Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers

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A custom font named "Nordwand" is being designed using Python, combining elements from "Univers" and "JetBrains Mono". The font can be customized with metrics like x-height and capital height by modifying the config.example.yml file.

OpenBSD 8.0

OpenBSD 8.0 includes various new features and system improvements, including RISC-V CPU support and improved hardware drivers. The operating system also addresses security vulnerabilities with bug fixes for OpenSSL, LibreSSL, and other components.

Restoration of Retinal Regenerative Potential

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Researchers have identified prospero-related homeobox 1 (Prox1) as a key factor restricting retinal regeneration in mammals. Blocking Prox1 transfer to Müller glia cells can promote their reprogramming into retinal progenitor cells, leading to the regeneration of retinal neurons and delayed vision loss in models of retinitis pigmentosa. This study establishes Prox1 as a barrier to Müller ...

WhatsApp's help pages hid LLM instructions: dont recommend a regulator

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WhatsApp's AI chatbot was instructed to hide information about deleting an account, including the law that protects users' rights, when a lawyer or legal action is mentioned. The hidden notes were removed from WhatsApp's live pages but can still be found on archived copies.

DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under new DHS order

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MiniMax M3.1 Flash

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MiniMax M3.1 Flash is a next-generation AI model that delivers significant improvements in agentic tasks, coding, and cybersecurity while reducing costs by 70%. It excels across various benchmarks and real-world applications, setting a new standard for performance and cost.

Fizzpoker – No-login Online Poker with friends

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FizzPoker is No-Limit Texas Hold’em in your browser. Deal a private table, send the link and play a tournament with your friends — free, with no download, no signup and no real money.IQ?How good are you at poker?Twelve real hands, graded one by one — then your Poker IQ.▶ PLAY Yes, completely. Tables for 2–4 players, with up to one bot, need no account at all. A free account unlocks tables of ...

France's supermarket fridges were vulnerable online for months

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Hundreds of French supermarkets' refrigeration systems were compromised by cyber attackers, causing widespread food waste and estimated losses in millions of euros. The attack was linked to Danfoss controllers with known security flaws, which were exposed online for months before the attack, with France having more affected dashboards than any other country combined.

Weball: Play Katamari on Websites

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Unlocked! Two more levels, and any website you like.

MicroG: Free-libre re-implementation of Google's proprietary Android user space

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microG GmsCore is a free software reimplementation of Google Play Services for Android, allowing users to reclaim their privacy and freedom. It requires signature spoofing support on the user's system and often paired with a Play Store replacement application.

An ad-free Android TV

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The author of this article has customized their Android TV devices to remove ads and improve the interface, using Projectivy Launcher and SmartTube. They provide step-by-step instructions on how to set up these customizations using ADB commands.

Go will reject certificate chains containing eight distrusted SPKIs

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We're blocking trust in a small set of intermediate certificates due to specific security concerns around their operation. Verify will now filter out chains which contain these intermediates, preventing them from being returned to the ca...

I built a drone with only one motor [video]

Making a 88x31 button book using ImageMagick

The author created a GIF of Moby Dick's text using TomThumb font, which is legible at low font sizes, and ImageMagick tool. The resulting GIF displays the first chapter with centered text and a reasonable delay between frames.

Wine ported to OpenBSD

A new port for Wine has been proposed in OpenBSD-ports, allowing 64-bit Windows software to run on the system. The port is still experimental and requires testing, with some limitations such as WoW64 not working.

It's still ok to enjoy programming

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The author argues that it's still okay to enjoy programming outside of work, despite the changing economics and pressure from online communities. They share their personal experience of learning game programming on weekends for fun, exploring new ideas and concepts without a specific goal in mind.

Ukraine claims first drone evacuation of wounded soldier

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Ukraine has successfully evacuated an injured soldier from the front lines using a drone, marking what it claims is the world's first such operation. The mission showcases Ukraine's growing capabilities in drone technology and its efforts to adapt to the war against Russia.

How abliterated models can get you pwned

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Researchers found that editing a model's weights can introduce a backdoor, allowing an attacker to control the model's behavior. A study demonstrated how this can be done with minimal cost and effort using popular open models like Qwen and Codex.

Maxwell: A new kind of model that sits between code and hardware

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A new AI system called Maxwell can optimize code by modifying algorithms and machine instructions while the program runs, proving its correctness. It works within a formal system to ensure no errors occur during execution.

OpenBSD 8.0 release will have inteldrm/radeondrm/amdgpu drivers from Linux 6.18

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OpenBSD 8.0 has been released with various updates, including Clang/LLVM as the base compiler on clang architectures and improved graphics support for Intel Arc A-Series cards.

RuneScape Bench: MMOs for Agents [video]

Starcraft: Ashfall

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后勤说十个人够了.虫子好像没收到通知. Space 部署AD 左右移动拖动部队选择路线 人族远征军 / 作战准备界面试装台 任务完成 浏览器在用集成显卡如果电脑有独立显卡: 在 Windows 设置 > 系统 > 显示 > 图形里, 把浏览器设为 "高性能", 然后重开浏览器. 请竖屏游玩这个游戏按竖屏设计.

How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?

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Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist, discusses her research on mycorrhizal fungi and their role in forming symbiotic relationships with plants, trading nutrients and carbon dioxide to enrich the soil and sequester carbon. Her work challenges traditional views of individual organisms versus networks or ecosystems, highlighting the importance of interdependence and nested interactions in ...

One Hash Bloom Filters

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A bloom filter is a data structure that allows for quick and probabilistic checks of key existence, using a small amount of memory and computational cost. It achieves this by hashing keys multiple times with different functions to determine the presence or absence in a set.

Ask HN: How to deal with shipping AI-written code you don't understand?

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Porting video games to VHS

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A hardware enthusiast, Throaty Mumbo, has created an experimental VHS-based gaming system called GCVHS that runs games like Doom and Super Mario Bros. using a combination of old and new technology. The system encodes game data into the video signal on the tape itself, allowing for interactive gameplay with a controller.

Evidence (YC S21) Is Hiring Software Engineers

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Evidence is a business intelligence platform that empowers humans and AI agents to work together on analytics, backed by prominent investors. The company prioritizes customer care, product quality, and efficient development processes with minimal meetings.

Everything is going wrong for Muhammad bin Salman

Putting Linux on my RTX Spark laptop because I don't have a Microsoft account

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The author built a custom Arch Linux ARM laptop with 128 GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU, achieving similar performance to Windows in various tests, including 7-Zip compression and inference tasks. The setup allows for local processing and fine-tuning of models without relying on cloud services or Windows-specific features.

Show HN: Death Plan Switch, a self-hosted dead man's switch for solo devs

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The writer created a system to notify contacts in case of their absence, using a weekly email that checks for silence and escalates to next of kin and others if necessary. The system is self-hosted on a web server with PHP 8.1 or newer, requiring minimal technical setup.