Vint Cerf, a “father of the Internet”, is retiring

106 compiler-guy 2026-07-12 04:33:45 UTC techcrunch.com Qwen Share 68

Vint Cerf, co-creator of TCP/IP and retiring Google VP, emphasized standardized protocols for AI agent interoperability at a conference, while panelists discussed open-source sustainability and challenges in AI centralization. His legacy includes pioneering internet protocols and advocating for structured communication over natural language ambiguity.

Show HN: Mindwalk – Replay coding-agent sessions on a 3D map of your codebase

77 cosmtrek 2026-07-12 06:33:45 UTC github.com/cosmtrek Qwen Share 37

Mindwalk visualizes coding sessions as interactive night maps, showing agent activity via glowing file interactions (read/edit) in Tree/Terrain views. A local Go tool parses logs, installs securely, and serves a UI with playback, touch states, and session analysis.

Mesh LLM: distributed AI computing on iroh

266 tionis 2026-07-11 23:33:45 UTC iroh.computer Qwen Share 60

Mesh LLM enables distributed GPU pooling for OpenAI-compatible APIs, offering control, cost efficiency, and peer-to-peer networking via iroh, avoiding centralized cloud lock-in. It splits models across devices, supports private/public deployment, and uses decentralized QUIC connections for seamless, scalable inference.

Protobuf-py: Protobuf for Python, without compromises

57 ming13 2026-07-12 05:33:45 UTC buf.build Qwen Share 10

protobuf-py is a Python-native Protocol Buffers library with full spec support, Pythonic API, and Rust acceleration, offering faster real-world performance than Google's C-based upb while avoiding runtime dependencies and global state. It addresses longstanding issues in Python Protobuf tooling by generating readable, typed code and preserving spec compliance without sacrificing usability.

An agent in 100 lines of Lisp

167 jamiebeach 2026-07-12 01:33:45 UTC thebeach.dev Qwen Share 36

The author revisits Lisp's role in 1990s symbolic AI, now experimenting with its code-as-data feature to build a minimalist AI agent that dynamically generates and executes tools via recursion, contrasting modern fixed-agent frameworks. This approach mirrors human learning through memory-driven skill rehydration, suggesting Lisp's enduring relevance in agent design.

Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem

275 theMackabu 2026-07-11 20:33:45 UTC antjs.org Qwen Share 120

Ant uses Hono for isolated module initialization without an HTTP server, enabling 40x faster package installation and secure execution via VM sandbox. It leverages ants.land registry with npm protocol support, offering ESM compatibility and cross-manager package management.

Nvidia, CoreWeave, and Nebius: Inside the Circular Financing of the GPU Boom

277 adletbalzhanov 2026-07-11 17:33:45 UTC io-fund.com Qwen Share 112

Neoclouds like CoreWeave and Nebius grow via hyperscaler demand for AI infrastructure, leveraging Nvidia GPUs and optimizing compute utilization. However, rapid expansion relies on high debt and circular financing with Nvidia, risking sustainability amid cash flow gaps and macroeconomic pressures.

RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designed from scratch

150 mariuz 2026-07-11 22:33:45 UTC github.com/wren6991 Qwen Share 21

A Gameboy Advance-inspired RISC-V processor in Verilog for iCE40-HX8k FPGA, supporting RV32IMC and compliance tests. Requires RISC-V toolchain setup, simulation with ISIM, and PCBs for prototyping.

Handsum: An LQIP Image File Format

18 dmit 2026-07-12 06:33:45 UTC nigeltao.github.io Qwen Share 0

Handsum is a DCT-based LQIP format offering fixed-size thumbnails (48-147 bytes) for predictable storage and fast loading, outperforming Blurhash/Thumbhash in quality at similar sizes while simplifying JPEG-like compression. Its fixed-byte design streamlines database storage and decoding, balancing efficiency with visual fidelity for low-res previews.

Text art tools

52 surprisetalk 2026-07-12 04:33:45 UTC hlnet.notion.site Full Share 15

A huge list of unconventional graphic design and text art tools, updated regularly (2026)

I Did Not Kill Stanley Lieber: How to Draw (With 9front)

75 c-c-c-c-c 2026-07-12 00:33:45 UTC triapul.cz Qwen Share 26

This document explains how to draw on 9front using various input devices like mice, tablets, and touchscreens, focusing on the paint(1) program for digital art creation. It covers techniques for image manipulation, file conversion to formats like PNG, and methods for sharing artwork via external drives or network connections.

Ghostel.el: Terminal emulator powered by libghostty

6 signa11 2026-07-12 09:33:45 UTC dakra.github.io Prefix Share 0

Ghostel is an Emacs terminal emulator powered by libghostty-vt - the same VT engine that drives the Ghostty terminal. A native dynamic module written in Zig handles terminal state, rendering, and local PTY I/O; Elisp manages keymaps, buffers, commands, and remote process integration. Ghostel is inspired by emacs-libvterm and follows the same two-layer design, but uses Ghostty's modern VT ...

EF Core 11 makes your split queries faster

47 rellem 2026-07-12 03:33:45 UTC steven-giesel.com Qwen Share 19

EF Core 11 optimizes AsSplitQuery by splitting queries to avoid JOINs, reducing redundant data and improving performance. It prunes unnecessary JOINs/ORDER BYs in collection queries but may introduce non-atomic state risks; benchmarks compare EF 10/11 with .NET version changes.

Jellyfish Undersea Roundabout

54 hydrogen7800 2026-07-12 01:33:45 UTC visitfaroeislands.com Full Share 16

UPI: Anatomy of a Payment Transaction

198 prtk25 2026-07-11 17:33:45 UTC timeseriesofindia.com Qwen Share 89

UPI payments involve apps, sponsor banks, and NPCI's central switch, with money debited before crediting, ensuring reliability despite hidden complexity. Over 2,272 crore transactions in June 2026 highlight its scale, with failures mostly due to user errors, not system flaws.

Fibonacci's Real Mathematical Legacy

8 ColinWright 2026-07-12 08:33:45 UTC blogs.nature.com Prefix Share 3

For hundreds of years until the ebb of the Italian Renaissance, one name was synonymous with arithmetic. This was Leonardo — not the polymath from Vinci, but Leonardo Pisano (ca. 1170-1250), now popularly known as Fibonacci. Yet we know little of Fibonacci’s life beyond the nickname and his Pisan roots: most details come from a 160-word autobiographical sketch written in 1202. He is often ...

Modern decor may be straining people's brains

204 downwithdisease 2026-07-11 16:33:45 UTC studyfinds.com Qwen Share 209

Striped floors and flickering LEDs may overload the brain, causing headaches or nausea by triggering excessive neural activity, particularly affecting neurodivergent individuals. The study suggests design adjustments like reducing contrast and using tinted lenses could alleviate discomfort by addressing visual stress.

Billions of Sketches Reveal Hidden Cultural Variation in Human Concepts

104 Anon84 2026-07-11 20:33:45 UTC arxiv.org Qwen Share 17

Analyzing 2.6B sketches from 236 countries reveals greater cross-cultural conceptual variation than linguistic methods, especially for haptic concepts. Visual representations show 45% stronger alignment with cultural distances than text, suggesting modality shapes perceived universality.

We scaled PgBouncer to 4x throughput

217 saisrirampur 2026-07-11 15:33:45 UTC clickhouse.com Qwen Share 53

Using multiple PgBouncer processes with SO_REUSEPORT and peering leverages all CPU cores, achieving 4x throughput vs. a single process. This setup avoids pooler bottlenecks, maximizing resource use under high concurrency.

Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media

14 thunderbong 2026-07-12 10:33:45 UTC ca.pcmag.com Qwen Share 11

A Boomer's struggle with social media's clutter mirrors a broader trend: a 2026 Incogni study reveals 50%+ Americans post less, citing privacy concerns, political toxicity, and mental strain, with younger generations most affected.

Sixteen Failed Attempts to Write a Eulogy for My Father (2024)

13 NaOH 2026-07-12 06:33:45 UTC jude-doyle.ghost.io Qwen Share 1

The author describes a Buddhist-inspired meditation practice fostering universal compassion by wishing health and justice for loved ones, strangers, and even adversaries, contrasting it with their father's isolated, self-destructive life and the family's legacy of toxic relationships. Reflecting on their complex bond, they grapple with shame, love, and the cyclical trauma of a lineage marked ...

Datacentres drive up big tech's carbon emissions to a third of those of France

8 YeGoblynQueenne 2026-07-12 10:33:45 UTC theguardian.com Prefix Share 7

Microsoft, Amazon and Google say they still aim to achieve net zero output despite construction boom Microsoft, Amazon and Google’s collective carbon emissions have increased by nearly a fifth in the past year, driven largely by datacentre construction. In the financial year ending March 2026, the three tech companies emitted 119m mTCO₂e (metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent), or about ...

The early History of the Singular Value Decomposition (1993) [pdf]

123 wolfi1 2026-07-11 15:33:45 UTC math.ucdavis.edu Full Share 66

Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid

103 nradov 2026-07-12 04:33:45 UTC npr.org Qwen Share 192

The U.S. Department of Education's new "do no harm" test links federal student loans to graduate earnings, risking funding for programs where graduates don't outearn non-graduates. Critics argue it overlooks arts and creative fields' cultural value and long-term career impacts, despite most programs passing initial thresholds.

The Energetic Costs of Cellular Computation (2012)

25 lioeters 2026-07-12 02:33:45 UTC arxiv.org Qwen Share 3

Cells expend energy to compute ligand concentrations using noisy two-component networks, with greater learning requiring higher energy costs. This energy constraint impacts resource-poor systems like bacterial spore germination networks.

Prefer strict tables in SQLite

305 ingve 2026-07-11 18:33:45 UTC evanhahn.com Qwen Share 149

SQLite's strict tables enforce rigid typing to prevent data type errors, require valid column definitions, and allow 'ANY' for flexibility. Introduced in 3.37.0, they improve data integrity but require upfront setup and may conflict with older versions or flexible use cases.

A dock that wakes up reliably

84 ingve 2026-07-12 01:33:45 UTC fabiensanglard.net Qwen Share 51

User struggled with unreliable laptop wake-up from sleep via Thunderbolt docks, even with Thunderbolt 4. Switching to an ASUS ROG Swift monitor in 2025 resolved the issue, though the cause remains unclear.

Biff.graph: structure your Clojure codebase as a queryable graph

136 jacobobryant 2026-07-11 18:33:45 UTC github.com/jacobobryant Qwen Share 16

Biff.graph is a lightweight, Pathom-inspired library for querying databases and derived data as a unified graph using resolvers. It simplifies code structure with small, testable resolvers and supports EQL/Datomic patterns, though it lacks Pathom's query optimization.

Unexpected Solidlike Fracture in Simple Liquids

94 Anon84 2026-07-12 02:33:45 UTC quantamagazine.org Qwen Share 47

Thamires Lima discovered a nonelastic fluid can fracture like brittle solids, defying theories that elasticity causes fluid cracking. This challenges assumptions about stress-induced fluid failure, with potential impacts on engineering, medicine, and material science.

Autopsy Study Finds Replicating SARS-CoV-2 in the Hearts of Long Covid

74 thenerdhead 2026-07-12 01:33:45 UTC my.uscap.org Qwen Share 3

Study finds SARS-CoV-2 reverse strand in hearts of Long COVID patients correlates with higher cardiac symptoms and structural changes. Viral persistence alters gene expression, suggesting a role in driving Long COVID pathology and informing new treatments.