AI 2040 and the Cult of Intelligence

67 rvz 2026-07-11 18:06:40 UTC geohot.github.io Qwen Share 26

The author critiques overestimated AI takeoff potential, highlighting real-world engineering complexities and intelligence's limits. They advocate for user-aligned, local AI to preserve freedom against corporate control and dystopian alignment narratives.

Prefer Strict Tables in SQLite

26 ingve 2026-07-11 17:54:40 UTC evanhahn.com Qwen Share 4

SQLite's strict tables enforce rigid typing to prevent data type errors, require valid column definitions, and allow 'ANY' for flexibility. Introduced in 3.37.0, they improve data integrity but require upfront setup and may conflict with older versions or flexible use cases.

We scaled PgBouncer to 4x throughput

118 saisrirampur 2026-07-11 15:54:40 UTC clickhouse.com Qwen Share 15

Using multiple PgBouncer processes with SO_REUSEPORT and peering leverages all CPU cores, achieving 4x throughput vs. a single process. This setup avoids pooler bottlenecks, maximizing resource use under high concurrency.

Modern Decor May Be Straining People's Brains

97 downwithdisease 2026-07-11 16:54:40 UTC studyfinds.com Qwen Share 78

Striped floors and flickering LEDs may overload the brain, causing headaches or nausea by triggering excessive neural activity, particularly affecting neurodivergent individuals. The study suggests design adjustments like reducing contrast and using tinted lenses could alleviate discomfort by addressing visual stress.

Who manages the agents?

19 GavCo 2026-07-11 18:04:40 UTC off-policy.com Qwen Share 6

A small AI "clergy" controls frontier systems, predicts job displacement, and restricts access under safety claims, while critics warn this creates a two-tiered system. They advocate democratizing AI to empower the median user, prioritizing human agency over concentrated control.

Nvidia, CoreWeave, and Nebius: Inside the Circular Financing of the GPU Boom

15 adletbalzhanov 2026-07-11 17:54:40 UTC io-fund.com Qwen Share 1

Neoclouds like CoreWeave and Nebius grow via hyperscaler demand for AI infrastructure, leveraging Nvidia GPUs and optimizing compute utilization. However, rapid expansion relies on high debt and circular financing with Nvidia, risking sustainability amid cash flow gaps and macroeconomic pressures.

The early History of the Singular Value Decomposition (1993) [pdf]

54 wolfi1 2026-07-11 15:54:40 UTC math.ucdavis.edu Full Share 12

How to Hide from Killer Drones

9 pseudolus 2026-07-11 18:24:40 UTC economist.com Prefix Share 4

I Russian military lorries in Ukraine have begun sporting a striking new colour scheme of vivid black-and-white stripes. As camouflage goes, it is not much use against human observers. But then, it is not intended to fool biological eyes. Its aim is to frustrate the machine-vision systems that are fitted to the Ukrainian drones that zip around battlefields looking for prey. The stripes are ...

Leaded Gas Was a Known Poison the Day It Was Invented (2016)

67 downbad_ 2026-07-11 17:54:40 UTC smithsonianmag.com Qwen Share 39

In 1921, Thomas Midgley Jr. introduced leaded gasoline to solve engine knocking, despite its known toxicity, causing decades of health and environmental harm. Though phased out by the 1970s, lead's legacy persists in contaminated environments and ongoing health issues, particularly in children.

Sixtyfour (YC P25) Is Hiring

0 2026-07-11 17:54:40 UTC ycombinator.com Qwen Share

SixtyFour's role involves creating accurate data samples, providing proactive support, and managing customer requests to drive success for recruitment, data labeling, and growth teams. Candidates must collaborate with sales/engineering, handle 7-10+ requests, and undergo a multi-stage hiring process including an SF onsite interview.

AI Can't Recreate the Thrust Game (But It Can Help You Understand It)

19 msephton 2026-07-11 16:54:40 UTC jamesdrandall.com Qwen Share 8

The user attempted to recreate the 1986 game Thrust using AI, which initially failed but later aided in analyzing the original 6502 assembly code, revealing intricate physics, timing, and hardware-specific mechanics. Accurate recreation required emulating BBC Micro hardware, fixed-point arithmetic, and precise physics timing, highlighting Jeremy Smith's mastery and the era's technical ingenuity.

Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

80 speckx 2026-07-11 17:54:40 UTC theguardian.com Qwen Share 26

Kelsey Pfendler became the first US woman, youngest, and fastest to solo row 2,400 miles from California to Hawaii in under 44 days, breaking both women's and men's records. She documented her journey, highlighting challenges and inspiring others to pursue their "big, hard, scary" goals.

Show HN: Learn by rebuilding Redis, Git, a database from scratch

42 acley 2026-07-11 13:54:40 UTC shipthatcode.com Full Share 17

Pick a system. Build it from scratch. Every lesson is choose → write → run, until it clicks. Each card opens a structured Fundamentals → Intermediate → Advanced track. Tap the > chevron to reveal all 37 languages. “You can’t cheat — you either solve the problem or you don’t. It’s the first platform where I actually understand what I’m writing.”

Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows

359 hhs 2026-07-10 22:54:40 UTC brown.edu Qwen Share 159

Brown University researchers discovered relativistic effects in heavy elements like bismuth blur sigma/pi bonds in triple bonds, challenging textbook models. Photoelectron spectroscopy revealed hybridized bonds, impacting chemistry education and applications in solar cells and quantum tech.

Show HN: Orbit – AR satellite tracker, watch 15k+ objects

7 lukas9 2026-07-11 16:54:40 UTC nagylukas.github.io Prefix Share 1

Now available on the App Store Point your camera at the sky to find the ISS and thousands of other spacecraft, planets, constellations, and debris. Orbit turns your iPhone and iPad into a real-time satellite tracker. Watch satellites, planets, constellations, and orbital debris appear through augmented reality, then tap to explore everything currently flying overhead. Legal Orbit is designed ...

Show HN: Earth Game – An offline CLI for turning life goals into quests

5 modinfo 2026-07-11 16:54:40 UTC github.com/skorotkiewicz Prefix Share 0

A private, offline companion for choosing quests, taking the next action, closing open loops, and reviewing your direction before drift sets in. Earth Game uses Python's standard library and SQLite. It has no third-party dependencies, accounts, outbound requests, scoring, or AI-generated advice. ./earth init ./earth character edit ./earth quest add ./earth quest list ./earth quest start 1 ...

BLISS

18 tosh 2026-07-11 17:54:40 UTC en.wikipedia.org Qwen Share 2

BLISS, developed at CMU in the 1970s, was a typeless, expression-based system programming language with features like exception handling and macros, later used by DEC for OpenVMS but overshadowed by C. It emphasized address-based variables, lacked I/O facilities, and was optimized for system software, though it never gained widespread popularity.

QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wall

709 speckx 2026-07-10 18:54:40 UTC jeffgeerling.com Qwen Share 221

The QuadRF is a Raspberry Pi-powered phased-array radio enabling advanced signal processing, WiFi analysis, and RF visualization, with potential for Moon-scale radio experiments. Despite a rough UI, its MIPI-based high-speed data transfer and modular design showcase impressive performance for SDR applications.

Amber the programming language compiled to Bash/Ksh/Zsh

25 _superposition_ 2026-07-11 14:54:40 UTC amber-lang.com Full Share 16

Amber The Programming Language

Google Search lets creators know more about their reach

78 herbertl 2026-07-11 08:54:40 UTC theverge.com Qwen Share 35

Google introduces a Search Console feature enabling creators to track search terms leading to their Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube content, offering insights into audience interactions. This update expands Google Search's role as a hub for creators to monitor how users discover their social media posts.

Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox

28 jason_s 2026-07-11 17:54:40 UTC pluralistic.net Qwen Share 5

The "reverse centaur" paradox reveals AI's dual role: empowering users as collaborative tools ("centaurs") or exploiting workers as unchecked systems ("reverse centaurs"), while the AI investment bubble risks societal harm before leaving fragmented benefits. The author critiques AI's labor displacement and corporate control, advocating for ethical critique in their upcoming book.

UPI: Anatomy of a Payment Transaction

7 prtk25 2026-07-11 16:54:40 UTC timeseriesofindia.com Prefix Share 0

‹ All reads Several times a day, most of us pay the same way. You hold your phone up to a printed code, check the name that appears, enter the amount, key in a PIN, and a green tick says it is done. On the other side, someone’s phone buzzes to say the money has arrived. Start to finish, two or three seconds. Those five moments, the scan, the name and amount, the PIN, the tick, and the buzz on ...

Show HN: Reame – a CPU inference server that gets faster as it runs

5 targetbridge 2026-07-11 16:54:40 UTC github.com/swellweb Prefix Share 1

A lean, fully-tested LLM inference server built on llama.cpp — designed for the hardware you already have: shared vCPUs, free tiers, 2-core ARM boxes. Reame is not the first inference server. It's the first one that treats cheap CPU hardware as a first-class citizen instead of a fallback. Its thesis is simple: Reame is built for narrow, repetitive AI workloads over your own data, on ...

Book: RISC-V System-on-Chip Design

73 xlmnxp 2026-07-11 09:54:40 UTC amazon.com Full Share 29

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Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets

1464 stock_toaster 2026-07-10 20:54:40 UTC 9to5mac.com Qwen Share 817

Apple sues OpenAI for trade secret theft by ex-employees, including Tang Tan and Chang Liu, who allegedly stole confidential data and used it in hiring. The lawsuit highlights over 400 Apple alumni at OpenAI, led by Jony Ive, and claims OpenAI exploited Apple's proprietary info for hardware projects.

Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine (1965) [pdf]

76 zetalyrae 2026-07-11 13:54:40 UTC languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu Qwen Share 37

Designing ultraintelligent machines demands understanding brain-like subassemblies and semantics for efficient memory and meaning. These machines, leveraging parallel processing, could surpass human intelligence, necessitating control to manage their transformative impact.

Earendel (Astronomical Object)

19 brainlessdev 2026-07-11 17:54:40 UTC en.wikipedia.org Qwen Share 3

Earendel, a star or cluster 28 billion light-years away, was discovered in 2022 via Hubble's gravitational lensing, named after a Tolkien character. JWST observations suggest it may be a star cluster, challenging its initial classification as the farthest single star.

Digital Deli, 1984 book by early PC hackers and enthusiasts

26 achairapart 2026-07-11 11:54:40 UTC atariarchives.org Qwen Share 2

Digital Deli (1984), edited by Steve Ditlea, explores computer history, culture, and tech through essays by notable authors. It’s archived online with permission, prohibiting unauthorized commercial use."

Otary – Image and Geometry Python Library Now Has Tutorials

78 poupeaua 2026-07-11 06:54:40 UTC alexandrepoupeau.com Full Share 1

This part of the documentation contains examples of what you one can do with Otary. Those examples are just meant to help you understand how to use Otary and not to be a complete reference. Just explore and have fun with all the possibilities that Otary has to offer.

Tropical forests facing increasing risks of exposure to critical temp thresholds

46 littlexsparkee 2026-07-11 15:54:40 UTC pnas.org Qwen Share 13

Tropical forests globally face declining thermal safety margins (TSM), with 4–10% of studied areas exceeding critical photosynthetic temperatures, risking biodiversity and carbon cycle disruptions. Projections under high-emission scenarios predict 83 Mha at risk by 2050, emphasizing urgent climate impacts.