esa.int
Musification of the 2026 total solar eclipsehttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/08/Musification_of_the_2026_total_solar_eclipse[English] Experience a musical simulation of the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse as seen from the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (Spain). Click here for information about ESA’s live broadcast from this observatory, or visit esa.int/solareclipse for an overview of all ESA eclipse activities & resources.Aug 12, 2026 12:00 PM
bing.com
5 fantasy football breakout candidates to target in 2026http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d5f8f8a2e4f30871c344695905a3c&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fsports%2Ffootball%2F5-fantasy-football-breakout-picks-you-need-to-know-for-2026%2Far-AA29LJJY&c=7890933844500603382&mkt=en-usTaking a player the year he breaks out can make your entire fantasy football season. Here are five to prioritize in drafts, including Luther Burden.Aug 12, 2026 11:32 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Fifty Ways to Hose Your Codehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270224The problem's all inside your code she said to meRecursion's very easy if you take it logicallyI'd like to help you in your struggle to learn CThere must be fifty ways to hose your codeShe said it's really not my habit to #includeAnd I hope my source code won't be lost or misconstruedBut I'll recompile it at the risk of getting screwedThere must be fifty ways to hose your codeJust muck up the stack, JackLeave out an &, StanMake a bad call, PaulAnd set your pointers freeHog up the bus, GusYou don't need to recurse muchJust hit the wrong key, LeeAnd listen to meShe said it grieves me to see you compile againI wish there was some hardware that wasn't such a painI said I appreciated that and would you please explainAbout the fifty ways.She said why don't we both just work on it tonight.And I believe by morning we'll have it running right.Then she hosed me and I realized she probably was rightThere must be fifty ways to hose your code.Fifty ways to hose your code.Just lose the address, LesCAug 12, 2026 10:29 AM
bing.com
Tiny Love Stories: ‘We Ended Up in Her Bed’http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d587eb3884d428687dffd104894ba&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2026%2F08%2F12%2Fstyle%2Ftiny-modern-love-stories-we-ended-up-in-her-bed.html&c=17611887845113718377&mkt=en-usAs the court date drew near, he declared, “I don’t want anyone else.” Tears falling down my face, I replied, “I don’t want anyone else, either.” Marriage no longer looks like what we pictured, but our ...Aug 12, 2026 10:24 AM
woxi.ad-si.com
Show HN: Woxi - Open-source Mathematica / Wolfram Language reimplementationhttps://woxi.ad-si.comWoxi is an interpreter for the Wolfram Language written in Rust.It comes with Woxi Studio, a Mathematica-like GUI built with iced, but you can also use Woxi through a CLI, Jupyter kernel, Python package, npm package, or WASM module.Compared with wolframscript / Mathematica, the main differences are:- Free and open source - Very fast startup - Typically milliseconds rather than seconds for the Wolfram kernel, making Woxi practical for shell scripts, one-liners, and other short-lived processes - Embeddable - It can run in a browser via WASM or be embedded into another application as a scripting languageA more detailed comparison with Mathematica is available here: https://woxi.ad-si.com/docs/comparison/mathematica/.Conformance is ensured with ~26'000 unit tests and ~900 .wls script snapshot tests.The current focus is on fixing remaining edge cases, improving performance, and growing the community.If you use the Wolfram Language, I'd be particularly interested in feedback on compatibilityAug 12, 2026 10:06 AM
latimes.com
How Anaheim outpaced Silicon Valley in income growthhttps://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-08-12/orange-county-has-some-of-highest-income-growth-in-america-survey-showsA recent survey of metropolitan areas showed that Anaheim, Irvine and Santa Ana had some of the greatest income growth nationwide.Aug 12, 2026 10:00 AM
bing.com
10 things we love about the Keychron B6 Pro Ultra-Slim 100% Wireless Keyboardhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83579903d34e84949d7e0ab8b8a0e9&url=https%3a%2f%2fhtxt.co.za%2f2026%2f08%2f10-things-we-love-about-the-keychron-b6-pro-ultra-slim-100-wireless-keyboard%2f&c=1771161327789494378&mkt=en-usKeychron is one of the big names in the world of keyboards, and it has brought its expertise to the much-neglected world of slimline, portable boards that are rather important but underserved by the ...Aug 12, 2026 9:59 AM
bing.com
10 things we love about the Keychron B6 Pro Ultra-Slim 100% Wireless Keyboardhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83577b91a24402be71d98064eebb8f&url=https%3a%2f%2fhtxt.co.za%2f2026%2f08%2f10-things-we-love-about-the-keychron-b6-pro-ultra-slim-100-wireless-keyboard%2f&c=1771161327789494378&mkt=en-usKeychron is one of the big names in the world of keyboards, and it has brought its expertise to the much-neglected world of slimline, portable boards that are rather important but underserved by the ...Aug 12, 2026 9:59 AM
bing.com
Scaling AI agents with trustworthy datahttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d42bb45cc44939b33bf3108882970&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.technologyreview.com%2F2026%2F08%2F12%2F1141032%2Fscaling-ai-agents-with-trustworthy-data%2F&c=3891805327200929434&mkt=en-usHow companies are freeing themselves of legacy data systems to power AI agents that deliver trusted, autonomous action.Aug 12, 2026 9:51 AM
cutthroat.news
Show HN: Replaced news reading with two tiny editions a day, then made it publichttps://cutthroat.news/I am passionate news reader "to stay informed", which used to take 60-90 minutes daily. Then somewhere around February I wrote local news reader to fetch feeds and articles, feed them to AI along with my profile, ending with very tight digest of everything that interests me, joy and few minutes to read. Lots of Python and exposed scripting wires but it worked well. Then other people saw what I had and wanted the same, on their specific topics, which required some planning. Several months later: https://cutthroat.newsIt is decently smart, deduplicating articles across topics, allowing user to choose what topics to read and how much of them. Not logged users see default set which may fit or not. Topic writing end is currently on Mac Mini (I call Mini "Editorial Office", but we may move to Hetzner soon) still runs Python and can use any model across OpenAI/Anthropic/Google, except for sonnet which fails miserably in keeping up with the format. Models are stacked so if one fails others picAug 12, 2026 9:17 AM
bing.com
African beauty entrepreneurs turn traditional remedies into commercial brandshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8c205c32404db494ed2124dff7e523&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-xl%2Flifestyle%2Fother%2Fafrican-beauty-entrepreneurs-turn-traditional-remedies-into-commercial-brands%2Far-AA29X68o&c=9465513285129484784&mkt=en-usAfrican beauty entrepreneurs are turning traditional skincare practices and indigenous ingredients into commercial products as they seek to build local brands that can compete with established ...Aug 12, 2026 9:01 AM
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Adobe vs. AppLovin: Which Technology Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d3243ebc94280ab5734ba541ba6b3&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fcoverage%2Fbetter-buy%2F2026%2F08%2F12%2Fadobe-vs-applovin-which-technology-stock-is-a-better-buy-in-2026%2F&c=9393964661658082242&mkt=en-usBoth are navigating a difficult year for software stocks, but only one of them is doing it with a proven earnings track record behind it.Aug 12, 2026 9:00 AM
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Can economy passengers use first class lavatory? It depends on the airlinehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d169b99ea4b88a12e1ed6433c634d&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Ftravel%2Fnews%2Fcan-economy-passengers-use-first-class-lavatory-it-depends-on-the-airline%2Far-AA29Xapv&c=6750695593890007279&mkt=en-usHere’s a topic that I figure makes for an interesting discussion. If you’re traveling in economy, can you use the first class lavatory? And if you can, should you? Some people are always surprised by ...Aug 12, 2026 8:38 AM
bing.com
Las Vegas Sphere 2026-27 Residencies: List of Artists, Shows, Ticketshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89b2d1b4794d2fbc65bcb93d0230e6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Flas-vegas-sphere-2026-27-residencies-list-of-artists-shows-tickets%2Far-AA1BbCFV&c=15728816390807094306&mkt=en-usShop Billboard put together a list of current residencies and experiences at the music and entertainment arena.Aug 12, 2026 8:15 AM
xmonader.github.io
Show HN: Boss Says – endless office platformerhttps://xmonader.github.io/bosssays/It's a tiny browser platformer where you stomp through an endless software office, grab story points and coffee, and ship deploys while CEO/CTO Slack piles up.Aug 12, 2026 8:00 AM
discoveredmaterials.com
Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents to discover new materialshttps://discoveredmaterials.com/research/Hey HN, we're Advaith and Akash from Discovered Materials ( https://discoveredmaterials.com/ ). We build AI agents that discover new materials for the semiconductor industry.GPUs today have a heat problem. Nvidia & AMD are almost doubling the TDP (Thermal Design Power) in every chip they release - the H100 (released 2022) has a TDP of 700W, Blackwell (2024) gives out 1.2 kW and Rubin (2026) gives out at 2.3 kW of heat. This trend is expected to continue, and getting rid of this heat is one of the major reasons datacenters consume so much power and water today - they need it to keep chips cool during operation.The amount of heat produced by a chip and its ability to dissipate it are both influenced by the materials used to make it. For example, we could reduce the energy per bit required to move data between logic and memory by 10-50x by 3D packaging chips (placing HBM memory stacks directly on top of logic chips, instead of placing them beside logic on a 2D circuit board). However, we'Aug 12, 2026 7:51 AM
news.ycombinator.com
I solved 823 LeetCode problems by age 18. Here is why LeetCode is brokenhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49268880I’m 18, and I’ve recently solved my 823rd problem on LeetCode with a 430+ day streak. After a year of doing this every single day, I can confidently tell you: LeetCode is a dry platform for micro-optimization, and it has almost nothing to do with real software education. It shouldn't, but it's a problem.The biggest flaw is the learning loop. When you encounter a new architectural or algorithmic concept, you are forced to break your flow. You have to leave the platform, read abstract documentation, watch a 3-hour YouTube video, or sift through AI slop. By the time you return to the editor, you've experienced massive context switching.This applies to tech education as a whole: we find information, read it, take notes, and then never look at those notes again because passive re-reading is boring. As a result, we forget most of it.I wanted to fix this feedback loop for myself and others. I built Self University — a platform that turns everything you can be asked in an engineering interviewAug 12, 2026 7:18 AM
europeanspaceflight.com
Rocket Lab Establishes German Subsidiaryhttps://europeanspaceflight.com/rocket-lab-establishes-german-subsidiary/Rocket Lab has established a new subsidiary in Germany to enable it to offer scaled domestic production of satellites and launch services on both its Electron and Neutron rockets. The company formally announced Rocket Lab Germany GmbH on 10 August, calling it a “milestone in the company’s international growth.” The actual establishment of the subsidiary, […] The post Rocket Lab Establishes German Subsidiary appeared first on European Spaceflight.Aug 12, 2026 6:58 AM
arabnews.com
Paramilitary force launches drone attacks across Sudanhttps://www.arabnews.com/node/2654334/middle-eastKHARTOUM: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched drone strikes on capital Khartoum and other army-controlled cities on Wednesday, in what appeared to be their largest coordinated attack in months. Since April 2023, Sudan has been ravaged by war between its regular military, led by army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and the RSF, commanded by Burhan’s former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. The capital Khartoum, which was recaptured by the army last year, has been targeted by drone strikes before but enjoyed relative calm for months.Aug 12, 2026 6:04 AM
github.com
Show HN: Pragma – Stop copying context between AI agentshttps://github.com/pqpo/pragmaI’m currently subscribed to Codex Pro 5x and Gemini, and I also use the DeepSeek API. I have to constantly switch between different CLIs, manually pass context around, and each agent has its own isolated memory.To solve this, I built Pragma: a single interface for interacting with multiple agents. Under the hood, it automatically calls different harnesses and models, passes context between them, and consolidates memory into one shared system.What do you think?Aug 12, 2026 5:30 AM
