Standard Ebooks: liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover

1198 tosh 2025-04-06 07:36:12 UTC standardebooks.org Llama Share 246

Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces high-quality, free public domain ebooks with professional formatting and typography. Their ebooks are open source, free of cost, and released into the public domain to promote unrestricted culture.

The “S” in MCP Stands for Security

717 skilldeliver 2025-04-06 09:42:28 UTC elenacross7.medium.com Llama Share 180

MCP, a standard for LLM integration, poses security risks through command injection and side-channel attacks. Malicious tools can steal data, override API keys, and intercept calls due to lack of secure protocols.

Recent AI model progress feels mostly like bullshit

567 paulpauper 2025-04-06 18:01:59 UTC lesswrong.com Llama Share 449

The author, a founder of an AI startup, shares their experience with AI model improvements, finding that despite public claims of advancements, their internal benchmarks show little to no significant difference. They argue that current benchmarks are flawed and fail to test the major deficits of language models, such as memory and contextual understanding.

Rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia

558 zdw 2025-04-06 21:14:09 UTC derflounder.wordpress.com Llama Share 451

Apple replaced rsync 2.6.9 with openrsync on macOS Sequoia due to licensing issues with GPLv3. This change allows Apple to ship updated openrsync versions without compliance concerns.

Glamorous Toolkit

341 radeeyate 2025-04-06 23:47:21 UTC gtoolkit.com Llama Share 185

Glamorous Toolkit is a Moldable Development environment with visual operators that can be combined to analyze various systems and sources. It's designed to be extended and comes with thousands of extensions and examples to enhance programming abilities.

Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Rear-Ending Motorcyclists More Than Any Other

341 NotInOurNames 2025-04-06 13:51:13 UTC fuelarc.com Llama Share 422

Tesla's self-driving technology has been involved in five fatal motorcycle crashes since 2022, with all but one crash occurring when the Tesla was traveling behind the motorcyclist. The crashes suggest a pattern of Tesla's self-driving technology failing to detect motorcyclists or apply brakes in time to avoid collisions.

Knowing where your engineer salary comes from

329 mooreds 2025-04-06 18:25:36 UTC seangoedecke.com Llama Share 175

Software engineers often misunderstand their job's value, thinking they're paid for doing good work, but they're actually paid for work that makes money. To have a stable position, engineers should understand how their work connects to company profits.

How the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg Got Added to the White House Signal Chat

325 howard941 2025-04-06 13:12:59 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 263

Donald Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz mistakenly added a journalist's number to a group chat about US strikes in Yemen. Waltz's phone saved the number after a series of missteps, including a forwarded email from the journalist, which led to a White House investigation.

Capitol Trades: Tracking Stock Market Transactions of Politicians

318 gscott 2025-04-06 19:06:58 UTC capitoltrades.com Full Share 118

Tracking Capitol Hill politicians' trades can provide valuable insights for your investment research — and we offer you a free solution to do just that. CapitolTrades.com is the industry leading resource for political investor intelligence, and a trusted source for media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

The Insanity of Being a Software Engineer

263 vmsp 2025-04-06 11:16:31 UTC 0x1.pt Llama Share 271

Software engineering is tough due to constant changes in required skills and technologies. It's unlikely for one person to know everything, leading to a never-ending learning process.

Eavesdropping on smartphone 13.56MHz NFC polling during screen wake-up/unlock

238 byry 2025-04-06 22:39:30 UTC old.reddit.com Llama Share 53

User needs to register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique User-Agent string to access the application. Alternatively, they can try resetting to default User-Agent or file a ticket for assistance.

Data centers contain 90% crap data

224 billybuckwheat 2025-04-06 22:58:40 UTC gerrymcgovern.com Llama Share 139

We're destroying the environment by storing trillions of useless digital files, including images, videos, and emails, that nobody will ever view again. This "crap data" problem is made worse by the Cloud, which makes it cheap to store data, but expensive to manage.

Gumroad's Interestingly Timed "Open-Source" Play

208 pier25 2025-04-06 19:01:32 UTC tedium.co Llama Share 86

The author dislikes the name "Gumroad" and has reservations about its open-sourcing due to licensing issues. The company's CEO, Sahil Lavingia, is also working at the VA without pay, raising concerns about his motivations.

Federal cuts disrupt repairs to iconic U.S. trails

191 geox 2025-04-06 17:24:08 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 186

Federal cuts have reduced trail work on the Pacific Crest and Appalachian Trails, leaving hikers to navigate downed trees and damaged areas. The cuts threaten the trails' existence and have sparked concerns about public safety and the impact on local economies.

Neutron Stars Hint at Another Dimension

191 dnetesn 2025-04-06 11:41:26 UTC nautil.us Llama Share 86

Physicists search for extra dimensions beyond our three-dimensional universe, proposing the "braneworld" hypothesis where our universe is a membrane in a larger space called the bulk. They use experiments and observations of neutron stars to test this idea and potentially detect the effects of an extra dimension.

U.S. stock futures tumble indicating another plummet on Wall Street

189 pmags 2025-04-06 22:52:20 UTC reuters.com Full Share 302

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Gmail E2E is as terrible as expected

186 HypnoticOcelot 2025-04-06 19:42:21 UTC michal.sapka.pl Llama Share 66

Google introduced end-to-end encryption for Gmail but implemented it in a way that requires recipients to use Google services to read encrypted emails. This means Google controls access to the emails and can track user activity.

Video footage appears to contradict Israeli account of Gaza medic killings

181 r721 2025-04-06 08:32:35 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 83

Mobile phone footage shows ambulances and a fire truck with lights on being fired upon by Israeli soldiers, contradicting Israel's account. The Palestine Red Crescent Society is calling for an independent investigation into the incident that killed 15 rescue workers.

Max severity RCE flaw discovered in widely used Apache Parquet

174 andy99 2025-04-06 17:21:54 UTC bleepingcomputer.com Llama Share 78

A severe Apache Parquet vulnerability (CVE-2025-30065) allows RCE through untrusted Parquet files. It's fixed in version 1.15.1, and users should upgrade or avoid untrusted files to prevent exploitation.

SeedLM: Compressing LLM Weights into Seeds of Pseudo-Random Generators

171 pizza 2025-04-06 08:53:41 UTC machinelearning.apple.com Llama Share 36

Researchers introduced SeedLM, a novel compression method for Large Language Models that reduces memory access and speeds up tasks by trading compute for fewer memory accesses. SeedLM achieves zero-shot accuracy retention and comparable performance to state-of-the-art methods at lower bit compression.

Deleting multiplayer from the Unreal engine can save memory

161 mariuz 2025-04-06 10:23:23 UTC larstofus.com Llama Share 51

The article discusses Unreal's seamless multiplayer integration and its potential drawbacks for single-player games. Removing unused multiplayer features can save up to 328 bytes per actor.

SciOp torrents: download, seed erased US Gov sites and datasets

160 WarOnPrivacy 2025-04-06 23:09:15 UTC sciop.net Full Share 13

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E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against X

139 dotcoma 2025-04-06 17:47:05 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 242

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Peter Navarro Invented an Expert for His Books, Based on Himself (2019)

134 amarcheschi 2025-04-06 16:39:06 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 103

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MonkeysPaw – A prompt-driven web framework in Ruby

134 daviducolo 2025-04-06 14:28:50 UTC worksonmymachine.substack.com Llama Share 26

MonkeysPaw is a web framework that generates pages from prompt files, prioritizing expression over control. It's a Ruby gem that uses LLMs to create dynamic web content with caching and potential for image generation and more.

Why Do Domestic Prices Rise with Tarriffs?

128 paulpauper 2025-04-06 14:45:54 UTC marginalrevolution.com Llama Share 199

Tariffs increase domestic prices by forcing domestic producers to use more costly resources to meet demand. This results in a net loss of wealth as resources are diverted from more valuable uses.

My Browser WASM't Prepared for This. Using DuckDB, Apache Arrow and Web Workers

126 jjp 2025-04-06 07:31:27 UTC motifanalytics.medium.com Llama Share 32

Motif Analytics uses DuckDB WASM, Web Workers, and Apache Arrow to build a highly-interactive analytics tool that runs fully in-browser, but faces limitations such as slower performance and memory constraints. Despite these challenges, the community is actively working to resolve issues and improve the technology, making it a great opportunity for developers to contribute and learn.

Baby Steps into Genetic Programming

120 todsacerdoti 2025-04-06 23:06:26 UTC aerique.blogspot.com Llama Share 39

The author explores genetic programming using Common Lisp to solve the problem of calculating the area of a circle, generating random code and evolving it towards a solution. The author implements various functions such as random form generation, fitness evaluation, cross-over, mutation, and population advancement to advance generations and eventually finds a solution that closely ...

Show HN: I built a Rust crate for running unsafe code safely

113 braxxox 2025-04-06 13:28:48 UTC github.com/brannondorsey Llama Share 70

mem-isolate provides a function to execute code in an isolated memory space, preventing memory modifications to the parent process. It uses POSIX system calls to create a new child process and restore the original memory state after execution.

Serving Vector Tiles, Fast

103 altilunium 2025-04-06 02:56:16 UTC spatialists.ch Llama Share 17

Fabian Rechsteiner compared six open-source vector tile servers for serving PostGIS data, highlighting speed differences in a benchmark repository and interactive comparison. Speed is an important quality dimension for choosing a vector tile server.

Why Lotus Domino? (2024)

87 wonger_ 2025-04-06 23:54:02 UTC moohar.com GoogleT5 Share 62

Domino is a document oriented database and supports explicit names, hierarchical names and groups. you can add fields to forms and domino will do the rest for you, allowing you complete control over the user interface - or disable the automatic generation if you want 'nothing' to happen with the page generating ui! the domino database supports replication, so it brings so many benefits to ...

Microcomputers – The First Wave: Responding to Altair

87 cfmcdonald 2025-04-06 21:30:33 UTC technicshistory.com GoogleT5 Share 15

Bob greene: in the 1970s, personal computers became a national industry. he says the altair was an early example of the problem of cheap, amateurish computer hardware. the company that made the altair, processor technology, was criticized for its lack of software. in its infancy, the cloned computer became an industry of its own, based on its software, says greene. "it was the beginning of an

UK bans fake reviews and sneaky fees

87 charlieirish 2025-04-06 06:49:00 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 57

New consumer protection laws ban sneaky fees and fake reviews from today, requiring businesses to include fees in headline prices and take responsibility for reviews. The laws aim to give consumers more power and control over their money and prevent businesses from unfairly profiting from hidden fees and fake reviews.

The narrowest escalator in New York City

85 bookofjoe 2025-04-06 18:31:56 UTC doobybrain.com Llama Share 54

The narrowest escalator in NYC is located at Rockefeller Plaza between W 48th St and W 49th St. It leads from the underground dining and shopping center to street level.

We're back: How tuberculosis is set to surge globally once again

82 pseudolus 2025-04-06 12:47:00 UTC thebulletin.org Llama Share 30

The Trump administration's 90-day foreign aid freeze may lead to over 3 million deaths due to lack of funding for public health infrastructure. This freeze, combined with the decimation of US foreign aid by Elon Musk's DOGE, could allow tuberculosis to spread and become more resistant to treatment.

Buffett: America's Growing Trade Deficit Is Selling the Nation Out from Under Us [pdf] (2003)

81 yeknoda 2025-04-06 15:45:55 UTC berkshirehathaway.com Llama Share 83

Warren Buffett warns that the US trade deficit is a serious problem that will lead to major trouble. He suggests a remedy, Import Certificates (ICs), to balance the books and increase exports.

Doge's attack on social security causing 'complete, utter chaos', staff says

74 rntn 2025-04-06 20:31:55 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 9

The Social Security Administration is facing "complete chaos" due to office closures, staffing cuts, and policy changes. The agency is struggling to serve its 69 million monthly recipients amid claims of inefficiency and waste.

'Minecraft Movie' Leaks Online: Full Unfinished Version Shared

73 austinallegro 2025-04-06 19:49:32 UTC variety.com Llama Share 45

An unfinished version of "A Minecraft Movie" leaked online before its release, raising questions about how it was accessed and shared. The film is still expected to debut to over $130 million, potentially breaking records for video game adaptations.

Five Nurses who work on the same floor at hospital have brain tumors

70 bratao 2025-04-06 00:20:54 UTC nbcnews.com Llama Share 46

Five nurses at a Boston-area hospital developed benign brain tumors, prompting an investigation that found no environmental risks. The hospital's investigation was disputed by the nurses' union, which is conducting its own independent investigation.

Hiding elements that require JavaScript without JavaScript

66 mtlynch 2025-04-06 16:28:23 UTC 0xda.de Llama Share 45

The user wants to hide elements that require JavaScript, but found existing solutions clunky. They created a simple class 'd-js-required' to indicate JavaScript is needed for display.

The order of files in your ext4 filesystem does not matter

63 thewisenerd 2025-04-06 12:39:40 UTC thewisenerd.com Llama Share 59

A recent node image patch update caused a multi-hour outage due to a JVM wildcard expansion issue. The issue was caused by a change in the directory hash seed in ext4, which changed the jar order in the classpath.

Show HN: I also built a word game. My mom is indifferent, but I think its ccool

58 jonathanleane 2025-04-06 00:33:40 UTC playletterlinks.com Llama Share 12

LetterLinks is a word-building game where you arrange tiles strategically to score points on a game board with special squares. Your goal is to form valid dictionary words to maximize points and submit them for a daily leaderboard ranking.

Hyundai to buy 'thousands' of Boston Dynamics robots

57 ivewonyoung 2025-04-06 01:39:15 UTC therobotreport.com Llama Share 64

Hyundai Motor Group and Boston Dynamics announced a deepened partnership, with Hyundai purchasing tens of thousands of robots and helping Boston Dynamics grow. The partnership aims to achieve leadership in the robotics industry and transform Hyundai's business landscape.

Neurotoxic worms growing up to 3ft long are in Ontario, Canada

56 amichail 2025-04-06 22:23:45 UTC blogto.com Llama Share 18

Hammerhead worms, an invasive species, are emerging in Ontario with temperatures rising, posing a threat to pets and native earthworms. These carnivorous worms can be killed with salt, vinegar, or neem oil, but handling requires caution due to their toxic mucus.

Microphone Input Noise Comparison

56 walterbell 2025-04-06 16:23:53 UTC avisoft.com Llama Share 13

Manufacturers use confusing specs for portable recorders, making evaluation difficult. This page provides standardized specs for reliable recorder evaluation.

Unmasking EncryptHub: Help from ChatGPT and Opsec Blunders

55 marcusb 2025-04-06 16:09:58 UTC outpost24.com Llama Share 16

EncryptHub is a cybercriminal who has been gaining popularity, but made several operational mistakes that led to his exposure, including password reuse and poor access management. He used AI chatbot ChatGPT as a key accomplice in his campaigns and has a conflicted personality, struggling between cybercrime and legitimate security research.

Kilmar Garcia et al. vs. US Department of Homeland Security et al.

54 belter 2025-04-06 23:08:01 UTC documentcloud.org Full Share 10

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UK Police Arrest 30 People Per Day for Internet Comments

52 A_D_E_P_T 2025-04-06 09:14:53 UTC thetimes.com Llama Share 28

Police in the UK made 12,183 arrests in 2023 for online offenses, a 58% rise since the pandemic. Critics say laws are too vague and threaten free speech, with many arrests not resulting in convictions.

The Treachery of Image Files (2020)

51 appleorchard46 2025-04-06 19:02:58 UTC beyondloom.com Llama Share 5

The artist created a series of 10x10 pixel blue miniatures using various digital tools and operating systems, each with unique characteristics. The artworks were created using a range of software including Macintosh, Linux, and GIMP.

US revokes all South Sudan visas over failure to repatriate citizens

50 gpi 2025-04-06 06:39:35 UTC reuters.com Full Share 37

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Jeff Geerling won't connect his dishwasher to your stupid cloud [video]

48 nikodunk 2025-04-06 18:16:35 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 28

SF Mayor Lurie to tech CEOs: 'How can we get you back?'

45 rntn 2025-04-06 17:50:07 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 69

San Francisco Mayor Lurie is addressing a drug and homelessness crisis by implementing "common sense policies" and making it easier to build in the city. He aims to attract businesses back with streamlined permitting, tax breaks, and investments in arts and culture.

The Mensa Reading List for Grades 9-12

45 drcwpl 2025-04-06 13:08:32 UTC onepercentrule.substack.com Llama Share 119

The author, a professor of AI, Behavioral Economics, and Data Science, discusses the importance of reading challenging books that irritate and challenge assumptions.

Arbitrage and equilibrium in the Team Fortress 2 economy (2012)

41 iamacyborg 2025-04-06 07:52:10 UTC web.archive.org Llama Share 3

The author explains how digital economies, like Valve's Steam, can be analyzed to measure arbitrage potential and equilibrium. They developed a method to assign one price per item and created an Index of Arbitrage Potential to visualize fluctuations in the economy.

Show HN: I Built ImgFiber-Better Image Optimizer. Free No Limits

40 iambavith 2025-04-06 06:55:55 UTC imgfiber.com Llama Share 39

Users trust ImgFiber for fast, lossless image compression, citing improved server costs and loading speed. It has been a standout performer, saving users approximately 25% more than other tools.

Space Station Flight Was 'Wilder' Than We Thought

36 pain_perdu 2025-04-06 04:55:02 UTC science.slashdot.org Llama Share 23

NASA's Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters near the International Space Station, forcing astronaut Butch Wilmore to take manual control. The crew eventually recovered the thrusters, but felt it was unlikely to be their ride home due to the risk of further failure.

The death of the middle-class restaurant

36 lxm 2025-04-06 02:13:05 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 70

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Make C string literals const?

35 ingve 2025-04-06 20:02:12 UTC gustedt.wordpress.com Llama Share 53

Martin Uecker proposes changing C2y string literals to const-qualified base type. He seeks feedback on the impact of this change in existing code bases.

Microsoft's Quake 2 AI experiment sparks negative reactions

33 speckx 2025-04-06 16:43:12 UTC videogameschronicle.com Llama Share 33

Microsoft launched a Quake 2 demo powered by generative AI model Muse, but it received negative feedback from social media users. Many critics argue that the demo requires significant resources and may lead to job losses and plagiarism in the gaming industry.

Why does JSON have commas?

33 Tomte 2025-04-06 07:38:49 UTC simonsafar.com Llama Share 62

The author argues that commas in JSON are unnecessary and cause syntax errors. A new format, JSON5, addresses this issue by allowing trailing commas.

TripoSG – Text to 3D Model

30 taikon 2025-04-06 01:56:02 UTC github.com/vast-ai-research Llama Share 4

TripoSG is a high-fidelity image-to-3D generation model using rectified flow transformers and hybrid supervision. It achieves state-of-the-art performance in 3D shape generation with a large-scale dataset and advanced architecture.

How to Make Superbabies

25 nsoonhui 2025-04-06 10:57:22 UTC lesswrong.com GoogleT5 Share 34

Gene editing could improve many things just by giving people genes closer to those of the most genetically privileged. chromosome selection might be able to just make superbabies in like a couple of years if we're lucky - daniel schmidt, edward mcginnon argues tuesday that superbabies is merely focusing the collective energy of humanity'

I heard the full story of the woman jailed for two years for a tweet

25 y_gy 2025-04-06 00:32:36 UTC telegraph.co.uk GoogleT5 Share 14

Lucy connolly was jailed in july for the murder of her two young daughters. she has been denied time at home with her family - a right she had always held dear to her heart. the mother-of-three was convicted of murder after pleading for help in the deaths of the children. her husband, ray, says he is sickened by what his wife's family will now have to endure. mr

Associations Between Class I, II, or III Obesity and Health Outcomes

21 rntn 2025-04-06 18:43:04 UTC evidence.nejm.org Full Share 3

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Remote Work's Long-Term Effects: Why Dell and Amazon Are Bringing Employees Back

21 duckleg 2025-04-06 10:45:08 UTC timestripe.com Llama Share 29

Major companies are reversing remote work policies, citing challenges with collaboration, career development, and mental health. However, companies like GitLab and Automattic show that radical transparency and hybrid models can successfully balance flexibility and productivity.

Visual Perception in the Brain of a Jumping Spider(2014)

18 rolph 2025-04-06 22:52:23 UTC cell.com Llama Share 1

Researchers developed a new neurophysiological technique to record from jumping spider brains, allowing stable recordings for several hours. They used this technique to study neural responses to various visual stimuli, including moving targets and ecologically relevant objects.

Facebook Downloader

17 kohlerofficial 2025-04-06 14:14:48 UTC fload.app Llama Share 3

FLOAD is a free online video downloader and converter for Facebook that supports unlimited downloads and conversions to various formats. It offers high-speed processing, flexible format options, and cross-platform compatibility.

Boron-Based Flame Retardants: Enabling Everyday Safety

13 guerrilla 2025-04-06 11:57:53 UTC borax.com Llama Share 2

The Bel Air Fire in 1961 led to the development of Firebrake, a zinc borate fire retardant. U.S. Borax continues to innovate and provide effective flame retardants for various industries, including polymers and insulation.

Get on the Bus: Data Busses Used in Macs, 1984 to 2000 – Low End Mac

12 TMWNN 2025-04-06 06:56:11 UTC lowendmac.com Llama Share 4

Apple has phased out various connectors over the years, with the analog headphone jack being the only remaining original connector from 1984. The company has replaced serial ports, ADB, SCSI, and parallel ports with newer technologies like USB, FireWire, and SATA.

CodeScientist: Automated scientific discovery system for code-based experiments

11 liamdgray 2025-04-06 20:21:04 UTC github.com/allenai Llama Share 1

CodeScientist is a semi-automated scientific discovery system that generates experiment ideas and runs them using genetic mutations and LLMs. It allows manual input of ideas and can be used in fully-automatic mode.