Meta Ignores Brazilian Court Order to End Bolsonaro Favoritism

43 vrganj 2026-10-25 09:01:45 UTC panamericandispatch.org Llama Share 6

Two organizations, Sleeping Giants Brasil and CTRL+Z, have sent new evidence to the Superior Electoral Court alleging unequal treatment by Meta of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's campaign. They claim that Instagram and WhatsApp tools favor the Liberal Party candidate, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro.

We should be more ambitious with the software we build

423 ltratt 2026-10-24 22:41:45 UTC danluu.com Llama Share 365

The author discusses the potential for ambitious software projects, citing examples of successful projects like pgrust and Azul AI. They argue that with advancements in capabilities, it's now possible to build more complex and high-quality software without requiring extensive expertise or resources. The author also notes that while some people may be able to achieve impressive results with ...

Cerebras Deploys Trillion-Parameter AI Models

160 gmays 2026-10-25 01:41:45 UTC cerebras.ai Llama Share 56

Cerebras wafer-scale chips are used to deploy large models, with a single chip having 44 GB of on-chip memory. The model Kimi K3, with ~3 trillion parameters, is split across multiple wafers to run at 1000-2000+ tokens per second.

How Japanese Dried Bonito Is Made

38 bookofjoe 2026-10-25 05:41:45 UTC kottke.org Llama Share 14

A Japanese workshop founded in 1882 still uses a traditional method to make dried bonito flakes, called katsuobushi. The tebiyama hand-fired smoke-drying method involves smoking and drying the fish over a wood fire for months.

The Goose Programming Language

391 bobbydigitales 2026-10-24 19:41:45 UTC aardappel.github.io Llama Share 250

Goose is a memory-safe systems language that runs faster than C++ and Rust while using less memory, with syntax familiar to C and Rust programmers. It has no heap allocator, garbage collector, or lifetime annotations.

SpeedCrunch 1.1

146 LordNibbler 2026-10-24 19:41:45 UTC speedcrunch.org Full Share 24

SpeedCrunch is a free, open-source scientific calculator for Windows, macOS and Linux, with 50-digit precision, complex numbers and unit conversion.

Small Programs and Languages

107 andsoitis 2026-10-24 22:41:45 UTC ratfactor.com Llama Share 8

The author discusses the appeal of tiny programming languages and implementations, citing examples such as Forth, Lisp, and Lua. These small programs can be more accessible and easier to understand than larger ones.

Why Gopher in 2026?

76 andsoitis 2026-10-24 23:41:45 UTC gopher.muffinlabs.com Llama Share 24

User reflects on the trend of younger generations seeking simpler times, citing nostalgia for low-tech devices like flip phones and vi editors. They acknowledge the benefits and drawbacks of modern technology, recognizing a need to balance progress with simplicity.

America has lost 200k of jobs in media, film and the arts. How much is AI?

360 gnabgib 2026-10-24 23:41:45 UTC apricitas.io Llama Share 353

The US has lost over 200k jobs in creative industries, with a significant decline in the last year, mainly due to AI systems that can produce digital art at low costs. The impact of AI on media businesses is still unclear but may lead to near-total collapse of their business models.

Rewriting a Commercial Engine in Jai

15 frading 2026-10-25 06:41:45 UTC polygonjs.com Llama Share 5

The author of Polygonjs rewrote the library from JavaScript to Jai, a new language that allows for better memory management and performance. The rewrite improved efficiency, reduced bugs, and enabled features like custom materials and compute shaders.

I Built a Stereo Vision Board for Hardware Hackers

78 machinehum 2026-10-24 22:41:45 UTC rootkitlabs.com Llama Share 12

The author built a cheap stereo vision board using the Rockchip RV1103 microprocessor, enabling obstacle avoidance and navigation in robotics projects. The board uses Linux support and various hardware accelerators for image processing tasks.

I don't understand quantum physics (2018)

315 rramadass 2026-10-24 10:41:45 UTC southampton.ac.uk Full Share 251

FreeDNS

292 esher 2026-10-24 15:41:45 UTC freedns.afraid.org Llama Share 79

This service offers domain registration, DNS management, and easy updates for $5/month. It also provides features like subdomains, stealth flags, and wildcard DNS with a 50-subdomain limit.

Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you

1588 sohkamyung 2026-10-23 09:41:45 UTC edjefferson.com Full Share 246

If there are fewer than 25 things close to you, it takes the closest 25 things within about 6 miles. If there are more than 500 things only the closest 500 will be included.

Social dynamics of toxic metal industry in medieval Europe

48 XzetaU8 2026-10-24 23:41:45 UTC cambridge.org Llama Share 20

Researchers analyzed tooth enamel from 10 individuals in the Peak District, a medieval lead-producing region in England, to study childhood exposure to lead pollution. The results show that high levels of lead contamination were present among communities involved in lead production by the mid-7th century AD and remained elevated until at least the 16th century.

Node2Shell evolves to HTTP2Shell, blast radius affects many HTTP libs and apps

316 theanonymousone 2026-10-24 09:41:45 UTC aikido.dev Llama Share 154

A widely used compression library Brotli has a known security vulnerability, dubbed "node2shell," which can cause memory leaks or execute arbitrary code. Users are advised to upgrade their libraries and applications that use Brotli until patches become available.

The Importance of Limitations for Creativity and Learning (2023)

71 andsoitis 2026-10-24 22:41:45 UTC ratfactor.com Llama Share 19

The author reflects on how a simple online document writing platform's limitations made it more engaging for their kids, contrasting with the feature-rich Scratch program. They suggest that simplicity and structure can be beneficial in learning and creativity, allowing users to explore without feeling overwhelmed by too many options.

Pragtical v3.14 Lua-based text editor adds menus, floating views, and sessions

16 rd07 2026-10-25 03:41:45 UTC pragtical.dev Llama Share 1

Pragtical v3.14.0 brings various interface improvements, including application menus and flexible placement of command prompts, as well as lower idle CPU usage. The release also includes new features such as workspace session management and a refreshed Plugin Manager.

A story of a Figma bug that wasn't a bug at all (2021)

30 jllyhill 2026-10-25 01:41:45 UTC aresluna.org Llama Share 1

A Figma user discovered a bug in 2021 that was actually an old convention from IBM's 1977 System/34 computer, where pressing Shift+2 on the numeric keypad worked differently than on the regular keyboard. The issue was resolved by understanding how this convention had been carried over through Windows versions and fixed with browser disambiguation.

The St. Helena 5 pence coin shows Jonathan, a roughly 190 year old tortoise

116 schleck8 2026-10-24 17:41:45 UTC de.numista.com Full Share 37

Your IP address: 172.214.109.194 • Ray ID: a500448458191de9

In Rainbows

27 surprisetalk 2026-10-25 02:41:45 UTC hitogata.neocities.org Llama Share 8

ok is a virtual machine with devices for input/output, math operations, and disk I/O. It provides a standard set of devices to turn into a full-fledged fantasy computer.

Tablesample Picks Rows

3 surprisetalk 2026-10-25 07:41:45 UTC boringsql.com Prefix Share 0

Most exploratory questions against a large table only need a rough answer, but without an index on status, even "roughly how many shipped orders" costs a full scan. On the two-million-row orders table, Postgres has to read every single 8 kB page, all 18,085 of them (141 MB), just to count matching rows. shared hit=18085 is one buffer access per page, every page found already in memory ...

GPU-unlock: FP/BF16 instruction issue rate on Nvidia 3000's cards

248 fragebogen 2026-10-24 10:41:45 UTC github.com/zagitta Llama Share 71

This Linux kernel module unlocks NVIDIA GPUs for faster performance, doubling instruction issuing speed on GA102, GA103, GA104 and GA106 cards. It can be appended to the boot options line or installed through a package manager like make install.

Neural chip decodes interactions between brain regions

105 giuliomagnifico 2026-10-24 16:41:45 UTC actu.epfl.ch Llama Share 41

Researchers at EPFL have developed an implantable neural chip called LogSync that tracks brain activity and identifies cognitive and emotional states in real-time. The system uses machine-learning algorithms to analyze network-level biomarkers and generate stimulation triggers for severe psychiatric illnesses.

Show HN: Steal My Bitcoin

484 cloudlandsdev 2026-10-24 20:41:45 UTC stealmybitcoin.com Full Share 299

First person to get the wallet wins. If you don’t need the money, consider donating it to those who do: givewell.org. All traffic is logged. This is a known vulnerable machine, so we cannot guarantee privacy. Other attackers may access or monitor activity and data beyond our control. Do not submit anything you want to keep private.

Roku developer repositories moved from GitHub to GitLab

286 cxr 2026-10-24 16:41:45 UTC blog.roku.com Llama Share 200

Roku has moved its developer resources from GitHub to GitLab, consolidating documentation, samples, and tools into a single location. Users need to update bookmarked or stored repository URLs and adjust pipelines that reference raw file URLs.

Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month

305 mooreds 2026-10-24 09:41:45 UTC scientificamerican.com Llama Share 87

Scientists have successfully trapped a single subatomic particle of antimatter, called a positron, for months using a special trap. This achievement could help explain why the universe is made mostly of matter and not antimatter.

Bbtree: Fastest Ordered Map

110 aoli-al 2026-10-24 18:41:45 UTC bbtree.xiangpeng.systems Full Share 11

How bbtree, a drop-in replacement for std's BTreeMap, cuts cache misses, instructions and cache coherence traffic, and how it is kept correct.

Online censorship is crushing indie webcomics

6 Tomte 2026-10-25 09:05:45 UTC xtramagazine.com LocalLLM Share 0

New restrictions on social media and payment processors are challenging webcomic artists like Hazel & Bell. Their comic highlights censorship issues affecting LGBTQ2S+ stories online.

How close can pure functional programming get to C?

268 stmonty 2026-10-24 09:41:45 UTC rtfeldman.com Llama Share 94

A DEFLATE compression library written in Lean 4 outperformed a Rust package, but was still slower than a C implementation. The author achieved this result through optimization techniques that are widely beneficial across languages.