Let's Encrypt has been down most of today

22 widdakay 2026-06-19 04:19:56 UTC letsencrypt.status.io Full Share 0

We have taken measures to stabilize API performance while we investigate networking issues between our two high assurance data centers. Let's Encrypt's production API is experiencing degraded performance. Clients may encounter 400 and 500 error responses. We are actively investigating the issue.

To study how chips work, MIT researchers built their own operating system

85 speckx 2026-06-19 01:30:56 UTC news.mit.edu Llama Share 7

Researchers at MIT developed Fractal, a new kernel that gives a cleaner view of processor behavior, and has already found previously unknown behavior in Apple's M1. Fractal treats hardware as the object of study, allowing researchers to run experiments with minimal background noise and gain a deeper understanding of processor behavior.

Ice Water Drowning Survival After 147-Minute Submersion and Hypothermic Arrest

14 js2 2026-06-19 03:51:56 UTC jacc.org Llama Share 2

A young boy survived 147-minute submersion in ice water with a body temperature of 7 °C. He was resuscitated with ECMO and made a full recovery.

How Japan's railways stayed one while splitting apart

63 ddrmaxgt37 2026-06-19 00:30:56 UTC arun.is Llama Share 46

The JR mark was designed by Yōji Yamamoto in 1987 for Japan's railway companies, with a simple yet effective design that has remained unchanged for nearly 40 years. Yamamoto's design philosophy emphasized truth, reality, and honesty, resulting in a mark that has become synonymous with Japan's railways.

Zero-Touch OAuth for MCP

138 niyikiza 2026-06-18 22:30:56 UTC blog.modelcontextprotocol.io Llama Share 57

The Enterprise-Managed Authorization extension is now stable, allowing organizations to centrally manage authorization for MCP servers and end-users to access all connected servers through a single login. This extension addresses a major pain point in enterprise environments by providing a zero-touch setup and centralized policy control.

I found 10k GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware

711 theorchid 2026-06-18 12:30:56 UTC orchidfiles.com Llama Share 161

The user found 10,000 GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware by analyzing commit patterns and using a script to filter repositories. The script found 10,000 repositories that matched the pattern of being updated every few hours with a link to a zip archive in the readme file, but the user believes there should be many more due to GitHub's large repository count.

Datasette Apps: Host custom HTML applications inside Datasette

46 lumpa 2026-06-19 01:30:56 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 11

Datasette Apps are self-contained HTML+JavaScript applications that run in a sandboxed iframe, allowing users to build custom interfaces and visualizations for their data. The plugin uses a combination of sandboxing and Content Security Policy to ensure secure execution of untrusted code.

Building a robotics research setup that lives next to my desk

32 mplappert 2026-06-19 01:30:56 UTC dfdxlabs.com Llama Share 4

A researcher is conducting independent robotic manipulation research on a tabletop setup with a single industrial-grade robot arm, two cameras, and teleoperation, aiming to test the hypothesis that a single person can achieve meaningful results with a budget of €10,000. The setup includes a UFACTORY xArm Lite 6 robot arm, Intel RealSense D405 wrist camera, and Logitech C920 webcam, with a ...

Cell-based architecture for resilient payment systems

107 birdculture 2026-06-18 20:30:56 UTC americanexpress.io Llama Share 40

American Express uses a cell-based architecture to ensure high availability and low latency in its payments ecosystem. This architecture isolates failures, maintains low-latency processing, and scales capacity without expanding the failure domain.

Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS

292 ksec 2026-06-18 14:30:56 UTC blog.ui.com Llama Share 260

ENAS offers a private, local storage platform with performance, scalability, and simplicity, eliminating costly licensing and proprietary hardware. It integrates with UniFi for centralized management, secure access, and multi-site backup orchestration without recurring software costs.

CS 6120: Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course (2020)

333 ibobev 2026-06-18 11:30:56 UTC cs.cornell.edu Llama Share 49

CS 6120 is a PhD-level Cornell CS course on programming language implementation covering universal compilers and research topics. The course involves reading papers and open-source hacking tasks using LLVM and an educational IR.

Zork name origin got an update on Wikipedia

73 dpola 2026-06-18 20:30:56 UTC dpolakovic.space Llama Share 11

User investigated the origin of the word "zork" in the game Zork, initially believing it was a jargon word for unfinished programs. After researching and contacting experts, they found no evidence to support this claim.

Flexport (YC W14) Is Hiring in Indonesia, India, and Thailand

0 2026-06-19 01:30:56 UTC flexport.com Llama Share

Flexport aims to revolutionize global logistics with AI, making trade easier and driving real-world impact. The company seeks talented individuals worldwide to join its mission-driven team and help build the future of automated global logistics.

Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at lower cost

296 giuliomagnifico 2026-06-18 11:30:56 UTC kcl.ac.uk Llama Share 129

Universities and hospitals are conducting late-stage clinical trials with lower costs, repurposing existing drugs for new uses. This "hidden" research system offers affordable treatments with huge potential, operating outside of the patent system.

I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M

282 speckx 2026-06-18 19:30:56 UTC thatprivacyguy.com Llama Share 127

A customer club's marketing arrangement was found to be unlawful due to forced consent. The company was fined NOK 20 million for violating GDPR rules on consent, transparency, and data processing.

.gitignore Isn't the only way to ignore files in Git

328 FergusArgyll 2026-06-18 10:30:56 UTC nelson.cloud Llama Share 108

Git has three levels of file ignoring: .gitignore, .git/info/exclude, and ~/.config/git/ignore. These files allow ignoring files at repository, per-repo, and machine levels respectively.

Horizons JPL Solar System Data Demo and NASA DSN Updates: Datastar, Common Lisp

38 adityaathalye 2026-06-19 02:30:56 UTC horizons.lambda-combine.net Full Share 1

Click on a planet to see JPL Horizons details | NASA Deep Space Network logs update in the background (all antenas) Demo for Datastar + Common Lisp / by fsm ΛↃ lambda combine

Show HN: Are You in the Weights?

256 turtlesoup 2026-06-18 21:30:56 UTC intheweights.com Full Share 140

The weights are the billions of numbers forming an AI's brain. Type a name and see how strongly the leading AI models recognize it. Are you in the weights?

Swiss parliament lifts ban on new nuclear power plants

727 leonidasrup 2026-06-18 14:30:56 UTC bluewin.ch Llama Share 606

The Federal Palace in Bern is bustling with activity as the National Council and Council of States debate various important issues during their summer session. The agenda includes the 13th AHV pension, the armed forces, federal finances, and the construction of new nuclear power plants.

Launch HN: TesterArmy (YC P26) – Agents that test web and mobile apps

109 okwasniewski 2026-06-18 16:30:56 UTC tester.army Llama Share 47

TesterArmy is a service that uses AI to test websites and mobile apps by navigating pages and interacting with UI like a human. It integrates with GitHub and other pipelines for automatic testing and reporting.

DuckDB Internals: Why Is DuckDB Fast? (Part 1)

5 marklit 2026-06-19 03:30:56 UTC greybeam.ai Prefix Share 0

DuckDB has gone from a research project at CWI Amsterdam in 2019 to one of the most widely adopted databases of the past decade. The list of places it shows up is long: notebooks, ETL pipelines, dashboards, CI test runners, embedded analytics inside SaaS products, even an iPhone running TPC-H at scale factor 100. Companies have started building real products around it. MotherDuck is wrapping ...

The Token Compression Illusion: Why I'm Skeptical of RTK

89 lackoftactics 2026-06-18 18:30:56 UTC mroczek.dev Llama Share 91

The author is skeptical of RTK's long-term viability due to its misleading savings statistic and critical structural flaws. RTK's optimization may lead to silent failures and decreased task accuracy, making it an operational risk.

W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty

182 nemoniac 2026-06-18 13:30:56 UTC blog.elenarossini.com Llama Share 122

The user is fascinated by W Social, a microblogging platform that claims to be Europe's alternative to X, but has discrepancies between its public image and reality. The European Commission's migration of its ATproto accounts to W Social is concerning due to W Social's lack of transparency and potential reliance on Bluesky's infrastructure.

Noam Shazeer Joins OpenAI

306 lukasgross 2026-06-18 18:30:56 UTC twitter.com/noamshazeer Full Share 297

I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the exceptional team there. It was a difficult decision to move on. I’m incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google and everything we’ve built together. It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you.

If your product is Great, it doesn't need to be Good (2010)

43 skogstokig 2026-06-18 21:30:56 UTC paulbuchheit.blogspot.com Llama Share 31

The author argues that successful products focus on a few key features, ignoring others, to create a simple and compelling experience. This approach is seen in products like the original iPod and Gmail.

Show HN: Talos – Open-source WASM interpreter for Lean

21 mfornet 2026-06-19 01:30:56 UTC github.com/cajal-technologies Llama Share 2

Talos is a Lean 4 WebAssembly interpreter that enforces rules with a single codebase for evaluation and proof. It aims for full Wasm coverage with a focus on non-optimized source code semantics.

Modos Color Monitor Pushes E-Paper Displays Further

244 Vinnl 2026-06-18 12:30:56 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 67

Modos Flow is a 13.3-inch color e-paper monitor with higher resolution and touch input, improving on the Paper Monitor Dev Kit. The Flow's crowdfunding campaign is live on Crowd Supply, with cofounders discussing engineering and lessons learned from their crowdfunding journey.

How Alberta Eradicated Rats

151 tzury 2026-06-18 13:30:56 UTC worksinprogress.co Llama Share 109

Alberta, a Canadian province, has been rat-free for over 70 years despite being surrounded by infested areas. Its success is due to a proactive rat control program that began in the 1950s, focusing on a narrow border zone and using a combination of surveillance, education, and targeted poisoning.

Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts

149 realmofthemad 2026-06-18 14:30:56 UTC gerrymandle.cc Llama Share 66

I will draw district lines to favor the yellow party. I will use gerrymandering techniques like packing and cracking to concentrate yellow voters in a few districts and split opponents across multiple districts.

Migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi

113 speckx 2026-06-18 17:30:56 UTC rednafi.com Llama Share 109

The user previously used GNU stow to manage their dotfiles but switched to chezmoi due to symlinking issues. Chezmoi keeps a source directory with copies of live files and applies changes to the home directory.