What will enter the public domain in 2026?

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New works enter public domain on January 1st each year, with varying copyright laws worldwide. In 2026, works by those who died in 1955 or 1975 will enter public domain in different countries.

Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model

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STARFlow-V is a normalizing flow-based video generator that achieves high-quality autoregressive video generation with end-to-end training and exact likelihood estimation. It offers native multi-task support and robust causal prediction, outperforming diffusion-based models in visual fidelity and temporal consistency.

Rootless Pings in Rust

The ping command works without root by creating a UDP socket with a protocol flag, bypassing the need for a raw ICMP socket. Linux and macOS handle IP headers and checksums differently when sending UDP-based pings.

Beej's Guide to Learning Computer Science

Please keep in mind this is an beta-quality document. If you have corrections, I'd love to hear them. So e-mail me! Contact Beej: [email protected]

DeepSeek-v3.2: Pushing the frontier of open large language models [pdf]

DeepSeek-V3.2 is a highly efficient model that achieves superior reasoning and agent performance, narrowing the performance gap between open and proprietary models while incurring lower costs. It integrates reasoning, agent, and human alignment data, and its variants, such as DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale, demonstrate exceptional proficiency in complex tasks and achieve gold-medal performance in ...

How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports (2019)

Brian Eno's Ambient 1: Music for Airports is a landmark album in ambient music, released in 1979, featuring generative music created with tape loops and systems. The album's tracks, such as 1/1 and 2/1, showcase Eno's use of loops, echoes, and piano melodies to create a serene and relaxing sound.

India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app

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Tom Stoppard has died

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Sir Tom Stoppard, a renowned UK playwright, has died at 88. He won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Shakespeare In Love and was remembered for his brilliant and humane works that explored philosophical and political themes.

Why Replicate is joining Cloudflare

Replicate's mission was to get research models out of labs and into developers' hands, creating tools for running models without machine learning expertise. Replicate is joining Cloudflare to build a full AI stack, combining Replicate's model tools with Cloudflare's network and infrastructure.

Reverse math shows why hard problems are hard

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Researchers in computational complexity theory are trying to prove that certain problems, like the traveling salesperson problem, are hard to solve. They're using a new approach called reverse mathematics to study these problems and understand why their proofs have been unsuccessful.

URL in C Puzzle

The code works because "https://" is treated as a label and "//" starts a comment in C. This is valid since C99, where "//" introduces a comment until the next newline character.

Notes on Bhutan

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The author visited Bhutan on a guided trip and witnessed the country's unique culture and its efforts to modernize while preserving its traditions. Bhutan is experimenting with a new economic hub, Gelephu Mindfulness City, which will operate as a Special Administrative Region with its own governance framework.

Ghostty compiled to WASM with xterm.js API compatibility

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Ghostty for the web provides a real VT100 implementation using xterm.js API compatibility. It starts a local HTTP server with a real shell on http://localhost:8080, working best on Linux and macOS.

After Windows Update, Password icon invisible, click where it used to be

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Windows Secure Boot certificates will expire in June 2026, affecting device boot security. Users must update certificates in advance to avoid disruption.

Frequently Asked Unicycling Questions

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As a unicyclist, the user has encountered frequently asked questions such as "Where's the other half?" and "How do you stop?" which they address with quick responses. The user provides detailed answers to these questions, including explanations of unicycle mechanics, safety, and riding techniques, as well as tips for learning to ride a unicycle.

Codex, Opus, Gemini try to build Counter Strike

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Three AI models, Gemini 3 Pro, Codex Max 5.1, and Claude Opus 4.5, were tested to build a basic Counter Strike game. Gemini 3 Pro excelled in backend tasks, while Claude Opus 4.5 performed well in frontend tasks.

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2025)

Unto Labs: Developing Thru Layer-1 blockchain, seeking engineers for scalability, performance, and usability challenges. REMOTE (US) or ONSITE (Hybrid OK) in San Francisco, CA.

Invisible Details of Interaction Design

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Design can feel like there's no science to it — only feel and intuition. Even researchers have trouble grounding interaction design practices in science, inherently treating them as a mysterious black box. 1 While from my own experience that's partly true, I have been trying to deconstruct and dig out the why behind great displays of interaction design. Searching the Internet for ...

Cartographers have been hiding illustrations inside Switzerland’s maps (2020)

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Swiss cartographers secretly insert illustrations into official maps, defying their mandate for accuracy. These drawings, often humorous or whimsical, have been hidden in maps for decades, with some lasting up to 60 years.

Arcee Trinity Mini: US-Trained Moe Model

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Arcee AI is training an open weight model family called Trinity, which will be released in January 2026. Trinity includes a large model, a mini model for reasoning, and a nano model for chat, all trained end-to-end in the US.

Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI

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Google's dominance in AI is threatened by OpenAI's ChatGPT, which has a strong moat due to its large user base and potential for advertising revenue. However, Google's structural advantages and resources make it a formidable opponent, and OpenAI's refusal to adopt an advertising model may ultimately lead to its downfall.

Stride Game Engine 4.3 with .NET 10 Support

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Stride 4.3 brings .NET 10, C# 14, Bepu Physics, and Vulkan compute shaders, improving performance and efficiency. It also adds custom assets, cross-platform build strides, and Rider/VSCode support, enhancing game development.

Google unkills JPEG XL?

The Chromium team has reversed its decision to kill JPEG XL, a promising image format, and will now support it in Blink, the engine behind Chrome/Chromium/Edge. This move is expected to give JPEG XL a significant boost in adoption, thanks to its superior features and support in the most popular browser engine.

Shrinking While Linking

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The author wanted to reduce the size of a 132MB Rust static library to distribute it with a Go package. They used various techniques to shrink the library to 19MB.

10 years of writing a blog nobody reads

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The user has been maintaining a blog on Blogger since 2015, sharing thoughts and learnings on writing, and has improved their style over time by editing and refining their thoughts. They believe that writing is essential for personal growth and development, and that human-produced writing still holds value despite the rise of generative AI.

Cloud-Init on Raspberry Pi OS

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Raspberry Pi OS now includes cloud-init for first-boot customization. It allows users to configure settings like users, network, SSH keys, and storage without manual login.

John Giannandrea to retire from Apple

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Apple's John Giannandrea is stepping down as SVP of Machine Learning and AI Strategy, while Amar Subramanya joins as VP of AI. Subramanya will lead AI areas, including Apple Foundation Models and ML research.

The Penicillin Myth

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Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by chance in 1928, but the story may be exaggerated or inaccurate due to inconsistencies in his account. Scientists have attempted to replicate his discovery but failed, leading to speculation about the true events surrounding the discovery of penicillin.

Tested: 1981 Datsun 280ZX Turbo (1981)

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A journalist driving a Datsun 280-ZX Turbo narrowly avoids a traffic ticket after charming a police officer with the car's features. The Turbo boasts impressive performance, luxury, and fuel economy, making it a formidable competitor to American sports cars.

Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026

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Instagram's Adam Mosseri is ordering US staff to return to the office 5 days a week starting February 2. The change aims to boost creativity and collaboration, part of a broader push to make Instagram more competitive.