America Has Lost 200k of Jobs in Media, Film and the Arts. How Much Is AI?

99 gnabgib 2026-10-25 00:02:29 UTC apricitas.io Llama Share 67

The US has lost over 200k jobs in creative industries, with a significant decline in the last year, mainly due to AI systems that can produce digital art at low costs. The impact of AI on media businesses is still unclear but may lead to near-total collapse of their business models.

We should be more ambitious with the software we build

136 ltratt 2026-10-24 22:02:29 UTC danluu.com Llama Share 90

The author discusses the potential for ambitious software projects, citing examples of successful projects like pgrust and Azul AI. They argue that with advancements in capabilities, it's now possible to build more complex and high-quality software without requiring extensive expertise or resources. The author also notes that while some people may be able to achieve impressive results with ...

The Goose Programming Language

224 bobbydigitales 2026-10-24 20:02:29 UTC aardappel.github.io Llama Share 153

Goose is a memory-safe systems language that runs faster than C++ and Rust while using less memory, with syntax familiar to C and Rust programmers. It has no heap allocator, garbage collector, or lifetime annotations.

Roku developer repositories moved from GitHub to GitLab

252 cxr 2026-10-24 17:02:29 UTC blog.roku.com Llama Share 167

Roku has moved its developer resources from GitHub to GitLab, consolidating documentation, samples, and tools into a single location. Users need to update bookmarked or stored repository URLs and adjust pipelines that reference raw file URLs.

Listen and read USA nuclear forces Emergency Action Messages, heard on 11175 kHz

109 liotier 2026-10-24 20:02:29 UTC missileer.watch Full Share 73

Emergency Action Messages heard on the HF Global Communications System, copied off air.

Show HN: Steal My Bitcoin

383 cloudlandsdev 2026-10-24 21:02:29 UTC stealmybitcoin.com Full Share 230

First person to get the wallet wins. If you don’t need the money, consider donating it to those who do: givewell.org. All traffic is logged. This is a known vulnerable machine, so we cannot guarantee privacy. Other attackers may access or monitor activity and data beyond our control. Do not submit anything you want to keep private.

Why Gopher in 2026?

13 andsoitis 2026-10-25 00:02:29 UTC gopher.muffinlabs.com Llama Share 4

User reflects on the trend of younger generations seeking simpler times, citing nostalgia for low-tech devices like flip phones and vi editors. They acknowledge the benefits and drawbacks of modern technology, recognizing a need to balance progress with simplicity.

SpeedCrunch 1.1

67 LordNibbler 2026-10-24 20:02:29 UTC speedcrunch.org Full Share 10

SpeedCrunch is a free, open-source scientific calculator for Windows, macOS and Linux, with 50-digit precision, complex numbers and unit conversion.

Small Programs and Languages

29 andsoitis 2026-10-24 22:02:29 UTC ratfactor.com Llama Share 1

The author discusses the appeal of tiny programming languages and implementations, citing examples such as Forth, Lisp, and Lua. These small programs can be more accessible and easier to understand than larger ones.

The Importance of Limitations for Creativity and Learning

20 andsoitis 2026-10-24 22:02:29 UTC ratfactor.com Llama Share 3

The author reflects on how a simple online document writing platform's limitations made it more engaging for their kids, contrasting with the feature-rich Scratch program. They suggest that simplicity and structure can be beneficial in learning and creativity, allowing users to explore without feeling overwhelmed by too many options.

Social dynamics of toxic metal industry in medieval Europe

7 XzetaU8 2026-10-25 00:02:29 UTC cambridge.org LocalLLM Share 0

Researchers analyzed lead concentrations in tooth enamel from medieval cemeteries in the Derbyshire Peak District to trace the development of lead smelting, finding production began in the mid-7th century and intensified by the mid-8th century. The study reveals social dynamics and health impacts of lead exposure, offering a benchmark for understanding metal production in medieval Europe.

I Built a Stereo Vision Board for Hardware Hackers

22 machinehum 2026-10-24 22:02:29 UTC rootkitlabs.com Llama Share 0

The author built a cheap stereo vision board using the Rockchip RV1103 microprocessor, enabling obstacle avoidance and navigation in robotics projects. The board uses Linux support and various hardware accelerators for image processing tasks.

FreeDNS

246 esher 2026-10-24 16:02:29 UTC freedns.afraid.org Llama Share 61

This service offers domain registration, DNS management, and easy updates for $5/month. It also provides features like subdomains, stealth flags, and wildcard DNS with a 50-subdomain limit.

I don't understand quantum physics (2018)

275 rramadass 2026-10-24 10:02:29 UTC southampton.ac.uk Full Share 207

The St. Helena 5 pence coin shows Jonathan, a roughly 190 year old tortoise

91 schleck8 2026-10-24 17:02:29 UTC de.numista.com Full Share 28

Your IP address: 52.165.251.160 • Ray ID: a4fd4c79aa40acd6

Neural chip decodes interactions between brain regions

87 giuliomagnifico 2026-10-24 16:02:29 UTC actu.epfl.ch Llama Share 31

Researchers at EPFL have developed an implantable neural chip called LogSync that tracks brain activity and identifies cognitive and emotional states in real-time. The system uses machine-learning algorithms to analyze network-level biomarkers and generate stimulation triggers for severe psychiatric illnesses.

Node2Shell evolves to HTTP2Shell, blast radius affects many HTTP libs and apps

274 theanonymousone 2026-10-24 09:02:29 UTC aikido.dev Llama Share 137

A widely used compression library Brotli has a known security vulnerability, dubbed "node2shell," which can cause memory leaks or execute arbitrary code. Users are advised to upgrade their libraries and applications that use Brotli until patches become available.

Google has officially turned these Nest thermostats back into dumb thermostats

29 gnabgib 2026-10-25 00:02:29 UTC makeuseof.com Llama Share 22

Google has stopped supporting three older Nest Learning Thermostat models, cutting off their cloud-based features and remote control capabilities. A free open-source project called No Longer Evil allows users to regain these lost features by flashing a new firmware onto their thermostats.

Making a VGA Driver in SystemVerilog

45 derHackerman 2026-10-24 20:02:29 UTC lukaswerner.com Llama Share 9

The author worked on a VGA driver project in their Digital Logic Design Lab, building a system that could display images on an old CRT monitor. They used a FPGA to control the display and implemented various logic circuits to handle timing, color mapping, and image loading.

GPU-unlock: FP/BF16 instruction issue rate on Nvidia 3000's cards

185 fragebogen 2026-10-24 10:02:29 UTC github.com/zagitta Llama Share 61

This Linux kernel module unlocks NVIDIA GPUs for faster performance, doubling instruction issuing speed on GA102, GA103, GA104 and GA106 cards. It can be appended to the boot options line or installed through a package manager like make install.

No signs of AI payoff outside the tech sector

466 the-mitr 2026-10-24 20:02:29 UTC apollo.com Llama Share 452

This presentation is confidential and not for distribution without Apollo Global Management's consent. Opinions and estimates are subject to change and should not be relied upon for investment advice.

Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month

277 mooreds 2026-10-24 07:02:29 UTC scientificamerican.com Llama Share 80

Scientists have successfully trapped a single subatomic particle of antimatter, called a positron, for months using a special trap. This achievement could help explain why the universe is made mostly of matter and not antimatter.

Bbtree: Fastest Ordered Map

45 aoli-al 2026-10-24 19:02:29 UTC bbtree.xiangpeng.systems Full Share 4

How bbtree, a drop-in replacement for std's BTreeMap, cuts cache misses, instructions and cache coherence traffic, and how it is kept correct.

Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you

1547 sohkamyung 2026-10-24 01:02:29 UTC edjefferson.com Full Share 243

If there are fewer than 25 things close to you, it takes the closest 25 things within about 6 miles. If there are more than 500 things only the closest 500 will be included.

Twelve years of distributed SQLite

364 otoolep 2026-10-24 02:02:29 UTC philipotoole.com Llama Share 63

The author created rqlite in 2014, combining SQLite with Raft consensus protocol to create a fault-tolerant relational database. Since then, the concept of "distributed SQLite" has evolved into a category with various projects offering different approaches to replication and consistency.

Symbolic Learning in Python and Julia

59 alex_hirner 2026-10-24 17:02:29 UTC github.com/astroautomata Llama Share 11

PySR is an open-source tool for symbolic regression, a machine learning task to find an interpretable expression that optimizes some objective. It's developed alongside the Julia library SymbolicRegression.jl and can be used with various programming languages.

Oai-math-revised: a community hub for revising OpenAI's math write-ups

33 tokepi 2026-10-24 16:02:29 UTC terrytao.wordpress.com Llama Share 23

OpenAI's math write-ups on GitHub are difficult to understand and have incomplete citations. A new project aims to improve these write-ups, inviting the broader math community to participate and serve as admins/reviewers.

Bringing uv and ty together

300 Ravencentric 2026-10-24 01:02:29 UTC astral.sh Llama Share 109

Astral's uv and ty tools are now integrated, enabling unified support for Python scripts in the CLI and editor. This integration aims to create an integrated toolchain that uses a shared understanding of projects to enable new capabilities.

How close can pure functional programming get to C?

253 stmonty 2026-10-24 04:02:29 UTC rtfeldman.com Llama Share 87

A DEFLATE compression library written in Lean 4 outperformed a Rust package, but was still slower than a C implementation. The author achieved this result through optimization techniques that are widely beneficial across languages.

TornadoVM 7 Enables GPU-Native Workloads from Java Applications

83 pjmlp 2026-10-24 13:02:29 UTC infoq.com Llama Share 15

TornadoVM version 7.3 is a major milestone for the open-source heterogeneous GPU framework, accelerating Java programs on CPUs and GPUs without replacing existing JVMs. It provides a rich GPU programming ecosystem in Java, offering four ways to program Nvidia GPUs as a programmer.