Hacker News Daily — July 18, 2026

29 stories · July 18, 2026

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In this issue

1

LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent

videocardz.com · 876 points · Discussion

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Regressive JPEGs

maurycyz.com · 616 points · Discussion

2026-07-17 One of the cool features of JPEG files is that there's the option to save low frequency components first. This means that a partially downloaded image will be displayed at low resolution…
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GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization

old.reddit.com · 437 points · Discussion

TL;DR: In a single 148 min session, with a prompt modeled after the one OpenAI used to prove CDC, GPT 5.6 Sol Pro supplied a proof that closed a complexity gap in convex optimization that has existed…
4

What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph

data.stackexchange.com · 327 points · Discussion

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TP-Link Kasa cameras leaked home GPS via unauthenticated UDP for 6 years

github.com · 206 points · Discussion

Security Advisory: Kasa Spot EC71 (Firmware 2.3.26) Author: Christopher Childress (BadChemical) Status: Patched, CVE-2026-9770 (RSA/IAM) and CVE-2026-13230 (GPS) remediated in 2.4.1. Vendor: TP-Link…
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Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux

parksb.github.io · 203 points · Discussion

Arch Linux 32 on an Eee PC 1000HE 2026.07.04 KO | EN A new operating system Before installation Preparing the boot media Connecting to the internet Setting the system clock Partitioning the disk…
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Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-Hard Problem: Does /goal help?

charlesazam.com · 187 points · Discussion

TL;DR: I gave Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol the same unpublished NP-hard optimization problem, with and without their native /goal mode. Fable 5 is an absolute beast; /goal is not a game changer.…
8

The Kimi K3 Moment

stephen.bochinski.dev · 180 points · Discussion

I’ve been running Kimi K3 alongside Claude on my normal coding work, and for all practical purposes I can’t tell them apart. Same tasks, same quality of output, and near identical token counts to get…
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Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro?

amateurphotographer.com · 157 points · Discussion

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works The GoPro HERO was made to compete with smaller competitor cameras. Photo: Isabella Ruffatti.…
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Gleam Is Now on Tangled

tangled.org · 147 points · Discussion

Configure Feed Issues Pull Requests Commits Tags Select the types of activity you want to include in your feed. ⭐️ A friendly language for building type-safe, scalable systems! Configure Feed Issues…
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Goodbye, and Thanks for All the Bikesheds

queue.acm.org · 144 points · Discussion

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If You Build It, They Will Come

benlandautaylor.com · 142 points · Discussion

Several times in my life I’ve tried to break in with a new social group. I ran into a cool community I wanted to join, or I moved to a new city and wanted to make friends there, or I just wanted to…
13

Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide

ykdojo.github.io · 130 points · Discussion

claude-controls-mac Here’s a full step-by-step guide on how to turn your spare Mac into an always-on machine Claude Code can fully control, with computer use enabled. You’ll be able to talk to it from…
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Elixir-lang.org has a new design

elixir-lang.org · 125 points · Discussion

Simple from zero to scale Fast development with robust practices Grows from solo developers to teams of hundreds Scales from single servers to global networks Built on decades of Erlang reliability…
15

The Computer at the Bottom of a Canal

negroniventurestudios.com · 122 points · Discussion

Somewhere at the bottom of the Forth and Clyde Canal, buried in the silt, there is a box of custom silicon that was right about almost everything. Back in 1988 a Scottish hi-fi company shipped a…
16

Fake food delivery site for the dopamine

old.reddit.com · 77 points · Discussion

A support group for those who struggle with Binge Eating Disorder and compulsive overeating. Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is an eating disorder that is characterized by recurrent episodes of binge…
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REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500

reotrucks.com · 70 points · Discussion

America's New Affordable Truck $21,500+ Reservations Open · $25 · Refundable Reserve Your Place Body-On-Frame Architecture 6-spd MT / AT Transmission 500,000 mi Powertrain life Runabout T4X Three…
18

Qubes OS Security in the Public Record

arxiv.org · 69 points · Discussion

View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: Qubes OS is a revealing case for security measurement because its architecture makes component boundaries security-relevant. We present a protocol-driven…
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GTX 1080s: Testing a Legend

lttlabs.com · 60 points · Discussion

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How GitHub gave every repository a durable owner

github.blog · 53 points · Discussion

GitHub had over 14,000 repositories. Fewer than half had clear ownership. Here’s how we gave every active repository a validated owner in under 45 days, archived the rest, and made ownership the…
21

A Second-Grade Teacher Revived a Beloved Video Game

nytimes.com · 49 points · Discussion

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Tech note: making your own V-I plots at home

lcamtuf.substack.com · 48 points · Discussion

When working on my latest book, The Secret Life of Circuits, I wanted to keep the artwork real. My beef with the diagrams in popular electronics textbooks and online tutorials is that most of them are…
23

Our Approach to Bioresilience: Isomorphic Labs and Google DeepMind

deepmind.google · 46 points · Discussion

July 16, 2026 Responsibility & Safety The global biosecurity landscape is rapidly evolving. Shifting natural ecosystems, global travel and the potential misuse of AI require greater vigilance — yet AI…
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Show HN: Q3Edit – Edit and play Quake 3 maps in the browser

q3edit.com · 45 points · Discussion

I've been building a level editor for Quake 3 that runs entirely in the browser: Radiant-style layout, brush and patch editing, CSG, terrain sculpting, and entity editing. It opens and saves.map file…
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I'm Making Strandfall, a Solarpunk Orienteering Larp

mssv.net · 35 points · Discussion

In the twenty years I’ve been making games, I keep returning to the idea of blending the digital and physical worlds through ARGs like Perplex City and location-based games like Zombies, Run! It’s as…
26

Typing Speed Test, but for Developers

haxxorwpm.0s.is · 27 points · Discussion

HaxxorWPM Terminal command typing 60 sec Mode Time 0 WPM 100 Accuracy 0 Commands 0 Mistakes Start typing to begin 60 s
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The Fermi Paradox, Percolation, and Inbreeding

reactormag.com · 26 points · Discussion

Well-timed synchronicity is a wonderful thing. There’s nothing quite like the intellectual zing one experiences when one scientific presentation casts an unexpected light on a seemingly unrelated…
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Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb

github.com · 22 points · Discussion

Moonshine Micro — Voice Interfaces for Microcontrollers Moonshine Voice is an open source AI toolkit for developers building real-time voice agents and applications. Moonshine Micro is a version…
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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…