A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome

155 phoenix120 2026-08-18 22:41:30 UTC github.com/denissergeevitch Llama Share 35

A 3D fruit fly simulation runs on macOS desktops, mimicking real fly behavior with a live spiking simulation of the FlyWire connectome. The interactive fly can be stimulated by clicking regions to trigger escape, grooming, or other actions based on real neuron locations and connections.

The Amazon tax

932 herbertl 2026-08-18 13:41:30 UTC seths.blog Llama Share 540

Amazon's search ads distort results, prioritizing sellers' budgets over product quality and customer needs. This system creates a cycle of inefficiency, driving up costs for consumers and stifling innovation in the market.

Cerebras CS4

27 sunils34 2026-08-19 00:41:30 UTC cerebras.ai Llama Share 8

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.

Solo – a .so loader for static Linux binaries

36 zX41ZdbW 2026-08-19 00:41:30 UTC github.com/pg83 Llama Share 46

SoLo is a tool that builds static Linux binaries with the ability to load and use system GPU drivers, bypassing traditional dependency management issues. It achieves this by embedding its own ELF loader and ABI bridge, allowing it to dynamically load host DSOs without relying on glibc or other container solutions.

How does IKEA come up with names for its products?

223 NaOH 2026-08-18 18:41:30 UTC ikea.com Llama Share 141

IKEA names its products based on Swedish identity, heritage and values, following two simple rules. The company uses descriptive names in local languages for services and functions while using unique Swedish words for cultural expressions.

New paper shows that 37% of workers in US saw real wages decline from 2021-2024 [pdf]

10 jplusequalt 2026-08-19 00:54:30 UTC bfi.uchicago.edu Llama Share 5

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 ...

Show HN: Interactive, animated architecture of any HuggingFace models

29 lizhaoliu 2026-08-19 00:41:30 UTC modelmap.cc Full Share 4

Interactive, animated architecture maps for any Hugging Face model

Scientists stunned by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone

10 dabinat 2026-08-19 00:49:30 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 0

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.

Turbovec – Google's TurboQuant for vector search in Rust

203 fittingopposite 2026-08-18 18:41:30 UTC github.com/ryancodrai Llama Share 27

TurboVec is a Rust vector index that fits 10 million documents into 4 GB of RAM, outperforming FAISS in search speed. It uses Google Research's TurboQuant algorithm for near-optimal distortion and no separate training phase.

Why crypto's best infrastructure companies stopped looking like crypto?

10 Reaktornano 2026-08-19 00:41:30 UTC konstantintkachuk.com Llama Share 0

The DePIN sector is maturing and shifting from a focus on raw infrastructure to services built on top of it, with companies like Storj and Aethir leading the way. The industry's growth is driven by enterprise demand for guaranteed, contracted service rather than just commoditized supply.

AI usage patterns in software teams

39 giuliomagnifico 2026-08-18 22:41:30 UTC linear.app Llama Share 19

The report analyzes AI adoption and usage in software development teams using Linear, finding that AI has become an integral part of product development workflows, with significant increases in time spent on tasks like creating, triaging, and commenting. Despite concerns about productivity gains, the data suggests that teams are working more rather than less due to AI adoption, with output ...

Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner

403 otherayden 2026-08-18 13:41:30 UTC philo.gay Llama Share 64

The author built a digital scanning camera to capture wide photos of moving vehicles, using an industrial linear scanning camera and processing the data in post-processing. The project involved overcoming challenges such as speed measurement, parallax correction, and displaying large images.

Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative

466 tomasreimers 2026-08-18 13:41:30 UTC cursor.com Llama Share 360

Cursor is rolling out in early beta for paid users, offering a new platform for code management and collaboration. It integrates with GitHub, Vercel, Depot, and Buildkite to provide a seamless app ecosystem experience.

Being ambitious and being a dad

273 nichochar 2026-08-18 20:41:30 UTC nicholascharriere.com Llama Share 153

The author reflects on how having kids has changed his life, making it harder to balance work and family responsibilities. He believes that being a great father is just as important as building great things, redefining ambition for himself.

Fixing a bricked Framework laptop

356 jp_sc 2026-08-18 13:41:30 UTC quantum5.ca Llama Share 243

The user's Framework laptop failed to update its BIOS via the official framework updater, resulting in a "bricked" system. The user attempted to flash the BIOS themselves using a CH347 programmer and successfully restored their laptop, but encountered issues with customizations being lost during the process.

A 25-year-old video patent just expired, ending a legal headache for Linux

90 theanonymousone 2026-08-18 18:41:30 UTC xda-developers.com Llama Share 26

A 25-year-old patent on MPEG-4 Part 2 has expired, allowing Linux users to freely distribute and play back videos without worrying about royalties. This milestone marks the end of a legal issue that had restricted the use of certain video formats in Linux distributions.

Beware Management Consultants

441 KolmogorovComp 2026-08-18 19:41:30 UTC about.iceland.co.uk Llama Share 122

The Red team was restructured with 4 captains, 2 managers, and a senior director to improve performance. The new management implemented a non-monetary reward scheme and outsourced rowing to India for better results.

And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway

163 _djo_ 2026-08-18 17:41:30 UTC shkspr.mobi Llama Share 90

A mobile network operator in Egypt was forced to send pro-regime messages during a political revolution, raising questions about following orders and obeying unjust laws. The incident highlights the need for safeguards to prevent abuse of emergency alert systems and ensure they are used responsibly.

Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months

485 haunter 2026-08-18 08:41:30 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 390

Memory prices have skyrocketed, with DDR5 kits increasing by 500% in a year and reaching $1,100 for a 64GB kit. The shortage is expected to last until at least 2030 due to high demand from AI datacenter builds.

GLM-5.3 Artificial Analysis Benchmarks

77 apitman 2026-08-18 22:41:30 UTC artificialanalysis.ai Llama Share 35

The GLM-5.3 (max) model is a reasonably priced and leading intelligence model with a 1M tokens context window, scoring 60 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. It costs $1238.50 to evaluate and has lower prices per input and output token compared to other models in its price tier.

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

4 NordStreamYacht 2026-08-19 01:07:30 UTC cam.ac.uk Prefix Share 1

An international team of scientists, led by the University of Cambridge, will use the dark side of the Moon as a ‘shield’ so that the satellite – called CosmoCube – can block out all the noise from Earth and listen for a faint whisper from the very early universe. This whisper, known as the 21-centimetre line, is a signal emitted by hydrogen atoms in the period between the afterglow of the ...

The 90-year history of the binoculars bolted to scenic overlooks

19 sohkamyung 2026-08-18 23:41:30 UTC dpreview.com Llama Share 3

Tower Optical, a US company, is selling its iconic binocular viewers to private buyers after 90 years of manufacturing them for observation decks. The devices are being sold at around $9500 each and come with full refurbishment and new optics.

How a giant battery is transforming a town centre in Cannington, Ontario

16 builtbystef 2026-08-18 22:41:30 UTC betakit.com Llama Share 9

A Toronto-based startup, Civic Grid, has installed a giant battery-powered phone booth in Cannington, Ontario to power a local food bank and provide residents with a community space. The design aims to increase energy access and reduce costs for the food bank while promoting community acceptance of new technologies.

Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union

113 newusertoday 2026-08-18 16:41:30 UTC apple.com Llama Share 173

Apple has updated its business terms for EU apps, resolving disagreements with the European Commission and simplifying rules. The new model charges a 5% commission on digital transactions outside the App Store and eliminates initial fees.

Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI

61 bwm 2026-08-18 16:41:30 UTC machine0.io Llama Share 37

This cloud platform offers on-demand VMs with static IPs, per-minute billing, and optional GPUs, ideal for hosting web apps and databases. It supports reproducible builds, deterministic environments, and autonomous agents with isolated credentials.

Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study

714 karakoram 2026-08-18 01:41:30 UTC ysph.yale.edu Llama Share 794

Healthcare costs are rising faster than inflation due to administrative waste, soaring drug prices, and emergency care. Implementing Medicare for All would save over $1 trillion annually by reducing these sources of waste and avert more than 100,000 deaths.

2,500-year-old sculpture discovered at UNESCO site in Turkey

71 speckx 2026-08-18 18:41:30 UTC theartnewspaper.com Llama Share 23

A 2,500-year-old statue was discovered in Sardis, Turkey's ancient city, providing new insights into the Lydian civilization. The statue depicts a young man holding fruit and showcases a unique blend of styles from different periods.

Norway should buy OpenAI

210 alexeigannon 2026-08-18 19:41:30 UTC onethousandmeans.com Llama Share 228

AI companies are advancing technology at a rapid pace, potentially threatening humanity's survival and democratic order due to concentration of power and wealth. Norway's Government Pension Fund Global could purchase OpenAI to manage it for the international community, addressing risks associated with private ownership.

GPT-5.6 Sol: 70% off in Devin

14 mirzap 2026-08-18 22:41:30 UTC devin.ai Full Share 0

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Claude Code Teaching macOS to Natively Print to the HP Laser 1008a

110 amrrs 2026-08-18 21:41:30 UTC cdn.kuber.studio Full Share 72

A ~4-hour Claude Code session, rendered as it happened: reverse-engineering an SPL3 laser, beating the USB sandbox, HP's real codec in a container.