It's Always the Process, Stupid

7 DocIsInDaHouse 2025-11-29 14:23:07 UTC its.promp.td Prefix Share 0

Let’s rip the Band-Aid off immediately: If your underlying business process is a mess, sprinkling "AI dust" on it won’t turn it into gold. It will just speed up the rate at which you generate garbage. In the world of Business IT, we get seduced by the shiny new toy. Right now, that toy is Artificial Intelligence. Boardrooms are buzzing with buzzwords like LLMs, agentic workflows, and ...

System 7 natively boots on the Mac mini G4

237 ibobev 2025-11-29 03:34:07 UTC macos9lives.com Llama Share 56

A user has successfully booted and run various Mac OS versions on a Mac mini G4, including System 7.5, 7.5.3, 7.6, 8.1, and 9.2.2, thanks to patches and ROM files created by Rairii and ELN.

Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out

251 fleahunter 2025-11-29 11:34:07 UTC bleepingcomputer.com Llama Share 199

ChatGPT may introduce ads in its Android app, initially limited to search experience, with highly personalized content. This could impact user experience, especially if ads are not disabled.

WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS

223 klaussilveira 2025-11-29 04:34:07 UTC github.com/winapps-org Llama Share 101

WinApps allows running Windows applications on GNU/Linux with KDE Plasma, GNOME, or XFCE, seamlessly integrating with the host system. It supports all Windows applications, except kernel-level anti-cheat systems, and offers a community-driven list of tested applications.

Hachi: An Image Search Engine

10 warangal 2025-11-29 13:59:07 UTC eagledot.xyz Llama Share 0

The user is developing a self-hosted search engine that can handle personal data across various devices and platforms, with a focus on end-to-end encryption and user authentication. The project aims to provide a flexible and hackable interface for searching and querying personal data, using a combination of traditional and machine learning-based attributes.

WebR – R in the Browser

32 creata 2025-11-29 10:34:07 UTC webr.sh Full Share 4

Interactive R environment running in your browser. Execute R code, create plots, and analyze data without installing anything.

Airbus A320 – intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical for flight

391 pyrophoenix 2025-11-28 22:34:07 UTC airbus.com Llama Share 116

Airbus has identified A320 Family aircraft that may be impacted by intense solar radiation corrupting flight control data. Airbus is working with aviation authorities to issue a precautionary software and/or hardware update to ensure fleet safety.

Show HN: I built Magiclip – an all-in-one AI studio

7 kokau 2025-11-29 12:34:07 UTC magiclip.io Prefix Share 1

Create professional videos from text in seconds. The most advanced AI video generation technology available. How it works Transform any YouTube video into a viral TikTok in minutes. Our simple process prepares you to publish in just three easy steps! Create stunning videos with Veo 3 AI model - the most advanced video generation technology. Find quick answers to your questions about Magiclip, ...

Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you

116 coffeecoders 2025-11-29 06:34:07 UTC neberej.github.io Llama Share 39

The summary describes various device and browser properties that can be detected, including mobile status, touch support, and Do Not Track settings. These properties are determined through user agent checks, event existence, and other methods to provide insights into device capabilities and user preferences.

Running a Business Means Contact with Reality

15 fkozlowski 2025-11-29 11:34:07 UTC fredkozlowski.com Prefix Share 6

A year ago I decided to help build a service business for my mom because I wanted to learn about marketing and business. One of the largest blindspots engineers have is around sales and marketing. I was determined to not fall into this trap, but marketing seemed like a skill I couldn’t just learn by reading — a form of tacit knowledge. I needed some kind of sandbox to test out the marketing ...

High air pollution could diminish exercise benefits by half – study

98 ashishgupta2209 2025-11-29 11:34:07 UTC scienceclock.com Llama Share 33

A new study suggests exercise may not provide the same benefits in polluted areas, with protective effects dropping to 12-15% in areas with high PM2.5 levels. Cleaner air and regular exercise are both crucial for healthy ageing, and tackling pollution can significantly enhance health gains.

Every mathematician has only a few tricks (2020)

168 nill0 2025-11-29 02:34:07 UTC mathoverflow.net Llama Share 37

Mathematicians often rely on a few key tricks or techniques that they have mastered and can apply in various situations, such as interchanging the order of summation, applying the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, or using generating functions. These tricks can be used to solve a wide range of problems and can be combined in various ways to tackle more complex challenges.

DMT-induced shifts in criticality correlate with self-dissolution

31 Anon84 2025-11-29 12:34:07 UTC jneurosci.org Llama Share 15

DMT shifts brain oscillations away from criticality, increasing entropy and reducing complexity. This shift correlates with intensity of self-dissolution in psychedelic experience.

Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my network

435 tymscar 2025-11-28 18:34:07 UTC blog.tymscar.com Llama Share 146

User's internet provider blocked Imgur in the UK, causing issues with accessing old links. They created a solution using a VPN-connected container and Nginx to automatically route Imgur traffic through a non-UK exit point.

Garfield's Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem

83 benbreen 2025-11-29 07:34:07 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 47

James A Garfield, the 20th US president, discovered an original proof of the Pythagorean theorem in 1876. His nontrivial proof involves congruent triangles and the area of a trapezoid.

Build Your Own Router with URLPattern()

3 tobr 2025-11-29 13:34:07 UTC jschof.dev Full Share 0

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Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship

278 Kerrick 2025-11-28 22:34:07 UTC kerrick.blog Llama Share 229

The author was afraid to publish due to fear of being judged, but now feels free to write about their knowledge gaps and personal struggles. They want to help others learn and fill in their own gaps.

How ICE is becoming a secret police force

49 KnuthIsGod 2025-11-29 13:52:07 UTC theconversation.com Llama Share 0

ICE is becoming a secret police force due to its covert operations, loyalty to Trump, and increasing surveillance capabilities. It meets most criteria, including not being controlled by other agencies and using preemptive repression, but has yet to target political opponents directly.

So you wanna build a local RAG?

326 pedriquepacheco 2025-11-28 17:34:07 UTC blog.yakkomajuri.com Llama Share 76

Skald aims to provide a self-hostable, data-privacy-focused RAG setup using open-source tech, allowing users to substitute third-party services with local options. The setup uses Postgres, Sentence Transformers, and Docling, and benchmarks show good performance for point queries in English, but struggles with aggregating context from multiple documents.

How stealth addresses work in Monero

42 ibobev 2025-11-29 08:34:07 UTC johndcook.com Llama Share 25

Alice runs a confidential restaurant accepting Monero payments through QR codes for her public view key A and spend key S. Bob pays Alice using elliptic curve cryptography and ring signatures to maintain anonymity.

Belgian Police exposed using botnets to manipulate EU data law impact assessment

123 saubeidl 2025-11-29 11:34:07 UTC old.reddit.com Llama Share 21

Register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique User-Agent string to access the application. If blocked, try default User-Agent or file a ticket for assistance.

Molly: An Improved Signal App

368 dtj1123 2025-11-28 18:34:07 UTC molly.im Full Share 220

Molly is an improved Signal app for Android

Anthony Bourdain's Lost Li.st's

81 gregsadetsky 2025-11-29 03:34:07 UTC bourdain.greg.technology Llama Share 22

Anthony Bourdain shares his opinions on various topics including food, movies, and travel destinations.

The risk of round numbers and sharp thresholds in clinical practice

47 asplake 2025-11-29 04:34:07 UTC nature.com Llama Share 16

Researchers found that round-number thresholds in clinical decision-making can distort risk assessments and lead to suboptimal patient outcomes. An interpretable machine learning model identified statistical artifacts caused by threshold-based practices and suggested periodic reassessment of clinical guidelines to improve patient outcomes.

A triangle whose interior angles sum to zero

116 tzury 2025-11-29 00:34:07 UTC johndcook.com Llama Share 55

Spherical and hyperbolic triangles have unique properties, with area determined by angle excess or defect. In both geometries, small triangles have interior angles near π.

Airloom – 3D Flight Tracker

239 azinman2 2025-11-28 17:34:07 UTC objectiveunclear.com Full Share 74

Real-time 3D visualization of aircraft flight paths. Watch live flights with stunning ribbon trails across the sky.

Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought (2024) [pdf]

95 netfortius 2025-11-28 23:34:07 UTC gwern.net Llama Share 37

Language is a tool for communication, not a prerequisite for complex thought, and its emergence has transformed human culture. The language network in the human brain is abstract and sensitive to linguistic meaning, but not necessary for various forms of thought.

The original ABC language, Python's predecessor (1991)

118 tony 2025-11-28 20:34:07 UTC github.com/gvanrossum Llama Share 43

The ABC programming language sources exist in two versions, one in a tar ball and another in Luciano Ramalho's GitHub. The language is intended to work on 32-bit systems but may be upgraded for 64-bit systems.

28M Hacker News comments as vector embedding search dataset

420 walterbell 2025-11-28 18:34:07 UTC clickhouse.com Llama Share 156

The Hacker News dataset contains 28.74 million postings with 384-dimensional vector embeddings for real-world vector search application design and performance analysis. It can be used with ClickHouse and Sentence Transformers for vector similarity search and Generative AI applications.

Show HN: Choose your own adventure style Presentation

48 skarlso 2025-11-29 01:34:07 UTC github.com/skarlso Llama Share 9

The system allows live polling for tech talks and workshops by voting on what happens next in a presentation written in markdown files with decision points. It uses WebSockets for real-time communication and is currently in heavy alpha with a Go backend and Alpine.js frontend.