After my dad died, we found the love letters

315 eatitraw 2025-11-23 08:43:15 UTC jenn.site Llama Share 135

The writer's father was a traditional Chinese man who hid his true self and lived a miserable life, but he had a secret three-year relationship with a man named Edward, who he planned to leave his wife for. The writer discovers this after their father's death and meets Edward, who shares their story and photos of a happy life together.

A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

360 vedmed 2025-11-23 01:43:15 UTC sacbear.com Llama Share 166

Xfinity customer experiences frequent 125-second outages, documented over 17 months, with a predictable schedule and pattern, affecting multiple devices and a neighbor on a different line. Despite providing detailed technical documentation, Xfinity refuses to investigate, citing equipment issues and leaving customers with no alternatives.

Almost all Collatz orbits attain almost bounded values

49 measurablefunc 2025-11-23 09:43:15 UTC mathvideos.org Llama Share 6

The Collatz map Col is defined as 3n+1 for odd n and n/2 for even n, with the conjecture that all orbits eventually reach 1. A key result shows almost all orbits eventually reach a value less than any function f that goes to infinity.

Unusual circuits in the Intel 386's standard cell logic

141 Stratoscope 2025-11-23 03:43:15 UTC righto.com Llama Share 25

The Intel 386 processor used standard cell logic to create its complex circuitry, allowing for faster design and manufacturing. The 386's standard cell circuitry contains multiplexers, inverters, and other logic elements, with some cells being used in unexpected ways.

GCC SC approves inclusion of Algol 68 Front End

145 edelsohn 2025-11-23 02:43:15 UTC gcc.gnu.org Llama Share 63

The GCC Steering Committee agreed to include the Algol 68 Front End in trunk as experimental with certain stipulations. Jose E. Marchesi was appointed as the Algol 68 front end maintainer to ensure its continued development.

The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting

589 ingve 2025-11-22 17:43:15 UTC kevinboone.me Llama Share 370

People concerned about privacy use de-Googling to prevent their web browsing behavior from being tracked. However, browser fingerprinting, a method of tracking users through unique browser characteristics, is a significant challenge to overcome.

We Induced Smells With Ultrasound

534 exr0n 2025-11-22 20:43:15 UTC writetobrain.com Llama Share 142

Researchers used focused ultrasound to stimulate the olfactory bulb in the brain, inducing sensations of smells. They found that different focal spots corresponded to different smells and were able to replicate this on two people with a makeshift headset.

Maybe that's not liquid water on Mars after all

13 howard941 2025-11-23 12:59:15 UTC phys.org Full Share 4

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Deepnote (YC S19) is hiring engineers to build a better Jupyter notebook

0 2025-11-23 12:43:15 UTC deepnote.com Llama Share

Deepnote aims to create tools for data teams to explore, collaborate, and share, making data work fun and efficient. It's building a collaborative notebook for analytics and data science, empowering teams with knowledge, transparency, and open communication.

Ubuntu LTS releases to 15 years with Legacy add-on

143 taubek 2025-11-23 01:43:15 UTC canonical.com Llama Share 74

Canonical extended the Legacy add-on for Ubuntu Pro to 15 years, covering Ubuntu LTS releases from 14.04 to 16.04. This provides continuous security maintenance and support for 15 years without requiring major upgrades.

WorldGen – Text to Immersive 3D Worlds

223 smusamashah 2025-11-22 21:43:15 UTC meta.com Llama Share 71

Researchers introduce WorldGen, a system generating interactive 3D worlds from text prompts. WorldGen produces visually rich, navigable worlds with consistent geometry and textures, compatible with standard game engines.

sit: Create StuffIt archives on Unix systems

13 classichasclass 2025-11-23 10:43:15 UTC github.com/thecloudexpanse Llama Share 1

sit is a command-line tool that creates StuffIt 1.5.1-compatible archives from files and folders, preserving resource forks and metadata. It can be run with various options for verbose output, file type and creator override, and linefeed conversion.

NTSB report: Decryption of images from the Titan submersible camera [pdf] (2024)

135 bmurray7jhu 2025-11-23 00:43:15 UTC data.ntsb.gov Llama Share 63

The camera's SD card was found to be encrypted and contained images and videos from May 5 and 16, 2023, but not from the accident dive on May 23, 2023. The camera's NVRAM chip was successfully read using a UFS reader, but the key for the SD card was likely hidden in files generated by the CPU chip manufacturer.

Show HN: Forty.News – Daily news, but on a 40-year delay

321 foxbarrington 2025-11-22 19:43:15 UTC forty.news Llama Share 134

FBI agents killed Robert Mathews, founder of white supremacist group The Order, in a shootout on December 8, 1984. The incident occurred after a four-year crime campaign including murders, robberies, and counterfeiting.

Antic Magazine Interviews Alan Reeve, the Creator of the Diamond OS (1990)

8 rbanffy 2025-11-23 10:43:15 UTC computeradsfromthepast.substack.com Prefix Share 1

Reeve Software’s Diamond Operating System Cartridge (June 1989 Antic cover story) brought a mouse-operated graphic interface to the 8-bit Atari, complete with windows and drop-down menus. On this page is a small part of a lengthy interview that took place when Alan Reeve attended a Special Meeting of the Portland Atari Club (PAC). Interviewers were PAC Special Projects Director David Moore ...

The Boring Part of Bell Labs

127 AcesoUnderGlass 2025-11-23 00:43:15 UTC elizabethvannostrand.substack.com Llama Share 21

The user's father worked at Bell Labs' applied division at Holmdel, where he designed slide rulers and other mundane tasks that supported moonshots, and the user later worked at Bell Labs' research division at Murray Hill. The user shares his experiences working at Bell Labs, including his participation in the One Year On Campus program, his work on queuing and inventory theory, and his ...

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege

416 pseudolus 2025-11-23 01:43:15 UTC reuters.com Full Share 160

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First kiss dates back 21M years

4 1659447091 2025-11-23 11:43:15 UTC bbc.com Prefix Share 0

Humans do it, monkeys do it, even polar bears do it. And now researchers have reconstructed the evolutionary origins of kissing. Their study suggests that the mouth-on-mouth kiss evolved more than 21 million years ago, and was something that the common ancestor of humans and other great apes probably indulged in. The same research concluded that Neanderthals may have kissed too – and that ...

CERN Council reviews feasibility study for a next-generation collider

35 elashri 2025-11-23 06:43:15 UTC home.cern Llama Share 7

CERN Council reviewed the Future Circular Collider Feasibility Study, concluding it's technically feasible and a step towards maintaining CERN as a world leader in science and technology. The Council will continue the study and consider funding scenarios for the project's approval, expected around 2028.

`satisfies` is my favorite TypeScript keyword (2024)

186 surprisetalk 2025-11-22 20:43:15 UTC sjer.red Llama Share 172

User is learning TypeScript's type system, which can be confusing due to its advanced nature and steep learning curve. They're looking for ways to ensure precise types, such as using type annotations or the satisfies keyword for type-safe casting.

$1900 Bug Bounty to Fix the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IAX10H's Speakers on Linux

269 rany_ 2025-11-22 14:43:15 UTC github.com/nadimkobeissi Llama Share 119

To get audio working on Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10, follow steps to patch Linux kernel and install NVidia DKMS drivers. Run commands to reset and reload audio, then calibrate speakers for proper function.

The 1957 “Spaghetti-Grows-on-Trees” Hoax

40 PaulHoule 2025-11-23 04:43:15 UTC openculture.com Llama Share 21

The BBC's 1957 Panorama show aired a famous April Fools' Day hoax about spaghetti growing on trees in Switzerland. The prank fooled an estimated 8 million viewers who thought spaghetti was a Swiss crop.

MCP Apps just dropped (OpenAI and Anthropic collab) and I think this is huge

90 mercury24aug 2025-11-23 03:43:15 UTC blog.modelcontextprotocol.io Llama Share 61

The MCP Apps Extension proposes a standardized pattern for interactive user interfaces in the Model Context Protocol, addressing a long-requested feature from the MCP community. This extension aims to improve user experience and prevent ecosystem fragmentation by enabling bidirectional communication between AI models and users.

Pixel Art Tips for Programmers

124 ibobev 2025-11-22 22:43:15 UTC jslegenddev.substack.com Llama Share 28

To create good pixel art, programmers should develop good taste by looking at well-regarded pixel art online and noticing details, and view pixel art as a puzzle game where they need to compromise on certain details. Sticking to a limited color palette and choosing well-chosen constraints can help hide flaws and allow for creative solutions, while practice remains a big part of achieving good results.

Show HN: Build the habit of writing meaningful commit messages

81 Aplikethewatch 2025-11-22 21:43:15 UTC github.com/arpxspace Llama Share 106

smartcommit is a CLI tool that generates structured commit messages using AI. It asks questions to understand the code's intent and provides a reviewable message for editing or confirmation.

Google Revisits JPEG XL in Chromium After Earlier Removal

123 eln1 2025-11-23 06:43:15 UTC windowsreport.com Llama Share 42

Google is restarting work on JPEG XL support in Chrome after years of inactivity, aiming for a secure and long-term integration. A developer has submitted new code that reintroduces JPEG XL with animation support, but it remains under review.

Markdown is holding you back

146 zdw 2025-11-22 20:43:15 UTC newsletter.bphogan.com Llama Share 106

The author discusses the limitations of Markdown for technical content, citing its lack of semantic structure and machine-readability. They suggest alternative formats like reStructuredText, AsciiDoc, DocBook, and DITA for more complex documentation projects.

China reaches energy milestone by "breeding" uranium from thorium

307 surprisetalk 2025-11-22 18:43:15 UTC scmp.com Llama Share 257

Chinese researchers at the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics successfully converted thorium to uranium in a 2 megawatt reactor, paving the way for clean nuclear energy. This achievement marks a major leap forward in thorium-based molten salt reactor technology.

Show HN: A tool to safely migrate GitHub Actions workflows to Ubuntu-slim runner

59 r4mimu 2025-11-22 23:43:15 UTC github.com/fchimpan Llama Share 3

The user wants to migrate jobs from `ubuntu-latest` to `ubuntu-slim` in GitHub Actions workflows using the `gh-slimify` tool. The tool analyzes workflows, identifies eligible jobs, and safely migrates them with a single command, reporting ineligible jobs with specific reasons.

The realities of being a pop star

260 lovestory 2025-11-22 18:43:15 UTC itscharlibb.substack.com Llama Share 175

Being a pop star has its pros and cons, including fun experiences like attending parties and wearing luxurious clothes, but also drawbacks like feeling embarrassed and being scrutinized by the public. It also comes with a level of expectation to be truthful all the time, which can be challenging for artists who want to maintain a persona or fantasy.