Keep Android Open

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F-Droid users were misled into thinking Google canceled plans to lock down Android, but the plans are still scheduled. F-Droid is raising awareness about the issue with a banner in their app and website.

Turn Dependabot Off

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The author criticizes Dependabot for generating unnecessary security alerts and recommends using govulncheck and scheduled GitHub Actions to filter out irrelevant alerts.

CERN rebuilt the original browser from 1989

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WorldWideWeb was developed at CERN in 1990 as the precursor to the modern web. In 2019, developers rebuilt the original browser for its 30th anniversary.

I found a Vulnerability. They found a Lawyer

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A diving instructor discovered a critical vulnerability in a major diving insurer's member portal, exposing personal data of students, including minors, due to incrementing numeric user IDs and static default passwords. The organization responded with legal threats and an NDA, rather than gratitude and a plan to notify affected users, highlighting a common issue in the security research ...

Facebook is cooked

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User logged into Facebook after 8 years and found their feed filled with AI-generated thirst traps and spam, but also some genuine content and memes. They were shocked by the extent of the algorithmic feed's focus on engagement bait and decided to leave the platform.

Ggml.ai joins Hugging Face to ensure the long-term progress of Local AI

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Announcement We are happy to announce that ggml.ai (the founding team of llama.cpp) are joining Hugging Face in order to keep future AI truly open. Georgi and team are joining HF with the goal of s...
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Wikipedia editors have decided to deprecate Archive.today due to its involvement in a DDoS attack and altering archived webpages. Over 695,000 links to Archive.today will be removed and replaced with other archive sites.

OpenScan

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OpenScan offers affordable, open-source 3D scanners for everyone. Our community-driven project combines photogrammetry with modular hardware to create high-quality 3D models. From hobbyists to professionals, OpenScan empowers users worldwide to explore 3D scanning in various fields. Join us in making 3D scanning accessible and push the boundaries of digital preservation and creation.

Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization

Free search across 91,000+ US mines from the MSHA open dataset. Filter by state, commodity, mine type, and operator. Mine locations, production history, and employee data — updated weekly.

Every company building your AI assistant is now an ad company

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Companies building AI assistants are now funded by advertising, creating a collision course with always-on devices that see and hear everything. Local on-device inference is the only way to prevent data exploitation, requiring a business model based on hardware and software sales, not data collection.

Blue light filters don't work – controlling total luminance is a better bet

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Using blue light filters at night may not be effective in improving sleep due to their limited ability to reduce light intake, and other methods such as using dark mode, dimming screen brightness, and increasing daytime light exposure can be more beneficial. Controlling light intake and exposure can help regulate the body's circadian rhythm, and taking the right dose of melatonin supplements ...

Uncovering insiders and alpha on Polymarket with AI

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The true story behind the Toronto mystery tunnel

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Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras

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Civilians are pushing back against surveillance and data collection by destroying Flock cameras and protesting data center projects, while gig workers demand stolen wages be returned. Resistance to Flock and data centers is widespread, with many cities rejecting contracts and residents taking action against surveillance.

Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court ruled against President Trump's ability to impose tariffs, citing Congress's power to do so. This decision represents a rare check on Trump's executive authority.

Be Wary of Bluesky

Bluesky's open protocol may concentrate value and control, making it harder for users to leave. The company's investors and potential acquirers may prioritize consolidation over decentralization for financial gain.

The path to ubiquitous AI (17k tokens/sec)

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Taalas developed a platform to transform AI models into custom silicon, resulting in faster, cheaper, and lower power hardware. Their first product, a hard-wired Llama 3.1 8B, achieves 10X faster performance, 20X lower cost, and 10X lower power consumption than current state-of-the-art solutions.

Lil' Fun Langs

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The user discusses various small programming languages, including Iota, tinylisp, milliForth, and Fractran, and highlights notable examples of ML-style languages such as Haskell, Elm, and OCaml. They also mention several implementations of functional languages, including Write You a Haskell, Implementing Functional Languages, and The ZINC experiment, showcasing their capability-to-size ratio ...

Building a model that visualizes strategic golf

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The user created a golf simulator to visualize golf course architecture using strokes-to-hole calculations, expanding on Mark Broadie's strokes gained approach. The simulator maps show where holes are difficult or easy, highlighting strategic design features and potential hazards.

Show HN: A native macOS client for Hacker News, built with SwiftUI

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Download the latest DMG from the Releases page, open it, and drag the app to Applications. That's it — no Xcode or developer tools needed.

I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs

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WikiLeaks' Vault7 revealed a CIA developer tip to clean stale git branches using git branch --merged, grep, and xargs. This command helps keep local branches organized by deleting merged branches except the current one.

Legion Health (YC) Is Hiring Cracked SWEs for Autonomous Mental Health

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Legion is hiring a Founding Engineer to design and build the backend infrastructure for its psychiatric practice, including AI agents and workflows. The ideal candidate is a strong systems engineer who can learn fast, make decisions, and grow into owning backend/agent systems.

How to Review an AUR Package

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The Arch Linux team removed malware from the AUR and explained how to review PKGBUILD files to prevent future malicious uploads. Reviewers should check the sources, functions, and scripts in PKGBUILD files to ensure they are trustworthy and follow best practices.

Don't create .gitkeep files, use .gitignore instead

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To track a directory in Git, use an empty file named .gitkeep or a .gitignore file with a pattern to ignore all files except .gitkeep. This ensures the directory exists in fresh clones and is tracked by Git.

Making frontier cybersecurity capabilities available to defenders

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Claude Code Security scans codebases for security vulnerabilities and suggests patches for human review. It uses AI to detect novel vulnerabilities and reduce the risk of attacks by allowing teams to find and fix issues before they are exploited.

Lexega Turns SQL into Signals

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If you've ever reviewed a SQL PR where "the diff is bigger than your screen", you already know the failure mode: Lexega is built around a simple idea: turn SQL into deterministic, actionable "signals" before it runs, then use policy to decide what to do with those signals. It's a guardrail layer for SQL -- a structural analysis engine that sits between "code ...

Untapped Way to Learn a Codebase: Build a Visualizer

The author learns an unfamiliar codebase by starting with a bug report, reducing it to a minimal case, and understanding the code involved in the bug. They use visualization to see how the code flows through the system.

Child's Play: Tech's new generation and the end of thinking

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The author visits San Francisco and notices a city where people are obsessed with AI and startups, with ads everywhere promoting B2B services for entrepreneurs. The author meets Roy Lee, the founder of Cluely, a startup that uses AI to assist people in their work, but whose true intentions and personality are more complex and disturbing.

A chatbot's worst enemy is page refresh

The current infrastructure supporting AI models is outdated, causing issues with page refreshes and lost conversation history. A better solution is needed, such as pub/sub messaging platforms, to handle real-time messaging and reconnections efficiently.

How were video transfers made? (2011)

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posted 07-29-2011 09:48 PM So I think I understand modern transfers: there is a master digital file that is then compressed for Blu-ray/DVD/etc. and then loaded onto the disc in the respective file format. That master digital file of course comes from many a different source, but I'd guess many from a 2K workflow. My real question is how did it work before digital editing, digital tape, ...