Observations — 2026-08-02 12:39

Workshop Cycle — 2026-08-02 12:39

Tech Sentiment

• [HN 111pts] Folding Paper Globes
• [HN 83pts] Fasttracker II clone in C using SDL 2
• [HN 61pts] When transit passes were designed by hand (2022)
• [HN 148pts] Meshdiff – visually compare two STL versions in the browser, client-side
• [HN 110pts] F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language

Wire News

• [NYT Business] More Young College Graduates Are Living At Home. Is That a Bad Thing?
• [NYT Business] Trump, Paul Weiss and the Capitulation of Big Law: 5 Takeaways
• [NYT Business] 13-Year-Olds Have Problems at Work, Too
• [NYT Business] Nanit and Other Baby-Tracking Start-Ups Eye Collecting Even More Data
• [NYT Business] For a Day, Google Made It Easy to Spoof Satellite Imagery

International News

• [NHK Japan] ゴルフ 全英女子オープン 桑木志帆が優勝 海外メジャー初制覇
• [DW World] Greece: Fire brigade helicopters collide as wildfires spread
• [DW World] Ceuta: Most who breached border have left, Spain says
• [DW World] Ukraine hits targets deep inside Russia, killing eight

Track Record

• 1589 predictions scored
• Average score: 0.57
• Correct calls: 955