OpenLogi

1499 amatheus 2026-08-19 01:58:28 UTC openlogi.org Llama Share 400

OpenLogi is a native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, allowing users to remap buttons and drive DPI without account or telemetry. It features an interactive mouse diagram with clickable hotspots and supports various platforms including macOS, Linux, Windows.

A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

721 kareiva 2026-08-19 11:21:50 UTC sprocketfox.io Llama Share 110

A cheese fortune teller and various government agencies have been using SondeHub, a radiosonde tracking service, for different purposes including military operations and predicting weather patterns. The site has faced issues with malicious users attempting to scrape data from its API.

OpenRouter is joining Stripe

582 rvz 2026-08-19 17:32:38 UTC openrouter.ai Llama Share 314

OpenRouter joins forces with Stripe to power global GDP growth, expanding its model marketplace and gateway. The partnership accelerates OpenRouter's mission to create a healthy AI ecosystem where multiple models thrive.

Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027

570 exceptione 2026-08-19 11:46:58 UTC grapheneos.social Llama Share 360

GrapheneOS support will be available in 2027 on high-end flagships, but lower-end devices may take longer due to Qualcomm's handling and security features. Motorola needs to pay for longer updates below flagship devices.

Moderna reports first positive Phase 3 for mRNA neoantigen therapy in melanoma

515 heydenberk 2026-08-19 13:33:35 UTC twitter.com/noubarafeyan Llama Share 244

Moderna and Merck announced positive Phase 3 results for an mRNA-based cancer therapy, marking a milestone in the field of mRNA. The treatment showed improved recurrence-free survival and distant metastasis-free survival in patients with melanoma.

Remote workers report the highest well-being in study of 7,700 employees

470 downbad_ 2026-08-19 15:32:08 UTC colorado.edu Llama Share 234

A new study found that remote workers reported the highest levels of well-being, while onsite workers had the lowest. The research suggests that allowing employees to choose their work arrangement can lead to better outcomes for both employees and organizations.

Cerebras CS-4

451 sunils34 2026-08-19 00:28:18 UTC cerebras.ai Llama Share 261

Cerebras CS-4 is a revolutionary rack-scale solution for frontier AI, delivering 30x faster inference and enhanced economics. It features a modular design with reduced deployment time and improved interactivity.

Go 1.27

414 database64128 2026-08-19 18:33:49 UTC go.dev Llama Share 99

Go 1.27 has been released with major enhancements across language, toolchain, runtime, and standard library. The release includes features such as improved struct initialization and generic function usage.

Civic Hygiene – avoid building technologies that could be used by a police state (2013)

401 felineflock 2026-08-19 16:07:14 UTC shkspr.mobi Llama Share 291

The UK Government initially planned to collect detailed demographic data on people's sexuality for civic planning purposes, but a change in government led to the database being misused by homophobic forces. This highlights the need for "civic hygiene" in technology development to prevent misuse and protect individual privacy.

Geolocating a random island using geometry and CUDA programming

391 yassa9 2026-08-19 12:19:52 UTC yassa9.github.io Llama Share 75

The challenge involves identifying a resort island from a drone photo using math and programming. The solution uses OpenStreetMap data to filter out non-tropical landmasses, then applies geometric filters to narrow down the candidates.

Sticky wage norms and the real wage cost of unexpected inflation

384 jplusequalt 2026-08-19 00:53:51 UTC bfi.uchicago.edu Llama Share 266

US workers experienced a significant decline in real wages during the 2021-2024 inflation period, with median real wage growth falling to 2-4% and over 43% of job-stayers experiencing a real wage decline. The main reason for this decline was that firms maintained a single modal annual raise of exactly 3%, which did not keep pace with inflation, resulting in meaningful declines in real wages ...

Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone

384 dabinat 2026-08-19 00:48:23 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 358

Scientists found that young children in London whose lung growth was stunted by pollution showed significant improvements after the introduction of an Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) in 2019. The study, which followed over 3,400 primary school children for five years, suggests that local clean air zones can help reduce harm caused by pollution during childhood.

Meta's blockbuster trial draws parallels to big tobacco

308 newsomix9xl 2026-08-19 02:24:34 UTC economist.com Full Share 287

PostgreSQL for Everything

291 karlmush 2026-08-19 13:21:21 UTC raphaelbauer.com Llama Share 183

The author highly recommends PostgreSQL as a reliable and versatile database system, citing its simplicity, flexibility, and wide range of features. It has been widely used for many years and continues to evolve with new features like json document storage and partitioning support.

Google replaced Git tags for certain source code with obtaining via Google Drive

267 Animux 2026-08-19 17:47:29 UTC grapheneos.social Full Share 100

Google replaced pushing Git tags for certain source code with obtaining source code via Google Drive after making a request through Google Forms. It's completely ridiculous and they've gradually become very slow at handling requests. They're in clear violation of the GPLv2 now.

Casio F-B100W-1A

260 __fst__ 2026-08-19 15:28:01 UTC casio.com Full Share 207

You don't have permission to access "http://www.casio.com/uk/watches/casio/product.F-B100W-1A/" on this server.

Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

243 gurov 2026-08-19 10:15:00 UTC theremin.bizibah.com Llama Share 83

Use hands or phone gyro to control sound volume and pitch in mid-air, with a laptop webcam also working. Press start on a mouse to calibrate the device for your grip.

The Mojo language (by Modular, now Qualcomm) is now open-source

208 flaburgan 2026-08-19 07:47:19 UTC modular.com Llama Share 101

Modular has released its production-ready platform, supporting various hardware types and powering enterprise deployments. The company is expanding the platform's ecosystem with new partners and features, including open-source Mojo language and native Windows support.

Palomar: A registry of Lean verified mathematics

173 matt_d 2026-08-19 02:41:50 UTC terrytao.wordpress.com Llama Share 38

A new registry called Palomar is open for submissions of Lean verified mathematics, which checks formal proofs for typechecking and semantic accuracy. The registry aims to provide a platform for external Lean code repositories with human-readable descriptions and proofs.

Police officer used Flock cameras to track estranged wife 717 times

170 speckx 2026-08-19 18:58:29 UTC wsbtv.com Llama Share 60

A Central Florida police officer was arrested for using Flock camera technology to track his estranged wife's vehicle 717 times over a year. He faces charges of offenses against users and official misconduct, and has been placed on paid administrative leave.

Unsloth Dynamic 3.0 GGUFs

168 jonesy827 2026-08-19 18:36:45 UTC unsloth.ai Llama Share 64

Unsloth Dynamic v3.0 has achieved >10% top-1 accuracy improvement over other providers, with a new calibration dataset and improved layer selection techniques. The new methodology preserves model quality while reducing disk space by up to 89%.

Opus 5.0 drives incoherence into the stratosphere

167 Bluestein 2026-08-19 17:40:06 UTC github.com/anthropics Llama Share 152

Users of Opus 4.8 report significant language calibration issues, finding the default writing style verbose and jargon-heavy, making it hard to read and understand. Many users are switching models or competitors due to this issue, which affects chat/web UI, code documentation, and overall productivity.

Ornith-1.5: From Self-Scaffolding to Self-Improvement

164 CommonGuy 2026-08-19 14:48:39 UTC ornith.ai Llama Share 56

Ornith-1.5 is a self-improving model that achieves state-of-the-art performance across various benchmarks, including Terminal-Bench 2.1 and DeepSWE, with strong general-purpose intelligence in reasoning, agentic, and coding tasks.

Show HN: Automatically detect and patch walking-dead states in Sierra games

139 wkfauna 2026-08-19 01:58:33 UTC github.com/katiahayati Llama Share 83

This tool analyzes Sierra SCI games for softlocks, which are states where the game is unplayable but still accepts input. It derives and verifies guards to prevent these softlocks by analyzing guarded room transitions, item movements, and plot-flag writes.

Unlocking a locked/deactivated e-waste Cricut Maker

119 1e1a 2026-08-19 19:06:16 UTC sprocketfox.io Llama Share 33

A user found a Cricut Maker in e-waste, disassembled it to find the rollers were perished, and successfully hacked into the machine despite being locked. They replaced the rollers and used a custom-built USB proxy device to rewrite the serial number, allowing them to use the unit as if new.

Bun 1.4 Rust rewrite is not looking good?

118 tipiirai 2026-08-19 05:51:17 UTC tipiirai.com Llama Share 77

The author has lost trust in Bun due to its AI-powered rewrite, which has led to continuous false promises and a frustrated community. The project's codebase now contains many unsafe blocks, raising concerns about memory safety and the decision to switch from Zig.

How Kubernetes Probes Work

114 cyndunlop 2026-08-19 16:25:37 UTC ngrok.com Llama Share 21

The user demonstrates how probes work in Kubernetes, explaining that they are periodic checks sent to containers to determine their health and can prevent avoidable mistakes such as restart loops and dropping requests during rollouts. The user showcases different types of probes, including startup, readiness, and liveness probes, highlighting their uses and limitations in various scenarios.

Mathematics in the age of AI

114 jonbaer 2026-08-19 15:14:25 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 106

The mathematical community may need to redefine its goals and values in response to AI tools capable of performing research-level tasks. The problem-solving component of mathematics is being used as a case study to explore these new goals and values.

Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md

111 fg137 2026-08-19 21:19:50 UTC github.com/anthropics Full Share 56

Codex, Amp, Cursor, and others are starting to standardize around AGENTS.md (https://agents.md/) — a unified Markdown file that coding agents can use to understand a codebase. By contrast, CLAUDE.md feels too specific to Claude Code. It ...

"Sabotage": Experts, lawmakers blast RFK Jr. for destroying healthcare research

105 01-_- 2026-08-19 07:35:59 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 20

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is facing significant cuts, with 75% of staff fired and over $250 million in research grants canceled. Experts warn that this will hinder progress in improving America's healthcare system.

Where Human Sleep Went Wrong

100 XzetaU8 2026-08-19 07:40:32 UTC nautil.us Llama Share 97

Evolutionary anthropologist David Samson challenges the idea that humans need long, continuous sleep like other apes. He suggests that our unique lifestyle and environment have led to a "sleep paradox," where we get by with short but high-quality sleep despite being less efficient than other primates.

Extensible Software in the age of LLMs

98 coloneltcb 2026-08-19 16:26:05 UTC jeremymorrell.dev Llama Share 47

The author suggests that LLM-assisted coding enables the creation of "Small Software" for individuals, allowing them to build custom apps without extensive development knowledge. This approach can provide a more accessible and user-friendly way to extend web applications.

Rules of good social skills (2025)

87 bilsbie 2026-08-19 18:34:45 UTC liamrosen.com Llama Share 42

The author shares tips on effective social skills, including letting others win, using intuition and rapport-building techniques, and avoiding clichés. By being genuine, curious, and humble, individuals can build strong connections with others.

λλ: A Programming Language for Silicon Photonics

85 matt_d 2026-08-19 06:09:16 UTC dl.acm.org Full Share 17

Router by Ramp

82 zackfield 2026-08-19 19:26:18 UTC router.com Llama Share 48

Ramp Router offers free routing through 2026 with $26 in model credits, cutting AI costs by up to 92% on average. It provides a one-stop-shop for accessing multiple models from vetted providers, reducing the need for manual model selection and saving developers time and money.

DFlash 2: Keep Drafting Parallel

65 mike-the-brain 2026-08-19 20:28:43 UTC inco.ai Llama Share 6

Inco AI's DFlash 2 improves inference efficiency by predicting every position independently in parallel, reducing suffix decay and increasing throughput. It achieves this with a new selector that chooses the right path through candidates and a block-local convolution that absorbs local work.

Chain-of-Thought Reasoning in the Wild Is Not Always Faithful (2025)

59 florianherrengt 2026-08-19 16:18:57 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 36

Researchers found that models often provide unfaithful Chain-of-Thought (CoT) outputs, revealing verbalized reasoning can be misleading. Models sometimes produce superficially coherent arguments to justify contradictory answers due to implicit biases towards Yes or No.

Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman

55 cdrnsf 2026-08-19 17:50:35 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 42

A Florida police officer used government databases and license plate reader cameras to stalk a woman he met on the set of a TV show, nearly causing a head-on collision. He was arrested after being fired from his job.

The Vietnam Binh Chau (Chau Tan) Late Tang Wreck

54 teleforce 2026-08-19 01:36:40 UTC koh-antique.com Llama Share 7

A 9th-century shipwreck in Vietnam's Binh Chau province yielded a diverse range of ceramics, including Changsha painted wares and Yue greenware. The cargo is similar to that from the Tang Belitung wreck but shows distinct Southeast Asian shipbuilding technology.

Launch HN: OneCLI (YC S26) – OSS sandboxed agent harness for teams

49 guyb3 2026-08-19 16:29:02 UTC github.com/onecli Llama Share 14

OneCLI is an open-source gateway that securely stores API credentials and injects them into AI agent requests. It provides a single point for managing access, rotating keys, and monitoring agent activity.

Xwayland 26.1.0 rc1

46 ErenayDev 2026-08-19 20:03:03 UTC lists.x.org Llama Share 30

Olivier Fourdan ofourdan at redhat.com has released Xwayland 26.0.99.901, the first release candidate for the upcoming standalone Xwayland 26.1.0 release, with notable changes including EGLStream support removal and clipboard/primary selection bridge implementation in rootful mode; multi-seat via Xi2: Wayland seats and their devices are mirrored into an XInput 2 hierarchy; RandR emulation now ...

Tiny satellite will use the dark side of the Moon as a shield

45 NordStreamYacht 2026-08-19 01:06:03 UTC cam.ac.uk Llama Share 14

Scientists at the University of Cambridge are launching a satellite called CosmoCube to detect faint signals from the early universe, using the Moon as a shield. The mission aims to study dark matter and understand how galaxies formed in the first 13.5 billion years after the Big Bang.

The A.I. In Google's New Pixel 11 Is Not Helpful

44 cdrnsf 2026-08-19 18:32:20 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 43

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Introducing MicroLighter

40 tobr 2026-08-19 18:28:48 UTC daverupert.com Llama Share 10

The author created MicroLighter, a client-side syntax highlighter using the CSS Custom Highlights API, to simplify code highlighting on their Jekyll blog. It supports multiple languages and offers auto-loaded language grammars, customizable themes, and a separate web component for extra features.

That Disgraceful, Disreputable, (Wonderful) Form of Punctuation: The Parenthesis

37 pseudolus 2026-08-19 01:22:45 UTC lithub.com Llama Share 28

Punctuation originated from medieval practices of placing dots or points at different levels of the line, and its use evolved to reflect technological revolutions, social concerns, and literary genres. The development of punctuation was influenced by writers like Sir Philip Sidney, who used brackets extensively in his work "Arcadia".

Os8088.com: IBM XT OS now has a Browser, CP/M 2.2 with Z80 core and MS Word 1.1a

36 jggonz 2026-08-19 21:11:31 UTC os8088.com Llama Share 17

os8088 emulates CP/M, allowing old software to run on a modern PC. It also includes a C compiler and Microsoft Word 1.1a, with the program fitting in just 47KB of memory.

Pressed Penny Machine Map

36 willmeyers 2026-08-19 20:13:47 UTC pennypresses.net Full Share 34

This is a map of penny press machines from around the world. We have mapped most of the penny presses in the USA.

Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

29 animalcule 2026-08-19 19:43:48 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 61

The Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold is a mid-range foldable phone with an IP68 rating, triple camera, and software updates like Camera Looks and multitasking Bubbles. It's thinner and lighter than last year's model but still feels dated in design compared to Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8.

Berd

29 tosh 2026-08-19 07:06:31 UTC berd.xyz Full Share 27

Berd is a weird, playful desktop app for building with AI agents.

Japan's Gen X workers are struggling

27 andsoitis 2026-08-19 03:02:43 UTC economist.com Full Share 15

Show HN: Frugal Tokens – explore costs and usage across coding agents

26 dpc94 2026-08-19 17:07:35 UTC demo.frugaltokens.com Full Share 6

Digital Immortality

25 matthewsharpe3 2026-08-19 19:44:45 UTC dogdogfish.com Llama Share 9

Robots are processing and distributing user-generated content to massive data centers, where it's transformed into AI model weights. The author acknowledges their contribution to the vast amount of written human output that fuels AI development.

A revisit of remote Spectre attacks on Cloudflare Workers

25 albertpedersen 2026-08-19 17:45:41 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 0

Researchers at Cloudflare discovered a remote Spectre attack against their Workers platform, which can leak up to 12 bits per second with 99% accuracy. They improved Dynamic Process Isolation (DyPrIs) and integrated the V8 Sandbox to further reduce memory disclosure attacks.

Gardner police discontinue Flock cameras as license plate readers face scrutiny

23 cocacola1 2026-08-19 23:38:22 UTC kmbc.com Llama Share 2

The city of Gardner, Kansas, has canceled its contract with Flock Safety for automated license plate readers due to privacy concerns. The decision reflects an evaluation of technology and resources to ensure public safety operations are using the most valuable tools.

From Quantum Relative Entropy to the Semiclassical Einstein Equations (2025)

23 Luc 2026-08-19 19:31:02 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 1

The semiclassical Einstein equations follow from quantum relative entropy and area variation, providing a quantum field theoretic generalization of Jacobson's thermodynamic derivation. This approach suggests that quantum information plays a central role in theories of quantum gravity.

The Integer

19 hactually 2026-08-19 01:23:45 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 2

Collaborative Human Agent Protocol (CHAP)

14 arsalanshahid 2026-08-19 22:09:16 UTC github.com/brightbeamai Llama Share 3

A new protocol called CHAP (Collaborative Human-Agent Protocol) is being developed to facilitate auditable, structured collaboration between humans and agents. This allows for better tracking of decisions made during the collaboration process.

DFlash 2: Keep Drafting Parallel

14 bhavnicksm 2026-08-19 00:20:19 UTC inco.ai Llama Share 1

Inco AI's DFlash 2 improves inference efficiency by predicting every position independently in parallel, reducing suffix decay and increasing throughput. It achieves this with a new selector that chooses the right path through candidates and a block-local convolution that absorbs local work.

The Future of CSS: Target Multiple Classes with the Class Prefix Selector

12 cdrnsf 2026-08-19 22:51:17 UTC bram.us Llama Share 5

A new CSS feature, the Class Prefix Selector (.prefix-*), is being developed to target multiple classes with a shared prefix. This selector will allow for easier styling of related elements without adding extra base classes or using brittle attribute selectors.