Tech

Four Time Scales for Technology Development and Deployment

Rodney Brooks identifies four distinct time scales for technology development: research ideas typically require 10-20 years to mature into solid lab demonstrations (exemplified by neural networks…

2026-08-02 · 02:26 UTC
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When random.bytes() runs but doesn't work

2026-08-02 · 02:08

A critical security vulnerability in Coldcard firmware was introduced through two poorly documented code commits with…

Tech

Show HN: I'm a 15 Year Old Wannabe Engineer, This Is a Cycloidal Gearbox I Built

2026-08-02 · 02:07

A 15-year-old engineer developed a cycloidal gearbox with a 1:9 gear ratio, creating a Python script to generate the…

Crypto

XRP Scam Ring Arrested After Stealing $9M From 71 Investors

2026-08-02 · 02:05

South Korean police arrested three suspects accused of stealing 12.3 billion won, or about $9 million, from 71 XRP…

Tech

Show HN: CostPerPrompt – Live AI API pricing and real-workload cost calculators

2026-08-02 · 01:56

CostPerPrompt is a tool that tracks live pricing for 232+ AI models and provides calculators to estimate real-world…

Tech

Go 1.27 Interactive Tour

2026-08-02 · 01:35

Go 1.27 introduces generic methods, allowing methods to declare their own type parameters independent of the receiver,…

Tech

ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine

2026-08-02 · 01:35

The ASRock BC-250 is a budget-friendly gaming PC that can be optimized through several key tweaks, including allocating…

Crypto

Institutions Haven’t Arrived Yet: 5 High-Conviction Altcoins Worth Buying Before the Next Major Rally

2026-08-02 · 01:30

Capital rotation continues favoring altcoins with growing on-chain activity, steady liquidity, and expanding blockchain…

Tech

The Prospects for 128 Bit Processors ( John Mashey SGI 1995)

2026-08-02 · 01:26

In 1995, John Mashey from SGI analyzed the trajectory toward 128-bit processors, examining both physical and virtual…

Tech

Persistent State Machines: LLM Attention with INT4 In-Memory Cells

2026-08-02 · 01:01

Researchers present Persistent State Machines (PSMs), a formal framework for implementing LLM attention operators using…

World

How Spain's migrant crisis created a political storm - whipped up by social media

2026-08-02 · 00:55

The Ceuta crossings have shaken Europe politically, exposing divisions over the sensitive issue of migration, the BBC's…

Crypto

Grayscale Urges Senate CLARITY Act Vote Before August Recess

2026-08-02 · 00:45

Grayscale urged Senate leaders to schedule a CLARITY Act vote before the August recess, warning that delay threatens U.S.

Tech

Walsh: Multi-agent research pipeline with risk manager that can veto trades

2026-08-02 · 00:13

Walsh is a multi-agent AI stock research system that analyzes tickers through four specialized agents (Fundamental,…

Tech

The Greenhouse and the Lens: Two Modes of Agentic AI Work

2026-08-02 · 00:06

The author distinguishes between two modes of agentic AI work: "greenhouse mode," where you experiment openly without a…

Tech

Kobuk the Destroyer – Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering

2026-08-02 · 00:01
Science

Why Is Europe Burning?

2026-08-02 · 00:00

Europe is experiencing an unprecedented wildfire season, with Spain recording its largest wildfire in history—the…

Other

Solitude as a new aspirational lifestyle: 'We are not lonely'

2026-08-01 · 23:56

A growing number of what the internet has dubbed "loneliness influencers" are spotlighting solo living without children…

Tech

A Uiua Type System

2026-08-01 · 23:49
Tech

Elon Musk Denies Tesla China Sale Report Tied to SpaceX Merger

2026-08-01 · 23:47

Elon Musk rejected a Wall Street Journal report claiming Tesla explored separating or selling its China business ahead…

Tech

RFC 10015: Deprecating Obsolete Key Exchange Methods in TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2

2026-08-01 · 23:44

RFC 10015 deprecates the use of Diffie-Hellman over finite fields and RSA key exchange methods in TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2,…

Tech

Moore's Law for Everything (2021)

2026-08-01 · 23:43

Sam Altman argues that artificial intelligence will soon automate most human labor, creating enormous wealth but…

Crypto

The Next Crypto Fortune May Start Here—Top 5 Altcoins Worth Buying Before the Market Rebounds

2026-08-01 · 23:30

Altseason 2026 has increased market interest beyond Bitcoin, bringing several large-cap and meme tokens back into focus.

Tech

A stray commit buried multiple levels deep cost me months

2026-08-01 · 23:19

A developer spent months planning a major code migration only to discover deep in their work that hidden database…

Crypto

After Losing Money Chasing Memecoins, Here’s Why I’m Holding These 5 Altcoins Into Altseason 2026

2026-08-01 · 23:13

Ethereum, BNB, Avalanche, Jupiter, and Ethena remain closely watched as capital gradually rotates toward utility-focused…