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.

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• (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 Model
https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48924912

Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources
https://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=48915953

Grok Build is open source
https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926590

Running Gemma 4 26B at 5 tokens/sec on a 13-year-old Xeon with no GPU
https://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=48922434

SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions
https://mort.coffee/home/sqlite-editions/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928135

Collection of Digital Clock Designs
https://clocks.dev
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48923380

The lost joy of music piracy
https://www.pigeonsandplanes.com/read/music-piracy-what-cd-oink-nine-inch-nails-streaming
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48930454

Governments, 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.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927095

I also filed the corners off my MacBook
https://www.brt.fyi/posts/mac-book-filing/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911803

Duskers, the scary command line game, is getting a sequel
https://elbowgreasegames.substack.com/p/misfits-attic-announces-duskers-20
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48925888