Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for nuanced AI image generation

629 minimaxir 2025-11-13 18:36:02 UTC minimaxir.com Llama Share 161

Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model, also known as Nano Banana, is a powerful text-to-image model that can generate high-quality images with strong prompt adherence and editing capabilities. The model's multimodal encoder and large context window allow it to handle complex and nuanced prompts, including HTML, JSON, and Markdown, making it a versatile tool for image generation and editing.

What Happened with the CIA and The Paris Review?

22 benbreen 2025-11-14 05:36:02 UTC theparisreview.org Llama Share 3

Peter Matthiessen, a renowned author and founder of The Paris Review, was also an undercover CIA operative from 1951 to 1953, using his writing as a cover for his espionage activities. Matthiessen's CIA involvement and subsequent attempts to atone for his privilege and past actions influenced his life and work, shaping his writing and relationships, including his complicated friendship with ...

Why I'm Learning Sumerian

78 surprisetalk 2025-11-14 03:36:02 UTC mindthenerd.com Llama Share 32

The author learned Sumerian for no practical reason, finding meaning in the process and breaking free from external validation. This pointless difficulty helped them rediscover their passion and rebuild their sense of purpose.

Hooked on Sonics: Experimenting with Sound in 19th-Century Popular Science

10 Hooke 2025-11-14 06:36:02 UTC publicdomainreview.org Llama Share 0

The 19th century saw a dramatic transformation in the sense of hearing due to advancements in the science of sound, with popular acoustics primers for children and amateurs revealing the pedagogical, ludic, and transcendental strivings of Victorian society. These books, which often used the language of "scientific amusements" and "parlour magic," encouraged readers to experience and ...

Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign

236 koakuma-chan 2025-11-13 18:36:02 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 156

A highly sophisticated cyberattack was executed using AI's "agentic" capabilities, with the AI model Claude Code attempting infiltration into 30 global targets and succeeding in a small number of cases. This attack marks a significant escalation in the use of AI for cyberattacks and highlights the need for stronger safety controls and improved detection methods to prevent such threats.

Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web

224 jmadeano 2025-11-13 16:36:02 UTC tweeks.io Llama Share 155

Here is a preview of what I can do: I'll summarize user input in 2 concise sentences under 200 characters.

'The Dream Factory' Review: A Building and Its Bard

9 pepys 2025-11-14 05:36:02 UTC wsj.com Full Share 0

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How to Get a North Korea / Antarctica VPS

80 uneven9434 2025-11-14 01:36:02 UTC blog.lyc8503.net Llama Share 25

The article explains how to modify the geolocation of IP addresses announced by a home ISP, allowing users to display absurd locations such as Antarctica or North Korea. This is achieved by updating the IP database and using Cloudflare's WARP service to assign a corresponding-region IPv4 address, which can be used to unlock streaming content and run an IDC.

OpenMANET Wi-Fi HaLow open-source project for Raspberry Pi–based MANET radios

105 hexmiles 2025-11-13 21:36:02 UTC openmanet.net Llama Share 26

OpenMANET is an open-source project for building budget-friendly MANET radios on Wi-Fi HaLow using Morse Micro chipsets. It enables self-forming wireless mesh networks for search and rescue, disaster response, and other disconnected communications scenarios.

650GB of Data (Delta Lake on S3). Polars vs. DuckDB vs. Daft vs. Spark

168 tanelpoder 2025-11-13 21:36:02 UTC dataengineeringcentral.substack.com Llama Share 49

The author discusses the limitations of single-node architectures in handling large Lake House datasets and proposes using alternative frameworks like Polars, DuckDB, and Daft. They test these frameworks on a 32GB EC2 instance and find that they can handle 650GB of data.

A Brutal Look at Balanced Parentheses, Computing Machines, and Pushdown Automata

26 warrenm 2025-11-14 02:36:02 UTC raganwald.com Llama Share 5

A deterministic finite automaton cannot recognize balanced parentheses because it cannot keep track of the nesting of parentheses with a finite number of states. A deterministic pushdown automaton can recognize balanced parentheses by using a stack to keep track of the nesting of parentheses, making it a deterministic context-free language.

Kubernetes Ingress Nginx is retiring

115 TheApplicant 2025-11-13 22:36:02 UTC kubernetes.dev Llama Share 59

Kubernetes SIG Network and Security Response Committee are retiring Ingress NGINX due to maintenance challenges and insufficient maintainership. Users are recommended to migrate to Gateway API or alternative Ingress controllers by March 2026.

Think in math, write in code (2019)

143 alabhyajindal 2025-11-13 17:36:02 UTC jmeiners.com Llama Share 55

Programming languages are implementation tools for instructing machines, not thinking tools for expressing ideas, and they have limitations such as being rigid in abstraction and representation. Thinking in math allows for more flexibility and clarity in problem-solving, enabling the creation of logical models to understand real-world problems and making it easier to reason about logical structures.

Blender Lab

230 radeeyate 2025-11-13 14:36:02 UTC blender.org Llama Share 45

Blender Lab is an innovation space where designers and developers work on challenging projects to keep Blender relevant. It focuses on applied research and academic projects, with guidelines to be defined in 2026.

Why do we need dithering?

71 ibobev 2025-11-13 21:36:02 UTC typefully.com Llama Share 59

We used dithering to trick our eyes into seeing more colors in early digital images with limited palettes and memory. Dithering approximates gradients by adding noise between neighboring colors, using techniques like ordered dithering and error diffusion.

Blue Origin lands New Glenn rocket booster on second try

328 perihelions 2025-11-13 21:36:02 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 170

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully launched and landed its booster, marking a major accomplishment for the company. The rocket carried twin spacecraft to Mars to study the red planet's atmosphere as its first commercial payload.

SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search

409 msub2 2025-11-13 19:36:02 UTC blog.kagi.com Llama Share 188

Kagi Search introduces SlopStop, a community-driven system to detect and downrank AI-generated deceptive content. Users can flag low-quality AI content and help create a more trustworthy search experience.

Show HN: DBOS Java – Postgres-Backed Durable Workflows

74 KraftyOne 2025-11-13 20:36:02 UTC github.com/dbos-inc Llama Share 37

DBOS provides lightweight durable workflows built on Postgres, allowing programs to recover from failures and continue from the last completed step. It can be added to existing Java programs in a few lines of code and supports features like queues, scheduling, and durable sleep.

Sarah Mason, inventor of the continuity script, first script supervisor

3 Marshferm 2025-11-14 05:36:02 UTC wfpp.columbia.edu Prefix Share 1

Sarah Yeiser Mason shared an Academy Award with her husband Victor Heerman for the 1933 screenplay for Little Women. It is startling, in light of this achievement, to see how little information on Mason is available for researchers today. She seems to have left no papers, and most of the existing manuscripts and correspondence belonging to her are among Heerman’s papers in the Margaret ...

SIMA 2: An agent that plays, reasons, and learns with you in virtual 3D worlds

193 meetpateltech 2025-11-13 15:36:02 UTC deepmind.google Llama Share 77

Researchers introduced SIMA 2, a generalist AI that can follow instructions, converse, and improve itself in virtual worlds. SIMA 2's advanced capabilities, powered by Gemini models, enable it to think, reason, and adapt to new environments, marking a significant step towards Artificial General Intelligence.

Itiner-E – The Digital Atlas of Ancient Roads

36 beatthatflight 2025-11-13 22:36:02 UTC itiner-e.org Full Share 1

Itiner-e aims to host the most detailed open digital dataset of roads in the entire Roman Empire. The data creation is a collaborative ongoing project edited by a scholarly community. Itiner-e allows you to view, query and download roads.

Steam Machine

2705 davikr 2025-11-13 07:36:02 UTC store.steampowered.com Full Share 1325

© 2025 Valve Corporation. All rights reserved. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. VAT included in all prices where applicable. Privacy Policy | Legal | Accessibility | Steam Subscriber Agreement | Refunds | Cookies

Piramidal (YC W24) Hiring: Front End Engineer

0 2025-11-13 21:36:02 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

We are hiring a frontend engineer to build Piramidal's neural tracking UI and optimize web performance. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience with React, NextJS, and performance optimization.

Android developer verification: Early access starts

1305 erohead 2025-11-13 07:36:02 UTC android-developers.googleblog.com Llama Share 617

We're introducing developer verification requirements to enhance Android security, addressing diverse user needs and combating aggressive online scams. The new system balances security with accessibility, offering a dedicated account for students and hobbyists and an advanced flow for experienced users to download unverified apps.

Zed is our office

536 sagacity 2025-11-13 16:36:02 UTC zed.dev Llama Share 272

Zed Industries built a collaborative editor to enable seamless teamwork, leveraging CRDTs for conflict-free editing and low latency. The editor features a channel tree for organizing projects, meetings, and personal workspaces, with a flexible structure to accommodate various collaboration needs.

The Eggstraordinary Fortress

62 tippa123 2025-11-13 20:36:02 UTC ahmed1011001.github.io Llama Share 19

The author explores the remarkable security features of an egg, discovering its porous shell, winding tunnels, and multiple antimicrobial layers that protect the nutrient-rich yolk. Despite its seemingly impenetrable design, the egg's security can be compromised by factors like cooking, humidity, and external contaminants.

Checkout.com hacked, refuses ransom payment, donates to security labs

579 StrangeSound 2025-11-13 09:36:02 UTC checkout.com Llama Share 254

Checkout.com was targeted by extortionists who gained access to a legacy cloud storage system used in 2020. The incident affected less than 25% of merchants, with no payment platform or card number access.

I Built a One File Edge Probe to Tell Me When Time Is Lying

37 boulevard 2025-11-14 00:36:02 UTC physical-ai.ghost.io Llama Share 2

The user created a simple HTML file to compare client and server time for sanity checking, not for precise synchronization. It's a browser-level probe to quickly identify obvious time discrepancies, not a substitute for PTP or NTP.

Heartbeats in Distributed Systems

133 sebg 2025-11-13 14:36:02 UTC arpitbhayani.me Llama Share 44

Heartbeat mechanisms in distributed systems involve periodic signals sent from one component to another to indicate its status, allowing for quick failure detection and system reaction. The design of heartbeat mechanisms involves balancing competing concerns such as fast failure detection, network overhead, and sensitivity to transient issues, requiring careful consideration of intervals, ...

The Useful Personal Computer

12 cfmcdonald 2025-11-14 04:36:02 UTC technicshistory.com Llama Share 1

Computer makers in the 1970s struggled to find a market for their products beyond hobbyists. They created software libraries, but third-party producers filled the gap with business and game software, driving innovation and growth in the industry.