Steam Machine launches today

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The SUPPORT sign has multiple language options for users to choose from. Users can report translation problems for any language.

Canyon HUD helmet for road riding

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Canyon's Stingr Smart helmet offers AI-powered safety features and performance data through a heads-up display. It can operate as a standalone device or with Canyon's Predict bike technology, providing riders with real-time insights and alerts.

British Columbia, Time Zones, and Postgres

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British Columbia moved to year-round Pacific Daylight Savings Time, permanently setting UTC-7. Storing UTC values in columns can lead to incorrect local time calculations due to time zone rule changes.

Optocam Zero: a Pi Zero based digital camera made using off the shelf components

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Optocam Zero is a compact digital camera made with off the shelf components and Raspberry Pi Zero. It's designed for fun and ease of use with a printable case and simple build process.

My Mathematical Regression

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User found an old Python project with a problem15.txt file, imagining a naive brute force approach followed by memoization and dynamic programming to solve it. User is impressed by past self's coding skills but feels nostalgic and a bit sad about the contrast between past and present abilities.

Deno Desktop

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Deno desktop turns web projects into self-contained desktop apps with small binaries and full Node compatibility. It bundles code, Deno runtime, and web rendering engine into redistributable binaries for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Kyber (YC W23) Is Hiring a Head of Engineering

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Kyber is building an AI-native document platform for enterprises, transforming regulatory document workflows and aiming for seamless AI template generation. They seek a hands-on Head of Engineering with expertise in AI systems, system design, and accountability to lead their engineering team.

Moebius: 0.2B image inpainting model with 10B-level performance

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Moebius achieves high-quality inpainting with 0.22B parameters, 15x inference speedup, and on-par/surpassing 10B-level models in 6 benchmarks. It's a task-specific specialist that's smarter, lighter, and faster than bloated generalists.

Show HN: Oak – Git alternative designed for agents

https://oak.space/oak/oak/cover
Oak is an open-source version control system for agents, developed as a Cargo workspace with a reusable VCS library and command-line client. It's in public beta, with a prebuilt binary available for macOS and Linux.

Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed

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A police chief in Illinois was arrested for using Flock's license plate reader system to track six people, including ex-partners, without a warrant. The case is part of a documented pattern of law enforcement misusing Flock to track romantic partners and rivals nationwide.

Japanese symbols that speak without words

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Japan uses symbols to convey meaning without words, such as the new driver sticker and police and fire service emblems. These symbols help people understand and respond to situations, especially in situations where context is incomplete.

Codex logging bug may write TBs to local SSDs

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Codex SQLite logs are the main continuous writer, consuming 640 TB/year and potentially a full SSD drive in less than a year. Filtering categories like TRACE logs and telemetry logs can remove 96% of retained log bytes.

Nintendo Wii U games running from a 1980's Bernoulli disk [video]

Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration (2025)

Linux users with Secure Boot enabled may face issues due to a Microsoft key set to expire in September. This could prevent Linux installation media from booting on systems without the new Microsoft UEFI CA 2023 key.

Prompt Injection as Role Confusion

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Researchers found that Large Language Models (LLMs) struggle to distinguish between their own thoughts and external commands due to a flaw in how they perceive roles, which are used to structure the model's internal representation of text. This flaw allows attackers to create new attacks, including CoT Forgery, which injects fake reasoning into a message or output, and can be used to steal ...

Canada is looking to build up to 10 new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years

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Canada plans to build up to 10 new nuclear reactors and double uranium exports by 2050 to meet its goal of doubling the electrical grid's capacity. The strategy aims to establish Canada as a reliable uranium export partner and use nuclear energy as a geopolitical lever.

GLM 5.2 vs. Opus

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GLM-5.2 is a strong open model that can perform long-horizon tasks at a fraction of the cost of closed models like Claude Opus 4.8, but it's text-only and can't verify its work visually. GLM-5.2 is suitable for tasks that are mostly text and logic, while Opus is better for tasks that require correctness, polish, and visual judgment, and GLM-5.2 should be kept in the arsenal due to its ...

DisplayMate

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DisplayMate is a standard for image quality, providing test and calibration patterns for monitors, projectors, and TVs. It's used by over 200 publications and offers lab testing, optimization, and consulting services for display manufacturers.

Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation

The author's family is pledging $400,000 to the Zig Software Foundation, bringing their total support to $700,000. They respect Zig's technical progress, community approach, and unique philosophy, despite having differing opinions on some policies.

Finding the Best Dog Treat with Statistics

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The user conducted an experiment to determine Bebop's favorite treat using the Bradley-Terry model, which assigns a strength score to each treat based on pairwise comparisons. The results show that Pur Luv Chicken (Treat E) is Bebop's current champion, but Treat A is a close second and requires more trials to confirm the result.

Die analysis of the 8087 math coprocessor's fast bit shifter (2020)

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The 8087 floating-point coprocessor was introduced in 1980 by Intel, making floating-point operations up to 100 times faster. It was a huge benefit for applications such as AutoCAD and flight simulators.

The text in Claude Code’s “Extended Thinking” output

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Claude Code's reasoning logs are incomplete and indirect, containing a signature and no text. The "extended-thinking" output is a summary, not the actual thinking process, and is not accessible for auditing.

Walt Disney Company is the most successful at monetizing human nostalgia [audio]

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The Walt Disney Company started as a moonshot factory under Walt's leadership, taking risks on projects like Snow White and Disneyland. This approach led to artistic achievements and the accidental creation of the modern "flywheel" business model.

Memory crisis is getting so bad that even retro RAM prices are going to the Moon

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Buyers are turning to older DDR2 and DDR3 memory products due to global shortages, driving up prices. DDR2 contract prices are expected to rise by 55-60% in Q2 2026 and 35-40% in Q3.
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A blogger used a 1962 photo in a 2009 post without permission, but the court ruled in favor of fair use due to transformative use and lack of commercial benefit. The court dismissed the copyright infringement claim, despite the plaintiff's licensing program for the photo.

Jobs and Software Is Fucked

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A 10-year software engineer, laid off in June 2025, is frustrated with the job market, citing unfair AI-powered filters and a lack of dignity in the hiring process. They refuse to give in to AI coding, valuing their skills and dignity as a software engineer.

Help I accidentally a wigglegram

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You created a script to use perceptual hashing to find similar images in your camera roll, automatically identifying potential wigglegrams. The script calculates the hamming distance between image pairs to find a threshold, helping to distinguish between intentional and accidental shots.

Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

Puzzle Lair offers free Sudoku and other puzzle types with no ads or subscription. Unlock full catalogs with one-time purchases or a free account for more puzzles and features.

Chevron signs 20-year power agreement with Microsoft for West Texas data center

Chevron Corporation's forward-looking statements may differ from actual results due to various risks and uncertainties. These risks include changing oil prices, government policies, and global economic conditions.

Mexican government unveils a prototype for a new homegrown, ultra-affordable EV

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum unveiled the Olinia Uno, a 6-passenger EV that can travel 77 miles on a single charge. The car is part of Mexico's Plan México to boost the economy and manufacturing sector, with a goal of making Mexico one of the world's 10 largest economies.