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Research finds that all billionaires under the age of 30 have inherited their wealth, suggesting that self-made billionaires in this age group are extremely rare or non-existent.

President Trump signed an executive order launching the 'Genesis' mission, an artificial intelligence project aimed at advancing the development and use of AI in the United States.

Hey HN, I built this because I wanted to write more on my personal website but found VS Code et al terrible for prose.

Astro is a great static site framework for content-heavy sites, but its content files use MDX (markdown + JSX components) with YAML frontmatter. Regular markdown editors like iA Writer can't handle this properly.

Astro Editor is basically iA Writer for Astro content collections:

- Distraction-free writing with focus mode (hides YAML and imports)

- Auto-generates frontmatter forms from your Zod schemas

- Component insertion with prop picker for MDX

- Drag-and-drop image handling

It's free and open source, built with Tauri + React.

Download: https://astroeditor.danny.is Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJkXD59gQ5U

macOS only for now. If there's interest in Windows/Linux upvote this: https://github.com/dannysmith/astro-editor/issues/56

Happy to answer any questions, obvs.

The article discusses the X Window System's boot stipple, a background image displayed during the system's startup. It explains the technical details of the boot stipple, including how it is stored and loaded, and the importance of its design in providing a smooth and visually appealing user experience during the boot process.

The article explores the current strained relationship between China and Japan, examining the historical tensions, territorial disputes, and political factors that have contributed to the deterioration of ties. It suggests that both countries need to make concerted efforts to improve communication, manage disputes, and find common ground in order to salvage their bilateral relations.

Hi everyone, I’ve been working on AnimBits, a collection of 50+ animation UI components, animation hooks , transitions for React built on top of Framer Motion. feedback is appreciated

The goal is to provide clean, subtle, production-ready animations that can be dropped into any React project without the usual setup overhead. All components are designed to be accessible, minimal, and easy to customize.

Features

50+ components: buttons, cards, text effects, loaders, lists, icon animations, page transitions, and more

Built entirely with Framer Motion

Subtle, non-flashy effects suitable for production UI

Works via simple copy-paste or installable using shadcn UI registry

npx shadcn add https://animbits.dev/r/buttons-lift.json

Fully typed with TypeScript

MIT licensed

Nvidia claims its GPUs are a generation ahead of Google's AI chips, citing their superior performance and energy efficiency in running large language models and other AI workloads. The article compares the capabilities of Nvidia's GPUs and Google's TPU chips, highlighting Nvidia's competitive advantage in the AI hardware market.

The article examines Bhutan, a small Himalayan nation that has uniquely prioritized Gross National Happiness over economic growth. It explores Bhutan's path to development, its environmental conservation efforts, and its cultural preservation in the face of modernization.

The article argues that focusing solely on CPU usage is a misleading metric for system performance, and suggests looking at other factors like memory usage, disk I/O, and network traffic to better understand system bottlenecks and optimize performance.

The article discusses the launch of Tripmeter, a new travel planning and organization app that helps users plan and manage their trips conveniently. The app offers features such as itinerary management, expense tracking, and travel document storage, aiming to simplify the travel experience for users.

This book provides an introduction to computer science principles and algorithms, covering topics such as data structures, algorithms, programming languages, and computer architecture in a hands-on, practical manner for those without prior programming experience.

I was getting tired of forgetting things and typing other things repeatedly into Codex's prompt, so I've been building some config + prompt glue to help with what I find to be the more tedious parts of development.

It's a little dirty and rough (I've taken some liberty in testing it on its own master branch), but I would love to know if this maps to anything close to a solution for your guys' aches with using agents. I always hear a million different experiences people have for the same problem with them, so I'm wondering if something like this would be a step toward reducing that number.

The article debunks the myth of reflected power, arguing that the belief that antennas derive power from reflected signals is inaccurate. It explains that the power received by an antenna comes from the transmitted signal, not from any reflected signals.

A modder who famously added Thomas the Tank Engine to Skyrim has openly defied cease and desist letters from lawyers, continuing to integrate the character into other Elder Scrolls games like Morrowind. The modder expresses a disregard for the concerns of corporate executives, asserting their right to creatively modify games they own.

Hi everyone! I'm happy to present MidiToolbox.com.

This is a robust, privacy-focused toolkit offering essential utilities for anyone who works with MIDI files—musicians, educators, and developers alike. We focus on putting powerful processing tools right into your browser.

Crucially, all processing is done locally. Your files never leave your device, ensuring maximum speed and data privacy.

Key features include:

MIDI Playback & Viewer: A reliable player to audition and visualize your MIDI files instantly.

Deep MIDI Analysis: Quickly inspect events, track data, tempos, and time signatures.

Editing Suite: Tools for transposition, tempo adjustment, merging, and splitting tracks.

PDF Score Conversion: Convert MIDI files into viewable or printable sheet music (PDF format).

I built this set of tools to be fast, reliable, and respectful of user data.

I welcome your thoughts and feedback!

Link: https://miditoolbox.com

The article discusses how Medicare successfully negotiated a 71% discount on the prices of Novo Nordisk's diabetes drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, a significant victory in the ongoing efforts to lower drug costs for the government healthcare program.

Acontext is an open-source library that provides context-aware recommendations for software engineering tasks, helping developers find relevant code, documentation, and resources within their current development environment.

The article discusses the enduring appeal of film noir and its influence on contemporary cinema, exploring how the genre's themes of alienation, moral ambiguity, and the darker aspects of human nature continue to resonate with modern audiences.

This article explores the Nostromo, the cargo ship featured in the film Alien, and its role as a 'space truck' transporting raw materials across the galaxy. It delves into the design and purpose of the Nostromo, as well as the daily routines and challenges faced by the crew during their long-haul space voyages.

The article explores the integration of Parquet, a popular columnar data format, with Vortex, a high-performance data processing framework. It discusses the benefits of this integration, such as efficient data storage and processing, and how it can be leveraged to enhance data-driven applications.