DTF:HN for May 19, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for May 19, 2026. Featuring: I Found Ultra-Pure Quantum Crystals in an Abandoned Mine in the Atacama Desert, Gaussian Splat of a Strawberry, Polypad, Peter Neumann has died, The last six months in LLMs in five minutes, and more. Stories covered: 1. I Found Ultra-Pure Quantum Crystals in an Abandoned Mine in the Atacama Desert https://medium.com/@breid.at/ultra-pure-quantum-crystals-from-an-abandoned-mine-in-a-mysterious-desert-93cc87d12314 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48165797 2. Gaussian Splat of a Strawberry https://superspl.at/scene/84df8849 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48191602 3. Polypad https://polypad.amplify.com/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166744 4. Peter Neumann has died https://www.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2026-May/033748.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48188787 5. The last six months in LLMs in five minutes https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/5-minute-llms/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48188183 6. Click (2016) https://clickclickclick.click/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48187054 7. Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone https://www.kv4p.com/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48161772 8. The lasting influence of Netscape Time https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-lasting-influence-of-netscape-time/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48165283 9. PyTorch Landscape https://pytorch.landscape2.io HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48189178 10. Cursor Introduces Composer 2.5 https://cursor.com/blog/composer-2-5 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48182516