Reverse Engineering My Coway Air Purifier to Ditch the Cloud

158 scottjg 2026-11-13 13:45:23 UTC scottjg.com Llama Share 30

A user reverse-engineered a Coway air purifier to control it without the cloud service, using techniques like man-in-the-middle (MitM) and artificial intelligence. The device can now be controlled through Home Assistant, eliminating the need for the cloud service.

Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)

291 voxleone 2026-11-13 12:45:23 UTC science.org Llama Share 191

J Neyman discussed a mathematical theory of populations as clusters in 1957. eLetters is a forum for scholarly commentary on the article, with specific submission guidelines.

Why Zig over C for Systems Programming

72 torutofu 2026-11-13 14:45:23 UTC mtsoukalos.eu Llama Share 16

The author compares Zig to C, highlighting how Zig addresses common issues with C, such as resource cleanup and error handling. The author prefers writing new code in Zig due to its safety features and compile-time checks that catch many errors that would occur at runtime in C.

Jensen Huang resigns

3819 lldb 2026-11-12 15:45:23 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 3295

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned amid scandal over alleged extramarital affairs and ties to a Chinese spy, sending shares plummeting. The company has named Colette Kress as interim CEO and will consider internal and external candidates to replace him.

Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.claude.com

390 __vivek 2026-11-13 10:45:23 UTC status.claude.com Full Share 327

Claude's Status Page - Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.claude.com.

A technical vision for the Haskell ecosystem

22 cosmic_quanta 2026-11-13 14:45:23 UTC discourse.haskell.org Llama Share 2

The Haskell Foundation's technical leadership committee has been successfully bootstrapped and is now fully operational. The foundation seeks companies, contractors, and volunteers to support its initiatives and proposals.

Lonewolf 0.3 – A standalone XMPP server written in Rust

10 ortuman 2026-11-13 14:45:23 UTC github.com/lonewolf-im Llama Share 1

Lonewolf v0.3.0 adds certificate-authenticated federation and more desktop client features, but remains a pre-1.0 server with full XMPP compliance on the roadmap. It supports bidirectional connections and various extensions like Stream Limits Advertisement and Private XML Storage.

Comparing Jensen to Steve Jobs Is Stupid

3 apollopower 2026-11-13 15:43:23 UTC jonaserthal.com Prefix Share 1

Many are criticizing Nvidia for kicking out Jensen, saying it is akin to Apple "firing" Steve Jobs in 1985. While the comparison is wrong—Jobs was pushed out for much less nefarious reasons—it also implies that Apple would have succeeded earlier instead of waiting for Jobs' return in 1997. This misses the entire redemption arc Jobs goes through at NeXT Computer. He leaves Apple ...

IceWM

298 inatreecrown2 2026-11-13 05:45:23 UTC ice-wm.org Llama Share 151

IceWM is a fast and customizable window manager for the X Window System, focusing on simplicity and user-friendliness. It offers various features like taskbar, pager, keyboard shortcuts, and theme support across multiple Linux distributions.

U.S. October PPI Rises 6.5% YoY, Highest in Nearly Four Years

34 moonypto 2026-11-13 14:54:23 UTC news.ycombinator.com Full Share 7

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Rust 1.100

799 mbStavola 2026-11-12 19:45:23 UTC blog.rust-lang.org Llama Share 293

Rust 1.100.0 is released, featuring the stable never type (!) and various other improvements including allocator_api stabilization, core::mem::DropGuard, zero-sized types in unsafe code, and Cargo's min-publish-age aware dependency resolution.

Palmfrets, Minnesota guitarist's invention, strikes a new chord

4 bookofjoe 2026-11-13 15:08:23 UTC echopress.com Prefix Share 1

FERGUS FALLS — The back room of Stella’s restaurant in Fergus Falls filled with people on Oct. 28, all there to see musician Ben Ranson play. Ranson, who grew up in Sebeka, Minnesota, and currently lives in Sandstone, is a regular performer at venues across the region, including in Fergus Falls. But Oct. 28 was no ordinary gig. That night, Ranson revealed something he’d been working on for ...

Brave Search API now accepts agentic payments via the x402 protocol

199 sjdh76 2026-11-13 03:45:23 UTC brave.com Llama Share 111

The Brave Search API now supports instant, pay-as-you-go payments via the open x402 payment protocol. Users can query the search index without creating an account or selecting a plan by transferring USDC stablecoin to their agent's wallet.

The 42-Year Journey to Bring 'Neuromancer' to the Screen

40 Brajeshwar 2026-11-13 14:45:23 UTC wired.com Llama Share 18

Briana Middleton discusses the upcoming Apple TV adaptation of William Gibson's Neuromancer, a classic sci-fi novel. The show aims to bring the book's epic journey to life with its unique blend of retro-futurism and gritty realism.

Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription, so I built my own app

656 simpsoka 2026-11-12 17:45:23 UTC github.com/simpsoka Llama Share 216

ZigZag is a visual embroidery editor built in Rust for performance, allowing users to create and edit designs alongside AI agents. The app supports various file formats and can export designs to multiple embroidery machines or send them directly to a Brother Skitch over Bluetooth.

US university students tell surveillance cameras to Flock off

23 beardyw 2026-11-13 14:45:23 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 0

Protests over school surveillance cameras have led to cancellations of contracts with Flock Safety, a company that provides automated license plate readers. Many schools are now exploring alternative vendors and pushing for greater transparency around data access and usage.

Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Orchestrator

467 jonbaer 2026-11-12 19:45:23 UTC antigravity.google Llama Share 142

Google is releasing Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Orchestrator, a dynamic model pairing for efficient task execution. These tools aim to improve quality, efficiency, and latency in coding and agentic workflows.

Former Nvidia CEO Huang had a relationship with a second employee, sources say

378 jbredeche 2026-11-12 20:45:23 UTC reuters.com Full Share 408

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AI Is Destroying the Trust Between Writers and Readers

114 FinnLobsien 2026-11-13 11:45:23 UTC theatlantic.com Full Share 26

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Dwarf planet candidate appears which takes roughly 280 years to orbit our sun

360 cybermango 2026-11-12 19:45:23 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 156

Astronomers have discovered a new dwarf planet candidate, 2026 ED138, in the distant solar system. The object is estimated to be between 370-930 miles across and orbits the sun every 281 years.

Edge0-145B: Frontier AI Capabilities on Your Own Computer

306 sroussey 2026-11-12 23:45:23 UTC edge0.ai Llama Share 91

The Edge0-145B model is the world's first open-source on-device AI model with 145 billion parameters, allowing coding, reasoning, and agent capabilities to rival cloud models. It enables local use on laptops without corresponding cloud-model token or API fees.

The Dawn of the Data Intelligence Engineer

97 jonbaer 2026-11-13 09:45:23 UTC motherduck.com Llama Share 66

A new role, the Data Intelligence Engineer, has emerged as AI changes data teams' jobs. This engineer automates tasks like ingestion and transformation by creating software agents that encode knowledge into shared context.

I'm making LLMs work on small and old devices

429 mrashad74 2026-11-12 15:45:23 UTC github.com/hyperionaidev Llama Share 164

This project, smolmaxxing, unlocks the capability of devices like TVs and old phones by finding the biggest language model each device can run. It achieves this by customizing kernels, memory usage, and weight streaming on devices with limited resources. The results show that a 2B model runs faster than larger models on a Xiaomi TV Box S.

Service degradation on Microsoft 365

1077 dkpk 2026-11-12 18:45:23 UTC status.cloud.microsoft Full Share 904

US test reactor cleared for operations

21 PaulHoule 2026-11-13 14:45:23 UTC world-nuclear-news.org Llama Share 5

Oklo's Groves-1 test reactor in Texas has been cleared for unrestricted operations by the US Department of Energy, allowing it to advance into its research and testing phase. This clears the way for Oklo to prepare teams and systems needed to support future nuclear projects.

Foundation Models framework

245 kermatt 2026-11-12 21:45:23 UTC developer.apple.com Llama Share 33

The Foundation Models framework is a native Swift API for integrating large language models into apps, offering features like guided generation and image understanding. It provides on-device access to Apple's foundation models and extends to server models through the same Swift API.

Eli Lilly CEO pushes back on Dario Amodei's medical claims

225 Noaidi 2026-11-13 14:45:23 UTC garymarcus.substack.com Llama Share 267

The Anthropic CEO made exaggerated claims about curing cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and mental illness in under 10 years. Critics argue that such timelines are unrealistic and border on fantasy.

EU Digital Identity Wallet rollout: every EU state on one board

9 mooreds 2026-11-13 14:58:23 UTC myid.ie LocalLLM Share 0

The Diia app in Ukraine offers digital services with legal equivalence to paper documents, launched in 2020. It is part of EU EUDI wallet pilot testing but lacks full interoperability certification.

Switcher (2004)

121 sammatilda 2026-11-13 03:45:23 UTC folklore.org Llama Share 38

The author created a high-resolution scanner for the Macintosh called Thunderscan, and later developed an application switcher utility that was initially intended to be part of the Mac OS. The author worked with Microsoft on this project before deciding to develop it independently.

Abandoned Quake 4 expansion finished by modders and now playable

296 klaussilveira 2026-11-12 15:45:23 UTC moddb.com Llama Share 115

The Quake 4 expansion, The Awakening, is now playable with openQ4 0.14.1, featuring a second campaign and various improvements. This update brings polish to the game's engine and gameplay mechanics.