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Kimi-K3 Technical Report [pdf]

https://github.com/MoonshotAI/Kimi-K3/blob/main/k3_tech_report.pdf
70•vinhnx•23m ago•5 comments

Kimi-K3 Releases on HuggingFace 7/27

https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K3
812•nateb2022•9h ago•365 comments

The Computer That Helped Win World War II

https://spectrum.ieee.org/colossus-computer-ieee-milestone
32•baruchel•4d ago•5 comments

Removing React.js from the codebase and adapting Htmx for UI interactivity (2023)

https://misago-project.org/t/removing-reactjs-from-the-codebase-and-adapting-htmx-for-ui-interact...
106•Ralfp•5h ago•62 comments

Should you wash your solar panels?

https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/should-you-wash-your-solar-panels.html
106•surprisetalk•2h ago•74 comments

How is the Bun Rewrite in Rust going?

https://lockwood.dev/ai/2026/07/27/how-is-the-bun-rewrite-in-rust-going.html
287•tomlockwood•4h ago•195 comments

Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When the AI Bubble Bursts

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/27/ed-zitron-apple-watch-it-burn-ai-bubble-bursts/
74•thm•1h ago•17 comments

Glue bonds to nonstick surfaces and wipes clean with ethanol

https://cen.acs.org/materials/adhesives/glue-bonds-nonstick-surfaces-wipes-clean/104/web/2026/07
7•gmays•4d ago•1 comments

Libsm64: Mario 64 as a library for use in external game engines

https://github.com/libsm64/libsm64
86•klaussilveira•5h ago•12 comments

PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works

https://nikolays.github.io/PGSimCity/
798•jonbaer•15h ago•76 comments

AI companies spend record sums on Washington lobbying

https://www.ft.com/content/d8a5f95e-3b6d-463a-a848-c9ef8e2394db
52•1vuio0pswjnm7•1h ago•16 comments

Magnolias Are So Old That They're Pollinated by Beetles, Not Bees

https://mymodernmet.com/magnolia-ancient-flowers-beetles/
184•speckx•4d ago•72 comments

Building a Fast Lock-Free Queue in Modern C++ from Scratch

https://blog.jaysmito.dev/blog/04-fast-lockfree-queues/
55•ibobev•5d ago•19 comments

VLC for Unity now supported on Linux

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-unity
84•martz•6h ago•23 comments

Towards a Theory of Bugs: The Ruliology of the Unexpected

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/07/towards-a-theory-of-bugs-the-ruliology-of-the-unexpec...
35•nsoonhui•3d ago•7 comments

First Robotic Satellite Servicer Launched

https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/4551871/robotic-servicing-of-geosynchronous-satellite...
26•GlenTheMachine•3d ago•8 comments

Show HN: Physically accurate black hole you can put in your room

https://blackhole.plav.in
420•aplavin•4d ago•153 comments

The Birth of the American 12-string Guitar

https://www.harpguitars.net/history/grunewald/12-string.htm
46•bilegeek•4h ago•25 comments

Minecraft Java raises recommended memory to 16GB ahead of Vulkan transition

https://videocardz.com/newz/minecraft-java-edition-raises-recommended-memory-to-16gb-ahead-of-vul...
12•haunter•35m ago•11 comments

Modern email can be built from borrowed parts

https://en.andros.dev/blog/d7ed8b07/modern-email-can-be-built-from-borrowed-parts/
80•andros•7h ago•36 comments

Shay Locomotives

https://www.shaylocomotives.com/
40•Rygian•6h ago•8 comments

DIY Home Solar System for under $5000

https://www.gavinmai.com/1736354308000-diy-home-solar-backup-system
4•gmaijoe•1h ago•1 comments

Scriptc by Vercel: TypeScript-to-Native compiler, no JavaScript engine in binary

https://github.com/vercel-labs/scriptc
235•maxloh•17h ago•130 comments

The Proof Machine (2016)

https://incredible.pm/
17•BenoitP•3h ago•1 comments

AI companies are shredding rare books

https://twitter.com/HedgieMarkets/status/2081534588485296565
543•anon373839•3h ago•300 comments

Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS

https://beyondloom.com/decker/
353•tosh•21h ago•83 comments

US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search

https://www.techspot.com/news/113236-us-prosecutors-charge-atlanta-man-after-grapheneos-phone.html
1087•eecc•17h ago•823 comments

Google Chrome Arrives on ARM64 Linux, Widevine DRM Included

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/chrome-arm64-linux-available
47•twapi•4h ago•23 comments

We have proof automation now

https://www.imperialviolet.org/2026/07/26/zstd-lean.html
210•zdw•18h ago•95 comments

Introduction to Data-Oriented Design [pdf]

https://www.gamedevs.org/uploads/introduction-to-data-oriented-design.pdf
225•tosh•21h ago•58 comments
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Extending a Language – Writing Powerful Macros in Scheme

https://mnieper.github.io/scheme-macros/README.html
92•textread•1y ago

Comments

neilv•1y ago
A few formatting changes might make this advanced example easier to understand:

    (define-syntax trace-let
      (syntax-rules ()
        [(trace-let name ([var expr] ...) body1 ... body2)
         (let f ([depth 0] [var expr] ...)
           (define name
             (lambda (var ...)
               (f (+ depth 1) var ...)))
           (indent depth)
           (display "(")
           (display 'name)
           (begin
             (display " ")
             (display var))
           ...
           (display ")")
           (newline)
           (call-with-values
               (lambda ()
                 body1 ... body2)
             (lambda val*
               (indent depth)
               (fold-left
                (lambda (sep val)
                  (display sep)
                  (display val)
                  " ")
                "" val*)
               (newline)
               (apply values val*))))]))
The biggest one is to make the rule template pattern variables all-uppercase. I also made a few other tweaks, including using indentation a little more, and naming the named-`let` variable as "loop" (I usually name it `loop` or prefix the name with `loop-` if there's more than one):

    (define-syntax trace-let
      (syntax-rules ()
        ((trace-let NAME ((VAR EXPR) ...) BODY1 ... BODY2)
         (let loop ((depth 0)
                    (VAR   EXPR) ...)
           (define NAME
             (lambda (VAR ...)
               (loop (+ depth 1) VAR ...)))
           (indent depth)
           (display "(")
           (display (quote NAME))
           (begin (display " ")
                  (display VAR)) ...
           (display ")")
           (newline)
           (call-with-values (lambda ()
                               BODY1 ... BODY2)
             (lambda val*
               (indent depth)
               (fold-left (lambda (sep val)
                            (display sep)
                            (display val)
                            " ")
                          ""
                          val*)
               (newline)
               (apply values val*)))))))
Incidentally, all-uppercase Scheme pattern variables is one of the all-time best uses of all-uppercase in any language. Second only to all-uppercase for the C preprocessor, where a preprocessor macro can introduce almost arbitrary text. Using all-uppercase for constants in some language that has constants, however, is an abomination.

(My suspicion of why Java did all-caps is that they were developing a language for embedded systems developers who were currently using C and C++, and they wanted to make it superficially look similar, even though it was an entirely different language. And then, ironically, the language ended up being used mostly by the analogue of a very different developer of the time: corporate internal information systems developers, who, as a field, didn't use anything like C. It's too late to save Java, but to all other language and API developers, please stop the insanity of all-caps constants, enum values, etc. It's not the most important thing that needs to jump out from the code above all other things.)

Y_Y•1y ago
FWIW, all-caps makes this look much worse to me. I understand that people like things like Hungarian notation, arrows over vector names, and shouting Common Lisp symbols. I understand the argument that it can make reading easier. I just can't appreciate that benefit, and it seems to me an ugly hack which obscures the abstract and general symbolic manipulation going on.

This is all highly subjective of course, de gustibus non disputandem.

neilv•1y ago
You mean aesthetically, in that interspersed all-caps makes the code visually less soothingly sensual?

I can sympathize, but let me make a non-aesthetic argument...

In large blocks of code, with all-caps, you can see at a glance where all the template substitutions are happening, and also instantly know as you're reading code what are variables and what are template substitutions?

I'm asking because one of my realizations in recent years is that not everyone reads or sees code the same way.

For example, maybe some people are stronger "visual" and some people are stronger "verbal".

For another example of a different in how people perceive and think, some people can visualize an object in their mind almost as if they're looking at it, but other people can only know and describe what it looks like without bringing a visual of it into their head.

With the benefit of the all-caps, I can glance at this and immediately see much of the structure of the template. Without all-caps, I'd have to work harder to find all the pattern variables, and the structure would be obscured.

For a bit kludgy practical matter, as I'm quickly looking at pieces of code in a template, with all-caps, I can look at a fragment of code in isolation and know what are and aren't pattern variables. Without that, I have to go read the top of the template clause (and read through any syntactic scopes of `let-syntax`) and get that in my head, until I get to the fragment of code I originally wanted to look at.

IDE support can make this unnecessary, with a hypothetical great IDE, with familiar syntax coloring. But still, if there is one thing that all-caps should be reserved for, it's something like this.

With all-caps, your code can be sensual, and the jolting all-caps bits are look out, potentially arbitrary code gets pasted into here.

mnemenaut•1y ago
https://github.com/rogerturner/scheme-macros/blob/main/examp... shows stepwise development of a trace-let [the `(example: (fn arg) => result)` forms are tests - see check-examples library]
Y_Y
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1y ago
Since you asked, my objection is both aesthetic and semantic, though I was really referring to the semantic part above.

I think you've hit the nail on the head with this visual vs. verbal distinction.

I can add a few clarifying details. I don't use IDEs as much as basic text editors maybe with highlighting, and I try not to rely on any fancy features. It does worry me that the allcaps use you describe is (afaik) not known to the editor or interpreter, so if you make a mistake or the symbol gets out of sync with its meaning (re: pattern variables) you may have a false signal. Finally I'll say that in the end I can't suggest a good way to treat these special variables, and so maybe I don't get it, or tastes like mine would be better served by a different formalism for macros.