Show HN: Getting GLM 5.2 running on my slow computer

637 vforno 2026-07-09 19:40:55 UTC github.com/justvugg Qwen Share 147

colibrì runs GLM-5.2 (744B MoE) on 25 GB RAM via int4 quantization, disk-streamed experts, and C-based zero-dependency engine, achieving lossless inference with speculative decoding and adaptive caching. It leverages AVX2, MTP heads, and batched expert reads, but requires NVMe SSDs and careful hardware management due to disk I/O and wear risks.

EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0

1337 rapnie 2026-07-09 11:40:55 UTC patrick-breyer.de Llama Share 631

The European Parliament allowed the interim "Chat Control 1.0" regulation to pass, permitting mass scanning of private communications until 2028. Negotiations for a permanent regulation will resume in September, with the EU Parliament pushing for targeted detection orders and stricter security standards.

Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

542 oumua_don17 2026-07-09 17:40:55 UTC kotaku.com Qwen Share 197

Running Train, a hyper-realistic train sim by solo dev Novatetsu Games, blends fictional Japanese landscapes with intricate details like logical powerlines and weather effects, offering immersive gameplay through precise controls or free camera exploration. Praised for its stunning realism and dedication to detail, it’s hailed as a top-tier simulation with plans for expanded routes and features.

Show HN: 18 Words

976 pompomsheep 2026-07-09 13:40:55 UTC 18words.com Full Share 316

Play 18 Words: a fast daily word challenge. Solve each scrambled word before the timer runs out and see how many of 18 you can survive.

AI-generated videos to maximally drive a target brain region

13 smusamashah 2026-07-10 07:40:55 UTC nevo-project.epfl.ch Prefix Share 11

We train an encoding model, a “digital twin”, that predicts how each visual region responds to any video. Now we can ask: which video would make a chosen region light up the most? NEvo searches for that video automatically, using the twin’s prediction as its reward. Every video is described by a handful of "genes", subject, lighting, motion, mood. NEvo treats them like a population: ...

GPT-5.6

1235 logickkk1 2026-07-09 17:40:55 UTC openai.com Qwen Share 887

OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna), with Sol leading in coding, cybersecurity, and science efficiency, outperforming prior models and competitors. Enhanced ultra mode, cost-effective tiers, and robust safeguards boost performance-per-dollar and safety for diverse professional tasks.

Postgres rewritten in Rust, now passing 100% of the Postgres regression tests

630 SweetSoftPillow 2026-07-09 12:40:55 UTC github.com/malisper Llama Share 536

pgrust targets Postgres 18.3 compatibility with over 46,000 regression queries. It uses Rust and AI-assisted programming to explore deeper server changes.

Interview with Mitchell Hashimoto about Ghostty and Zig

228 veqq 2026-07-09 21:40:55 UTC alexalejandre.com Qwen Share 103

Alex Alejandre discusses transitioning from software engineering to building Ghostty, a feature-rich terminal emulator addressing ecosystem gaps with protocols like n-screen and button APIs, emphasizing open-source principles and low-level systems understanding. He critiques modern tech complexity, advocates for Zig's potential, and stresses open-source maintainers' autonomy while balancing ...

Hy3

466 andai 2026-07-09 15:40:55 UTC hy.tencent.com Qwen Share 93

Hy3 outperforms similar-size models and rivals larger open-source models in productivity tasks, achieving 2.67/4 in expert evaluations. It addresses stability, hallucination, and context retention issues, is open-sourced under Apache 2.0, and reduces API costs.

The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break in the next war

369 baud147258 2026-07-09 13:40:55 UTC mwi.westpoint.edu Qwen Share 448

The US Army's efficiency-driven sustainment model, optimized for permissive environments, is ill-suited for modern multidomain warfare, where survival under persistent attack determines victory. Historical and contemporary conflicts show that centralized logistics collapse under attrition, demanding decentralized, survivable sustainment networks to match industrial-scale combat endurance.

No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026

275 ChrisArchitect 2026-07-09 14:40:55 UTC datacenter.iers.org Qwen Share 214

The IERS confirms no leap second will be added at the end of December 2026, keeping UTC-TAI at -37 seconds. Leap seconds may occur in June or December based on UT1-TAI, with updates provided every six months via Bulletin C.

Life with Hazard Ratios

37 surprisetalk 2026-07-10 01:40:55 UTC dynomight.net Qwen Share 14

Hazard ratios (HR) don't directly translate to life expectancy changes because mortality risk varies with age, making simple percentage calculations misleading. A rough approximation uses a weighted average (e.g., 12.93 years for US males), but accuracy drops if HR effects differ significantly across ages.

My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part I (2020)

70 Michelangelo11 2026-07-09 23:40:55 UTC joesiegler.blog Qwen Share 4

The author recounts their 17-year tenure at Apogee/3D Realms (1992–2009), detailing roles in community management, game distribution, and early online innovations like virtual tours and DRM. They also outline the company's complex name/ownership history and note broken legacy site links.

A road to Lisp: Why Lisp

220 silcoon 2026-07-09 15:40:55 UTC scotto.me Qwen Share 171

Lisp's macros, code-as-data structure, and interactive REPL enable powerful language extensibility and dynamic programming, fostering a unique problem-solving approach. Mastering Lisp transforms programming by allowing developers to shape the language itself, creating domain-specific tools and adaptable systems through its homoiconic and extensible nature.

Common prefix skipping, adaptive sort

22 theanonymousone 2026-07-10 04:40:55 UTC smalldatum.blogspot.com Qwen Share 1

The inventor developed Orasort, an in-memory sort algorithm with adaptive quicksort and MSD radix switching, achieving ~5X performance gains in Oracle 10gR2. The expired patent, featuring clear algorithmic descriptions, now allows for potential open-source implementation.

Browser Fingerprinting – How websites track you across internet –without cookies

7 hackstar 2026-07-10 07:40:55 UTC mysysinfo.com Prefix Share 0

How websites track you across the internet — without cookies, without your knowledge, and without any way to clear it. Browser fingerprinting is a tracking technique that collects unique technical details about your browser and device to create a digital "fingerprint." Unlike cookies, it works silently in the background, cannot be cleared by deleting your history, and continues ...

Damaged Earth Catalog

8 Duanemclemore 2026-07-10 06:40:55 UTC damaged.bleu255.com Prefix Share 1

We are humans and might as well get used to it. So far, remotely done power and glory—as via government, big business, formal education, church—has succeeded to the point where gross profits obscure actual loss. In response to this dilemma and to these losses a realm of intimate, community power is developing—power of communities to conduct their own education, find their own inspiration, ...

A possible future for Damn Interesting

279 mzur 2026-07-09 15:40:55 UTC damninteresting.com Qwen Share 37

Alan Bellows, founder of Damn Interesting, is launching a fundraiser to regain time for the project after transitioning to a full-time job, which has limited his ability to write and manage the site. The goal is to counter the influx of AI-generated content by funding more long-form articles, with donations separate from regular operational expenses.

Harman and Dr. Sean Olive are reshaping headphone sound (2025)

14 ledoge 2026-07-10 04:40:55 UTC crutchfield.com Qwen Share 6

Harman and Dr. Sean Olive advanced spatial audio via the Hyperion Sphere and the Harman Target curve, revolutionizing headphone tuning. Olive's 32-year career, blending science and music, defined audio standards before his 2025 retirement.

Building a real-time AI tutor for 5-year-olds

86 catalinvoss 2026-07-09 21:40:55 UTC ello.com Qwen Share 131

Building a real-time AI tutor for kids 4-9 requires sub-second latency, pedagogical action streaming, and dual-agent architecture (converser for interaction, planner for lesson flow) to balance speed, safety, and adaptive teaching. Custom systems handle safety checks, parallel execution, and predictive responses to maintain engagement without compromising learning outcomes.

Launch HN: Context.dev (YC S26) – API to get structured data from any website

92 TheYahiaBakour 2026-07-09 16:40:55 UTC context.dev Qwen Share 65

Context.dev offers an API for web scraping, brand data extraction, and logo retrieval, with plans from Free to Enterprise. It includes self-service sign-up, a startup discount, and supports AI agents with tiered pricing and scalable credits.

Muse Spark 1.1

371 ot 2026-07-09 14:40:55 UTC ai.meta.com Full Share 183

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Triple Dragon Fractal (2020)

45 nhatcher 2026-07-09 23:40:55 UTC paulbourke.net Full Share 11

Created by Paul Bourke December 2020 This image is a visualisation of how the following series behaves for initial values z0 at each point on rectangular region of the real-imaginary plane. The colour represents how fast the series converges to a fixed point, or diverges to infinity (which it doesn't actually to for points in the bounded part of the complex plane in the figures here).

Why American ambulance rides are so expensive

192 jyunwai 2026-07-09 22:40:55 UTC davidoks.blog Qwen Share 251

A 25-year-old man faced a $12,873 surprise ambulance bill after a minor injury, exposing the U.S. system's reliance on outdated Medicare-based per-ride fees, which force ambulance services to extract costs from privately insured patients through out-of-network charges. This flawed structure, rooted in high fixed costs and underfunded Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements, creates exorbitant bills, ...

Girls just wanna have fast MPMC queues with bounded waiting

164 EvgeniyZh 2026-07-09 15:40:55 UTC nahla.dev Qwen Share 33

The author designed a lock-free queue using atomic counters and state/data buffers, initially mistakenly labeled as wait-free; it ensures bounded wait times but risks overflow with extreme usage. Benchmarks show good scalability, though performance peaks vary with core utilization, and drivable operations help mitigate head-of-line blocking.

Build your own vulnerability harness

43 ianrahman 2026-07-10 01:40:55 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Qwen Share 18

The blog outlines a model-agnostic security architecture using interchangeable AI models in a multi-stage pipeline (Recon, Hunt, Validate) for enterprise codebases, enabling cross-repo vulnerability detection and reducing false positives through adversarial validation. It emphasizes orchestration over single agents, leveraging deterministic code and LLMs to trace dependencies, generate proofs ...

Cache-Conscious Data Layout in Rust: Field Zoning, False Sharing, 128-Byte Rule

28 eigenBasis 2026-07-10 00:40:55 UTC debasishg.github.io Qwen Share 15

The article explains how to design memory layouts for multi-core systems to avoid false sharing by using field zoning, alignment, and padding, using an SPSC ring buffer as an example. It emphasizes Rust-specific techniques like #[repr(C)] and CacheAligned to ensure cache line separation, preventing cores from interfering through hardware coherence protocols.

Patterncollider: Generate and explore quasiperiodic tiling patterns

48 tobr 2026-07-09 22:40:55 UTC github.com/aatishb Qwen Share 2

Pattern Collider generates quasiperiodic tilings using de Bruijn's multigrid method, enabling custom, shareable patterns. It explores non-repeating motifs via intersecting lines, offering controls for symmetry, disorder, and visualization, with references to Penrose tilings and quasicrystals.

John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement

1318 djoldman 2026-07-09 08:40:55 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 278

John Deere agreed to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment under a right-to-repair settlement with the FTC and several states. The company must provide diagnostic and repair tools to owners and shops, not just authorized dealers, and pay $1 million in antitrust enforcement costs.

Buried Apple feature turns an iPhone into the perfect kids' dumb phone

341 PotatoNinja 2026-07-09 16:40:55 UTC wired.com Qwen Share 217

A parent uses iOS 17's Assistive Access to create a secure, limited-app "dumb phone" for their child, blocking internet/social media while retaining tracking and essentials. The setup repurposes old devices affordably, though Apple undermarkets this feature despite its child-safety benefits.