Compression is prediction

301 nikolay 2026-08-11 20:24:04 UTC ngrok.com Llama Share 130

Annie Sexton explains that compression and language models are related, as both aim to predict the most likely next symbol or data. She discusses how entropy coding, a method used in compression algorithms, is similar to how large language models (LLMs) work.

WorldClaw Agentic 3D open-world generation at scale

148 EwanG 2026-08-11 22:24:04 UTC tencent-hunyuan.github.io Full Share 48

WorldClaw is an agentic framework that turns one open-ended prompt into an explicit, explorable, and editable open-world 3D scene.

Nvidia Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard

191 droidjj 2026-08-11 20:24:04 UTC blogs.nvidia.com Llama Share 99

NVIDIA releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, a high-efficiency model for agentic AI workloads, and NeMo Switchyard, an open source library for smart routing inside popular agent tools.

Mojo 1.0

315 dayanruben 2026-08-11 17:24:04 UTC modular.com Llama Share 144

Mojo language has reached version 1.0, marking a stable foundation for developers to build on with a vibrant community contributing over 1,100 pull requests. Mojo's evolution will continue with new features and improvements in the next phase of its development.

The hardest working font in Manhattan (2025)

27 dcminter 2026-08-12 01:24:04 UTC aresluna.org Llama Share 2

The author discovered a unique font called Gorton, which was originally designed for engraving on metal and has been used in various applications such as keyboards, signs, and industrial equipment. The font's monoline nature makes it forgiving of mistakes and imperfections.

Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs

529 quantumgarbage 2026-08-11 13:24:04 UTC stolen-thoughts.com Llama Share 222

The task is to remove all API keys and tokens from a repository, replacing them with placeholders. The script will search for specific patterns in text files, including known token patterns like AKIA, ghp_, hf_, and D4w8z9. It will also check for other variable names like AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN. The script should be careful not to modify non-text files or break JSON/YAML ...

Retire the Abstractions

29 convexstrictly 2026-08-12 00:24:04 UTC hazyresearch.stanford.edu Llama Share 30

Researchers built an MoE megakernel without abstraction, using agents to generate target-optimized code directly. This approach automates tasks that were previously difficult or impossible with abstractions.

OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves less than a year after joining

315 ilamont 2026-08-11 13:24:04 UTC ft.com Full Share 355

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The lifesaving secret hidden inside a horseshoe crab's blue blood

11 andsoitis 2026-08-12 02:24:04 UTC whdh.com Llama Share 1

Horseshoe crabs, crucial for testing medicine safety, are declining due to over-harvesting and habitat loss. Conservation efforts in Massachusetts have shown promise with a 90% protection of the spawning season.

New Bedford police officer accused of using Flock cameras to track ex-partner

49 newsomix9xl 2026-08-12 02:24:04 UTC newbedfordlight.org Llama Share 23

A New Bedford police officer is under investigation for allegedly using Flock license plate readers to stalk an ex-girlfriend, and the department has temporarily suspended its use of the system. The officer faces possible termination and a civil lawsuit if found guilty of violating department policy on Flock use.

Show HN: Line9 – A Mermaid rendering engine with its own layout

37 jumpalongjim 2026-08-11 23:24:04 UTC line9.ai Llama Share 7

A parcel delivery process involves picking, packing, and loading onto a van. The delivery attempt may result in successful delivery or return to the sender if not found or damaged.

Making holograms with a pen plotter

127 DemiGuru 2026-08-11 19:24:04 UTC blog.jordan.matelsky.com Llama Share 13

The author created holograms using a pen plotter and oil on their phone screen, achieving 3D depth information without math or prior knowledge of holography. They experimented with various materials to find the best results, ultimately using old CD jewel cases.

Grok Bot

176 rvz 2026-08-11 18:24:04 UTC x.ai Llama Share 149

The website is blocking your IP address due to security concerns, possibly triggered by a suspicious action. You can report the issue to the site owner and provide details of what you were doing when blocked, including Cloudflare Ray ID at the bottom of the page.

Show HN: iPhone app takes simultaneous images from 2 lenses, fuses into 1 photo

223 sajomes 2026-08-11 16:24:04 UTC photosynthesis.camera Llama Share 225

Photosynthesis combines iPhone lenses for better photos, offering detail and field of view without compromise. The app captures real optical detail from each lens and aligns them automatically to deliver high-res photos.

Show HN: Tamron Lens Utility Alternative on Linux

32 xiaoyu2006 2026-08-11 22:24:04 UTC github.com/yikerman Llama Share 0

tlc is a Linux utility for viewing and changing Tamron lens settings, aiming to replicate the official Tamron Lens Utility. It's an independent project with no affiliation, licensed under GNU GPL v3 or later.

Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering

299 0xedb 2026-08-11 17:24:04 UTC developers.googleblog.com Llama Share 344

AI is increasingly used to generate code, but humans must review and verify it. Go's design prioritizes readability, simplicity, and compatibility to ensure maintainability and reliability in production environments.

How we used to get jobs: A newspaper classifieds story

118 speckx 2026-08-11 18:24:04 UTC ironicsans.ghost.io Llama Share 93

The author recounts their first big career success as Polo Ralph Lauren's in-house photographer, which they found through a classified listing in the New York Times. They later verified this story by searching their archives and finding the original job listing on the Times Machine archive.

Company Offering '100% Human-Written, Never AI' Medical Research Is 100% AI

17 Anon84 2026-08-12 02:24:04 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 2

Research Gold claims to offer human-written research services, but it's actually using AI-generated content and fake PhD reviewers. The company has been caught misrepresenting its staff and methodology in an attempt to sell its services to medical researchers.

Neutrinos from Deep Inside Earth Provide a New Picture of the Mantle

9 rbanffy 2026-08-12 01:24:04 UTC quantamagazine.org Prefix Share 0

In a laboratory 2 kilometers underground, a crane lowers Matt Depatie, a detector technologist, through a hatch into a white-walled cavern filled with about 7,000 tons of ultrapure water that glows as blue as wiper fluid in the light. “Splashdown,” Depatie says over a radio as he steps into an inflatable raft waiting below. Normally, the cavern is one of the darkest places on Earth, but ...

England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C

497 stevekemp 2026-08-11 13:24:04 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 360

England is close to eliminating hepatitis C, a liver-attacking virus, with 80% of cases treated and deaths falling by 36%. The country aims to meet its targets by 2030 but urges those at higher risk to test for free.

'Every millimetre counts': Inside the beast tunnelling under Sydney Harbour

3 hiharryhere 2026-08-12 02:24:04 UTC smh.com.au Prefix Share 1

Twenty tunnellers working on a giant boring machine are enclosed in submarine-like cramped and noisy conditions as they carve their way under the inner west and Sydney Harbour with laser-like precision. In the belly of the beast named Barangaroo is pilot Andrew Jones, whose role is critical in keeping the 137-metre-long machine within five millimetres of its course. He maintains 100 per cent ...

Jolt: Clojure compiler implemented with Chez Scheme

158 mark_l_watson 2026-08-11 15:24:04 UTC jolt-lang.github.io Llama Share 58

Jolt is a Clojure compiler that translates to Scheme, allowing for native execution on Chez or Gambit without JVM. It provides a self-contained executable with runtime, standard library, and app dependencies.

pg_clickhouse v0.10: Subquery pushdown and 1000x faster TPC-H queries

42 saisrirampur 2026-08-11 22:24:04 UTC clickhouse.com Llama Share 3

The pg_clickhouse project has made significant progress in improving pushdown coverage for analytic workloads, with full pushdown across the TPC-H benchmark suite. The current focus is on resolving issues with join-tree-on-both-sides limitation and pushing down PostgreSQL functions.

Nvidia's Risky Business

306 jonbaer 2026-08-11 10:24:04 UTC stratechery.com Llama Share 144

Jay Cooke's financing of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1870 led to a global financial crisis, triggering the Panic of 1873. This event shares similarities with today's tech industry, where companies are raising massive amounts of debt and equity to fund AI infrastructure investments.

London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces

245 BlueBerry2001 2026-08-11 10:24:04 UTC btp.police.uk Full Share 260

Emergent Introspective Awareness in Large Language Models

38 doener 2026-08-11 21:24:04 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 14

Researchers tested whether large language models can introspect on their internal states by injecting known concepts into the model's activations. The results showed that some models, particularly Claude Opus 4 and 4.1, demonstrated functional introspective awareness of their own internal states.

Manus will return to operating as an independent company

140 thm 2026-08-11 14:24:04 UTC manus.im Llama Share 69

Manus will delete user data on December 29, 2025, and allow users to back up their data before August 23, 2026. Affected users can restore their data starting from August 25, 2026.

Show HN: Git-knife – Edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet

143 YonathanTesfaye 2026-08-11 15:24:04 UTC github.com/therealyt Llama Share 88

Git-knife is a GUI tool that edits commit metadata, including message, author date, and committer date. It safely rewrites commits without touching remote history or pushing changes to the server.

CSS properties you should know for better text designs

85 ibobev 2026-08-11 17:24:04 UTC master.dev Llama Share 7

To make web text stand out, consider using background images, aligning text horizontally and vertically, and styling line breaks. These five CSS properties - background-clip, vertical-align, align-content, box-decoration-mode, and letter-spacing - can help create visually appealing typography visuals.

RSI Simulator

35 ckraeuter 2026-08-11 21:24:04 UTC paradigm.xyz Llama Share 13

A web game simulates the economics of AI research and development, exploring recursive self-improvement. The game uses actual economic models from papers on the topic to understand how AI capabilities accelerate research.