East German Balloon Escape - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_German_balloon_escape

Show HN: TRS-GPT - ChatGPT client/server for the TRS-80 - https://druid77.github.io/trs-gpt/

Airbnb allowing host to place cameras in the room where I would be sleeping - https://old.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/1623v0b/airbnb_allowing_host_to_place_cameras_in_the_room/

The Rival to the Panama Canal That Was Never Built - https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230825-the-rival-to-the-panama-canal-that-was-never-built

Freshpaint (YC S19) Is Hiring Engineers to Build a HIPAA Compliant Data Platform - https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/freshpaint/bfe56523-bff4-4ca3-936b-0ba15fb4e572?utm_source=hn

Attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen (2022) - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/02/attention-span-focus-screens-apps-smartphones-social-media

Gojekyll – 20x faster Go port of jekyll - https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll

Longtime 'Price Is Right' Host Bob Barker Dies at 99 - https://www.npr.org/2023/08/26/200752493/price-is-right-host-bob-barker-dead

SwiftUI Is Convenient, but Slow - https://notes.alinpanaitiu.com/SwiftUI-is-convenient,-but-slow

90% of “eco-friendly” paper straws contain traces of toxic forever chemicals - https://scienceswitch.com/2023/08/27/90-of-eco-friendly-paper-straws-contain-traces-of-toxic-forever-chemicals/

Never-Ending Learning of User Interfaces - https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08726

Yet Another VPS Benchmark – Cloudfanatic, DigitalOcean, Linode, Vultr [Aug 2023] - https://blog.aawadia.dev/2023/08/26/yabs-august-2023/

Modernizing Compiler Design for Carbon Toolchain [video] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI198eFghJk

Ford Confronts Strange, Ear-Piercing Static in F-150 Trucks - https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-confronts-strange-ear-piercing-static-in-f-150-trucks-7551ba24

A video of the transformation of a single cell into a salamander - https://pmdvod.nationalgeographic.com/NG_Video/772/995/1442844739770_1550184269599_1442865731523_mp4_video_1024x576_1632000_primary_audio_eng_3.mp4

Rust Cryptography Should Be Written in Rust - https://briansmith.org/rust-cryptography-should-be-written-in-rust-01

Slack’s Migration to a Cellular Architecture - https://slack.engineering/slacks-migration-to-a-cellular-architecture/

California deploys AI-powered wildfire detection systems - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/firefighters-use-ai-to-spot-wildfires-in-california/

Britain’s failed experiment in boosting low-wage sectors - https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/08/24/britains-failed-experiment-in-boosting-low-wage-sectors

UK's infrastructure is too expensive: Railways, Trams, and Roads all cost more - https://www.samdumitriu.com/p/britains-infrastructure-is-too-expensive