Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter

630 random_moonwalk 2025-11-17 13:21:07 UTC bitsnpieces.dev Llama Share 134

The user built a portable step-sequencer synthesizer for their daughter's third birthday, learning about microcontrollers, CAD, and PCB design in the process. They created a functional prototype with an OLED screen and a SAM2695 synthesizer module, but now face challenges in bringing the product to market due to regulatory and financial hurdles.

Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresses

43 speckx 2025-11-17 18:21:07 UTC techcommunity.microsoft.com Llama Share 14

Azure DDOS Protection mitigated a 15.72 Tbps attack from Aisuru botnet targeting a single endpoint in Australia. The attack highlights the need for proactive protection and regular simulations to address potential DDoS issues.

FreeMDU: Open-source Miele appliance diagnostic tools

163 Medusalix 2025-11-17 14:21:07 UTC github.com/medusalix Llama Share 36

FreeMDU is a free open-source alternative to Miele's proprietary diagnostic software, allowing users to communicate with Miele appliances via an optical diagnostic interface. It's highly experimental and requires caution to avoid damaging devices.

An official atlas of North Korea

51 speckx 2025-11-17 18:21:07 UTC cartographerstale.com Llama Share 21

A North Korean encyclopaedia's 672 maps show Korea as one country, with the US and Japan depicted in dark grey as enemies. The maps also omit Israel and include the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic of Western Sahara.

A new book about the origins of Effective Altruism

43 Thevet 2025-11-17 18:21:07 UTC newrepublic.com Llama Share 39

Effective altruism, inspired by Peter Singer's thought experiment, aims to maximize global good through rational decision-making. However, the movement has strayed from its original aim, attracting controversy and scandal due to its association with techno-fascists and wealthy individuals.

WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model

68 meetpateltech 2025-11-17 15:21:07 UTC blog.google Llama Share 26

Google DeepMind and Google Research introduced WeatherNext 2, a more efficient forecasting model that generates forecasts 8x faster with up to 1-hour resolution. It's now available in Earth Engine and BigQuery, and will power weather information in Google Maps.

How to escape the Linux networking stack

24 meysamazad 2025-11-17 17:21:07 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 1

Cloudflare engineers attempted to implement soft-unicast IP packet forwarding but encountered Linux networking stack limitations. They created a service called SLATFATF or "fish" to proxy IP packets.

Giving C a superpower: custom header file (safe_c.h)

194 mithcs 2025-11-17 11:21:07 UTC hwisnu.bearblog.dev Llama Share 155

The user wrote a C23 grep clone called cgrep using a custom header file called safe_c.h that provides modern safety features from C++ and Rust, making C code safer and more convenient to write. The custom header file includes features such as RAII semantics, smart pointers, automated reference counting, type-safe vectors, and explicit error handling, which help prevent common C pitfalls like ...

Things I don't like in configuration languages

9 birdculture 2025-11-17 18:21:07 UTC medv.io Prefix Share 0

Here will be a list of all markup languages/configuration languages I found on the internet, and things I don't like about them. YAML 1.2 is better than YAML 1.0. But still, the YAML specification is monstrous, and I don't get how people trying to implement it are not going insane. YAML contains too many features. The era of XML is in the past. I remember the hype around XML, how it ...

Project Gemini

103 andsoitis 2025-11-17 16:21:07 UTC geminiprotocol.net Llama Share 76

Gemini is a timeless internet technology for an electronic library of interconnected documents. It aims to provide a lightweight online space prioritizing readers' privacy, attention, and bandwidth.

EEG-based neurofeedback in athletes and non-athletes

6 PaulHoule 2025-11-17 18:21:07 UTC mdpi.com Full Share 0

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Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication

42 pavel_lishin 2025-11-17 16:21:07 UTC scientificamerican.com Llama Share 15

A new study finds that raccoons in urban areas are physically changing due to life around humans, an early step in domestication. The study suggests that animals become habituated to human environments, leading to traits such as a shorter face and reduced fear response.

A graph explorer of the Epstein emails

38 cratermoon 2025-11-17 16:21:07 UTC epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com Full Share 0

Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

82 croes 2025-11-17 17:21:07 UTC sammobile.com Llama Share 29

Samsung's AppCloud app, preloaded on some Galaxy devices, raises privacy concerns due to ties with ironSource, a company with a controversial track record. Users are urging Samsung to provide a clear opt-out and make AppCloud's privacy policy public.

DESI's Dizzying Results

6 belter 2025-11-17 18:21:07 UTC universetoday.com Prefix Share 0

In March of 2024 the DESI collaboration dropped a bombshell on the cosmological community: slim but significant evidence that dark energy might be getting weaker with time. This was a stunning result delivered after years of painstaking analysis. It’s not a bullet-proof result, but it doesn’t have to be to make our lives more interesting. I know I’m late to the party on discussing this. And ...

My stages of learning to be a socially normal person

49 eatitraw 2025-11-17 16:21:07 UTC sashachapin.substack.com Llama Share 17

The author struggled with social awkwardness and developed various approaches to connect with people, from trying to be witty and urbane to adopting a more flexible and responsive attitude.

How when AWS was down, we were not

17 mooreds 2025-11-17 17:21:07 UTC authress.io Llama Share 9

The author discusses how their company, Authress, maintains a 5-nines SLA (99.999% uptime) despite relying on AWS services, which are prone to failures. They explain how they use a combination of retry mechanisms, failover strategies, and automation to ensure their service remains available even when AWS services are down.

Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun

67 doener 2025-11-17 13:21:07 UTC iflscience.com Llama Share 16

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy and skydiver Gabriel C. Brown collaborated to create a stunning image called The Fall of Icarus. The image shows Brown falling over a hydrogen alpha light image of the Sun, with his silhouette perfectly framed between sunspots.

The time has finally come for geothermal energy

47 riordan 2025-11-17 14:21:07 UTC newyorker.com Llama Share 73

Iceland relies heavily on geothermal energy, which provides over a quarter of the country's electricity and heats most homes. The country's unique geology and innovative drilling techniques have made geothermal energy a cost-competitive and sustainable option.

Show HN: ESPectre – Motion detection based on Wi-Fi spectre analysis

5 francescopace 2025-11-17 18:21:07 UTC github.com/francescopace Prefix Share 0

📰 Featured Article: Read the complete story behind ESPectre on Medium 🇮🇹 Italian, 🇬🇧 English ⚠️ Disclaimer: This is an experimental project for educational and research purposes. The author assumes no responsibility for misuse or damage resulting from the use of this system. Use responsibly and in compliance with applicable laws. What you need: A ~€10 device (ESP32-S3) + Home Assistant or ...

Google is killing the open web, part 2

236 akagusu 2025-11-17 16:21:07 UTC wok.oblomov.eu Llama Share 177

Google is deprecating XSLT support in Chrome without providing a solid justification, instead offering a JavaScript polyfill that is not sufficient to cover all use cases.

Replicate is joining Cloudflare

217 bfirsh 2025-11-17 14:21:07 UTC replicate.com Llama Share 51

Replicate will continue as a distinct brand, integrating with Cloudflare's Developer Platform for better performance and resources. Replicate's abstractions will be built upon Cloudflare's existing tools for a distributed operating system in the cloud.

Where do the children play?

219 casca 2025-11-17 04:21:07 UTC unpublishablepapers.substack.com Llama Share 179

Western children are sheltered in physical space but exposed to digital dangers, seeking peer cultures online due to lack of independent mobility and play spaces. Parents should create better digital alternatives that preserve freedom and safety, rather than simply blaming tech companies or screen time.

Are you stuck in movie logic?

106 eatitraw 2025-11-17 12:21:07 UTC usefulfictions.substack.com Llama Share 95

The author argues that people often avoid discussing problems directly, leading to unnecessary drama and conflict. They suggest breaking out of "movie logic" by naming issues and communicating openly to resolve problems.

Our dogs' diversity can be traced back to the Stone Age

4 1659447091 2025-11-17 18:21:07 UTC bbc.com Prefix Share 0

If you, like me, have a spoiled, lazy dog that enjoys cheese flavoured treats, the fact that your pet's ancestors were wild predators can seem unfathomable. But a major new study suggests their physical transformation from wolf to sofa-hogging furball began in the Middle Stone Age, much earlier than we previously thought. "When you see a Chihuahua - it's a wolf that's been ...

People are using iPad OS features on their iPhones

83 K0IN 2025-11-17 07:21:07 UTC idevicecentral.com Llama Share 82

A new iTunesstored & bookassetd sbx escape exploit allows modifying the MobileGestalt.Plist file to change device details. This exploit supports all iOS devices up to iOS 26.1 and 26.2 Beta 1.

Show HN: Bsub.io – zero-setup batch execution for command-line tools

3 wkoszek 2025-11-17 18:21:07 UTC news.ycombinator.com Prefix Share 0

I built bsub because I was tired of wiring up Docker images, Python environments, GPUs, sandboxing, and resource limits every time I needed to run heavy command-line tools from web apps. I wanted: send files -> run job in the cloud -> get output -> done. bsub lets you execute tools like Whisper, Typst, Pandoc, Docling, and FFmpeg as remote batch jobs with no environment setup. You ...

Cities panic over having to release mass surveillance recordings

114 pavel_lishin 2025-11-17 18:21:07 UTC neuburger.substack.com Llama Share 23

Flock Safety cameras are designed to watch cars for safety but can recognize vehicle features and track people. A Washington state judge ruled that Flock data is public, leading cities to deactivate their systems due to privacy concerns.

An overly aggressive mock can work fine, but break much later

49 ingve 2025-11-17 09:21:07 UTC nedbatchelder.com Llama Share 51

Mocking the built-in open function can cause issues with other libraries like coverage.py. To avoid this, patch the open function where it's used, not where it's defined, or use autospec=True and verified fakes for better mocking practices.

Ned: ImGui Text Editor with GL Shaders

68 klaussilveira 2025-11-17 12:21:07 UTC github.com/nealmick Llama Share 23

Ned is a retro-style text editor with GL shader effects, offering Tree Sitter syntax highlighting, LSP integration, and a terminal emulator. It can be embedded in other ImGui applications and supports multiple features like emoji support, themes, and AI integration.