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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/
486•dr_pardee•5h ago•216 comments

A website for debloated open source alternatives

https://debloat.dev/
104•ryanvogel•2h ago•52 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/
71•the-mitr•3h ago•44 comments

How Complex Systems Fail (1998)

https://how.complexsystems.fail/
151•shortcrct•4h ago•40 comments

How I Find Problems to Solve as a Staff Engineer

https://lalitm.com/post/find-problems-staff-engineer/
9•vanpra•29m ago•3 comments

Malware infects Android-based automotive head unit firmware

https://securelist.com/android-head-unit-malware/121106/
174•campuscodi•6h ago•84 comments

My favorite nonfiction books about cults, scams, and schemes

https://bookdna.com/best-books/nonfiction-about-cults-scams-and-schemes
142•bwb•6h ago•47 comments

Fable and the End of the Free Lunch

https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/08/23/fable-the-end-of-moore-s-law.html
8•dbreunig•46m ago•0 comments

What Is a Harness?

https://earendil.com/posts/what-is-a-harness/
177•tosh•5h ago•100 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/
91•mdp2021•4h ago•84 comments

Explain it to me like I'm ten

https://timharford.com/2026/08/explain-it-to-me-like-im-ten/
17•bookofjoe•1h ago•11 comments

The Vibe Tax

https://insufferable.dev/posts/vibe-tax/
6•allisdust•1h ago•1 comments

Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

https://risky.biz/risky-bulletin-slovakia-finds-russian-backdoor-in-traffic-speed-cameras/
269•dredmorbius•5h ago•109 comments

Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?

https://slate.com/technology/2026/08/microsoft-software-nonprofit-data-delete.html
35•tchalla•56m ago•7 comments

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

https://nappertime.com/the-golden-rule-of-becoming-a-better-writer/
392•andsoitis•16h ago•245 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...
233•taubek•13h ago•183 comments

My agent.md to improve LLM-assisted code quality

https://fabiensanglard.net/agent.md/index.html
6•ibobev•1h ago•2 comments

Say It Four Times (In Your System Prompt)

https://www.khola.blog/p/say-it-four-times
4•nkhola•1h ago•3 comments

The End of an Athlon

http://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-end-of-an-athlon/
168•userbinator•14h ago•76 comments

'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics'

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/10/nx-s1-5925350/the-nerd-reich-tracks-the-unmasking-of-silicon-valle...
9•rbanffy•17m ago•0 comments

Etched Sohu vs. Nvidia: Transformer ASIC vs. GPU (2026) – Spheron Blog

https://www.spheron.network/blog/etched-ai-sohu-vs-nvidia-transformer-asic-inference/
4•rbanffy•1h ago•0 comments

AI and Infrastructure Engineering

https://omegion.dev/2026/08/ai-and-infrastructure-engineering/
3•0megion•1h ago•0 comments

Predicting AI model release dates with stats

https://releaseoracle.xyz/
4•akeyes6•1h ago•0 comments

I turned Unix talk from 1983 into the interface for my AI

https://en.andros.dev/blog/09a21bdd/i-turned-unix-talk-from-1983-into-the-interface-for-my-ai/
3•ibobev•1h ago•0 comments

From Front Panel to Program: Thinking Like a PDP-8

https://pikuma.com/blog/pdp-8-minicomputer
3•ibobev•1h ago•0 comments

Erik Brynjolfsson says an AI "job apocalypse" is unlikely

https://wpintelligence.washingtonpost.com/topics/ai-tech/2026/08/19/wpi-conversation-why-an-ai-jo...
4•gumby•2h ago•0 comments

Powerful extensions do not need powerful code

https://adayinthelifeof.nl/2026/08/23/powerful-extensions-do-not-need-powerful-code/
3•jaytaph•2h ago•0 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/
63•zdw•1d ago•54 comments

Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive

https://www.ft.com/content/5ee49718-c258-4f01-aa32-7e5b76ae5245
17•naves•1h ago•13 comments

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

https://martypc.net/
189•boilerupnc•16h ago•69 comments
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