2026-08-10 Discoveries

How I use LLMs to learn complex topics

LLMs are used for any things. Learning new things is one of the top use cases.

Hackaday Links: August 9, 2026

Bad news for anyone who was hoping for some relief from the memory shortage — Digitimes is reporting that the production capacity of major players such as Samsung, Micron, and …

Taxi Drivers Rarely Die of Alzheimer’s—How Complex Mental Maps and Spatial Reasoning…

Working with and living in spatially complex environments may help delay cognitive decline, though more research is needed

The Stages of Grief in Repairing a Trinitron Found in the Trash

Sometimes you see a project just staring at you with proverbial puppy dog eyes and you just cannot look away. In the case of a once rather nice Sony TV …

Workflo

Mac workspace automation that never sees your screen

The Chinese Smart Glasses Proving that Smart Glasses can be Repairable

It’s often claimed that wearable devices cannot have user-replaceable batteries or even be serviceable at all due to how compact and waterproof they must be, yet there are plenty of …

VoiceOS App Store

The app store for voice native apps that lives in your notch

Mea Culpa – Dark Hours

Last week I launched a project called Dark Hours, which was a website utility to give you an idea of what could be seen in the sky that night. A developer who …

Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM

A new report shows Windows 11's built-in Weather app can consume more than 1 GB of RAM. By comparison, Apple's native Weather app on macOS uses roughly five times less memory under similar conditions.

SoloUno

Take control of hair pulling, nail biting & skin picking

The tragedy of the commons, AI edition

New Zealand lost its music media, and what we're building to replace it

In the third week of June 2026, two announcements landed on Karangahape Road within hours of each other. Flying Out , the record store that had anchored...

Georgia police officers fired after Flock camera misuse

The Savannah Police Department has terminated four sworn officers and two civilian employees following an internal investigation into misuse of the department’s Flock Safety License Plate Reader system.

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Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's

Working with and living in spatially complex environments may help delay cognitive decline, though more research is needed.