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Stories from 2026-07-07

1. StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time (streetcomplete.app)

2. Fable turned reMarkable into Tom Riddle's diary from Harry Potter (github.com/maximerivest)

3. Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained (fightchatcontrol.eu)

4. A better way to tie gym shorts (or any drawstring) [video] (youtube.com)

5. 30papers.com – Ilya's 30 essential ML papers, in a beginner friendly format (30papers.com)

6. How to sequence your own DNA at home (bradleywoolf.com)

7. Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera (allaboutcookies.org)

8. Small AI Models Gain Traction In places with unreliable networks (ieee.org)

9. Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software (gamefromscratch.com)

10. 98% isn't much (whynothugo.nl)

11. Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament (heise.de)

12. Local, CPU-Friendly, High-Quality TTS (Text-to-Speech) with Kokoro (ariya.io)

13. Jim's TrueType QR Code Font (github.com/jimparis)

14. OpenSSH 10.4/10.4p1 Released (openssh.org)

15. Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI (davit.app)

16. Microsoft Can Track Users via a Windows Device ID (pcmag.com)

17. Why we built yet another Postgres connection pooler (pgdog.dev)

18. Why skilled workers come to Germany and then leave again (dw.com)

19. l: A new runtime for k and q (lv1.sh)

20. Herdr: One terminal to rule them all (herdr.dev)

21. China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes (bbc.com)

22. Show HN: Rowboat – Open-source, local-first alternative to Claude Desktop (github.com/rowboatlabs)

23. Notes on Software Quality (anthonyhobday.com)

24. Top researchers leave USA for the Netherlands (in Dutch) (nwo.nl)

25. The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth (stanford.edu)

26. Dolosse – a South African invention used over the world (thisbugslife.com)

27. A 2048-spin bulk acoustic wave Ising machine for number partitioning and Sudoku (arxiv.org)

28. AI Meets Cryptography 1: What AI Found in Cloudflare's Circl (zksecurity.xyz)

29. Europe's company websites are mostly served by US vendors (ciphercue.com)

30. Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in Portugal (euronews.com)

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