Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher

719 u1hcw9nx 2026-09-13 22:02:07 UTC vals.ai Llama Share 306

Claude Fable 5.1 solved Sir Thomas Urquhart's Cyphral Distich, a centuries-old cryptogram, using a simple rule based on the book itself and its accompanying poem. The solution was surprisingly straightforward in hindsight, demonstrating that models can solve historical mysteries with persistence and creative analysis.

Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?

730 iamflimflam1 2026-09-13 18:02:07 UTC atomic14.com Llama Share 333

The author reported a deceptive ad on YouTube that mimicked an iOS system alert, but Google's review process approved it twice despite AI detecting the violation. Google has access to AI tools to detect such ads, yet failed to use them effectively in this case.

Spaceships (Reverse Asteroid)

133 zdw 2026-09-14 01:02:07 UTC spaceships.treybastian.com Full Share 27

Inverted Asteroids: you are not the ship. Place gravity wells and sling the rocks.

Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs

181 Cider9986 2026-09-13 22:02:07 UTC community.signalusers.org Llama Share 82

The user has legitimate concerns about zero-knowledge proofs, but disagrees with the application of this technology. Signal's design inherently protects user anonymity and safety through its distrustful client-server model.

Open-Source AI and Open Models Reading List

76 simonpure 2026-09-14 01:02:07 UTC interconnects.ai Llama Share 7

This user shares research materials on open models, discussing their definition, benefits and risks, adoption rates and performance gaps with closed models. They also highlight the impact of Chinese labs on the AI ecosystem.

The case against JPEG XL

91 contact9879 2026-09-14 02:02:07 UTC giannirosato.com Llama Share 114

The author believes JPEG XL is not suitable for the web due to its complexity, lack of support for progressive decoding and deblocking loop filtering, and potential performance issues. The author thinks AVIF is a better fit for the web platform.

Apple's Dimensional Drawings

115 herbertl 2026-09-14 01:02:07 UTC developer.apple.com Full Share 34

Download precise dimensional drawings and technical specifications for Apple devices to ensure your accessory designs meet the exact requirements.

Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025

415 Levitating 2026-09-13 15:02:07 UTC lesswrong.com Full Share 188

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Rope, twine and thread: Invisible technologies of the Stone Age

26 knowablemag 2026-09-14 02:02:07 UTC knowablemagazine.org Full Share 1

Who Gets to Define the Rules for AI?

10 throwworhtthrow 2026-09-14 05:02:07 UTC cohere.com Llama Share 5

The author argues that a small group of AI companies should not dictate the rules and safety standards for the entire world, as this could lead to a cartel-like situation. Instead, they propose an evidence-based risk framework, mandatory transparency, testing against specific gaps known to get exploited, and real assurance mechanisms to ensure safe development.

The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence

36 rasengan0 2026-09-14 02:02:07 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 9

This report explores potential AI security threats and proposes ways to forecast, prevent, and mitigate them. It also suggests areas for further research to improve defenses against these threats.

Julia 1.13 highlights

195 eigenspace 2026-09-13 19:02:07 UTC julialang.org Llama Share 16

Julia version 1.13 has been released with several improvements, including faster precompilation times and enhanced code introspection macros. The new release also includes changes to the hash function, object loading in sysimage and package images, and improved garbage collection performance.

Data collected by cars and sold to third parties

370 bookofjoe 2026-09-13 14:02:07 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 198

Automakers collect and sell vast amounts of data on their customers, often without clear consent or transparency. A growing movement seeks simpler vehicles with minimal data collection to address concerns over privacy and consumer control.

Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)

127 david927 2026-09-13 18:02:07 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 341

The author is working on various projects, including AI modeling for 3D printing and an Anki extension that generates text, speech, and images. They are also building a website to discover first names and a game project called Vestiges.

Writing a better reality: The case for optimistic sci-fi

44 andsoitis 2026-09-14 01:02:07 UTC honisoit.com Full Share 21

Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted board ouster

96 ilamont 2026-09-13 21:02:07 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 145

Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic, is on paid leave after the board voted to remove him. He claims to be back in control and has been posting on company Slack despite being officially removed.

Flawed routers flood University of Wisconsin internet time server (2003)

76 walrus01 2026-09-13 21:02:07 UTC pages.cs.wisc.edu Llama Share 8

The University of Wisconsin-Madison's NTP server was flooded with hundreds-of-thousands of packets-per-second from Netgear routers, causing operational problems. The flood was caused by a design flaw in the Netgear products' SNTP client implementation, which hardcoded a source port number and allowed for excessive traffic to be sent to the university's time server.

The GDR and Vietnam: From Fake Coffee to Coffee Empire

53 NaOH 2026-09-13 22:02:07 UTC katjahoyer.uk Llama Share 18

The author attended a week of events in Leipzig, Germany, focusing on industrial culture and shared their story about East German botanists who successfully grew coffee in Vietnam after the fall of the Berlin Wall. They highlighted the complexities of this history and its relevance to understanding today's world.

Show HN: EterDB, a Postgres fork that makes it easy to recover from incidents

15 fdeth 2026-09-14 03:02:07 UTC eterdb.com Llama Share 2

eterDB is a database system that allows for point-in-time recovery without full restore or downtime, tracking reads and writes to undo past mistakes. It can revert specific rows or columns to their previous state, even after other transactions have been written on top of them.

Making Startups Powerful

191 tosh 2026-09-13 15:02:07 UTC paulgraham.com Llama Share 85

The author shares strategies for making startups more powerful, including creating network effects, owning the customer relationship and money flow, going full stack or eating away at customers' work. These ideas aim to make the startup valuable in the long term by improving customers' lives.

Why is the x86 undefined instruction called ud2? Why 2?

237 ibobev 2026-09-13 13:02:07 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 55

The ud2 instruction is an architecturally undefined instruction that raises an "invalid opcode" exception, used to mark unreachable code and prevent crashes. It was created as a result of Hyrum's Law, where software relied on the 0F FF sequence being invalid, prompting Intel to make it official with the ud2 instruction.

"Chilling" warning or overreaction? AI bioweapons report divides experts

24 sbulaev 2026-09-14 01:02:07 UTC science.org Full Share 10

Necker, 1832: "An optical phænomenon on viewing a figure of a geometrical solid"

19 akkartik 2026-09-14 00:02:07 UTC zenodo.org Full Share 4

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CUDA for AMD on Windows

150 chiassedu80 2026-09-13 15:02:07 UTC github.com/speedstu Llama Share 78

A reproducible Windows CUDA setup is built around ZLUDA + AMD HIP/ROCm for CUDA-facing compute applications, including LibTorch workloads. The validated hardware is currently an AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU only, with other GPUs to be tested and reported separately.

Chess.com Leak Exposes 7.3M Users, Evidence Points to Scraping

25 kristianp 2026-09-14 04:02:07 UTC securityaffairs.com Llama Share 8

A 15.5 GB file containing over 7.3 million Chess.com user records was leaked online, with evidence pointing to large-scale scraping rather than a server breach. The data includes email addresses, usernames, and internal Google Ad Manager audience tags that are not publicly available on the platform's API.

Show HN: Exploring the intersection of prediction markets and social media

9 ryanpere2298 2026-09-14 02:02:07 UTC thevidmarket.com Full Share 1

Reverse-Engineering Claude Web's MicroVM: Uncovering Anthropic's Hidden Antspace

75 rzk 2026-09-13 18:02:07 UTC aprilnea.me Llama Share 18

Researchers reverse-engineered Claude Code, an unstripped Go binary from Anthropic's secret deployment platform, discovering a full AI-native PaaS architecture with local-cloud consistency and MicroVM technology. The analysis revealed a mature production-grade deployment protocol without any exploits or privilege escalation.

The Coming War on General Computation (2011)

79 gregsadetsky 2026-09-14 00:02:07 UTC en.wikisource.org Llama Share 23

Cory Doctorow discusses the evolution of copyright laws and how they relate to general-purpose computers, which are becoming increasingly powerful. He argues that attempts to control PCs will converge on rootkits and surveillance measures.

Why is privacy so hard? (2019)

37 andsoitis 2026-09-13 22:02:07 UTC cacm.acm.org Full Share 43

IP: 104.209.11.215, RAY: a3ad2ecc6dd2cefe

Bad code is kudzu

57 surprisetalk 2026-09-13 20:02:07 UTC vickiboykis.com Llama Share 16

A feature added to a codebase can be hard to remove, much like kudzu overtaking an area. Deleting code is often thankless and requires planning ahead to avoid complexity buildup.