7.16.26 | Inkling open-weights model, Stripe and Advent's PayPal acquisition offer, Grok Build open source

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 16, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model (01:51) - Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources (02:53) - Grok Build is open source (04:15) - Running Gemma 4 26B at 5 tokens/sec on a 13-year-old Xeon with no GPU (05:49) - SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions (07:02) - Collection of Digital Clock Designs (07:51) - The lost joy of music piracy (09:08) - Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf] (10:28) - I also filed the corners off my MacBook (11:33) - Duskers, the scary command line game, is getting a sequel (12:43) - Outro Inkling: Our Open-Weights Modelhttps://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48924912Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sourceshttps://www.reuters.com/business/finance/stripe-advent-offer-buy-paypal-more-than-53-billion-sources-say-2026-07-15/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48915953Grok Build is open sourcehttps://github.com/xai-org/grok-buildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926590Running Gemma 4 26B at 5 tokens/sec on a 13-year-old Xeon with no GPUhttps://www.neomindlabs.com/2026/06/08/running-gemma-4-26b-at-5-tokens-sec-on-a-13-year-old-xeon-with-no-gpu/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48922434SQLite should have (Rust-style) editionshttps://mort.coffee/home/sqlite-editions/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928135Collection of Digital Clock Designshttps://clocks.devhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48923380The lost joy of music piracyhttps://www.pigeonsandplanes.com/read/music-piracy-what-cd-oink-nine-inch-nails-streaminghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48930454Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf]https://www.siegelendowment.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fortune-david-siegel-open-source-ai.pdfhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927095I also filed the corners off my MacBookhttps://www.brt.fyi/posts/mac-book-filing/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911803Duskers, the scary command line game, is getting a sequelhttps://elbowgreasegames.substack.com/p/misfits-attic-announces-duskers-20https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48925888