Shall I implement it? No

Malus – Clean Room as a Service

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MalusCorp offers a service to recreate software from scratch using AI, eliminating open source license obligations. They charge per kilobyte of unpacked size on npm, with a full refund if their code infringes on the original license.

Bubble Sorted Amen Break

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Click download now to get access to the following files: there needs to be an option to play the sorted samples also :) is the source online?

Reversing memory loss via gut-brain communication

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Researchers at Stanford Medicine and the Arc Institute found that the gut microbiome plays a critical role in age-related cognitive decline. They discovered that stimulating the vagus nerve can restore memory function in old mice, suggesting a potential treatment for age-related cognitive decline.

"This Is Not the Computer for You"

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There is a certain kind of computer review that is really a permission slip. It tells you what you’re allowed to want. It locates you in a taxonomy — student, creative, professional, power user — and assigns you a product. It is helpful. It is responsible. It has very little interest in what you might become. The consensus is reasonable: $599, A18 Pro, 8GB RAM, stripped-down I/O. A Chromebook ...

ATMs didn’t kill bank teller jobs, but the iPhone did

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J D Vance's claim that ATMs didn't displace bank tellers is true, but it's because ATMs were a complementary technology that increased demand for tellers to focus on relationship banking. The real reason bank teller employment declined was the rise of mobile banking, enabled by the iPhone, which made physical bank branches and tellers obsolete.

Document poisoning in RAG systems: How attackers corrupt AI's sources

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Knowledge base poisoning is a real threat where attackers inject fabricated documents into a knowledge base to manipulate LLM responses, making it a persistent and invisible attack. Embedding anomaly detection at ingestion is the most effective defense layer, reducing the attack's success rate from 95% to 20% in a local lab test.

The Met releases high-def 3D scans of 140 famous art objects

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a new archive of high-definition 3D scans of over 100 historical objects. Viewers can zoom in, rotate, and examine each model using augmented reality on smartphones and VR headsets.

Understanding the Go Runtime: The Scheduler

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The Go scheduler is a system that manages goroutines, which are lightweight threads that run concurrently, by assigning them to OS threads (Ms) and scheduling them to run on processors (Ps). The scheduler uses a three-level hierarchy (G, M, P) to manage goroutines, with Gs representing the work, Ms executing the code, and Ps providing the scheduling context, and it uses a combination of ...

Innocent woman jailed after being misidentified using AI facial recognition

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Angela Lipps, a Tennessee grandmother, was wrongly accused of bank fraud in North Dakota and spent 5 months in jail. Facial recognition software led to her arrest, but her bank records proved she was in Tennessee at the time of the alleged crimes.

US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says

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US corporate default rate rose to 9.2% in 2025, a record high according to Fitch Ratings. Defaults were mainly among smaller issuers with $25 million or less in earnings due to high interest rates.

Launch HN: IonRouter (YC W26) – High-throughput, low-cost inference

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IonAttention Engine is a custom inference stack that multiplexes models on a single GPU, adapting to traffic in real time. It supports custom models and has applications in robotics perception, multi-camera surveillance, and AI video pipelines.

“Design me a highly resilient database”

The user shares a story about failing a job interview by providing too many answers to a question about designing a highly resilient database, highlighting the importance of asking questions to understand the context and requirements. The user emphasizes that there is no one-size-fits-all solution for database design and that the right answer depends on understanding the specific data, ...

Forcing Flash Attention onto a TPU and Learning the Hard Way

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The author attempted to port a GPU-optimized flash attention algorithm to a TPU, but it performed catastrophically worse due to the TPU's hardware architecture and compiler optimizations. However, by using JAX's vmap function to express the algorithm's independence, the author achieved a 45x speedup and beat the TPU's fused standard attention path at large sizes.

WolfIP: Lightweight TCP/IP stack with no dynamic memory allocations

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wolfIP is a TCP/IP stack for resource-constrained systems with endpoint mode and no routing. It's licensed under GPLv3 and can be used with POSIX shim and TAP device.

Show HN: OneCLI – Vault for AI Agents in Rust

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OneCLI is an open-source gateway that securely stores API credentials and injects them into AI agent requests. It provides a single place to manage access, rotate keys, and monitor agent activity.

Big data on the cheapest MacBook

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The MacBook Neo handles database workloads well, completing queries in under a minute in cold runs and 15 minutes in total. However, its disk I/O and 8 GB memory limit make it unsuitable for daily Big Data workloads.

Are LLM merge rates not getting better?

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LLMs' performance improves when passing tests but worsens when considering mergeable quality. Merge rates show no improvement since early 2025, contradicting initial observations.

Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework

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Axe is a tool that treats LLM agents like Unix programs, allowing them to be composed and run from the command line. It uses TOML configuration files to define agents with focused skills and abilities.

NASA's DART spacecraft changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun

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Science News is a nonprofit source of accurate science, medicine, and technology news since 1921. It empowers people to evaluate news and the world through public engagement in scientific research and education.

IMG_0416 (2024)

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Between 2009 and 2012, Apple iPhones and iPod Touches included a feature called “Send to YouTube” that allowed users to upload videos directly to YouTube from the Photos app. The feature worked… really well. In fact, YouTube reported a 1700% increase in total video uploads during the first half of 2009- crediting that growth to its strong integrative ties to Apple and social networks. ...

Long overlooked as crucial to life, fungi start to get their due

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Fungi play a crucial role in ecosystems, forming symbiotic relationships with plants and helping them absorb nutrients and water. Despite their importance, many fungal species are endangered due to lack of knowledge and conservation efforts.

DDR4 Sdram – Initialization, Training and Calibration

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The DRAM initialization process involves a series of steps including ZQ calibration, mode register loading, and read/write training to ensure reliable data access. Periodic calibration processes such as ZQ calibration short and read/write training may be necessary to maintain signal integrity and data access reliability in changing temperature and voltage conditions.

Language birth

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The loss of natural languages is a concern, but the creation of constructed languages, or conlangs, also brings new linguistic diversity and opportunities for expression. Conlangs can provide unique affordances for human thought and offer a glimpse into the creative potential of the human mind.

The Cost of Indirection in Rust

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The author argues that in Rust async code, function calls are not a significant performance overhead. Indirection is not the enemy of performance, but rather a misconception that makes engineers chase invisible gains.

Converge (YC S23) Is Hiring a Founding Platform Engineer (NYC, Onsite)

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Converge is a platform helping consumer brands understand their marketing performance. They're looking for a founding engineer to build and scale their data platform.

Returning to Rails in 2026

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The author built a web application called setlist.rocks using Ruby on Rails, rediscovering the joy of building a web application the old-fashioned way and appreciating the simplicity and expressiveness of Rails. The author found that Rails 8 has become a very different beast, with a simplified JavaScript library bundling tool, a "no build" approach, and new features like Solid Cache and Solid ...

Full Spectrum and Infrared Photography

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The blog post discusses full-spectrum photography, where a camera captures visible and infrared light, resulting in unique effects such as pinkish tones and increased contrast. The author explores various lighting conditions, including daytime, nighttime, and indoor scenes, showcasing the differences between visible and infrared light.

The Road Not Taken: A World Where IPv4 Evolved

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IPv4x is a hypothetical extension of IPv4 that added 96-bit addresses, allowing for more space without replacing IPv4. This incremental approach avoided a "flag day" and enabled a smooth transition, but ultimately led to the development of IPv6 as a clean break.

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