Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3

72 ObviouslyFlamer 2026-07-19 12:39:35 UTC minecraft.net Llama Share 40

The Minecraft snapshot has switched to SDL3 for window management, input, and platform integration, and added new item components for custom furnace fuels and technical changes for signs, world generation, and loot tables. Several bug fixes and changes have been made, including improvements to fullscreen mode, debug overlay, and loot table types, as well as fixes for various issues such as ...

What I learned selling 2,500 MIDI recorders: Hardware is not so hard

157 chipweinberger 2026-07-19 10:39:35 UTC chipweinberger.com Llama Share 81

The creator of Jamcorder, a simple automated piano recording device, found the hardest part of building it was the software, not the hardware, which took over 3 years to develop. The experience suggests that hardware development is not as difficult as its reputation, and with proper planning, it's possible to successfully ship a hardware product at a medium scale.

Blender 5.2 LTS

142 makizar 2026-07-19 08:39:35 UTC blender.org Llama Share 62

Blender 5.2 LTS introduces new features including audio-reactive animations, node-based cloth and hair physics, and improved dynamics. It also includes a Texture Cache for reduced memory usage and startup time.

I burned all my tokens researching how to save tokens

59 bkotrys 2026-07-19 12:39:35 UTC quesma.com Llama Share 41

The user optimized their AI research setup using existing subscriptions to Claude, Codex, and Antigravity, achieving a 10 times longer research time without extra cost by using shared memory and model orchestration. They also implemented verification rules to ensure the quality of findings and used a hybrid approach of human verification and AI research supplementation to build a reliable ...

The death and rebirth of my home server

51 steinuil 2026-07-19 11:39:35 UTC sgt.hootr.club Llama Share 22

The user's Raspberry Pi 4B's microSD card failed due to excessive write cycles, prompting the user to take precautions to minimize writes and replace it with a new high-endurance card. The user repurposed old hard drives to create a btrfs pool with raid1 replication, set up a backup system, and configured various services to run on the new setup.

OpenAI reduces Codex Model Context Size from 372k to 272k

101 AmazingTurtle 2026-07-19 08:39:35 UTC github.com/openai Llama Share 47

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Bananas sprout in Rayleigh Garden UK after 15 years

10 teleforce 2026-07-19 13:39:35 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 3

Bananas may become more common in British gardens due to warmer summers and milder winters. Tropical plant enthusiasts have successfully grown bananas in the UK, using techniques like creating a microclimate effect to protect from frost.

Transcribe.cpp

615 sebjones 2026-07-19 01:39:35 UTC workshop.cjpais.com Llama Share 130

transcribe.cpp is a ggml-based transcription library that supports various ASR models, ensuring accurate and fast local inference. It's designed to make locally run ASR easier, with a strong focus on performance, accuracy, and ease of use.

DRIVE – Operational Excellence for AI-accelerated engineering

7 backlit4034 2026-07-19 13:39:35 UTC cortex.io Qwen Share 2

DRIVE evaluates engineering orgs across five pillars (Delivery, Reliability, Initiatives, Vigilance, Efficiency) to align AI-driven automation with sustainable performance, while Operational Excellence reviews reallocate resources to close gaps. AI accelerates output but exposes systemic risks, requiring frameworks like DRIVE to balance innovation, security, and organizational stability.

Qwen3.8 is launching and going open-weight soon

326 nh43215rgb 2026-07-19 09:39:35 UTC twitter.com/alibaba_qwen Llama Share 168

Qwen3.8 is launching with 2.4T parameters, considered one of the most powerful models today. It's available on Alibaba's Token Plan, Qoder, and QoderWork for early testing.

Infinities, impossibilities, and the man in the white linen suit

11 iainharper 2026-07-19 12:39:35 UTC iain.so Llama Share 8

Kurt Gödel's work on incompleteness theorems showed that mathematics cannot fully explain itself, and this has implications for artificial intelligence. His theorems, combined with Alan Turing's work on the halting problem, demonstrate that certain guarantees about thinking machines are provably unavailable.

I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned

31 andros 2026-07-19 11:39:35 UTC en.andros.dev Llama Share 16

The IndieWeb is a people-focused alternative to the corporate web, promoting personal, independent websites that share commitments such as owning your data, using visible data, and being in control. It defines a set of principles and standards, including microformats, webmention, and micropub, to help individuals build and maintain their own websites and connect with others in a decentralized network.

Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb

496 petewarden 2026-07-18 19:39:35 UTC github.com/moonshine-ai Llama Share 68

Moonshine Voice is an open source AI toolkit for real-time voice agents and applications, with a micro version for embedded systems like microcontrollers and DSPs. It uses the Raspberry Pi RP2350 and requires minimal RAM and compute resources.

The Kimi K3 Moment

521 sbochins 2026-07-18 17:39:35 UTC stephen.bochinski.dev Llama Share 507

The user compared Kimi K3 and Claude, finding them to be nearly identical in performance but vastly different in price. The user believes US AI policy has failed, allowing a Chinese model to outperform restricted American models.

Codex Resets

231 denysvitali 2026-07-18 23:39:35 UTC codex-resets.com Llama Share 156

OpenAI has been resetting usage limits for Codex and ChatGPT Work multiple times due to various issues such as increased traffic, reliability problems, and optimization issues. The resets aim to allow users to continue experimenting and building with the platforms.

Mathematicians still don't know the fastest way to multiply numbers

151 beardyw 2026-07-19 01:39:35 UTC scientificamerican.com Llama Share 91

A 23-year-old mathematician named Anatoly Karatsuba discovered a faster multiplication method in 1960, reducing the workload from O(n^2) to O(n^1.585) steps. This breakthrough led to a decades-long pursuit of the ultimate speed limit of multiplication, culminating in a 2019 algorithm that runs in O(n × log n) time.

The Mighty Big Array of Finn Jensen LA8YB

21 kalehmann 2026-07-19 10:39:35 UTC la0by.darc.de Llama Share 5

Finn holds the WAS award for confirmed contacts with all 52 US states on 144 MHz via the Moon. LA8YB Finn passed away on August 20, 2011, after a fight against cancer.

Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

255 xonery 2026-07-19 01:39:35 UTC github.com/stupside Llama Share 72

Castor is a CLI tool that extracts video streams from websites, handles format compatibility, and casts to your TV in real time, with optional auto-generated subtitles. It requires a config.yaml file with device and source settings, and can be run natively or using Docker with a Chrome/Chromium and ffmpeg setup.

Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day

199 cdrnsf 2026-07-18 22:39:35 UTC neatnik.net Llama Share 166

The Hardcore IndieWeb approach emphasizes complete control and independence over your online content by hosting it on your own server and managing it with basic HTML and text editing skills. By doing so, you can freely move your website to any host, avoid dependencies on third-party services, and maintain full ownership of your online presence.

Show HN: Akashic – A self-hosted intelligence workspace inspired by Palantir

8 nullure 2026-07-19 11:39:35 UTC github.com/caviraoss Prefix Share 0

Akashic is a self-hosted intelligence workspace that brings aircraft, satellites, earthquakes, weather, public radio, infrastructure, country intelligence, public cameras, and open-source reconnaissance onto a single interactive map. it is built for exploration and correlation, not passive dashboard watching. layers can be combined, entities can be inspected in place, and the intelligence ...

Scrying the AMD GFX1250 LLVM Tea Leaves

42 mfiguiere 2026-07-19 05:39:35 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 0

AMD's MI455X Datacenter Accelerator, part of the MI400 series, features improved register allocation, increased local memory, and enhanced AI capabilities. The GFX1250 architecture includes new features such as cluster-level barriers, atomic loads and stores, and explicit prefetching, which may improve performance in machine learning and compute tasks.

Restoring and Demoing 1960s Vintage Computers at the Computer History Museum [pdf]

24 rbanffy 2026-07-19 07:39:35 UTC ibm-1401.info Llama Share 3

The Computer History Museum restored three vintage computers from the 1960s, including a DEC PDP-1 and two IBM 1401 systems, through volunteer efforts and donations. The restored computers are now on display and used for live demonstrations, providing a unique experience for visitors to learn about the history of computing and its evolution over time.

Classic Amiga titles, free to download

146 doener 2026-07-18 22:39:35 UTC amigafreeware.downer.tech Llama Share 20

The website offers a vast collection of 32-bit home computing content including games, demos, and utilities from the Amiga scene. It features various user group compilations and disk magazines from around the world, spanning thousands of files.

Using self-hosted Umami for iOS app analytics

33 Sankra 2026-07-19 06:39:35 UTC hjerpbakk.com Llama Share 4

The user created an open source Swift package called umami-swift to integrate Umami analytics into iOS apps without a heavyweight SDK or third-party data collection. The package allows apps to send events and pageviews to Umami, displaying visitor and visit numbers in the same dashboard as websites.

Making Software: How to make a font

64 Garbage 2026-07-19 03:39:35 UTC makingsoftware.com Full Share 10

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A Visual Catalog of Retro Macintosh Software

63 zdw 2026-07-19 02:39:35 UTC marciot.com Full Share 6

A picture might be worth a thousands words, but icons are a fun way to explore retro apps! Hover over any icon to see the file‘s name, the country of origin, and the name of the media; then go to about page to find links to the original media at the Macintosh Garden! Finder application and document icons are highlighted in green and hovering over them will reveal their file type and creator codes.

Goodbye, and Thanks for All the Bikesheds

251 Ygg2 2026-07-18 17:39:35 UTC queue.acm.org Llama Share 229

The website is using Cloudflare security and blocked my action, possibly due to a trigger like a certain word or SQL command. I was trying to perform an action when this page came up, and the Cloudflare Ray ID is needed to report the issue to the site owner.

The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering – Mastering Complexity(2014) [pdf]

28 nill0 2026-07-19 07:39:35 UTC ocw.mit.edu Llama Share 2

The book teaches how to build insight and understanding by mastering complexity using various tools such as divide-and-conquer reasoning, making abstractions, and dimensional analysis. It uses everyday examples like estimating the volume of a dollar bill and the capacity of a highway to demonstrate how to apply these tools and cultivate insight rather than precision.

NYC may require landlords and realtors to disclose the use of AI in listings

526 gnabgib 2026-07-18 22:39:35 UTC petapixel.com Llama Share 227

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani is cracking down on deceptive landlord practices, including AI-generated images in real estate listings. He released a "Rental Ripoff Report" requiring landlords to disclose AI-altered listings and expanding tenant rights.

AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making

301 subset 2026-07-19 01:39:35 UTC ludic.mataroa.blog Llama Share 146

The author believes that many companies are experiencing "AI psychosis," where they are overly enthusiastic about AI adoption without understanding its actual benefits. This has led to a culture of fear and frustration among employees who are skeptical about AI's value.