507 Mechanical Movements

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The website has some working animations, but not all 507 are complete. Users can browse completed animations by color thumbnails and subscribe to updates on progress.

Small Models Have Arrived

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The author has been impressed with the capabilities of GPT-5.6-Luna, but notes that its high cost is a significant barrier to adoption for consumer AI companies. They believe that fast and affordable models will become increasingly important for businesses, particularly those requiring human-like responsiveness and efficiency.

Nvidia projects $673B in sales as AI demand widens

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Nvidia forecasts 70% growth in fiscal 2028, projecting $673 billion in sales, driven by expanding demand beyond hyperscalers despite supply constraints. The company's diversified customer base and infrastructure investments aim to reduce dependence on any one hyperscaler's capital budget.

Microduck

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A 25 cm open-source biped robot is being pre-ordered for $399, shipping before Christmas 2026. The robot's source code and training data are available on GitHub, allowing users to customize and retrain it.

Emacs 31: An unofficial guide to Markdown-ts-mode

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Emacs 31 has released a new markdown-ts-mode, an experimental mode that covers the CommonMark and GitHub Flavored Markdown specs. The mode is feature-rich but still evolving, requiring users to opt-in by loading the library manually.

Suica, Japan's First IC Transit Card

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Suica, a Japanese IC card, was developed by Sony and JR East in the 1990s to improve train station efficiency. It uses FeliCa technology to process transactions locally on the card itself.

Bild AI (YC W25) Is Hiring Product and AI Engineers

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Launch HN: Salem Robotics (YC S26) – Software for industrial inspection robots

Salem Robotics develops task-specific intelligence for mobile robots to carry out surveys and inspections in hazardous industrial facilities. They aim to automate repetitive physical execution tasks, combining AI and classical robotics approaches.

CoMaps integration with the wider FLOSS ecosystem

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CoMaps is a free and open-source app that allows users to access navigation data on their smartwatches. It integrates with other FLOSS apps like Gadgetbridge and OpenVitals, respecting user privacy.

Launching Route 53 Files

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Route 53 Files is a new file system that connects AWS compute resources with Amazon's highest-availability database, allowing seamless editing of DNS records without additional steps. It enables shared access to hosted zones across teams and integrates with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for access control.

The Teaser Period: Why the AI Boom Is Hitting a Reset Wall

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The author argues that the current AI boom is similar to the 2006 housing market, where a large number of subprime mortgages were issued with adjustable interest rates that reset to much higher payments after an initial teaser period. The AI industry is now underwriting massive compute contracts with take-or-pay terms, which will reset in 2027-28 and may not be covered by revenue growth. This ...

Decompiling a Nintendo 64 Game in 84 Days

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The original Snowboard Kids game has been fully decompiled, with all functions having matching C implementations that produce identical machine code to the original game. This was achieved through a collaborative effort involving several individuals and AI models.

Yayoi Kusama has died

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Yayoi Kusama, a renowned Japanese avant-garde artist known for her colorful polka dot-covered sculptures and installations, has died at 97. She was celebrated for her vibrant works that fetched high prices and drew large crowds worldwide.

A curmudgeon tries a language server

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The author has adopted a workflow similar to Lisp development, using Haskell's language server (hls) and Emacs' Eglot client to edit code directly in the editor without compiling or executing it. This allows for hot-swapping of code and automatic reloading of tests when changes are made.

Saving 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1's DNS cache

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Big Pineapple, the platform behind 1.1.1.1, Gateway DNS, DNS Firewall, AS112, and several other Cloudflare DNS services, stores over 250 billion DNS cache entries at any given time. At that scale, wasting a single byte per entry costs more than 250 gigabytes of memory across our fleet. Five successive changes to how cache entries are stored in memory cut the per-entry footprint by over 50%. ...

The turbulent AI era is here

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Grok Bot for Linux: Unofficial port of the official app (open source)

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Grok Bot is available for macOS and Windows, but this repository provides a Linux version by replacing native addons. The app can be installed using Node.js 20+ and various package managers like apt-get.

Trade (and Tariffs)

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Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B

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Nvidia is in talks to acquire Hugging Face, a popular AI platform, for over $13 billion. The deal could give Nvidia a bigger foothold with developers and drive more workloads onto its chips.

Aphantasia Beginner's Guide

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Aphantasia is a condition where people cannot visualize images in their mind's eye, instead thinking conceptually. Those with aphantasia may have different experiences and perceptions of the world compared to those who can vividly imagine.

Why HPSC Is a Big Deal for Space Exploration

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NASA's next-gen space processor, HPSC, aims to deliver a hundredfold performance improvement per watt over current systems. It enables autonomous decision-making and AI-driven exploration, crucial for deep-space missions.

See fiber breaks linked to a map

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Interactive React components for network diagrams, fiber networks, and rack infrastructure visualization.

MIT's Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training

MIT's Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research recommends eight guiding principles to navigate the challenges and opportunities of generative AI. The committee emphasizes the importance of preserving human presence, collaboration, mentorship, and shared intellectual life in residential education.

Show HN: Restoredrill – proves your Postgres backups restore

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Restoredrill is a tool that proves PostgreSQL backups actually restore, providing a timestamped JSON report with checks for row counts, data freshness, and SQL assertions. It runs on schedule set by the recovery policy and can be used to demonstrate compliance with SOC 2 or ISO 27001 standards.

Hollywood's Video Game Era Is Here. Will It Be Any Good?

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The Super Mario Bros. movie serves as a test case for the commercial viability of video game movies, with its 2023 animated adaptation grossing over $1.3 billion and demonstrating how gaming franchises can please fans and normies alike. Video games offer a unique demographic makeup driving their commercial potential, allowing filmmakers to tell nuanced stories without infantilizing their audience.

Engineered yeast for converting plastic and biomass compounds into food

With billions of people experiencing hunger in 2025 and unable to afford a healthy diet, food insecurity remains a critical global challenge…

Humanity has the debate about AI consciousness backwards

The broadcast squeezeback, rebuilt with CSS Grid and WebVTT

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The author explores implementing a squeezeback effect using CSS grids and WebVTT for shoppable video, enabling dynamic layout changes without JavaScript polling. They highlight challenges like CORS, canvas rendering, and CSS property registration while demonstrating a performant solution for interactive video experiences.

French CII's Mitra-15 in SIMH. Work in Progress

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The author is creating a Mitra-15 simulator in C, aiming to preserve computing history by emulating the 16-bit minicomputer's features and addressing modes. The project involves implementing RD, WD instructions for device communication and DRI disks using the suspension system.

Show HN: My Claude quota ran out in 10 minutes, so I made a tool to find out why

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You hit a usage limit and don't know why. Your quota drains faster than it used to. You suspect something is eating tokens in the background. The records that answer all of this are already on your computer — Claude Code keeps a log of every request it makes. tare teaches Claude Code to read its own logs, so you can just ask. Tare: the weight of the container, subtracted to find ...