacts.

Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid

188 nradov 2026-07-12 04:00:14 UTC npr.org Qwen Share 474

The U.S. Department of Education's new "do no harm" test links federal student loans to graduate earnings, risking funding for programs where graduates don't outearn non-graduates. Critics argue it overlooks arts and creative fields' cultural value and long-term career impacts, despite most programs passing initial thresholds.

Don't you mean extinct?

183 zdw 2026-07-12 15:17:20 UTC fabiensanglard.net Qwen Share 113

Technological shifts, like CGI in the 90s and AI today, disrupt industries but offer growth through adaptation. Programmers must evolve by mastering tools like LLMs, leveraging resources such as Karpathy's tutorials and Raschka's book, to stay relevant amid automation and code review advancements.

LARP – Revenue infrastructure for serious founders

160 BerislavLopac 2026-07-12 16:56:41 UTC larp.website Qwen Share 36

LARP is a satirical platform mocking legal circular revenue deals where companies mutualize revenue without cash movement, critiquing financial reporting's focus on numbers over real economic value. It highlights how accounting rules allow such practices, blurring lines between legitimate growth and illusion.

Show HN: Mindwalk – Replay coding-agent sessions on a 3D map of your codebase

149 cosmtrek 2026-07-12 05:51:32 UTC github.com/cosmtrek Qwen Share 62

Mindwalk visualizes coding sessions as interactive night maps, showing agent activity via glowing file interactions (read/edit) in Tree/Terrain views. A local Go tool parses logs, installs securely, and serves a UI with playback, touch states, and session analysis.

Woman in Brazil enslaved for 55 years by 3 generations of the same family

148 RetroTechie 2026-07-12 11:18:32 UTC english.elpais.com Qwen Share 209

Maria, 62, was rescued after 55 years of unpaid domestic servitude in Brazil, exploited by three generations of a family, now to receive $40k in compensation. Case highlights persistent domestic slavery, often affecting poor Black women, with victims unaware of their rights.

Understanding the Odin programming language

147 AlexeyBrin 2026-07-12 12:08:07 UTC odinbook.com Qwen Share 91

Understanding the Odin Programming Language teaches basic to advanced Odin concepts, emphasizing design rationale and practical examples, endorsed by Odin's creator and praised for clarity. Karl Zylinski, an experienced game developer and educator, updates the book with language changes and offers insights into low-level programming.

Tiny Emulators

143 naves 2026-07-12 20:23:05 UTC floooh.github.io Full Share 7

Migrating a production AI agent to GPT-5.6: 2.2x faster, 27% cheaper

140 brryant 2026-07-12 17:13:07 UTC ploy.ai Qwen Share 46

Ploy upgraded to GPT-5.6 Sol, outperforming Claude Opus with 2.2× faster builds, 27% lower costs, and cleaner code, but required fixing tool-call handling, caching, and reasoning replay to address model-specific behaviors and ensure fair evaluation.

AI boosts research careers but narrow the span of ideas explored: study

137 zaikunzhang 2026-07-12 13:26:13 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Qwen Share 100

AI enhances individual scientists' productivity and career progression but narrows research diversity, risking homogeneity. Balancing personal incentives with collective scientific exploration is vital to prevent stifling innovation.

A pure scheme web programming tool

131 guenchi 2026-07-12 00:57:18 UTC goeteia.dev Qwen Share 22

The Scheme compiler is self-hosted, using unboxed fixnums, GC structs, and hygiene via renaming, with fast variadic calls and Wasm-based continuations. It integrates web APIs (HTML, WebGL, JS FFI) and reactive systems, enabling RPC with exact s-expression data and efficient rendering.

Autopsy Study Finds Replicating SARS-CoV-2 in the Hearts of Long Covid

126 thenerdhead 2026-07-12 00:38:02 UTC my.uscap.org Qwen Share 45

Study finds SARS-CoV-2 reverse strand in hearts of Long COVID patients correlates with higher cardiac symptoms and structural changes. Viral persistence alters gene expression, suggesting a role in driving Long COVID pathology and informing new treatments.

Why are US consumers so angry? It's not just high prices

120 dilawar 2026-07-12 03:10:08 UTC theguardian.com Qwen Share 152

American consumers face rising frustration over corporate overcharges, shoddy service, and hidden fees, costing $165bn annually. Weakened federal oversight and media scrutiny, alongside corporate power consolidation, fuel a toxic cycle, but advocacy groups and citizen journalism seek accountability.

Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media

111 thunderbong 2026-07-12 10:14:40 UTC ca.pcmag.com Qwen Share 135

A Boomer's struggle with social media's clutter mirrors a broader trend: a 2026 Incogni study reveals 50%+ Americans post less, citing privacy concerns, political toxicity, and mental strain, with younger generations most affected.

Vagal cholinergic denervation of the gastric mucosa in Long-COVID-19

103 thenerdhead 2026-07-12 00:35:08 UTC ijidonline.com Qwen Share 70

A study on Long-COVID-19 patients found reduced gastric mucosal cholinergic nerve density and impaired autonomic function via HRV analysis, linking vagal dysfunction to persistent symptoms and systemic inflammation. Histological and physiological data suggest structural autonomic damage, correlating with elevated cardiovascular biomarkers and procoagulative states.

Yt-Dlp Sequence Diagrams

102 billyp-rva 2026-07-12 11:49:38 UTC app.ilograph.com Qwen Share 31

The Ilograph diagrams document AWS serverless back-end and Stack Overflow's on-prem architecture. They enable team collaboration with permissions, password policies, and bug reporting via [email protected].

Making Crash Bandicoot (2011)

101 alexpls 2026-07-12 13:18:36 UTC all-things-andy-gavin.com Qwen Share 1

Naughty Dog, in 1994, developed a 3D character action game (CAG) for PlayStation, inspired by Mario and Sonic, to fill a market gap by avoiding direct competition with Nintendo and Sega. They overcame 3D camera challenges, leveraging PlayStation's potential, creating Crash Bandicoot amid uncertain odds.

I Learned to Read Again

99 georgex7 2026-07-12 18:22:15 UTC substack.magazinenongrata.com Qwen Share 41

Sam Kahn traces his declining reading habit due to social media, work, and shifting cultural values, battling digital addiction and societal pressures. He revives reading through disciplined strategies, stressing its role in sustaining deep thought and cultural continuity amid modern distractions.

Unexpected Solidlike Fracture in Simple Liquids

97 Anon84 2026-07-12 02:13:46 UTC quantamagazine.org Qwen Share 58

Thamires Lima discovered a nonelastic fluid can fracture like brittle solids, defying theories that elasticity causes fluid cracking. This challenges assumptions about stress-induced fluid failure, with potential impacts on engineering, medicine, and material science.

A Erlang style pure Scheme Webserver and further

96 guenchi 2026-07-12 01:03:29 UTC igropyr.com Qwen Share 8

Igropyr is a Chez Scheme HTTP server using libuv, featuring fault-tolerant worker pools, hot code swapping, green processes for concurrency, and structured error handling. It ensures zero-downtime updates, preemptive scheduling, and OTP-inspired supervision for high reliability.

Automation Without Understanding

95 root-parent 2026-07-12 16:54:47 UTC arxiv.org Qwen Share 40

The essay warns that AI's mathematical advancements paired with U.S. declining math education risk strategic failure by eroding critical infrastructure. It proposes treating math capacity as a strategic asset and requiring formal, auditable AI reasoning.

A dock that wakes up reliably

95 ingve 2026-07-12 00:48:10 UTC fabiensanglard.net Qwen Share 63

User struggled with unreliable laptop wake-up from sleep via Thunderbolt docks, even with Thunderbolt 4. Switching to an ASUS ROG Swift monitor in 2025 resolved the issue, though the cause remains unclear.

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

93 daniel_iversen 2026-07-12 00:32:15 UTC abcnews.com Qwen Share 34

Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, died at 78 in Oklahoma from long-haul COVID-19 and pulmonary issues. She lived independently, pursued education, and connected globally via internet before her 2026 death.

Against Usefulness

85 supo 2026-07-12 17:47:07 UTC motivenotes.ai Qwen Share 22

The essay explores how foundational, often "useless" research fuels future innovations, exemplified by Folk Computer, an open-source physical computing system. It calls for independent thinkers and patrons to support paradigm-shifting work, bridging the gap between institutional legacy and grassroots creativity.

Mechanistic interpretability researchers applying causality theory to LLMs

83 adunk 2026-07-12 18:04:41 UTC cacm.acm.org Qwen Share 63

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Neocities: Create your own free website

82 Tomte 2026-07-12 19:49:53 UTC neocities.org Qwen Share 28

Neocities empowers users to build and share websites with an easy HTML editor, drag-and-drop uploads, and community features like tags and social interaction, all without ads or data sales. Funded by supporters, it offers fast, reliable static hosting with open-source tools, prioritizing user control and creativity.

Fable extended until 19 July

80 protoman3000 2026-07-12 17:14:34 UTC twitter.com/claudeai Full Share 42

We're extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code’s weekly rate limits 50% higher, through July 19.

Show HN: Shirei, cross-platform GUI framework in native Go

78 hsn915 2026-07-12 16:55:42 UTC github.com/hasenj Qwen Share 48

Shirei is a cross-platform Go GUI framework enabling self-contained apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux with a React-like immediate mode API, eliminating widget state management. It supports international text, flexible layouts, and offers a simple API with built-in examples for quick development.

How we can reduce traffic congestion

78 raahelb 2026-07-12 15:35:36 UTC research.google Qwen Share 88

Google's study shows rerouting 2% of trips via navigation apps in 10 US cities improved traffic speeds by 2% and reduced emissions, demonstrating scalable, low-cost congestion relief. The experiment establishes a framework for network-level traffic optimization using connected systems.

Unauthenticated RCE in Motorola's MR2600 Router

78 MrBruh 2026-07-12 11:52:21 UTC mrbruh.com Qwen Share 25

The author discovered an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Motorola's MR2600 router, exploiting a flawed firmware validation process and authentication bypass in its CGI/SOAP handlers. Despite public disclosure due to Motorola's lack of response, the vulnerability impacts exposed devices, underscoring risks from outdated firmware and inadequate security checks.

Datacentres drive up big tech's carbon emissions to a third of those of France

78 YeGoblynQueenne 2026-07-12 10:23:25 UTC theguardian.com Qwen Share 105

Microsoft, Amazon, and Google's carbon emissions surged 19% in 2024 due to AI-driven datacenter construction, yet they maintain net-zero pledges. Rising cloud demand and scarce carbon credits challenge offset efforts as global datacenter projects consume 1.3% of projected global electricity by 2030.

Theo de Raadt: "You've been smoking something mind altering" (2007)

77 turrini 2026-07-12 16:05:29 UTC marc.info Qwen Share 77

Theo de Raadt criticizes x86 virtualization for adding a bug-prone kernel layer over an insecure architecture, undermining claimed security benefits. He dismisses the idea that engineers can reliably create secure virtualization layers after repeatedly failing to produce secure OSes.

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

74 david927 2026-07-12 21:26:41 UTC news.ycombinator.com Qwen Share 185

Working on iOS app improvements and multiplatform C projects with X11/wasm. LLM coding diminished coding's joy, sparking thoughts of a new hobby.

Cyberpunk Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels

71 zdw 2026-07-12 22:45:31 UTC shellzine.net Qwen Share 15

A curated list of cyberpunk works (1975–2016) spans Western comics, manga, and graphic novels, featuring *Akira*, *Blade Runner*, and *Ghost in the Shell*, exploring dystopia, tech, and societal critique. Themes include virtual reality, AI, and post-apocalyptic settings, with entries like *The Long Tomorrow* and *Transmetropolitan* highlighting genre evolution and speculative futures.

Why study Diophantine equations?

65 mb1699 2026-07-12 15:53:53 UTC hidden-phenomena.com Qwen Share 23

Diophantine equations explore integer solutions, revealing structures like divisibility and prime factorization. The Langlands program studies advanced Diophantine equations to uncover profound connections in number theory.

Why Write Code in 2026

63 zdw 2026-07-12 04:15:27 UTC softwaredoug.com Qwen Share 1

Building a software factory with AI agents demands human hands-on coding to ensure quality and architectural clarity, as writing code fosters ownership, precision, and proactive system improvement beyond automated processes.

Billion Dollar PDFs

59 rafaepta 2026-07-12 23:45:35 UTC billiondollarpdf.com Full Share 22

A Billion Dollar PDF is a document — a memo, a deck, a whitepaper, a thread — that crystallized a narrative at exactly the right moment and moved billions of dollars of capital around the field. The term is Jeremy Giffon’s. This is an open index of the ones people keep citing — browse it below, expand any entry for the story, and follow the link to read the original.

Storm clouds gather over America's financial supremacy

53 pseudolus 2026-07-12 21:04:13 UTC economist.com Qwen Share 15

US trade official L Jamieson Greer criticized Brazil's Pix system for disadvantaging US firms, prompting a 25% tariff threat. Brazil's President Lula and rival Bolsonaro reject US pressure, with Bolsonaro proposing a compromise to avoid linking Pix to competing cross-border systems.

TK, or the secret to effortless writing (2024)

47 Tomte 2026-07-12 15:58:42 UTC atthis.link Qwen Share 23

Using 'TK' as a placeholder maintains writing momentum and acts as a built-in checklist, preferred over alternatives like 'TODO' or 'TC' due to its distinctiveness and minimal false positives."

The One-Step Trap (In AI Research)

45 jxmorris12 2026-07-12 18:41:15 UTC incompleteideas.net Qwen Share 8

The one-step trap assumes AI can accurately predict long-term outcomes by iterating one-step models, but errors compound and computational complexity grows exponentially, making it unreliable. Temporally abstract models like options and GVFs offer a better solution for long-term predictions.

Mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?

44 pseudolus 2026-07-12 12:17:26 UTC theconversation.com Qwen Share 23

The "long pause" in Polynesian migration ended around 900-1100 AD as severe droughts, population growth, and improved sailing tech spurred eastward voyages to Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island. Climate shifts and resource pressures likely drove ancestral Polynesians to explore, mirroring themes in *Moana*.

IT administrators are "fed up" with Microsoft's "useless" apps and Windows 11

44 01-_- 2026-07-12 11:22:42 UTC neowin.net Qwen Share 24

Microsoft's recent Windows 11 updates and policies, including a major bug fix, face mixed reactions, with professionals and sysadmins criticizing buggy patches, complex tools, and flawed app management, as highlighted by strongly upvoted Reddit complaints.

Designing and assembling my first PCB

43 tadasv 2026-07-12 22:56:56 UTC vilkeliskis.com Qwen Share 4

The user designed and assembled a custom BME280 sensor PCB using KiCad, successfully replicating its I2C interface and achieving plug-and-play functionality after soldering. This hands-on experience with PCB design, assembly, and testing boosted their confidence to tackle more complex hardware projects like integrating an ESP32, LCD, and sensors on a single board.

Claude Code May–July 2026 weekly limits promotion

42 alvis 2026-07-12 18:01:29 UTC support.claude.com Qwen Share 61

Claude Code offers a 50% increased weekly usage limit from May 13–July 19, 2026, for Pro, Max, Team plans, and legacy Enterprise seat-based users. The promotion excludes Free plans, consumption-based Enterprise seats, and 5-hour limits, with no action required and no impact on billing.

Kode Dot Programmable pocket device for makers, pentesters and geeks

41 iNic 2026-07-12 21:27:29 UTC kode.diy Qwen Share 9

Kode Dot is a handheld, all-in-one platform with dual ESP32-P4/C5 MCUs, AMOLED touchscreen, sensors, wireless, and 16 programmable pins for instant prototyping. It supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, and community-developed apps, born from a 16,000-backer Kickstarter success.

Firefox 12.58% for Desktop Browser Market Share in North America June 2026

39 speckx 2026-07-12 01:05:04 UTC gs.statcounter.com Full Share 22

View all regions... View all years... View fewer years... See why over 1,000,000 bloggers, web designers, marketing and SEO professionals and small business owners use Statcounter to grow their business. Learn More

Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computers

37 gregsadetsky 2026-07-12 15:44:13 UTC github.com/schollz Qwen Share 19

croc is a secure CLI tool for transferring files between computers using Docker and password-authenticated encryption, supporting port customization and cross-platform use on Linux/macOS. It ensures end-to-end encryption via PAKE and requires environment variables for secret sharing on non-Windows systems.

Why Vanilla JavaScript

35 guseyn 2026-07-12 22:53:51 UTC guseyn.com Full Share 16

This blog is mostly expression of my ideas on different things in programming and IT culture

Gina Gallery of International Naive Art

29 o4c 2026-07-12 13:18:34 UTC ginagallery.com Qwen Share 13

GINA Gallery, founded in 2003, is the world's largest international institution dedicated to Naïve Art, featuring over 100 artists from 30+ countries. Its diverse collection showcases the genre's global expressions through cultural traditions and individual artistic styles.

The Energetic Costs of Cellular Computation (2012)

29 lioeters 2026-07-12 01:59:35 UTC arxiv.org Qwen Share 3

Cells expend energy to compute ligand concentrations using noisy two-component networks, with greater learning requiring higher energy costs. This energy constraint impacts resource-poor systems like bacterial spore germination networks.

Autoresearch, Claude and Constrained Optimization

28 gmays 2026-07-12 14:32:00 UTC elliotcsmith.com Qwen Share 4

The user tested AI agents optimizing file compression via autonomous iterations, achieving measurable improvements but highlighting challenges like metric focus and cost. Results suggest AI-driven optimization potential, though real-world applications require careful metric selection and trade-off management.

Small Inventors Are Being Squeezed by a Convoluted Patent Process

26 petethomas 2026-07-12 02:25:25 UTC nationalreview.com Qwen Share 8

The USPTO proposed PTAB reforms in 2025 to curb duplicate patent challenges by large firms, aiming to protect small inventors from costly legal battles. Over a year later, no action has been taken, raising concerns about delayed implementation of critical changes.

The European Oligarchy

24 gidellav 2026-07-12 16:23:19 UTC rocketup.pages.dev Qwen Share 3

European institutions are accused of functioning as an oligarchy, manipulating democratic processes by repeatedly bending rules to enforce decisions despite public rejection, mirroring tactics criticized in foreign powers like Russia. This hypocrisy undermines true democracy, replacing citizen sovereignty with strategic rule-bending to serve elite interests.

Profiling the "Abundance" housing bottleneck with real data

23 laxmena 2026-07-12 21:45:28 UTC laxmena.com Qwen Share 10

The book "Abundance" argues regulatory bottlenecks ("chosen scarcity") hinder progress in housing and energy, but the user's analysis of cities like Austin and San Francisco shows mixed results. Vienna's success with public housing reveals alternative solutions, emphasizing the need to verify claims with data and consider multiple approaches.

The State of MCP Security [pdf]

22 mavzer 2026-07-12 20:49:46 UTC canopii.dev Full Share 2

Vinod Khosla to Buy Seattle Seahawks for $9.6B

22 kpw94 2026-07-12 05:48:59 UTC sportico.com Qwen Share 10

Tech billionaire Vinod Khosla's family agreed to buy the Seattle Seahawks for $9.6B, a record valuation nearing the $10B LA Lakers deal. His wife Neeru will lead the team, with the deal adhering to NFL's strict financing rules amid rare sales and a $6.59B team valuation.

Flash-MSA: Accelerating Million-Token Training with Sparse Attention Kernels

21 rawsh 2026-07-12 20:46:43 UTC nanduruganesh.github.io Qwen Share 0

The author introduces the first open-source training kernels for Minimax Sparse Attention (MSA) in CuTeDSL, optimizing block-based selection with max-pooling, GQA groups, and efficient caching for Hopper/Blackwell GPUs. Key innovations include fused backward passes, reduced register usage, and scalable CP strategies, though challenges like low occupancy and tensor-pipe bottlenecks remain.

Show HN: Only 1 of 4,356 reachable MCP servers is ready for the 2026-07-28 spec

21 roee_tsur 2026-07-12 13:21:01 UTC github.com/roee-tsur Qwen Share 8

The mcp-spec-check tool evaluates server readiness for the 2026-07-28 MCP spec, finding only 1 of 4,356 tested servers supports the new stateless core. It uses black-box probes to assess required changes like routing headers and session independence, highlighting migration urgency ahead of the spec's release.

Show HN: Adaptive Recall, persistent memory for AI assistants over MCP

20 abratabia 2026-07-12 21:08:20 UTC adaptiverecall.com Qwen Share 4

Adaptive Recall is a memory system that improves over time using machine learning and cognitive science, with four parallel search strategies and dynamic memory management. It ranks results via ACT-R activation modeling, extracts entities for knowledge graphs, and offers eight tools for interaction via HTTP or CLI.

Lindsey Graham has died

20 josefrichter 2026-07-12 07:52:23 UTC nytimes.com Qwen Share 8

Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina, died at 71 from aortic dissection. A Trump ally and advocate for interventionist foreign policy, he recently won re-election and received condolences from Trump.

Show HN: Zen Mode – a global focus mode for macOS

19 cafebeen 2026-07-12 20:52:04 UTC github.com/cabeen Qwen Share 6

Zen Mode is a macOS Hammerspoon script that activates a global focus mode via a hotkey, centering the active window, hiding distractions like the Menu Bar and Dock, and fading everything else to black for undivided attention across all apps. Unlike app-specific or native full-screen modes, it maintains the window's natural width, uses a dark overlay for visual isolation, and restores the ...

How to Get What You Want

18 andytratt 2026-07-12 23:05:14 UTC andys.blog Qwen Share 5

Achieving goals requires incremental progress over obsession with end results, like prioritizing actionable steps (e.g., networking) over fixating on wealth. Challenges like AI force us to confront timeless questions: focus on daily subproblems to build momentum toward long-term aspirations.

Architecture Description Languages [pdf]

18 ascent817 2026-07-12 22:54:07 UTC ics.uci.edu Qwen Share 1

The paper addresses the lack of consensus on architecture description languages (ADLs) by defining and classifying them. It compares existing ADLs, highlighting their strengths and deficiencies to guide future research.

Noto: A Typeface for the World

18 geox 2026-07-12 16:51:48 UTC fonts.google.com Prefix Share 1

Noto is a collection of high-quality fonts with multiple weights and widths in sans, serif, mono, and other styles. The Noto fonts are perfect for harmonious, aesthetic, and typographically correct global communication, in more than 1,000 languages and over 150 writing systems. "Noto" means "I write, I mark, I note" in Latin. The name is also short for "no tofu", as ...

Show HN: Kurvengefahr – browser CAD/CAM for pen plotters

18 tibordp 2026-07-12 14:09:23 UTC kurvengefahr.org Full Share 5

Browser CAM for pen plotters — handwriting, text, shapes, generative art, SVG/DXF/STL import; preview the exact toolpath and plot as G-code or live over USB.

The Lunduke Computer Operating System

16 worldofmatthew 2026-07-12 14:15:13 UTC github.com/bryanlunduke Qwen Share 2

LCOS is a Devuan-based OS avoiding Systemd, featuring curated software like Brave Origin, and governed centrally by "The King" to prevent activist control. User interaction occurs via a subscriber-only forum, excluding public access.

6× faster binary search: from compiled code to mechanical sympathy

15 enz 2026-07-12 07:00:24 UTC pythonspeed.com Qwen Share 3

The article demonstrates optimizing Python code by reducing branch mispredictions via branchless algorithms, precomputing values, and using SIMD instructions, achieving a 6x speedup in a binary search implementation for scikit-learn's gradient boosting.

A Speed Limit for Computers

14 zdw 2026-07-12 22:29:46 UTC caolan.uk Qwen Share 16

Ivan Illich argued that excessive energy use harms equity, a principle reflected in e-bikes' legal speed limits (25 km/h) that balance access and fairness. In contrast, computing's unchecked power growth, unlike e-bikes' restrained design, exacerbates inequality and autonomy loss.

Show HN: Skillscript – A declarative, sandboxed language for tool orchestration

14 sshwarts 2026-07-12 13:34:00 UTC github.com/sshwarts Qwen Share 18

AI agents repeatedly re-derive tasks via costly frontier inference, causing inefficiency and inconsistency. Skillscript addresses this by enabling agents to author reusable, auditable workflows as declarative code, ensuring safe, efficient execution with static validation and structured orchestration.

An explanation of our search results

13 abj908 2026-07-12 16:04:19 UTC web.archive.org Qwen Share 3

Google's search for "Jew" yields disturbing results due to the term's sensitive, often anti-Semitic context, with algorithms prioritizing relevance. They clarify results aren't endorsed, can't be influenced by petitions, and suggest alternative terms for better outcomes.

Defining new Jax types with hijax

12 fhchl 2026-07-12 19:54:30 UTC docs.jax.dev GoogleT5 Share 3

A quantized array is sharded along its leading axes only. to cross that boundary, it needs one more piece of code : qrows.partition_map )) and jnp.device_put(('(i, 3))).shape == (2, 3), where x is the number of rows i see in each cell - this is how we quant

Nuclear war survival guide reveals seven everyday items if disaster strikes

11 Bender 2026-07-12 21:34:38 UTC dailymail.com Qwen Share 8

The US-Iran peace deal collapse reignites nuclear war fears, prompting renewed attention to Cresson Kearny's updated 2022 survival guide, which outlines seven essentials—shelter, water, food, light, clothing, documents, and radiation measurement—using everyday materials for ordinary families. Kearny emphasizes improvisation, like trench shelters and homemade radiation detectors, stressing ...