Bitchat – A decentralized messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks https://github.com/jackjackbits/bitchat
GitHub
GitHub - jackjackbits/bitchat: bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes
bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes. Contribute to jackjackbits/bitchat development by creating an account on GitHub.
Neanderthals operated prehistoric “fat factory” on German lakeshore https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/neanderthals-operated-fat-factory-125000-years-ago/
Archaeology News Online Magazine
Neanderthals operated prehistoric “fat factory” 125,000 years ago on German lakeshore
Neanderthals used heat and water to extract fat from bones 125,000 years ago, revealing advanced food processing skills.
Show HN: Piano Trainer – Learn piano scales, chords and more using MIDI https://github.com/ZaneH/piano-trainer
GitHub
GitHub - ZaneH/piano-trainer: Memorize piano scales with ease! A piano practice program w/ MIDI support. Consider it an interactive…
Memorize piano scales with ease! A piano practice program w/ MIDI support. Consider it an interactive reference manual 🎹 - ZaneH/piano-trainer
François Chollet: The Arc Prize and How We Get to AGI [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QcCeSsNRks
YouTube
François Chollet: How We Get To AGI
François Chollet on June 16, 2025 at AI Startup School in San Francisco.
François Chollet is a leading voice in AI. He's the creator of the Keras library, author of Deep Learning with Python, and the founder of the ARC Prize, a global competition aimed at…
François Chollet is a leading voice in AI. He's the creator of the Keras library, author of Deep Learning with Python, and the founder of the ARC Prize, a global competition aimed at…
Hymn to Babylon, missing for a millennium, has been discovered https://phys.org/news/2025-07-hymn-babylon-millennium.html
phys.org
Hymn to Babylon, missing for a millennium, has been discovered
In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been lost for a thousand years. A paper on this discovery is published in the journal ...
Mercury: Ultra-fast language models based on diffusion https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17298
arXiv.org
Mercury: Ultra-Fast Language Models Based on Diffusion
We present Mercury, a new generation of commercial-scale large language models (LLMs) based on diffusion. These models are parameterized via the Transformer architecture and trained to predict...
Anthropic cut up millions of used books, and downloaded 7M pirated ones – judge https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-cut-pirated-millions-used-books-train-claude-copyright-2025-6
Business Insider
Anthropic cut up millions of used books to train Claude — and downloaded over 7 million pirated ones too, a judge said
Training Claude on copyrighted books it purchased was fair use, but piracy wasn't, the judge ruled.
I used o3 to profile myself from my saved Pocket links https://noperator.dev/posts/o3-pocket-profile/
noperator.dev
I used o3 to profile myself from my saved Pocket links
Welp, Pocket shuts down tomorrow despite our pleas for it to stay. While migrating1 all of my saved articles, I noticed that I’ve got almost 900 saved articles spanning nearly 7 years. That’s a goldmine of stuff-I-like data! Some quick analysis using xsv2:…
Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists https://www.holovaty.com/writing/chatgpt-fake-feature/
Solving Wordle with uv's dependency resolver https://mildbyte.xyz/blog/solving-wordle-with-uv-dependency-resolver/
Lightfastness Testing of Colored Pencils https://sarahrenaeclark.com/lightfast-testing-pencils/
Sarah Renae Clark - Coloring Book Artist and Designer
Lightfast Testing: 50+ Coloured Pencil Brands
Discover the best and worst coloured pencils and markers for lightfastness, ensuring your artwork stays vibrant and doesn't fade too quickly.
New sphere-packing record stems from an unexpected source https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-sphere-packing-record-stems-from-an-unexpected-source-20250707/
Quanta Magazine
New Sphere-Packing Record Stems From an Unexpected Source | Quanta Magazine
After just a few months of work, a complete newcomer to the world of sphere packing has solved one of its biggest open problems.
My first verified imperative program https://markushimmel.de/blog/my-first-verified-imperative-program/
Markus Himmel
My first verified (imperative) program
One of the many exciting new features in the upcoming Lean 4.22 release is a preview of the new verification infrastructure for proving properties of imperative programs. In this post, I’ll take a first look at this feature, show a simple example of what…
Show HN: Ossia score – A sequencer for audio-visual artists https://github.com/ossia/score
GitHub
GitHub - ossia/score: ossia score, an interactive sequencer for the intermedia arts
ossia score, an interactive sequencer for the intermedia arts - ossia/score
Show HN: NYC Subway Simulator and Route Designer https://buildmytransit.nyc
The Miyawaki Method of micro-forestry https://www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe-6-5-the-method
Future Ecologies Podcast
FE6.5 - The Method — Future Ecologies Podcast
The Miyawaki Method of micro-forestry is a viral sensation: sprouting tiny, dense, native tree cover in neighbourhoods all around the world. With the promise of afforestation at a revolutionary speed, this planting technique has become the darling of green…
The chemical secrets that help keep honey fresh for so long https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250701-the-chemical-secrets-that-help-keep-honey-fresh-for-so-long
Bbc
The chemical secrets that help keep honey fresh for so long
Honey is a natural sweetener, and bacteria loves to feast on sugar. But honey is remarkably resistant to spoilage. What's behind its ability to beat the bugs?