Monthly Highlights
4981.
China rushes to build out solar, and emissions edge downward (apnews.com)
4982.
A Nation of Lawyers Confronts China's Engineering State (theatlantic.com)
4983.
Van Hollen accuses Trump of pay-to-play on chips (semafor.com)
4984.
First Known Humans Genetically Adapted to Diving (nationalgeographic.com)
4985.
Direct File died. Meet the creators planning for its second life (fedscoop.com)
4986.
The Summer of Codex (paylias.xyz)
4987.
Tesla's new retro-futuristic Supercharger diner (cnbc.com)
4988.
Ask HN: Would you rather have 20% more money or 20% more time
4989.
Ask HN: What do you do with all your unused tech "swag"?
4990.
Asking three LLMs a simple question (sethops1.net)
4991.
OpenAI just launched "ChatGPT Go" in India at ₹399/month with UPI (openai.com)
4992.
GPT5 is worse than 4.1-mini for text and worse than Sonnet 4 for coding
4993.
Ask HN: Is AI so environmentally damaging that we shouldn't use it?
4994.
An AI Company Just Fired Someone for Endorsing Human Extinction (realtimetechpocalypse.com)
4995.
What Is America, and for Whom? (thomaszimmer.substack.com)
4996.
Ask HN: Which Linux or windows desktop do you find the easiest and fastest?
4997.
My inbox is a mess from signing up for everything. How do you handle it?
4998.
Ask HN: Good Starting OS for Children?
4999.
Has dystopian sci-fi been wrong all along?
5000.
Ask HN: Is it even worth selling to Europeans given the new AI regulations?
5001.
Trump to Sign Order Easing Path for Private Assets in 401(k)s (bloomberg.com)
5002.
Ask HN: Anyone else using open-source platforms to avoid SaaS lock-in?
5003.
Would you prefer government by engineers or lawyers? (theatlantic.com)
5004.
Stripe suspended our account without clear reason – need advice
5005.
Ask HN: What now occupies a web domain you used to own?
5006.
Best area of AI to focus on for a front end developer?
5007.
Ask HN: My coworker's AI responses are driving me insane
5008.
Why many Americans still think Darwin was wrong, yet the British don't (theconversation.com)
5009.
Ask HN: Where can I work if I'm just a good developer?
5010.
Ask HN: What are some comfy/stress-free jobs a SWE can do? (LCOL country)