Computer Hobby Movement in Canada

52 rbanffy 2026-05-14 13:36:08 UTC museum.eecs.yorku.ca Llama Share 6

The Toronto Region Association of Computer Enthusiasts (TRACE) was a Canadian computer hobby club that formed in 1976 and played a significant role in the development of personal computing in Canada. TRACE members were hackers who built and experimented with microcomputers, contributing to the growth of the Canadian computer hobby movement and laying the groundwork for future entrepreneurs ...

Show HN: Running the second public ODoH relay

72 rdme 2026-05-14 11:36:08 UTC numa.rs Llama Share 22

Numa is a DNS resolver that provides Oblivious DNS over HTTPS (ODoH) protocol, which anonymizes DNS queries by splitting the path between two independent operators. This allows users to route their queries through two separate organizations, providing better privacy compared to traditional DNS services.

Claude for Small Business

404 neilfrndes 2026-05-14 04:36:08 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 369

Anthropic launched Claude for Small Business, a package of AI tools for small businesses to automate tasks and access AI. It integrates with tools like QuickBooks, HubSpot, and Canva to help owners manage finances, operations, and marketing.

USDA Projects Smallest US Wheat Harvest Since 1972 Due to Plains Drought

109 littlexsparkee 2026-05-14 13:36:08 UTC agweb.com Llama Share 74

USDA forecasts historic wheat lows and record soybean gains for the 2026/27 season due to drought and trade tensions. Wheat production is expected to drop 25% while soybean production is expected to increase.

The Tree House: A voyage to the source of a backyard dream

28 Caiero 2026-05-14 11:36:08 UTC laphamsquarterly.org Llama Share 2

The author's childhood fascination with the Korowai people, who live in Papua's jungle and build treehouses, evolves into an admiration for their egalitarian and sustainable way of life. However, upon visiting the Korowai, the author finds that their traditional way of life is being disrupted by government intervention and the influence of Western culture.

Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features

857 haunter 2026-05-13 16:36:08 UTC xda-developers.com Llama Share 530

Linux crossed five percent of Steam's user base for the first time in March 2026, driven by Microsoft's end-of-support deadline for Windows 10 and the Steam Deck's adoption of Linux. NTSYNC, a kernel-level driver, offers great performance gains over previous versions of Wine by providing a native implementation of Windows-specific tools.

Scorched Earth 2000 – Web

319 meshko 2026-05-14 01:36:08 UTC scorch2000.com Full Share 130

Myths about /dev/urandom (2014)

38 signa11 2026-05-14 11:36:08 UTC 2uo.de Llama Share 24

The Linux kernel's random number generator uses a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) for both /dev/random and /dev/urandom, with the main difference being that /dev/random blocks when the entropy pool is low, while /dev/urandom does not. The article argues that /dev/urandom is sufficient for most cryptographic use cases and that blocking /dev/random can lead to ...

Leaving the Physical World

94 andsoitis 2026-05-14 07:36:08 UTC eff.org Llama Share 37

The author, a former rancher, reflects on the decline of physical work and the rise of the digital world, where people trade tangible experiences for virtual ones. He now advocates for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, promoting openness and freedom in Cyberspace.

Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

50 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-05-14 12:36:08 UTC wsj.com Full Share 25

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Saying Goodbye to one line of APL

36 tosh 2026-05-14 09:36:08 UTC homewithinnowhere.com Llama Share 8

The user wrote a voxel game in Dyalog APL, implementing features like Perlin noise terrain generation, frustum culling, and collision detection, and achieved over 60 FPS on a MacBook with a render distance of 12. A one-line code for checking exposed faces of a chunk was particularly notable, inspired by the Game of Life one-liner, and was later optimized to reduce video memory usage and ...

What is Firecracker? (A beginners intro)

8 Kylejeong21 2026-05-14 12:36:08 UTC browserbase.com Prefix Share 0

Every day, AWS Lambda runs trillions of function invocations. AWS Fargate schedules millions of containers. Every one of those is a full virtual machine, with its own kernel, booted in a fraction of a second. How? About 50,000 lines of Rust called Firecracker, which exists because the industry finally admitted that a Linux container that controls resource usage was never designed to be a ...

A Claude Code and Codex Skill for Deliberate Skill Development

135 cdrnsf 2026-05-14 03:36:08 UTC github.com/drcathicks Llama Share 24

This skill uses adaptive learning exercises to help with agentic coding, offering optional 10-15 minute exercises after completing architectural work. It encourages reflection and learning by interrupting the pattern of fast and fluent agentic coding.

Meta's New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale

12 rustoo 2026-05-14 14:18:08 UTC wired.com Llama Share 1

Meta employees are unhappy due to layoffs, widening pay gaps, and mandatory role changes, with morale at an all-time low. The company plans to cut 10% of its workforce, or nearly 8,000 people, to run more efficiently and offset investments in AI.

Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

589 speckx 2026-05-13 15:36:08 UTC fredchan.org Llama Share 187

To get a free locality domain in the US, you need to be a US citizen or resident, or have a US-based organization, and register with a delegated manager for your locality. You'll need to set up nameservers with Amazon Lightsail and fill out the Interim .US Domain Template to register your domain.

Pipes, Forks, and Zombies

15 tosh 2026-05-14 11:36:08 UTC cs61.seas.harvard.edu Llama Share 3

Don Knuth developed Literate Programming, but it didn't take off due to overhead. Mcllroy used pipes to complete a task in 6 lines, showing the power of a systems approach.

MacBook Neo Deep Dive: Benchmarks, Wafer Economics, and the 8GB Gamble

276 tosh 2026-05-13 18:36:08 UTC jdhodges.com Llama Share 331

Apple's MacBook Neo is a $599 laptop that uses the same A18 Pro chip as the iPhone 16 Pro, delivering M3-class single-core performance and 16 hours of battery life, but is limited by its 8GB RAM ceiling and lack of upgrade path. The laptop's design choice prioritizes comfort over sustained power, making it suitable for everyday tasks like web browsing and document editing, but not ideal for ...

A History of IDEs at Google

414 laurentlb 2026-05-13 16:36:08 UTC laurent.le-brun.eu Llama Share 271

Google's main codebase had a uniform IDE issue until Cider, a web-based editor, was developed around 2016. Cider eventually became popular and was later replaced by Cider V, a VSCode frontend, which now handles 80% of development in the main Google codebase.

The Siri for Families Apple Will Never Build

46 rcarmo 2026-05-14 12:36:08 UTC taoofmac.com Llama Share 31

The author wishes Apple would create a family-scoped AI assistant that works across all devices, managing shared tasks and information. Apple has the resources to do this but has failed to execute, treating families as separate customers rather than a unit.

The Emacsification of Software

352 rdslw 2026-05-13 17:36:08 UTC sockpuppet.org Llama Share 220

The author is frustrated with the current state of Markdown viewers and editors, particularly in the terminal and App Store. They created a custom Markdown viewer, MDV.app, using an AI agent in just 30 minutes.

Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland

47 bookofjoe 2026-05-14 12:36:08 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 19

Scotland's parliament voted to make swift bricks mandatory in new buildings to help endangered cavity-nesting birds. The move contrasts with England's four-year battle and Labour's rejection of mandatory swift bricks.

Technical Dimensions of Live Feedback in Programming Systems

33 tobr 2026-05-14 07:36:08 UTC joshuahhh.com Llama Share 5

We present six dimensions to characterize live feedback in programming systems: granularity, reactivity, velocity, moldability, bidirectionality, and materiality. These dimensions help map the design space of live feedback for evaluation and discussion.

The European Union backs Italy's right to make Meta pay for news

39 giuliomagnifico 2026-05-14 12:36:08 UTC niemanlab.org Llama Share 23

The European Union's highest court ruled that Meta must negotiate with and fairly compensate Italian news publishers for using their content. The ruling allows Italy to enforce national law requiring platforms to provide financial data and refrain from limiting publishers' content visibility during negotiations.

Beware of Drunk Deer, French Police Say, Announcing Season of Inebriation

15 bookofjoe 2026-05-14 13:36:08 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 1

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Chess puzzle I found in my dad's old book

202 Eswo 2026-05-13 20:36:08 UTC ardoedo.it Llama Share 62

Kempelen created a chess problem with four black queens and one black bishop to attack every square on the board. The goal is to place these five black pieces so the white king cannot avoid checkmate.

Classic 7 is a Windows 10 LTSC mod to look 1:1 to Windows 7

121 jandeboevrie 2026-05-14 07:36:08 UTC classic7.lol Llama Share 117

Classic 7 is a Windows 10 modification that looks and feels like Windows 7 with added features. It includes Windows Media Center and Windows 7 theme elements but lacks Flip 3D.

Avoiding and reducing microplastic false positives from dry glove contact

78 efavdb 2026-05-14 01:36:08 UTC pubs.rsc.org Llama Share 34

Researchers found that laboratory gloves contaminated microplastic analysis, recommending nitrile cleanroom gloves to reduce false positives. A workflow was developed to differentiate between microplastics and glove contamination in environmental datasets.

Show HN: Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling into a 26M Model

697 HenryNdubuaku 2026-05-13 14:36:08 UTC github.com/cactus-compute Llama Share 198

Gemini 3.1 was distilled into a 26m Simple Attention Network, Needle, for consumer devices. Needle outperforms other models in single-shot function calls but may be finicky and less effective in conversational settings.

Show HN: Nibble

76 glouwbug 2026-05-14 02:36:08 UTC github.com/glouw Llama Share 21

Nibble is a C compiler that generates LLVM IR without external dependencies or heap allocations, supporting various data types and operations. It compiles top-down in a single pass, but may cause stack overflows with certain Clang optimizations.

The US is winning the AI race where it matters most: commercialization

223 akrylov 2026-05-13 14:36:08 UTC avkcode.github.io Llama Share 624

The US is winning the AI race due to its comprehensive infrastructure including chips, power, data centers, cloud platforms, and developer tools. The US owns global hyperscalers and platforms that generate and organize the world's data, giving it a significant lead over China and Europe.