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Compression Is Prediction
Aug 11, 2026Latest PostCompression is prediction Annie Sexton•3,739 words•AIAnnie SextonAnnie Sexton is a Developer Educator at ngrok with a passion for nerd-sniping developers.

The whole of PyTorch on one page
This series exists so that, by its end, you know everything these lines do. All of it: the Python they touch, the C++…

Mojo 1.0
Mojo has grown into a general-purpose language with a vibrant developer community writing their own libraries, tools,…
CSS properties you should know for better text designs
align-contentbackground-clipbox-decoration-modeCSSletter-spacingTypography 5 CSS Properties You Should Know for Better…
Making holograms with a pen plotter
Making holograms with a pen plotter 18 July 2026 pen-plotter art holography technology science optics blender I have a…

The Tradeoffs Facing Japan's Economy
This past week's US-Japan collaboration on shoring up the Japanese yen leads to the question—what's wrong? Why is the…

We Used to Get Jobs
How We Used To Get Jobs A Newspaper Classifieds Story David Friedman 11 Aug 2026 • 4 min read Share I can smell the…
The SpaceX Sham
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Woman Pulled over at Gunpoint Twice After Flock Camera Glitch
Author: Olivia Richman Updated: August 11, 2026 August 11, 2026 Technology is supposed to make police work faster and…
Flock wanted to tap dashcams in rideshare vechicles to add to surveillance data

Manus will return to operating as an independent company
Action may be required for your Manus account.Product·Tuesday, August 11A Note to Our UsersManus will soon return to…

Federal vendor with $50M in contracts leaves portal broken for a month
Is There Anyone Who Can Respond to My FOIA Requests? Asking the federal government for public records didn’t always…
University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades To'Curb Mental Health Crisis'
Show HN: Git-knife – edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet
git-knife 🔪 Stab your git history into shape — every commit's message, author, and dates, edited like a table. A…

The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated mom-and-pop businesses
Evangelina Ornelas, co-owner of Nachita’s Grocery, where customers frequently went for money transfers. Now concerns…
Launch HN: Keet (YC S24) – An app to create video courses on anything
The Big BangHistory of San FranciscoMongol War TacticsHistory of New York CityA personal learning platform.An app to…

Greenland issues "strong warning" as American oil firm illegally drills wells
Jameson Land, a remote part of Greenland where the US company Greenland Energy has landed drilling equipment.…
Why Did OpenAI's Head of Ethics Chloé Bakalar Leave?
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England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C
Surely there's been some mistake.'"I didn't feel ill. I kept wondering how I could possibly have caught it."He says…
It's time Amazon played by the same rules as everyone else [video]
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on…
Panic of 1873
The first symptoms of the crisis were financial failures in Vienna, the capital of Austria-Hungary, which spread to…

Closing Canario Terminal source code
Also, writing this blog post for myself, so I can reason with myself again in the future ha. I have been doing Open…
London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces
France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls
France announced plans to prohibit unsolicited telemarketing calls. The measure aims to protect consumer privacy and…

OpenAI wraps $7B share sale ahead of potential IPO
OpenAI completed a secondary share sale totaling roughly $7 billion, allowing current and former employees to sell…

Half of Europe's towns and villages have fewer residents than 60 years ago
This is the finding of an analysis by CORRECTIV.Europe based on new data from the European Union’s Joint Research…
Show HN: Mcptoon – MCP CLI client that cuts tool discovery tokens by 97%
mcptoon MCP tool discovery costs 10,000+ tokens. mcptoon costs 350. If this saves you tokens, please star the repo —…
Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quiet Enterprise Install of Beta 'Photos' App

Why My Father Is Wrong: A Defense of Guitar Hero
Why My Father Is Wrong: A Defense Of Guitar Hero Posted on August 10, 2026 Posted by Athena Scalzi 12 Comments My…
Updated GPG Key for Signing Firefox and Thunderbird Releases
Our review of available audit records found no evidence that the key was accessed by an unauthorized party while it…
Antirez/h3.c: MiniMax H3 inference engine for Mac computers
h3-metal Native MiniMax-H3 inference for Apple Silicon. The project is being built as a sequence of working vertical…
Recycle – Floppydisks
The program recycles 3.5" floppy disks and also sells new sealed disks in bulk quantities. Customers must provide…
Hyperspace
Hyperspace is a tool that helps users reclaim disk space by identifying duplicate files. The process involves scanning…
Show HN: Scroll through all 43252003274489856000 Rubik's Cube states
Scroll through all 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 reachable Rubik's Cube permutations.
Chicken Scheme 6.0 Released

The UK's War on Anonymity Has Come to America
These NGOs have converged upon a unified strategy: use the rhetoric of ‘child safety’ to advocate for digital ID laws…

Mark Zuckerberg's Yacht Refused to Help Ship in Distress
moguls Mark Zuckerberg’s Superyacht Booed Over Failing to Help Stranded Boat By Bess Levin 12:55 P.M. saved Save this…

World Train Map – 1247 train routes around the world
The world's railway map World Train Map — 1247 train routes on one interactive map An interactive railway map of the…
Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor
Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor. Download page for book.

Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse
What Comes Next Is WorseAs AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing August 10, 2026August 10,…

We cut a 40-day financial integration down to 5 days using Google Anti
How Inspired Entertainment reduced integration development from 8 weeks to 1 week A special thank you to Simon Twigg,…

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Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution Amazon announces first off-the-grid data…

Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts Linux on the Hook for Age Verification
News Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts Linux on the Hook for Age Verification by Linux Stans|Updated August 10,…
Rust SIMD on the GPU
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Security Vulnerability in Pioneer Rekordbox
August 8, 2026 Important Notice: Security Vulnerability in PRO DJ LINK Thank you for your continued support of…

CEO Just Fired 500 People Because He Says Zillow Is More Efficient Without Them
Zillow’s CEO Just Fired 500 People Because He Says The Company is More Efficient Without ThemZillow just posted the…