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Cpp2Rust: Translates C++ to safe Rust automatically

https://github.com/Cpp2Rust/cpp2rust
26•signa11•4h ago

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z_open•48m ago
Why does the example not show an example of unsafe C++?
rileymat2•37m ago
The Readme is slim, with the intent to show a hello world but the tests do. Look in https://github.com/Cpp2Rust/cpp2rust/blob/master/tests/ub/

QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wall

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/quadrf-can-spot-drones-and-see-wifi-through-my-wall/
322•speckx•4h ago•125 comments

Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spider-silk-loses-top-spot-natures-strongest-material-s...
118•simonebrunozzi•4h ago•81 comments

Mayor Mamdani Announces Landmark "Click-to-Cancel" Consumer Protection Rules

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/07/mayor-mamdani-announces-landmark--click-to-cancel-...
132•thisislife2•1h ago•19 comments

The tech of 'Terminator 2' – an oral history (2017)

https://vfxblog.com/2017/08/23/the-tech-of-terminator-2-an-oral-history/
105•markus_zhang•4h ago•43 comments

GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]

https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/04d1d1e4-bc75-476a-97cf-49055cd98d31/cdc_proof.pdf
169•scrlk•2h ago•161 comments

New York City to become first in US to ban deceptive subscription practices

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/new-york-city-deceptive-subscriptions-ban
195•randycupertino•2h ago•72 comments

Combustion Engine Web-Based Simulator

https://combustionlab.net
61•mytuny•5d ago•25 comments

Computation as a universal and fundamental concept

https://ergo.org/courses/computation-as-a-universal-and-fundamental-concept
47•simonpure•5h ago•46 comments

War Atlas: An interactive cartography of every named war in human history

https://waratlas.org
55•NaOH•3h ago•20 comments

Ask HN: Are systems ready for the first negative leap second?

38•Asmod4n•4d ago•37 comments

Late Bronze Age Collapse

https://acoup.blog/2026/01/30/collections-the-late-bronze-age-collapse-a-very-brief-introduction/
273•dmonay•8h ago•180 comments

An Update on the scraper situation

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1080822/990a8a5e2d379085/
15•chmaynard•1h ago•4 comments

Show HN: Wyrm – Solve algebra by touch, built on an open-source soundness engine

https://github.com/dicroce/wyrm_math
21•dicroce•1d ago•2 comments

How the terrorist group Boko Haram uses frontier AI

https://casp.ac/reports/ai-enabled-terrorism
57•imustachyou•2h ago•54 comments

Good Tools Are Invisible

https://www.gingerbill.org/article/2026/07/10/good-tools-are-invisible/
278•theanonymousone•10h ago•136 comments

Lost city discovered beneath Egypt's desert with ancient church

https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15956159/Incredible-lost-city-discovered-Egypts-des...
116•Bender•4d ago•57 comments

Materials innovation has a scale-up problem, not discovery

https://www.atomscale.ai/updates/our-thesis-atom-to-scale
14•groznyj•1h ago•3 comments

A Love Letter to Flashcards

https://lesleylai.info/en/flashcards/
107•surprisetalk•5h ago•61 comments

Don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/please-dont-discontinue-gemini-2-5-flash/174246
12•NickDob•54m ago•1 comments

Successful Companies Go Blind

https://ianreppel.org/how-successful-companies-go-blind/
154•speckx•7h ago•57 comments

The Clouds of Hiroshima

https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/the-clouds-of-hiroshima
13•handfuloflight•3d ago•8 comments

Write code like a human will maintain it

https://unstack.io/write-code-like-a-human-will-maintain-it
297•ScottWRobinson•7h ago•246 comments

Hands-On with the AMD Ryzen AI Halo

https://www.microcenter.com/site/mc-news/article/amd-ryzen-ai-halo-review.aspx
33•bdcravens•4h ago•28 comments

Laylo (YC S20) Is Hiring a Head of Finance

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/laylo/jobs/qce41D2-head-of-finance
1•amellin794•8h ago

45% of Enthusiasts 'Seriously Considering' Leaving Sony for PC

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/07/ps5-has-put-a-dampener-on-gaming-45percent-of-enthusiasts...
41•speckx•2h ago•47 comments

Show HN: Reverse-engineering web apps into agent tools

73•pancomplex•1d ago•25 comments

The mathematical secrets of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia

https://mappingignorance.org/2026/06/30/sagrada-familia/
110•Gedxx•1w ago•27 comments

Show HN: Reviving my 2001 college band with AI

https://www.fadingmaize.com
38•jacobgraf•1d ago•48 comments

In Emacs, Everything Looks Like a Service

http://yummymelon.com/devnull/in-emacs-everything-looks-like-a-service.html
152•kickingvegas•12h ago•89 comments

Alternate Clock Designs and Time Systems

https://serialc.github.io/altClocks/
69•ethanpil•3d ago•38 comments