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As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/as-wisconsin-cities-flee-flock-its-shared-camera-network-loses-value/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49344114 Points: 22 # Comments: 2

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Google buys crashed airline Spirit's data at auction, because AI

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/18/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirits-data-at-auction-because-ai/5288962 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49343559 Points: 54 # Comments: 21

pseudolus 5 days ago

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Linux 7.3 improves performance when running out of vRAM

Article URL: https://pixelcluster.dev/VRAM-Overcommit/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49342719 Points: 41 # Comments: 2

flaburgan 5 days ago

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git git git git git

Article URL: https://caiustheory.com/git-git-git-git-git/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49342601 Points: 36 # Comments: 11

alexmolas 5 days ago

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Rethinking Database Programming

Article URL: https://acadia.engineering/blog/rethinking-database-programming Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49342530 Points: 17 # Comments: 3

honungsburk 5 days ago

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Finger: Social network that never died

Article URL: https://en.andros.dev/blog/54572bc7/finger-the-1971-social-network-that-never-died/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49342472 Points: 10 # Comments: 2

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Exercise intensity modulates interorgan communication and is associated with

Article URL: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791%2826%2900405-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666379126004052%3Fshowall%3Dtrue Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49341411 Points: 9 # Comments: 1

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California's new tire efficiency rules could save drivers $1B a year

Article URL: https://grist.org/transportation/californias-new-tire-efficiency-rules-could-save-drivers-1b-a-year/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49340710 Points: 41 # Comments: 42

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What's Better Than Binary? – Advent of Computing Episode 187

Article URL: https://adventofcomputing.libsyn.com/episode-187-whats-better-than-binary Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49340315 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

matt_d 6 days ago

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The Benchmarkpocalypse

Article URL: https://danluu.com/benchpocalypse/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49340299 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

cyndunlop 6 days ago

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Ask HN: Does anyone else feel like nothing matters anymore?

New software releases? Who cares. Learning new CS concepts? Whatever. Studying for the next interview? Job probably won't even exist in a year. Working on that side project? No one will care because it's just another addition to the mountain of slop, and the guy bagging your groceries can do it. Ev...

ramesh31 6 days ago

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PM Carney announces largest clean energy investment in North American history

Article URL: https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/08/17/prime-minister-carney-announces-largest-clean-energy-investment-north Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339577 Points: 20 # Comments: 2

garbawarb 6 days ago

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Repair Cafe – Fix Your Broken Items

Article URL: https://www.repaircafe.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339097 Points: 6 # Comments: 1

rglover 6 days ago

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Puppy PPE

Article URL: http://amosdudley.com/weblog/Designing-PPE-for-Hilde Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338953 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

ChadNauseam 6 days ago

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Flock cameras haven't improved Atlanta's crime clearance rates

Article URL: https://atlpresscollective.com/2026/07/28/flock-cameras-atlanta-clearance-rates/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338732 Points: 23 # Comments: 5

jimt1234 6 days ago

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Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

Article URL: https://timmarinin.net/2026/bluesky-screenshots/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338459 Points: 71 # Comments: 41

gavide 6 days ago

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scScript for Linux

Article URL: https://scapplications.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338428 Points: 10 # Comments: 2

OptionOfT 6 days ago

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Nation's Largest Reservoirs Are Drying Up, Threatening Life in the Southwest

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/climate/lake-powell-record-low-colorado.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338404 Points: 19 # Comments: 21

johntfella 6 days ago

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Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full

Article URL: https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_shareware_cd/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338328 Points: 32 # Comments: 6

shdon 6 days ago

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Fairphone 6 and PostmarketOS working main camera

Article URL: https://catcrafts.net/posts/fairphone-6-postmarketos-working-main-camera Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338285 Points: 25 # Comments: 4

pizzaiolo 6 days ago

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'Buy Now, Pay Later' Lenders Pitch Loans for Needs Like Electricity and Rent

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/business/buy-now-pay-later.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338272 Points: 27 # Comments: 24

apparent 6 days ago

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My friends all hate AI; I just joined an AI startup

Article URL: https://www.fast.ai/posts/2026-08-18-returning-to-AI/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338139 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

eamag 6 days ago

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How do functions like alloca allocate memory from the stack?

Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260817-40/?p=112617 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49337630 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

ingve 6 days ago

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GPT-5.6 Sol Pricing Cut by 50%

Article URL: https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5.6-sol Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49337602 Points: 31 # Comments: 6

Topfi 6 days ago

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