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License Plate Reader Searches Should Require a Warrant

https://andrewpwheeler.com/2026/08/12/license-plate-reader-searches-should-require-a-warrant/
172•apwheele•59m ago•81 comments

2026 Eclipse Webcams

https://jonty.github.io/2026_eclipse_webcams/
321•zoenolan•3h ago•74 comments

Tailscale Traces Database Corruption to 16y/o SQLite WAL-Reset Bug

https://tailscale.com/blog/sqlite-wal-reset-bug
105•ropbear•1h ago•9 comments

Obituary: AmigaDOS developer Dr. Tim King has passed away

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-08-00070-EN.html
70•doener•1h ago•14 comments

Someone is running mass vulnerability scans, spoofing AI bots like ClaudeBot

https://knownagents.com/insights
59•gavinhking•1h ago•16 comments

Why Tiny JPEGs Look Different in Chrome

https://guillaumetech.github.io/posts/jpg-scaling-chrome/
87•gutechh•1h ago•14 comments

My Agent Setup

https://chad.cm/posts/2026-8-11-my-agent-setup
46•carimura•1h ago•19 comments

GiveCampus (YC S15) Is Hiring Engineering Managers

https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/givecampus/jobs/4112793009
1•mkong1•47m ago

What sort of maths are LLMs good at?

https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/what-sort-of-maths-are-llms-good-at/
177•ColinWright•5h ago•78 comments

Automatic1111 for Apple metal, 40% speed up sd1.5

https://therad.ninja/from-8-10-seconds-to-3-7-teaching-automatic1111-to-speak-metal-on-an-m3-pro/
28•dmikey831•2h ago•7 comments

AI is removing the middle class of software engineering

https://blog.florianherrengt.com/ai-removing-middle-class-software-engineering.html
200•florianherrengt•2h ago•181 comments

Show HN: Woxi - Open-source Mathematica / Wolfram Language reimplementation

https://woxi.ad-si.com
171•adius•5h ago•23 comments

Shade Map

https://shademap.app
32•fredley•2h ago•7 comments

Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B

https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B
57•Philpax•41m ago•9 comments

Solving the Shortest Vector Problem in $2^{0.6039n}$ Time via Mid-Point Hessian

https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.02478
8•sbulaev•1w ago•0 comments

Delphi 13 Community Edition Is Now Available

https://blogs.embarcadero.com/delphi-13-community-edition-is-now-available/
91•layer8•4h ago•71 comments

High-Res Photo Shows Sand-Capped Butte Rising from Mars Plain of Polygons

https://petapixel.com/2026/08/04/amazing-high-res-photo-shows-a-butte-rising-from-mars/
106•bookofjoe•6d ago•8 comments

uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook

https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/08/ublock-origin-stops-chasing-facebook-ads.html
53•Markoff•4h ago•30 comments

Bigos (Polish Hunter's Stew) Recipe Builder

https://chefsbinge.com/bigos-recipe-builder/
44•doublepg23•5d ago•15 comments

Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents to discover new materials

https://discoveredmaterials.com/research/
47•advaith08•7h ago•13 comments

The Ultimate Horse

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-ultimate-horse/
23•Petiver•20h ago•4 comments

The hardest working font in Manhattan (2025)

https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/
317•dcminter•5d ago•49 comments

Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ragebait-how-facebook-is-paying-controversial-creators/106...
420•robtherobber•6h ago•271 comments

German advocacy group lodges criminal complaint over Meta AI glasses

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/german-advocacy-group-lodges-criminal-complaint-over-met...
43•tartoran•1h ago•15 comments

Worms: The Future of Yesterday's Worms Today

https://worm.net/
127•doener•5d ago•44 comments

ArenaAllocators don't play nicely with ArrayLists

https://www.openmymind.net/Arena-Allocators-and-ArrayLists/
7•ibobev•5d ago•1 comments

Hax – a minimalist, terminal-native coding agent written in C

https://usehax.dev/
5•OleksandrC•58m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Meteor shower, planet alignment, eclipse kit

https://lifesprites.com/share/0ACA25
7•jmtrevarton•2h ago•5 comments

5th Heat Dome Expands Across Europe: 40°C+ Target Western and Central Europe

https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/excessive-heat-dome-heatwave-western-europe-mid-augu...
76•robtherobber•4h ago•69 comments

Commodore 8-Bit 5¼" Disk Images

https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2026/commodore-disk-images
10•masswerk•2h ago•0 comments
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Electricity Pricing in the Age of AI

https://power2026.ai/
10•rzk•3h ago

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nemomarx•1h ago
> Building a data center requires thoughtful planning around permitting, surrounding infrastructure, and anticipated power prices. In many cases, the variable cost of power determines whether or not a data center is viable at all.

I guess if just running a hundred gas generators is thoughtful, sure. I think a lot of these new builds are pretty rushed though.