Keep Our Servers Running

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The Internet Archive aims to provide universal access to human knowledge, and its infrastructure relies on donations. Monthly gifts help maintain servers, ensuring books are readable and websites are accessible for future generations.

Caltech Mathathon – first hackathon ever devoted to research level mathematics

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A complex structure was shown in a six-sphere, raising questions about AI's role in math. A global competition will be held to solve open conjectures and build new theories using frontier models, with prizes awarded for promising results.

Live map of public transport in Belgium

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Elke bus, tram, metro en trein van De Lijn, STIB-MIVB, TEC en NMBS op één kaart, met realtime vertragingen, haltes en vertrektijden. De kaart wordt geladen… Β· La carte se charge… Β· Loading the map…

Speculative Decoding in vLLM on AMD GPUs

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Speculative decoding in vLLM allows for verifying multiple drafted tokens in a single target-model pass, improving output-token throughput. The method varies across drafting methods and proposal lengths, depending on the model family, draft checkpoint, workload, and acceptance behavior.

Impedance Matching

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An impedance matcher is a device that converts energy from one form to another, often by matching the impedance of two different systems. Examples include the transmission system in cars, transformers on electric poles, and various components in soundproofing booths and recording equipment.

LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices

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LG smart TVs secretly scan home networks, collect data on devices and Wi-Fi networks, and log microphone audio even when turned off. This raises concerns about user privacy and security, with experts recommending disconnecting the TV from the internet to prevent potential vulnerabilities.

US refuses payout for soldiers who died in Iran 'because it isn't a war'

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Sophia Yan received the 2020 Marie Colvin Award for her investigative reporting on human trafficking and war crimes in China. US families of soldiers killed in the Iran conflict are battling to receive proper pay and benefits due to unclear government processes.

'You Can See Everything' Review: Nathan Fielder's Doc About Elizabeth Holmes

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The documentary "You Can See Everything" explores the life of Elizabeth Holmes, former CEO of Theranos, through a unique blend of reality and performance. The film delves into her motivations and mindset, revealing a complex web of deception and denial.

Making a Python interpreter in 1024 bytes

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A Python interpreter in 1024 bytes of C code is being developed, focusing on a subset of the language with minimal syntax. The interpreter uses recursive descent parsing and executes expressions along the way without error handling or intermediate representation.

Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type

CodePen sends typed content to its servers almost immediately, even before saving. This means any secret input can be compromised if not saved and published.

Ask HN: How do you manage skills files?

The user is looking for ways to manage and utilize skills, especially general-use skills, in their coding agent setup. They believe that model capabilities will eventually replace some of these skills but are interested in finding alternative methods to manage them.

I Connected My Withings Body+ to Home Assistant with an ESP32

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User bypassed Withings app by using ESP32 to directly fetch Body+ measurements via Bluetooth. The ESPHome component, developed with decompiled Android code, enables Home Assistant integration without needing Wi-Fi or the original app.

It took a year to ship WebAssembly in Anubis

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Anubis is a security measure to prevent AI scraping, causing temporary downtime. To access the website, disable plugins like JShelter that block modern JavaScript features.

Show HN: GET Together – A social network where you don't need POST to Post

This API allows users to create, delete, and interact with posts through various endpoints, including /post, /feed, and /heart. Posts are public and subject to moderation checks for profanity and crypto content promotion.

Ask HN: Fable hacked my piano, can I release the results?

A user purchased PianoDisc music, including Eric Satre's work, and experimented with AI tools Astra and Fable to create their own versions. The AI successfully created a version of Gymnopedie No 1 but found the original PianoDisc version had obfuscated MIDI data that made it unplayable on other systems.

Programming is Art

The author initially enjoyed programming due to the creative aspect, but later found it solely a job. They distinguish between "true programmers" who write code for its own sake and those like themselves who use coding as a means to an end.

Show HN: Engrim – A universal, local-first SQLite memory engine for AI CLIs

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A new SQLite memory engine, engrim, allows developers to switch between models and environments on the same project without losing architectural decisions or user constraints. It decouples project intelligence from single AI vendors or proprietary cloud silos, enabling seamless model switching with zero context amnesia.

GrapheneOS Overhauled Default Apps and Secure Clipboard

We're well into the process of converting the Messaging app included in GrapheneOS into a modern app. We'll be making a new release later today with a completely overhauled user interface written in Android Compose. We've made a massive amount of other improvements and bug fixes beyond that too.
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X Corp sent cease and desist letters to Nitter project on 24 August 2026. The project will continue following legal advice, with more details to be announced soon.

Switzerland's Federal Government Is Replacing Microsoft on 3k Computers

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Switzerland is replacing Microsoft 365 with open-source alternatives across 3,000 workstations by end of 2027. The move follows a successful proof-of-concept and aims to promote digital sovereignty and reduce reliance on foreign vendors.

Is mathematics about to enter the conservatory?

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A mathematician discusses a new paper proving the Spherical Hadwiger Conjecture using AI assistance, raising concerns about the impact of AI on human mathematicians. The author wonders what specific proof details were handled by the AI tool OpenAI Codex.

TiVo to charge money for skipping commercials in your own recordings

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TiVo is ending its free SkipMode feature, allowing users to skip commercials with a single button press, on November 2, 2026. The company will offer a paid add-on called Premium Auto Commercial Skip instead.

Harnessing the Universal Geometry of Embeddings

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A new method translates text embeddings without paired data, achieving high cosine similarity across different models and architectures. This approach preserves the geometry of unknown embeddings, posing a security risk to vector databases.

Has anybody seen my keys? A key-hierarchy strategy for rack-level security

The document outlines a security system for an oxide rack, including the use of a trust quorum and key derivation function to protect data at rest. The system uses Shamir secret sharing to ensure that an attacker cannot recover the rack secret by stealing a subset of sleds or drives.

Asahi Linux on M3

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Asahi Linux now supports Macs with M3 series SoCs, offering most features like webcam and USB support. However, full DCP support and 3D acceleration are not available yet due to ongoing work.

Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI

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Researchers at OpenAI are developing an automated AI researcher to accelerate progress in deep learning and alignment, with a goal of achieving full Researcher System Integrity (RSI) by 2028. The system is already showing significant acceleration in research tasks, but careful alignment and safety measures are necessary to ensure beneficial AGI development.

Show HN: Think Turing Complete, but you write the circuits in TypeScript (WIP)

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A puzzle campaign built on Simten, a TypeScript HDL that simulates in the browser and synthesizes to Verilog.

An Alien Mind

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Researchers are concerned about the rapid growth of reasoning language models, which could lead to machines surpassing human intelligence and posing significant risks. They believe that broader interventions are needed to ensure alignment with human values.

Babylonian Lamb Stew with Beets (1750–1730 BCE)

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Heat lamb mixture with beer and water, then serve with steamed bulgur and naan-bread. Toast seeds to make flour, ferment dough for 12 hours, bake into flatbread, then top stew with crushed bread and cilantro.

NetBSD 9.5 released and EOL for NetBSD-9

NetBSD 9.5 is the final release from the NetBSD 9 stable branch, featuring security and stability fixes since April 2024. Users on this branch are urged to update to a more recent release like NetBSD 11.0 or 10.2 for support.