StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time

406 kls0e 2026-07-07 12:42:46 UTC streetcomplete.app Full Share 88

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.

Amazon Without the Knockoffs

78 plurby 2026-07-07 15:42:46 UTC knockoff.shopping Llama Share 42

The extension filters Amazon listings with customizable options and allows users to trust or block brands. It also enables one-click misclassification reports and uses plain text files for brand lists.

A better way to tie your gym shorts. (Or any drawstring) [video]

303 surprisetalk 2026-07-07 13:42:46 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 119

98% Isn't Much

352 speckx 2026-07-07 13:42:46 UTC whynothugo.nl Llama Share 246

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.

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

43 notmcrowley 2026-07-07 16:42:46 UTC 30papers.com Llama Share 8

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 ...

Europe's company websites are mostly served by US vendors

212 adulion 2026-07-07 12:42:46 UTC ciphercue.com Llama Share 142

Researchers studied 19,450 European company entities and found US-headquartered vendors serve the majority of primary websites in the UK and Netherlands, and the plurality in Italy, Spain, and France. Cloudflare is the single largest internet-facing infrastructure vendor in every sampled country.

Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament

261 miroljub 2026-07-07 15:42:46 UTC heise.de Llama Share 112

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.

Microsoft Fire IdTech Team at Id Software

252 bauc 2026-07-07 15:42:46 UTC gamefromscratch.com Llama Share 241

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.

MacSurf 1.68 – NetSurf on OS 9 Released

15 mplsllc 2026-07-07 16:42:46 UTC github.com/mplsllc Llama Share 2

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.

Reducing Doom Loops with Final Token Preference Optimization

9 dataminer 2026-07-07 16:42:46 UTC liquid.ai Prefix Share 1

A doom loop is a common failure mode during inference: the model emits a span (often something like “Wait, let me reconsider…”), then repeats the same span again and again, until the context window is exhausted. Small reasoning models are more prone to this behavior, especially on long thinking traces and hard problems [1]. The commonly applied inference-time fix is to apply ...

Jim's TrueType QR Code Font

15 arantius 2026-07-07 16:42:46 UTC github.com/jimparis Llama Share 1

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.

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

0 2026-07-07 12:42:46 UTC 9mothers.com Llama Share

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.

Better Auth is joining Vercel

82 sync 2026-07-07 16:42:46 UTC better-auth.com Llama Share 56

The author of Better Auth joined forces with Vercel to focus on building a framework-agnostic auth framework. This partnership will help them invest in the future of auth, including secure access for agents acting on users' behalf.

Why we built yet another Postgres connection pooler

10 levkk 2026-07-07 15:42:46 UTC pgdog.dev Llama Share 0

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: PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types

55 anivan_ 2026-07-07 12:42:46 UTC postgres.saneengineer.com Full Share 8

Choose how big your data is and how much throughput you need. Each point is a benchmarked instance × disk; everything right of the target line clears your requirement, and the cheapest of those is the pick.

GitHub Freno: cooperative, highly available throttler service

6 nateb2022 2026-07-07 16:42:46 UTC github.com/github Prefix Share 0

Current implementation can throttle writes to (multiple) MySQL clusters, based on replication status for those clusters. freno will throttle cooperative clients when replication lag exceeds a pre-defined threshold. freno dynamically adapts to changes in server inventory; it can further be controlled by the user to force throttling of certain apps. freno is highly available and uses raft ...

Sites that block AI training crawlers mostly ignore the answer time bots

10 zeppelin_7 2026-07-07 16:42:46 UTC sitedex.dev Llama Share 0

The web's rulebook for AI barely acknowledges the moment when AI fetches a page to answer a question, with most sites neglecting to write rules for answer-time bots. Only 144 of 5,577 readable sites explicitly allow answer-time bots, while many others block training crawlers but not answer-time fetchers.

Automating AI Away

14 gritzko 2026-07-07 15:42:46 UTC replicated.live Llama Share 2

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.

C++ Details of Asymmetric Fences

44 anon_farmer 2026-07-07 12:42:46 UTC nekrozqliphort.github.io Llama Share 3

Asymmetric thread fences are a construct that allows for optimizing common paths in concurrent algorithms at the expense of uncommon paths by using lighter fences on the common path and heavier synchronization costs on the uncommon path. They are implemented using compiler barriers and processor-specific fence instructions, with the Linux membarrier() syscall being used to enforce consistency ...

Software Bonkers

7 razin 2026-07-07 15:42:46 UTC craigmod.com Prefix Share 3

I’m software bonkers: I can’t stop thinking about software. And I can’t stop building software. I’ve always been opinionated about how software should work. Mainly, it should be fast. The bounds of it should be “knowable.” The contract you have with it should be “sane” (i.e., you just own it). But I’m busy, and I’m an OK-but-not-great coder. So all of these software opinions largely stayed ...

Mapping homes you can buy from the US government for <$100k

53 player_piano 2026-07-07 16:43:46 UTC govauctions.app Llama Share 49

The US government owns 2,074 homes, with 335 listed under $100,000 and 15 under $25,000, mostly in the Rust Belt and rural South. These homes are sold as-is through licensed agents, often requiring significant repairs.

But Nothing Has Changed on Our Side

28 adunk 2026-07-07 15:42:46 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 8

The website is blocked due to security reasons after a suspicious action was detected. Please email the site owner with the Cloudflare Ray ID and details of the action that triggered the block.

Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained

21 gasull 2026-07-07 14:42:46 UTC fightchatcontrol.eu Llama Share 0

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.

Midtown Manhattan blocks evacuated after beams buckling at construction site

9 danso 2026-07-07 15:42:46 UTC abcnews.com Prefix Share 6

This screen grab from a video taken on the 22nd floor of a Midtown building shows interior damage, on July 7, 2026, in New York. Several Midtown Manhattan blocks were evacuated Tuesday morning after construction workers discovered the structure of a massive office building being converted into residential housing was compromised on the 21st floor, officials said. As of 12:45 p.m., the ...

The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth

162 archargelod 2026-07-07 05:42:46 UTC www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu GoogleT5 Share 43

New material for volume 4 will first appear in beta-test form as fascicles of approximately 128 pages each, issued approximately twice per year. the first finder of any error in my books receives 0x$1.00 ($2.56), deposited to their account at the bank of san serriffe - if you find an error, i'll fix it. a citation to the original text is included in the index of each volume unless

Historic Photos of NASA's Cavernous Wind Tunnels

91 ohjeez 2026-07-07 08:42:46 UTC theatlantic.com Full Share 23

Throughout the 20th century, NASA made extensive use of wind tunnels to test and refine designs for airplanes, spacecraft, and many other vehicles and structures.

Microsoft Can Track Users via a Windows Device ID

294 ifh-hn 2026-07-07 09:42:46 UTC pcmag.com Llama Share 125

A 19-year-old hacker's arrest revealed Microsoft can track Windows PCs through a "Global Device ID" with no easy opt-out, sparking surveillance fears. Microsoft's device ID can associate with third-party services and track online activity, raising concerns about potential abuse for surveillance purposes.

Dolosse – a South African invention used over the world

119 andsoitis 2026-07-07 05:42:46 UTC thisbugslife.com Llama Share 32

Dolosse are large, heavy blocks used in coastal management to prevent erosion and dissipate wave force. They were invented in South Africa but the inventors received no payment or recognition.

Ask HN: Where are the good search engines for mathematical formulas?

33 lo0dot0 2026-07-07 13:42:46 UTC news.ycombinator.com Full Share 9

Here's what I found so far searchonmath.com : Gives irrelevant results such as p = m v when searching for F = m a https://search.mathweb.org/: A collection of abandoned projects and offline sites

Secret Tracker in Claude Code Uncovered, Anthropic Directly Deletes Code

6 mpfect 2026-07-07 15:42:46 UTC voi.id Prefix Share 1

JAKARTA - Anthropic is facing the spotlight after a hidden tracking code in the Claude Code was dismantled by security researchers. The code is said to monitor users in China and is immediately deleted after the findings became a public concern. Quoted from Ars Technica, Tuesday, July 7, the code was discovered by a web developer known as Thereallo while researching privacy issues in Claude ...