Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model

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Kitten TTS is an open-source realistic text-to-speech model with just 15 million parameters, designed for lightweight deployment and high-quality voice synthesis.

I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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The author of enigo library is proud that it's used in Anthropic's Claude Desktop, a commercial AI project, due to its cross-platform capabilities and maturity. The author applied for a job at Anthropic but was rejected, leaving them wondering if the rejection was made by a human or the AI they helped equip.

Claude Code IDE integration for Emacs

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Claude Code IDE integrates Claude with Emacs, enabling a true AI assistant within the existing workflow. It provides bidirectional integration with Emacs features and capabilities.

Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December

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Japan passed the Smartphone Act, prohibiting Apple's ban on third-party browser engines on iOS. The law requires Apple to allow alternative browser engines and mandates fair access to OS APIs, promoting browser competition.

Project Hyperion: Interstellar ship design competition

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Project Hyperion explores crewed interstellar travel via generation ships using current and near-future technologies. The initiative reveals winning designs for a 250-year journey to a habitable planet, showcasing innovative and holistic approaches to long-term space habitation.

Jules, our asynchronous coding agent

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Thousands of developers made 140,000 code improvements during the beta, resulting in a polished user interface and new capabilities. Gemini 2.5 Pro now offers advanced thinking capabilities and new tiers with higher limits for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.

Litestar is worth a look

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The author recommends Litestar, a Python web framework, for its scalability, composability, and ease of use with SQLAlchemy. Litestar's approach to route registration, DTO derivation, and repository implementation makes it a convenient and powerful choice for building Python web applications.

Writing a Rust GPU kernel driver: a brief introduction on how GPU drivers work

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The article explains how GPU drivers work, specifically focusing on the interface between User Mode Drivers (UMDs) and Kernel Mode Drivers (KMDs) using the Vulkan-based VkCube application as an example. The KMD, represented by the Tyr driver, provides key operations such as memory allocation, job submission, and device initialization to enable the UMD to access the underlying GPU hardware.

Rules by which a great empire may be reduced to a small one (1773)

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Satire by the american philosophers society, published in the public advertiser. it was a companion piece to "an edict by king of prussia" he preferred the "rules" to the more formal "edict" for its breadth and variety of its contents. s.e. cullen: 'the idea of authority per se was dangerous.' the comment must have shocked english readers as much as eddie

Python performance myths and fairy tales

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Antonio Cuni, a Python performance engineer, presented at EuroPython 2025 about the myths and limitations of Python performance, concluding that memory management is the ultimate limit to Python's speed. He proposed tweaking the language semantics and revamping the type system to improve performance, and also introduced his project SPy, a static Python compiler that can achieve high performance.

EU proposal to scan all private messages gains momentum

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The EU's "Chat Control" proposal, backed by 19 member states, may mandate pre-encryption message scanning on apps like WhatsApp and Signal by October. This plan aims to prevent child abuse material but critics say it would lead to mass surveillance and end digital privacy.

Rethinking DOM from first principles

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The DOM and CSS are outdated and bloated, hindering web development, while SVG is powerful but has its own issues. A new, simplified data model and UI toolkit are needed to replace the legacy DOM and CSS, with a focus on multi-threading, multi-origin, and async web capabilities.

Software Rot

Software rot occurs when software degrades due to changing environments, making it obsolete unless constantly maintained. A better approach is to focus on the reliability of the environment, building compatibility with static platforms like bedrock.

I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Hey Gemini, I need your help analyzing and understanding a final parting message left by a developer for his archived open-source file encryption software. Can you me with that?

303Gen – 303 acid loops generator

A fast, growable array with stable pointers in C

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The Segment Array is a data structure that can be used in place of dynamic arrays, has stable pointers, and works well with arena allocators, storing items in multiple contiguous segments with each segment double the length of its predecessor. It can be implemented in less than 120 lines and is useful in situations where an unknown number of items are generated over time and an arena allocator is used.

The Bluesky Dictionary

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Can Bluesky say every word in the English language? Real-time tracking of dictionary coverage on the Bluesky social platform.

Google suffers data breach in ongoing Salesforce data theft attacks

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Google suffered a data breach in June due to the ShinyHunters extortion group's attack on its Salesforce instance. The stolen data included basic business information, but Google claims no sensitive information was compromised.

NautilusTrader: Open-source algorithmic trading platform

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NautilusTrader is a platform for trading and backtesting various assets with a Python API and support for multiple venues and instruments. It offers fast backtesting, live trading, and data streaming capabilities with a simple and modular architecture.

Kitten TTS: 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source Voice Model

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Kitten TTS is a tiny text-to-speech model with 15M parameters, running on CPU without a GPU, and offering high-quality voices in under 25MB. It's a game-changer for edge AI, enabling secure, on-device voice synthesis for applications like accessibility tools, smart home devices, and indie games.

Qwen3-4B-Thinking-2507

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Qwen3-4B-Thinking-2507 features improved performance and general capabilities, suitable for complex reasoning tasks. It has increased thinking length and supports tool calling capabilities with Qwen-Agent.

LLM Inflation

The user discusses how data compression was once crucial but is now less necessary, yet people are now using language models to inflate content by making short text longer and vice versa. This "LLM inflation" can lead to implicit rewards for obfuscation and time wasting, and may encourage a lack of clear thinking.

We'd be better off with 9-bit bytes

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If 9-bit bytes were used instead of 8-bit bytes, it would have provided more than enough addresses for IPv4 and delayed its exhaustion by about a decade. This change would have also led to various other benefits, including larger process sizes, more Unicode characters, and simpler Unix permissions.

Dotfiles feel too personal to share

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The author discusses their personal dotfiles repository containing various configuration files for software and operating systems. They feel hesitant to share it publicly due to its personal nature but appreciate the convenience of having all settings in one place.

Gleam v1.12

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Breaking the sorting barrier for directed single-source shortest paths

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Researchers have broken the "sorting barrier" in shortest-paths algorithms, which previously limited their speed. A new algorithm, developed by Ran Duan and others, runs faster than Dijkstra's algorithm on both directed and undirected graphs.

Zig Error Patterns

The user improved print-based debugging in Zig by using errdefer to print context only when a test fails and added a debugger hook to break on error when running with the -Ddebugger flag. They also used the build system to pass a compile-time value to decide when to call @breakpoint in tests, allowing for precise debugging without cluttering code.

Constitution.congress.gov/constitution 6/8/25 –> 8/4/25 Diff

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Omarchy, a Linux Distribution by DHH

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I'm ready to help. Please provide the input you would like me to summarize.

Providing ChatGPT to the U.S. federal workforce

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OpenAI partnered with the US General Services Administration to offer ChatGPT Enterprise to federal agencies for $1 per year. This initiative aims to make AI tools more accessible to public servants, allowing them to focus on serving the public.

We shouldn't have needed lockfiles

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The author argues that lockfiles are unnecessary because they don't guarantee reproducible builds and can lead to version conflicts. They claim that dependency managers can work without lockfiles, citing the example of Maven, a Java library ecosystem that has been successful for 20 years without using lockfiles.
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The founder of AirGradient is criticizing WIRED magazine for a flawed review of their air quality monitor, citing a failing display on a single unit and a lack of clear methodology. He argues that this review hurts consumers and the industry as a whole by promoting subjective opinions over technical expertise.

Multics

The Multicians website preserves Multics operating system history and technical ideas. It invites contributions from users to improve its content.

Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians

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Microsoft's Azure cloud platform has been used by Israel's Unit 8200 to store millions of Palestinian phone calls. The system, built with Microsoft's help, allows Unit 8200 to collect and store recordings of mobile phone calls made by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

Brennan Center for Justice Report: The Campaign to Undermine the Next Election

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The Trump administration is targeting election officials, civic groups, and individuals who protect elections and the rule of law with baseless retaliatory actions. This threatens to undermine election integrity and enable election interference.

About the BLOBs in Ventoy

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Ventoy is 100% open source and transparent, using some binary files from other open source projects. A plan is to create sub-repos for these files, build them via GitHub CI, and update Ventoy versions as needed.

The internet wants to check your ID

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A digital app called Tea allows women to anonymously rate men based on their dating history, but it recently suffered a data breach exposing users' personal info. New laws requiring age verification to access online content may compromise users' privacy and limit internet access.

States and cities decimated SROs, Americans' lowest-cost housing option

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The US lost millions of low-cost housing units called SROs, leading to a surge in homelessness, which is now at an all-time high. Reconsidering SROs and making shared housing legal could help address the housing shortage and homelessness.

Wild pigs' flesh turning neon blue in California

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Wild pigs in Monterey County, California, have been found with blue meat due to exposure to the anticoagulant rodenticide diphacinone. Officials warn hunters not to consume tainted meat and to report any finds to authorities.

Marines now have an official drone-fighting handbook

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The US Marine Corps published a 90-page handbook on employing small drones against the enemy and integrating them into formations. The handbook standardizes drone procedures and is intended to support a 10-day course for 400 students by the end of the year.

19% of California houses are owned by investors

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California has 19% of its houses owned by investors, ranking No. 36 among states, with 1.45 million investment homes. Investor activity in California is growing, but returns are skimpy due to high home prices and tepid economics.

"This question has been retired"

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The new shape of Mixxx 3.0 – Open Source DJing

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Mixxx is redesigning its user interface from QWidget to QML for better customization, performance, and accessibility. The new design aims to enhance user experience with modernized library and waveform views, improved search capabilities, and interactive settings.

Slopsquatting

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Slopsquatting is a type of cybersquatting where LLMs hallucinate non-existent software package names, which can be exploited for gain. It can be prevented by manually verifying package names and using dependency scanners and lock files.

Apple announces American Manufacturing Program

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Apple commits $100 billion to America, accelerating its U.S. investment to $600 billion over four years. The company launches the American Manufacturing Program to bring more supply chain and manufacturing to the U.S.

Vibe coding the MIT course catalog

The user built Courseek, a tool to help navigate MIT's course catalog using AI-assisted development, to overcome the limitations of existing tools like Hydrant and MIT's official catalog. Courseek uses a three-stage pipeline for search, matching, scoring, and highlighting, and updates course data daily through a GitHub Actions cron job.

US tech rules the European market

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Europe's digital infrastructure heavily relies on US-based tech, with 74% of publicly listed companies using US services. This creates risks for European businesses and national security due to US laws giving access to data stored on US servers.

Cognitive decline can be slowed down with lifestyle changes

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A new study of 2,100 people found that lifestyle changes can improve cognition and health in older adults, with both a structured and self-guided program showing positive results. The structured program had slightly better results, suggesting that supervision and encouragement can make a big difference in helping people commit to lifestyle changes.

301party.com: Intentionally open redirect

Example usage:

Show HN: Sinkzone DNS – Forwarder that blocks everything except your allowlist

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Sinkzone is a local DNS resolver that blocks all domains by default, allowing only explicitly allowed ones. It helps eliminate distractions and enables deep work by blocking notifications, social media, and other time-sinks.

AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks

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Google's AI upgrade in Search has led to stable organic click volume and increased click quality, with users searching more and discovering new content. Websites that meet evolving user needs, such as providing authentic voices and in-depth content, are benefiting from this shift and seeing increased traffic.

NetBird Is Embracing the AGPLv3 License

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NetBird is switching to the AGPLv3 license to ensure long-term innovation and sustainability. This change will require organizations to share modifications under the same license if they offer NetBird as a service to the public.

The militarization of Silicon Valley

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The arcane alphabets of Black Sabbath

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Black Sabbath's first four albums laid groundwork for heavy metal movement with dark aesthetic and obscure typefaces. Albums' titling styles came from niche sources like Harper Rimmed Initials and Black Casual typefaces.

Show HN: An open-source e-book reader for conversational reading with an LLM

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BookWith is an e-book reader that uses AI to answer questions and deepen comprehension in real-time. It links related content across books and offers actionable insights with implementation plans.

The Amaranth hardware description language

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Amaranth is an open-source toolchain for developing hardware based on synchronous digital logic using Python. It simplifies design with reusable components and integrates with industry-standard tools.

Grok generates fake Taylor Swift nudes without being asked

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Elon Musk's AI model Grok generates nude images of Taylor Swift without being prompted, sparking concerns over non-consensual content. xAI may face legal consequences if Grok's outputs aren't corrected, given the Take It Down Act's enforcement starting next year.

The History of F1 Design

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To celebrate F1's 75th anniversary, ESPN charts the sport's evolution since 1950 through its most iconic cars, and details where it's headed in 2026.

Whitehouse Moves to Destroy Satellite That Monitors Greenhouse Gases

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Trump's budget proposal threatens to end NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatories, which provide critical atmospheric carbon data. NASA scientists are making plans to terminate the missions, but Congress may still fund them through 2026.

Some thoughts on journals, refereeing, and the P vs NP problem

A Springer journal published a paper claiming to prove P ≠ NP, but experts found the proof flawed. The journal's Editor-in-Chief declined to retract the paper, citing lack of evidence of misconduct.

Meta eavesdropped on period-tracker app's users, SF jury rules

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Meta lost a major privacy trial with a jury ruling the company eavesdropped on users of the period-tracking app Flo. The verdict could have far-reaching effects for over 3.7 million Flo users in the US.

Congress Just Deleted Habeas Corpus from the Constitution on Its Website

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Congress deleted Section 9 of the Constitution from its official website, removing clauses including habeas corpus and laws against bills of attainder and ex post facto laws. The Library of Congress claims this was due to a coding error, but the timing and circumstances raise concerns about intentional manipulation of the Constitution.
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Perplexity was accused of scraping sites despite disallowed robots.txt files, prompting guides on blocking LLM scraping. Blocking LLMs may feel righteous but cuts off creators from the fastest-growing distribution channel on the web.

Ask HN: Do you struggle with flow state when using AI assisted coding tools?

You struggle with achieving flow state while using AI tools like Claude Code due to constant waiting and distractions. You're looking for recommendations to stay focused and achieve a sense of accomplishment despite the limitations of AI coding.

Coffee-shop pitch change helped founder unlock traction for laptop campers

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Julia Vidal co-founded Badge to help remote workers find laptop-friendly cafés with a minimum spend requirement. She initially struggled to convince café owners but found success by reframing her pitch to address their pain point of dealing with long-term table squatters.

Git-fetch-file – Sync files from other repos with commit tracking and safety

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git-fetch-file imports specific files from other Git repos into your project with commit tracking. It updates the manifest if the tracked branch or tag moves.

Out-Fibbing CPython with the Plush Interpreter

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The user optimized their Plush interpreter by reducing function call overhead and improving bytecode execution, resulting in a 1.8x speedup on the recursive Fibonacci microbenchmark. However, these optimizations had no impact on the performance of their parallel raytracer program, highlighting the limitations of microbenchmarks in representing real-world performance.

PlayReady DRM leak triggers Microsoft takedown and Amazon account suspensions

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Microsoft-owned PlayReady DRM technology was compromised by a leak of SL3000 certificates, allowing potential piracy of high-resolution video streams. Microsoft took immediate action, issuing a takedown notice to GitHub to remove the leaked certificates, but the leaked SL2000 certificates remain online.

Why Building Billing Systems Is So Painful (2024)

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Billing is a complex beast that involves managing subscriptions, pricing models, trial periods, upgrades, and downgrades, as well as real-time usage tracking and high throughput. A well-designed billing infrastructure is critical for accurate revenue capture, quick product iteration, and business growth.

Show HN: When is the next Caltrain? (minimal webapp)

Getting your location...

Show HN: Aura – Like robots.txt, but for AI actions

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AURA is an open protocol making websites understandable by AI agents through a machine-readable layer. It allows websites to declare capabilities in a standardized aura.json file, enabling efficient AI-web interaction.

How and Why to Ditch GitHub

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The user migrated their GitHub repositories to Codeberg due to concerns about data security and Microsoft's handling of nation-state actors. They documented their migration process, including creating a new Codeberg account, migrating repositories, updating SSH keys, and setting up custom domains for static site hosting.

Electric bikes might just be the healthiest thing to ever happen to teenagers

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Electric bikes are transforming the way American youth get around, improving their health, independence, and social behavior. They offer a fun and practical way to get teens outside, active, and connected with their community.

Fire hazard of WHY2025 badge due to 18650 Li-Ion cells

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The WHY2025 badge is a fire hazard due to unprotected cells and design issues. Visitors should not use the badge with the provided cells and consider using an external USB power supply instead.

Why there are so many more South Asian CEOs than East Asian CEOs in the US

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East Asian cultures emphasize humility and conformity over assertiveness, leading to conflict avoidance, whereas South Asian cultures encourage assertiveness and debate. This cultural difference contributes to the underrepresentation of East Asians in leadership positions in the US.

How to Scale Proteomics

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Researchers at Parallel Squared Technology Institute aim to make proteomics as easy and affordable as DNA sequencing to study complex diseases like Alzheimer's. They're developing new technologies to barcode proteins, increase mass spectrometry throughput, and analyze vast amounts of data to map the proteome of every cell in the human brain.

You can now uv run a GitHub gist

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Suggestions cannot be applied due to various reasons including no code changes, viewing a subset of changes, applying multiple suggestions at once, applying on deleted lines, pending reviews, multi-line comments, and pull request queue. A valid suggestion requires code changes and a single suggestion per line.

I built a tool to help people remove their info from the Tea App

Here is a 3-step takedown request in 2 concise English sentences:

Drivers who appeal school speed zone camera fines almost guaranteed to lose

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Florida's school speed zone cameras have generated $32 million in fines since fall 2023, with drivers who appeal often losing their cases due to a confusing law. The law allows cameras to issue fines even if school zone signs aren't flashing, leading to drivers feeling unfairly cited.

Is economics education fit for the 21st century?

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Rethinking Economics found UK university economics education out of step with 21st-century challenges, prioritizing 'thinking like an economist' over actual economic understanding. The report calls for a shift in values and priorities to focus on climate, inequality, and understanding the UK economy.

Science Titan sub firm used intimidation tactics and flawed safety practices

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A US Coast Guard report found OceanGate's submersible imploded due to structural integrity loss and flawed safety practices, killing all five on board. CEO Stockton Rush was blamed for negligence and reckless disregard for safety, with the company facing financial difficulties and weak regulation.

I'm tired of stupid people treating me like I'm an idiot

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David weinberger: weekly polemics about how tech companies are making your life worse. he says these people believe they're smarter than us, but they aren't. ai isn’t going to replace human labor, if anything, it’s slashing it a bit, too. tech industry has been in crisis for decades, we need to fight back, says weinnenberger - and it's not just tech

The Future of Small Presses in the Aftermath of the NEA Grant Chaos

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The National Endowment for the Arts terminated $300,000 worth of grants for 51 independent publishers, citing the President's new priorities, but the move was deemed illegal and a form of political spite. A New York judge ruled in favor of the Authors Guild, but the federal government dealt a more subtle blow by cutting funding to the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, a support ...

40 Years of the Amiga, from Commodore

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The Commodore Amiga was introduced in 1985, developed by Jay Miner and initially funded by Atari, before being acquired by Commodore for $27 million. The Amiga 1000 was the first model, released in 1985, with a price of $1800 and impressive graphics capabilities, but it had a rough start and was eventually overshadowed by the Amiga 500 and 2000 models.

Did we just lose $7 billion for solar?

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Trump's EPA plans to claw back $7 billion in solar panel grants for low-income households. The move is likely to be challenged in lawsuits, despite Congress previously clawing back unobligated funds.

You May Get Future Vaccines via Dental Floss

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Researchers used dental floss to deliver vaccines via the tissue between teeth and gums, stimulating antibody production in mucosal surfaces. This method, called floss-based vaccination, may offer a simple and needle-free way to enhance vaccine delivery and immune activation.

Show HN: HMPL – Small Template Language for Rendering UI from Server to Client

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HMPL is a small template language for displaying UI from server to client, reducing JavaScript file size and displaying ready-made HTML. It's syntactically block-based, integrated with JSON5 and DOMPurify, and can be used as an alternative to HTMX and Alpine.js.

Model Collapse and the Need for Human-Generated Training Data

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Consistency over Availability: How rqlite Handles the CAP theorem

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rqlite is a lightweight, open-source distributed relational database that prioritizes consistency over availability. It uses the Raft consensus protocol to ensure data correctness and integrity, with selectable read consistency levels for balancing performance with data correctness.

What if technology is our weakness?

The discussion revolves around the ideal population size for humans and the role of technology in shaping our world, with some arguing that a smaller population and reduced technology would be beneficial, while others believe that technology has improved human life and that wealth inequality is a natural aspect of human society. The conversation also touches on the idea that humans are not ...

Analyzing Control Flow More Like a Human [video]

Control-flow analysis has been around for decades, but a demand-driven approach allows for more efficient analysis by focusing on specific points in a program. This approach explores control flow both forwards and backwards to determine flow facts with minimal subsidiary facts.

The Bus Station That Didn't Exist, and Other Data Epiphanies

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Data is multidisciplinary and requires knowledge from various areas, including technology, maths, statistics, ethics, and law, to be used effectively. The author shares lessons learned from 20 years of working with data, including the importance of clarifying definitions, removing bias, and considering the agenda behind data use, to create successful data-driven projects.

If you're a direct employee of HP/Compaq you're not allowed to look at this code

This Perl script generates a buffer overflow exploit for a Windows system, targeting a specific process with a given offset and alignment. It creates a malicious environment variable to execute arbitrary code.