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2026 Eclipse Webcams

Article URL: https://jonty.github.io/2026_eclipse_webcams/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270953 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

zoenolan 1 week ago

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Show HN: KidScreen, a finite YouTube shelf chosen by parents

Article URL: https://kidscreen.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270881 Points: 7 # Comments: 5

Tintly 1 week ago

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5th Heat Dome Expands Across Europe: 40°C+ Target Western and Central Europe

Article URL: https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/excessive-heat-dome-heatwave-western-europe-mid-august-2026-mk/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270857 Points: 53 # Comments: 17

robtherobber 1 week ago

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I hate packaging my software for Linux

Article URL: https://getfresh.dev/docs/blog/packaging-for-linux/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270764 Points: 7 # Comments: 5

_sinelaw_ 1 week ago

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uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook

Article URL: https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/08/ublock-origin-stops-chasing-facebook-ads.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270726 Points: 30 # Comments: 22

Markoff 1 week ago

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Delphi 13 Community Edition Is Now Available

Article URL: https://blogs.embarcadero.com/delphi-13-community-edition-is-now-available/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270621 Points: 36 # Comments: 25

layer8 1 week ago

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Show HN: Woxi - Open-source Mathematica / Wolfram Language reimplementation

Woxi is an interpreter for the Wolfram Language written in Rust.It comes with Woxi Studio, a Mathematica-like GUI built with iced, but you can also use Woxi through a CLI, Jupyter kernel, Python package, npm package, or WASM module.Compared with wolframscript / Mathematica, the main differences are...

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Tim Gowers: What sort of maths are LLMs good at?

Article URL: https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/what-sort-of-maths-are-llms-good-at/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270022 Points: 51 # Comments: 4

ColinWright 1 week ago

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My favorite nonfiction animal books that make you go holy shit

Article URL: https://bookdna.com/best-books/nonfiction-animal-books-that-make-you-go-holy-sht Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270015 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

bwb 1 week ago

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Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content

Article URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ragebait-how-facebook-is-paying-controversial-creators/106940696 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49269818 Points: 11 # Comments: 3

robtherobber 1 week ago

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Dutch Train Map Simulator

Article URL: https://spoorkaart.zaza.dev Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49269641 Points: 15 # Comments: 2

zazaalaza 2 weeks ago

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Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents to discover new materials

Hey HN, we're Advaith and Akash from Discovered Materials ( https://discoveredmaterials.com/ ). We build AI agents that discover new materials for the semiconductor industry.GPUs today have a heat problem. Nvidia & AMD are almost doubling the TDP (Thermal Design Power) in every chip they release -...

advaith08 2 weeks ago

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AI agent hacks gym to get its user a spot in pilates class

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0nww2qlp7o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49268697 Points: 23 # Comments: 22

ashurandi 2 weeks ago

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LinkedIn CringeBot 3000

Article URL: https://www.cringebot3000.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49268564 Points: 12 # Comments: 1

theanonymousone 2 weeks ago

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llama.cpp

Article URL: https://llama.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267928 Points: 19 # Comments: 4

kristianpaul 2 weeks ago

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Dropbox is an obvious PE Target?

Article URL: https://s-1.vercel.app/posts/why-dropbox-is-a-obvious-pe-target/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267818 Points: 25 # Comments: 33

Taikhoom10 2 weeks ago

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CVE-2026-53361 AF_Unix GC vs. MSG_PEEK use-after-free container escape

Article URL: https://github.com/sgkdev/bad_garbage Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267550 Points: 10 # Comments: 0

eyberg 2 weeks ago

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DARPA heavy lift challenge ends with winner at a 3.84:1 payload to weight ratio

Article URL: https://dronexl.co/2026/08/10/darpa-lift-challenge-results-avidrone/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267527 Points: 11 # Comments: 0

daau 2 weeks ago

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The Human Is the Loop

Article URL: https://brentfitzgerald.com/posts/the-human-is-the-loop/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267108 Points: 9 # Comments: 0

burnto 2 weeks ago

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Company Offering '100% Human-Written, Never AI' Medical Research Is 100% AI

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/company-offering-100-human-written-never-ai-peer-review-is-entirely-ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267057 Points: 44 # Comments: 10

Anon84 2 weeks ago

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The lifesaving secret hidden inside a horseshoe crab's blue blood

Article URL: https://whdh.com/news/the-lifesaving-secret-hidden-inside-a-horseshoe-crabs-blue-blood-and-the-race-to-protect-the-species/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49266921 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

andsoitis 2 weeks ago

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New Bedford police officer accused of using Flock cameras to track ex-partner

Article URL: https://newbedfordlight.org/new-bedford-police-officer-accused-of-using-flock-cameras-to-track-and-follow-ex-romantic-partner/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49266899 Points: 36 # Comments: 13

newsomix9xl 2 weeks ago

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Gen Z has rediscovered the joy of going to the movies

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/08/11/gen-z-has-rediscovered-the-joy-of-going-to-the-movies Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49266879 Points: 3 # Comments: 2

andsoitis 2 weeks ago

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DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/08/def-con-crowd-suspected-in-fake-hotspot-attack-on-delta-flight/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49266560 Points: 17 # Comments: 3

dangle1 2 weeks ago

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