Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen

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Researchers found that frontier LLMs can read and write neural network weights, a capability known as Weight-Space Programming. This allows them to understand and improve the performance of neural networks without training or gradient information.

Show HN: Hacker Times, a New York Times-inspired version of Hacker News

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A team at MIT CSAIL reports early experiments with GPT-6 Astra, a language model that can modify neural-network weights without writing a training loop. HackerTube gathered 6,454 YouTube videos mentioned by Hacker News readers over nearly two decades.

DiscImageStudio: burn visible artwork onto CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs

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Disc Image Studio 是一款 Windows 桌面版和 Linux 和 macOS 的实验性命令行版,可用于生成 CD、DVD 和蓝光镜像,并可将图像转换成符合这些介质物理层约束的数据。

Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making noise

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Scaling Git at OpenAI

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OpenAI built Pando, a new backend for Git repositories, to scale with the increased size and demands of its monorepo. Pando optimizes writes and reads by reusing packfiles across fetches and using a relaxed consistency model.

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If you love a website, back it up

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A web archiving enthusiast shares tools to preserve favorite websites, including browser extensions and a standalone app, after discovering a beloved anime fansite was replaced with online gambling ads. The author encourages readers to take action and archive their own sites using standard formats like WARC.

European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative

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RISC-V silicon has arrived, enabling industrial computers with open interfaces and no single company ownership. ERICI coordinates a reference stack for firmware to operating systems on real RVA23 hardware.

Resisting Cognitive Surrender

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The author reflects on the trade-offs of using agents in software development, finding a balance between trust and control. They discuss the potential downsides of relying too heavily on agents, including technical debt and loss of mechanical sympathy.

Open-Source 5G Ran Platforms: A Dual Perspective on Performance and Capabilities

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This paper compares OpenAirInterface (OAI) and srsRAN, two open-source 5G RAN implementations, to evaluate their performance in various scenarios. The study assesses supported features, deployment flexibility and radio resource control setup procedures for different applications like VoD, LS and CG.

Launch HN: Momentic (YC W24) – Agents that catch bugs by using your app

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Mo tests the app end-to-end to verify critical flows and find bugs, using Momentic's automated testing capabilities. The user flow involves adding terminology, expected behavior, and test guidance to the Knowledge base, running tests against the app with AI-assisted steps and reviewing proposed repairs.

Self-Employed? Solopreneur? NIST Has a Cybersecurity Guide Just for You

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a guide for small business owners, specifically solopreneurs, to protect their businesses from cyberattacks. The guide provides actionable cybersecurity basics tailored to the needs of solo entrepreneurs with limited technical knowledge or financial investment.

Show HN: Warsaw in voxels – An interactive 3D map of the city centre

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Central Warsaw in 1 m voxels, built from OpenStreetMap, LiDAR and the city's tree database. Walk around the Palace of Culture, change the date, hour and weather, or possess a pedestrian. Inspired by Minecraft, MagicaVoxel and Dungeon Keeper.

SLAC researchers find proof of altermagnetism, a new magnetic phase

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory explores the universe's biggest, smallest, and fastest scales to develop new tools and materials. It advances areas like quantum technology and scientific computing to shape a healthier future.

Intel stock collapse worsens as $3.5T chip rout spreads

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Coinbase is a platform for exploring stocks, and Yahoo Finance provides information on market trends. The tech sector experienced significant losses last week, with chip stocks leading the decline.

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2026)

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Egoless Mathematics in the AI Era

Mathematicians must reevaluate the purpose of their work in light of AI's development, considering what gives mathematical work its worth and whether truths exist independently. The pursuit of truth should shape intellectual life, not just individual achievements or recognition.

The SEC Should Block Anthropic's IPO to Protect the Public

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Anthropic's financial report reveals a massive $900 billion in spending commitments, mostly for the 2030s, with revenues that appear impressive but may not sustain extraordinary growth. The company faces intense competition and high costs due to AI industry margins being squeezed by demand pressure, commoditization, cost pressures, and external constraints.

Polyend releases the Tracker firmware source code

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Polyend is releasing Tracker firmware source code and Community Edition 1.0 on GitHub, allowing users to modify and share their own versions. The update includes new features such as sample editing, effects, and synth engines for the original Tracker and its variants.

Ubuntu still has not released patch for Linux 0day RCE in almost 3 weeks

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Ubuntu's 22.04, 24.04, and 26.04 LTS releases lack patched kernels due to a critical CVE-2026-98432 vulnerability with a CVSS rating of 9.8. Affected systems remain exposed until official kernel packages are released by Ubuntu without an announced ETA for the fixes.

Trademarks and Symbols, Volume 2: Symbolical Designs (1973)

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1,504 marks, from human figures and birds to arrows and hiragana, after three essays on how marks change, when two are too alike, and how competitions choose them.

WTF Ubuntu?

Ubuntu failed to patch a critical Linux kernel bug, CVE-2026-98432, despite it being rated 9.8 and having a working exploit. Ubuntu's lack of timely patches has led the author to move servers off the platform due to lost trust in its reliability.
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This project provides open-source carrier-board designs for NVIDIA V100 SXM2 modules with NVLink connections, sharing pin mappings and connector resources. The reference kit is a public pre-release, not a hardware-qualified board, and users can develop their own designs using the provided KiCad resources.

Sneaking into the auditorium for the Windows 2000 launch rehearsal

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Windows 2000 was launched with a San Francisco expo and event, where team members gave presentations and answered questions. The launch itself featured Patrick Stewart as the presenter, who effectively promoted the new operating system.

We halved DNS build delay and cut memory use by 85%

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Cloudflare's Zone Builder now uses a targeted build planner and scheduler to reduce full builds, cutting peak memory by 85% and halving the time from DNS change to data being written to Quicksilver. The new system reduces full builds by about 40%.

Show HN: I built a little browser game to practice Vim commands

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Pick the skills you want, then make small real edits in a browser Vim editor. Each skill runs two guided edits, two prompted edits, and two independent edits. Any valid edit that reaches the target text passes. Type :help in Normal mode for the current commands.

Skill to Create Product Videos

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This user guides a video-production workflow using the Claude Code skill, capturing real product interactions and adding title cards with HyperFrames.

Show HN: Rustable is an open source database client built in Rust

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Rustable is a database explorer with native, GPU-rendered UI and support for multiple databases including MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Redis. It offers features like saved queries and edits before saving to reduce work on the UI thread.

Ask HN: Does anyone have a contact with Cleveland-area Ham club?

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Bitmovin (YC S15) Is Hiring Technical Graduates in Denver (Engineering/CS Focus)

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