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Saber-toothed cats became inbred–and struggled to move–before they went extinct

https://www.science.org/content/article/saber-toothed-cats-became-inbred-and-struggled-move-they-went-extinct
4•gmays•52m ago

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Animats•3m ago
Another predator that went through a genetic choke point. Cheetahs did, too.[1] Cheetahs survived, but they are so similar genetically that they get the same illnesses, and skin grafts between unrelated cheetahs are not rejected.

[1] https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/108/6/671/3836924

Izzy: 'Google abuses "SafeSearch" to flag our fdroid-mirror as "malicious"'

https://floss.social/@IzzyOnDroid/117008759278954800
1•hn_acker•37s ago•0 comments

Billionaire Shopify CEO thinks poor Canadians shouldn't be able to vote

https://mobilesyrup.com/2026/07/28/billionaire-shopify-ceo-thinks-poor-canadians-shouldnt-be-able...
1•jethronethro•39s ago•0 comments

Developing a windowed OS for a homebrew Am29000 computer

https://nanochess.org/the_am29000_computer.html
1•marvinborner•1m ago•0 comments

Empathy: A skill that helps AI agents talk to humans

https://github.com/danielroe/empathy
1•wertyk•5m ago•0 comments

The Train to Crazy Town

https://www.goodthoughts.blog/p/the-train-to-crazy-town
1•gmays•6m ago•0 comments

Pomegranate – Sci-Fi Short Film [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyZhC2TXgcs
1•stared•8m ago•0 comments

LinkedIn realizes its users have been bathing in AI slop, offers a shower

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/30/linkedin-realizes-its-users-have-been-bathing-in...
2•joebuckwilliams•8m ago•0 comments

The genetic architecture of fibromyalgia across 2.5M individuals

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04492-6
2•bookofjoe•9m ago•0 comments

More on an Internal OpenAI Model Hacking into HuggingFace

https://thezvi.substack.com/p/more-on-an-internal-openai-model
3•gmays•15m ago•0 comments

Roast-me: a skill to teach LLMs to be harsh

https://github.com/mfranzon/roast-me
3•mfranzon•16m ago•0 comments

Keevala – Smart link management with real-time analytics

https://www.keevala.com/
2•Kevan12•16m ago•0 comments

The Endangered Species Act Reduces Housing

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/07/the-endangered-species-act-reduces-hous...
3•paulpauper•19m ago•0 comments

Young Adults Are Letting AI Do Their Talking for Them–Even in Person

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-chatbot-in-person-social-interactions-d1cb6831
1•paulpauper•19m ago•0 comments

A quantum field theory can be blind by construction

https://zenodo.org/records/21607051
1•groverbennett•19m ago•0 comments

The Great Chinese Oil Mystery

https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026/07/china-iran-usa-oil-prices/688086/
1•paulpauper•20m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What former "must-have" AI agent skills have you deprecated?

1•lpjstack•23m ago•0 comments

Long Covid symptoms linked to measurable damage in the brain's dopamine system

https://www.psypost.org/long-covid-symptoms-linked-to-measurable-damage-in-the-brains-dopamine-sy...
4•amichail•24m ago•0 comments

Setup instructions for every major AI provider – US, Chinese, and local

https://big-agi.com/docs/connect-models
2•fredliu•25m ago•1 comments

Netflix hit with $105M lawsuit after losing copy of Nicholas Cage film

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-lawsuit-nicolas-cage-fortitude-1236824506/
2•anigbrowl•29m ago•0 comments

Just Ask the Model Why

https://engineering.myhoai.com/posts/just-ask-the-model-why/
1•zhixuan•29m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Nod – a macOS app that acts as working memory for you

https://hellonod.app/
1•dbarabashdev•30m ago•0 comments

3D Avatar Browser Integration

https://lee-ai.com/
1•eschwalme•33m ago•0 comments

Minesweeper

https://nickcao.github.io/ultimate-minesweeper/
1•donaldihunter•34m ago•0 comments

Rune 1.1: adds Python, an Emacs editor, a symbol index and is now free

https://rune.build/blog/rune-1-1-release
4•ernestrc•36m ago•1 comments

Building Progressively Enhanced Forms Using Htmx

https://www.rafa.ee/articles/progressive-enhanced-forms-htmx/
1•mpweiher•38m ago•0 comments

Mac Mouse Fix – Make Your $10 Mouse Better Than an Apple Trackpad

https://github.com/noah-nuebling/mac-mouse-fix
2•amrrs•38m ago•0 comments

Show HN: New App for Meta Display Smart Glasses

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/keepers-smart-glasses-camera/id6792932390
1•ggaswint•39m ago•0 comments

MakeMKV has been down for two days

https://www.makemkv.com
2•geerlingguy•41m ago•1 comments

The next generation of speculative decoding: DFlash and Spec V2

https://www.lmsys.org/blog/2026-06-15-next-generation-speculative-decoding-dflash-v2/
1•ronfriedhaber•46m ago•0 comments

GraalVM Hello World Down to 6.5MB

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GraalVM-Community-25.1.3
1•rowbin•49m ago•0 comments