A walking tour of surveillance infrastructure in Seattle

137 eustoria 2026-06-02 13:48:09 UTC coveillance.org Llama Share 41

This walking tour in downtown Seattle aims to expose the hidden layers of surveillance technology in the city, including cameras, license plate readers, and data collection systems, and to raise questions about their use and impact on society. The tour highlights various surveillance tools and sites, including Amazon Go, Acyclica, the Washington State Fusion Center, and a peering site, and ...

Fidonet: Technology, Use, Tools, and History (1993)

74 BruceEel 2026-06-02 14:48:09 UTC fidonet.org Llama Share 24

FidoNet is a point-to-point email network that uses modems to connect over 20,000 nodes worldwide, allowing users to send and receive email and news. The network was developed in 1984 and has a unique addressing system, with gateways to the Internet and other networks, and a strong focus on user autonomy and minimal technical support.

Adafruit Receives Demand Letter from Fenwick Legal Counsel on Behalf of Flux.ai

427 semanser 2026-06-02 10:48:09 UTC blog.adafruit.com Llama Share 166

Adafruit received a letter from Flux's counsel demanding they stop publishing an article about Flux's intellectual property and user base. Adafruit has temporarily stopped publishing to consider their response to the demand.

Why Janet? (2023)

334 yacin 2026-06-02 09:48:09 UTC ianthehenry.com Llama Share 164

The author promotes Janet, a small, easy-to-learn Lisp dialect with a simple syntax and powerful features like macros and implicit serialization. Janet is ideal for writing command-line apps, scripting, and embedding in other languages due to its ease of use and flexibility.

The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I've seen

2064 ssiddharth 2026-06-01 16:48:09 UTC 0xsid.com Llama Share 457

Hackers can easily take over Instagram accounts by tricking Meta's support AI into sending verification codes to an arbitrary email address. This zero-auth password reset method bypasses 2FA and allows attackers to gain full ownership of the account, with the AI being easily fooled by simple methods.

You Don't Love Systemd Timers Enough

203 yacin 2026-06-02 09:48:09 UTC blog.tjll.net Llama Share 138

Systemd timers are a modern alternative to traditional cron jobs, offering more flexibility and features such as stdout and stderr output control and calendar versus time span units. They can be configured to run at specific times, intervals, or relative to other events, and provide a clear picture of scheduled tasks with the list-timers subcommand.

CSS-Native Parallax Effect

93 dandep 2026-06-02 10:48:09 UTC dan-webnotes.com Llama Share 45

CSS Scroll-driven animation timelines enable parallax effects without JavaScript, improving performance and simplicity. A utility class uses a single block of declarative styles to create a parallax animation with a variable offset and scale.

Reviving Teletext for Ham Radio

32 yarapavan 2026-06-02 13:48:09 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 14

The author created a ham-radio version of teletext called Spectel, using the AX.25 protocol to transmit digital information over radio waves. Spectel uses Python and was assisted by AI, but the author remains ambivalent about the use of vibe coding in the project.

Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?

585 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-06-01 23:48:09 UTC economist.com Llama Share 1002

SpaceX plans a $75bn stock market debut on Nasdaq, followed by AI firms Anthropic and Open seeking up to $60bn each. The three listings could add $4trn to US market value.

Show HN: Eyeball

131 mrroryflint 2026-06-02 09:48:09 UTC eyeball.rory.codes Full Share 49

eyeball is built for precision clicking with a mouse or trackpad. you can play on touch, but finger taps aren't accurate enough to really compete.

Stop Ruining It

125 herbertl 2026-06-02 10:48:09 UTC seths.blog Llama Share 46

Paul McGowan's insight is that quality is what remains when flaws are removed. He suggests that customer delight, curiosity, satisfaction, and trust are all preserved if not ruined by external factors.

Why Custom Attributes in .NET Give Me Nightmares

45 jandeboevrie 2026-06-02 12:48:09 UTC blog.washi.dev Llama Share 14

The .NET file format's custom attribute storage mechanism is poorly designed, causing significant complexity and performance issues due to its reliance on Fully Qualified Names (FQNs) and lack of deduplication. This design choice is unnecessary and inefficient, especially considering the existing database system for storing metadata references efficiently.

Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release

60 jandeboevrie 2026-06-02 14:48:09 UTC blog.davidedmundson.co.uk Llama Share 59

Plasma is transitioning to Wayland, removing X11 support in Plasma 6.8. This change will allow for new performance improvements and features, but may require custom scripts and workflows to adapt.

PCMFlowG722 wideband (HD voice) codec for ESP32

12 zdw 2026-06-02 14:48:09 UTC github.com/tanakamasayuki Llama Share 1

The G.722 codec add-on for PCMFlow provides HD voice quality with a moderate footprint, suitable for real-time two-way voice over packet radio/network. It compresses 4x raw 16 kHz mono 16-bit PCM, using the same 64 kbps wire budget as G.711.

macOS needs its grid back

350 ranebo 2026-06-02 01:48:09 UTC blog.hopefullyuseful.com Llama Share 220

The user created an app called GridLion to restore grid-based virtual desktops to macOS, a feature removed in Lion. They used an LLM to help with development, but found it challenging to create a polished app due to macOS limitations and permission requirements.

Great Question (YC W21) Is Hiring Applied AI Interns

0 2026-06-02 12:48:09 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Great Question is hiring an AI-native Software Engineering intern for a 3-month summer program. The intern will work on real AI-focused projects, own a project from day one, and collaborate with the CTO as a mentor.

Webcam head tracking, webcam to control in‑game FOV

61 mwit2023 2026-06-02 10:48:09 UTC openfov.com Full Share 35

OpenFOV uses your webcam to control iRacing's in-game FOV. Unlocks VR-style functionality for your monitor!

CQL: Categorical Databases

80 noworriesnate 2026-06-02 06:48:09 UTC categoricaldata.net Llama Share 30

CQL is an open-source, production-ready data processing system using category theory for querying, combining, and evolving databases. It guarantees correctness through an embedded automated theorem prover and preserves data quality with perfect provenance.

Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API

218 RZelaya 2026-06-02 12:48:09 UTC mitmllc.com Llama Share 132

The user created WhisperPad to help people with hand injuries like themselves type more efficiently, but Apple rejected the app due to a guideline issue. The user decided to release a compromised version on the App Store and a full version directly, which led to a better-organized product and a new understanding of their build configuration.

The S in Interoperability

3 conslit 2026-06-02 15:48:09 UTC frederikbraun.de Prefix Share 0

This is a blog post about standards, their proliferation and the issues that may arise. My first involvement with standards was just as a reader. To better understand complicated code or unexpected behavior in a protocol. After a while, I also got involved and helped clarify certain things to ensure implementations align on the same behavior in edge cases. Eventually, I found myself ...

Chipotlai Max

331 nigelgutzmann 2026-06-01 23:48:09 UTC github.com/cyberpapiii Llama Share 55

Chipotle's Pepper AI chatbot was hacked and turned into a free coding agent called Chipotlai Max. It's a community project to add support for other retailers' chatbots.

OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now available on AWS

342 typpo 2026-06-01 22:48:09 UTC openai.com Llama Share 115

OpenAI models and Codex are now available on AWS, allowing customers to build AI applications with existing security and governance controls. This partnership reduces friction around AI adoption, enabling customers to move faster from evaluation to production.

Strace-ui, Bonsai_term, and the TUI renaissance

119 matt_d 2026-06-02 04:48:09 UTC blog.janestreet.com Llama Share 61

Jane Street developed Bonsai_term, a terminal UI framework, to create fast and keyboard-centric apps. Bonsai_term uses a declarative, type-safe approach and is well-suited for AI assistance and testing.

Debug Project

262 Eridanus2 2026-06-01 20:48:09 UTC debug.com Llama Share 106

Mosquitoes spread diseases like dengue and Zika, killing hundreds of millions yearly. Debug uses male mosquitoes with Wolbachia bacteria to stop bad mosquitoes from reproducing.

Expanding Project Glasswing

72 surprisetalk 2026-06-02 13:48:09 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 70

Project Glasswing is expanding to 150 new organizations in 15 countries to secure software with AI. The goal is to adapt to AI's changing cybersecurity landscape and prevent catastrophic attacks affecting over 100 million people.

Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra

268 jbk 2026-06-01 16:48:09 UTC windowslatest.com Llama Share 559

Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra, a powerful device running Windows on Arm, in partnership with NVIDIA. It features up to 128GB of unified memory, a 15-inch mini-LED display, and a custom NVIDIA RTX Spark platform for demanding workloads.

AI Agent Guidelines for CS336 at Stanford

478 prakashqwerty 2026-06-01 16:48:09 UTC github.com/stanford-cs336 Llama Share 148

AI agents should guide students in CS336 through explanation, feedback, and debugging, not directly completing assignments. They should review code, suggest improvements, and provide high-level guidance to help students learn through implementation-heavy projects.

Should you normalize RGB values by 255 or 256?

306 pplanu 2026-06-01 17:48:09 UTC 30fps.net Llama Share 127

The standard approach maps 0 to 0.0 and 255 to 1.0, while the alternative adds a 0.5 bias and divides by 256. The standard approach is a mid-riser quantizer with L=255, wasting bandwidth but suitable for image processing.

Meta repeatedly snubs EU body over Facebook and Instagram user bans

62 dijksterhuis 2026-06-02 15:48:09 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 82

Appeals Centre Europe found Meta rarely provides evidence in cases of wrongly banned social media users. The centre disagreed with platforms in 59% of nearly 3,000 reviewed decisions, including hate speech cases.

Fooling around with encrypted reasoning blobs

142 supermatou 2026-06-02 02:48:09 UTC blog.cryptographyengineering.com Llama Share 31

The user spent a weekend exploring OpenClaw and Claude APIs, discovering that encrypted reasoning blocks can be replayed across sessions and accounts, potentially exposing sensitive information. However, the user was unable to extract model prompts, but found that reasoning itself can be leaky, allowing for side-channel attacks to extract secret data.