Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today

1013 immibis 2025-11-15 11:18:42 UTC adguard-dns.io Llama Share 317

The FBI is investigating Archive.is, a website that preserves web pages, over potential copyright or CSAM issues. A suspicious organization, Web Abuse Association Defense, pressured AdGuard DNS to block Archive.is, but its claims and evidence appear to be fabricated.

Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance: the story of learned avoidance

82 nabla9 2025-11-15 19:18:42 UTC elifesciences.org Llama Share 46

Animals can learn to avoid pathogens through transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. A recent study confirmed that Caenorhabditis elegans can pass on learned avoidance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to its F2 generation.

Boa: A standard-conforming embeddable JavaScript engine written in Rust

103 maxloh 2025-11-15 16:18:42 UTC github.com/boa-dev Llama Share 46

Boa is a Rust-based JavaScript engine with 90% ECMAScript conformance, continuously improving. It can be run with cargo run -- test.js and has various options for evaluation and debugging.

Archimedes – A Python toolkit for hardware engineering

26 i_don_t_know 2025-11-15 20:18:42 UTC pinetreelabs.github.io Llama Share 3

Archimedes is a Python framework that lets developers create and analyze control systems algorithms in Python and automatically generate optimized C code for embedded systems. It provides a high-level interface for developing and deploying control systems, including tools for simulation, optimization, and hardware deployment, and is designed to be flexible and scalable.

Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729

142 ibobev 2025-11-15 16:18:42 UTC borretti.me Llama Share 106

The user bought a refurbished Fujitsu Lifebook laptop for 250 AUD, which runs Linux flawlessly with all hardware working out of the box. They had to disable Secure Boot by installing Windows 11, updating the BIOS, and then disabling it in the BIOS settings.

JVM exceptions are weird: a decompiler perspective

34 birdculture 2025-11-15 18:18:42 UTC purplesyringa.moe Llama Share 3

The user discusses the challenges of decompiling Java class files, particularly with try-catch blocks, due to edge cases and complexities in the JVM design and class file format. They explain how javac handles try-finally blocks and the implications for decompilation, including the need to consider type checkers, exception handling ranges, and exemption from exception handling.

Weighting an average to minimize variance

54 ibobev 2025-11-15 16:18:42 UTC johndcook.com Llama Share 27

You have $100 to invest in two or more assets with varying volatility. The optimal allocation minimizes risk by distributing funds based on the variance of each asset.

Show HN: Unflip – a puzzle game about XOR patterns of squares

14 bogdanoff_2 2025-11-15 21:18:42 UTC unflipgame.com Full Share 1

Select square areas of size 2x2 or larger to invert the colors of the tiles. Drag from one corner to the opposite corner of a square area of size 2x2 or more to invert the colors (black turns white and white turns black) "Par" is the minimum number of moves needed to solve a level. Use it as a hint or as an added challenge.

The computer poetry of J. M. Coetzee's early programming career (2017)

27 bluejay2 2025-11-15 19:18:42 UTC sites.utexas.edu Full Share 7

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Things that aren't doing the thing

17 downboots 2025-11-15 19:18:42 UTC strangestloop.io Llama Share 7

You're stuck in a cycle of thinking about doing the thing, but not actually doing it. All your thoughts and actions are just distractions from taking real action.

Show HN: I made a better DOM morphing algorithm

23 joeldrapper 2025-11-15 19:18:42 UTC joel.drapper.me Llama Share 5

DOM morphing libraries like Morphlex and Idiomorph help update the browser's DOM without losing state by comparing the original and new DOM trees and "morphing" the original tree to match the new one. The biggest challenge in DOM morphing is node identity, which can be solved by using id attributes or other techniques like Idiomorph's id set method to uniquely identify nodes.

TCP, the workhorse of the internet

254 signa11 2025-11-15 07:18:42 UTC cefboud.com Llama Share 129

TCP is a transport layer protocol that provides reliable, orderly, and uncorrupted data transfer over the internet by handling retransmission, checksums, and flow control. It shields developers from network unreliability and ensures data integrity by maintaining a connection state, tracking sequence numbers, and using acknowledgments, checksums, and other reliability mechanisms.

Windhawk Windows classic theme mod for Windows 11

155 znpy 2025-11-15 17:18:42 UTC windhawk.net Llama Share 84

To restore the classic Windows look on Windows 10 and 11, install the classic task manager and various mods such as OpenShell and Classic Theme Explorer Lite. These mods fix issues like transparency, empty context menus, and ribbon appearance.

AMD continues to chip away at Intel's x86 market share

33 speckx 2025-11-15 21:18:42 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 6

AMD gained 1.4% share in client CPUs and 1.4% in desktop CPUs in Q3 2025, while Intel lost 1.4% and 1.5% respectively. AMD's share of x86 CPUs now stands at 25.6% and 33.6% in desktops.

Messing with scraper bots

175 HermanMartinus 2025-11-15 08:18:42 UTC herman.bearblog.dev Llama Share 61

The user created a Markov chain babbler to waste scraper bot time and resources by serving fake data. They also built a static site server to serve endless posts of content to saturate crawlers.

Trellis AI (YC W24) Is Hiring: Streamline access to life-saving therapies

0 2025-11-15 17:18:42 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Trellis AI automates healthcare operations with AI agents processing billions in therapies annually. The company is backed by YC and General Catalyst, and is scaling to hundreds of healthcare locations.

The Nature of the Beast: Charles Le Brun's Human-Animal Hybrids (1806)

39 Petiver 2025-11-15 14:18:42 UTC publicdomainreview.org Llama Share 6

Charles Le Brun's Dissertation on human-animal physiognomy explores how facial features reveal character and class. It systematizes the relationship between human and animal physiognomy for artists to accurately depict emotions and character.

One Handed Keyboard

149 doppp 2025-11-15 10:18:42 UTC github.com/htx-studio Llama Share 80

QMK固件，集成了轨迹球和机械键盘。

FBI Director Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Three Senior Staff

100 Jimmc414 2025-11-15 18:18:42 UTC propublica.org Llama Share 80

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other senior staff members received waivers exempting them from polygraph exams, raising concerns about their suitability for sensitive roles. The waivers were granted by Director Kash Patel, who also appointed Bongino despite his lack of prior FBI experience and history of pushing conspiracy theories.

Caffeinated coffee consumption or abstinence to reduce atrial fibrillation

52 stared 2025-11-15 20:18:42 UTC jamanetwork.com Llama Share 24

Consuming caffeinated coffee may lower the risk of recurrent atrial fibrillation episodes. A clinical trial found that patients who drank caffeinated coffee had a 39% lower hazard of recurrence compared to those who abstained from coffee and caffeine.

Strap Rail

34 juliangamble 2025-11-15 14:18:42 UTC construction-physics.com Llama Share 1

Early US railroads were built differently than British ones due to limited resources and large distances. US railroads used cheaper but less durable materials like strap rail and wooden trestles, which decayed quickly and required high maintenance.

History and use of the Estes AstroCam 110

50 mmmlinux 2025-11-15 12:18:42 UTC dembrudders.com Llama Share 9

The user shares their experience with Estes rocketry cameras, specifically the Camroc and AstroCam 110, which were used to take photos from model rockets in the 1970s and 1980s. The user describes the technical aspects of the cameras, including film handling, shutter speed, and image quality, and shares their own modifications and experiments with the cameras to achieve better results.

A new Google model is nearly perfect on automated handwriting recognition

471 scrlk 2025-11-14 22:18:42 UTC generativehistory.substack.com Llama Share 270

A new Google model, possibly Gemini-3, has achieved expert human levels of accuracy in transcribing handwritten historical documents and analyzing them in deep and nuanced ways. The model's performance on tabular handwritten data, such as merchant ledgers, is also remarkable, with the ability to infer missing context and perform multi-step conversions between historical systems of currency and weight.

Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux

255 basemi 2025-11-14 23:18:42 UTC github.com/ismaelmartinez Llama Share 223

The Teams for Linux app is an unofficial native desktop app that wraps the Teams web version with enhanced Linux integration and various features. It can be installed via a dedicated deb and rpm repo or downloaded from GitHub Releases in various formats.

Designing a Language (2017)

159 veqq 2025-11-15 06:18:42 UTC cs.lmu.edu Llama Share 99

Designing a programming language involves iterative phases of specification, implementation, and testing, requiring knowledge of programming paradigms, language concepts, and existing languages. Key considerations include defining syntax, semantics, and abstract syntax, as well as deciding on features such as functions, control flow, concurrency, and type systems.

Streaming AI agent desktops with gaming protocols

68 quesobob 2025-11-15 11:18:42 UTC blog.helix.ml Llama Share 34

Helix Code uses the Moonlight protocol to stream interactive desktops of AI agents to users' browsers, but had to work around its limitations to support multi-user sessions. The team is now migrating to "lobbies mode" in the Wolf server, which is designed for multiplayer gaming and will enable proper multi-user agent support.

Go's Sweet 16

264 0xedb 2025-11-14 23:18:42 UTC go.dev Llama Share 205

Go celebrated its 16th anniversary with new releases including Go 1.24 and Go 1.25, which brought improvements in security, concurrency, and performance. The Go team is also working on integrating AI and improving developer productivity through tools like gopls and the go fix command.

Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year

9 achow 2025-11-15 21:20:42 UTC 9to5mac.com Prefix Share 1

The Financial Times reports that Apple has stepped up its preparations for the handover of the CEO role from Tim Cook. Here are the details. According to the FT’s sources, Apple’s board and senior executives have “recently intensified” the company’s succession planning for its top role. The FT adds that although Apple’s Senior VP of Hardware Engineering, John Ternus, is the most likely to ...

An Antivenom Cocktail, Made by a Llama

14 surprisetalk 2025-11-15 17:18:42 UTC asimov.press Llama Share 1

Researchers created a broad-spectrum antivenom by injecting llamas with 18 deadly snake venoms and isolating antibodies that neutralize multiple toxins. The antivenom cocktail protected mice from 17 out of 18 snake venoms, outperforming a commercial antivenom.

SSL Configuration Generator

235 smartmic 2025-11-14 22:18:42 UTC ssl-config.mozilla.org Full Share 78

An easy-to-use secure configuration generator for web, database, and mail software. Simply select the software you are using and receive a configuration file that is both safe and compatible.