The Death of Daydreaming

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The author argues that our constant use of smartphones and social media is diminishing our humanity by reducing our ability to experience boredom, daydream, and anticipation. We need to reclaim our idle time and reorient ourselves away from screens to improve the quality of our daily experiences.

Evolving OpenAI's Structure

OpenAI will remain a nonprofit, overseeing and controlling a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) that will manage its for-profit operations. This change will allow OpenAI to make its services broadly available to humanity and focus on using AI for beneficial outcomes.

Show HN: Real-time AI Voice Chat at ~500ms Latency

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This project enables voice chat with a Large Language Model using a digital conversation partner. It requires a powerful NVIDIA GPU, Docker, and OpenAI API Key for optimal performance and functionality.

Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024)

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The user experimented with Kubernetes for automation but found it resource-intensive and complex. They found a simpler alternative using Podman with systemd for automating container updates.

The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Daft Punk used various vocal effects in their songs, including talk boxes, vocoders, and harmonisers. They used a DigiTech Talker vocoder on Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger and Human After All.

Judge said Meta illegally used books to build its AI

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Meta is being sued by authors including Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates over its use of their work in AI tools. The case will determine if Meta's AI tools can cannibalize book sales, with Judge Chhabria questioning the fairness of using copyrighted work to create products that harm the market for the original work.

As an experienced LLM user, I don't use generative LLMs often

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The user, a Senior Data Scientist at BuzzFeed, uses generative LLMs for specific tasks such as text generation, coding assistance, and text embeddings, but not for writing articles or friendly chatbots due to concerns about hallucination and ethics. They advocate for a nuanced approach to using LLMs, acknowledging both their productivity benefits and potential drawbacks, and emphasize the ...

The Beauty of Having a Pi-Hole (2024)

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The user wants to browse the internet without being tracked by unscrupulous actors and recommends using a Pi-hole in the home network to block unwanted traffic and improve online security. Pi-hole is a software that runs on a Raspberry Pi and acts as a DNS proxy, blocking requests to unwanted domains and improving network security posture.

How linear regression works intuitively and how it leads to gradient descent

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Linear regression uses a straight line to predict house prices based on square footage, with a slope and intercept that minimize error. Gradient descent is an efficient algorithm that tweaks the line's parameters to find the best fit, using squared error to ensure a smooth and stable solution.

Show HN: My AI Native Resume

Jake specializes in cloud infrastructure, devops, and platform engineering. he migrated our infra to a cheaper and more scalable system, crafted ci pipeline that accelerated deploys by 30x, taught the whole company how to make data-driven decisions by building and showcasing an entire product analytics stack." - cnn's jim luo: 'jake was

AI Meets WinDBG

The user discusses how crash dump analysis can be improved with AI assistance, allowing for a more natural conversation with the debugger and reducing the need for manual command typing. They demonstrate a project called mcp-windbg that connects GitHub Copilot with WinDBG using the Model Context Protocol, enabling AI-assisted crash dump analysis and making debugging more enjoyable and productive.

Show HN: VectorVFS, your filesystem as a vector database

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VectorVFS is a lightweight Python package that turns a Linux filesystem into a vector database by storing embeddings alongside files. It supports CPU and GPU, zero-overhead indexing, and flexible embedding support for vision tasks.

How are cyber criminals rolling in 2025?

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Government departments and universities may not have strong cyber security, making them potential free hosting providers for malicious content. Malicious links can evade detection by antivirus and VPN tools, using trusted domains like Google and affiliate networks to remain undetected.

Possibly a Serious Possibility

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Author discusses how unclear language in intelligence reports led to misinterpretation and uncertainty. He argues that standardizing probability terms can help avoid misunderstandings in uncertain situations.

Modern LaTeX

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This text is about LaTeX, a typesetting program, and its modern version LuaLaTeX. It provides a guide to get started with LaTeX without outdated information.

Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies β€˜produced in foreign lands’

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Donald Trump announced a 100% tariff on foreign-made movies, claiming it's a national security threat. Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick said they're working on it, but details are unclear.

AWS Built a Security Tool. It Introduced a Security Risk

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AWS's Account Assessment for AWS Organizations tool introduced cross-account privilege escalation risks due to flawed deployment instructions that encouraged customers to deploy the tool in lower-sensitivity accounts. Affected organizations should check for the tool's deployment, remove it if deployed before 2025-01-28, and redeploy it in a high-security account to prevent privilege escalation risks.

Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B

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Databricks is in advanced talks to acquire Neon, an open-source database engine maker, for around $1 billion. The deal remains ongoing and could still fall through, with employee retention packages potentially increasing the total amount.

How Obama’s BlackBerry got secured (2013)

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President Barack Obama kept his BlackBerry after it was secured with special encryption software and security measures, allowing him to stay in touch with a limited group of people. The SecurVoice software, developed by The Genesis Key, was used to encrypt phone calls and messages on Obama's BlackBerry, providing a secure communication solution for the president.

Analyzing Modern Nvidia GPU Cores

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Researchers reverse engineered modern NVIDIA GPU cores, revealing key design aspects and improving simulation accuracy by 18.24%. Their model outperforms previous simulators and also works for other NVIDIA architectures like Turing.

Pixels in Islamic Art: Square Kufic Calligraphy (2020)

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The author's fascination with Islamic calligraphy, specifically Square Kufic, stems from its intricate patterns and hidden messages. This ancient art form, dating back to the 12th-13th century, has strict rules but allows for flexibility and creativity in its execution.

Show HN: TextQuery – Query CSV, JSON, XLSX Files with SQL

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TextQuery is a free desktop app that lets you import, query, and visualize data with SQL, with a perpetual license and no subscription. It offers features like chart creation, keyboard shortcuts, and export options, with a free version available for evaluation.

Show HN: Bracket – selfhosted tournament system

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Bracket is an easy-to-use tournament system with a demo at https://www.bracketapp.nl/demo. It can be run locally with docker compose and configured through .env files or environment variables.

Unparalleled Misalignments

Dimension 126 Contains Twisted Shapes, Mathematicians Prove

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Mathematicians have solved a 65-year-old problem by proving that dimension 126 can host twisted shapes that cannot be converted into a sphere through surgery. The proof uses a combination of computer calculations and theoretical insights to settle the Kervaire invariant question in this dimension.

docker2exe: Convert a Docker image to an executable

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This tool converts Docker images to executables that can be sent to friends. It checks for the required image on the user's system and loads it from a tarball if it doesn't exist.

Heat stress mitigation by trees and shelters at bus stops

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No Instagram, no privacy

The author feels uneasy about others knowing their personal life through social media posts from friends, even if they're not on Instagram themselves. They value real-life interactions and being in control of what others know about them.

Geometrically understanding calculus of inverse functions (2023)

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To find \(\frac{d}{dx} \arctan x\) and \(\int \arctan x \; dx\), we use the inverse function theorem and the Legendre transformation.

You can't git clone a team

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The problem with mastering the entire software stack is not just complexity, but the rarity of people with the necessary expertise, which spans kernel-level programming, hardware quirks, and distributed systems. To address this, we need to nurture and grow talent, collaborate with academia, and create a supportive community that showcases the importance and coolness of system-level tech.

Cursor hits $9B valuation

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A Tektronix TDS 684B Oscilloscope Uses CCD Analog Memory

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The user has a Tektronix TDS 684B oscilloscope with 4 channels, 1 GHz bandwidth, and 5 Gsps sample rate. It captures input signals at high speed in an analog memory and digitizes them at 8 MHz.

Internet usage pattern during power outage in Spain and Portugal

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A major power outage hit the Iberian Peninsula on Monday, affecting Spain and Portugal. Traffic dropped sharply during the outage, with mobile traffic increasing as people used their phones to access the internet.

Apple Shortcuts is falling into "the automation gap"

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The author questions Apple's progress with Shortcuts on the Mac, citing workarounds using AppleScript, Keyboard Maestro, and other tools. The author believes Shortcuts is too limited and needs significant improvement.

History of β€œAdventure” for the Atari 2600

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Warren robinett worked on the original adventure game for the atari vcs. the game features mazes, castles and one big secret room, which can be accessed even if you're already holding the item it's after. it was popularized in 1982 through the second issue of electronic games, and the book how to master home video games by tom hirschfield - he'll be the last person to play it

SpaceX pushed "sniper" theory with the feds

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket exploded on September 1, 2016, due to a propellant-loading process failure, not a sniper. The incident led to a thorough investigation and ultimately cleared SpaceX of any sabotage claims.

Bootstrapping Lisp in a Boot Sector

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Researchers created a 512-byte LISP implementation called sectorlisp, which boots on bare metal and is the smallest true LISP implementation to date. It includes a meta-circular evaluator, a C reference implementation, and a 512-byte i8086 version.

EU to ban anonymous crypto accounts and privacy coins by 2027

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The European Union will ban anonymous crypto accounts and privacy coins starting in 2027 under new AML regulations. Credit institutions and crypto service providers will be prohibited from maintaining anonymous accounts or handling certain cryptocurrencies.

Driving Compilers (2023)

The author learned programming in C and C++ through various books but struggled with using compiler tools. This series aims to fill the gap by explaining core concepts for creating executables.

Faster sorting with SIMD CUDA intrinsics (2024)

The author discusses bitonic sort, a parallel sorting algorithm that can sort in O(log^2(n)) time, and its implementation using CUDA warp intrinsics for a +30% performance uplift. The algorithm is used to speed up a general sort of a large sequence by recursing down to the 32-item case.

Show HN: Tkintergalactic - Declarative Tcl/Tk UI Library for Python

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The user is working on a Tkinter library called tkintergalactic, implementing a TODO list and a packer widget. They discuss potential future improvements to the library, including diffing algorithms and state management.

Extending a Language – Writing Powerful Macros in Scheme

A lot of what is said here also applies to languages that provide corresponding features. syntax-case and syntax can be employed to write powerful macros, argues mnieper. he says the macro facility is avant-garde, but it can also be used in other languages if desired - like python, bash, etc. scheme macro system is based on the lexical structure of the language, which is homo

The Inchtuthil Nail Hoard

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Archaeologists at Inchtuthil uncovered a massive hoard of over 800,000 Roman nails in a 12-foot deep pit. The nails were remarkably preserved and date back to the 1st century AD.

Show HN: Klavis AI – Open-source MCP integration for AI applications

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Klavis AI provides a scalable MCP server and client integration for AI applications with built-in authentication and customization options. It offers a simple API for creating and managing MCP servers with OAuth flows and secrets management.

Show HN: CodeCafΓ© – A real-time collaborative code editor in the browser

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CodeCafΓ© is a browser-based coding space for real-time collaboration, featuring a seamless editing experience and live preview. It uses Operational Transformation for simultaneous editing and supports popular frontend technologies.

Show HN: Reverse Pac-Man

If you are not redirected automatically, follow this link to Reverse Pac-Man.

Docs like code in basic terms

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This guide explains "docs like code" for non-devs, covering terminology and concepts to help get a mental model of what's going on. It covers tools like git, Markdown, static site generators, and CI/CD processes to create and deploy documentation.

Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on sleep bruxism

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Rtms has been applied to manage clinical pain conditions with variable outcomes. the decrease in nrs scores of jaw-closing muscle soreness could simply be a placebo effect, says dr. sanjay gupta, author of this study - bruxism and the bite are not causally related, he adds. study was approved by the human research ethics committee at nanjing medical university based

Understanding effective type Aliasing in C [pdf]

The c programming language has since c99 a concept known as effective type. it says that if something has an effective type, you can only access it using s type compatible with that type. this problem does not only exist for the user, it also exists for compilers. one question that has remained unanswered is how effectively type deals with structs and unions - does the memory get the ...

Using Coalton to implement a quantum compiler (2022)

Quilc is a state-of-the-art optimizing compiler for quantum computers written in common lisp. it can do discrete compilation of arbitrary quantum programs, allowing for more precise computations on the quantum computer. to test the effectiveness of this feature, we ran qql on simulated quantum machines, and found that it actually worked. the final result was that the compiler was able to ...

Show HN: I built a 7-day calendar app – no months or years, just the next 7 days

WeekLong is a simple 7-day planner that helps you stay organized and focused on what's ahead.

Imagineers defend new Walt Disney robot

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Walt Disney Imagineering is creating a highly accurate robotic animatronic of Walt Disney to premiere at Disneyland's 70th anniversary. The animatronic aims to capture Disney's presence and personality in a fresh way, but raises ethical questions about representing the deceased via technology.

Mathematical Problem Solving

Math resources include notes, books, and websites for problem-solving in math, such as Putnam and Beyond and The IMO Compendium. These resources provide high-quality problems and solutions for training and practice in math competitions.

Gandi March 9, 2025 incident postmortem

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Gandi experienced a major incident on March 9th due to a filer storage system outage affecting multiple services including mailboxes. All services were restored by March 12th with no data loss, but several factors contributed to the severity of the impact.

Reverse-engineering Fujitsu M7MU RELC hardware compression

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The user reverse-engineered the proprietary LZSS compression used in Samsung NX mini, NX3000/NX3300, and Galaxy K Zoom firmware, identifying it as Fujitsu's RELC (Rapid Embedded Lossless data Compression) hardware IP block. The decompression process involved understanding the algorithm's parameters, including the bitmask format, token encoding, and variable-length length encoding, and ...

Tuning Timbre Spectrum Scale

The Tuning Timbre Spectrum Scale book explains how to make intervals consonant or dissonant by choosing proper timbre. It uses dissonance curves to relate spectra and tunings.

Air traffic controllers couldn't see or talk to planes in Newark failure

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Air traffic controllers lost contact with aircraft at Newark Liberty International Airport due to equipment failure, causing over 1,500 flight delays. The FAA is working to upgrade its antiquated air traffic control system and address staffing shortages to prevent future disruptions.

How Texas Made the Old West Even Wilder and Bloodier

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Peter bergen: gunfights in texas were more common than in any other state. he says the west was calming down in the '90s, but the violence was still there in some places. the idea of a sane, violent frontier isn't new; it's been around for centuries, beckons the historian d.j. tomlinson says if you want to understand

(ab?)using Node module hooks to speed up development

Created modules for JSX transformation, file tree loading, and cache invalidation. Implemented hooks for alternative file extensions and module invalidation events.

2025 Pulitzer Prizes

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The Design of Compact Elastic Binary Trees (Cebtree)

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The user has been working on a compact binary tree data structure called cebtree, which is designed to be space-efficient and can handle duplicates, and has released version 0.1 with support for unique keys and version 0.2 with support for duplicates. The current version of cebtree supports tagged pointers and is still in development, and the user is considering merging it with ebtree, a ...

The Creative Power of Constraints

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Constraints can inspire creativity by providing a specific format or parameters to work within. When constraints are set just right, they catalyze innovation and expand possibilities rather than limiting them.

Wikidive – AI guided rabbitholes in Wikipedia

Discover fascinating connections between topics with AI-powered Wikipedia exploration. Dive deeper into knowledge with Wikidive's interactive learning experience.

Dreariness Index (2015)

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A Dreary Index was created to measure dreary weather by combining total annual precipitation, days with measurable precipitation, and average annual cloud coverage. The index ranked US cities, with Buffalo and Seattle tied for the highest score of 27, and Omaha, Nebraska, closest to the national average of 16.5.

Distributed server for social and realtime games and apps

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Nakama is a server for building scalable games and apps with features like social connections, leaderboards, tournaments, and runtime code extension. It supports various protocols and has a web UI for data inspection and management.

Turning into Turing (2022)

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Repeatedly rotating an image in Photoshop using bicubic interpolation methods can produce a Turing pattern, a phenomenon where the image degrades and forms a unique pattern after multiple rotations. The user experimented with different rotation methods, including pixel rotation and three-shear rotation, and found that bicubic interpolation produces a consistent Turing pattern regardless of ...

How Indian Colleges Casually Violate Human Rights

Indian colleges tightly regulate student movement under the guise of safety, but this violates students' fundamental human right to freedom of physical movement. This practice is morally reprehensible and prioritizes college liability over student autonomy and dignity.

Show HN: Ductape – Build back end integrations once, reuse them anywhere

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Ductape streamlines development with tools for API management and more. It enables fast implementation of components and services without sacrificing reliability or control.

Why it is (nearly) impossible that we live in a simulation

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The simulation hypothesis is physically unrealistic due to energy constraints and incompatibility with known astrophysics. It's impossible for this universe to be simulated by a universe with the same properties.

Ever wondered why Gmail search fails to find text you're sure is present?

User experienced Gmail search failure on edited forwarded text. Search fails to find text in plain part or with HTML tags.

Loving 21st century gaming like an 18th century furniture expert

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The article suggests embracing gaming's past and personal attachment to items, rather than focusing on monetary value or condition. It proposes adopting the mindset of collectors and enthusiasts outside of gaming, valuing love and personal connection over material worth.

Bridging the gap between keyword and semantic search with SPLADE (2024)

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The author discusses the limitations of keyword search and semantic search, then introduces SPLADE, a model that combines the strengths of both by generating synthetic terms from a semantic model. SPLADE improves recall in search results by 24%.

Product Purgatory: When they love it but still don't buy

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The Magic Wand Test proves that even valuable products may fail due to high implementation costs and risks, requiring significant value to exceed these penalties. To escape Product Purgatory, target a specific customer segment that needs the product now, driven by urgency such as regulatory compliance or competitive shifts.

DNSanity: Quickly validate DNS servers at scale

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DNSanity validates massive lists with speed and precision by checking templates against trusted servers and dropping servers with excessive mismatches. It uses concurrency, rate limiting, and retries for efficient testing.

FastAPI Cloud: deploying FastAPI apps with just a single command

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A new service called FastAPI Cloud simplifies deploying FastAPI apps with automatic deployments, HTTPS, and autoscaling. It's designed to make cloud deployment easy and secure, with a focus on Python and AI development.

Simulating, Detecting and Responding to S3 Ransomware Attacks

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Cloud Computing enables new attack vectors, including a new ransomware campaign targeting Amazon S3 buckets. To prevent and respond to this attack, use CloudTrail, S3 encryption, and AWS best practices for remediation and prevention.

Hyper-Typing

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The author discusses the trade-off between type safety and usability in TypeScript, specifically the issue of hyper-typing where libraries have overly complex type definitions that make them difficult to use. The author prefers less accurate, less safe libraries for their practical usability and maintainability.

Time Between The Lines: how memory access affects performance (2015)

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Modern processors have complex memory access patterns due to cache hierarchies and prefetching, making sequential memory access significantly faster than non-sequential access. To optimize performance, programmers should consider the memory access patterns of their algorithms and data structures, placing related data close together in memory to minimize cache misses.