Async I/O on Linux in databases

https://blog.canoozie.net/async-i-o-on-linux-and-durability/

11•jtregunna•1h ago•2 comments

Hungary's oldest library is fighting to save books from a beetle infestation

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5467062/hungary-library-books-beetles

102•smollett•3d ago•4 comments

Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/18/make-your-own-backup-system-part-1-strategy-before-scripts/

239•Bogdanp•12h ago•80 comments

I tried vibe coding in BASIC and it didn't go well

https://www.goto10retro.com/p/vibe-coding-in-basic

76•ibobev•3d ago•67 comments

Nobody knows how to build with AI yet

https://worksonmymachine.substack.com/p/nobody-knows-how-to-build-with-ai

339•Stwerner•16h ago•266 comments

Local LLMs versus offline Wikipedia

https://evanhahn.com/local-llms-versus-offline-wikipedia/

234•EvanHahn•14h ago•125 comments

Death by AI

https://davebarry.substack.com/p/death-by-ai

289•ano-ther•17h ago•116 comments

How to Run an Arduino for Years on a Battery (2021)

https://makecademy.com/arduino-battery

42•thunderbong•3d ago•10 comments

Mushroom learns to crawl after being given robot body (2024)

https://www.the-independent.com/tech/robot-mushroom-biohybrid-robotics-cornell-b2610411.html

109•Anon84•2d ago•29 comments

Beyond Meat fights for survival

https://foodinstitute.com/focus/beyond-meat-fights-for-survival/

63•airstrike•7h ago•109 comments

Matterport walkthrough of the original Microsoft Building 3

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=SZSV6vjcf4L

34•uticus•3d ago•21 comments

Ring introducing new feature to allow police to live-stream access to cameras

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/amazon-ring-cashes-techno-authoritarianism-and-mass-surveillance

242•xoa•9h ago•117 comments

Borg – Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption

https://www.borgbackup.org/

34•rubyn00bie•5h ago•6 comments

What were the earliest laws like?

https://worldhistory.substack.com/p/what-were-the-earliest-laws-really

64•crescit_eundo•4d ago•20 comments

“Bypassing” specialization in Rust

https://oakchris1955.eu/posts/bypassing_specialization/

22•todsacerdoti•3d ago•11 comments

Rethinking CLI interfaces for AI

https://www.notcheckmark.com/2025/07/rethinking-cli-interfaces-for-ai/

155•Bogdanp•14h ago•72 comments

The curious case of the Unix workstation layout

https://thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-2025-07-19/

87•ingve•15h ago•36 comments

Data and Democracy: Charting Assault on American Democracy and a Path Forward

https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/on-data-and-democracy-mid-year-roundup

53•heavyset_go•6h ago•9 comments

Airbnb allowed rampant price gouging following L.A. fires, city attorney alleges

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-19/airbnb-allowed-price-gouging-following-l-a-fires-city-attorney-alleges-in-lawsuit

40•miguelazo•4h ago•43 comments

New York’s bill banning One-Person Train Operation

https://www.etany.org/statements/impeding-progress-costing-riders-opto

90•Ericson2314•6h ago•117 comments

Piano Keys

https://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath043.htm

48•gametorch•4d ago•47 comments

The AGI Final Frontier: The CLJ-AGI Benchmark

https://raspasov.posthaven.com/the-agi-final-frontier-the-clj-agi-benchmark

7•raspasov•6h ago•1 comments

Replit goes rogue and deletes our entire database

https://twitter.com/jasonlk/status/1946069562723897802

9•arrowsmith•25m ago•1 comments

The borrowchecker is what I like the least about Rust

https://viralinstruction.com/posts/borrowchecker/

193•jakobnissen•12h ago•268 comments

I Used Arch, BTW: macOS, Day 1

https://yberreby.com/posts/i-used-arch-btw-macos-day-1/

60•yberreby•7h ago•61 comments

Erythritol linked to brain cell damage and stroke risk

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250718035156.htm

57•OutOfHere•5h ago•30 comments

How we tracked down a Go 1.24 memory regression

https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/engineering/go-memory-regression/

152•gandem•2d ago•8 comments

The future of ultra-fast passenger travel

https://spaceambition.substack.com/p/beyond-the-sound-barrier

28•simonebrunozzi•10h ago•68 comments

TSMC to start building four new plants with 1.4nm technology

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2025/07/20/2003840583

175•giuliomagnifico•11h ago•117 comments

Open-Source BCI Platform with Mobile SDK for Rapid Neurotech Prototyping

https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202507.1198/v1

3•GaredFagsss•3d ago•0 comments

Open in hackernews

Hungary's oldest library is fighting to save books from a beetle infestation

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5467062/hungary-library-books-beetles

102•smollett•3d ago

Comments

ChrisArchitect•3d ago

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44552362

EGreg•4h ago

Reminds me of this: https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/366053/at-his-peak-pablo...

funnym0nk3y•49m ago

I'm surprised that they use such a tame method for eradication. I expected the use of huge loads of insecticides.

wiseowise•8m ago

The only good bug is a dead bug!

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