Karpathy’s Pelican

311 delichon 2026-08-02 15:57:25 UTC twitter.com/karpathy Llama Share 251

Opus 5 generated 5500 lines of code to procedurally render the Lord of the Rings story with a 1M token budget. This example showcases LLMs' potential for creating hyper-custom worlds, but also highlights their limitations in auditing and perceiving multimodal content.

Show HN: Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM

129 vlad_kalinkin 2026-08-02 16:57:25 UTC github.com/wie-project Llama Share 33

Kakehashi is a tool that runs Darwin CLI tools natively on Linux aarch64 by translating BSD syscalls and mapping a freestanding libSystem. It aims to provide a cost-effective alternative to running Darwin tools on macOS, with a focus on correctness and performance, and is suitable for use in CI environments.

Note-Taking and Personal Knowledge Management

63 surprisetalk 2026-08-02 18:57:25 UTC unattributed.cc Llama Share 17

The user read an article by Brennan Kenneth Brown about Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) and found it to be misleading. The user argues that Brennan's article fails to critically examine the effectiveness of PKM systems and tools like Obsidian.

My personal AI benchmark: "Generate an SVG of a frog with a Habsburg jaw."

53 thebigship 2026-08-02 19:57:25 UTC frogs.vaguespac.es Full Share 26

One prompt, every model: generate an SVG of a frog with a Habsburg jaw. Each model gets three tries a month. An AI drawing benchmark.

Developers are attached to tools because tools encode trust

95 HieronymusBosch 2026-08-02 16:57:25 UTC stackoverflow.blog Llama Share 43

Developers are struggling to trust AI tools due to their unpredictability and lack of transparency, which can lead to broken processes and decreased productivity. To build trust, teams need to establish a more deliberate and explicitly-defined workflow that preserves human judgment and provides the right context for AI agents.

Sharing an X11 Server Across Hosts with FamilyWild

12 shirozuki 2026-08-02 20:57:25 UTC dobrowolski.dev Llama Share 3

To run X11 applications from a container or over SSH, rewrite the .Xauthority file to use a wildcard family that matches any hostname. This can be done by overwriting the first two bytes of the file with ffff using sed, allowing the client to connect without hostname constraints.

Show HN: NixOS-DGX-Spark – Nix and NixOS on the DGX Spark

71 graham33 2026-08-02 17:57:25 UTC github.com/graham33 Llama Share 16

To use Nix on DGX Spark, you can either use DGX Spark playbooks with Nix on DGX OS or install NixOS with the DGX Spark module.

F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language

133 ducktective 2026-08-02 12:57:25 UTC fstar-lang.org Llama Share 57

F* is a programming language that combines dependent types and multi-monadic effects for formal verification and proof-oriented programming. It has been applied in various fields including security, cryptography, and systems.

AI Mania: From Tulips to Tokens

34 Lambda11 2026-08-02 20:57:25 UTC seanhelvey.com Llama Share 24

Michael Pollan's coevolutionary story of tulips and humans parallels the current AI boom, where humans are shaped by AI as much as AI is shaped by humans. The industry's lack of transparency and accountability for impact raises questions about who is truly in control, humans or AI.

Twenty Years of RISC OS Open

139 AlexeyBrin 2026-08-02 12:57:25 UTC riscosopen.org Llama Share 24

RISC OS Open Ltd was founded in 2006 with the goal of opening up the proprietary operating system to the community. Over the past 20 years, the community has contributed significantly to the OS's development, resulting in a much healthier and improved RISC OS today.

Show HN: Make your Framework 12 sound like a creaky door

13 arcaege 2026-08-02 20:57:25 UTC github.com/arcaege Llama Share 2

A Creaky Door for Framework 12 laptops has been created, filtering optimized for its hinge stiffness. Download the executable from the releases tab, or clone the repo and run with cargo, noting potential dynamic linking issues on non-Fedora distros.

Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share

71 01-_- 2026-08-02 19:57:25 UTC cleantechnica.com Llama Share 52

Tesla and Chinese brands lead the European EV market, with Tesla's Model Y and Model 3 taking the top two spots in June sales. The Chinese market share doubled to 10% in June, with BYD and MG experiencing significant growth.

Harvesting SSH Credentials: Insights from My Honeypot Network

28 whatbackup 2026-08-02 17:57:25 UTC uphillsecurity.com Llama Share 21

The user has been working on a honeypot network for 30 days using Python and Paramiko for SSH handling, gathering logs locally and fetching additional information with ipgeolocation.io. The project is still in progress and the user is open to feedback and ideas for future development, with plans to share it in a Git repository.

Schmitt Trigger: Robust Comparator Design with Hysteresis

8 ankitg12 2026-08-02 19:57:25 UTC wevolver.com Prefix Share 3

● A Schmitt trigger is a comparator with built-in hysteresis. Positive feedback ensures the output toggles only when the input crosses distinct upper (V(TH)) and lower (V(TL)) threshold voltages, so noise within the hysteresis window cannot cause repeated toggles. ● Inverting op-amp Schmitt trigger thresholds. With input resistor R1, feedback resistor R2, and saturation voltage V(sat), the ...

Rooting, firmware analysis and persistent credentials of TP-Link TL-841N

66 mindracer 2026-08-02 16:57:25 UTC blog.juni-mp4.com Full Share 12

When transit passes were designed by hand (2022)

80 nate 2026-08-02 14:57:25 UTC letterformarchive.org Llama Share 20

The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company produced colorful transit passes from 1930s to 1960s with unique hand lettering and designs. About 300 of these passes are now in the Archive's collection, showcasing the city's commitment to civic design and visual appeal.

Let the machines in

15 lluvt 2026-08-02 20:57:25 UTC blog.semenzin.com Llama Share 4

The author, an AI company owner, reflects on the rapid development of Large Language Models (LLMs) and their ability to think and learn from human-centric biases. They argue that it's essential to influence these models with positive values to ensure a beneficial future.

Adding Go's Defer to the TypeScript Compiler

8 healeycodes 2026-08-02 20:57:25 UTC healeycodes.com Prefix Share 1

I wanted to see how difficult it would be to add Go's defer statement to the TypeScript compiler, but by the time I finished I was convinced it probably shouldn't exist. In Go, the defer statement delays the execution of a function until the surrounding function finishes. It's most commonly used to keep resource acquisition and cleanup together, like acquiring a semaphore: For ...

'Crush this lady': how eBay harassment campaign led to $56M payout

87 JumpCrisscross 2026-08-02 19:57:25 UTC ft.com Full Share 30

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Fasttracker II clone in C using SDL 2

107 andsoitis 2026-08-02 12:57:25 UTC 16-bits.org Llama Share 35

Fasttracker II is a music tracker software developed by Fredrik Huss in 1994, allowing users to create and edit music files. Your FT2 clone is a portable version written in C using SDL 2, available for download on GitHub.

Meshdiff – visually compare two STL versions in the browser, client-side

162 projscope 2026-08-02 11:57:25 UTC meshdiff.com Full Share 16

Meshdiff compares two versions of a 3D model and shows exactly what changed: added material, removed material, and dimensional drift. Free, in-browser voxel and surface-heatmap diffing for STL, 3MF, and OBJ files — nothing is uploaded.

Folding Paper Globes

130 dango2506 2026-08-02 11:57:25 UTC foldingglobes.com Full Share 28

Free print-ready folding paper globe templates: the Moon, Mars, Earth at night, and more. Download, print, cut, fold, glue.

How the words we teach English language learners changed

177 c-oreills 2026-08-02 15:57:25 UTC pudding.cool Llama Share 105

The General Service List (1953) and the New General Service List (2023) track changes in everyday English vocabulary, showing a shift from tangible, physical words to abstract concepts and ideas. The 2023 list reflects a more systemic, connected world, with words like mortgage, corporation, and climate, and a greater emphasis on precision and abstract thinking.

The Myth of Snow Leopard

15 speckx 2026-08-02 18:57:25 UTC rubenerd.au Llama Share 5

Snow Leopard was a 2010 Mac OS X version focused on refining the system, improving efficiency, and fixing bugs. Its promise of stability and polish has become a lasting myth, with people still referencing it for quality of life improvements and stability.

Read the Novels and Forget Everything Else

5 samclemens 2026-08-02 20:57:25 UTC hedgehogreview.com Prefix Share 0

In 1998, Patrick O’Brian had reached the height of literary eminence. During the preceding decade, he had been elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to literature, and received the first Heywood Hill Literary Prize, for “a lifetime’s contribution to the enjoyment of books”—the prize having been presented ...

Great Question (YC W21) Is Hiring Senior Demand Gen Manager

0 2026-08-02 12:57:25 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Great Question is hiring a Demand Generation Manager to own SQL attainment, channel strategy, and execution at scale using AI and automation. The ideal candidate has 5-8 years of B2B demand generation experience, is AI-native, and can build repeatable demand programs across multiple acquisition channels.

Show HN: MicroCodex Coding Agent – OpenAI/codex reimplemented in C++ <1MB binary

7 paoloanzn 2026-08-02 20:57:25 UTC github.com/paoloanzn Prefix Share 1

MicroCodex is written in C++23 and provides one-shot prompts, an interactive terminal UI, local coding tools, durable conversations, and automatic context compaction. Each archive contains a single entry with the platform baked into the name (for example, microcodex-aarch64-apple-darwin), so you likely want to rename it to microcodex after extracting it. The installer selects the native build ...

EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation

30 RobotToaster 2026-08-02 20:57:25 UTC linuxiac.com Llama Share 13

The European Union's age-verification project requires hardware-bound attestation, raising concerns about Linux, custom Android ROMs, and open systems. Critics argue this approach endangers the system by limiting it to approved devices and operating systems, invading users' privacy and restricting internet access.

TinyNES Review – A Super Niche NES Console

4 throwoutway 2026-08-02 20:57:25 UTC blog.lon.tv Prefix Share 0

My latest review is of a device designed for a very specific niche called the TinyNES. On the surface this might look like yet another NES clone console but it merges original NES hardware with a modern, open source design. What it uses from the original NES are the CPU and PPU (graphics processor) chips. Although the NES uses a 6502 processor, the CPU chip used on the original NES and ...

Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops

160 eniac111 2026-08-02 09:57:25 UTC getbor.dev Llama Share 19

Bor v0.8.0 adds new policy types for Thunderbird, Microsoft Edge, and Firewalld zones, alongside a web UI overhaul and security hardening. It also includes finer-grained RBAC, tamper protection, and accessibility improvements.