Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap

225 juliantigler 2026-09-12 17:01:40 UTC high5apps.github.io Llama Share 63

This tutorial guides users to add a website tag to nearby shops or amenities on OpenStreetMap, helping people worldwide access more information. Users can use JOSM and the Website Wizard plugin to find and add official websites for places in their area of interest.

Nvidia is the central bank of AI

309 tolugenius 2026-09-12 16:01:40 UTC economist.com Full Share 210

Real-SWE: Benchmarking AI models on private, real-world, enterprise codebases

31 theanonymousone 2026-09-12 21:01:40 UTC withspecific.com Llama Share 16

Real-SWE is a benchmark that evaluates frontier AI models on private, real-world enterprise codebases. It tests agents' ability to navigate proprietary systems and make changes within real operational constraints.

Stabilizing Rust's Never Type

91 cjd8 2026-09-12 18:01:40 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 10

The Rust never type, denoted by an exclamation mark (!), has been stabilized after over two years of work. This change allows for more efficient generic code and correct type inference. The never type is useful in cases where a function cannot return any value or where a value can never occur.

Benchmark: CadQuery vs. OpenSCAD for agentic CAD work

19 jetter 2026-09-12 20:01:40 UTC modelrift.com Llama Share 22

ModelRift compared OpenSCAD and CadQuery, two CAD tools used for 3D printing. The AI agent successfully generated printable parts with both tools, but the results differed in interpretation and geometry.

Apple iPod Engraver (2019)

31 NaOH 2026-09-12 20:01:40 UTC dunstanorchard.com Llama Share 1

The author worked at Apple from 2004-2006 as a UI engineer, where they improved the "Personalize your iPod" page with interactive features. They added animations and live previews using JavaScript and imagemagick to create an immersive experience.

LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'

333 datakan 2026-09-12 17:01:40 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 285

LG denies claims its smart TVs constantly log and upload data, record audio while in standby, and scan local area networks for other devices. The company confirms it scans for nearby devices to enable features like device connectivity but says this is a standard function of all smart TVs.

Will There Be a 7G?

63 Betelbuddy 2026-09-12 18:01:40 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 107

The transition to 6G is becoming concrete, with the ITU-R IMT-2030 framework and 3GPP Release 21 defining its path. A new question arises: should there be a 7G, and what would justify it?

I made a build visualizer to understand Bun's compile times

64 lalitmaganti 2026-09-12 17:01:40 UTC lalitm.com Llama Share 13

The author built an open-source tracing tool called buildprof to visualize the time spent on different parts of a software build process. The tool records every process launched during a build, including subprocesses and their subprocesses, and lays them out on one timeline.

IKEA made a mod for Skyrim [video]

519 kegenaar 2026-09-12 07:01:40 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 134

We must pace the frontier

445 apsec112 2026-09-12 15:01:40 UTC darioamodei.com Llama Share 613

The author believes AI can greatly improve human life, but also poses significant risks that must be addressed. To mitigate these risks, the author proposes a three-step plan to pace AI development: embedded evaluators, democratic coordination, and global coordination.

Microcode in Intel's 8087 floating-point chip: the scale instruction

69 pwg 2026-09-12 16:01:40 UTC righto.com Llama Share 21

The Intel 8087 floating-point unit was introduced in 1980 and became the standard for most computers today. It uses a complex microcode system to handle various arithmetic operations, including scaling numbers by powers of two. The FSCALE instruction is one such operation that scales a number by adding its exponent to a power of two, but it is surprisingly complicated due to special cases and ...

How Trail of Bits helps verify the integrity of Signal chats

38 dgroshev 2026-09-12 17:01:40 UTC blog.trailofbits.com Llama Share 14

Signal has launched Automatic Key Verification, a feature that helps validate secure chats without requiring direct safety number comparison. This system ensures the integrity of public keys and prevents malicious servers from providing false keys.

Linux Zoom client proactively reading everything written to X11 clipboard

72 encyclopedism 2026-09-12 19:01:40 UTC hachyderm.io Full Share 19

I noticed today that an update to the #Linux #Zoom client has made it start proactively reading _everything_ written to the X11 clipboard. If you keep interesting secrets in your clipboard – particularly, if a password manager uses it as a means of getting the password to where it needs to be – this might be a thing you need to know about!

A Mathematical Framework for Transformer Circuits (2021)

69 Bluestein 2026-09-12 14:01:40 UTC transformer-circuits.pub Llama Share 16

Researchers are working on mechanistic interpretability of transformer language models, which can help understand their behavior and identify potential issues. They have developed a method to reverse-engineer transformers by breaking them down into human-interpretable pieces, such as attention heads and MLP layers.

LG Says We're Fake News [video]

43 HelloUsername 2026-09-12 20:01:40 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 5

I fixed a tractor using John Deere's self-repair service. Farmers aren't sold

83 sbulaev 2026-09-12 12:01:40 UTC wired.com Llama Share 97

A John Deere farmer fixes his tractor using the company's self-repair software, Operations Center Pro Service, after a brief tutorial. The service allows owners to diagnose and repair issues with their machines via Wi-Fi or cable.

Retrospectively Reverse-Engineering Apple's Neural Engine

207 zdw 2026-09-12 08:01:40 UTC eiln.github.io Llama Share 29

The author is reverse-engineering the Apple Neural Engine (ANE) on the M1 chip to understand its architecture and limitations. The ANE's design was optimized for CNN workloads, but it has been found that transformer workloads can also be executed efficiently within the ANE's dataflow constraints.

Android NAT-T keepalive offload bypasses VPN lockdown

158 mhitza 2026-09-12 02:01:40 UTC supuk.ch Llama Share 42

A vulnerability was discovered in Android's NAT-T keepalive API, allowing normal applications to bypass VPN lockdown and leak traffic outside the VPN path. The vulnerability affects most Android 12+ devices, with evidence collected from three OEMs and two confirmed WLAN families, including Samsung SM-F966B and Nothing A059 on Qualcomm hardware.

The Magic Behind Cubacadabra

6 andrewfromx 2026-09-12 19:01:40 UTC andrewarrow.dev LocalLLM Share 1

The author discusses moving application logic to shared Rust crates to avoid duplication across iOS, Android, and web clients. This approach simplifies maintenance and ensures consistent behavior across platforms.

Performance of WebAssembly Runtimes in 2026

79 fagnerbrack 2026-09-12 13:01:40 UTC 00f.net Llama Share 18

The author benchmarks libsodium on WebAssembly runtimes from 2024, 2025, and 2026 to assess improvements. The results show that Wasmtime steadily improved, while Wasmer gained a feature worth caring about for crypto workloads.

Eating Fruit Skins

59 surprisetalk 2026-09-12 11:01:40 UTC pgadey.ca Llama Share 143

The author learned that eating apple cores, stems, and seeds is safe. They initially hesitated but eventually tried and found the stem edible too.

Navier-Stokes Announcement

296 rvz 2026-09-12 05:01:40 UTC claymath.org Llama Share 236

The Clay Mathematics Institute congratulates several mathematicians on their awards, including Fields Medals and Frontiers of Science Prizes. These honors recognize outstanding contributions to mathematics from individuals such as Yu Deng, Hong Wang, and Anna Skorobogatova.

LRU is harder to beat than the KV-cache papers suggest

90 gauravapiscean 2026-09-12 12:01:40 UTC github.com/gauravapiscean Llama Share 41

The author tested various cache eviction policies on real-world traces from agentic LLM serving and found that none of the three independent mechanisms beat the baseline LRU-leaf policy. The experiments were conducted in a capacity-bound regime, where the dominant source of cache misses is tight tool loops with 88k-token working sets exceeding cache capacity.

OpenAI's Sam Altman says it would be 'ill-advised' to go public in 2026

11 humanlion87 2026-09-12 21:01:40 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 7

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman said the company won't rush to go public due to safety concerns and financial challenges. He hinted that the IPO might not happen in 2026, possibly pushing it back to 2027.

The worst spam emails: iLands AI agent hustle

98 ColinWright 2026-09-12 12:01:40 UTC tedium.co Llama Share 42

A freelancer received numerous emails from a company called iLands.app, offering to do research for a fee, but the messages were aggressive and insulting. The company's true intention was revealed to be using autonomous bots to take work from freelancers like the author.

λ Snap – An inviting programming language for kids and adults for CS study

169 dr_kiszonka 2026-09-12 06:01:40 UTC snap.berkeley.edu Full Share 107

The Snap! Community. Snap! is a blocks-based programming language built by UC Berkeley and used by hundreds of thousands of programmers around the world.

How we manage and engage with our horses shapes their personality

32 thunderbong 2026-09-12 13:01:40 UTC utu.fi Llama Share 12

A new study reveals that horse personality is influenced by their environment, including housing, riding frequency and quality of human interaction. The findings suggest that everyday management decisions can shape a horse's personality and welfare.

A Design Space Exploration of Async/Await

412 wcrichton 2026-09-11 22:01:40 UTC cel.cs.brown.edu Llama Share 119

The async/await keywords in programming languages aim to simplify concurrency, but their designs vary significantly. A new paper explores the differences between modern languages' async implementations.

google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update

618 1e1a 2026-09-12 04:01:40 UTC autom.dev Llama Share 477

Google Search is rewriting organic result links to use a custom "goto" URL, redirecting users to the actual page instead of exposing the destination URL directly. This change aims to prevent automated SERP harvesting by AI crawlers and SEO scrapers.