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news.ycombinator.com
How Google decided to Destroy its Search Monopolyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48945074This is a bit of a rant, yet it's one I think is rightly deserved.Over the last several months, Google has exploded with:* extreme delays in rendering search results* popups of captcha + prove you're human, for simple searches* extreme delays in doing anything after hitting enter on searchInstead of taking 100ms or less to return search results, it now takes 5+ seconds, 10+ seconds sometimes. Often with a captcha in between.This 100% isn't me. I've noticed these changes, discussed with others, and it's happening to people across a wide swath of industry, and situations. Co-workers at home. Elderly parents. People at workplaces. The list goes on.This is worst at night, and of course that's when I tend to work the most. It's so bad, that once I see that first captcha, I just switch to Bing. Yes, Bing. Kagi works, but from where I sit its results have been sliding and slipping, sadly. I don't know what they've been focusing on at Kagi recently, but it's not what it once was. Likely, relia
Jul 17, 2026 9:19 AM
vektorgeist.com
Show HN: Vektorgeist- A platform for AI operators and their agent'shttps://vektorgeist.com/VektorGeist is a platform designed for AI operators to discover, share, and distribute AI resources in one place. The platform brings together: AI tools MCP servers Prompts Workflows Templates Agents Technical articles A community for collaboration Recent updates include selectable layouts, customizable themes, an immersive interface, community profiles, and a marketplace for sharing projects and resources. The goal is to create a central hub where AI operators can find practical resources, contribute their own work, and collaborate with others without having to search across dozens of different platforms. Feedback is welcome, especially on: Overall user experience Features that would improve the platform Missing functionality Ideas for making it more useful for AI operators Website: https://vektorgeist.com Discord:https://discord.gg/EEsMTJ73m
Jul 16, 2026 9:52 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Best meeting transcription daemon for macOS?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48936123Granola are cracking down on their auth and I can no longer pull my meeting notes out and put them in Obsidian (my plugin is gonna have to be deprecated: https://github.com/tomelliot/obsidian-granola-sync/).That means I'm gonna need a different meeting transcription/summary pipeline. There's a cambrian explosion of meeting transcription tools (https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Show+HN%3A+transcription). It's awesome.I've tried some, but haven't found one that works how I want. Can you help me find one that suits my use case?- daemon runs in the background- uses local models for transcription, diarization/speaker identification- primary interface is CLI/no UI. It should just happen in the background.- GUI is secondary. Maybe a button in the menu bar for starting/stopping a meetingoptional/secondary- pulls in calendar info for titling and attendees- cleans the transcript- generates summary
Jul 16, 2026 3:44 PM
pastehex.dev
Show HN: I've built tldraw for HTML and Markdown pages (with encryption)https://pastehex.dev/Hello, HN!This is a small app I've built to satisfy three pains/wishes I've had for a while and I think there might be people out there who can benefit from it as well.1. I want to pop up a new tab, start writing my thoughts and, maybe, share them over the internet. As fast as I can and with as little friction possible. tldraw totally does this for drawing stuff in a whiteboard but for text, Obsidian is a local tool that requires installing and Notion is too involved. I want a simple link that just works the moment you navigate to the page.2. Sometimes I wanted to share code or other text artifacts with customers over Discord, but the platform caps messages to a certain length before it forces you to submit a .txt. Pastebin kinda fills this gap but it's an old site and it doesn't handle BIG pastes very well also it doesn't double as your own document vault (plus I don't care about all their "public pastes" thing).3. This is a recent one. Now, due to AI tools, everyone is sharing Markdo
Jul 16, 2026 2:26 PM
bing.com
The Truth About AI’s Water Usehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a0fc0d8fa4a0b854e8a1b8ecded96&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Ftechnology%2F2026%2F07%2Fhow-much-water-data-centers-use%2F687934%2F&c=15629447881526524519&mkt=en-usThere are two competing schools of thought over just how water-intensive AI is. In one, the technology is horribly thirsty. Data centers will exacerbate droughts throughout the country and “drain the ...
Jul 16, 2026 1:42 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Thinking: Alternate Distribution for Filmmakershttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48931604This idea did not in anyway start with the intention of distribution. In my 20s there were a group of 12 of us, who shared a whatsapp group and every thursday, we had a standing appointment to decide and watch the interesting movie for the week.Over the years as life happens and folks got married, moved, priorities shifted, that ritual that almost lasted a decade fell apart.During the pandemic, given that most of us had a VR headset, we reconnected and started watching movies together - we'd setup a shared stream and would have a google chat going on the side, so that we can hear each other while the movie played.VR has been surprisingly good to recreate that theatrical atmosphere - but the worst bit is sitting in a virtual cinema as the only person. Dimming the lights out (within the virtual environment so that you don't see the empty chairs) and having a video call where we can hear each other on one of the ears, kinda felt a bit like the gang was back together.Even if it hasn't been
Jul 16, 2026 8:06 AM
news.google.com
From symposium to social media: Tracking the emergence of the Batanes claimhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimwFBVV95cUxOUXRzb3RWMnROMzFpbHNDSVFJZ3AtOVdWcG05YVVGZkZtRmg2MFZDT1FJQVU4c2oydzBuRUtsOHRfRTVDbzlVemZOUzc2TThiLWF5Q3hwb3FNdXVWX3F1ZGJqWUFUS2xBZkNaWm1vQndmT0hDTS1GSl8wMWJxMjJfMVBvcE5teWV3ZWxyTWp0ZTRJUHZhTkdibXk4Zw?oc=5From symposium to social media: Tracking the emergence of the Batanes claim  PressOnePH
Jul 16, 2026 7:00 AM
nasa.gov
NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight Innovationhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/nasa-uses-subscale-aircraft-to-accelerate-flight-innovation/Testing new aerospace concepts in flight remains one of NASA’s most effective ways to advance knowledge and reduce risk. The Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, supports this mission by using small, remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft as cost‑effective platforms to mature innovative ideas, accelerate learning, […]
Jul 15, 2026 9:56 PM
science.nasa.gov
Curiosity Finds Evidence of an Ancient Sandstormhttps://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/curiosity-finds-evidence-of-an-ancient-sandstorm/Description Billions of years ago, an hours-long Martian sandstorm blew so intensely that sand ripples began to climb upon one another as they moved across the surface. These layers of sediment eventually hardened into the multilayered rocks seen in this image, which was taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover on Dec. 12, 2024, the 4,391st Martian […]
Jul 15, 2026 6:16 PM
europeanspaceflight.com
SES and Airbus Secure Site for Quantum Communications Ground Stationhttps://europeanspaceflight.com/ses-and-airbus-secure-site-for-quantum-communications-ground-station/European satellite operator SES and Airbus have secured a site at the NL Space Campus in Noordwijk for the Eagle-1 optical ground station. The announcement comes less than two months after the launch of the system’s satellite component was once again delayed, this time until no earlier than late 2027. SES and Airbus Netherlands signed […] The post SES and Airbus Secure Site for Quantum Communications Ground Station appeared first on European Spaceflight.
Jul 15, 2026 1:33 PM
news.google.com
Amazon Alternatives: 22 Places to Shop Online Other Than Amazonhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPUEZWdkF6eHl2YXF5ejB5eXFCLV9nLW84RjZoZFZCSVpjc3RGYWMyNDBZYURNTXFleXZvS0JVdGtsWWRHYXNjX19qMTdHWkNERmxWSFNjY0JaZFBaRTVoeGhxUmFBRG8ya1NOOGZ5cURFMGJsWFpfa3RRU1d6cnhSV1BKZWJ2Mk9PWGJzYnlDMFRyZkZ6WlVaRXZrWXI?oc=5Amazon Alternatives: 22 Places to Shop Online Other Than Amazon  Rolling Stone
Jul 15, 2026 7:00 AM
science.nasa.gov
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4947-4953: Gale Crater Then and Nowhttps://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4947-4953-gale-crater-then-and-now/Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto Earth planning date: Friday, July 10, 2026 Curiosity had a successful long weekend and came into this week ready to explore some more. We’ve been moving fairly rapidly through different mapped “units,” or distinct geological areas of interest, visiting a different one at each of […]
Jul 15, 2026 5:25 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: PhDs, how have you organized your research visits?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48906413Hi HN! Using a throwaway account but looking for advice from people having done research visits as PhD students, especially in terms of funding/accommodation/whether such an experience is worth the cost.I'm a second-year PhD candidate in France, working in NLP. In January I contacted a professor from another university in the Netherlands to ask about a research visit opportunity -- I did this because both my university and hers were part of a funding program for research visits. We had a call and she was very interested in my topic and the potential help I could give for her project (and I'm also very interested in what she's working on).I applied to this funding but my application was rejected because my university told me I should apply to another funding program specific to the university. I did that in March, but things have been going downhill, as the person who is supposed to deal with the applications left, and everything's mostly been on standby since. Thus, I haven't received
Jul 14, 2026 1:19 PM
github.com
Show HN: I MitM'd Plex to make remote streaming suck lesshttps://github.com/inhumantsar/plex-proxy/I've been hoarding media for a long time. Longer than I care to think about honestly. At this point the collection is large enough that several of the friends and family members I've shared my Plex server with have cancelled their streaming service subscriptions.After getting laid off a while back, I started working on a degree online. It seemed like a good opportunity to spend some time traveling too, so I signed up for Starlink and got a friend to host my Plex server in his basement for the duration. Surely that would be good enough to watch whatever from where-ever.Turns out that no, it's not. Plex really doesn't like streaming over Starlink. It would top out at 8-9mbps in good conditions, often dropping down to 2 or 3, while other streams and downloads would happily hum along at 100mbps+.I spent a little time looking into the issue early on. None of the remote or server network changes I could think of made a noticable difference. Customizing Plex's internal MPV configuration to in
Jul 14, 2026 12:25 AM
nasa.gov
NASA Study Points to Smoother Air Taxi Rideshttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/nasa-study-points-to-smoother-air-taxi-rides/No one wants to get into an uncomfortable aircraft. NASA research could help the emerging industry of air taxis —small, vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft meant for short trips — understand the relationship between comfort and willingness to fly. That’s where NASA comes in, with data that can help identify how to plan air taxi rides that can […]
Jul 13, 2026 9:46 PM
duiduidui.app
Show HN: Duiduidui is a new Chinese dictionary and flashcard apphttps://duiduidui.app/en/Hello everyone! I'm a solo developer, and intermediate Chinese learner, and I just launched a new Chinese app I want to share with you.My own Chinese language study stack used to be Pleco (and Goog Translate) for dictionary lookups, and then Anki for flashcard reviews, with a lot of manual copy-pasting in between. Which worked... okay. But the two sides never talked to each other. Pleco doesn't know what I'm studying, and Anki doesn't know anything about Chinese. So it treats 好吃 and 好 as totally unrelated cards, even though getting one right obviously tells you something about the other.So I built duiduidui! (对对对), which is basically those two tools fused together, with a study engine that actually models how Chinese is structured:- A dictionary with 200k+ entries, always available/searchable offline (characters, words, phrases, sample sentences, speech audio) where everything is linked. Every character links to the words it appears in, and the radicals it's built from, so you can (for
Jul 13, 2026 7:15 PM
wanderinghorse.net
Show HN: Rules-free solo-only client for the Paperback tabletop gamehttps://wanderinghorse.net/gaming/paperback/solo.htmlMy past couple of weeks were spent writing an app with which to play the word-spelling tabletop game Paperback in the browser.Tim Fowers, creator and publisher of the game, has given me permission to post my homemade electronic copy of the game (initially built so that i could print-and-play a copy with "US-Mini" size cards), and recently sent me (much to my surprise) the publisher's official graphical assets and an invitation to use them in this little side-project(!!!).The version housed at that link has a known bug or two (there's one too many 7-cent W's, for one thing) but it's otherwise believed to be usable for its intended purpose: allowing an experienced Paperback player to sit and play solo mode without the app interfering rules- or dictionary-wise. (My only real fuss about their official app is the locked dictionary. It does not allow the word "pawn", nor a wide range of other perfectly viable words. Secondarily, i'd like to be able to customize the game more and remove all o
Jul 12, 2026 6:04 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: How has the internet devolved in recent years?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48866959I'll start with 10:1. "Verifying you are human" delays/redirects2. Invasive "Sign in with Google[1]" prompts on every website, often taking over the UI3. Phone number based identity so when you change your number you lose your entire savings account and social media and all work access and your whole life is basically F-CKED except your romantic life which is very much NOT F-CKED since nobody knows your number.Never change your number.4. "You will own nothing" gaming where games you thought you owned get yoinked away at the leisure dare I say the PLEASURE of these neocorporate ingrates who want to de-fun (and defund) every lived experience!5. You can join any time you want but you can never delete. Livin it up at the Hotel Social Media. What a nice surprise, livin' someone else's life!6. You have been banished!7. You have been shadow banished (and don't know it)!8. Your content violates our guidelines (hey buddy your guidelines violate my content - WHO NEEDS WHO. GENUINE QUESTION Idk a
Jul 11, 2026 12:04 AM
science.nasa.gov
NASA Volunteers Help Zooniverse Reach 1 Billion Classificationshttps://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/nasa-volunteers-help-zooniverse-reach-1-billion-classifications/The Zooniverse, a NASA grantee that runs the world’s largest platform for online people-powered research, has reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 billion classifications contributed by volunteers around the world. This milestone is a celebration of everyone who has marked a dip in a light curve, confirmed the presence of a moving object in a short […]
Jul 10, 2026 7:00 PM