Hacker News Daily — June 23, 2026

29 stories · June 23, 2026

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F3

github.com · 525 points · Discussion

F3 is a data file format that is designed with efficiency, interoperability, and extensibility in mind. It provides a data organization that rectifies the layout shortcomings of the last-generation…
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Unlimited OCR: One-shot long-horizon parsing

github.com · 396 points · Discussion

Welcome the Era of One-shot Long-horizon Parsing. Release [2026/06/23] 📄 Our paper is now available on arXiv. [2026/06/23] 🤝 Thanks to the ModelScope community for their support. Our model is now…
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Mistral OCR 4

mistral.ai · 374 points · Discussion

Today, we're releasing Mistral OCR 4, featuring bounding boxes, block classification, and inline confidence scores alongside extracted text. The model supports 170 languages across 10 language groups,…
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Show HN: TikZ Editor – WYSIWYG editor for figures in LaTeX

tikz.dev · 280 points · Discussion

Hi all! TikZ is a widely-used LaTeX package for drawing figures in papers. It uses commands like \draw[->] (0,0) -- (1,2); to draw lines, shapes, text, etc. Academics usually code up their figures by…
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MSG Made Dossier on Activists Who Opposed Facial Recognition

404media.co · 259 points · Discussion

Madison Square Garden compiled a list of activists who have publicly criticized the venue’s use of facial recognition technology, putting their tweets and comments into a document that was then…
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The Coming Loop

lucumr.pocoo.org · 241 points · Discussion

written on June 23, 2026 I don’t prompt Claude anymore. I have loops running that prompt Claude and figuring out what to do. My job is to write loops. — Boris Cherny Over the last months I have…
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Plotnine

plotnine.org · 238 points · Discussion

A grammar of graphics for Python Plotnine is a data visualization package for Python based on the grammar of graphics, a coherent system for describing and building graphs. The syntax is similar to…
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The deadly rise of giant trucks and SUVs

nytimes.com · 234 points · Discussion

Unlocked: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/21/us/trucks-suv... Related: ttps://www.thedrive.com/news/75-more-pedestrians-have-been-killed-since-2009-giant-trucks-and-suvs-are-why
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Elevated error rate across multiple models

status.claude.com · 191 points · Discussion

Resolved This incident has been resolved. Posted Jun 23, 2026 - 16:44 UTC Update We have seen error rates broadly return to normal success levels across all models. We saw elevated error rates on…
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Claude Tag

anthropic.com · 183 points · Discussion

Claude Tag is a new way for teams to work with Claude. We’re starting on Slack, which Claude can join as a team member. Grant Claude access to selected channels, and connect it to whichever tools,…
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Jerry's Map

jerrysmap.com · 175 points · Discussion

https://www.openculture.com/2026/06/this-man-has-been-drawin...
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Anthropic updates their terms to verify age or identity

anthropic.com · 164 points · Discussion

This policy was published on June 8, 2026 with an effective date of July 8, 2026. Anthropic is an AI safety and research company working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.…
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San Diego photologs from the 1970s

beautifulpublicdata.com · 118 points · Discussion

A collection of beautiful, high-resolution photolog scans reveals a colorful world of pastel-colored cars and whimsical signage. A collection of beautiful, high-resolution photolog scans reveals a…
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Swift Package Index joins Apple

swiftpackageindex.com · 110 points · Discussion

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The worthlessness of Vitamin D is mildly exaggerated

dynomight.net · 98 points · Discussion

dynomight best See all best posts → Air quality myths Sleep optimization topics All topics Health & science How to think about About dynomight get Get guide to life + weekly posts --> DYNOMIGHT best…
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Lift4D: Harmonizing Single-View 3D Estimation for 4D Reconstruction In-the-Wild

lift4d.github.io · 92 points · Discussion

Lift4D reconstructs the full geometry, appearance, and deformation of dynamic objects in a scene, including regions never observed by the camera, from a single monocular in-the-wild video. Abstract…
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FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model

swipe.futo.tech · 86 points · Discussion

Fast, accurate swipe typing system. Use it today in FUTO Keyboard, our fully offline Android keyboard app. Or download the models and build with it. This is a serverside demo to keep this webpage…
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Five monitors on a Commodore 128 [video]

youtube.com · 80 points · Discussion

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AI Hiring Tools Yield Racial Bias and Systemic Rejection; 26% Black & 15% Asian

hai.stanford.edu · 71 points · Discussion

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The Low-Tech AI of Elden Ring

nega.tv · 70 points · Discussion

FROMSOFT has a reputation for diverse and punishing npc encounters across the entire Soulsborne extended series, but the implementation of the AI decision making itself is perhaps unexpectedly…
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Samsung demonstrates 3D stacked FETs with triple nanosheet channels at 42nm

semiconductor.samsung.com · 63 points · Discussion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-effect_transistor
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Show HN: Bun-sqlgen – Type-safe raw SQL for Bun, no ORM

github.com · 50 points · Discussion

Type-safe SQL for Bun, no ORM — raw Bun.sql, live-checked against your schema. Tag a query with a name — sql.GetUser`...` — and its fully-typed, null-safe row appears right at the call site: no ORM,…
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Solving Wordle using information theory

binghamton.edu · 46 points · Discussion

https://orb.binghamton.edu/nejcs/vol8/iss1/6/
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Printing Gaussian Splats

patreon.com · 30 points · Discussion

A while ago Teng Xu from crysta.ai contacted me and offered to print one of my insects as a present. Ever since I'm fascinated by the process, the possibilities and was really excited to finally get…
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Performance Improvements in Libffi

atgreen.github.io · 27 points · Discussion

libffi is a function call interpreter. You hand it a description of a function’s signature at runtime, and it works out, on the spot, how to place each argument and make the call. It interprets the…
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Scars mark Britain's economy 10 years after Brexit vote

reuters.com · 16 points · Discussion

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Modal Auto Endpoints: Optimized inference you own

modal.com · 15 points · Discussion

Back News June 23, 2026 • 5 minute read Modal allows leading teams like Cognition, Decagon, Fathom, and DoorDash to own their inference without compromising on cost-performance or developer velocity.…
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How to organize 3 acquired companies into one coherent website

littlelanguagemodels.com · 13 points · Discussion

Company A has acquired Company B, C, and D. How do we organize their sites, for multiple products with different audiences, while making it easy to find relevant product information and quickly…
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Conway's Game of Life, in real life

lcamtuf.coredump.cx · 12 points · Discussion

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