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JPEG XL converter and .jxl viewer

https://jpegxlconvert.com/en/

10•El-Necora•1h ago

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yboris•28m ago

The GitHub repository for this: https://github.com/robertcassch-dot/jpegxlconvert

BoingBoomTschak•10m ago

Do we need a vibecoded "monkey pushes buttons monkey gets banana" web app for every image codec? What kind of luser that can't be bothered to use a simple CLI or at least open GIMP (inb4 grandma, grandma doesn't care about image formats).

Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner

https://philo.gay/linecam/

204•otherayden•3h ago•38 comments

Fixing a Bricked Framework Laptop

https://quantum5.ca/2026/08/16/fixing-bricked-amd-7040-series-framework-13-laptop-with-20-tools/

147•jp_sc•2h ago•63 comments

The Amazon Tax

https://seths.blog/2026/08/the-amazon-tax/

321•herbertl•2h ago•244 comments

Linux 7.3 improves performance when running out of vRAM

https://pixelcluster.dev/VRAM-Overcommit/

387•flaburgan•8h ago•153 comments

Python Polars Cheatsheet (based on our O'Reilly book)

https://opensource.posit.co/resources/cheatsheets/polars/

62•jeroenjanssens•2h ago•10 comments

How I Under-Engineered My Book

https://chriskiehl.com/article/how-i-under-engineered-my-book

20•goostavos•20h ago•0 comments

Teaching my kid to code with a modern MUD

https://tau.dev/2026/08/07/canon

131•andrewjanke•6d ago•43 comments

Fairphone is now officially available in the United States

https://www.fairphone.com/nl/stories/the-fairphone-gen-6-is-all-about-giving-you-more

190•Vinnl•3h ago•97 comments

Composable Tests

https://newsletter.kentbeck.com/p/composable-tests

35•vinipolicena•3h ago•28 comments

Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk

https://theconversation.com/babies-born-under-sugar-rationing-grew-into-adults-with-lower-cancer-...

73•zeristor•2h ago•15 comments

Splitting a Git Commit

https://blog.gnoack.org/post/git-history-split

20•signa11•3d ago•11 comments

Code-native generation of highly programmable 3D assets (2026)

https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.22738

12•baigy•1h ago•5 comments

Meta Files Patent for Facial Recognition, Automatic Recording of People

https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/08/17/meta-files-patent-for-facial-recognition-automatic-...

150•DeepLogin•3h ago•98 comments

How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

https://timmarinin.net/2026/bluesky-screenshots/

647•gavide•17h ago•411 comments

Google buys crashed airline Spirit's data at auction

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/18/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirits-data-at-auct...

411•pseudolus•5h ago•289 comments

Show HN: Shoehorn – Quantize any model down to run on your machine

https://notactuallytreyanastasio.github.io/shoehorn/

7•rhgraysonii•1h ago•2 comments

Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full

https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_shareware_cd/index.html

448•shdon•18h ago•189 comments

The coolest anti-surveillance tools at Defcon [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2uAsJ5EPAw

24•neom•1h ago•0 comments

Baking a Model: A Metaphor for LLM Training

https://newsletter.kentbeck.com/p/baking-a-model

22•KentBeck•3d ago•1 comments

Finger: Social network that never died

https://en.andros.dev/blog/54572bc7/finger-the-1971-social-network-that-never-died/

113•andros•8h ago•37 comments

Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-influence-chatgpt/

912•DeepLogin•19h ago•531 comments

GPT-5.6 Sol Pricing Cut by 50%

https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5.6-sol

583•Topfi•19h ago•386 comments

Deus Ex creator Warren Spector is retiring from game development

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-just-not-as-much-fun-for-me-anymore-deus-ex-creator-...

84•danbolt•3h ago•55 comments

Claude writing a macOS driver for my obscure HP printer built only for Windows

https://twitter.com/kuberwastaken/status/2089377982536388964

99•porridgeraisin•3h ago•32 comments

Rethinking Database Programming

https://acadia.engineering/blog/rethinking-database-programming

169•honungsburk•8h ago•81 comments

The Size of the World Wide Web

https://www.worldwidewebsize.com/

4•1970-01-01•23h ago•0 comments

Fairphone 6 and PostmarketOS working main camera

https://catcrafts.net/posts/fairphone-6-postmarketos-working-main-camera

268•pizzaiolo•18h ago•68 comments

IBM Simon (1994): the original smartphone, explained in its own ad [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoTFywZpPcc

73•kls0e•2d ago•42 comments

Exercise intensity modulates interorgan communication and is associated with

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791%2826%2900405-2?_returnURL=https%3A...

85•newsomix9xl•11h ago•44 comments

Muse Glimmer is a memory hierarchy disguised as a 30B Transformer

https://abstractextraordinary.com/blog/how-muse-glimmer-fits-an-agent-on-your-device/

4•stepnivlk•1h ago•0 comments