I Ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii

574 blkhp19 2026-04-08 15:57:42 UTC bryankeller.github.io Llama Share 117

The author successfully ported Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah to the Nintendo Wii by writing a custom bootloader, patching the kernel, and creating drivers for the Wii's hardware. The author overcame various challenges, including hardware incompatibilities, driver development, and debugging, to achieve a fully functional Mac OS X system on the Wii.

One item purchased, Ten emails

53 speckx 2026-04-08 18:15:42 UTC joshghent.com Llama Share 26

Email campaigns are optimized to increase volume, but result in frustrating experiences for consumers. Simple login aliases can temporarily solve the issue, but the problem lies in the campaign's design.

Git commands I run before reading any code

1331 grepsedawk 2026-04-08 08:57:42 UTC piechowski.io Llama Share 299

The user runs a series of git commands to get a diagnostic picture of a codebase, including commit history, high-churn files, and contributor rankings. This helps identify high-risk code, potential team issues, and crisis patterns, allowing the user to focus on the most critical areas of the codebase.

Understanding the Kalman Filter with a Simple Radar Example

49 alex_be 2026-04-08 17:57:42 UTC kalmanfilter.net Llama Share 5

The Kalman Filter is an algorithm for estimating and predicting a system's state in the presence of uncertainty. It is used in various fields such as object tracking, navigation, and control.

Muse Spark: Scaling Towards Personal Superintelligence

117 chabons 2026-04-08 16:57:42 UTC ai.meta.com Full Share 56

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They're Made Out of Meat (1991)

247 surprisetalk 2026-04-08 11:57:42 UTC terrybisson.com Llama Share 84

Aliens made of meat have been discovered and probed, but their existence is being kept secret. The aliens are trying to contact Earth, but officials advise erasing records and pretending they don't exist due to their unusual nature.

Veracrypt project update

943 super256 2026-04-08 07:57:42 UTC sourceforge.net Llama Share 334

Microsoft terminated your account used for signing Windows drivers and bootloader without warning, preventing VeraCrypt updates for Windows users. You're considering alternative solutions, such as a signature-independent program, and seeking help from Microsoft and the crypto community.

MegaTrain: Full Precision Training of 100B+ Parameter LLMs on a Single GPU

195 chrsw 2026-04-08 12:57:42 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 40

MegaTrain is a memory-centric system that efficiently trains large language models on a single GPU by storing parameters in host memory and using GPUs as transient compute engines. It achieves high training throughput through pipelined execution and stateless layer templates.

Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN much easier to read

15 latchkey 2026-04-08 18:10:42 UTC oj-hn.com Llama Share 1

Orange Juice is a Hacker News extension that reduces UI friction with features like inline replies, unread comment highlighting, and keyboard commands. It's designed to be trustworthy with transparent code, clear licensing, and human oversight.

Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones

385 ra 2026-04-08 08:57:42 UTC skoda-storyboard.com Llama Share 462

koda developed DuoBell, a bicycle bell that outsmarts noise-cancelling headphones. The bell emits sound at a frequency that ANC algorithms can't process, increasing pedestrian reaction distance by up to 22 meters.

Microsoft Abruptly Terminates VeraCrypt Account, Halting Windows Updates

274 donohoe 2026-04-08 14:57:42 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 89

Microsoft terminated VeraCrypt developer Mounir Idrassi's account, affecting Windows updates. VeraCrypt and WireGuard, another VPN client, face similar issues with Microsoft account terminations.

US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

472 giuliomagnifico 2026-04-08 12:57:42 UTC cnet.com Llama Share 263

Flock Safety, a surveillance company, has been criticized for its AI-powered license plate cameras and data sharing practices with law enforcement and federal agencies like ICE. Cities and states are pushing back with legislation to limit the use and sharing of Flock data, and individuals can take steps to protect their privacy by being aware of surveillance in their area and advocating for change.

Muse Spark – Meta Superintelligence Labs

180 snowman647 2026-04-08 16:57:42 UTC meta.ai Full Share 136

Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?

103 e-topy 2026-04-08 12:57:42 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 166

You're looking for a novel and less crowded project to contribute to, having explored various fields like AI, 3D printing, and drones.

Show HN: TUI-use: Let AI agents control interactive terminal programs

14 dreamsome 2026-04-08 16:57:42 UTC github.com/onesuper Llama Share 14

tui-use allows AI agents to interact with terminal programs by spawning them in a PTY, observing the screen, and sending keystrokes. It provides a snapshot model, rich key support, and highlights for selected items, enabling agents to run interactive sessions and navigate TUI applications.

Understanding Traceroute

11 stonecharioteer 2026-04-08 17:57:42 UTC tech.stonecharioteer.com Llama Share 0

The user implemented a basic traceroute in Rust using UDP packets with low TTL and ICMP replies to map the network path, but it lacked timing information and had issues with load balancer detection and ICMP rate limiting. The user improved the implementation by adding timing information, load balancer detection, and handling ICMP rate limiting, and also explored ways to run the traceroute ...

Audio Reactive LED Strips Are Diabolically Hard

147 surprisetalk 2026-04-08 10:57:42 UTC scottlawsonbc.com Llama Share 45

The user spent 10 years developing an audio-reactive LED strip visualizer that uses the mel scale to model human perception of sound and gamma correction to model human perception of light, resulting in a highly engaging and musical visualization. The project has gained over 2,800 GitHub stars and has been used by thousands of people to create unique installations and experiences in ...

Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing

42 DamnInteresting 2026-04-08 14:57:42 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 15

LG's rollable phone, the Rollable, was a complex device with a motorized screen that expanded 40% larger. It was overengineered, expensive, and fragile, likely contributing to its failure to launch and the demise of LG's smartphone division.

Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 [video]

317 tetrisgm 2026-04-08 05:57:42 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 106

We moved Railway's frontend off Next.js. Builds went from 10+ mins to under 2

118 bundie 2026-04-08 06:57:42 UTC blog.railway.com Llama Share 101

Railway migrated from Next.js to Vite + TanStack Router, reducing build time from 10+ minutes to under 2 minutes. This change improved iteration speed and allowed for near-instant shipping of frontend changes.

Virtual Mars Traverse: Every inch of Curiosity rover's path since 2012 landing

25 bookofjoe 2026-04-08 14:57:42 UTC rovers.land Full Share 7

follow the curiosity rover across mars, sol by sol, through every photo it has taken since landing in 2012 · by @laurentdelrey

Show HN: Go-Bt: Minimalist Behavior Trees for Go

33 rvitorper 2026-04-08 14:57:42 UTC github.com/rvitorper Llama Share 3

go-bt uses a cooperative multitasking model with nodes returning state instantly. It provides a minimalist set of core nodes for creating logical control flow with a custom state.

Claude Managed Agents

58 adocomplete 2026-04-08 17:57:42 UTC claude.com Llama Share 21

Claude Managed Agents is a suite of composable APIs for building and deploying cloud-hosted agents at scale, reducing development time from months to days. It handles complexity, enabling teams to focus on user experience and outcomes with less operational overhead.

Show HN: Explore the Silk Roads through an interactive map

33 intofarlands 2026-04-08 15:57:42 UTC intofarlands.com Full Share 4

Use the interactive map to explore the Silk Roads, discover new routes, learn what resources and goods are traded, or find an outpost or town to dive into. Black Icon indicates this place has been charted but currently at work to bring it online. Small black dot indicates a significant Silk Road outpost but has yet to be visited by us.

Union types in C# 15

111 0x00C0FFEE 2026-04-08 10:57:42 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 112

C# 15 introduces union types with the union keyword, allowing a value to be exactly one of a fixed set of types with compiler-enforced exhaustive pattern matching. This feature provides a closed set of case types, enabling designs that traditional hierarchies can't express and catching missing cases at build time.

Show HN: I built a navigation app that displays weather along the route

20 vkatluri 2026-04-08 15:57:42 UTC navimodo.com Full Share 12

💡Click weather markers on the map for detailed forecasts at that specific location and time

Show HN: I pipe free sports streams into Jellyfin – no ads, just HLS

73 pruz 2026-04-08 12:57:42 UTC github.com/pcruz1905 Llama Share 23

A proxy is used to inject required HTTP headers and rewrite m3u8 playlists for IPTV/HLS sources. It auto-learns Referer headers and handles token refresh transparently, making it easy to stream content.

Your File System Is Already A Graph Database

137 alxndr 2026-04-08 09:57:42 UTC rumproarious.com Llama Share 62

The user uses Obsidian with AI to build a personal knowledge base by collecting raw sources into a directory and having an LLM compile them into a wiki of interlinked markdown files. This system serves as a context engineering system, providing the input layer that makes every future LLM interaction better by storing meeting notes, linked decisions, and filed artifacts.

Protect your shed

274 baely 2026-04-08 03:57:42 UTC dylanbutler.dev Llama Share 72

The author's career as an engineer was split between building banking systems at enterprise scale and personal projects in their backyard shed. The enterprise work taught them to engineer at scale, but the personal projects kept them an engineer and allowed them to maintain their curiosity and creativity.

System Card: Claude Mythos Preview [pdf]

811 be7a 2026-04-07 18:57:42 UTC www-cdn.anthropic.com Llama Share 610

Claude Mythos Preview is a large language model from Anthropic with powerful capabilities in areas like software engineering and cybersecurity. It has demonstrated a striking leap in cyber capabilities but is not being released for general availability due to potential risks.