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ibobev
2 hours ago
SDF vs. MSDF vs. Slug: GPU Text Rendering
The real difference between texture-atlas, SDF, MSDF, and Slug glyph rendering on the GPU: how each works, where each breaks, and when to use which....
2 DAYS AGO
LUISPA
I Could've Accessed 17T Microsoft Records
A DAY AGO
BIRDCULTURE
Needed 1+1, built a functional programming language
A DAY AGO
THELASTGALLON
When oil prices spike, where does the money go?
3 DAYS AGO
ROSSANT
NAND-16: a computer built from 277,248 NAND gates
A DAY AGO
THEREPANIC
PS5 Relapse Exploit
2 HOURS AGO
SNARKY-COMMENTS
Cold War espionage added $4.6B to East Germany's economy
12 HOURS AGO
SPARTICLE62
PSSA: A non-transformer language model written from scratch in Rust
yarapavan
5 hours ago
Pi.dev: You Said No MCP
Pi now supports MCP. Why we changed our minds, what changed in MCP and in Pi, and what Codemode is.
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signa11
a day ago
Mathematical Origami
Explore the beautiful world of Origami and mathematics. Be amazed by stunning photographs, try our folding instructions, or learn about the mathematical background....
rbanffy
a day ago
How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent
It slashed electricity losses from 50 to 5 percent...
HieronymusBosch
a day ago
Backblaze drive stats for Q2 2026
Explore Q2 2026 failure rates across 354,415 Backblaze drives, plus standout models and emerging CMR, SMR, and HAMR storage technologies....
bryan0
17 hours ago
Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?
Benchmark for tracking model capability after release. - ninjahawk/livenerf...
devonnull
21 hours ago
Vermont replacing power plants with home batteries
Spread across thousands of ordinary homes, Vermont's virtual power plant has become its largest power source. It's protecting owners from outages and providing cheaper, cleaner energy....
evakhoury
2 days ago
Phyllotaxis: An audio-reactive LED display
One of nature's beautiful patterns captured in dancing lights...
gvuksic
a day ago
Show HN: JBR-001 – An open-source 3D printable desktop robot
JBR-001 is an open-source desktop companion robot powered by the Arduino® UNO™ Q and built to make robotics, computer vision, edge AI, and physical AI fun to explore....
https://projecthub.arduino.cc/syntheticaidata/jbr-001-a-desktop-companion-robot-powered-by-arduino-uno-q-b11c96
Anon84
a day ago
Language models for text classification: From bag-of-words to Jev
A Visual Guide to RNNs, CNNs, Transformers, and Calibration, with Hands-On Experiments on Accuracy and Efficiency...
seam_carver
2 days ago
Show HN: Using 2D DFT, dithering, etc. to maximize eInk manga image quality
KCC (a.k.a. Kindle Comic Converter) is a comic and manga converter for ebook readers. - ciromattia/kcc...
Thom2503
5 hours ago
Most data centers refusing to say how much water, electricity they use
The vast majority of data centers in Europe keep information about their environmental impact secret, according to a study by Lighthouse Report in collaboration with Trouw and other European...
Zeruxe
2 days ago
Built Dental Scope
Free interactive 3D dental anatomy: all 32 permanent teeth with FDI, Universal and Palmer numbers, enamel to root canals, jaws and nerves. Educational tool....
pseudolus
21 hours ago
We’re forgetting what darkness feels like
If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures...
primitivesuave
a day ago
Show HN: A working 3D model of an Enigma machine
Explore 3D Enigma models, follow their electrical circuits and rotor mechanisms, and learn how the machines were used....
rzk
6 hours ago
Singapore Govt Dating App Uses Gale-Shapley Stable Marriage Algorithm
Singapore's govt dating app runs on a Nobel Prize-winning game theory algorithm 👏 FirstDate uses Gale-Shapley, the 1962 stable marriage algorithm that won the 2012 Economics Nobel and stil...