Deutsche Bank becomes first foreign yuan clearing bank in Europe

121 Markoff 2026-08-13 12:14:57 UTC tradersunion.com Llama Share 76

China has authorized Deutsche Bank to clear renminbi transactions in Europe, expanding the use of yuan in international trade and investment. This move strengthens a payments franchise for Deutsche Bank while broadening China's efforts to increase the currency's global role.

ChatGPT Desktop (Codex Desktop) for Linux

265 allanrbo 2026-08-13 05:14:57 UTC openai.com Llama Share 175

Codex is a powerful coding tool that completes tasks end-to-end, powered by OpenAI's frontier models. It automates routine work and improves quality with thorough designs, testing, and code review.

The lattice of sets of natural numbers is rich (2021)

59 benmandrew 2026-08-13 09:14:57 UTC jdh.hamkins.org Llama Share 9

The power set lattice on natural numbers has many interesting properties, including being universal for all countable orders and having copies of the rational line and real continuum within it. Additionally, there are uncountable chains and antichains in this lattice, with infinite coinfinite sets playing a special role as automorphic images of one another.

Better Gaussian Splatting in Julia

13 pxl-th 2026-08-13 12:14:57 UTC pxl-th.github.io Llama Share 1

GaussianSplatting.jl version 2.0 improves performance and UI with features like multi-threading, progress bars, loss plots, and depth supervision. It also introduces new techniques such as Sky Dome and sky segmentation masks to disentangle the sky from the scene.

Picking berries is my meditation

37 mooreds 2026-08-13 09:14:57 UTC tsoon.com Llama Share 24

The writer enjoys picking redcurrants alone, finding it a source of solitude and quietness to process life's tension. As they pick, they notice the birds and appreciate the simple beauty of nature, letting go of thoughts and worries.

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813

977 explosion-s 2026-08-12 16:14:57 UTC openrouter.ai Llama Share 422

This model is hosted by one provider and forwards requests directly, with prices often lower due to caching and discounts. It offers metrics such as throughput, latency, TTFT, scores on evaluations and real-world traffic signals for its suitability.

Tracking down the 16-year-old WAL-reset SQLite bug

1110 ropbear 2026-08-12 15:14:57 UTC tailscale.com Llama Share 207

Tailscale experienced six months of database corruption issues due to a rare bug in SQLite, which was eventually fixed by the developers. The team worked with SQLite experts to identify and resolve the issue, implementing new logging and recovery processes.

ATG (YC F25) Is Hiring Member of Technical Staff (Data Platform)

0 2026-08-13 12:14:57 UTC atg.science Full Share

Careers Create systems that think, reason, and act. We're looking for curious minds from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds.

Qwen3.8-2.4T

669 Philpax 2026-08-12 15:14:57 UTC huggingface.co Llama Share 155

This repository contains model weights and configuration files for the post-trained Qwen3.8-Max model, a generation model with features like vision input and non-thinking support. The official Qwen API service provides managed, scalable inference without infrastructure maintenance.

Delta

601 khy 2026-08-12 19:14:57 UTC zed.dev Llama Share 220

Delta is a multiplayer coding environment that connects code and conversations, allowing developers to work together with full context. It's the second half of our plan to build the best place for writing code and discussing it, built on principles from Zed.

Principia Mathematica is modern and insightful

213 matt_d 2026-08-13 00:14:57 UTC okmij.org Llama Share 91

Principia Mathematica by Whitehead and Russell introduced concepts like referential transparency, type, domain, alpha renaming, and free/bound variables in 1910.

Antiqua–Fraktur dispute

123 buzzy_hacker 2026-08-13 02:14:57 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 40

The Antiqua-Fraktur dispute in 19th-20th century Germany was over the use of blackletter typefaces like Fraktur versus the Antiqua style, with each side gaining ideological connotations. The dispute ultimately led to the prevalence of Antiqua-style typefaces, particularly after Nazi Germany's preference for it.

uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook

606 Markoff 2026-08-12 13:14:57 UTC digitalescapetools.com Full Share 724

Come for Eniac, Stay for Univac and Skeduflo

11 cainxinth 2026-08-13 10:14:57 UTC uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com Llama Share 1

John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert invented the ENIAC, a pioneering computer in the 1940s, but their innovations continued with other computers like UNIVAC and Skeduflo. Mauchly's vision for using computers to solve problems led to significant advancements in programming and data processing.

Mushroom behind 'tiny people' hallucinations identified

211 wglb 2026-08-13 03:14:57 UTC phys.org Full Share 167

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2026 Eclipse Webcams

500 zoenolan 2026-08-12 13:14:57 UTC jonty.github.io Full Share 134

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Flutter 3.47

150 gumby271 2026-08-13 00:14:57 UTC flutter.dev Llama Share 161

Flutter 3.47 is released with new updates, including standalone material_ui and cupertino_ui packages, improved performance, and tooling enhancements. The release also prepares for iOS 27, macOS 27, and Xcode 27 updates.

The punched card tabulator

27 Bluestein 2026-08-13 07:14:57 UTC ibm.com Llama Share 9

Herman Hollerith invented the first electric-powered counting machine, revolutionizing data processing and laying the foundation for modern computers. His punched card tabulator was a critical success in the 1890 US census, leading to widespread adoption by governments and businesses worldwide.

Grok 4.6

594 iLuddite 2026-08-12 16:14:57 UTC x.ai Llama Share 544

Grok 4.6 is released with improved long-running agents and interactive/visual work capabilities, achieving frontier intelligence across several benchmarks. It's available now in Cursor and Grok Build with a free trial for the first week.

Why Target Common Lisp for Code Generation?

127 oumua_don17 2026-08-12 23:14:57 UTC funcall.blogspot.com Llama Share 105

The author prefers targeting Common Lisp for code generation due to its high expressiveness and abstraction over implementation, allowing them to supervise the AI's output more effectively. This niche language provides a better fit for their expertise and workflow, enabling elite-level performance from the AI.

Tim King, AmigaDOS developer, has died

287 doener 2026-08-12 14:14:57 UTC amiga-news.de Llama Share 35

Dr. Tim King, a key figure in Amiga's software history, passed away at the end of July after developing AmigaDOS and other operating systems. He studied computer science at Cambridge University before co-founding Perihelion and UK Online.

HTML over WebSockets: real-time SPAs with barely any JavaScript

224 redbell 2026-08-12 17:14:57 UTC en.andros.dev Llama Share 158

The author presents an alternative approach to building Single-Page Applications (SPAs) using HTML over WebSockets, which eliminates the need for a JavaScript framework and API. This method involves sending pre-assembled HTML from the server to the client through a persistent WebSocket connection.

Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents to discover new materials

149 advaith08 2026-08-12 13:14:57 UTC discoveredmaterials.com Llama Share 32

Researchers created a benchmark to measure AI models' ability to discover new materials for the semiconductor industry, testing 7 models and discovering over 500 previously unknown materials. The models were able to find novel, stable candidates that meet multiple properties but struggled with synthesizing them in a lab.

Happy 45th Birthday to the IBM PC and Model F/XT

104 tart-lemonade 2026-08-13 00:14:57 UTC sharktastica.co.uk Full Share 41

The Three-Stroke Problem

24 elenathor 2026-08-13 06:14:57 UTC penpot.app Llama Share 0

The three-stroke problem in Penpot's WebGL renderer is chaotic due to various stroke styles, types, and shapes. The system requires careful management of multiple variables to achieve desired results.

Thanks to social media, canned sardines are a scarcity on the supermarket shelf

152 carabiner 2026-08-12 22:14:57 UTC corneroffifth.studio Llama Share 196

US supermarkets face a shortage of canned sardines due to high demand and environmental issues. Ocean conditions have disrupted fish populations, forcing suppliers to struggle with limited catches and strict fishing limits.

Why tiny JPEGs look different in Chrome

322 gutechh 2026-08-12 14:14:57 UTC guillaumetech.github.io Llama Share 66

A Chrome logo appeared thinner on a colleague's computer due to JPEG decoding optimization, which uses partial IDCT scaling for small-scale images. This technique skips high-frequency details and only decodes lower frequencies, resulting in a thicker appearance when scaled down.

Breaking the WAL

138 wwilson 2026-08-12 20:14:57 UTC antithesis.com Llama Share 48

Carl, a database nerd, used Antithesis to track down the WAL-Reset bug in SQLite 3.51.3 after it was fixed for a longstanding issue that had been present since 2010. He successfully identified and verified the bug within an hour using his skills with Claude.

Rapid warming may tip AMOC at 2°C, slower warming may avert collapse

19 maxboone 2026-08-13 11:14:57 UTC phys.org Full Share 2

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Shade Map

225 fredley 2026-08-12 13:14:57 UTC shademap.app Full Share 56