CDC data are disappearing

738 doener 2025-02-01 11:52:18 UTC 588 theatlantic.com Llama Share

Scientists are archiving CDC data due to concerns that the Trump administration's changes to federal agencies' websites will erase mentions of gender and DEI. This could hinder researchers' ability to track diseases and health conditions across specific communities.

Macrodata Refinement

702 gaws 2025-02-01 21:46:16 UTC 365 lumon-industries.com Full Share

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Apple is open sourcing Swift Build

609 dayanruben 2025-02-01 16:44:53 UTC 283 swift.org Llama Share

Apple is open sourcing Swift Build, a powerful build engine for Swift projects, to provide a consistent and flexible experience across various platforms. The engine will be integrated into Swift Package Manager and Xcode to unify build system integrations and improve developer productivity.

Visualizing all books of the world in ISBN-Space

483 phiresky 2025-02-01 09:27:06 UTC 91 phiresky.github.io Llama Share

A person created an interactive visualization of all human writing by mapping ISBNs to a two-dimensional space using a custom space-filling curve, allowing users to explore and filter books by various criteria. The project uses a combination of JavaScript, React, and ThreeJS to render a dynamic and interactive scene, with features like zooming, filtering, and highlighting, and can be hosted ...

RLHF Book

471 jxmorris12 2025-02-01 22:11:45 UTC 36 rlhfbook.com Llama Share

This book introduces RLHF methods for machine learning systems with a quantitative background. It covers origins, definitions, algorithms, and future frontiers of RLHF.

How to Run DeepSeek R1 671B Locally on a $2000 EPYC Server

458 walterbell 2025-02-01 09:46:43 UTC 270 digitalspaceport.com Llama Share

The user installed a bare metal Ollama + OpenWEBUI setup on an AMD EPYC Rome system, achieving 4.25-3.5 TPS with the Q4 671b full model. The setup required a 64-core CPU, 512GB-1TB RAM, and a 1500W-1600W PSU, with detailed instructions provided for installation and configuration.

Bzip3: A spiritual successor to BZip2

351 tosh 2025-02-01 16:46:01 UTC 176 github.com/kspalaiologos Llama Share

Bzip3 is a faster and stronger compressor with higher ratios and better performance, using order-0 context mixing and Burrows-Wheeler transform. It's licensed under LGPLv3 and has been tested for reliability, but users should be aware of potential data loss risks.

The government information crisis is bigger than you think it is

328 ChrisArchitect 2025-02-01 03:21:25 UTC 272 freegovinfo.info Llama Share

Government information preservation is crucial to document changes and ensure transparency, but digital age gaps in preservation infrastructure make it vulnerable to erasure. A new distributed digital preservation infrastructure is needed to ensure long-term access to government information.

Show HN: ESP32 RC Cars

326 mattsroufe 2025-02-01 18:51:31 UTC 62 github.com/mattsroufe Llama Share

The project is a remote-controlled camera system using ESP32, transmitting live video over WebSockets and controlling motors and servos. It has a Python server and a web interface for viewing and controlling the ESP32 devices.

Avoid ISP Routers (2024)

311 dp-hackernews 2025-02-01 23:17:36 UTC 202 routersecurity.org Llama Share

Using your own modem and router is safer than relying on ISP-provided equipment due to security concerns and lack of control over firmware updates. Buying your own hardware can provide better security and flexibility.

Mitochondria as you've never seen them

308 Brajeshwar 2025-02-01 15:39:59 UTC 80 nature.com Llama Share

Scientists and photographers capture stunning images of the night sky, cells, and wildlife, while researchers study the impact of climate change on urban fires and ecosystems. Excavations in Pompeii and discoveries in the Congo Basin, NASA's Deep Space Network, and zoos showcase human and animal achievements.

Earthstar – A database for private, distributed, offline-first applications

308 kristianpaul 2025-02-01 00:22:57 UTC 42 earthstar-project.org Full Share

Earthstar is a specification and JavaScript library for building connected applications owned and run by their users. This project was funded through the NGI Assure Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 957073.

Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefully removed "

259 iancmceachern 2025-02-01 21:09:06 UTC 208 timesofindia.indiatimes.com Llama Share

Phyllis Fong, USDA inspector general, was forcibly removed from office after refusing termination order citing improper procedures. The White House defended the move, saying it was necessary to replace partisan bureaucrats.

How to turn off Apple Intelligence

237 walterbell 2025-02-01 09:11:37 UTC 179 asurion.com Llama Share

To turn off Apple Intelligence, tap the switch next to it and confirm in the pop-up window. Disabling it will turn off AI-powered features, but some core functionality like Face ID will still use on-device machine learning.

Oracle Cloud deleting active user accounts without possibility for data recovery

236 jeroenhd 2025-02-01 20:24:57 UTC 110 mastodon.de Llama Share

The user's Oracle account was deleted without notice, and they were told it was inactive, but the support team couldn't explain why. The user suspects a connection to a public criticism of Oracle's CEO.

A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers (2013)

215 clockworksoul 2025-02-01 21:12:37 UTC 86 alisdair.mcdiarmid.org Llama Share

User is frustrated with sticky headers on websites, especially on small screens, as they disrupt scrolling and navigation. A bookmarklet removes fixed-position elements to improve reading experience.

Philip Low Unmasking Musk

214 gradus_ad 2025-02-01 22:54:04 UTC 69 bsky.app Llama Share

The author's insights on Elon Musk's behavior and actions have provided confirmation and perspective on his profile. The author believes Musk's actions are similar to those of a Nazi, seeking power and attention.

Notes on OpenAI o3-mini

210 dtquad 2025-02-01 00:24:42 UTC 73 simonwillison.net Llama Share

OpenAI's o3-mini model is released with improved performance on certain benchmarks, especially Codeforces ELO, and lower pricing than GPT-4o and o1. It's available for Tier 3 users and priced at $1.10/million input tokens, $4.40/million output tokens.

Hell is overconfident developers writing encryption code

199 zdw 2025-02-01 03:21:35 UTC 235 soatok.blog Llama Share

Developers often incorrectly assume they're not rolling their own crypto by using lower-level libraries, leading to security issues. This problem stems from a lack of trustworthy, easy-to-use cryptography tools for developers.

The Zizians and the rationalist death cult

184 dsr_ 2025-02-01 12:36:57 UTC 200 maxread.substack.com Prefix Share

Explaining the weird new future, one newsletter at a time. Subscribe for a twice weekly delivery of internet culture, mega-platform grotesquerie, crypto conspiracies, deep forum lore, fringe politics, and other artifacts of what's to come. By subscribing, I agree to Substack's Terms of Use, and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy. Greetings from Read Max ...

Over 90% of U.S. airport towers are understaffed, data shows

183 rustoo 2025-02-01 15:49:25 UTC 226 cbsnews.com Llama Share

US airport towers lack air traffic controllers to meet safety standards with only 8% meeting targets and 72% of fully-trained controllers needed. The FAA cites the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason for the shortage, which is expected to take years to address.

Hoppscotch: Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia

174 the_arun 2025-02-01 02:36:55 UTC 126 github.com/hoppscotch Llama Share

Hoppscotch is an API development tool with features like HTTP methods, server-sent events, and GraphQL support. It also offers collaboration tools, environment variables, and post-request tests for efficient API development.

Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after confusing locals

166 awnird 2025-02-01 01:30:02 UTC 77 sjvwater.org Llama Share

Army Corps of Engineers agreed to reduce water releases from Kaweah and Success lakes after water managers expressed concerns about potential flooding. Water managers had about an hour's warning before the initial release, which was expected to reach "channel capacity" by Thursday night.

Dell ends hybrid work policy, demands RTO despite remote work pledge

161 scarface_74 2025-02-01 17:15:12 UTC 242 theregister.com Llama Share

Dell Technologies is ending its hybrid work arrangement in March, requiring employees to work in the office five days a week. The company cites improved communication and innovation as reasons for the policy change, despite previous claims of embracing remote work.

The origin and unexpected evolution of the word "mainframe"

158 todsacerdoti 2025-02-01 19:11:26 UTC 44 righto.com Prefix Share

What is the origin of the word "mainframe", referring to a large, complex computer? Most sources agree that the term is related to the frames that held early computers, but the details are vague.1 It turns out that the history is more interesting and complicated than you'd expect. Based on my research, the earliest computer to use the term "main frame" was the IBM 701 ...

ADHD Didn't Break Me–My Parents Did

158 asoli 2025-02-01 17:01:51 UTC 176 claimingattention.substack.com Llama Share

The author's ADHD diagnosis led to a realization that their upbringing, not their brain, was the problem. They were forced to conform to a narrow norm, suppressing their natural patterns and strengths.

Python 3, Pygame, and Debian Bookworm on the Miyoo A30

156 todsacerdoti 2025-02-01 19:57:37 UTC 29 jtolio.com Llama Share

The user installed a custom Linux OS called spruceOS on a Miyoo A30 handheld device and set up a Debian Bookworm system to run Python 3 and Pygame. They created scripts to enable SSH, mount an SD card, and configure the system to run Pygame with GPU acceleration and button recognition.

Ratzilla

148 weinzierl 2025-02-01 12:03:51 UTC 32 orhun.dev Full Share

FOSDEM 2025: Streaming Schedule

147 torvald 2025-02-01 09:54:48 UTC 27 fosdem.org Full Share

Links to the live streaming in each room will appear on this page during the conference.

Hytradboi 2025 Program

119 jamii 2025-02-01 03:07:35 UTC 10 hytradboi.com Llama Share

HYTRADBOI is an online conference about databases and programming languages with recorded talks and captioning. It takes place on Feb 28, 2025, and allows attendees to join from different time zones and participate in a chat room.

Push Notifications for Decentralized Services

118 notmine1337 2025-02-01 09:33:36 UTC 31 unifiedpush.org Llama Share

Decentralized services like Mastodon and Nextcloud use gateways to reintroduce centralization for push notifications, but this still doesn't solve problems when Google or the Internet is not accessible. A solution like UnifiedPush, which uses webpush specifications and is decentralized by default, can be used to simplify things and give users the freedom to choose their services.

All CDC data is no longer visible to comply with executive orders

118 stormbeard 2025-02-01 00:41:20 UTC 44 cdc.gov Llama Share

Data.CDC.gov is temporarily offline due to compliance with Executive Order 14168 and OPM guidance. It will resume operations once compliant with the order and guidance.

YouTube audio quality – How good does it get? (2022)

116 fhinson 2025-02-01 19:11:12 UTC 102 audiomisc.co.uk Llama Share

The user investigated the technical quality of YouTube's audio output by comparing source files with YouTube's output versions using different codecs and sample rates, finding that the opus codec produced a higher error level than the aac codec. The user also compared YouTube's output with a BBC example using flac and aac, finding that the BBC's output had a lower error level and extended to ...

List of 200 UK companies that moved to 4-day working week

116 timermore 2025-02-01 07:01:07 UTC 90 future4days.com Llama Share

Over 200 UK companies, employing 5,000 people, have adopted a four-day working week without salary cuts. This trend includes marketing, IT, charity, and consultancy firms, growing despite big companies pushing for full-time office work.

Datasets from Data.gov Have Disappeared

113 doener 2025-02-01 14:57:30 UTC 1 mashable.com Llama Share

Since President Trump took office, almost 3,000 datasets have disappeared from Data.gov, with some possibly deleted intentionally and others due to routine changes or link rot. The deleted datasets disproportionately come from environmental science agencies, echoing past deletions of climate change information.

Macintosh Allegro Common Lisp

106 tosh 2025-02-01 17:06:13 UTC 29 macintoshrepository.org Llama Share

Macintosh Allegro Common Lisp (MACL) version 1.3 is a powerful tool for building LISP programs with Macintosh user interfaces, featuring an excellent debugger and interface design system. Although it has limitations such as 8 megabytes of storage space, MACL provides a productive working environment and is ideal for prototyping systems and experimenting with artificial intelligence.

Show HN: TalkNotes – A site that turns your ideas into tasks

103 ajlkshdaksjd 2025-02-01 11:43:33 UTC 43 talknotes.tech Full Share

Turn hours of note taking into seconds. Record voice notes or upload recorded audio, and let the AI transcribe & structure them into actionable text. Create todo lists, notes, flashcards, transcripts, and more! Works in 100+ languages.

Falsehoods programmers believe about null pointers

102 HeliumHydride 2025-02-01 00:25:43 UTC 99 purplesyringa.moe Llama Share

Null pointers in C and other languages can be misleading due to compiler optimizations and platform-specific quirks. They can be handled by vectored exception handlers or signal handlers, allowing for recovery instead of a crash.

I Use Cline for AI Engineering

99 lobo_tuerto 2025-02-01 17:31:48 UTC 30 addyo.substack.com Llama Share

The author recommends Cline, a free VSCode plugin, for serious engineering work due to its unique approach to AI assistance and system-level integration. Cline's flexibility and extensibility make it suitable for complex systems where control and capability matter.

It's OK to hardcode feature flags

98 PuddleOfSausage 2025-02-01 16:54:17 UTC 102 code.mendhak.com Llama Share

Feature flags can introduce complexity and risk, but hardcoded flags are simple, reliable, and safe. Hardcoded flags can control feature visibility through a simple JSON file, eliminating the need for feature flag management software.

New thermogalvanic tech paves way for more efficient fridges

91 westurner 2025-02-01 21:39:03 UTC 51 cosmosmagazine.com Llama Share

Researchers developed a thermogalvanic cell that can cool objects by 1.42°C using electricity, a significant improvement over previous methods. The technology has potential for eco-friendly refrigeration and could be scaled up for practical application.

Addiction Economy

88 Brajeshwar 2025-02-01 16:32:29 UTC 46 profgalloway.com Full Share

Large Language Models for Mathematicians (2023)

88 t55 2025-02-01 15:41:08 UTC 28 arxiv.org Llama Share

Large language models like ChatGPT can aid professional mathematicians by speeding up and improving work quality. They can potentially change how mathematicians work through their language understanding and text generation abilities.

Gradual Disempowerment: How Even Incremental AI Progress Poses Existential Risks

87 mychaelangelo 2025-02-01 15:12:22 UTC 84 arxiv.org Llama Share

This paper warns that incremental AI advancements can gradually disempower humans by replacing labor and cognition in key systems, leading to irreversible loss of influence. This could cause an existential catastrophe through permanent disempowerment of humanity.

Copyright reform is necessary for national security

86 artninja1988 2025-02-01 21:11:50 UTC 109 annas-archive.org Llama Share

Anna's Archive, the world's largest shadow library, hosts 140 million copyrighted texts and trains AI models, raising concerns about national security and copyright law. The team recommends shortening copyright terms and introducing exceptions for mass preservation and dissemination to stay ahead in AI development.

Website for USAID appears to be offline

86 kbf 2025-02-01 20:31:46 UTC 11 reuters.com Full Share

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Treasury official retires after clash with DOGE over access to payment system

86 rediguanayum 2025-02-01 03:44:50 UTC 19 arstechnica.com Llama Share

A Treasury Department official, David Lebryk, is leaving his job after a dispute with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency over access to federal payment systems. Lebryk's retirement comes amid concerns that Musk's team is seeking to exert control over government operations.

USDA Inspector General Who Refused to Leave Escorted from Office by Security

84 itronitron 2025-02-01 21:44:59 UTC 52 gizmodo.com Llama Share

President Trump ordered 17 inspectors general to leave, but Phyllis Fong at the USDA refused, citing the order as illegal. Fong's firing may be related to her investigation into Neuralink, a company run by Elon Musk.

Reflections on Palantir

80 mefengl 2025-02-01 07:54:04 UTC 59 nabeelqu.co Prefix Share

Published: October 15, 2024 (Substack link)Palantir is hot now. The company recently joined the S&P 500. The stock is on a tear, and the company is nearing a $100bn market cap. VCs chase ex-Palantir founders asking to invest. For long-time employees and alumni of the company, this feels deeply weird. During the 2016-2020 era especially, telling people you worked at Palantir was unpopular. ...

New California bill might block the "AI did it" defense in civil cases

77 opawlowski 2025-02-01 19:50:35 UTC 73 veeto.app Llama Share

California Assembly Member Krell's bill addresses AI liability by preventing defendants from claiming AI systems caused harm independently. The legislation clarifies existing liability frameworks for AI cases, focusing on developer and user responsibility.

Island residents are still dealing with the fallout of exploded Starship

76 janpot 2025-02-01 13:36:48 UTC 46 cnn.com Llama Share

A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded over the North Atlantic Ocean near Turks and Caicos Islands on January 16, causing widespread debris and no reported injuries. Residents are concerned about the cleanup and potential environmental impact, with some questioning SpaceX's "rapid iterative development" approach to testing its rockets.

Show HN: Perforator – cluster-wide profiling tool for large data centers

76 BigRedEye 2025-02-01 08:00:34 UTC 13 github.com/yandex Llama Share

Perforator is an open-source Continuous Profiling app that collects CPU profiles from production without affecting performance. It's made by Yandex and runs on x86 64-bit Linux platforms consuming minimal resources.

JPMorgan's $4B delivery of gold adds to fear tariffs will reshape global trade

75 rntn 2025-02-01 21:57:34 UTC 17 theguardian.com Llama Share

JPMorgan plans to deliver 937 tons of gold to New York before Trump's tariff moves. Trump's tariff threats may exacerbate US inflation and test global trade, despite his claims of making the US "rich and strong".

The FAA's Real Air Traffic Control Crisis Runs Much Deeper

75 js2 2025-02-01 18:08:12 UTC 99 viewfromthewing.com Llama Share

The recent American Eagle jet and Black Hawk helicopter collision has led to a rush of people pushing pet agendas, including shutting down Washington's National airport or curtail flights, but most of these solutions are premature without a sufficient understanding of the incident's causes. The real issue is the antiquated US air traffic control system, which is congested, manual, and lacks ...

The Zizians (2020)

74 sd9 2025-02-01 13:59:35 UTC 7 zizians.info Llama Share

Ziz, a master manipulator, leads a cult-like group that uses unethical tactics to onboard new members, including isolation from friends and family, and promotes punishing ideological enemies. Ziz's group, which targets vulnerable individuals, particularly transgender people, uses complex jargon and manipulative techniques to convince recruits to adopt a new identity and lifestyle, often with ...

NTSB forces reporters to get plane crash updates on X

70 sega_sai 2025-02-01 20:46:50 UTC 13 thedesk.net Llama Share

NTSB will stop emailing news about plane crashes and instead post updates on X, a private social media platform owned by Elon Musk. The decision comes amid controversy over Trump's targeting of the news media and the Pentagon's eviction of four news organizations from leased offices.

The Severance writer and cast on corporate cults, sci-fi, and more

68 asplake 2025-02-01 07:59:36 UTC 54 arstechnica.com Llama Share

Severance season 2 explores themes of social control, corporate life, and cult dynamics, expanding on the first season's ideas. The show's slow burn and longform format allow for a richer exploration of its unique concept and characters.

Authoritarian Coups Are Gradual Then Sudden

66 Kluggy 2025-02-01 06:16:18 UTC 32 hartmannreport.com Llama Share

The US is at risk of a fascist takeover like Chile's 1973 coup, with Republicans systematically destroying democracy and replacing it with authoritarianism. If Mike Pence had helped Trump install him as president, America would be a very different country today with widespread human rights abuses and loss of democratic freedoms.

Google Maps reclassifies the U.S. as a 'sensitive country'

62 cratermoon 2025-02-01 18:56:32 UTC 41 themarysue.com Llama Share

Google Maps reclassified the US as a "sensitive country" due to its strict government and border disputes. The move comes after Google changed the Gulf of Mexico's name to the Gulf of America on its platform.

Show HN: Simple to build MCP servers that easily connect with custom LLM calls

57 wbakst 2025-02-01 00:50:40 UTC 23 mirascope.com Llama Share

MCP Server in Mirascope enables secure interactions between host apps and local services through a standardized protocol. It allows exposing resources, tools, and prompts to LLM clients with flexible synchronous and asynchronous functions.

The Strike Is Coming

52 ebcode 2025-02-01 17:09:35 UTC 31 generalstrikeus.com Llama Share

The General Strike aims to unite 11M people in a movement for racial, economic, gender, and environmental justice. A diverse base of 6M signed strike cards is being built to meet this goal and finalize demands for Strike Day.

Show HN: We're building a desktop app for browser-based AI agents

50 jawerty 2025-02-01 13:41:19 UTC 55 meha.ai Llama Share

Meha uses its API to control Chrome, powered by OpenAI GPT and custom scraping algorithms. It's developing an open source SDK and semantic analysis algorithm for agent tasks.

Giant catapult sends satellites into space

45 jv22222 2025-02-01 16:54:16 UTC 57 spinlaunch.com Llama Share

SpinLaunch uses a ground-based electric kinetic launch system to put 200 kilogram satellites into low earth orbit. This method is less expensive and environmentally sustainable than traditional fuel-based rockets.

AMD adds RF-sampling data converters to Versal adaptive SoCs (2024)

45 teleforce 2025-02-01 15:54:19 UTC 19 electronicsweekly.com Llama Share

AMD's Versal RF Series offers precise RF observability and up to 80 TOPS of DSP performance in a SWaP-optimised design. It combines high-resolution RF data converters, hard IP DSP blocks, and AI Engines in a single-chip device for aerospace, defense, and test equipment applications.

Delaware faces exodus of tech companies

44 ksec 2025-02-01 18:31:45 UTC 78 newsweek.com Llama Share

Meta and Dropbox are reportedly moving out of Delaware due to its unfavorable business environment after a judge ruled against Elon Musk's compensation package. The companies are considering Texas or Nevada as their new home due to its more favorable legal and regulatory environment.

Norway's wealth fund now worth $319,900 per citizen

44 rwmj 2025-02-01 06:26:07 UTC 73 sherwood.news Llama Share

Norway's government made a smart financial decision in 1963 by investing oil wealth into a fund that now owns 1.5% of global listed stocks. The fund's value topped $1.78 trillion, equivalent to $319,900 per Norwegian citizen, with a record-breaking annual profit of $222 billion.

Pyramid structure discovered near Caral Peru

43 namanyayg 2025-02-01 12:00:39 UTC 9 omniletters.com Llama Share

Archaeologists in Peru uncovered a pyramidal structure and a large geoglyph at the Caral Archaeological Zone, revealing ceremonial and administrative functions. The discovery enhances preservation and recognition of Chupacigarro, a 3,859-hectare site with 12 structures, and contributes to Peru's cultural identity.

Shades of Blunders

43 fzliu 2025-02-01 06:53:54 UTC 9 lichess.org Llama Share

The author discusses common reasons why even skilled chess players make blunders, including pressure, overconfidence, and mental mistakes, and shares tips to minimize such errors. By being aware of these blunder patterns, players can improve their game and avoid costly mistakes, and the author offers coaching services to help players achieve their chess goals.

What we get wrong about athleticism

43 Hooke 2025-02-01 03:28:03 UTC 118 nytimes.com Llama Share

Patrick Mahomes and other athletes are defying traditional notions of athleticism with unconventional body types, leading to a reevaluation of what it means to be an elite athlete. Advanced assessments and technologies are revealing that athleticism is not just about physical appearance, but about a complex combination of skills and movements.

Using eqn for static website equation generation

39 heraclius1729 2025-02-01 01:23:44 UTC 7 douglasrumbaugh.com Llama Share

The author created a static site generator to replace Hugo and remove JavaScript from their personal website, which led them to use eqn to render equations statically. They initially used SVGs but later switched to MathML, which is more accessible and easier to work with, using a two-pass approach to handle both inline and block equations.

The LA Fires Burned Homes. The Data Show Insurers Saw the Risks

38 Bostonian 2025-02-01 20:50:42 UTC 69 barrons.com Full Share

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Smart fabric heats up under the sun

37 gnabgib 2025-02-01 16:41:53 UTC 40 uwaterloo.ca Llama Share

Researchers at the University of Waterloo developed a new cloth that heats up when exposed to sunlight due to embedded nanoparticles. The fabric is durable, stretchy, and can change color to monitor temperature, offering a safe and environmentally friendly option for staying warm.

Running DeepSeek R1 Models Locally on NPU

36 doomroot13 2025-02-01 02:23:24 UTC 15 blogs.windows.com Llama Share

Microsoft is bringing cloud-hosted AI models to Copilot+ PCs, starting with DeepSeek-R1, for efficient on-device AI applications. The optimized models use NPU processing for fast and power-efficient AI experiences.

Trump's orders, officals released water from two California dams

35 DocFeind 2025-02-01 14:13:48 UTC 18 latimes.com Llama Share

The US Army Corps of Engineers released large amounts of water from two dams in Tulare County, California, following President Trump's executive order to provide water resources. The sudden release caught local officials off guard and may harm farmers who rely on the water for summer irrigation.

National Science Foundation freezes payments in response to executive orders

34 mizzao 2025-02-01 20:55:19 UTC 13 npr.org Llama Share

The National Science Foundation has frozen payments to all existing grants, affecting hundreds of scientists who rely on the funding for their research and livelihood. The freeze is due to a conflict between the NSF's mandate to promote diversity and inclusion in science and the Trump administration's executive orders targeting these efforts.

Cosmopolitan Third Edition

34 tosh 2025-02-01 16:34:31 UTC 12 justine.lol Llama Share

Cosmopolitan library version 3.0 is released after nearly one year of development, featuring a new linker called apelink.c that creates fat binaries for multiple platforms.

I miss Vim

34 thunderbong 2025-02-01 06:12:30 UTC 53 leblancfg.com Llama Share

User misses simplicity of vanilla Vim, citing complexity of Neovim setup and plugins. They feel Neovim's plugin ecosystem is over-engineered and requires too much configuration.

Ask HN: Does anyone still use code snippets?

33 davidrjenni 2025-02-01 07:11:56 UTC 59 news.ycombinator.com Llama Share

Users still rely on code snippets for predictability and efficiency, especially for common tasks like creating new React components or debugging statements, and may not fully replace them with AI-based completion tools like Copilot. Some users prefer snippets over AI tools due to their reliability and flexibility, and may use them in conjunction with AI tools like Copilot for more complex tasks.

Have Gemini stage and write commit messages for you

31 hadat 2025-02-01 16:06:33 UTC 53 github.com/suwi-lanji Llama Share

The Auto-Commit Bot is a Python tool that automates Git tasks and generates commit messages using the Google Gemini API. It monitors directories for changes and commits them to a Git repository with consistent messages.

Ask HN: Recommendations for a Linux Distro and Laptop?

27 lemonberry 2025-02-01 20:01:49 UTC 61 news.ycombinator.com Llama Share

You're looking to switch to Linux by 2026 and want a relatively easy to use and stable image-based distro. You're comfortable with the command line but not an expert.

Setting up a Linux writecache as a RAM disk (2019)

25 adityamaru 2025-02-01 02:25:39 UTC 2 admin-magazine.com Llama Share

The user discusses block I/O caching, a complex topic that aims to alleviate the burden of slower devices by using faster, more expensive ones as a cache. They demonstrate the use of dm-writecache, a Linux kernel module, to improve random write throughput on a slower disk device.

Byte Queue Limits: the unauthorized biography

24 tkhattra 2025-02-01 00:24:42 UTC 2 medium.com/@tom_84912 Llama Share

The author discusses Byte Queue Limits (BQL), a Linux kernel feature that addresses bufferbloat by dynamically adjusting device queue limits. BQL reduces latency by limiting queued data and automatically adjusts limits based on real-time network conditions.

Executive Order: For each new agency regulation issued, 10 must be repealed

23 bobongo 2025-02-01 16:01:35 UTC 15 whitehouse.gov Llama Share

President Trump signed an Executive Order requiring agencies to repeal 10 existing regulations for each new one issued. This aims to reduce regulatory costs and halt the job-killing and inflation-driving regulatory blitz.

How to compile Java into native binaries with Mill and Graal

23 thunderbong 2025-02-01 10:24:06 UTC 1 mill-build.org Llama Share

Graal native images provide faster startup times and lower memory footprints, but are slower to create and have limitations around reflection and dynamic classloading. They can be run without a JVM installed, but require separate binaries for each platform.

A new supergiant Bathynomus species discovered in Vietnam

23 WaitWaitWha 2025-02-01 02:58:51 UTC 11 zookeys.pensoft.net Llama Share

A new Bathynomus species, Bathynomus vaderi, is described from Vietnam with unique characteristics. It is the second supergiant in the South China Sea and has 11 upwardly curved pleotelson spines.

Evaluating Code Embedding Models

23 fzliu 2025-02-01 02:06:08 UTC 3 blog.voyageai.com Llama Share

Code retrieval systems face challenges in evaluating retrieval quality due to the lack of high-quality benchmarking datasets and methodologies for creating such datasets. Voyage AI has collected feedback and insights on this issue and proposes strategies to create new evaluation benchmarks, including repurposing question-answer datasets and leveraging code repositories and issues/tickets.

Revisiting Random Number Generation

22 todsacerdoti 2025-02-01 16:48:20 UTC 11 swlody.dev Llama Share

The user's website, a crowdsourced random number generator, experienced unexpected traffic and issues after being posted on Lobste.rs, requiring the user to troubleshoot and fix several bugs, including a connection pool exhaustion and a WebSocket connection issue. The user was able to resolve the issues and improve the website's reliability, and learned the importance of good logging, ...

PE basics: A windows executable walkthrough – File formats hexplorations 16 [video]

21 matt_d 2025-02-01 23:48:34 UTC 0 youtube.com Embed Share

Natural fission reactors in the Franceville basin, Gabon

21 nickcotter 2025-02-01 08:21:45 UTC 1 sciencedirect.com Full Share

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Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled (2022)

20 archagon 2025-02-01 17:12:46 UTC 5 vox.com Full Share

Running DeepSeek R1 on Your Own (cheap) Hardware – The fast and easy way

20 BimJeam 2025-02-01 12:16:17 UTC 19 linux-howto.org Llama Share

You're installing Ollama on a spare Arch Linux system for easy large language model access. It's a one-liner installation with raw AI power on your own hardware.

Burrows–Wheeler Transform

19 tosh 2025-02-01 19:55:37 UTC 2 en.wikipedia.org Llama Share

The Burrows-Wheeler transform rearranges a character string into runs of similar characters, making it easier to compress. This reversible transformation is useful for data compression and has applications in sequence alignment, image compression, and sequence prediction.

Study on the Prohibition of the Purple Costumes in Ancient China (2013) [pdf]

19 prismatic 2025-02-01 03:38:50 UTC 3 pdfs.semanticscholar.org Llama Share

In ancient China, the color purple initially represented a humble status but eventually rose to signify high-ranking officials and nobility. The ruling class strictly enforced prohibitions on purple costumes to maintain social hierarchy.

Air traffic controller 'left work early', one was left to handle the air traffic

18 donsupreme 2025-02-01 21:29:53 UTC 12 independent.co.uk Llama Share

The Independent reports on a US air disaster where 67 people are presumed dead after a plane and helicopter collided over the Potomac River. An investigation is underway into staffing levels and the helicopter's flight pattern, with the FAA limiting helicopter flights near the airport.

The Power of Poetry: Why Everyone Should Write

14 domofutu 2025-02-01 23:45:48 UTC 11 domofutu.substack.com Llama Share

Writing poetry offers a space for deep thought, emotional exploration, and creative expression, allowing for a more meaningful connection with language and others. It can be a therapeutic tool, fostering mindfulness, self-expression, and cognitive development, making it accessible to everyone.

Apple Scraps Work on Mac-Connected Augmented Reality Glasses

12 doener 2025-02-01 19:04:12 UTC 2 bloomberg.com Llama Share

Apple canceled a project to build augmented reality glasses that pair with its devices. The product was a headset-like glasses with built-in displays requiring a Mac connection.