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A Preview of DuckDB v2.0

https://duckdb.org/2026/08/17/duckdb-20-highlights
4•ibotty•45m ago

Advertising Is for Suckers

https://fromthedesk.substack.com/p/advertising-is-for-suckers
1•TheFarns•22s ago•0 comments

Judge relying wholly on AI in order is covered by judicial immunity, court rules

https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/17/judges-allegedly-relying-wholly-on-ai-in-order-is-covered-by...
1•delichon•1m ago•0 comments

Human Interface Guidelines from various platforms

https://unsung.aresluna.org/i-think-theres-a-lot-of-value-in-these/
1•birdculture•1m ago•0 comments

Qwen3.8-27B at 256K on a 24GB RTX PRO 4000 SFF (432 GB/s): 50 tok/s with MTP

https://piszczek.pl/blog/qwen38-27b-256k-50-tps-24gb-gpu
1•pich•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Eve Software Factory

https://github.com/vercel-labs/eve-software-factory-template/tree/main
1•flashbrew•2m ago•0 comments

Big Batteries to Bolster the Grid Are Stuck Waiting to Plug In

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-15/us-battery-storage-projects-stall-as-utilities...
1•toomuchtodo•3m ago•1 comments

Without a Theory of Intelligence

https://kk.org/thetechnium/without-a-theory-of-intelligence/
1•Tomte•4m ago•0 comments

The only known trebuchet casualty in history

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/meet-the-only-known-trebuchet-casualty-in-history/
1•Tomte•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Saggar, a Mac terminal that keeps sessions and your attention organized

https://saggar.marginalutility.dev/
1•mcclowes•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: All roads lead home – a Google timeline replacement

https://takeallroads.com/
3•lizhang•7m ago•0 comments

XCancel – An Unofficial Twitter/X Mirror

https://xcancel.com/about
2•Brajeshwar•7m ago•0 comments

How to put 170 atoms in an atom

https://signoregalilei.com/2026/08/02/how-to-put-170-atoms-in-an-atom/
1•surprisetalk•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I backtested my own stock site's signals and published what failed

https://matterofstocks.com/
1•matterofstocks•11m ago•0 comments

OpenWatcom Working on Updates to the Toolchain

https://openwatcom.org/
2•bananaboy•12m ago•0 comments

AI-Generated GitHub Copilot "Autofix" Allowed Compromise of Snowflake's Jira

https://www.wiz.io/blog/red-agent-snowflake-copilot-cicd-bug
2•galnagli•12m ago•0 comments

Does whispering to agents in docs help?

https://passo.uno/if-you-are-an-agent-read-this/
1•theletterf•14m ago•0 comments

Flexible brain circuits can switch between different tasks

https://news.mit.edu/2026/flexible-brain-circuits-can-switch-between-different-tasks-0817
1•mdp2021•16m ago•0 comments

Binance gave Russia crypto donation records for Ukraine fundraisers

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/binance-gave-moscow-client-details-used-charge-russian-o...
3•ilamont•17m ago•0 comments

Nextcloud Native – the story is the comments

https://linuxiac.com/this-new-nextcloud-client-looks-surprisingly-good-already/
1•CalicoUK•17m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Learn Flags Quiz

https://flagquizzes.com/
1•artiomyak•20m ago•0 comments

Using AI in 2026 (Coding, Writing, Learning, Assistant-Ing)

https://blog.sshh.io/p/how-i-use-ai-in-2026-coding-writing
1•sshh12•20m ago•0 comments

Kimi K3 (1.56 TB) running on an iPhone 16 Pro, streamed from an SSD

https://github.com/nanguoyu/minirun-app
2•0xDongWang•20m ago•0 comments

What happens when a kid's robot best friend dies?

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/17/1141568/moxie-when-kids-robot-best-friend-dies/
2•Brajeshwar•20m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Is Mockup Data a thing you can ask from SaaS Salesperson?

1•xtiansimon•22m ago•0 comments

Apple's App Tracking Transparency treated its own apps better than rivals

https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2026/08_17_2026_Apple_AT...
3•nyku•23m ago•0 comments

How to disable or avoid intrusive AI

https://www.librarian.net/notoai/
2•ColinWright•23m ago•0 comments

Not causal chains, but interactions and adaptations

https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/05/19/not-causal-chains-but-interactions-and-adaptations/
1•frogulis•25m ago•0 comments

Software That Implements Itself

https://achad4.substack.com/p/software-that-implements-itself
1•achad4•25m ago•0 comments

Known Applications of XML

https://xml.silmaril.ie/whatfor.html#xml-uses
1•protomolecool•25m ago•0 comments

What 15M Gemini conversations tell us about AI at work

https://leaddev.com/ai/what-15-million-gemini-conversations-tell-us-about-ai-at-work
2•chhum•26m ago•0 comments