news.ycombinator.com
The ongoing debacle of hiring a fake coworkerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557755so, just had a guy ousted today in part due to my own judgment, as well as my boss'.this guy passed the interview rounds cleanly with decent answers -- I was in one, and I suspected something was "off" about him, but was willing to go ahead.after a couple months it becomes apparent this person is not really as inquisitive or critical as I'd like. they ask no questions, need no clarification, are silent in meetings.once it comes time to look at PRs, it's incredibly apparent it's LLM slop. not even GOOD slop -- lots of things outright broken, non-conforming frontend design, messy and redundant code. you can imagine.the person also cannot seemingly answer questions in sync. everything gets delayed, seemingly processed through the mouthpiece of AI. watching them live code is a mess. they seemingly have no idea what to do, until the AI instructs them. sometimes I even see them typing my questions in. (by the way, this was a SENIOR dev role.)so, needless to say, the person is gone now after Jun 16, 2026 4:24 PM
esa.int
Installing NEMUCO in BioLabhttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/06/Installing_NEMUCO_in_BioLabThis video was published on social media by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot with the following caption:Jun 16, 2026 4:15 PM
spacenews.com
The SpaceNews space unicorn trackerhttps://spacenews.com/space-unicorns-spacenews-billion-valuation/Our ongoing list of current private space companies with a valuation of $1 billion or more. The post The SpaceNews space unicorn tracker appeared first on SpaceNews.Jun 16, 2026 4:05 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Tell HN: Anthropic walks back on Agent SDK credit changeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557371Just received:In May, we sent you an email announcing that starting today, the Claude Agent SDK, claude -p, and third-party apps built on the Agent SDK would stop drawing from subscription rate limits and move to a dedicated monthly credit. We're writing to let you know that we’re not making this change today. We’re working to update the plan to better support how users build with Claude subscriptions.What this means for you Nothing changes for now. Agent SDK, claude -p, and third-party app usage continues to work with your subscription exactly as it did before today, and there's no credit to claim. Your subscription limits are unchanged. When we have an update, we'll share it with advance notice before it takes effect.I have a sub and I only ever use Claude via Agent SDK.Jun 16, 2026 4:02 PM
esa.int
Robotics at work: Dextre and Canadarm2https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/06/Robotics_at_work_Dextre_and_Canadarm2This timelapse shows operations by Dextre, a highly precise robotic “handyman” attached to the International Space Station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2.Jun 16, 2026 4:00 PM
blitzgraph.com
Show HN: BlitzGraph – Supabase for graphs, built for LLM agentshttps://blitzgraph.comHello HN After becoming allergic to SQL, I opened 120+ issues in Dgraph, Typedb and surrealdb looking for the perfect graphDB. None of them was built for agents nor were they the perfect fit for what we wanted to achieve: fully ditching the SQL legacy to properly model reality. So we decided to build BlitzGraphIn BlitzGraph, records (units) can belong to multiple types (kinds) and evolve through time. Also polymorphic relations are first class and multiple kinds can play the same role. This design helps to escape the old table paradigm and track entities throughout their lifecycle without awkward self-joins that connect an entity to itself under different IDs in other tablesAn example: { "$id": "amazn", "$kinds": ["Company", "Prospect"], deal: ... } // Day 1 { "$id": "amazn", "$kinds": ["Company", "Customer"], contract: .. } // Day 7 { "$id": "amazn", "$kinds": ["Company", "Churned"], churnCause: "..." }, ... // Day 86 What makes BlitzGraph different: - GraphQL-like nested queries and Jun 16, 2026 3:41 PM
science.nasa.gov
NASA Uses Machine Learning to Enhance Flash Flood Warningshttps://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/nasa-uses-machine-learning-to-enhance-flash-flood-warnings/The Transient Artifact and Continuous Learning System (TACLS) leverages data from continuously operating satellite networks coupled with machine learning models to help meteorologists at the National Weather Service forecast flash floods more efficiently.Jun 16, 2026 3:23 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: What are some good/fast coding models for Apple Silicon?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556552I have an M4 Max with 128 GB of unified memory, and I thought it would be easy to reach decent inference speeds with it. After a few failed attempts to exceed about 150 t/s with completely custom Metal inference engines tailor-built by Claude, I'm stumped.I'm not really sure how to make this hardware usable -- I can only really afford DeepSeek levels of pricing right now, but DeepSeek is slow and I'm really itching for something faster. Up until now, I've had a $200 per month Claude subscription, and Claude has been great, but the recent revocation of Fable 5 suddenly has me worried about losing access to whatever hosted model I choose to rely on, and of course I can't afford another month of Max 20x anyway, so DeepSeek will be pretty much my only option once this subscription period lapses (due to the lower Claude plans not being usable for me).I want to figure out how to run something locally, but I don't want the speed to have to be even slower as a result. I've tried a few models aJun 16, 2026 3:14 PM
nasa.gov
Department of Health and Human Services Digital Stockpile & Manufacturing Response Network Challengehttps://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/prizes-challenges-crowdsourcing-program/department-of-health-and-human-services-digital-stockpile-manufacturing-response-network-challenge/NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament Lab offers the contract capability to run external crowdsourced challenges on behalf of NASA and other agencies. Sponsored by the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), a division of the U.S. Department of […]Jun 16, 2026 2:39 PM
spacenews.com
PiLogic partners with Air Force lab to test satellite fault-prediction softwarehttps://spacenews.com/pilogic-partners-with-air-force-lab-to-test-satellite-fault-prediction-software/The startup uses probabilistic reasoning to diagnose spacecraft anomalies The post PiLogic partners with Air Force lab to test satellite fault-prediction software appeared first on SpaceNews.Jun 16, 2026 2:00 PM
spacenews.com
A UN agency that works for US spacehttps://spacenews.com/a-un-agency-that-works-for-us-space/If United States policymakers deride the wider United Nations, they still spend on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) because it amplifies the commercial reach of U.S. standards. This includes U.S. […] The post A UN agency that works for US space appeared first on SpaceNews.Jun 16, 2026 1:00 PM
github.com
Show HN: Babysit – let coding agents operate a TUIhttps://github.com/yusukeshib/babysitI've been trying to automate my work recently, but I ofeten encounter the situation where agents needs human intervention to complete the task. So I made a simple command that wraps a TUI called babysit that has a terminal emulator inside using pty. Agents can start commands in background, and they can ask human by attaching the TUI on a new tmux pane when human intervention is needed, or they can operate the TUI with screenshot/send/expect/wait commands. So far, I really like using it, and I wanted to share it here.https://github.com/yusukeshib/babysitJun 16, 2026 12:53 PM
bing.com
Qualcomm reveals flagship XR processor and new framework for AI glasseshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cdf647029499ab27af5fbaf40d520&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitaltrends.com%2Fcomputing%2Fqualcomm-reveals-flagship-xr-processor-and-new-framework-for-ai-glasses%2F&c=14836605946637958361&mkt=en-usQualcomm is laying the groundwork for the next generation of XR hardware with two announcements that target both the brains inside future headsets and the tools needed to build them. At Augmented ...Jun 16, 2026 12:51 PM
spacenews.com
Geospatial industry launches maritime initiativehttps://spacenews.com/geospatial-industry-launches-maritime-initiative/Growing demand from defense agencies and commercial shipping sectors is driving investment in maritime domain awareness technologies The post Geospatial industry launches maritime initiative appeared first on SpaceNews.Jun 16, 2026 12:00 PM
mydev.day
Show HN: I built a dev diary that writes itselfhttps://mydev.day/Hi HN, I'm Lucas. I mostly build XR things, but over the past month or so I've been developing a tool that became necessary for me: I'm usually working on many different things at once, and I needed a way to create reports and check what I worked on last year on a specific day.mydev.day is an automatic development diary that writes itself as you build. You connect your agent to it once per project (takes a couple of minutes), and from then on it automatically adds an entry per feature. After that you can query it via the API to ask anything about all your work across projects and accounts, or go to the app to print nice looking charts and reports.It started as an internal tool, but inspired by the indie hackers I follow, I decided to turn it into a product to see if it could be helpful for other builders and developers out there!Fun fact: it was really cool to dogfood it on itself as I built it!Jun 16, 2026 9:55 AM
hyperbox.sh
Show HN: Hyperbox- $40/month Mac mini rentalshttps://hyperbox.shHey HN,Following the OpenClaw craze, I saw a huge need for hosting personal Claws/Hermes agents on macOS [0]. So I built an agent to scrape eBay for below-market M-series Macs and built a Mac mini datacenter [1].But as it turns out, Claws aren't popular anymore. However, running agents like Claude Code and Codex on a remote Mac mini is a really awesome experience (especially for iOS devs). So far, we've seen users running automated iOS app builders, iCloud app automations, and more.[0] https://x.com/AlexReibman/status/2038656423161434400?s=20 [1] https://x.com/AlexReibman/status/2053957566368194953?s=20Jun 16, 2026 9:33 AM
bing.com
Databricks CEO Says He’s Cracked A 40-Year-Old Database Problem With LTAPhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d1776e00e4c1285ea3bbfacfc7acb&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fvictordey%2F2026%2F06%2F16%2Fdatabricks-ceo-says-hes-cracked-a-40-year-old-database-problem-with-ltap%2F&c=11736182272241183461&mkt=en-usThis voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Databricks CEO and co-founder Ali Ghodsi asserts that enterprise AI's true bottleneck lies ...Jun 16, 2026 7:52 AM
bing.com
Noem warns of 'coordinated' effort to funnel Chinese nationals into UShttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ce5f828f74679870e82ee001bee74&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fmoney%2Fother%2Fnoem-warns-of-coordinated-effort-to-funnel-chinese-nationals-into-us%2Far-AA25M8c9&c=16701932583421851194&mkt=en-usChina is allegedly orchestrating a highly coordinated, "travel agency"-style operation designed to funnel Chinese nationals across U.S. borders, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi ...Jun 16, 2026 6:31 AM
science.nasa.gov
Nebraska’s Wide, Rolling Domainhttps://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/nebraskas-wide-rolling-domain/The Nebraska Sandhills—the largest system of sand dunes in the Western Hemisphere—stretch across about one-quarter of the state.Jun 16, 2026 4:01 AM
bing.com
Project Jupiter Expands Community Outreach Effort Highlighting Benefits and Impacts of its Investments in New Mexicohttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8914d844144761b0c2c899ad0d6686&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasdaq.com%2Fpress-release%2Fproject-jupiter-expands-community-outreach-effort-highlighting-benefits-and-impacts&c=15628323089787158531&mkt=en-usBilingual community engagement, partnerships with local voices, and new advertising will help residents learn more about Project Jupiter's economic, community, and environmental benefits Project ...Jun 16, 2026 3:00 AM
