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Show HN: ParqDB – Vector search in the browser from Parquet over HTTP"

https://search.parqdb.io/
6•petrizhang•2h ago

Copyright does not protect AI-generated content in EU

https://mathstodon.xyz/@maxpool/117128107757895678
129•u1hcw9nx•2h ago•107 comments

It is a sign of the times that Amazon gets to call this fair use

http://observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com/2026/08/it-is-sign-of-times-that-amazon-gets-to.html
69•sonicrocketman•1h ago•30 comments

The August 17 outage, and the work ahead

https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/the-august-17-outage-and-the-work-ahead/
340•0xedb•7h ago•381 comments

I like 'em thick: an apology to my English teachers

https://www.experimental-history.com/p/i-like-em-thick
577•Ariarule•2d ago•261 comments

Consumer Rights Wiki

https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Main_Page
232•gregsadetsky•8h ago•34 comments

There's no such thing as a small software team anymore

https://jacob.gold/posts/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-small-software-team/
27•mooreslaw•2h ago•35 comments

Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence

https://blog.curiousquail.com/im-upset-again-about-a-co-creator-of-rss-being-prosecuted-for-somet...
1048•speckx•6h ago•232 comments

HTML Can Do That

https://chrisburnell.com/html-can-do-that/
592•encyclopedism•1d ago•165 comments

I should have loved biology (2020)

https://jsomers.net/i-should-have-loved-biology/
203•tyre•8h ago•75 comments

Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload

https://safedep.io/arrayref-proc-macro1-rust-build-time-malware/
405•abhisek•13h ago•365 comments

Stealth Model

https://openrouter.ai/stealth/ox-alpha
37•mtokmak06•2h ago•20 comments

CIA funding helped keep NeXT afloat in the 80s

https://www.wsj.com/tech/steve-jobs-apple-next-cia-161b65f9?st=NWWds1&reflink=desktopwebshare_per...
344•EwanG•1d ago•210 comments

Show HN: I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device

https://simedw.com/2026/08/20/midi-autocomplete/
519•simedw•14h ago•108 comments

Why aren't smart people happier? (2022)

https://www.experimental-history.com/p/why-arent-smart-people-happier
89•rafaelc•7h ago•149 comments

Show HN: Huzzah – a novel approach to coding with AI

https://www.danielvaughn.dev/posts/huzzah/
227•danielvaughn•7h ago•134 comments

Detecting scraper bots through scroll behaviour

https://niki.cat/detecting-scraper-bots-through-scroll-behaviour
28•theanonymousone•3h ago•10 comments

Vomit: Clean up Claude 5's token output with a separate LLM

https://github.com/zachahn/vomit
195•Bluestein•11h ago•209 comments

Linux 7.2

https://www.igalia.com/2026/08/19/Linux-72-Released.html
196•mariuz•10h ago•72 comments

Make a 6-Tesla-class high-temperature superconducting dipole magnet at 4.2 K

https://journals.aps.org/prab/abstract/10.1103/4nhs-bkwh
6•supermagnet•6d ago•0 comments

SpacetimeDB: A Short Technical Review

https://strn.cat/posts/spacetime/
62•hurrrr•7h ago•12 comments

Berkeley Law prohibits AI use in classes (by default)

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/academics/registrar/academic-rules/artificial-intelligence-policy/
6•hackerBanana•54m ago•1 comments

AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

https://blog.laserphile.com/2026/08/aliexpress-webpage-keeping-multipoint.html
904•emctech•16h ago•294 comments

Mojo is now open source

https://www.modular.com/blog/mojo-open-source
350•visheshdembla•2d ago•78 comments

How to compromise your system with a job interview

https://www.codedge.de/posts/how-to-compromise-your-system-with-a-job-interview
120•codedge•10h ago•104 comments

Sixtyfour (YC P25) Is Hiring

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sixtyfour/jobs/39SkSrA-software-engineering-intern
1•HPMOR•9h ago

Anti-AI fonts are useless and harmful

https://blog.yaros.ae/anti-ai-fonts-are-useless-and-harmful/
119•speckx•11h ago•81 comments

Speeding Up (Small) Ruby Hashes

https://byroot.github.io/ruby/performance/2026/08/13/speeding-up-ruby-hashes.html
23•arto•6d ago•0 comments

Git at any scale

https://cursor.com/blog/git-at-any-scale
281•meetpateltech•2d ago•93 comments

DiffusionGemma Technical Report

https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.00146
135•gmays•13h ago•34 comments

Every Model Cheats

https://dreadnode.io/research/every-model-cheats-prompt-level-mitigation-of-cheating-on-offensive...
81•vga805•12h ago•64 comments