Self driving 1993 Volvo with open pilot

643 trainsarebetter 2025-01-04 06:30:24 UTC 143 practicapp.com Llama Share

The user and friends are participating in the Carbage run 2025 Winter edition with a 1993 Volvo 940 Estate, which they modified to include advanced driver assistance features using the openpilot system. The team retrofitted electric power steering, an electric brake booster, and a cruise control system to make the car suitable for the event.

How to draw an outline in a video game

550 alexanderameye 2025-01-04 09:14:28 UTC 67 ameye.dev Llama Share

There are five techniques for rendering outlines around objects in games: fresnel effect, vertex extrusion, blurred buffer, Jump Flood algorithm, and edge-detection pass. Each technique has its benefits and trade-offs between performance, visual fidelity, and manual setup required, and can be used to create different types of outlines such as soft, glowing, or hard outlines.

Combining 15s interval whole-sky-camera photos to form a 4y spanning keogram

519 nebalee 2025-01-04 15:18:13 UTC 82 astrodon.social Llama Share

The user has been capturing all-sky images every 15 seconds for 4 years using a ZWO ASI178MC camera and Raspberry Pi, creating year-long keograms that show celestial motion and changes in night length. The user has also created a 4-year keogram combining data from 2021 to 2025, highlighting the Earth's eccentric orbit and small differences in sunset and sunrise times.

A mole infiltrated the highest ranks of American militias

441 colinprince 2025-01-04 14:13:16 UTC 308 propublica.org Llama Share

A freelance vigilante, John Williams, infiltrated right-wing militias, including the Oath Keepers, to gather evidence of their ties to law enforcement and government officials. Williams' undercover work, which spanned over two years, provided a unique window into the militia movement and its leaders, including a retired detective turned militia leader.

Meta is killing off its AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles

381 n1b0m 2025-01-04 00:26:45 UTC 544 theguardian.com Llama Share

Meta is deleting AI character profiles created in 2023 after users engaged with them, citing a bug that prevented blocking. The profiles, including Liv and Carter, were part of an experiment and will be removed to fix the issue.

I'm quitting the Washington Post

286 danso 2025-01-04 01:01:55 UTC 197 anntelnaes.substack.com Llama Share

Editorial cartoonist left the Washington Post after a cartoon criticizing tech CEOs was killed due to its content. He believes this is a threat to a free press and has decided to continue holding powerful people accountable through his cartooning.

One Dog vs. the Windows 3.1 Graphics Stack

233 todsacerdoti 2025-01-04 11:10:20 UTC 92 wuffs.org Llama Share

The user is trying to get Windows 3.11 to run on an Asus Eee PC 1000H with a 1024x600 screen, and is investigating why the Super VGA driver doesn't work. They are analyzing the driver and VDD code to understand the issue and potentially fix it.

ELKS: Linux for 16-bit Intel Processors

211 emersonrsantos 2025-01-04 19:23:43 UTC 114 github.com/ghaerr Llama Share

ELKS is a Linux-like OS for 16-bit Intel processors, supporting networking and installation to HDD. It can be tried online with v86 emulator or downloaded with disk images and tutorials available.

Programming as Theory Building (1985) [pdf]

210 beryilma 2025-01-04 05:00:24 UTC 44 pages.cs.wisc.edu Full Share

US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering subjects a 'clean slate'

207 bookofjoe 2025-01-04 15:33:37 UTC 366 theguardian.com Llama Share

Civil rights advocates push for removing old crime coverage from media archives to protect people's privacy and help them move on from past mistakes. Some US newspapers have launched programs to review and remove old stories, considering the harm caused by publicizing minor crimes.

Breaking Up with Long Tasks or: how I learned to group loops and wield the yield

200 jcbhmr 2025-01-04 03:51:38 UTC 71 calendar.perfplanet.com Llama Share

To avoid long tasks and unresponsive UIs when processing large arrays, use a for..of loop with async/await and yield on every iteration, but consider batching to minimize overhead. The choice of batch duration depends on the desired frame rate and user experience, with a compromise of 50 ms often being a good starting point.

China is the manufacturing superpower

198 luu 2025-01-04 05:25:04 UTC 293 cepr.org Llama Share

China is now the world's sole manufacturing superpower, with a share of global manufacturing production that is three times the US' share and six times Japan's share. China's industrialisation is unprecedented, defying comparison to the US' rise to the top, which took a century.

In Colorado, a marriage of solar energy and farming

191 dr_dshiv 2025-01-04 00:13:13 UTC 115 ksjd.org Llama Share

Byron Kominek's farm in Colorado uses agrivoltaics, combining solar panels with agriculture to generate electricity and grow crops. This approach provides shade, protects soil, and creates additional income for farmers.

Using LLMs and Cursor to finish side projects

166 thunderbong 2025-01-04 12:09:58 UTC 59 zohaib.me Llama Share

The user, an engineering manager, uses AI tools like o1 ChatGPT and Cursor to manage side projects, leveraging LLMs for productivity and code generation. They share their workflow, including using Vite, Tailwind CSS, and GitHub actions, to create and deploy a habit tracking website, highlighting the importance of iteration, context, and manageable project patterns.

University of Alabama Engineer Pioneers New Process for Recycling Plastics

165 thunderbong 2025-01-04 23:30:37 UTC 195 news.ua.edu Llama Share

Dr Jason Bara's team at The University of Alabama is improving plastic recycling with a new method called imidazolysis. This process breaks down plastics into component parts, allowing for the creation of new products with little or no waste.

A Return to Polymathy (2015) [pdf]

143 mirawelner 2025-01-04 18:01:39 UTC 73 paulrcohen.github.io Llama Share

Universities should train polymaths to tackle complex problems by teaching new foundations that unify fields. This approach requires rethinking general education requirements and introducing abstractions in a way that's accessible to students.

Do Files want to be Actors?

119 LAC-Tech 2025-01-04 03:32:06 UTC 84 lewiscampbell.tech Llama Share

io_uring and the actor model both enable concurrent computations by sending messages to targets without waiting for responses. This approach abstracts away function calls and synchronization primitives, focusing on asynchronous message passing.

Conscious unbossing

113 gpi 2025-01-04 00:28:53 UTC 120 robertwalters.co.uk Full Share

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First live birth using Fertilo procedure that matures eggs outside the body

112 apsec112 2025-01-04 20:17:11 UTC 83 businesswire.com Full Share

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The Begining of the End for ANT+ Wireless

108 nradov 2025-01-04 20:19:07 UTC 73 dcrainmaker.com Llama Share

Garmin is not stopping ANT+ devices from working, but rather ceasing new standard development due to EU regulations. Existing ANT+ devices will continue to function normally.

The State of Generative Models

103 qouteall 2025-01-04 00:34:01 UTC 6 nrehiew.github.io Llama Share

The user discusses the current state of AI, specifically large language models and image generation, and predicts trends for 2025, including advancements in multimodality, reasoning, and agents. They also highlight areas for future research, such as architectural ablations, tokenization, and post-training in open domains, and express hopes for more interpretable and efficient models.

Show HN: Pretty-print your chess games using Prettier

101 gmasclet 2025-01-04 14:37:52 UTC 9 github.com/gmasclet Llama Share

Prettier is a code formatter that enforces consistent style and wraps code when necessary. It supports Portable Game Notation (PGN) with a lenient plugin for non-canonical chess games.

Show HN: I aggregated over 200 Go-To-Market strategies

82 baetylus 2025-01-04 01:10:57 UTC 25 fellowry.com Llama Share

Cold calling and emails are effective for sales, but results depend on industry and approach. Consistent data tools and relationship-building are key to success.

The Unisys Icon: One Canadian Xennial's Memories of Ontario's Obscure Computer

80 ecolonsmak 2025-01-04 12:45:09 UTC 34 postgamecontent.com Llama Share

The Unisys ICON was a computer used in Ontario schools from 1984 to 1994, with a Unix-like OS and bespoke educational software. The computer's software, including games like Offshore Fishing and Math Maze, is mostly lost due to a lack of preservation and no existing emulators.

Show HN: Open Rewind – POC for audio and screen and video streaming to S3

78 wwoessi 2025-01-04 18:25:39 UTC 32 github.com/janwilmake Llama Share

User created an efficient recorder using Claude in Node.js after failing in Swift. The tool captures audio, screenshots, and webcam video, and streams them to S3 with customizable settings.

Show HN: I created a PoC for live descriptions of the surroundings for the blind

73 o40 2025-01-04 10:41:49 UTC 25 github.com/o40 Llama Share

The user created a low-cost tool for the blind using an ESP32-CAM and OpenAI's gpt-4o-mini model to describe live images, with a web page updating descriptions for voice-over on a cellphone. The tool was successful but descriptions contained unnecessary information, and the user plans to improve the prompt and consider higher quality cameras for a productified version.

Kodak increases film production capacity to meet commercial, consumer demand

72 throw0101b 2025-01-04 13:12:44 UTC 40 rochesterfirst.com Llama Share

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Labwc: Wlroots-based window-stacking compositor for Wayland, inspired by openbox

70 NeutralForest 2025-01-04 20:02:29 UTC 16 labwc.github.io Llama Share

Labwc is a lightweight window manager that focuses on stacking windows and rendering decorations. It relies on clients for additional features and follows the approach of wlroots and sway.

Linux Cracking Bible – The GNU Testament

67 hggh 2025-01-04 16:37:33 UTC 11 github.com/yotezip Llama Share

The user has written a comprehensive guide called the Linux Cracking Bible, detailing how to crack and configure games on Linux using legitimate copies and community tools, with the goal of giving users confidence in controlling their gaming experience. The guide covers topics such as setting up a dedicated workspace, configuring Lutris and Wine, defeating DRM, and compressing games for ...

Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies

66 billybuckwheat 2025-01-04 02:53:26 UTC 30 rnz.co.nz Llama Share

Meta created AI-generated accounts that mimicked humans, but were deleted after users discovered their "slop" and dishonesty. The company's AI accounts were part of an experiment to increase engagement and ad revenue through emotional connections with users.

Wine 10.0 RC4 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS

56 neustradamus 2025-01-04 04:25:49 UTC 3 gitlab.winehq.org Full Share

The Wine development release 10.0-rc4 is now available. What's new in this release: Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze. ...

XORShift for Magic Bitboards

46 chilipepperhott 2025-01-04 04:11:21 UTC 5 strydr.net Llama Share

The user is implementing a pseudo random number generator using the XORSHIFT32 algorithm with an initial state of 1804289383, a value used in other chess engine implementations. The algorithm involves simple bit shifts on the initial state, optimized for use in chess engines with magic bitboards.

This Year, RISC-V Laptops Arrive

44 giuliomagnifico 2025-01-04 14:31:15 UTC 14 spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share

RISC-V is an open-source instruction set architecture that allows for fully customizable laptops with both hardware and software modifications. Companies like Framework and DeepComputing are working to bring RISC-V laptops to mainstream consumer devices with improved performance and lower prices.

The Evaporative Cooling Effect in Social Networks (2010)

43 yamrzou 2025-01-04 21:53:51 UTC 4 blogs.cornell.edu Llama Share

A community's quality decreases as high-value contributors leave due to lack of gain, attracting lower-quality newcomers. To minimize this effect, communities can use methods like Social Gating, charging money, and giving high status to special contributors.

The Invention of Battlezone (2022)

42 ycnews 2025-01-04 02:35:58 UTC 12 spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share

Battlezone, a 3D vector game, was developed by Atari in 1980 using three microprocessors and a custom display unit. The game required significant data organization and clipping techniques to display objects on the screen.

High-resolution genomic history of early medieval Europe

36 bookofjoe 2025-01-04 16:49:42 UTC 6 nature.com Llama Share

Researchers developed a new method called Twigstats to analyze ancient DNA and improve the resolution of genetic history, which they applied to 1,556 ancient whole genomes from Europe. The results showed that Scandinavian-related ancestry expanded across Europe in the first half of the first millennium, but disappeared or mixed with other ancestries in the second half, and that there was a ...

Chimpanzees' stone tool choices may mirror ancient human ancestors' techniques

28 pseudolus 2025-01-04 14:31:24 UTC 13 phys.org Llama Share

Researchers found that modern chimps choose tools for cracking nuts based on mechanical properties, similar to ancient human ancestors. This suggests that ancient hominins and modern chimps share similar techniques in selecting stones for use as tools.

Show HN: An SSH based utility to transfer pipes across machines – beam

28 ksdme9 2025-01-04 07:27:04 UTC 31 github.com/ksdme Llama Share

Beam is a SSH-based tool that securely transfers data between machines using public keys or random channel names. It has limitations such as no end-to-end encryption and potential buffering issues with certain programs.

U-Haul Growth Metros and Cities of 2024: Dallas Top Metro for In-Migration

27 rawgabbit 2025-01-04 04:21:02 UTC 13 uhaul.com Llama Share

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area is the leading U-Haul Growth Metro of 2024, followed by Charlotte, Phoenix, Lakeland, and Austin. Ocala, Florida, is the top U-Haul growth city for the second time in three years.

RailsConf 2025 will be the last gathering of its kind

24 auvi 2025-01-04 02:21:53 UTC 11 rubycentral.org Llama Share

RailsConf 2025 will be the last gathering, taking place July 8-10 in Philadelphia, PA, before RubyConf becomes the flagship event in 2026. RailsConf's legacy will continue through RubyConf's Rails track and other community events, ensuring the ecosystem's long-term sustainability.

MoonBit: First Look at New Language Through Building WASM Back End

22 jdegoes 2025-01-04 14:10:44 UTC 10 blog.vigoo.dev Llama Share

The author explores the use of MoonBit, a new programming language, to develop a collaborative list editor application for Golem Cloud, a decentralized cloud computing platform. The author implements the application's components, including list, archive, and email, using MoonBit and Golem's tooling, and demonstrates how to use the language to create a working application with worker-to-worker ...

Mozilla Advertising

20 nalinidash 2025-01-04 08:29:35 UTC 6 mozilla.org Llama Share

Mozilla is creating innovative solutions to protect personal data in digital advertising, delivering ad performance while safeguarding privacy. Anonym enables brands to optimize ads without sharing user-level data, prioritizing consumer privacy.

Killing Orson Welles at Midnight (2011)

19 bookofjoe 2025-01-04 19:01:22 UTC 4 nybooks.com Llama Share

The Clock is a 24-hour film by Christian Marclay that edits together movie clips featuring clocks, creating a poignant and humorous exploration of time. The film's real-time synchronization and use of data make it a unique and thought-provoking art experience that challenges the conventions of film and time.

A Bivariate Map with Observable Plot

18 zdkaster 2025-01-04 08:36:02 UTC 5 observablehq.observablehq.cloud Llama Share

The user created a bivariate map using Observable Plot, inspired by an R article, and fetched temperature and precipitation data from the University of Idaho's TerraClimate repository. The map uses a bivariate color scale and a spatial interpolator to display temperature and precipitation data, with colors mixed using a custom formula.

Soft Metalens for Broadband Ultrasonic Focusing Through Aberration Layers

16 bookofjoe 2025-01-04 23:32:15 UTC 2 nature.com Llama Share

Researchers developed a soft metalens (SML) to overcome the barriers of ultrasound wave transmission through aberration layers. The SML is a composite soft metamaterial system made of silicone elastomer and micro-tungsten particles, which can achieve tunable acoustic properties and broadband focusing capabilities.

Ohio Puts Police Bodycam Footage Behind a Paywall

15 mikece 2025-01-04 21:55:52 UTC 6 theintercept.com Llama Share

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a law allowing law enforcement agencies to charge up to $750 for body camera footage. Critics argue this will create a barrier to transparency and accountability, making it harder for the public and press to access important government records.

Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1

14 mysterydip 2025-01-04 15:58:18 UTC 0 github.com/plumgmk Llama Share

A rewritten Windows 3.1 SVGA driver, VBE, supports all available graphic modes on systems with VESA BIOS Extensions, including multi-byte pixels and True-Colour Full HD rendering. The driver has some issues, such as glitches in Solitaire, and requires specific settings in SYSTEM.INI to enable Double Buffering and adjust the refresh rate.

Show HN: I worked on a feature that allows you to preview fonts side by side

14 pauls_freeman 2025-01-04 06:29:21 UTC 5 font-tester.foxcraft.tech Llama Share

A website's font can shape perception and turn visitors into customers. The Font Tester Chrome extension allows you to test 1000+ fonts on any website live.

Self-driving Tesla steers Calif. tech founder onto train tracks

13 2OEH8eoCRo0 2025-01-04 20:00:27 UTC 0 sfgate.com Llama Share

Jesse Lyu's Tesla Autopilot feature put him on a train track in Santa Monica, forcing him to run a red light to avoid a collision. He's calling on Tesla to fix the issue, saying the feature should never put a vehicle on a train track.

Used Meta AI to edit a selfie, now [they're] using my face on ads

11 mbil 2025-01-04 15:17:26 UTC 1 old.reddit.com Llama Share

User needs to register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique User-Agent string to access the application. If blocked, try changing back to default User-Agent or file a ticket for assistance.