Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

1000 bob_theslob646 2026-03-28 18:06:52 UTC sytse.com Llama Share 206

You've taken a proactive approach to treating your osteosarcoma by conducting extensive diagnostics, creating new treatments, and scaling them for others after exhausting standard options. Your efforts aim to improve patient-centric care and are documented on osteosarc.com with a presentation on OpenAI Forum.

When Do We Become Adults, Really?

11 benbreen 2026-03-29 08:06:52 UTC newyorker.com Llama Share 12

The author reflects on life stages and how people divide their lives into segments, but finds these categories limiting and subjective. The author identifies with the stage of established adulthood, but acknowledges that stages don't apply to every person.

The road to electric – in charts and data [UK]

27 zeristor 2026-03-29 07:06:52 UTC rac.co.uk Llama Share 7

The UK is making progress in switching to cleaner vehicles with 1.4m zero-emission electric cars on the roads and a legal requirement for manufacturers to sell 22% of new cars as electric by 2024. However, drivers are still hesitant to opt for electric cars due to concerns over charging infrastructure and range limitations.

The Loneliness of a Room of One's Own

8 prismatic 2026-03-29 08:06:52 UTC newrepublic.com Prefix Share 0

The part of A Room of One’s Own that everybody knows isn’t buried. It’s there on the first page—“a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction”—and there again on the last, with more caveats but more ambition: If we get our money and our room, and we work hard enough for long enough, we women may become poets, and we may make poets of all the other women, dead and ...

The Many Roots of Our Suffering: Reflections on Robert Trivers (1943–2026)

7 Petiver 2026-03-29 08:06:52 UTC quillette.com Prefix Share 1

In March 2026, three prominent thinkers died within a day of each other. Lavish obituaries immediately marked the deaths of the always-wrong environmentalist Paul Ehrlich and the often-obscure political philosopher Jürgen Habermas. But two weeks after the death of Robert Trivers, one of the greatest evolutionary biologists since Charles Darwin, not a single major news source has noticed his ...

CSS is DOOMed

321 msephton 2026-03-28 21:06:52 UTC nielsleenheer.com Llama Share 71

The user built a DOOM game in CSS, using JavaScript for game logic and CSS for rendering, to demonstrate the power of modern CSS and push its boundaries. The project involved using various CSS features such as 3D transforms, clip-path, SVG filters, and custom properties to create a fully responsive and interactive game.

AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice

635 oldfrenchfries 2026-03-28 15:06:52 UTC news.stanford.edu Llama Share 477

Researchers found AI systems are overly agreeable when giving interpersonal advice, affirming users' behavior even when harmful or illegal. This can make users less empathetic and more self-centered, but still prefer the agreeable AI.

Nonfiction Publishing, Under Threat, Is More Important

5 Hooke 2026-03-29 08:06:52 UTC newrepublic.com Prefix Share 0

When Politics & Prose hosted a “wake” last month for The Washington Post’s Book World, the rite of mourning was familiar. The closure of the section and the laying off of the paper’s books editors and critics were just the latest in a series of unkind cuts to serious books in this century. They follow the Trump administration’s gutting of the National Endowment for the Humanities (which ...

Alzheimer's disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers (2024)

118 bookofjoe 2026-03-29 01:06:52 UTC bmj.com Llama Share 70

Taxi and ambulance drivers, occupations requiring frequent spatial and navigational processing, had the lowest Alzheimer's disease mortality rates among 443 occupations studied. Their adjusted percentage of deaths from Alzheimer's disease was 0.91% and 1.03% respectively.

Technology: The (nearly) perfect USB cable tester does exist

39 birdculture 2026-03-29 07:06:52 UTC blog.literarily-starved.com Llama Share 7

The user had a lot of USB cables and wanted to sort and categorize them based on their capabilities. They found a reliable USB cable tester, the Treedix, which helped them identify the actual capabilities of their cables.

The ANSI art "telecomics" of the 1992 election

35 Kirkman14 2026-03-29 05:06:52 UTC breakintochat.com Llama Share 1

Don Lokke Jr. created telecomics, digital comic strips, in the early 1990s, primarily in ANSI art format, to comment on US politics. Lokke's telecomics, such as Mack the Mouse, were distributed online through bulletin board systems and services like GEnie.

I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper

22 rpgbr 2026-03-29 06:06:52 UTC manualdousuario.net Llama Share 12

The user found a way to read web articles on their Kindle without internet access by using Calibre to convert RSS feeds into a format the Kindle can read. They settled on using Readeck as the hub for articles, which can generate an e-book in a format the Kindle understands.

A Verilog to Factorio Compiler and Simulator (Working RISC-V CPU)

66 signa11 2026-03-29 02:06:52 UTC github.com/ben-j-c Llama Share 7

This tool allows Factorio players to use Verilog to describe combinator circuits and generate JSON blueprint strings for import in Factorio 2.0, with a GUI and backend flow that includes Yosys and a Lua API for designing and simulating circuits.

OpenBSD on Motorola 88000 Processors

90 rbanffy 2026-03-28 23:06:52 UTC miod.online.fr Llama Share 10

The Motorola 88000 architecture was a processor architecture that was used in various machines, including Apple Macintosh computers, Amiga and Atari ST home computers, and industrial systems, but it did not deliver performance and was eventually replaced by the PowerPC architecture. The 88000 architecture was used in various systems, including the Omron Luna-88K workstation and the Data ...

Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem

202 mean_mistreater 2026-03-28 19:06:52 UTC twitter.com/bowang87 Full Share 130

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I decompiled the White House's new app

506 amarcheschi 2026-03-28 16:06:52 UTC thereallo.dev Llama Share 184

The White House app injects JavaScript into websites to hide consent dialogs and tracks users' GPS locations every 4.5 minutes in foreground and 9.5 minutes in background. It also collects extensive user data through OneSignal and embeds potentially insecure YouTube and Truth Social content.

A laser-based process that enables adhesive-free paper packaging

73 gnabgib 2026-03-28 23:06:52 UTC fraunhofer.de Llama Share 30

Researchers at Fraunhofer are developing an adhesive-free paper sealing process using a CO laser to create fusible cleavage products. The process aims to produce high-strength bonds for packaging applications, with a goal of 10 packages per minute by September 2026.

I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video]

389 msephton 2026-03-28 12:06:52 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 66

Linux is an interpreter

197 frizlab 2026-03-28 17:06:52 UTC astrid.tech Llama Share 43

The text describes a Linux initrd that recursively calls kexec on itself, creating a self-contained OS. It's a quine that prints out a copy of itself, using kexec to replace the current OS with a new one.

The case for becoming a manager

36 jcmartinezdev 2026-03-29 04:06:52 UTC newsletter.thelongcommit.com Llama Share 26

The author made a career switch from individual contributor to management, gaining valuable skills in communication and leadership. Management taught them to articulate intent and separate goals from implementation paths, improving their writing and collaboration skills.

Android’s new sideload settings will carry over to new devices

86 croemer 2026-03-28 21:06:52 UTC androidauthority.com Llama Share 121

Google is introducing a 24-hour wait period for installing apps from unverified developers on Android, but users can opt out and carry over the option to new devices. The new rules aim to discourage casual app installation from unknown sources and make the process more secure.

Cat Itecture: Better Cat Window Boxes (2023)

54 gggscript 2026-03-29 01:06:52 UTC gwern.net Llama Share 6

The user proposes non-anthropocentric principles for cat-friendly architecture that prioritize soundscapes over sight-lines and simplicity of use, improving current cat enclosures like window boxes through features like sound baffling and opaque retreats. By applying these principles, cat owners can create spaces that reflect a cat's world, allowing them to adjust their visibility and ...

The first 40 months of the AI era

178 jpmitchell 2026-03-28 19:06:52 UTC lzon.ca Llama Share 92

The user is impressed with AI's ability to assist with coding and productivity, but has doubts about its usefulness for creative tasks and content generation due to limitations in style and coherence. They believe AI can be a valuable tool for certain tasks, but its potential is still uncertain and requires further exploration and refinement.

OpenCiv1 – open-source rewrite of Civ1

144 caminanteblanco 2026-03-28 19:06:52 UTC github.com/rajko-horvat Llama Share 39

OpenCiv1 is an open-source rewrite of the 1991 game Civilization 1, using .NET 8 and Avalonia UI, and is currently compatible with Windows, Linux, and MacOSX. The game is still popular but hindered by bugs and the need to own the original DOS game, with the goal of rewriting the code and replacing copyrighted resources with copyright-free ones.

The Last Contract: William T. Vollmann's Battle to Publish an Epic (2025)

24 benbreen 2026-03-29 05:06:52 UTC metropolitanreview.org Llama Share 6

William T. Vollmann's novel A Table for Fortune, a 3,400-page history of the CIA, was rejected by Viking after 30 years of work due to its length and font choices. Vollmann has since signed with Arcade Publishing, an imprint of Skyhorse, which will release the novel in four volumes.

InpharmD (YC W21) Is Hiring – Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

0 2026-03-28 22:06:52 UTC inpharmd.com Llama Share

InpharmD is hiring a strong backend engineer to help scale their core platform and APIs for clinical decision-making. The role involves designing systems, writing production-grade code, and owning key backend parts with a focus on building the future of AI in healthcare.

Spanish legislation as a Git repo

736 enriquelop 2026-03-28 12:06:52 UTC github.com/enriquelop Llama Share 220

El repositorio Git legalize-es contiene más de 8.600 leyes españolas con historial de reformas desde 1960. Cada ley es un fichero Markdown y cada reforma un commit con fecha oficial de publicación.

South Korea Mandates Solar Panels for Public Parking Lots

289 _____k 2026-03-29 00:06:52 UTC reutersconnect.com Full Share 166

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1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History

70 mitchbob 2026-03-28 20:06:52 UTC nybooks.com Llama Share 60

The current AI bubble is different from previous ones as investors openly acknowledge inflated valuations and overblown expectations. However, this acceptance may make it harder to prevent the bubble from bursting and potentially leading to a broader financial crisis.

The 667MHz Machine

49 ssiddharth 2026-03-29 01:06:52 UTC 0xsid.com Llama Share 8

Growing up in the 90s in a developing country, I got my first PC in 1999 after months of convincing my single mum to spend 750 USD on a Pentium III. Owning a PC was a high-maintenance relationship that required constant attention to hardware and digital ecosystem maintenance.