What happens when US economic data becomes unreliable

192 inaros 2026-03-14 17:51:19 UTC mitsloan.mit.edu Llama Share 140

The US economy relies on 13 statistical agencies to collect data, but recent political interference, shrinking budgets, and low response rates have created ruptures in the system and led to public mistrust. To address this, experts recommend using private data with caution and speaking up against political manipulation to protect the integrity of economic data and safeguard decision-making.

Sunsetting Jazzband

34 mooreds 2026-03-14 17:51:19 UTC jazzband.co Llama Share 5

Jazzband is sunsetting due to unsustainable model of open membership and shared push access in a world with AI-generated spam. Project leads will be contacted before PyCon US 2026 to transfer projects to new homes.

Montana passes Right to Compute act (2025)

182 bilsbie 2026-03-14 14:51:19 UTC westernmt.news Llama Share 122

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed the Montana Right to Compute Act, securing citizens' rights to own and use AI tools. This law contrasts with previous restrictive legislation, positioning Montana at the forefront of digital privacy and technology accessibility.

An Ode to Bzip

40 signa11 2026-03-14 16:51:19 UTC purplesyringa.moe Llama Share 23

The author recommends using bzip for text and code compression due to its simplicity and high compression ratio. Bzip achieves this through its use of Burrows-Wheeler transform (BWT) rather than LZ77, resulting in a more deterministic and efficient compression process.

Baochip-1x: What it is, why I'm doing it now and how it came about

219 timhh 2026-03-14 08:51:19 UTC crowdsupply.com Llama Share 26

The Baochip-1x is a microcontroller with a Memory Management Unit (MMU), a feature that sets it apart from other small CPUs, and it's now available for developers to use. The chip was made possible through a collaboration with Crossbar, Inc., and it's being sold through a pre-order campaign to build a community around it and pave the way for a fully open-source silicon-to-software future.

NMAP in the Movies

97 homebrewer 2026-03-14 16:51:19 UTC nmap.org Llama Share 13

Nmap has been featured in various movies such as The Matrix Reloaded, Ocean's 8, and Die Hard 4, showcasing realistic hacking scenes. These movies include films like The Bourne Ultimatum, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and 13: Game of Death, where Nmap is used for network reconnaissance and exploitation.

Python: The Optimization Ladder

188 Twirrim 2026-03-14 10:51:19 UTC cemrehancavdar.com Llama Share 57

Python's dynamic design requires runtime dispatch on every operation, making it slow, but various tools and libraries can bypass this dispatch and significantly improve performance, with some achieving speeds comparable to compiled languages. The effort required to climb the optimization ladder is exponential, but the right tool for the job can yield substantial speedups, from 2.4x to 1,633x, ...

The $2 per hour worker behind the OnlyFans boom

51 1659447091 2026-03-14 15:51:19 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 40

A Philippines-based woman earns under $2 per hour pretending to be a paid OnlyFans model in online chats. She and other workers are concerned about the largely unregulated nature of this type of online work and potential exploitation.

Cookie jars capture American kitsch (2023)

17 NaOH 2026-03-14 14:51:19 UTC eater.com Llama Share 1

Hazy Mae is a New York City-based artist who collects and makes ceramic cookie jars, which have become a popular kitchenware item again. Ceramic cookie jars are now being used for various items, not just cookies, and are often considered conversation pieces due to their unique designs and nostalgic value.

Megadev: A Development Kit for the Sega Mega Drive and Mega CD Hardware

92 XzetaU8 2026-03-14 09:51:19 UTC github.com/drojaazu Llama Share 5

Megadev is a development kit for Sega Mega Drive and Mega CD with utilities and examples for experienced C and M68k programmers. It's a free, unofficial, non-profit project for skilled developers.

Show HN: Learn Arabic with spaced repetition and comprehensible input

14 adangit 2026-03-14 16:51:19 UTC abjadpro.com Llama Share 6

AbjadPro offers interactive tools and guided lessons to help learners master the Arabic alphabet and vocabulary through step-by-step guides and Spaced Repetition System flashcards. The platform provides comprehensible input through stories and videos to naturally acquire the language.

1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6

1051 meetpateltech 2026-03-13 23:51:19 UTC claude.com Llama Share 440

Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 now include a 1M context window at standard pricing. This allows for 6x more media per request and up to 600 images or PDF pages.

9 Mothers Defense (YC P26) Is Hiring in Austin

0 2026-03-14 13:51:19 UTC jobs.ashbyhq.com Full Share

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Everything you never wanted to know about visually-hidden

17 PaulHoule 2026-03-14 14:51:19 UTC dbushell.com Llama Share 4

The visually-hidden class has evolved over two decades with various hacks and techniques to hide content from sighted users while keeping it accessible to screen readers. Despite its persistence, many experts now question its usefulness and recommend addressing underlying accessibility issues rather than standardizing the technique.

Wired headphone sales are exploding

358 billybuckwheat 2026-03-13 20:51:19 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 598

A movement is growing in favor of wired headphones due to better sound quality and a backlash against technology. Sales of wired headphones have increased significantly in recent months, with some people finding them more comfortable and a symbol of a simpler time.

Show HN: GitAgent – An open standard that turns any Git repo into an AI agent

42 sivasurend 2026-03-14 13:51:19 UTC gitagent.sh Llama Share 2

GitAgent is a framework-agnostic AI agent standard using version-controlled config. It exports to various platforms and runs as a git repository with built-in version control and collaboration.

Philosoph Jürgen Habermas Gestorben

113 sebastian_z 2026-03-14 14:51:19 UTC spiegel.de Llama Share 40

Der Philosoph und Soziologe Jürgen Habermas ist im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg gestorben. Er war ein einflussreicher Denker der Gegenwart, der in Frankfurt am Main begann und sich mit Werken wie "Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit" und "Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns" einen Namen machte.

Generalizing Knuth's Pseudocode Architecture to Knowledge

5 isomorphist 2026-03-14 16:51:19 UTC zenodo.org Full Share 0

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Online astroturfing: A problem beyond disinformation

51 xyzal 2026-03-14 16:51:19 UTC journals.sagepub.com Full Share 22

Nominal Types in WebAssembly

28 ingve 2026-03-14 11:51:19 UTC wingolog.org Llama Share 14

Before the WebAssembly standard incorporated managed data types, there was a debate about type equality. WebAssembly now has nominal typing, allowing for unique type declarations.

XML Is a Cheap DSL

194 y1n0 2026-03-14 12:51:19 UTC unplannedobsolescence.com Llama Share 197

The IRS's new Tax Withholding Estimator uses a declarative graph representation called the Fact Graph, which is a domain-specific language (DSL) that models the US Tax Code using XML, providing auditability and introspection for free. XML is chosen over JSON for this DSL due to its ability to handle arbitrary nested expressions, provide comments, and have sane whitespace and newline handling, ...

Digg is gone again

350 hammerbrostime 2026-03-13 19:51:19 UTC digg.com Llama Share 364

Digg is downsizing due to the internet's changed landscape with AI agents and automated accounts. The company will rebuild with a new approach, led by founder Kevin Rose, to create a trustworthy community platform.

Can I run AI locally?

1364 ricardbejarano 2026-03-13 18:51:19 UTC canirun.ai Full Share 323

Detect your hardware and find out which AI models you can run locally. GPU, CPU, and RAM analysis in your browser.

Digg.com Closing Due to Spam

7 napolux 2026-03-14 18:10:19 UTC digg.com Prefix Share 2

Building on the internet in 2026 is different. We learned that the hard way. Today we're sharing difficult news: we've made the decision to significantly downsize the Digg team. This wasn't a decision made lightly, and it's important to say clearly: this is one of the strongest groups of people we've ever had the privilege of working with. This is not a reflection of their ...

RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one

196 edward 2026-03-14 10:51:19 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 138

V-Color offers 1+1 DDR5 memory kits for AMD systems with one real and one filler module for a dual-module look. The kits are designed to provide a flexible and accessible way to start a DDR5 build without sacrificing appearance or future upgrade potential.

The Isolation Trap: Erlang

128 enz 2026-03-14 05:51:19 UTC causality.blog Llama Share 52

Erlang's actor model, which isolates processes through separate heaps and message passing, is a strong implementation of concurrency, but it still has performance limitations and can reintroduce shared mutable state bugs when scaling. Any concurrency model that achieves safety through isolation will eventually face a tradeoff between safety and performance, as serialization can't keep up with ...

I found 39 Algolia admin keys exposed across open source documentation sites

150 kernelrocks 2026-03-13 23:51:19 UTC benzimmermann.dev Llama Share 45

A security researcher found 39 exposed Algolia admin API keys with full permissions on open source documentation sites, including Home Assistant and KEDA. The researcher reported the issue to Algolia, but the remaining keys are still active, highlighting a potential security risk for millions of users.

Secure Secrets Management for Cursor Cloud Agents

35 vmatsiiako 2026-03-14 09:51:19 UTC infisical.com Llama Share 6

Cursor Cloud Agents quietly expose credentials due to hardcoded values, .env files, and secrets baked into snapshots. A better approach is to store only Infisical machine identity credentials in the Cursor Secrets UI and fetch other secrets from Infisical at runtime.

Atari 2600 BASIC Programming (2015)

52 mondobe 2026-03-14 04:51:19 UTC huguesjohnson.com Llama Share 13

A friend reacted to an article idea about Atari 2600 BASIC by saying it's a mentally challenging job due to its limitations, including a 64-symbol program limit and only five math functions. The author plans to write functional programs within these constraints, starting with a simple dot-moving program.

Coding after coders: The end of computer programming as we know it?

192 angst 2026-03-13 18:51:19 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 328

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