Local, CPU-Friendly, High-Quality TTS (Text-to-Speech) with Kokoro

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Kokoro is a local speech generation model that produces realistic speech in multiple languages without compromising privacy. It can synthesize speech on a local machine using a CPU, with a container image available for easy setup and use.

StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time

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Help improve OpenStreetMap with StreetComplete! This app finds missing map data in your vicinity and displays it on a map as quests. Solve each quest by visiting the location on-site and answering a simple question to update the map. The info you enter is directly added to OpenStreetMap in your name, without the need to use another editor.

Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained

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Two EU "Chat Control" laws are moving through institutions in parallel, one expired and the other being revived. The laws aim to regulate digital platforms' detection and reporting of child sexual abuse material, with disagreement over scanning of private communications.

Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI

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Davit is a container management app for macOS that directly interacts with Apple's container daemon. It offers features like live monitoring, interactive shells, and customizable settings.

AI Meets Cryptography 1: What AI Found in Cloudflare's Circl

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zkSecurity's AI audit pipeline, zkao, found seven real bugs in Cloudflare's CIRCL experimental cryptography library, including a critical float64 precision loss in threshold RSA and a complete access-control break in attribute-based encryption, all of which are now fixed upstream. The AI's severity ratings were inconsistent, overrating some bugs and underrating others, highlighting the need ...

l: A new runtime for k and q

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l is a new engine built for modern memory, using compressed vectors, SIMD, and parallelism to run k4, q, and qSQL unchanged. It moves fewer bytes, making it fast, and automatically picks the execution path with no annotations.

A better way to tie gym shorts (or any drawstring) [video]

30papers.com – Ilya's 30 essential ML papers, in a beginner friendly format

The user provided a list of various research papers, blog posts, and articles related to deep learning, neural networks, and artificial intelligence, covering topics such as variational autoencoders, convolutional networks, recurrent neural networks, and transformer models. These resources aim to explain complex concepts in deep learning and provide practical examples and implementations for ...

Herdr: One terminal to rule them all

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Recomputing on every PTY chunk causes mid-frame repaints. Handoff suite passes, including server replacement and long-lived workloads.

Jim's TrueType QR Code Font

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This repo generates experimental OpenType fonts that turn bracketed text into QR codes while preserving readability. The fonts are generated from Liberation Sans Regular and licensed under the SIL Open Font License.

Notes on Software Quality

Quality is a result of ability and appetite, where organisations have people who can produce high quality and allow quality to be achieved.

Show HN: Rowboat – Open-source, local-first alternative to Claude Desktop

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Rowboat is a desktop AI coworker with a built-in knowledge graph that indexes work and allows collaboration with AI. It includes email client, notes, browser, code mode, and workspaces for different projects.

Camera with transparent display launches for the equivalent of $29

The Godox C100 is a compact camera with a transparent display showing battery, mode, and exposure settings, and can be used as a light meter for analog cameras. It's priced at CNY 199 ($29) and will launch first in China, with international availability to be confirmed.

Fixing analog audio on the $2.58 HDMI-to-VGA adapter

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The user purchased an ultra-cheap HDMI-to-VGA DAC to connect their Nintendo Switch to a CRT monitor and external speakers, but encountered serious noise problems due to the DAC's audio output. After extensive troubleshooting and modifications, including designing a low-pass filter to reduce switching noise and swapping the analog audio channels, the user was able to achieve a functional audio ...

Why we built yet another Postgres connection pooler

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PgDog is a Postgres proxy that scales connections without requiring trade-offs like connection poolers do. It preserves features like SET commands and LISTEN/NOTIFY, making it a more reliable option for scaling Postgres.

Show HN: Docx-CLI: agents read/edit Word docs using 1/2 the time and tokens

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Agents address text by stable locators with character offsets (p3:5-20); humans see normal word formatting on disk. docx <noun>, docx'verb', and a doxygen-based symlink encapsulate the verbs in the xml file system. # # the ok field appears in exactly one place: the --verbose success

Computational Balloon Twisting: The Theory of Balloon Polyhedra [pdf]

Researchers developed a mathematical theory for balloon twisting structures, modeling them as graphs (edge skeleta). They created algorithms to find the fewest balloons for a desired graph or the minimum total length needed by a given number of balloons.

Automating AI Away

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OpenAI researchers are automating themselves away by improving AI, but LLMs are clumsy and non-deterministic. Beagle SCM uses deterministic tools and formal workflows to sandwich brilliant but inconsistent LLMs.

MacSurf 1.68 – NetSurf on OS 9 Released

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MacSurf is a native web browser for Classic Mac OS with real HTTPS and a modern JavaScript engine. It now runs on PowerPC Macs with Mac OS 9.1-9.2.2, thanks to a new engine called macQJS.

Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament

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The European Parliament voted to reinstate the Chat Control regulation with a narrow majority, allowing tech giants to scan private chats for child abuse material. The move was seen as an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to avoid a regulatory gap before the summer break.

China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes

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A former Nanjing city official Yang Youlin was sentenced to death for taking over 2.2bn yuan in bribes over 30 years. His case is one of the highest in recent years, with Yang exploiting his roles for personal gain despite President Xi's anti-corruption crackdown.

98% isn't much

The 98% statistic is often misleading as it implies success for most, but neglects the 2% who fail. Truly robust engineering requires handling edge cases, not just meeting a general average.

Why skilled workers come to Germany and then leave again

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Researchers found that emigration from Germany is driven by multiple factors including family reasons and discrimination. Public policy can influence contributing factors such as bureaucracy and language acquisition.

Astro 7.0

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Astro 7 is released with significant speed improvements, including a rewritten .astro compiler in Rust and a new Rust-powered Markdown and MDX pipeline.

Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software

id Software developers working on idTech have been fired due to massive Xbox layoffs. Approximately 1,600 id Software roles were eliminated as part of a 3,200-person team reduction across Xbox divisions.

9 Mothers (YC P26) Is Hiring in Austin, TX

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The team ships hardware on software tempo, focusing on real deployment, short iteration loops, and hands-on ownership of specs. They prioritize user needs, iterating based on data and affordability, not just roadmaps.

The revenge of the philosophy majors

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Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera

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GitHub Freno: cooperative, highly available throttler service

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Freno is a system that throttles writes to MySQL clusters based on replication status, adapting to changes in server inventory and user control. It uses Raft consensus protocol for high availability and serves clients via HTTP, responding with status codes to indicate whether writes are allowed.

Men's average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 years

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Researchers warn of a major crisis in male reproductive health due to declining testosterone levels, which have halved over 50 years. Obesity, diabetes, and environmental factors like endocrine-disrupting chemicals may contribute to the decline.