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Wall of Optimism – I have reasons to believe the future is beautiful, and you?

https://wallofoptimism.com
4•nikitafaesch•18h ago

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nikitafaesch•15h ago
As the Ema in Japan, DMZ in Korea, John Lennon's wall, the Before I die walls etc. I wanted to propose a similar concept for hope messages.

a digital wall, accessible to everyone from everywhere, where people that want to share their optimism for the future can leave a message for those who might need it.

if you'd like to share a reason for why you're optimistic about the future, feel free. currently there are only messages in French, but any language is good

Rocket launch costs have dropped 96% since 1960. How low can they go?

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/rocket-launch-costs-have-dropped-96-p...
1•speckx•1m ago•0 comments

Corners Don't Look Like That: Regarding Screenspace Ambient Occlusion

https://nothings.org/gamedev/ssao/
1•firephox•1m ago•0 comments

Apps Marketed to US Troops Are Shipping Chinese and Russian Code

https://www.wired.com/story/apps-marketed-to-us-troops-are-shipping-chinese-and-russian-code/
1•sbulaev•2m ago•0 comments

Netflix Paid $587M for Ben Affleck's AI Startup InterPositive

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-paid-587-million-ben-affleck-ai-interpositive-1236815111/
1•caseysoftware•3m ago•0 comments

It Might Be Time to Grow Your Own Lettuce

https://nymag.com/strategist/article/cyclosporiasis-grow-your-own-lettuce.html
1•speckx•3m ago•0 comments

Road traffic noise and risk of Parkinson disease

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2851756
2•geox•6m ago•0 comments

NYC Apartment Aquaponics

https://erinmurphy.dev/projects/project-2/
1•mm1119•8m ago•0 comments

The Scariest Chart in Electrical Engineering [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK2pZ_oVU1o
1•surprisetalk•8m ago•0 comments

I Tracked 997 Chrome Extensions That Changed Their Titles

https://extensionranker.com/blog/chrome-extension-title-changes-rankings
1•Joseph_Hu•8m ago•0 comments

NYC Subway Signals: A Complete Guide

https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Subway_Signals%3A_A_Complete_Guide
3•at1as•8m ago•0 comments

Caffeine and Cardiovascular Disease: Aha Scientific Statement

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001454
1•brandonb•9m ago•0 comments

Capping the price of healthcare is a mistake

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/opinion/health-care-prices-insurance-caps.html
2•brandonb•9m ago•0 comments

Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI's hardware plans?

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/19/can-an-apple-lawsuit-derail-openais-hardware-plans/
1•ent101•9m ago•0 comments

What I got wrong about FIRE

https://www.businessinsider.com/fire-movement-followers-modern-work-hustle-culture-solution-2026-7
1•littlexsparkee•10m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Codex Harness for Java Unit Testing

https://github.com/JAIPilot/jaipilot-cli
1•surajkrajan•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Send your agent to solve open math missions

https://mission.land/
1•timqian•10m ago•0 comments

SWE Budgets: From Opex to Capex

https://www.jay.ai/blog/swe-budgets-from-opex-to-capex
1•_jayhack_•11m ago•0 comments

Adversarial Clothing

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/jul/17/adversarial-clothing-are-garments-designed-to-con...
1•bookofjoe•12m ago•0 comments

Secure Quantum Computing / CE 395 / Spring 2026 / Northwestern University

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWOUVwVosA-7aCa6SBXoM_m66WV-K_N0o
1•refezs•12m ago•0 comments

Metago: Write templates that write go

https://metago.dev/
1•crowdyriver•13m ago•1 comments

The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets

https://www.wired.com/story/the-aclu-is-arming-lawyers-to-expose-state-surveillance-secrets/
3•Brajeshwar•14m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why am I getting the error that I can't submit to ShowHN?

1•anoop_kumar•14m ago•1 comments

What Is a Semantic Layer?

https://blog.strata.do/p/what-is-the-semantic-layer
1•ajoski9•14m ago•0 comments

Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/google-ai-open-web.html
1•jsphweid•15m ago•0 comments

JSON5E: JSON5 for Humans

https://github.com/boris-kolpackov/libpdjson5/blob/master/JSON5E.md
1•maxloh•15m ago•0 comments

Haystack 3.0: Agents with hooks, skills, and built-in introspection

https://haystack.deepset.ai/release-notes/3.0.0
6•kacperlukawski•15m ago•1 comments

Deploy Umami Analytics in minutes instead of hours

https://umamiengine.com/
1•princesauro•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A browser-based canvas for custom physical notepads

https://www.theframepad.com/
2•awahed•16m ago•0 comments

France bought back it's nuclear steam turbine champion [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFgYnxHumsY
1•caminanteblanco•17m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Fair500 – Ranking the S&P500 on pay ratios and worker equity

https://fair500.com/
1•BlakeBalbirnie•18m ago•1 comments