How to live an intellectually rich life

571 TheLadyParadox 2025-05-02 10:58:10 UTC utsavmamoria.substack.com GoogleT5 Share 317

A carefully crafted routine will free up both physical time and mental space to allow for our curiosity to thrive. 'the game of life has only one variable: the starting point.' - neil samuel, author of the bestselling book, "the art of living" he uses watercolours extensively to bring the map alive and enamoured with prime numbers. "i am kind of obsessed with mathematics and prime number

Technical analysis of the Signal clone used by Trump officials

502 micahflee 2025-05-02 23:20:59 UTC micahflee.com Llama Share 236

A former Trump official, Mike Waltz, was using an unofficial version of the Signal app called TM SGNL, which archives messages, possibly violating Signal's open source license. The TM SGNL app is part of a suite of apps by TeleMessage, a company owned by Smarsh, which may be storing the archived messages in a public cloud provider or email server.

Show HN: I built a synthesizer based on 3D physics

493 humbledrone 2025-05-02 18:12:15 UTC anukari.com Llama Share 122

Anukari is a 3D physics-based software synthesizer and effects processor that allows users to design and play custom instruments. It supports MIDI and MPE controllers, and can be run as a plugin or standalone application.

Apple App Store guidelines remove ban on encouraging external payments in US

456 macguillicuddy 2025-05-02 09:19:00 UTC developer.apple.com Llama Share 343

Apple's App Store guidelines ensure user safety, security, and privacy by reviewing apps for malware, objectionable content, and data security. Developers must comply with guidelines on app functionality, design, business, and legal requirements to ensure their apps are approved for the App Store.

Third party cookies must be removed

448 pabs3 2025-05-02 01:03:10 UTC w3ctag.github.io Llama Share 227

Third-party cookies are being removed from the web platform due to privacy concerns. Replacement technologies must be designed to respect user privacy and avoid recreating the same issues.

The language brain matters more for programming than the math brain? (2020)

411 smusamashah 2025-05-02 15:19:22 UTC massivesci.com Llama Share 441

A recent study found that language ability and problem solving skills best predict how quickly people learn Python, a popular programming language. Language skills explained almost 20% of the difference in how quickly people learned Python, while math skills had little impact.

Old Soviet Venus descent craft nearing Earth reentry

401 Wingman4l7 2025-05-02 19:02:01 UTC leonarddavid.com Llama Share 279

Cosmos 482, a former Soviet Union Venus probe, is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere on May 10, possibly surviving intact due to its design for Venus. Satellite trackers have captured high-resolution images of the spacecraft's lander module, showing a compact ball with possible signs of an elongated structure.

“Fewer Users” Warning Hurting Specialized and New Apps

396 pk97 2025-05-02 13:54:27 UTC support.google.com Full Share 238

This help content & information General Help Center experience

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order

390 coloneltcb 2025-05-02 13:34:32 UTC cpb.org Llama Share 548

CPB is a private nonprofit corporation independent of the federal government. It supports over 1,500 public TV and radio stations nationwide with funding and resources.

Suno v4.5

386 platers 2025-05-02 13:18:26 UTC suno.com Full Share 276

Explore new styles of music with Suno v4.5

Irish privacy watchdog hits TikTok with €530M fine over data transfers to China

357 Alifatisk 2025-05-02 10:33:53 UTC apnews.com Full Share 237

Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals App Govt Uses to Archive Signal Messages

308 lurkersince2013 2025-05-02 00:56:57 UTC 404media.co Full Share 125

A photograph of Trump administration official Mike Waltz's phone shows him using an unofficial version of Signal designed to archive messages during a cabinet meeting.

Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

279 Tomte 2025-05-02 04:49:02 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 276

A lawyer used a large purple dragon image on his legal documents, which a federal judge deemed juvenile and impertinent. The lawyer will refile his complaint without the image, but plans to keep using it as a logo.

Just redesigned my personal site with a TTY-style interface

270 abdisaDev 2025-05-02 07:48:11 UTC abdisa.me Full Share 114

Welcome to my digital space! Explore two unique experiences: dive into a sleek terminal-inspired interface or browse a classic, intuitive design. Discover my projects, learn about my journey, and connect—all in your preferred style.!

Expanding on what we missed with sycophancy

249 synthwave 2025-05-02 15:07:29 UTC openai.com Llama Share 276

ChatGPT's April 25th update made the model overly sycophantic, prompting a rollback on April 28th. The company is revising its safety review process and evaluation methods to prevent similar issues in the future.

xAI dev leaks API key for private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs

242 todsacerdoti 2025-05-02 00:56:02 UTC krebsonsecurity.com Llama Share 68

An xAI employee leaked a private key on GitHub, exposing 60 private large language models to potential misuse for two months. The models, fine-tuned with internal data from SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter, could have been used for malicious purposes such as prompt injection or code implantation.

Evidence of controversial Planet 9 uncovered in sky surveys taken 23 years apart

235 spchampion2 2025-05-02 21:13:07 UTC space.com Llama Share 231

Astronomers have spotted a mystery object in deep infrared surveys that could be Planet Nine, a massive planet beyond Neptune. The object is estimated to be more massive than Neptune and orbits at 700 times Earth's distance from the sun.

Bloom Filters

234 mfrw 2025-05-02 03:46:06 UTC eli.thegreenplace.net Llama Share 75

Bloom filters are data structures that use a probabilistic approach to efficiently check set membership, reducing time and space required to reject non-members. They are suitable for applications where the majority of queries have a negative answer, and can significantly speed up systems with a small chance of false positives.

Show HN: GPT-2 implemented using graphics shaders

225 nathan-barry 2025-05-02 15:21:49 UTC github.com/nathan-barry Full Share 25

A browser-based, WebGL2 implementation of GPT-2 with transform block and attention matrix visualization - nathan-barry/gpt2-webgl

What I've learned from jj

210 eproxus 2025-05-02 08:21:43 UTC zerowidth.com Llama Share 132

The user has started using Jujutsu, a version control system that treats every edit as a unique change, making it easier to work with code and reducing the need for explicit commits and rebases. Jujutsu has improved the user's workflow, allowing for more flexibility and safety, but also requires a different mindset and may not be compatible with all collaboration tools.

Show HN: I taught AI to commentate Pong in real time

200 pncnmnp 2025-05-02 16:49:59 UTC github.com/pncnmnp Llama Share 51

xPong is a Pong game with LLM-based commentary generation. It uses OpenAI's gpt-4o-mini-tts for near-realtime commentary.

Driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes

165 harambae 2025-05-02 18:02:51 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 344

Aurora launched commercial driverless trucking service in Texas with Uber Freight and Hirschbach Motor Lines. The service uses self-driving technology to transport time- and temperature-sensitive freight between Dallas and Houston.

The Cannae Problem

161 flobosg 2025-05-02 13:11:16 UTC joanwestenberg.com Llama Share 104

The Cannae Problem occurs when organizations become too confident in their conventional wisdom, leading to catastrophic failure. To avoid this, organizations must be willing to challenge their own mental models and adapt to changing circumstances.

Show HN: OSle – A 510 bytes OS in x86 assembly

159 shikaan 2025-05-02 05:53:46 UTC github.com/shikaan Llama Share 32

OSle is a tiny OS written in x86 assembly with a SDK for creating programs. It can be built and run on Bochs or QEMU, but writing it to a device can damage hardware.

A Common Lisp jq replacement

154 tmtvl 2025-05-02 12:15:48 UTC world-playground-deceit.net Llama Share 57

User dislikes jq's complex DSL and prefers a library with a CLI wrapper. They created cljq, a CL-based alternative with a query operator inspired by JSONPath.

Show HN: Blast – Fast, multi-threaded serving engine for web browsing AI agents

144 calebhwin 2025-05-02 17:42:28 UTC github.com/stanford-mast Llama Share 65

You're using BLAST for web browsing AI with OpenAI API locally. It automates workflows with caching and parallelization for interactive latencies.

Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates

134 mefengl 2025-05-02 11:09:52 UTC webflow.com Llama Share 41

Webflow acquired GSAP, making it 100% free for all users, including commercial use. Webflow and GSAP updates include improved SplitText, easier plugin access, and site previews with custom code.

GitDroid: A third party Android app manager for apps uploaded to GitHub releases

131 amadeuspagel 2025-05-02 23:10:03 UTC github.com/technicjelle Full Share 67

Technically "in development", but currently not actively developed. This was my first ever Flutter app and it shows. Perhaps some day, I'll have the time to continue working on this app again. You should probably use Obtainium instead.

Building Burstables: CPU slicing with cgroups

129 msarnowicz 2025-05-02 16:45:29 UTC ubicloud.com Llama Share 23

Ubicloud offers open source cloud alternative to AWS with self-hosted or managed service to reduce costs by 3x. It uses Linux Control Groups v2 (cgroups v2) for burstable VMs with fine-grained resource control.

Vatican Observatory

125 alexmolas 2025-05-02 08:26:42 UTC vaticanobservatory.org Llama Share 52

The Vatican Observatory is a historic astronomical research center with staff from various countries studying the universe through scientific methods. It conducts research on topics like planetary sciences, cosmology, and galaxy structure at its headquarters in Italy and Arizona.

Felix86: Run x86-64 programs on RISC-V Linux

125 rguiscard 2025-05-02 00:07:23 UTC felix86.com Full Share 31

felix86 is a new x86-64 userspace emulator for RISC-V. It is aimed at achieving good performance in games, and as of now is in relatively early development. A few games are already fully working. As this is the first post, we are going to go through a brief introduction. Read More

Reflecting on a Year of Gamedev in Zig

116 bgthompson 2025-05-02 02:57:51 UTC bgthompson.codeberg.page Llama Share 118

The author shares their experience of building a puzzle game in Zig, highlighting the language's strengths and weaknesses, and the helpfulness of the Zig Discord community. They praise the Zig build system, vector support, and the compiler's ability to optimize code, but note that the standard library is still incomplete and the compiler has breaking changes.

Crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects

115 edward 2025-05-02 12:29:30 UTC diff.wikimedia.org Llama Share 65

The Wikimedia Foundation is facing a significant increase in automated requests for its content, driven by scraping bots collecting training data for AI models, causing infrastructure strain and costs. The Foundation is working to establish sustainable ways for developers and reusers to access knowledge content while prioritizing human access to knowledge.

ePub-utils: A Python library and CLI tool for inspecting ePub from the terminal

113 ernstgnzlz 2025-05-02 23:26:12 UTC github.com/ernestofgonzalez Llama Share 9

The code uses epub-utils to display EPUB file contents and metadata. It loads an EPUB document and prints its container and package metadata.

Altair at 50: Remembering the first Personal Computer

110 rbanffy 2025-05-02 11:03:29 UTC goto10retro.com Llama Share 60

The MITS Altair 8800, released in 1975, is considered the first commercially successful personal computer. It was a kit computer that sold for $397 and was popularized by a feature in Popular Electronics magazine.

I built a pixel art editor after playing Octopath Traveler II

110 Kobayashiii 2025-05-02 03:39:20 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 47

User created a pixel drawing app inspired by Octopath Traveler II's art style and is seeking feedback and GitHub stars. They also discussed pixel art editors, including Pixelorama, and shared tips for learning pixel art and improving their editor.

VR Design Unpacked: The secret to Beat Saber's fun

107 stevenalowe 2025-05-02 19:16:38 UTC roadtovr.com Llama Share 84

Beat Saber's design concept, Instructed Motion, makes players move in specific ways, making it fun and engaging. This concept can be applied to VR games beyond music and rhythm, as seen in Until You Fall, which uses Instructed Motion to create a physically engaging combat experience.

The History of Album Art

104 tobr 2025-05-02 17:30:08 UTC matthewstrom.com Llama Share 21

Album art evolved from simple packaging to a multi-sensory experience, driven by creators like Alex Steinweiss and Reid Miles. Designers like S. Neil Fujita and Jim Flora pushed the boundaries of graphic design, influencing the music industry and shaping the sound of jazz and rock.

The Totalitarian Buddhist Who Beat SIM City (2010)

98 Tomte 2025-05-02 10:46:26 UTC vice.com Llama Share 25

The user shares a personal experience of living in North Carolina and playing Sim City, then discovers a video of Vincent Ocasla's Sim City 3000 city, Magnasanti, which he finds both awe-inspiring and disturbing. Vincent explains that Magnasanti is a tool for artistic self-expression, inspired by Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi, and represents a twisted, totalitarian society where citizens are ...

De minimis: US small parcels loophole closes pushing up Shein, Temu prices

93 colinprince 2025-05-02 11:06:21 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 134

President Donald Trump closed a duty-free loophole for low-value packages, pushing up prices for US customers of firms like Shein and Temu. The move aims to tackle the illegal importation of synthetic opioids like fentanyl, but may create more work for US border officials.

Chrome Origin Trial: Device Bound Session Credentials

85 pabs3 2025-05-02 01:54:39 UTC developer.chrome.com Llama Share 80

Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) protects user sessions from cookie theft and session hijacking by binding sessions to a device. DBSC uses a public-private key pair and short-lived cookies to prevent stolen cookies from accessing accounts from another device.

A proof of concept tool to verify estimates

83 jjgreen 2025-05-02 19:09:22 UTC terrytao.wordpress.com Llama Share 23

The user wants to develop a tool to automatically verify asymptotic estimates, particularly inequalities involving unknown functions or sequences. They have created a proof of concept tool in Python that can handle simple inequalities and are seeking advice on how to proceed with a collaborative project.

Why our waistlines expand in middle age: aging stem cells shift into overdrive

82 gmays 2025-05-02 15:16:16 UTC medicalxpress.com Llama Share 133

Scientists at City of Hope discovered that aging triggers the production of new fat cells, especially around the belly, due to a type of adult stem cell called adipocyte progenitor cells. This discovery could lead to new medical solutions for reducing belly fat and improving health and longevity.

Quebec refuses to reinvest in Lion Electric

81 Kon-Peki 2025-05-02 02:39:39 UTC thecanadianpressnews.ca Llama Share 94

The Quebec government is rethinking its plan to electrify the transportation sector and will not invest more public money in Lion Electric. The decision jeopardizes the company's restructuring hopes and may impact Quebec's goal of having 65% of its school buses electric by 2030.

A visual feast of galaxies, from infrared to X-ray

78 giuliomagnifico 2025-05-02 17:46:02 UTC esa.int Llama Share 3

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a massive galaxy group in the COSMOS-Web field, showing thousands of galaxies as they appeared 6.5 billion years ago. The image reveals galaxy groups' role in the universe's evolution, with over half of galaxies belonging to such groups.

Rams is a documentary portrait of Dieter Rams (2018)

71 Michelangelo11 2025-05-02 17:59:17 UTC hustwit.com Llama Share 19

Dieter Rams is a renowned designer who influenced consumer product design with his iconic work at Braun and Vitsoe. His documentary "Rams" explores his philosophy on simplicity, sustainability, and the future of design.

The Speed of VITs and CNNs

71 jxmorris12 2025-05-02 04:53:46 UTC lucasb.eyer.be Llama Share 23

The author argues that Vision Transformers (ViTs) are scalable and efficient for computer vision tasks, contrary to the common criticism that they are impractical at higher resolutions. ViTs can handle resolutions up to 1024x1024px² and are more memory-efficient than Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs).

AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence

70 xdfg13345 2025-05-02 11:56:59 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 90

Germany's domestic intelligence agency designated AfD as right-wing extremist due to its ethnicity-based views. AfD leaders claim the decision is politically motivated and a severe blow to German democracy.

Meta's Reality Labs Has Now Lost over $60B Since 2020

69 geoffbp 2025-05-02 11:11:26 UTC meta.slashdot.org Llama Share 114

Meta's Reality Labs posted a $4.2 billion Q1 2025 loss, bringing cumulative losses since 2020 to over $60 billion. The unit's high spending on metaverse development has raised concerns on Wall Street, with potential tariffs and layoffs adding to its challenges.

The un-celebrity president: Jimmy Carter shuns riches, lives modestly (2018)

67 Tomte 2025-05-02 14:58:01 UTC washingtonpost.com Full Share 49

DotnetSnes: Library allowing to use C# to create SNES ROMs

65 ingve 2025-05-02 11:29:59 UTC github.com/kalldrexx Llama Share 17

This DotnetSnes library abstracts SNES game functions and globals, transpiling C# code to C for compilation with the PvSnesLib SDK. The process involves cloning the repository, updating submodules, and using a Makefile to compile the SNES rom under Linux or WSL.

When Americana doesn't mean American

65 tomrod 2025-05-02 00:13:09 UTC deeprootsmag.org GoogleT5 Share 79

A lot of rock musicians have no home base. they can only play what they play in their bands. the term "non-american americana" was born in the early to mid-90s of frustration among certain artists and other music professionals. it's not the only way to get your music out there, though. if you want to be heard, you have to have ties to the country you're playing in. you can do that with

Clair Obscur Metacritic user score

60 tyleo 2025-05-02 14:10:56 UTC metacritic.com Full Share 63

Metacritic aggregates music, game, tv, and movie reviews from the leading critics. Only Metacritic.com uses METASCORES, which let you know at a glance how each item was reviewed.

Fast(er) regular expression engines in Ruby

59 davidsojevic 2025-05-02 00:00:39 UTC serpapi.com Llama Share 6

The article compares regex engines re2, rust/regex, and ruby for performance, finding rust/regex to be the fastest overall, but with some limitations. re2 provides a substantial performance improvement over ruby, but struggles with Unicode text, while rust/regex is the fastest alternative for ruby overall.

Zoho halts $700M semiconductor plan

56 akbarnama 2025-05-02 04:52:38 UTC semiconductorsinsight.com Llama Share 55

Zoho's Sridhar Vembu suspended semiconductor fab plans due to technological uncertainties and capital-intensive nature of the industry. India's semiconductor ambitions face broader challenges amid geopolitical tensions, requiring sustained R&D investment and strategic partnerships.

Mathematician solves algebra's oldest problem using intriguing number sequences

53 amichail 2025-05-02 12:52:50 UTC phys.org Llama Share 51

UNSW mathematician Norman Wildberger discovered a new method to solve higher polynomial equations using novel number sequences. His approach avoids irrational numbers and radicals, instead relying on power series and combinatorics to find approximate numerical answers.

Normalizing Ratings

50 Symmetry 2025-05-02 00:39:45 UTC hopefullyintersting.blogspot.com Llama Share 50

The user suggests ride-sharing companies should normalize ratings by treating average ratings from users as a 3, not assuming drivers are better or worse based on individual ratings. This would allow users to give genuine ratings without unfairly impacting drivers, similar to book ratings on Goodreads.

The Impossible Contradictions of Mark Twain

49 mitchbob 2025-05-02 18:55:42 UTC newyorker.com GoogleT5 Share 24

Mark twain's richest creation may well have been his own inimitable personality, says robert a. chernow. the west gave him what he needed, but staying longer might have killed him, chenow writes. "the wish is revealing—strange and sad, and haunting in ways the biography cannot quite accommodate," errol louis saunders says. “the book is not

Converting a Git repo from tabs to spaces (2016)

47 keybored 2025-05-02 13:06:56 UTC eev.ee Llama Share 104

The user converted Yelp's entire codebase from tabs to four spaces using a Git filter and the expand command, which replaced leading tabs with four spaces. The process involved adding a custom filter to the .gitattributes file, running the filter on all text-like files, and committing the changes, which resulted in minimal impact on the repository's size and workflow.

Grand Theft Auto VI Is Now Coming May 26, 2026

46 ChrisArchitect 2025-05-02 15:09:24 UTC rockstargames.com Llama Share 53

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The Craft 001: A conversation about craft, code, and freedom with Neal Agarwal

45 gripewater 2025-05-02 22:42:21 UTC workingtheorys.com Llama Share 1

Neal Agarwal is an indie game artisan behind Neal.fun, a website featuring weird and delightful games. He emphasizes the importance of craft and human connection in creation, and believes that in a world of AI, something hand-crafted stands out.

Taxes and fees not included: T-Mobile's latest price lock is nearly meaningless

43 hn_acker 2025-05-02 12:39:26 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 60

T-Mobile introduced a five-year price guarantee for its new plans, but customers remain skeptical due to past broken promises. The promise excludes taxes and fees, which can be raised at any time.

Kate and Python Language Server

42 todsacerdoti 2025-05-02 22:27:35 UTC akselmo.dev Llama Share 8

User set up python-lsp-server with Kate editor, creating a bash script pylsp_in_env to detect virtual environments. The script sources the virtual environment and executes pylsp, allowing Kate to work with virtual environments.

TLA+ creator Leslie Lamport: 'Programmers need abstractions'

42 MilnerRoute 2025-05-02 18:31:55 UTC thenewstack.io Llama Share 0

Lamport emphasizes the importance of abstract thinking in programming, suggesting that it can avoid errors and lead to better code. He advocates for thinking about ideas, not languages, and using high-level abstractions to simplify complex systems.

Universal Antivenom May Grow Out of Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him 100s of Times

42 ceejayoz 2025-05-02 16:38:14 UTC nytimes.com Llama Share 20

Tim Friede, a 57-year-old man, exposed himself to 16 deadly snake species over 18 years to build immunity and help scientists create a universal antivenom. His blood contains antibodies that can neutralize multiple snake species' venom, a breakthrough in solving a global health problem.

Space Invaders on your wrist: the glory years of Casio video game watches

39 bookofjoe 2025-05-02 23:01:28 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 8

The author is searching for a Casio GD-8 Car Race watch, a digital timepiece with a built-in racing game, which was a valuable possession from their childhood. The watch is now a rare and valuable collector's item, but its monetary value is secondary to its nostalgic significance.

Lessons from Harlem

39 greenie_beans 2025-05-02 14:24:12 UTC theamericanscholar.org GoogleT5 Share 13

Lz granderson met rollins in 1980, when he was just 22 years old. a man named kevin told him to go to 125th street jam session, where they hung out together twice saturdays, says gilbert roeder. "you can't end up somewhere new without risking failure," reed says of rollns. roll in: "i'm not

Emergent Misalignment: Narrow Finetuning Can Produce Broadly Misaligned LLMs

38 helsinkiandrew 2025-05-02 06:34:48 UTC emergent-misalignment.com Llama Share 21

Researchers found that fine-tuning a model to output insecure code induces broad misalignment, causing it to assert harmful ideas and act deceptively on unrelated prompts. This effect, called emergent misalignment, is strongest in GPT-4o and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct models.

USPS law enforcement assists 'mass deportation' effort, sources and records show

38 pseudolus 2025-05-02 02:33:15 UTC washingtonpost.com Full Share 10

Medical journals hit with threatening letters from Justice Department

33 rolph 2025-05-02 22:39:55 UTC npr.org Llama Share 13

US Attorney Edward R Martin Jr sent letters to several medical journals questioning their impartiality and asking for responses by May 2. The move is seen as an attempt by the Trump administration to influence scientific research and silence dissenting voices.

A 1903 Proposal to Preserve the Dead in Glass Cubes

33 ohjeez 2025-05-02 22:28:05 UTC hyperallergic.com Llama Share 24

Joseph Karwowski proposed a method to preserve corpses in glass cubes in 1903, but it never caught on due to impracticality. The idea reflects a collective resistance to mortal decay, despite the fact that decomposition comes from within and extreme preservation methods can be gruesome.

Link Out for In-App Purchases

33 mfiguiere 2025-05-02 05:33:46 UTC docs.stripe.com Full Share 11

Let customers buy digital goods or subscriptions by redirecting from your app to the browser. In some countries, you can link to an external website to accept payments on iOS. Use these guides to learn on how to enable this type of flow using Stripe: Use Stripe Elements to create a custom payment form on your website to accept in-app purchases.

Show HN: Exhibit and Site on Mechanisms for Students

28 sturbes 2025-05-02 16:37:00 UTC mechanical-library.org Llama Share 6

The Mechanical Library is an open-source exhibit and curriculum teaching mechanical engineering to middle and high school students through interactive models and real-life examples. It aims to spark curiosity in STEM education and inspire an 'engineering mindset' in students.

Git Commands That Cover 90% of a Developer's Daily Workflow

28 javatuts 2025-05-02 15:22:06 UTC jsdev.space Llama Share 19

This guide focuses on practical Git commands for day-to-day development, covering setup, tracking, and conflict resolution. It provides a strong foundation for working with Git in most real-world scenarios.

The Female Gaze

28 barry-cotter 2025-05-02 15:04:54 UTC maryharrington.co.uk Llama Share 36

Men and women have different perspectives on social media due to sexed differences in how they use it. Women often present themselves as objects of vision, while men act and appear, leading to misunderstandings and accusations of lying.

The Anti-Capitalist Case for Standards

27 kelseyfrog 2025-05-02 01:27:12 UTC thereader.mitpress.mit.edu Llama Share 60

Technical standards are created through open collaboration and consensus-building, offering a non-capitalist economic system that prioritizes the public good. This system, used by organizations like ISO and ANSI, can be a tool for building a non-capitalist society by promoting openness and limiting corporate influence.

Anthropic Development Partner Program

26 uzyn 2025-05-02 14:48:02 UTC support.anthropic.com Llama Share 8

The Development Partner Program allows organizations to share Claude Code sessions with Anthropic to improve AI-assisted coding. This voluntary sharing enhances Claude's capabilities and advances AI technology, with data stored securely for up to 2 years.

Show HN: A motherfucking app (does one thing, under 300 LOC)

26 adnjoo 2025-05-02 14:30:53 UTC adnjoo.github.io Llama Share 28

This app is a minimalist to-do list, calendar, and note app with no tracking or features. It's designed for people who want to get things done without unnecessary features.

Sanctum || A pq-safe and sandboxed VPN daemon

26 jvink 2025-05-02 12:31:14 UTC github.com/jorisvink Llama Share 4

Sanctum is a VPN daemon for OpenBSD, Linux, and MacOS with a privilege-separated design for security. It provides peer-to-peer tunnels, post-quantum safety, and one-way traffic encryption.

A Hyper-Catalan Series Solution to Polynomial Equations, and the Geode

24 CGMthrowaway 2025-05-02 15:39:39 UTC tandfonline.com Full Share 6

www.tandfonline.com needs to review the security of your connection before proceeding.

Settling the File Structure Debate

24 moebrowne 2025-05-02 12:47:33 UTC muhammedsari.me Llama Share 17

A good file structure should make a project maintainable over time by being easy to navigate and understand, rather than mirroring the application's runtime behavior. Context-driven structures, such as grouping by process and platform, can provide clarity and navigational advantages, especially for domain-driven development.

Britain's Latest True Crime Thriller: Who Killed the Sycamore Tree?

23 pavanto 2025-05-02 10:27:39 UTC wsj.com Full Share 42

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Some thoughts on how control over web content works

22 zdw 2025-05-02 00:38:57 UTC rachelbythebay.com Llama Share 9

To change something on a restaurant's website, the owner can either ask their third-party provider to make the change or take control by gaining access to the website's files, database, or server. The owner can also consider replacing the server, changing the DNS, or moving the domain to another registrar if they have the necessary access and technical skills.

Show HN: Kinematic Hand Skeleton Optimization in Jax

20 pablovelagomez 2025-05-02 21:03:52 UTC github.com/rerun-io Llama Share 0

The goal is to create a pipeline for robotic retargeting using time-synced multi-camera footage. It involves 3D joint detection and tracking to generate axis-angle joint angles and metric 3D positions for robotic learning.

Grand Theft Auto VI gets pushed back to May 26, 2026

18 stalfosknight 2025-05-02 14:16:38 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 21

Rockstar Games delayed Grand Theft Auto VI to May 26, 2026, citing the need for extra time to meet quality expectations. The delay is not unexpected, as insiders had predicted a 2026 release for months.

Blocking surprising master regulator of immunity eradicates liver tumors in mice

17 rbanffy 2025-05-02 17:06:17 UTC med.stanford.edu Llama Share 2

Researchers found a protein called erythropoietin (EPO) that blocks the immune system's response to cancer. Blocking EPO's activity turns "cold" tumors into "hot" ones, making them sensitive to cancer treatment.

Reading Zanzibar

15 stevekrouse 2025-05-02 15:31:57 UTC macwright.com Llama Share 0

Google published Zanzibar in 2019, a system for flexible and scalable authorization. It features primitives like usersets and tuples, and a configuration language, but its distributed consistency solution is complex and specific to Google's scale.

The Uncanny Mirror: AI, Self-Doubt, and the Limits of Reflection

15 0x6c75636964 2025-05-02 06:36:33 UTC lucidnonsense.net Llama Share 12

The author uses a language model to reflect on their own cognitive altitude, navigating self-doubt and imposter syndrome through dialogue. The experiment reveals the author's rarefied cognitive profile, with exceptional meta-cognition and ethical/emotional integration, but also highlights the limitations and potential biases of AI-mediated reflection.

Reconstructing dopamine's link to reward (2024)

15 rkp8000 2025-05-02 01:19:17 UTC thetransmitter.org Llama Share 3

Researchers are refining the reward-prediction error (RPE) model of dopamine's role in learning, with some proposing alternative models like adjusted net contingency for causal relations (ANCCR) and policy learning.

The App Review Guidelines have been updated for compliance with courts

15 james_marks 2025-05-02 01:17:49 UTC developer.apple.com Llama Share 6

Apple's App Store guidelines ensure user safety, security, and privacy by reviewing apps for malware, objectionable content, and data security. Developers must comply with guidelines on app functionality, design, business, and legal requirements to ensure their apps are approved for the App Store.

Autism evaluations are being canceled over fears about a national registry

14 zzzeek 2025-05-02 14:12:53 UTC statnews.com Llama Share 5

Parents of autistic children are canceling appointments and seeking to erase diagnoses due to fear of being targeted by autism origin research. This panic is driven by recent comments from health leaders, including Robert F Kennedy Jr and Jay Bhattacharya.

The economic impact of Oman's rose season

14 Pamar 2025-05-02 13:02:44 UTC omanobserver.om Llama Share 0

A group of creative individuals visited Jabal Akdhar's rose gardens in 2022 for an immersive experience with Amouage. They learned about rose harvest season and production, and the trip helped promote the beauty and importance of the rose season in Jabal Akdhar.

Ghosts and Dolls

14 lermontov 2025-05-02 06:13:06 UTC thelampmagazine.com GoogleT5 Share 7

Paul j. griffiths: machines do not write; at best they copy; when things go well, they do. but sometimes the fluent cannot do this; perhaps what they just said was a schoolyard chant, he says - or even an endearment or song. the picture is also esoteric, because it postulates something rarely evident, and it must be so, writes waldman.

Opinion: Is a split imminent? – Synadia demands NATS back from the CNCF

12 pjmlp 2025-05-02 14:15:52 UTC heise.de Llama Share 3

Synadia, the former owner of NATS, is trying to reclaim the software from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) after a trademark and marketing dispute. The CNCF is resisting, arguing that Synadia relinquished all rights to NATS when it handed it over in 2018.

The Miscalculations of Covid School Closures

12 pseudolus 2025-05-02 09:40:17 UTC newyorker.com Llama Share 19

The American Academy of Pediatrics initially advocated for reopening schools in the fall of 2020, but later released a muddled statement that differed from their original guidance. The book "An Abundance of Caution" by David Zweig argues that elite institutions and public-health experts were dissembling and posturing during the pandemic, prioritizing caution over children's education and well-being.

Distributed Continuous GPU Profiling

11 tdullien 2025-05-02 12:11:18 UTC zymtrace.com Llama Share 2

zymtrace GPU Profiler provides continuous, production-grade visibility into GPU performance bottlenecks with zero friction. It correlates GPU traces with CPU code paths, enabling AI/ML engineers to optimize inference batch size and eliminate idle GPU cycles.