Why get an expensive Pi when I have an old phone?

117 casi 2026-11-14 09:04:46 UTC so.long.thanks.fish Llama Share 71

The user is considering using a used smartphone as an alternative to assembling their project with Raspberry Pi and other components, due to cost concerns. They have tested the camera and functionality of two phones, a Redmi 13C 5G and a Huawei Mate 30 5G, for potential use in future projects.

Ggml v1.0.0

293 cobychapple 2026-11-14 03:04:46 UTC github.com/ggml-org Llama Share 46

GGML 1.0.0 has been released with various improvements, including pruning of deprecated APIs and adding support for configurable YaRN truncation and FP8 operations across multiple backends.

Monkey Island: all 13 versions side by side

187 maximilianburke 2026-11-14 05:04:46 UTC monkeyisland.pages.dev Llama Share 58

This document describes the process of capturing screens for a game, using various emulators and scaling techniques to maintain original pixel shape. The project was created by two brothers with AI assistance, and they are also working on remaking another Sierra game in Adventure Game Studio.

Nvidia allegedly engineered scarcity by funding AI startups to buy its GPUs

657 speckx 2026-11-14 03:04:46 UTC techpowerup.com Llama Share 385

NVIDIA allegedly artificially inflated GPU shortage by investing in AI startups to maintain demand and move excess semiconductors. The company's former CEO, Jensen Huang, was reportedly at odds with CFO Colette Kress over scaling back investments.

Terminal borders that don't cost a cell

289 vinhnx 2026-11-14 00:04:46 UTC joshka.net Llama Share 128

The author is proposing a terminal protocol for drawing cell borders, which would allow for more flexible and customizable border styles. The protocol uses a 16-bit border ID to store distinct border sets in a shared table, reducing the need for extra space on the screen.

Unsloth Qwen3.8-27B Quantizations – Dynamic v3.1 Update

161 Retro_Dev 2026-11-14 01:04:46 UTC unsloth.ai Llama Share 50

Qwen3.8-27B is a 256K context window model with vision and reasoning capabilities, running on 17GB RAM/VRAM setups, excelling at agentic coding, vision and chat tasks. New dynamic quants improve average accuracy by 5-10% compared to previous versions.

FAA issues national ground stop – lifted 4.5 hours later

1564 zulln 2026-11-13 22:04:46 UTC nbcnews.com Llama Share 1186

The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop for all departing US flights due to an extraordinary circumstance and safety reasons, with 4,042 flights airborne at the time. The cause of the shutdown is currently unknown but officials say it's not believed to be malicious activity.

What happened to 3Com?

156 gvieri 2026-11-14 00:04:46 UTC dfarq.homeip.net Llama Share 80

3Com was a leading network equipment manufacturer that declined due to poor business decisions, including exiting its enterprise networking business and expanding into non-core areas. The company ultimately sold its assets to Hewlett-Packard in 2009 for $2.7 billion, marking the end of an era for the once-iconic brand.

Show HN: Live map of U.S. flights during tonight's FAA nationwide ground stop

157 gvsi 2026-11-14 00:04:46 UTC grounds.top Llama Share 21

This page displays flight positions and delays for 30 major US airports, using data from adsb.fi and the FAA. It shows departures in the last 30 minutes, estimated missed flights since 3:30 pm ET, and aircraft in the air at a selected time.

Jonathan Blow – If AI solved coding, why is my software still the same? [video]

320 helloplanets 2026-11-13 16:04:46 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 421

Found: A protein that drives ageing without unleashing inflammation

208 gumby 2026-11-13 20:04:46 UTC nature.com Full Share 43

Researchers have found an enzyme that drives ageing in the body’s tissues1. Drugs that reduce the levels of this protein might one day combat the effects of ageing without impairing the body’s immune defences.

FM-1 Workbench

240 simonebrunozzi 2026-11-13 20:04:46 UTC open.m-vave.com Llama Share 159

The FM1 device has various features such as MIDI routing, clock sources, and sample banks that can be configured using the web editor or device panel. The device also supports exporting files to backup on a computer and importing projects from other devices, with specific instructions provided for transferring data between devices.

Live airband on all frequencies from KORS. Victoria, CA also ground stopped

270 mmaunder 2026-11-13 23:04:46 UTC orcasairband.com Full Share 63

Every aviation radio transmission heard from Orcas Island, WA: live, transcribed, and archived. Listen to all channels at once, pick your own, or rewind to any moment.

The curious case of the north-east arrow

4 arshxyz 2026-11-14 10:04:46 UTC arsh.zip Prefix Share 2

A few days ago I was scrolling through HN when I saw a landing page that gave me a little deja vu. It was for KetchUp, a SketchUp alternative. I remember playing with Sketchup back when it was still a Google-branded program running on my school’s Win7 machines, but that wasn’t the only reason the landing page looked familiar. It was the north-east arrow (↗) littered everywhere. 3 links to the ...

How Not to Build a Music Player

128 vinhnx 2026-11-14 00:04:46 UTC alichraghi.github.io Llama Share 53

The author created a music player called AMP after realizing online music players weren't suitable for their country's internet restrictions, and they used LLMs to speed up development but later regretted relying on them. They now prefer manual coding and have rewritten nearly half of the codebase, finding it more robust with the same features.

Extending LLDB to Debug Applications That Span CPUs and GPUs

20 JDevlieghere 2026-11-14 06:04:46 UTC engineering.fb.com Llama Share 3

We developed a vendor-neutral accelerator plugin architecture in lldb-server for debugging applications that span CPUs and GPUs, allowing developers to understand both the host application and device together. This design enables GPU vendors to implement device-specific behavior while keeping the shared debugger independent of any one GPU.

After 600 experiments, here's what I discovered about JEPA world models

266 halcdev 2026-11-13 18:04:46 UTC haddyalchaer.com Llama Share 45

A world model, like LeWM, uses a JEPA architecture to predict the future by generating it. It has been shown that its planning horizon is limited to 25 steps and can be improved through hierarchical planning and using memory graphs of past demonstrations.

Show HN: I have trained 15 blood glucose forecasting models on my own data

42 0xdeadf1sh 2026-11-14 06:04:46 UTC github.com/0xdeadf1sh Llama Share 19

The author trained various blood glucose forecasting models, including their own transformer model, on synthetic and real data from type 1 diabetes patients. The models were compared using metrics such as RMSE and Wilcoxon tests to determine their performance.

Perplexity Decider v1.3: Training, eval, and use cases

134 gmays 2026-11-13 20:04:46 UTC perplexity.ai Llama Share 23

Decider v1.3 and Decider Flash v1.3 are released, successors to earlier decision models, offering improved performance and robustness across various text and vision tasks through bidirectional attention, better-curated training data, and refined training recipes.

Show HN: Isometric SF – A pixel-art map of the SF Bay Area

218 juscha1 2026-11-13 18:04:46 UTC isometricsf.com Llama Share 70

The provided images are licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0, allowing non-commercial reuse with credit and a link to isometricsf.com. Commercial use requires permission from the user or X.

Service Crew Discovers Rare Yellow Burbot in Oswego Harbor

7 tart-lemonade 2026-11-14 09:04:46 UTC fws.gov LocalLLM Share 1

Fishermen caught a rare yellow burbot in Oswego Harbor, showcasing the effectiveness of invasive species monitoring. The fish's unusual color and poor health highlight the need for further study and management actions.

Live-migration support in FreeBSD and bhyve coming

112 JohnDohnBohn 2026-11-13 20:04:46 UTC gyptazy.com Llama Share 28

This project presents a working state for live migration of bhyve guests on FreeBSD 15.1, enabling host maintenance and hardware replacement with minimal disruption to workloads. The goal is to test and improve the real implementation of live migration, which is crucial for enterprise virtualization and platforms like Sylve and BoxyBSD.

Elephants found to be increasingly isolated leading to fractured social networks

144 gmays 2026-11-14 02:04:46 UTC today.ucsd.edu Llama Share 32

Researchers at UC San Diego studied the social dynamics of Asian elephants in Sri Lanka, finding a decline in population led to fractured and isolated communities. The study warns that surpassing a social tipping point can be detrimental to the future of these highly social animals.

Minnesota guitarist's "palmfrets" invention strikes a new chord

178 bookofjoe 2026-11-13 16:04:46 UTC echopress.com Llama Share 102

Ben Ranson, a musician from Minnesota, invented "palmfrets" which allows guitarists to play bass lines or melodies using their palm. The invention uses a special set of frets and technique called palmfretting, adding a new way for guitarists to play the instrument.

Reverse engineering my Coway air purifier to ditch the cloud

763 scottjg 2026-11-13 14:04:46 UTC scottjg.com Llama Share 215

A user reverse-engineered a Coway air purifier to control it without the cloud service, using techniques like man-in-the-middle (MitM) and artificial intelligence. The device can now be controlled through Home Assistant, eliminating the need for the cloud service.

Ask HN: What are the most useful, concrete AI skills to independently learn?

46 shnock 2026-11-14 07:04:46 UTC news.ycombinator.com Full Share 39

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A technical vision for the Haskell ecosystem

211 cosmic_quanta 2026-11-13 15:04:46 UTC discourse.haskell.org Llama Share 126

The Haskell Foundation's technical leadership committee has been successfully bootstrapped and is now fully operational. The foundation seeks companies, contractors, and volunteers to support its initiatives and proposals.

Amtrak booking system experiencing major issues amid nationwide FAA ground stop

169 snow_mac 2026-11-14 01:04:46 UTC fox5dc.com Llama Share 60

Amtrak's ticket booking system is down due to a nationwide FAA ground stop, causing frustration among thousands of travelers. The issue was attributed to a system-wide update by Amtrak officials.

Ctrl+C, Ctrl+v, Ctrl+cve: Bypassing Android's Clipboard Read Security Measures

90 dethmasque 2026-11-13 19:04:46 UTC toninoble.com Llama Share 45

A Slack notification can steal sensitive data by copying a superuser password, and Android's clipboard security measures are insufficient. The author proposes obfuscating the clipboard read toast notification to prevent malicious app developers from accessing this information.

Autonomous (YC F25) is hiring MTS to build AI agents that manage your wealth

0 2026-11-13 21:04:46 UTC atg.science Full Share

Create systems that think, reason, and act. We're looking for curious minds from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds.