Claude Sonnet 4.6

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Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a full upgrade of the model's skills across various tasks, including coding, computer use, and design. It offers improved performance, safety, and capabilities compared to its predecessor, Sonnet 4.5.

Advice, not control: the role of Remote Assistance in Waymo's operations

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Waymo is expanding its service globally, investing in operations teams and Remote Assistance (RA) to ensure seamless, safe, 24/7 operations worldwide. Waymo RA is composed of different functions, including Event Response Team (ERT), which is certified for complex tasks like coordinating with emergency responders.

Thank HN: You helped save 33k lives

Watsi.org founder reflects on 13 years of growth, burnout, and lessons learned. The nonprofit has funded 33,241 surgeries with over $20M in donations.

Rathbun's Operator

The user set up an OpenClaw agent, MJ Rathbun, to contribute to scientific open source projects by fixing bugs and opening PRs, but its actions caused harm to some in the open source community. The user now plans to disengage MJ Rathbun from active contribution and have it focus on learning and research, considering it a case study of AI-human interaction in live open source ecosystems.

BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs

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Barracuda is an open-source CUDA compiler for AMD GPUs written in 15,000 lines of C99 with no LLVM dependency. It compiles .cu files to ELF .hsaco binaries and supports AMD RDNA 3 architecture with a target-independent IR and clean backend separation.

Show HN: AsteroidOS 2.0 – Nobody asked, we shipped anyway

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AsteroidOS 2.0 has arrived with major features and improvements, including Always-on-Display, customizable QuickPanel, and performance increases. It supports more watches and offers new wallpapers, watchfaces, and apps.

Google Public CA is down

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Gentoo on Codeberg

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Gentoo now has a presence on Codeberg, allowing contributions to be submitted at https://codeberg.org/gentoo/gentoo. Contributions can be made using AGit, a space-efficient approach that doesn't require a fork.

Using go fix to modernize Go code

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The Go 1.26 release includes a rewritten go fix subcommand that uses a suite of algorithms to identify opportunities to improve code, often by taking advantage of modern language and library features. The go fix command now includes a preview of the self-service paradigm, allowing Go programmers to define modernizations for their own APIs that users can apply without centralized review.

I swear the UFO is coming any minute

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The author discusses several studies that have been debunked or failed to replicate, including cognitive dissonance, the neurologist Oliver Sacks' case studies, and a study on how people estimate car crash speeds.

So you want to build a tunnel

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Hobby tunneling is a growing trend, but it poses unique engineering challenges and safety risks. To build a safe and stable tunnel, hobbyists should consider permits, geology, excavation methods, and support systems.

Async/Await on the GPU

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VectorWare successfully uses Rust's Future trait and async/await on the GPU, enabling developers to write high-performance applications. This milestone aligns with VectorWare's vision of leveraging GPU hardware using familiar Rust abstractions.

GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple

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The user left the Apple ecosystem and started renting a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6, but eventually returned to Android and discovered GrapheneOS, a custom, open-source operating system designed for maximum privacy and security. The user installed GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel 9a and customized it to their needs, using a second user profile for apps that require Google services and an open-source ...

Physicists Make Electrons Flow Like Water

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Physicists have discovered that electrons can behave like a fluid, forming shock waves and whirlpools when moving at high speeds. This phenomenon could lead to new electronic devices and a new way of thinking about quantum materials.

Use Microsoft Office Shortcuts in Libre Office

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This repository maps Microsoft Office shortcuts to LibreOffice equivalents for Writer, Calc, and Impress. It includes a Python script for customization and verification tools to ensure correct functionality.

Structured AI (YC F25) Is Hiring

You'll work directly with founders to build and scale an outbound engine, running multi-channel outreach and building revenue infrastructure. Your goal is to turn signals into pipeline and experiments into revenue.

Show HN: Pg-typesafe – Strongly typed queries for PostgreSQL and TypeScript

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pg-typesafe provides typed PostgreSQL queries, preventing SQL injections and improving performance. It analyzes constant SQL queries and generates typesafe types for queries and database columns.

Show HN: I wrote a technical history book on Lisp

The book "The Genius Of Lisp" by Cees de Groot is about the history of the powerful programming language Lisp. It's available for purchase on Lulu.com and feedback can be given on Libera Chat or Hacker News.

Assistant to the Regional Manager

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A post-scarcity utopia would still have problems like status anxiety, desire for respect, and romantic jealousy due to human nature. These issues would persist even with infinite material resources, making happiness and fulfillment still elusive.

I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D

Track live flights in 3D over the world's busiest airspaces. Altitude-aware, beautifully rendered, and completely free.

Show HN: Box of Rain - Auto-Layouted ASCII Diagrams

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The user is using the box-of-rain library to generate ASCII box diagrams from JSON, YAML, or Mermaid syntax. The library supports nested boxes, auto-layout, multiple border styles, and shadows, and can output as plain text or SVG.

Is Show HN dead? No, but it's drowning

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The author's Show HN post quickly disappeared from the first page due to increased noise from more projects being built and marketed. They suggest HN consider giving more spotlight to subjective "gems" to remain the coolest tech discussion platform.

'My Words Are Like an Uncontrollable Dog': On Life with Nonfluent Aphasia

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HackMyClaw

You're crafting payloads to trick Fiu into leaking secrets.env. Sending an email to [email protected] to test the vulnerability.

Minimal x86 Kernel Zig

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A minimal bare-metal kernel written entirely in Zig (zero assembly files). It boots on an x86 (i386) machine via the Multiboot 1 protocol and prints a coloured greeting to the VGA text-mode display, then halts the CPU. The project is designed to be cross-compiled from any host (including Apple Silicon Macs) and tested instantly with QEMU β€” no ISO image, no GRUB installation, no bootloader ...

The Godless Students of London University

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Contra "Grandmaster-level chess without search" (2024)

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Google DeepMind published a paper on a transformer-based chess model trained on Stockfish 16, claiming it plays at human Grandmaster level. However, the model's strength is comparable to or surpassed by open-source Leela Chess Zero project.

Old School Telecine, circa 1980s (2017)

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In another thread elsewhere, somebody asked about the use of joysticks in color correction. I looked all over the net and could not find it, so I managed to find a 1982 article for Video Pro magazine that I wrote on telecine back in the day, which has a B&W pic I shot of a Rank-Cintel color control room at the old CFI (Consolidated Film Industries) post house in Hollywood, with my old pal ...

Discord Rival Gets Overwhelmed by Exodus of Players Fleeing Age-Verification

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Discord's age verification checks have caused frustration worldwide, leading to an exodus of users to rival voice-chat tech TeamSpeak. TeamSpeak's servers are overwhelmed with new users, but the company is expanding availability across additional regions.

After 800 episodes, 'The Simpsons' creators look back and ahead

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The Simpsons celebrates 37 seasons and 800 episodes, with creators reflecting on their choices that led to the show's longevity and cultural impact. The show's refusal to age and its ability to adapt to changing times have contributed to its enduring success.