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Improving matrix multiplication exponent with optimization and AlphaEvolve

https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.16884
3•sonabinu•37m ago

The Mathematics of Economic Self-Destruction: Inside the "AI Layoff Trap"

https://sylvainsaurel.substack.com/p/the-mathematics-of-economic-self
1•tom2026hn•34s ago•1 comments

Ask HN: If you didn't know how to program, would you learn?

1•Retr0id•1m ago•0 comments

Humans aren't the only animals that seem to like having pets

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/science/humans-love-having-pets-seems-like-some-other-primates...
1•gumby•1m ago•0 comments

Seeing Circles, Sines, and Signals

https://jackschaedler.github.io/circles-sines-signals/
1•at1as•1m ago•0 comments

Linoleic acid–good or bad for the brain? – npj Science of Food

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41538-019-0061-9
1•bilsbie•1m ago•0 comments

Open Source Mojo

https://github.com/modular/modular/pull/6904
1•melodyogonna•2m ago•0 comments

Are Beavers Actually Good at Dams?

https://practical.engineering/blog/2026/8/18/are-beavers-actually-good-at-dams
1•throw0101a•3m ago•0 comments

Portland Entrepreneurs in the Age of AI Ep. 1 [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FrRneZ7Baw
1•mooreds•3m ago•0 comments

Doom on a C64

https://hondani.com/doom
1•dariosalvi78•4m ago•0 comments

Measuring how much of the sky is visible

https://www.counting-stuff.com/measuring-how-much-of-the-sky-is-visible/
1•speckx•4m ago•0 comments

U.S. Navy destroyer lost power for 4 days in South China Sea

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/17/us-navy-destroyer-lost-power-4-days-s...
2•throw0101a•5m ago•1 comments

Show HN: AI Games Prompt Atlas: a map of the games people ask to build

https://rosebud.ai/prompt-atlas
1•vladgl94•5m ago•0 comments

EC2's "isolation engine" provides mathematical assurance of VM isolation

https://www.amazon.science/blog/ec2s-formally-verified-isolation-engine-provides-mathematical-ass...
1•mooreds•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Pemdash - A small calculator overlay with proper operator precedence

https://github.com/skorotkiewicz/pemdash
1•modinfo•7m ago•0 comments

AMD Instinct Coder

https://www.spectrocloud.com/platform/amd-instinct-coder
1•galaxyLogic•8m ago•1 comments

Tech stocks weigh on Wall Street as Iran stalemate lifts oil, yields

https://www.reuters.com/business/us-stock-futures-drop-fading-iran-peace-hopes-lift-oil-bond-yiel...
1•tartoran•8m ago•0 comments

DataSmith: Automating Data Research to Beat Post-Train Bench

https://www.datologyai.com/blog/datasmith
1•circuithunter•9m ago•0 comments

Removing Self-Verification from AI Coding Agents in Octomind

https://octomind.run/blog/octomind-0-44-2-release
2•donk8r•10m ago•0 comments

Can a $5 VPS Run an AI Agent 24/7? We Tested Linode's Nanode in LAX Three Times

https://webbynode.com/articles/can-a-5-vps-run-an-ai-agent-24-7-linode-nanode-lax
2•gsgreen•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Cermet – allow github.push where owner = "suarezc" and name = "cermet"

https://github.com/suarezc/cermet
1•notshore•11m ago•0 comments

PostgreSQL 19: What's New in Monitoring

https://clickhouse.com/blog/postgres-19-monitoring-whats-new
2•cauchyk•11m ago•0 comments

Steve Jobs 8th Grade Science Fair Project:What's a Silicon-Controlled Rectifier?

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/351632607484006-steve-jobs-personally-built-8th-gra...
1•gyomu•12m ago•0 comments

Mastercard payments declined due to 'global' outage caused by system update

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-15/mastercard-outage/107042220
1•speckx•12m ago•0 comments

Muninn: Code localization model in the world fits on your phone

https://blog.brokk.ai/muninn-the-best-code-localization-model-at-any-size/
1•jbellis•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I brought back a radio project I built 16 years ago

https://nradiobox.com/
1•nradiobox•13m ago•0 comments

I like 'em thick OR: an apology to my English teachers

https://www.experimental-history.com/p/i-like-em-thick
1•Ariarule•15m ago•0 comments

Disinformation for Hire: A New Breed of PR Firms Selling Lies Online (2020)

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/disinformation-for-hire-black-pr-firms
2•Jimmc414•15m ago•0 comments

Einride orders 500 Tesla Semis for Amazon etc. in largest Semi deployment

https://evwire.com/p/einride-500-tesla-semis-worlds-largest-deployment
2•juurikas•17m ago•0 comments

Claude Design artboard workflow added to Claude Code CLI

https://twitter.com/bcherny/status/2089537919795212565
2•kadhirvelm•17m ago•0 comments

Are We Living in a Simulation

https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/we-know-simulation
2•mathieu_aithos•17m ago•2 comments