Bored of eating your own dogfood? Try smelling your own farts

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The company's customer service was poor, with a long wait and an unhelpful AI assistant. This contrasts with a small start-up that showed empathy and understanding when the author cancelled their service.

Flash-Moe: Running a 397B Parameter Model on a Mac with 48GB RAM

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Researchers built a 397 billion parameter AI model in 24 hours using C, Objective-C, and Metal shaders on a MacBook Pro. The model runs at 4.4+ tokens/second with production-quality output, using a custom Metal compute pipeline and 48GB RAM.

Building an FPGA 3dfx Voodoo with Modern RTL Tools

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The user successfully implemented an FPGA reimplementation of the Voodoo 1 graphics card using SpinalHDL, which allowed them to describe, simulate, and debug the complex design. The user used netlist-aware waveform queries in conetrace to identify and fix a bug that was caused by a stack of small hardware-accuracy mismatches rather than a single catastrophic failure.

Project Nomad – Knowledge That Never Goes Offline

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Project NOMAD is a free, open source offline server that runs on any computer, providing access to knowledge, AI, and maps without internet. It's a self-hosted solution for digital independence, offering a complete library and AI assistant for learning, navigation, and more.

iBook Clamshell

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The iBook Clamshell was produced by Apple Computers from September 1999 until May 2001 in five colours and several configurations. Because of the distinctive design and relialble hardware components the original iBooks has still a lot of aficionados around the world - i am one of them. I started this website in 2006 in german - my first language. When i noticed that a lot of people from ...

Apple's intentional crippling of Mobile Safari continues

Apple's intentional crippling of Safari on iOS and iPadOS is sacrificing the open web on the altar of more App Store sales

Brute-Forcing My Algorithmic Ignorance with an LLM in 7 Days

The user used a Large Language Model (LLM) to learn algorithmic concepts and solve LeetCode problems in a week, bridging a 10-year knowledge gap and gaining confidence in solving algorithmic tasks. The user's speedrun was partially successful, but they realized that fluency and speed in solving problems are not the only metrics that matter, and that a human teacher would be better in ...

Convincing Is Not Persuading

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Engineers often confuse convincing with persuading, where convincing is about logic and persuading is about moving people to act. The gap between the two is where technical proposals often fail.

More common mistakes to avoid when creating system architecture diagrams

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System diagramming mistakes include poorly labeled resources, disconnected resources, and overly complex diagrams. Common errors also include oversimplification, unnecessary animations, and fan traps, which can lead to confusion and misinterpretation.

25 Years of Eggs

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The user scanned 11,345 receipts since 2001 and used AI agents to extract data, focusing on egg purchases. The project took 14 days with 15 hours of human input.

A Review of Dice That Came with the White Castle

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The dice included in the game's box have density issues within their plastic which could cause biased results, but they are safe to use for this game due to the limited number of rolls. The user recommends these dice for casual games but not for games that heavily rely on dice rolling.

$ teebot.dev – from terminal to tee in 6 seconds

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The fastest way to put a word on a shirt. Type your text, pick a size, and order.

Node.js worker threads are problematic, but they work great for us

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Node.js has a single-threaded event loop that handles concurrency without locks, but CPU-heavy code can starve the event loop. Worker threads provide isolation, but require a separate file with its own entry point and communication via message passing.

Why Lab Coats Turned White

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The white lab coat originated from Victorian England's hygienist movement, where surgeons adopted white attire to signal cleanliness and professionalism. Over time, the lab coat became a symbol of scientific identity, despite its limited functionality and potential for innovation.

Revise – An AI Editor for Documents

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I'll follow these guidelines to provide a summary of user input in 2 concise English sentences, not exceeding 200 characters.

My first patch to the Linux kernel

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The user encountered a sign-extension bug in their C code while developing a Type-2 hypervisor, which caused the system to crash unpredictably due to a triple fault. The bug was caused by integer promotion and sign extension in the get_desc64_base function, which was fixed by casting values to unsigned types before the bit-shift operation.

Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?

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Classic Minesweeper laid across the Strait of Hormuz. Clear the water, flag the mines, and survive the shipping lane.

Tinybox – A powerful computer for deep learning

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We are hiring full time software engineers and looking for contributions to tinygrad, a deep learning framework. We also sell a computer called the tinybox, a powerful computer for deep learning with low price and high quality.

The IBM scientist who rewrote the rules of information just won a Turing Award

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Charles H. Bennett, an IBM physicist, met Gilles Brassard in 1979 and proposed a way to create unforgeable currency based on quantum physics. Their work led to the development of quantum cryptography, a method for sharing encryption keys that is theoretically unbreakable.

How We Synchronized Editing for Rec Room's Multiplayer Scripting System

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Rec Room's Circuits technology was rewritten to simplify its architecture, reducing complexity and defects, and allowing the team to focus on the product rather than the technology. The new architecture, which includes a single game object and an "action funnel" for networking, has resulted in a defect rate near one every two years and a system accessible to new team members.

Some things just take time

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The author believes that instant gratification is replacing the value of time and effort in software development and business, leading to short-lived projects and relationships. They argue that true quality and community are built over years, not weeks or months.

The three pillars of JavaScript bloat

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The e18e community has seen significant growth and performance-focused contributions, but this has led to "dependency bloat" in npm trees due to redundant, outdated, or unmaintained packages. To address this, maintainers and consumers should work together to identify and remove unnecessary packages, using tools like e18e, npmx, and module-replacements to clean up dependency trees.

Professional video editing, right in the browser with WebGPU and WASM

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Everything runs in the browser. Your media stays local with the File System Access API — nothing leaves your machine.

Show HN: Crack – Turn your MacBook into a squeaky door

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Playback speed maps to lid velocity — slow creaks and fast snaps sound completely different. Haunted door cracks, cat meows, alien whispers, whale songs, wind effects, and more. All generated in real-time. No dock icon, no windows. Just a tiny menu bar icon to toggle, adjust volume, and pick sounds.

Chest Fridge (2009)

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The user's chest fridge consumes 0.1 kWh a day and costs $5 a year to use. They question why mediocre fridges are made and used despite being energy inefficient and wasting at least 1 kWh of energy a day.

Turns out your coffee addiction may be doing your brain a favor

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A long study of over 130,000 people found moderate caffeine consumption may lower dementia risk by 18 percent. Consistent, mid-range caffeine intake, around two to three cups a day, may help maintain memory and thinking skills as people age.

HopTab–free,open source macOS app switcher and tiler that replaces Cmd+Tab

HopTab is a macOS app that allows users to customize their workflow with keyboard shortcuts, profiles, and layouts. It enables users to pin apps, snap windows, and switch profiles with ease.

Vatican Rebukes Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures in Rome

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Peter Thiel's Antichrist lectures have been rejected by theologians and mocked by comedians, but he continues to promote his ideas. Thiel's talks aim to justify capitalism and authoritarianism by using Christian scripture and philosophy, but his efforts have been criticized by a Vatican advisor as a prolonged act of heresy.

Floci – A free, open-source local AWS emulator

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Floci is a free, open-source local AWS emulator with no account or feature gates. It can be used with any AWS region and credentials, and is an alternative to LocalStack's community edition.

'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft

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