fp.

I spent $266 and four AI models to own my tablet. GLM-5.3 finished it in a day

https://ericpardee.github.io/fire-hd-ownership/

330•dr_pardee•4h ago•135 comments

How Complex Systems Fail (1998)

https://how.complexsystems.fail/

116•shortcrct•3h ago•29 comments

A website for debloated open source alternatives

https://debloat.dev/

49•ryanvogel•1h ago•18 comments

GLM-5.3 (open-weight) beat Anthropic/OpenAI models – for 1/5 the cost

https://reinvently.co.uk/tools/ed-o-meter/

182•ed-is-ai•2h ago•80 comments

Malware infects Android-based automotive head unit firmware

https://securelist.com/android-head-unit-malware/121106/

164•campuscodi•5h ago•75 comments

Why Sal Khan't: On Learning by Making but Teaching by Telling

https://punyamishra.com/2026/04/16/why-sal-khant-on-learning-by-making-but-teaching-by-telling/

42•the-mitr•2h ago•13 comments

My favorite nonfiction books about cults, scams, and schemes

https://bookdna.com/best-books/nonfiction-about-cults-scams-and-schemes

117•bwb•4h ago•32 comments

Coconut Oil Jet Fuel Matches Kerosene's Efficiency in Engine Tests

https://studyfinds.com/coconut-oil-jet-fuel-matches-kerosenes-efficiency-in-engine-tests/

65•mdp2021•2h ago•54 comments

Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

https://risky.biz/risky-bulletin-slovakia-finds-russian-backdoor-in-traffic-speed-cameras/

224•dredmorbius•3h ago•89 comments

To become a better writer, read as much as you can

https://nappertime.com/the-golden-rule-of-becoming-a-better-writer/

379•andsoitis•15h ago•240 comments

What Is a Harness?

https://earendil.com/posts/what-is-a-harness/

134•tosh•4h ago•87 comments

Wi-Fi 8 is the first wireless upgrade in years that isn't chasing speed

https://www.xda-developers.com/wi-fi-8-first-wireless-upgrade-years-isnt-chasing-speed-home-netwo...

209•taubek•11h ago•156 comments

Things I want in a modern relational query language

https://sporks.space/2026/08/19/things-i-want-in-a-modern-relational-query-language/

56•zdw•23h ago•42 comments

The End of an Athlon

http://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-end-of-an-athlon/

165•userbinator•12h ago•74 comments

We must not grant AI agents legal personhood

https://www.ft.com/content/b8cc4bf4-6d3c-4974-8428-9a091983c473

21•andsoitis•1h ago•18 comments

Why your local LLM feels dumber than it is

https://forum.level1techs.com/t/why-your-local-llm-feels-dumber-than-it-is/253917

453•felineflock•1d ago•184 comments

I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job and it finished in 30 minutes

https://www.xda-developers.com/qwen-3-8-27b-reverse-engineering-job-frontier-model/

244•raybb•8h ago•111 comments

MartyPC is a cross-platform emulator of early PCs written in Rust

https://martypc.net/

181•boilerupnc•15h ago•63 comments

JIT Compiling Code in 5μs

https://malisper.me/jit-compiling-code-in-5-us/

140•zX41ZdbW•12h ago•90 comments

The Art and Beauty of Blade Runner (2015)

https://nappertime.com/the-art-of-and-beauty-of-blade-runner/

163•cocacola1•17h ago•97 comments

I Dream of Quieter Computing

https://henry.codes/writing/i-dream-of-quieter-computing/

101•Sir_Twist•15h ago•106 comments

Amiga-Inspired AROS Goes Bare Metal on Raspberry Pi

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/23/amiga-inspired-aros-goes-bare-metal-on-raspberry-pi/

38•mdp2021•3h ago•4 comments

Hister – A private, full content search index that you control

https://hister.org/

454•auraham•4d ago•98 comments

I set a trap for a book-marketing scammer (2025)

https://rwwgreene.substack.com/p/i-set-a-trap-for-a-book-marketing

72•rznicolet•1d ago•48 comments

Scrap (2006)

https://twitter.com/moxie/status/2091218652133732491

402•tosh•1d ago•217 comments

Show HN: Live 3D satellite tracker and the declassified Pentagon UFO archive

https://skylens.yantraai.app/

56•skylensspace•9h ago•28 comments

ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs

https://quantumi.sh/public/labs.html

465•jemoka•1d ago•138 comments

typ.ing

https://typ.ing/

344•bookofjoe•5d ago•110 comments

My Obituary for Dr Tim King, Tripos, AmigaOS, Helios and UK Online Pioneer

https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/18/tim-king-amigados-royalty-dies-aged-70/5289101

3•lproven•19m ago•0 comments

Fast and Hard Code

https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/8/22/fast-hard-code/

99•tosh•12h ago•67 comments