Running local models is good now

392 jfb 2026-06-16 15:18:11 UTC vickiboykis.com Llama Share 195

The user has been using local models since their release and has seen significant improvements in accuracy and speed, particularly with the Gemma 4 family, allowing for agentic coding and tasks like refactoring code and writing unit tests. The user is excited about the potential of local models but notes that they still have limitations, such as slow inference and small context windows, and ...

SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

387 itsmarcelg 2026-06-16 11:18:11 UTC reuters.com Full Share 712

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Mechanical Watch (2022)

476 razin 2026-06-16 12:18:11 UTC ciechanow.ski Llama Share 89

A mechanical watch uses a spiral torsion spring to store energy, which is then released to power the watch's hands. The energy is controlled by gears and an escapement mechanism, ultimately regulated by a balance wheel oscillating at a precise rate.

Making ast.walk 220x Faster

27 palashawas 2026-06-16 16:26:11 UTC reflex.dev Llama Share 6

The user's AI reflex-app builder generates massive Python code, but running reflex compile finds issues one at a time, increasing latency. To fix this, the user built a custom linter, but it was slow due to ast.walk, which they optimized by rewriting it in Rust and caching subclass information.

SubQ 1.1 Small

59 EDM115 2026-06-16 15:18:11 UTC subq.ai Llama Share 25

SubQ 1.1 Small is a new AI model that removes the constraint of attention compute, enabling direct reasoning over large artifacts. It achieves near-perfect long-context retrieval and reduces attention compute by up to 64.5x compared to dense attention.

TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP

17 mrshu 2026-06-16 16:42:11 UTC mareksuppa.com Llama Share 2

To make a GET request in a minimal Docker container, use bash to open a TCP socket with /dev/tcp and write the request by hand. This method works for plaintext HTTP but not HTTPS, and is a bash feature not available in all shells.

But yak shaving is fun

49 parksb 2026-06-16 15:18:11 UTC parksb.github.io Llama Share 9

The author built a custom static site generator from scratch, which is an example of yak shaving, a term coined by Carlin Vieri to describe doing a chain of related tasks that eventually lose their original purpose. Yak shaving can be fun but often leads to wasted time and resources.

Correlated randomness in Slay the Spire 2

204 rdmuser 2026-06-16 11:18:11 UTC tck.mn Llama Share 64

The game Slay the Spire 2 has a bug called correlated RNG (CRNG) that allows players to predict certain random events, such as the curse from Neow's Bones, the first fight's drop rate, and the Doll Room's outcome, due to unexpected correlations between different random number generators. The bug is caused by the C# implementation of the System.Random class, which makes the output linear in ...

I admire Fabrice Bellard. He is almost certainly a better overall programmer

714 apitman 2026-06-16 05:18:11 UTC twitter.com/id_aa_carmack Full Share 351

I admire Fabrice Bellard. He is almost certainly a better overall programmer than I am. A French engineer who lives quietly in Paris has spent 30 years writing software that the entire internet now runs on without knowing his name. He wrote the code that streams every YouTube video, every Netflix show, every TikTok clip. He wrote the code that runs the virtual

Never talk to the police

45 Cider9986 2026-06-16 16:18:11 UTC campolalaw.com Llama Share 15

When speaking to law enforcement, it's always a mistake to talk before a criminal defense attorney. This is because you don't know what information the police have or where it came from, and talking can hurt your case.

Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

79 neilfrndes 2026-06-16 16:18:11 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 22

The author uses Apple's Vehicle Motion Cues to reduce motion sickness while working in a moving vehicle. This feature, introduced in 2024, uses dots on the screen that move in harmony with the car's motion.

The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation

440 paulmooreparks 2026-06-16 05:18:11 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 139

Raymond has been involved in Windows evolution for over 30 years and created The Old New Thing website and book. He occasionally shares stories on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account.

After AI Takes Everything

15 speckx 2026-06-16 16:18:11 UTC ursb.me Llama Share 2

The author discusses how AI is changing the role of humans in the workforce, particularly in the tech industry, and how it's essential to focus on high-level thinking and judgment rather than just executing tasks. The author argues that humans need to adapt to this new reality by developing skills such as taste, derivation, and judgment, and that these skills are essential for making ...

An interview with an Apple emoji designer

63 nate 2026-06-16 13:18:11 UTC shadycharacters.co.uk Llama Share 33

Ollie Wagner, Apple's first emoji designer, shared his experience designing over 300 emojis in 2008. He worked from a SoftBank spreadsheet, applying Apple's visual language to hundreds of symbols, with Steve Jobs' final approval.

Unicorn – The Ultimate CPU Emulator

59 tosh 2026-06-16 11:18:11 UTC unicorn-engine.org Llama Share 18

Unicorn Engine was awarded by Alibaba Cloud for its impact on the cybersecurity field. The project has been maintained and developed for over 7 years under an open-source license.

Getting Creative with Perlin Noise Fields

120 0x000xca0xfe 2026-06-16 08:18:11 UTC sighack.com Llama Share 20

The user created 25 generative art designs using Perlin flow fields in Processing, experimenting with various parameters and techniques to achieve unique results. The process helped the user understand how to practice creativity within self-imposed constraints.

Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb

536 sohkamyung 2026-06-15 23:18:11 UTC richardosgood.com Llama Share 319

The user had an idea to hack a WiFi smart light bulb to create a digital dead drop hosting banned books, inspired by a short story and Cory Doctorow's book, and decided to use Tasmota firmware to create the Banned Book Library. After purchasing a bulb with Tasmota pre-installed, the user modified the firmware to create a custom web server and storage system, but encountered several ...

Feds freaked over Fable 5 after 'fix this code', not jailbreak, say researchers

447 _tk_ 2026-06-16 10:18:11 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 275

Anthropic's AI models were blocked by the Trump administration due to a simple prompt "Fix this code" from outside researchers. The ban is seen as counterproductive by cybersecurity expert Katie Moussouris, who argues it will hurt defenders more than attackers.

I hacked into the worst e-bike and fixed it [video]

158 alexis-d 2026-06-16 02:18:11 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 76

GateGPT: 56k tokens per second Transformer (KV cache) on FPGA at 80 MHz

16 laxmena 2026-06-16 16:18:11 UTC twitter.com/fguzmanai Full Share 4

56,000+ tokens/sec at just 80 MHz. 🤯 I burned a full Transformer with KV cache into a custom chip. Designed gate by gate as a 100% digital integrated circuit. Prototyped on a FPGA. (No GPU. No CPU) Just pure digital silicon running @karpathy microGPT, spelling out names on a https://t.co/hXX8kKIxiA

Making espresso with ultrasound

46 darktoto 2026-06-16 09:18:11 UTC unsw.edu.au Llama Share 50

UNSW acknowledges the traditional owners of its land, the Bidjigal, Biripai, Dharug, and others. It honours their Elders and recognises their enduring connection to culture and Country.

Qwen-Robot Suite: A Foundation Model Suite for Physical World Intelligence

20 ilreb 2026-06-16 13:18:11 UTC qwen.ai Llama Share 1

The Qwen-Robot Suite bridges the gap between vision and language understanding and physical control with three foundation models: Qwen-RobotNav, Qwen-RobotManip, and Qwen-RobotWorld. These models enable an agentic system where general intelligence translates directly into physical action.

A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer

1486 lwhsiao 2026-06-15 20:18:11 UTC roman.pt Llama Share 280

A recruiter sent a LinkedIn message asking me to review a GitHub repo, which turned out to be a backdoored Node project. I caught the trap by using a read-only agent and reported the repo to GitHub and the recruiter to LinkedIn.

Understanding the rationale behind a rule when trying to circumvent it

93 tosh 2026-06-16 08:18:11 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 30

Callbacks must be fast and non-blocking, returning quickly to avoid system slowdowns. Blocking or IPC calls, including waiting for work items, defeat the purpose of asynchronous work and can cause system hangs.

The history of butterfly swimming

19 mooreds 2026-06-16 14:18:11 UTC swimming.org Llama Share 23

Butterfly stroke originated in the 1930s as a breaststroke variation with overarm recovery. It became an Olympic event in 1956 with men's 200m and women's 100m events.

Trinket.io shutting down, so we saved it and hosted it a trinket.strivemath.org

90 apulkit6 2026-06-16 10:18:11 UTC trinket.strivemath.org Full Share 11

A community-hosted edition of Trinket, free forever at trinket.strivemath.org. Write and run Python, HTML, and more in your browser, and build interactive coding courses. Hosted by Strive Math.

'Ghost jobs' could soon be illegal in New York

8 toomuchtodo 2026-06-16 17:02:11 UTC fastcompany.com Full Share 1

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Color Photos of Stalin-Era Soviet Union Taken by a US Diplomat

130 Cider9986 2026-06-16 06:18:11 UTC rarehistoricalphotos.com Llama Share 44

Martin Manhoff, an American diplomat, kept a diary and took photographs during his time in Moscow from 1950s, offering a unique perspective on life in the Soviet Union. His documents reveal the stark contrast between the Soviet authorities' façade and the harsh realities experienced by ordinary citizens, providing a valuable insight into the Cold War era.

Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers

209 speckx 2026-06-16 14:18:11 UTC 9to5google.com Llama Share 250

Google Chrome is ending support for Manifest V2 extensions, including popular ad blockers like uBlock Origin, due to new permissions structure and focus on privacy. Chrome 150 will remove the primary workaround, while Chrome 151 will remove remaining flags, effectively ending ad blocker tools.

I Fired Google

128 speckx 2026-06-16 15:18:11 UTC theartofdoingstuff.com Llama Share 103

Companies are over-improving products that were already working, adding unnecessary features and complexity. This has led to frustration with products like Google Home, which became less useful after updates.