Asus Bike Booster

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Follow the user manual for safe and proper use of the ASUS Oxiis E250G1. Failure to comply with instructions may result in damage to the product or others, and voids warranty.

Asynchronous I/O in DuckDB: Work, Thread, Work

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DuckDB version 2.0 will support asynchronous reads of Parquet and CSV files, significantly speeding up queries when synchronous I/O saturates the available bandwidth. This change is particularly beneficial for remote data access, such as in data lakes like DuckLake.

The quirky personal homepages of programming language creators

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Flip through the personal homepages of programming language creators, ranked by their top PLDB language.

Semaglutide linked to lower predicted dementia risk

Patterns and problems in emerging multi-agent systems

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AI agents are increasingly interacting with each other in shared systems, leading to uncertainty about their behavior at scale. Agents can exhibit beneficial coordination but also fail to communicate effectively and may engage in sabotage or malicious behavior.

Show HN: Mic Drop, a real-time multiplayer karaoke game

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The free online version of Grab the Mic: get a word, buzz in, and sing a real song containing it — your friends vote. No app, no mic needed, 2–8 players.

Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born (2023)

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The author discusses the importance of solitude and isolation for creative individuals, citing examples from mathematician Alexander Grothendieck and filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. They argue that this state allows for a heightened sensitivity to new ideas and a freedom from social pressure.

Guiding Ships with Moire Patterns

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The user built a Moire pattern light to guide ships through channels, following the patent's claims closely. The system is intuitive and effective but may not be the best solution for all situations due to its narrow path requirement.

Software Engineering fundamentals matter more

A software engineer reflects on the role of agentic engineering, finding value in harnessing and models to solve development puzzles. They highlight the importance of human reasoning and critical thinking in software creation, beyond what large language models can offer.

Numba in the Browser: Unlocking a New Scientific Python Stack in JupyterLite

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Scientists can now use Numba in JupyterLite, a browser-based environment, for interactive and efficient scientific computing. This allows for faster execution of Python functions with significant speedups compared to native Python execution.

At-home test for infected ticks could improve Lyme Disease diagnosis

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The US experiences a significant number of tick-borne illnesses, with over 31 million Americans affected annually. Lyme disease is the most common diagnosis, with an estimated 476,000 patients treated each year.

AI in drug discovery – what it is, where we stand and the path forward

Zapping Rocks Unlocks Stimulated Geologic Hydrogen

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Researchers at Eden GeoPower are testing a new method to produce hydrogen underground using electrical stimulation, which could provide almost unlimited energy for the future. The technology involves fracturing rock formations with high-voltage pulses to release trapped hydrogen gas.

Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter

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A Super El Niño event is rapidly strengthening across the tropical Pacific, with record-level westerly wind anomalies and subsurface ocean heat driving its growth. The latest forecasts indicate a historic peak in late 2026/early 2027, with significant impacts on global weather patterns expected.

Tea5767-Radio-Tuner

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This project involves building an ESP32-based FM radio with a custom PCB design, featuring a TEA5767 tuner, KY-040 rotary encoder, PAM8403 amplifier, and 0.96" OLED display. The goal is to create a compact and functional device for manual and preset FM tuning.

RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better

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RISC-V's design is flawed due to its excessive optionality, leading to a lack of coherence and consistency across the architecture. This makes it difficult for developers to write code that works on all RISC-V cores, resulting in fragmentation and wasted time debugging issues.

Abdominal fat predicts heart disease risk better than BMI

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A study published in JACC found that waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio are better indicators of cardiovascular disease risk than body mass index (BMI) alone. Adding these measures to BMI can reclassify individuals with normal weight as high-risk for heart disease.

A fortuitous decade as an indie software developer

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Tracking down a Zsh history data loss bug

The author investigated a bug in Zsh where commands were sometimes missing from the shell history file, despite being run previously. The issue was eventually tracked down to an incorrect implementation of signal handling in savehistfile, which caused it to truncate the history file when interrupted by a signal.

Program with Paint Brushes, Not Pencils

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In 2022, a Python PaintBrush class was created to teach coding through visual creativity. Today, LLMs can generate similar code quickly, but hands-on coding remains vital for student engagement and self-efficacy.

AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain

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AI systems excel in mathematics due to their ability to process and store vast amounts of information, whereas humans are limited by working memory capacity. This allows AI models to generate longer chains of deductions and explore multiple possibilities more efficiently than humans can.

A spectre is haunting Unicode

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The JIS X 0208 encoding was established in 1978 with added characters that later became known as ghost characters, which had no obvious sources. An investigation in 1997 discovered the origins of most ghost characters, including some being mistakes during cataloging and others having unclear or misread sources.

SugarTrack – an offline Android logbook for blood sugar (no account, no cloud)

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This app, SugarTrack, is a personal blood sugar tracking logbook that stores data locally on the phone without requiring a login or cloud backup. It allows users to log readings and export them as PDF or CSV files for sharing with doctors.

Show HN: Fixing optical computing jitter via fluid dynamics in GPU registers

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This repository contains a Proof of Concept (PoC) for a Hardware-Native, Optical Timing-Frozen Control Plane Engine. This project is a humble attempt to explore hijacking virtual memory address lines across silicon-photonics accelerator interconnects without introducing memory allocation buffers. By gently integrating optical phase-shift metrics with multi-axis jax.shard_map structures and ...

Show HN: Bribes.fyi – Compare bribes statistics department wise

Anonymous bribe reports aggregated into department rankings, city breakdowns, and service-level averages. India's first crowdsourced corruption transparency platform.

Targeted marine cloud brightening weakens subsequent El Niño

Voltair (YC W26) Is Hiring a Test Flight Engineer

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Voltair is building a distributed drone network for earth observation, focusing on power utilities. They're seeking a Flight Test Engineer to validate test fixtures and deploy drones for customer contracts within 90 days of arrival.

AI-Assisted GPU Porting of a 250k Line Legacy Weather Simulation Code

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A new AI-assisted workflow accelerates GPU porting of legacy scientific applications, preserving their credibility and validity. The approach achieved a 5.1x speedup in a weather simulation code while detecting numerical discrepancies that required feedback to developers.

Tess's Android Wayland Compositor

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tawc is a rootless Android app that runs Linux CLI and graphical programs, using its own Wayland compositor and tawcroot for emulation. The project has limitations, including no real sandboxing, desktop GL support, or x86 builds.

ProofRun – a local verification receipt for AI coding agents

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ProofRun ensures test results are cryptographically tied to exact code states, making claims verifiable. It avoids AI verification by running real subprocesses and checking exit codes, offering four clear statuses: PASS, FAIL, STALE, NOT RUN.