Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops

Bor v0.8.0, an open-source policy management tool for Linux desktops, introduces three new policy types for managing Thunderbird, Microsoft Edge for Business, and Firewalld zones, along with a…

2026-08-02 · 09:06 UTC
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AI Infrastructure Overtakes Crypto In The Race For Capital

2026-08-02 · 09:05

The slowdown in the crypto market does not indicate a drying up of capital. It reveals their redeployment.

The time filter in Google Search broke a few days ago

2026-08-02 · 08:48

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Cyberscript

2026-08-02 · 07:58

Cyber is a new scripting language designed for fast performance and ease of use, featuring dynamic and static typing,…

Show HN: Tone Generator

2026-08-02 · 07:31

A free, browser-based tone generator that plays frequencies from 1 Hz to 20,000 Hz without requiring any downloads or…

Police in the US are making their own true crime podcasts

2026-08-02 · 07:25

US police departments are increasingly producing their own true crime podcasts to solve cold cases and ongoing…

IBM i (OS/400) the Database Operating System

2026-08-02 · 07:17

IBM i (formerly AS/400) is a unique operating system developed in the 1980s that merged the advanced technology of IBM's…

I don't recommend Tailwind CSS

2026-08-02 · 07:09

Tailwind CSS, while popular for its utility-first approach and ease of use, has significant drawbacks that make it…

Agent4Lease

2026-08-02 · 06:59

Agent4Lease is a marketplace that connects agent authors with users who want to lease infrastructure and platform agents.

CRM: An open-source, agentic-first CRM

2026-08-02 · 06:59

A startup has built an open-source CRM system where an autonomous AI agent handles research and data collection as its…

ESP32-C3 SuperMini antenna modification

2026-08-02 · 06:56

The ESP32-C3 SuperMini's built-in SMD antenna severely limits WiFi range, but a simple modification using a 31mm…

Running Kimi K3 on MI355X at Better Performance per Dollar Than B300

2026-08-02 · 04:21

AMD's MI355X GPU delivers superior cost-efficiency compared to NVIDIA's B300 and B200 when running the 2.8…

Don't credit the LLM

2026-08-02 · 04:07

The author critiques a growing trend of professionals crediting LLM tools for their work, arguing this practice…

Karpathy’s Pelican

2026-08-02 · 04:05

https://xcancel.com/karpathy/status/2083749667410727319 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140998…

MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150

2026-08-02 · 03:12

The article discusses the restoration and upgrade of an Apple Workgroup Server 9150, a 1990s Macintosh-based server, to…

Linux desktop market share has hit over 10% in North America

2026-08-02 · 03:10

Four Time Scales for Technology Development and Deployment

2026-08-02 · 02:26

Rodney Brooks identifies four distinct time scales for technology development: research ideas typically require 10-20…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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

2026-08-02 · 00:01

A Uiua Type System

2026-08-01 · 23:49

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…

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,…

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