High-performance 2D graphics rendering on the CPU using sparse strips [pdf]

151 PaulHoule 2025-11-10 22:33:12 UTC github.com/laurenzv Full Share 20

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Unexpected things that are people

475 lindowe 2025-11-10 16:33:12 UTC bengoldhaber.substack.com Llama Share 232

Ships, rivers, and Hindu deities have been granted limited legal person rights, allowing them to be defendants and have rights constrained to due process. This concept is applied in various cases, including the Whanganui River's personhood and a Hindu deity's right to property.

Writing your own BEAM

166 cbzbc 2025-11-10 19:33:12 UTC martin.janiczek.cz Llama Share 37

The user implemented a simplified version of the BEAM (Erlang Virtual Machine) scheduler in Elm, focusing on concurrency, messaging, and process linking. The implementation includes cooperative scheduling, reduction budgets, mailboxes, and system messages, demonstrating the core primitives that make BEAM languages appealing.

Unix v4 Tape Found

216 greatquux 2025-11-10 18:33:12 UTC discuss.systems Full Share 32

Attached: 1 image While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973 Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum #retrocomputing

The lazy Git UI you didn't know you need

241 linhns 2025-11-10 18:33:12 UTC bwplotka.dev Llama Share 102

The user discovered lazygit, a terminal-based Git UI, by accident while trying to use neovim and found it to be incredibly fast, portable, and visually consistent, making it their main Git tool. They praise lazygit's UX, which is well-organized, visually consistent, and interactive, allowing users to easily discover and use Git workflows without memorizing complex commands.

Spatial intelligence is AI’s next frontier

142 mkirchner 2025-11-10 21:33:12 UTC drfeifei.substack.com Llama Share 71

The author discusses the limitations of current AI technology and the need for spatial intelligence, which enables machines to reason with the physical world and interact with their environment. The author proposes world models as a new type of generative model that can unlock spatial intelligence and enable machines to achieve capabilities such as reasoning, generation, and interaction with ...

Time to start de-Appling

314 msangi 2025-11-10 15:33:12 UTC heatherburns.tech Llama Share 218

Apple is withdrawing its Advanced Data Protection feature from the UK due to the Home Office's TCN under the Investigatory Powers Act. Users must manually switch off ADP or lose their iCloud account, but can still use end-to-end encrypted services like iMessage and FaceTime.

Toucan Wireless Split Keyboard with Touchpad

37 tortilla 2025-11-11 00:33:12 UTC shop.beekeeb.com Llama Share 28

The Toucan is a portable split keyboard with a touchpad, available in DIY kit or pre-soldered versions. It connects via Bluetooth and supports Kailh Choc key switches with optional keycaps.

Dependent types and how to get rid of them

63 pie_flavor 2025-11-10 21:33:12 UTC chadnauseam.com Full Share 29

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I hate screenshots of text

145 paulmooreparks 2025-11-11 02:33:12 UTC parkscomputing.com Llama Share 93

Colleagues send unnecessary screenshots of code and error logs, making it hard to understand the issue. They should copy and paste the text or send the file for easier context and troubleshooting.

Using Generative AI in Content Production

99 CaRDiaK 2025-11-10 19:33:12 UTC partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com Llama Share 72

Netflix requires production partners to use generative AI tools responsibly and transparently. Partners must follow guiding principles to ensure AI-generated content does not infringe copyrights or mislead audiences.

The physics of news, rumors, and opinions

33 Anon84 2025-11-10 23:33:12 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 10

The Internet has created a complex adaptive information ecosystem where individuals and machines compete for attention, leading to emergent collective phenomena. Statistical physics provides a framework for analyzing these complex dynamics on socio-technological systems.

Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf]

107 philip1209 2025-11-11 01:33:12 UTC berkshirehathaway.com Llama Share 22

Warren E. Buffett donated 1,800 A shares to four family foundations, totaling 2,700,000 B shares. He plans to increase lifetime gifts to his children's foundations to ensure a smooth transition of his estate.

The Paranoid Guide to Running Copilot CLI in a Secure Docker Sandbox

15 pploug 2025-11-11 00:33:12 UTC gordonbeeming.com Llama Share 3

The user created a secure Docker container for GitHub Copilot CLI to run commands without compromising their security posture. The setup includes two modes, Safe Mode and YOLO Mode, and specialized image variants for different development scenarios, allowing for a balance of power and pragmatism.

Launch HN: Hypercubic (YC F25) – AI for COBOL and Mainframes

79 sai18 2025-11-10 16:33:12 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 49

Sai and Aayush are building Hypercubic, an AI platform to help Fortune 500 companies understand and modernize their mainframe systems. Hypercubic's tools, HyperDocs and HyperTwin, capture institutional knowledge and human reasoning behind legacy mainframe systems to aid in maintenance and modernization.

Linux in a Pixel Shader – A RISC-V Emulator for VRChat

40 rbanffy 2025-11-10 22:33:12 UTC blog.pimaker.at Llama Share 11

pi_ created a RISC-V CPU/SoC emulator in a HLSL pixel shader that runs Linux 5.13.5 with MMU support in VRChat, using a custom shader to emulate the CPU and store state in a texture. The emulator uses a combination of C and HLSL code, with a custom preprocessor to generate the shader code, and achieves a clock speed of up to 250 kHz on a 2080 Ti GPU.

Omnilingual ASR: Advancing automatic speech recognition for 1600 languages

90 jean- 2025-11-10 18:33:12 UTC ai.meta.com Full Share 17

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Zeroing in on Zero-Point Motion Inside a Crystal

36 lc0_stein 2025-11-10 21:33:12 UTC physics.aps.org Llama Share 6

Researchers discovered zero-point motion in a nanocrystal's lattice, which produces unexpected light emission at near absolute zero temperatures. This effect may be useful in cooling nanocrystals to lower temperatures than previously possible.

Building a high-performance ticketing system with TigerBeetle

101 jorangreef 2025-11-10 19:33:12 UTC renerocks.ai Llama Share 16

The author built a high-performance ticketing system using TigerBeetle, a financial transactions database, and optimized it to achieve 977 ticket reservations per second. The system's architecture was refined through iterative testing and measurement, ultimately revealing the importance of batching and minimizing Python's event loop overhead.

Error ABI

77 todsacerdoti 2025-11-10 19:33:12 UTC matklad.github.io Llama Share 28

Error handling in languages can be optimized by hiding large error objects behind a thin pointer or using register-sized errors. Stack unwinding is proposed as an optimal solution for error handling, allowing for separate visible and internal implementation details.

Head in the Zed Cloud

76 todsacerdoti 2025-11-10 19:33:12 UTC maxdeviant.com Llama Share 17

Rebuilding Zed's cloud infrastructure on Cloudflare Workers with Rust code compiled to WebAssembly aims to reduce operational effort and improve scalability. A custom platform framework was built to enable easy testing and leverage Cloudflare services, with a goal to support collaborative coding with DeltaDB.

Benchmarking leading AI agents against Google reCAPTCHA v2

100 mdahardy 2025-11-10 17:33:12 UTC research.roundtable.ai Llama Share 75

Researchers tested three AI models on Google reCAPTCHA v2 challenges and found significant differences in performance, with Claude Sonnet 4.5 performing best at 60% success rate. The results suggest that excessive reasoning and poor planning can hinder AI performance, and that timely and adaptive action is crucial for real-world intelligence.

When Soviet-Made Cars Roamed Singapore Roads

4 sohkamyung 2025-11-11 02:33:12 UTC remembersingapore.org Prefix Share 0

From the seventies to nineties, cars that roamed Singapore roads were largely imported from countries such as Australia (Holden), Czechoslovakia (Skoda), France (Citroen, Peugeot, Renault), Germany (Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Opel, Volkswagen), Italy (Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Maserati), Malaysia (Proton), Romania (Aro, Dacia), South Korea (Hyundai), Spain (Seat), Sweden (Volvo, Saab) and USA ...

Memory Safety for Skeptics

59 steveklabnik 2025-11-10 19:33:12 UTC queue.acm.org Llama Share 72

Memory safety is a crucial property in software development that prevents weaknesses such as buffer overflows and double-frees, and Rust has made significant contributions to achieving memory safety in systems programming. Pursuing memory safety in legacy systems can be achieved through various strategies, including rewriting code in a memory-safe language, wrapping existing code in a ...

How to create accessible PDFs from the start

22 leephillips 2025-11-11 00:33:12 UTC typst.app Llama Share 0

Typst is a markup-based professional writing platform that creates accessible PDFs by default, using semantic elements and built-in validation to ensure compliance with international accessibility standards. With Typst, users can focus on writing and structuring their content without worrying about manual accessibility checks and fixes, making accessibility an asset rather than a chore.

Vibe Code Warning – A personal casestudy

230 jackdoe 2025-11-10 19:33:12 UTC github.com/jackdoe GoogleT5 Share 160

A stateful swd protocol implementation for debugging rp2350 risc-v cores (hazard3) from any raspberry pi pico2 (target) using gpio's on another pico (probe) the readme is almost completely generated; the code is vibe coded. the protocol operates over two signals: turnaround cycles (host releases swdio, target can drive) occur between requestack

What caused performance issues in my tiny RPG

17 ibobev 2025-11-10 23:33:12 UTC jslegenddev.substack.com Llama Share 10

The user had performance issues with their tiny RPG built using web technologies, which were resolved by removing the FPS cap in KAPLAY and optimizing text rendering and object creation. The issues were exacerbated by using GemShell, which uses Webkit on Macs, but a fix is being worked on, and the user now has a more performant game.

Registered OAuth Parameters

40 mooreds 2025-11-10 20:33:12 UTC iana.org Llama Share 6

Send registration requests to [email protected] as described in RFC6749 and related RFCs. Notify IANA within two weeks if approved.

Pose Animator – An open source tool to bring SVG characters to life (2020)

147 jerlendds 2025-11-10 12:33:12 UTC blog.tensorflow.org Llama Share 16

Pose Animator is an open-source web animation tool that uses machine learning models to bring 2D vector illustrations to life with real-time body detection from webcam. It uses Linear Blend Skinning to deform the character's curves based on the recognition results from PoseNet and FaceMesh.

Redmond, WA, turns off Flock Safety cameras after ICE arrests

291 dredmorbius 2025-11-10 18:33:12 UTC seattletimes.com Llama Share 312

Redmond police turned off Flock Safety cameras after ICE agents arrested people near them. Police Chief Darrell Lowe suspended officers' access to the system until the city discusses ending its contract with Flock Safety.