Careless People

1034 Aldipower 2025-04-24 08:17:11 UTC pluralistic.net GoogleT5 Share 531

Sarah wynn-williams's tell-all memoir about her years running global policy for facebook. she was closer to three of the key personalities in facebook's upper echelon - daniel weber argues a new book is 'great' webster: if you make money selling access to dossiers on rich people to advertisers, u.s. is most important market

I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022)

786 ekiauhce 2025-04-24 12:26:38 UTC code.mendhak.com Llama Share 553

The author sent a letter to the GPLv2 address to obtain the license text and received the GPL v3 instead. The author is satisfied with the response but notes that the license version was not specified in the original request or the license notice.

Mark Zuckerberg says social media is over

527 FinnLobsien 2025-04-24 08:19:23 UTC newyorker.com Llama Share 908

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Meta, Facebook's parent company, for allegedly maintaining an illegal monopoly in the social media industry, but the case is complicated by the changing nature of social media and the difficulty of defining the industry. The F.T.C. argues that Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp reduced consumer choice and innovation, but Meta's defense is that ...

OpenAI releases image generation in the API

483 themanmaran 2025-04-24 19:27:51 UTC openai.com Llama Share 295

OpenAI introduced image generation in ChatGPT, which became popular with 130 million users creating 700 million images in one week. The model is now available in the API, allowing developers to integrate high-quality image generation into their tools and platforms.

Ask HN: Share your AI prompt that stumps every model

431 owendarko 2025-04-24 13:11:22 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 621

User wants a centralized location for crowdsourced AI prompts that are hard to crack, and shares examples of problematic interactions with AI models.

Shortest-possible walking tour to 81,998 bars in South Korea

431 geeknews 2025-04-24 00:20:40 UTC math.uwaterloo.ca Llama Share 138

Researchers solved the largest traveling salesman problem to date, visiting 81,998 bars in South Korea in 178 days. The solution was found using a combination of algorithms and linear programming, exceeding the previous record of 57,912 stops in the Netherlands.

A Love Letter to People Who Believe in People

386 NaOH 2025-04-24 22:35:01 UTC swiss-miss.com Llama Share 123

The author reflects on the power of enthusiasm and being a fan, crediting people who believed in her and inspired her to be bold.

Instant SQL for results as you type in DuckDB UI

372 ryguyrg 2025-04-24 13:23:26 UTC motherduck.com Llama Share 119

MotherDuck released Instant SQL, a new way to write SQL with real-time result set updates, available in Preview in MotherDuck and DuckDB Local UI. This feature aims to speed up query building and debugging by providing instant feedback and eliminating the tedious cycle of write-run-wait.

Show HN: My from-scratch OS kernel that runs DOOM

317 UnmappedStack 2025-04-24 00:15:22 UTC github.com/unmappedstack Llama Share 81

TacOS is a UNIX-like kernel that runs DOOM and other small programs, with features like VFS and virtual memory management. It's a hobby toy OS with known bugs, requiring Qemu, NASM, and Clang for use in the Qemu emulator.

Manufactured consensus on x.com

315 cogitovirus 2025-04-24 16:57:08 UTC rook2root.co Llama Share 237

Influential users and algorithms shape what people see and what gets silenced on social media. Algorithms amplify content based on proximity to influence, creating artificial popularity and manufactured consensus.

NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy

292 detaro 2025-04-24 19:07:41 UTC science.org Llama Share 241

NSF director Sethuraman Panchanathan resigned 16 months before his term ends, citing a desire to pass the baton to new leadership. His resignation comes amid a series of directives from the White House to cut the agency's budget and staff.

Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf, Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals

287 gnabgib 2025-04-24 22:10:15 UTC newscenter.lbl.gov Llama Share 120

Researchers at Berkeley Lab and international collaborators developed a device that converts carbon dioxide into liquid fuel using sunlight and copper. The device, part of the Liquid Sunlight Alliance, mimics photosynthesis and produces C2 chemicals for various industries.

One quantum transition makes light at 21 cm

257 Brajeshwar 2025-04-24 16:38:54 UTC bigthink.com Llama Share 159

The 21 centimeter wavelength radiation is a unique signature of hydrogen atoms, emitted when their spins flip from aligned to anti-aligned states. This radiation can reveal the early stages of the Universe, star-formation history, and even primordial gravitational waves.

You Can Be a Great Designer and Be Completely Unknown

251 delaugust 2025-04-24 21:24:58 UTC chrbutler.com Llama Share 119

The author believes greatness in design is common but often unrecognized due to an attention economy that equates visibility with value. True design excellence is measured by how well work serves human needs, not by fame or recognition.

OpenVSX, which VSCode forks rely on for extensions, down for 24 hours

247 aaronvg 2025-04-24 17:09:56 UTC status.open-vsx.org Full Share 153

Welcome to Eclipse Foundation status page for real-time and historical data on system performance.

Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks

240 Dotnaught 2025-04-24 22:18:49 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 339

Microsoft's C/C++ extension no longer works with VS Codium and Cursor due to a breaking change in v1.24.5. Developers are seeking free and open-source alternatives after Microsoft enforced its licensing terms.

Assignment 5: Cars and Key Fobs (2021)

232 Pikamander2 2025-04-24 09:53:22 UTC web.stanford.edu Llama Share 192

Key fob systems in cars use a rolling pseudo-randomly generated code and can be vulnerable to hacking, allowing thieves to steal cars. Various attacks, including replay attacks and jamming, can be used to compromise key fob systems, and some cars can be hacked using a repeater to capture and retransmit the car's low power signal.

AMD Publishes Open-Source Driver for GPU Virtualization, Radeon "In the Roadmap"

194 davidlt 2025-04-24 06:58:05 UTC phoronix.com Llama Share 61

AMD has published the open-source GPU-IOV Module for virtualization with Instinct accelerators and Linux kernel. Client GPU support is reportedly in AMD's roadmap, a long-sought feature for Radeon graphics cards.

Show HN: Lemon Slice Live – Have a video call with a transformer model

193 lcolucci 2025-04-24 17:10:14 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 82

Lina, Andrew, and Sidney from Lemon Slice created a custom DiT model for real-time video streaming at 25fps, allowing users to turn a photo into a talking avatar. The demo, available at lemonslice.com/live, enables users to create and video-call custom characters without training or rigging.

Creating your own federated microblog

184 dahlia 2025-04-24 09:37:57 UTC fedify.dev GoogleT5 Share 38

Fedify is a jwk-based library for creating and deploying actors. it uses the acct: uri scheme and the webfinger standard based on the inbox_url url field of the actor uid field. to communicate with mastodon or other software, we need to implement the actors more properly. if you want to see the behavior of an actor, you can use the feedify tunnel command to connect to the

National Airspace System Status

178 bookofjoe 2025-04-24 21:31:09 UTC nasstatus.faa.gov Full Share 24

The Federal Aviation Administration's National Airspace System (NAS) dashboard

People say they’ll pay more for “made in the USA” so we ran a test

156 ericzawo 2025-04-24 21:21:37 UTC afina.com Llama Share 161

We tested selling a U.S.-made shower filter for $239 vs a Chinese-made one for $129.

Show HN: I reverse engineered top websites to build an animated UI library

155 armedin 2025-04-24 17:47:09 UTC reverseui.com Full Share 100

Reverse engineered UI library from the best sites on the web. Effortlessly integrate trending animated components to your projects.

Fundamental flaws of SIMD ISAs (2021)

152 fanf2 2025-04-24 14:42:03 UTC bitsnbites.eu Llama Share 139

Packed SIMD architectures have limitations such as fixed register width, instruction opcode limitations, and code density issues due to loop unrolling and tail handling. Alternative architectures like vector processors, RISC-V RVV, and ARM SVE address these flaws by providing more efficient code and smaller code footprints, and some even eliminate the need for manual loop unrolling and tail handling.

Daily driving a Linux phone, but why?

147 ingve 2025-04-24 06:13:35 UTC thefoggiest.dev Llama Share 222

Using a Linux phone is about questioning daily life and finding a balance between security and privacy, not about convenience. It offers a unique experience with open-source apps and no ads or surveillance, despite slower hardware.

Show HN: Colanode, open-source and local-first Slack and Notion alternative

142 hakanshehu 2025-04-24 07:43:15 UTC github.com/colanode Llama Share 49

Colanode is an all-in-one platform for collaboration with a local-first approach prioritizing data privacy and control. It offers features like Rich Text Pages, Customizable Databases, and real-time collaboration.

America's reputation drops across the world

126 mrtksn 2025-04-24 12:57:12 UTC ipsos.com Llama Share 100

A new Ipsos poll shows the US global reputation has plummeted, with 46% of 29 countries viewing it as a positive influence, down from 59% in Sept/Oct 2024. The US is now seen as less positive than China, which has a 49% average positive influence rating across the 29 countries.

Ask HN: My CEO wants to go hard on AI. What do I do?

109 throwaway778 2025-04-24 16:32:41 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 113

CEO is prioritizing AI investment for a potential series C round, diverting resources from core business teams. This shift is causing concern about neglecting in-demand product features and focusing on a distant future.

Vim Language, Motions, and Modes Explained (2023)

108 sebg 2025-04-24 09:16:36 UTC ssp.sh Llama Share 100

The author learned Vim, a powerful text editor based on shortcuts, to improve coding efficiency and productivity. With Vim, the author can make precise edits and navigate text quickly, bringing joy to their coding experience.

A Principled Approach to Querying Data – A Type-Safe Search DSL

93 kioku 2025-04-24 15:53:15 UTC claudiu-ivan.com Llama Share 17

A type-driven approach using a Domain-Specific Language (DSL) is presented to create a powerful and maintainable search system, applicable to both local-first web applications and server-side systems. The approach leverages parser combinators, an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST), and the Either type to handle errors and provide a robust, maintainable, and extensible search system.

Show HN: Infat – Declaritive application assocation manager for macOS

92 philocalyst 2025-04-24 17:37:52 UTC github.com/philocalyst Llama Share 40

Infat is a CLI tool for macOS that manages file-type and URL-scheme associations. It allows users to set default apps for specific file types and URL schemes.

EU Energy labelling will apply to phones and tablets from June 2025

90 sohkamyung 2025-04-24 12:31:56 UTC energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu Llama Share 82

New EU regulations for smartphones, feature phones, cordless phones, and slate tablets will apply from June 20, 2025, focusing on product lifetime extension and energy efficiency. The regulations aim to save 14 terawatt hours of primary energy by 2030 and reduce consumer expenses by €20 billion.

A Tour Inside the IBM Z17

88 rbanffy 2025-04-24 15:33:16 UTC community.ibm.com Llama Share 149

IBM z17 is a new mainframe announced by IBM on April 8th 2025 with improved hardware and software features. It includes a new AI accelerator, increased memory, and a Data Processing Unit for enhanced performance and efficiency.

Acquisitions, consolidation, and innovation in AI

87 pfarago 2025-04-24 18:31:01 UTC frontierai.substack.com Llama Share 38

OpenAI's potential acquisition of Windsurf may trigger a wave of consolidation and anxiety among large players in the AI space. The winners will be those who deliver real value to customers, not just impressive models or splashy acquisitions.

Show HN: Zev – Remember (or discover) terminal commands

86 dtnewman 2025-04-24 16:33:54 UTC github.com/dtnewman Llama Share 38

This project uses OpenAI API and Zev for various tasks like process management, file operations, system info, network checks, and Git operations. It also supports using Ollama as an alternative to OpenAI.

Asymmetric Content Moderation in Search Markets: The Case of Adult Websites

85 amadeuspagel 2025-04-24 15:38:44 UTC papers.ssrn.com Llama Share 62

A dominant online platform's removal of 80% of its content led to a 41% drop in traffic, but fringe websites absorbed the displaced traffic with a 55% increase in visits over six months. Search engines played a key role in this reallocation, with fringe platforms benefiting from search referrals and the leading platform becoming more aggressive towards rivals.

PyGraph: Robust Compiler Support for CUDA Graphs in PyTorch

84 mfiguiere 2025-04-24 19:28:29 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 8

PyGraph is a novel approach that automatically harnesses CUDA Graphs in PyTorch2, enabling wider deployment and reducing overheads. It integrates seamlessly with PyTorch2's compilation toolchain, resulting in substantial performance improvements.

Show HN: I made my own TRMNL e-ink device

83 stavros 2025-04-24 11:34:10 UTC stavros.io Llama Share 24

The user pre-ordered a TRMNL e-ink display but built a similar device using a Waveshare display and ESP32 driver for under $80. They adapted TRMNL's firmware to work with the generic components.

The VTech Socratic Method

82 zdw 2025-04-24 05:05:45 UTC leadedsolder.com GoogleT5 Share 13

Cnn's john sutter builds a precomputer-style computer. the socrates is built of thick plastic, and has an oddly-shaped video amp and keyboard holder. to power the system, he adds an unregulated 5-volt surface-mount ldo to the motherboard jack. and tries to get his own code running in the emulator. if you're interested in building your own cartridge, check out

The tools I love are made by awful people

81 todsacerdoti 2025-04-24 04:12:13 UTC ankursethi.com Llama Share 173

The user is in a state of tension with computer products due to their unethical behavior, but still uses them for creative purposes. They feel complicit in the harm caused by tech companies, but hope using libre software is a small step towards change.

Three things everyone should know about Vision Transformers

71 reqo 2025-04-24 15:53:24 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 17

Transformer architectures have gained traction in computer vision, providing state-of-the-art results for tasks like image classification and detection. Three insights improve vision transformers: parallel processing, fine-tuning attention layers, and adding MLP-based patch pre-processing layers.

Clinical trial: novel nutritional formula treats gut microbial overgrowth

65 wglb 2025-04-24 00:23:38 UTC medicalxpress.com Llama Share 25

Researchers developed a novel nutritional formula, mBiota Elemental, which reduced gut microbiome abundance and improved symptoms in patients with SIBO and IMO. The formula showed normalized breath tests and relief of symptoms in most participants with no serious adverse events.

Alphabet Q1 2025 Earnings [pdf]

63 simonpure 2025-04-24 20:07:21 UTC abc.xyz GoogleT5 Share 25

Consolidated revenues in q1 2025 increased 12%, or 14% in constant currency, year over year to $90.2 billion reflecting robust momentum across the business. free cash flow, constant currencies revenues, and percentage change in consistent currency revenues are non-gaap financial measures used for decision-making purposes by the company. these measures are useful to investors because they ...

Woman who tricked her way into men-only Magic Circle allowed in

48 cmsefton 2025-04-24 06:03:38 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 24

Sophie Lloyd, a magician, is being granted Magic Circle membership 34 years after being kicked out for disguising herself as a man to join in 1991. The Circle has apologized and is presenting her with a membership certificate to recognize her as a role model for women magicians.

What Actually Happens at the End of 'Trading Places'? (2013)

46 austinallegro 2025-04-24 20:11:19 UTC npr.org Llama Share 11

Trading Places involves a plan where Louis Winthorpe and Billy Ray Valentine steal a fake orange crop report to trick the Duke brothers into buying orange juice futures at high prices. The plan backfires when the real report is released, causing the price to fall, allowing Winthorpe and Valentine to buy OJ at 29 cents a pound and sell it for $1.42 a pound.

Show HN: I built Lovable for text bots and mini apps

44 piotmni 2025-04-24 10:03:53 UTC plutonic.dev Llama Share 16

Plutonic uses AI to build intuitive apps and bots without coding, reaching users across popular messaging platforms. It enables users to create intelligent bots that enhance communication and streamline tasks.

You Need Customers to Succeed in Small Business

43 bjhess 2025-04-24 14:47:40 UTC goodenough.us Llama Share 49

Small businesses need customers to succeed and building human relationships with them is key. Effective customer conversations, not automation, are crucial for small business success and building trust.

Why I Blog and How I Automate it (2023)

42 indigodaddy 2025-04-24 21:25:37 UTC ryanwwest.com Llama Share 6

The user has a personal knowledge management system using Obsidian and Zotero to organize and annotate articles, and wants to integrate their blog posts into the same system for easier searching and linking. They have set up a custom Hugo site with a comment system using giscus and automated publishing using a cron job, but would like to add features such as hiding personal comments and ...

Llama 4 Smells Bad

41 alexmolas 2025-04-24 06:49:42 UTC fastml.com Llama Share 26

Meta released Llama 4, a semi-open LLM, but it was found to have been overfit to a benchmark, leading to controversy and a policy update. The model's performance was also found to be poor in real-world tests, leading to resignations from Meta employees, including the VP of AI, Joelle Pineau.

Apple Computers Used to Be Built in the U.S. It Was a Mess (2018)

39 ViktorRay 2025-04-24 19:41:29 UTC nytimes.com Llama Share 29

Apple's president Jean-Louis Gassée visited the Macintosh factory in 1988 and found it poorly automated. This experience influenced Apple's later manufacturing strategy, including assembling products in China.

io_uring based rootkit can bypass syscall-focused Linux security tools

38 hexhu 2025-04-24 18:16:56 UTC armosec.io Llama Share 15

Linux runtime security tools have a major blind spot due to the io_uring interface, which allows rootkits to bypass detection. Security vendors should study detection methods and improve their agents' resilience to future bypasses, such as using KRSI or monitoring for unexpected io_uring usage.

Give People Something to Look At (2021)

38 thisismytest 2025-04-24 10:28:16 UTC staysaasy.com Llama Share 4

People have easier conversations when they have something to focus on, like a path, game, or screen, reducing overanalyzing and awkward pauses. Giving people something to look at, like a whiteboard or notes, can make conversations more relaxed and collaborative.

Norway's $1.7T Wealth Fund Reports $40B Tech-Driven Loss

34 impish9208 2025-04-24 10:30:01 UTC bloomberg.com Llama Share 57

Norway's sovereign wealth fund reported its biggest loss in six quarters due to a drop in tech company values. The fund will increase US stock investments despite concerns over US trade policy and tariffs.

A Roman Gladiator and a Lion Met in Combat. Only One Walked Away

33 diodorus 2025-04-24 02:26:10 UTC nytimes.com Llama Share 51

Archaeologists found a skeleton in a Roman settlement in Britain with wounds suggesting it was a gladiator mauled by a lion. The discovery is the first direct evidence of classical combat between man and beast.

News Is Blocked on Meta's Feeds in Canada. Here's What Fills the Void

30 bko 2025-04-24 17:08:22 UTC nytimes.com Llama Share 41

Mark Carney's photos with Ghislaine Maxwell sparked controversy on a right-wing Facebook page. The incident highlights online misinformation in Canada ahead of a federal election.

Ubuntu 25.10 Replaces GNU Coreutils with Rust Uutils

30 donnachangstein 2025-04-24 05:18:11 UTC altusintel.com Llama Share 21

Canonical is replacing GNU Coreutils with Uutils tools written in Rust in Ubuntu 25.10 to increase reliability and safety. The goal is to reduce memory-related errors and improve overall system security and reliability.

Show HN: I Added Translation to My RSS Reader Project

29 anonymousd3vil 2025-04-24 20:29:21 UTC rahuldshetty.github.io Full Share 7

This project is currently under active development. Features may change, and some parts may be incomplete. Feedback and contributions are welcome!

SignalGate: A Surveillance Arms Race Has Poked Gaping Hole in National Security

27 gnabgib 2025-04-24 22:26:10 UTC foreignaffairs.com Llama Share 3

US officials' lax digital security exposed sensitive information to foreign adversaries through personal devices. A mercenary spyware industry and lack of regulation pose significant risks to national security, requiring stronger controls and stricter privacy laws.

Yaakov Kirschen’s other legacy

26 Kirkman14 2025-04-24 01:24:22 UTC jns.org Llama Share 6

Yaakov Kirschen created early computer characters "Mom" and "Murray" in 1985 for Atari ST, bringing humor and humanity to computers. He was a tech innovator who tried to create artificial personality and creativity in software, but his work was largely forgotten until it was rediscovered and preserved.

Agent Mesh for Enterprise Agents

25 pj3677 2025-04-24 21:04:56 UTC solo.io Llama Share 5

Enterprises need a new kind of networking to support intelligent adaptive policies at runtime for agentic systems. An agent mesh is required for security, observability, and governance across agent interactions.

Efficient Code Search with Nvidia DGX

24 simplesort 2025-04-24 06:02:31 UTC developer.nvidia.com Llama Share 1

Qodo is a multi-agent code integrity platform that enhances software quality workflows with AI-powered agents for code writing, testing, and review. It achieves deep contextual awareness through advanced retrieval-augmented generation and a state-of-the-art code embedding model.

Blue Shield says it shared health info on up to 4.7M patients with Google Ads

23 Bender 2025-04-24 17:59:58 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 2

Blue Shield of California shared sensitive health information of 4.7 million members with Google without consent. The data may have been used for targeted ads, raising concerns about privacy and HIPAA compliance.

PATH should be a system call

18 todsacerdoti 2025-04-24 23:43:38 UTC simonsafar.com Llama Share 13

The problem of finding files in multiple directories is common across various systems including Emacs, bash, and Python, but can be optimized by giving the operating system a list of possible files and directories. This approach could reduce system calls and roundtrips, and may be something that the operating system or file system can handle efficiently.

Why US police shootings are so deadly ― and why some police forces do better

15 GavCo 2025-04-24 11:22:50 UTC nature.com Llama Share 5

US police fatally shoot about 1,000 people annually, a higher toll than other developed countries. Police shootings are often lethal due to multiple gunshot wounds, averaging nearly six per victim.

What I wish I knew about privacy sooner

15 walterbell 2025-04-24 10:15:01 UTC nordictimes.com Llama Share 12

The internet is a battlefield where companies manipulate users for profit and influence, undermining free choice and independent thought. To reclaim privacy, switch to secure services, monitor data leaks, and be intentional about the data you give to companies.

Could GPT help with dating anxiety?

12 ibobev 2025-04-24 21:32:45 UTC scottaaronson.blog GoogleT5 Share 49

Gpt-therapist elizabeth taylor has been emailing depressed, isolated young guys for advice. she's been stuck for years on exactly what advice to give them, she writes a blog post on the subject. here, her response to the most boneheaded blunders on her part. the post, "gpt for self-help," will be much broader, and may include dating coaching... if