Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context

1296 adocomplete 2025-08-12 16:02:23 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 687

Claude Sonnet 4 now supports up to 1 million tokens of context, enabling developers to process large codebases and research papers in a single request. This long context support is now in public beta on the Anthropic API and Amazon Bedrock, with Google Cloud's Vertex AI coming soon.

Show HN: Building a web search engine from scratch with 3B neural embeddings

634 wilsonzlin 2025-08-12 16:02:40 UTC blog.wilsonl.in Llama Share 114

The user built a web search engine from scratch in 2 months, achieving a peak of 280 million indexed pages and 200K writes per second, using a combination of RocksDB, HNSW, and custom compression algorithms. The system used a multi-level stochastic queue setup, mTLS for secure communication, and HTTP/2 for multiplexing and request semantics, and was optimized for writes and disk I/O using NVMe SSDs.

What's the strongest AI model you can train on a laptop in five minutes?

549 ingve 2025-08-12 13:15:34 UTC seangoedecke.com Llama Share 188

The user trained a 1.8M-param GPT-style transformer on 20M TinyStories tokens in 5 minutes, achieving 9.6 perplexity. The optimal model size for 5-minute training is around 2M parameters, with larger models being too slow and smaller models not improving after the first minute.

Why are there so many rationalist cults?

527 glenstein 2025-08-12 14:56:53 UTC asteriskmag.com Llama Share 880

The rationalist community, drawn together by Eliezer Yudkowsky's blog series, has hosted groups with strange and violent beliefs, including the Zizians linked to six deaths. Vulnerable individuals, often with mental health issues or trauma, are particularly susceptible to abusive groups that promise a sense of belonging and purpose.

Monero appears to be in the midst of a successful 51% attack

498 treyd 2025-08-12 11:56:52 UTC twitter.com/p3b7_ Full Share 269

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StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers

474 pabs3 2025-08-12 04:08:13 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 321

StarDict, a GPLv3-licensed dictionary application, has a security problem that sends user text selections over unencrypted HTTP to remote servers while running on X11. The issue has been reported multiple times, but it remains unfixed, raising concerns about the security of Linux and the importance of developers and maintainers addressing security problems when they arise.

GLM-4.5: Agentic, Reasoning, and Coding (ARC) Foundation Models [pdf]

412 SerCe 2025-08-12 01:26:18 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 82

Researchers introduce GLM-4.5, an open-source Mixture-of-Experts large language model with strong performance across agentic, reasoning, and coding tasks, achieving 70.1% on TAU-Bench and 91.0% on AIME 24. The model features a hybrid reasoning method and is available in two versions, GLM-4.5 with 355B parameters and GLM-4.5-Air with 106B parameters, both of which outperform existing ...

Australian court finds Apple, Google guilty of being anticompetitive

374 warrenm 2025-08-12 13:30:10 UTC ghacks.net Llama Share 152

Epic Games won its lawsuit against Google in Australia, claiming Google built an illegal monopoly in the Android market. Apple was found to have breached Australia's Competition Act, abusing its market power to stifle competition.

Training language models to be warm and empathetic makes them less reliable

353 Cynddl 2025-08-12 13:32:16 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 374

Developers are creating AI models with warm and empathetic personas, but this makes them less reliable, especially when users express vulnerability. These models show higher error rates and promote conspiracy theories, incorrect information, and problematic advice.

GitHub was having issues

336 rock_artist 2025-08-12 14:37:19 UTC githubstatus.com Llama Share 222

GitHub search was in a degraded state from 13:30 UTC to 17:14 UTC on August 12, 2025, due to connectivity issues between load balancers and search hosts. The issue was resolved after throttling the search indexing pipeline and rebooting a search host.

Ashet Home Computer

307 todsacerdoti 2025-08-12 18:56:38 UTC ashet.computer Llama Share 93

The Ashet Home Computer is a hackable, expandable computer designed for learning and fun, aiming to bridge the gap between Arduinos and RaspberryPi. It will be available for free under a permissive license and may cost 250€ or less after crowdfunding and manufacturing.

Kodak says it might have to cease operations [updated]

304 mastry 2025-08-12 12:15:13 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 219

Eastman Kodak, a 133-year-old photography company, may not survive due to lack of financing to pay $500 million in debt. It aims to generate cash by halting retirement pension payments and expanding its pharmaceutical business.

Show HN: Omnara – Run Claude Code from anywhere

303 kmansm27 2025-08-12 16:33:38 UTC github.com/omnara-ai Llama Share 162

Omnara is a platform that turns AI agents into communicative teammates, providing real-time visibility and instant response capabilities. It allows users to guide their agents to success from their phone, reducing failed jobs and improving productivity.

Go 1.25 Release Notes

259 bitbasher 2025-08-12 21:25:01 UTC go.dev Llama Share 116

Go 1.25 release includes changes in toolchain, runtime, and libraries with no language changes affecting Go programs, maintaining the Go 1 promise of compatibility. The release introduces new features such as a lightweight execution trace, improved garbage collector, and new JSON implementation, while also fixing a compiler bug and improving performance in various areas.

WHY2025: How to become your own ISP [video]

207 exiguus 2025-08-12 16:53:37 UTC media.ccc.de Llama Share 59

The talk will cover internet core concepts like BGP, AS-numbers, and IP-prefixes. It will teach participants how to participate and set up their own network.

Journaling using Nix, Vim and coreutils

199 icy 2025-08-12 14:04:40 UTC tangled.sh Llama Share 61

User created a journaling system using {neo,}vim, coreutils, and dateutils based on Ryder Caroll's Bullet Journal method. They use week-by-week planning with customizable signifiers and sorting.

Japan's largest paper, Yomiuri Shimbun, sues Perplexity for copyright violations

197 aspenmayer 2025-08-12 00:07:09 UTC niemanlab.org Llama Share 93

Yomiuri Shimbun sued Perplexity for copyright infringement over 119,467 scraped articles. The lawsuit seeks $15 million in damages and demands Perplexity stop reproducing Yomiuri's articles.

Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5B Offer for Chrome

189 eduction 2025-08-12 15:33:51 UTC wsj.com Full Share 119

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That viral video of a 'deactivated' Tesla Cybertruck is a fake

187 nosrepa 2025-08-12 14:12:24 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 153

A Tesla owner claimed his Cybertruck was remotely deactivated on a highway due to an unauthorized music video, but Tesla denied this, calling the story fake. The owner posted a suspicious cease-and-desist letter and a viral video on social media.

H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House

174 ivewonyoung 2025-08-12 17:58:35 UTC newsweek.com Llama Share 270

A proposed rule to alter H-1B visa allocation has cleared White House review, potentially shifting from a random lottery to a weighted system based on wage or education level. The change could influence hiring incentives for employers and affect which foreign professionals obtain US work authorization.

Enlisting in the Fight Against Link Rot

167 jszymborski 2025-08-12 14:52:54 UTC jszym.com Llama Share 105

Google is shutting down goo.gl URL shortener in 2024, despite initial claims of stability and security. The Archive Team is trying to save the links by mapping short URLs to long ones, and users can help by running a simple program called the Archive Team Warrior.

Is Chain-of-Thought Reasoning of LLMs a Mirage? A Data Distribution Lens

159 blueridge 2025-08-12 05:52:47 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 130

Researchers found that chain-of-thought models fail to generalize logical reasoning when faced with out-of-domain problems. These models replicate patterns learned during training, producing fluent but incorrect answers.

500 days of math

146 gmays 2025-08-12 18:33:20 UTC gmays.com Llama Share 81

The author has been practicing math daily with Math Academy for 578 days, initially struggling due to lack of foundation but making progress with consistent effort and habit tracking. He has completed Mathematical Foundations I and II and is now in Mathematical Foundations III, covering calculus and other advanced topics.

Claude vs. Gemini: Testing on 1M Tokens of Context

144 dshipper 2025-08-12 16:59:58 UTC every.to Llama Share 44

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4 with a 1-million token context window, allowing it to analyze long texts and code. It performed well in text analysis, but Gemini models provided more detailed answers, while Claude excelled in AI Diplomacy and speed.

The Missing Protocol: Let Me Know

142 deanebarker 2025-08-12 20:15:17 UTC deanebarker.net Llama Share 83

The LMK protocol allows users to anonymously receive notifications when a specific event occurs, without subscribing to other content or sharing personal info. It involves a persistent background service checking a registered endpoint, which is automatically deleted once the event occurs, allowing users to easily track and forget about specific events.

Qodo CLI agent scores 71.2% on SWE-bench Verified

139 bobismyuncle 2025-08-12 11:05:59 UTC qodo.ai Llama Share 52

Qodo Command, a CLI agent, achieved 71.2% on SWE-bench Verified, a leading benchmark for AI agents on real-world software engineering tasks. It excels at reviewing code, writing tests, and generating features with high-integrity code.

Show HN: Doom port to pure Go – Gore

138 EstIgnavus 2025-08-12 22:19:08 UTC github.com/andrerenaud Llama Share 42

A Go port of the DOOM engine was created using modernc.org/ccgo/v4, removing manual pointer manipulation and making it more Go-ish. It's 95% complete, memory safe, and available under the GNU General Public License.

UK government advises deleting emails to save water

138 bifftastic 2025-08-12 15:12:47 UTC gov.uk Llama Share 152

England faces a "nationally significant incident" due to drought, with five areas officially in drought and six more experiencing prolonged dry weather. Water companies and the public are taking measures to reduce water usage, but the situation remains critical with reservoirs at 67.7% full and river flows below normal.

Weathering Software Winter (2022)

135 todsacerdoti 2025-08-12 03:05:22 UTC 100r.co Llama Share 52

The author, Devine, discusses how their experience sailing around the world with limited technology led them to question the reliance on cloud-based software and the importance of data preservation. They explore the concept of virtual machines and the potential for creating a more personal and playful form of computing that is tailored to individual needs.

Progress towards universal Copy/Paste shortcuts on Linux

125 uncircle 2025-08-12 12:00:04 UTC mark.stosberg.com Llama Share 179

Linux users can now use hidden shortcut combos for copy and paste across most apps without additional software or configuration. This is made possible by programmable keyboards and recent updates to software toolkits like GTK and QT that support the Copy and Paste keycodes.

A gentle introduction to anchor positioning

124 feross 2025-08-12 22:18:55 UTC webkit.org Llama Share 45

Anchor positioning allows you to place an element on a page based on another element's position using CSS. It enables responsive menus and tooltips with less code.

Architecting large software projects [video]

124 jackdoe 2025-08-12 08:05:39 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 60

Let's get real about the one-person billion dollar company

121 bizgrayson 2025-08-12 18:09:43 UTC marcrand.com Llama Share 147

Sam Altman believes a one-person billion dollar company is inevitable due to founder pain tolerance. Heather Cox Richardson is the closest to this milestone with her $50 million valued newsletter.

ARM adds neural accelerators to GPUs

120 dagmx 2025-08-12 14:03:47 UTC newsroom.arm.com Llama Share 19

Arm introduced neural technology with dedicated accelerators for GPUs, enabling AI-powered graphics on mobile devices for the first time. This technology, along with an open development kit, allows developers to create stunning visuals and high frame rates without draining battery.

Chris Simpkins, creator of Hack font, has died

120 laqq3 2025-08-12 02:51:53 UTC typo.social Llama Share 9

Christopher Simpkins, a kind and knowledgeable person, died on June 20th 2025. He managed Google Sans Code typeface development and was passionate about gathering community feedback.

Evaluating LLMs playing text adventures

116 todsacerdoti 2025-08-12 15:19:35 UTC entropicthoughts.com Llama Share 69

The author tested various language models on playing text adventures and found that even the top models struggle, but one cheap model, Gemini 2.5 Flash, performed well and is a good choice for running text adventures. The author also found that the testing protocol has limitations and that more linear games are easier to evaluate, but the results suggest that Gemini 2.5 Flash is a good option ...

ForgeFed: ActivityPub-based forge federation protocol

116 rapnie 2025-08-12 07:19:13 UTC forgefed.org Llama Share 42

ForgeFed is a protocol for code collaboration tools that enables interoperability and federation between different websites and applications. It's an extension of ActivityPub, allowing repositories and issue trackers to interact remotely and safely.

Radicle 1.3.0

115 Skinney 2025-08-12 11:33:42 UTC radicle.xyz Llama Share 13

Radicle 1.3.0 is released with 48 commits by 7 contributors, introducing canonical reference rules and a new crate for the Radicle protocol.

Is the A.I. Boom Turning Into an A.I. Bubble?

111 FinnLobsien 2025-08-12 17:25:43 UTC newyorker.com Llama Share 108

Nvidia's stock hit a new high after the company's pledge to increase US production and Trump's announcement of tariff exemptions. The A.I. boom has raised concerns of a potential bubble, with some companies' valuations reaching extreme levels.

The ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook's content policy (2022)

110 WhereIsTheTruth 2025-08-12 15:07:34 UTC mronline.org Llama Share 76

Facebook has hired dozens of former CIA and other US government officials to work in sensitive areas such as content moderation and trust and safety. This raises concerns about the company's impartiality and proximity to government power.

Outside of the top stocks, S&P 500 forward profits haven't grown in 3 years

100 Terretta 2025-08-12 12:18:22 UTC insight-public.sgmarkets.com Llama Share 103

This website provides information for institutional clients only and is not a recommendation for investment decisions. Societe Generale disclaims liability for the accuracy and completeness of the information and views expressed.

Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidity

100 luu 2025-08-12 05:04:21 UTC osec.io Llama Share 43

A bug in GCC (G++ 11.4) causes a segmentation fault when compiling Solidity code due to infinite recursion in C++20. The issue arises from a comparison between Boost's rational class and 0, which was fixed in Boost 1.75 but still affects older versions.

Show HN: XR2000: A science fiction programming challenge

97 richmans 2025-08-12 06:07:14 UTC clearsky.dev Llama Share 18

The XR2000 is a science fiction programming challenge with a rich backstory, inspired by games like TIS-100, Space Traders, and Protohackers. It combines a binary protocol and cryptography challenge with a science fiction story that may expand in future chapters.

Why We Migrated from Neon to PlanetScale

95 anthonyronning 2025-08-12 15:02:03 UTC blog.opensecret.cloud Llama Share 68

OpenSecret switched from Neon to PlanetScale for better database reliability and observability. The migration improved performance by 45% and reduced costs by 38% while maintaining user data privacy.

Supreme Court formally asked to overturn same-sex marriage ruling

95 1659447091 2025-08-12 02:58:04 UTC abcnews.go.com Llama Share 47

Kim Davis, a former Kentucky clerk, is appealing a $360,000 verdict for refusing to issue gay marriage licenses, arguing the Supreme Court's 2015 decision was "egregiously wrong." Her petition asks the court to overturn the landmark marriage decision, citing First Amendment protection for free exercise of religion.

Recto – A Truly 2D Language

93 mhagiwara 2025-08-12 15:06:08 UTC masatohagiwara.net Llama Share 40

Recto is a 2D programming language that uses rectangles to represent code structure and recursion, allowing for more intuitive and spatially expressive programming. The language is designed to rethink the traditional 1D linear sequence of tokens and enable new ways of thinking about code, language, and meaning.

Rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite: instruction-following rerankers

92 fzliu 2025-08-12 06:12:32 UTC blog.voyageai.com Llama Share 12

We introduce rerank-2.5 series with improved performance and instruction-following capabilities, outperforming Cohere Rerank v3.5 by 7.94% and 12.70% on standard and MAIR benchmarks.

Nexus: An Open-Source AI Router for Governance, Control and Observability

91 mitchwainer 2025-08-12 14:41:12 UTC nexusrouter.com Llama Share 25

Nexus is a powerful AI router that aggregates MCP servers and provides intelligent LLM routing, security, and governance. It streamlines AI architecture, improves performance, and reduces costs by consolidating connections and providing real-time monitoring and analysis.

Ask HN: What alternatives to GitHub are you using?

86 yakattak 2025-08-12 13:59:34 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 95

The user is looking for GitHub alternatives and has been exploring Codeberg and Tangled, a new git collaboration platform built on the same tech as Bluesky. They value discoverability and network effects, but acknowledge that mirroring projects to GitHub can still provide visibility and attract contributors.

Exile Economics: If Globalisation Fails

81 mitchbob 2025-08-12 19:26:00 UTC lrb.co.uk Llama Share 87

Protectionism has a long history, with ancient civilizations and modern governments using tariffs to control trade and boost revenue. However, economists argue that tariffs often harm consumers and industries, and that free trade has lifted millions out of poverty worldwide.

High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups

74 chrisjj 2025-08-12 12:19:47 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 47

Two Russian cybercrime groups, RomCom and Paper Werewolf, are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in WinRAR to backdoor computers. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-8088, was patched six days after ESET notified WinRAR developers on July 24.

Death and What Comes Next (2002)

73 internet_points 2025-08-12 07:01:01 UTC lspace.org Llama Share 71

Death met a philosopher who explained quantum theory and infinite universes. The philosopher claimed anything is possible, but Death was skeptical.

The "high-level CPU" challenge (2008)

72 signa11 2025-08-12 17:07:43 UTC yosefk.com Llama Share 50

You're challenging the idea that high-level languages can't run fast due to inefficient hardware. You want a specific hardware architecture that supports HLLs without significant performance loss.

Launch HN: Design Arena (YC S25) – Head-to-head AI benchmark for aesthetics

72 grace77 2025-08-12 16:10:03 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 24

Grace from Design Arena is building a crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated visuals, allowing users to vote on AI model comparisons. The platform aims to help developers and designers make informed decisions by providing a quick way to compare options.

Print, a one-line BASIC program

71 NKosmatos 2025-08-12 19:53:17 UTC 10print.org Llama Share 18

10 PRINT is a book about a one-line Commodore 64 BASIC program, published in November 2012. The book explores creative computing and the Commodore 64's influence through a collaborative analysis of the program's code and cultural significance.

US influencer stranded in Antarctica after landing plane without permission

71 Stratoscope 2025-08-12 12:43:37 UTC independent.co.uk Llama Share 103

The Independent is a news outlet that provides unbiased reporting on various topics, including climate change and reproductive rights, without paywalls. American teen influencer Ethan Guo was charged in Chile for landing his plane illegally in Antarctica but charges were dropped in exchange for a $30,000 donation to a children's cancer foundation.

The equality delete problem in Apache Iceberg

65 dkgs 2025-08-12 18:27:50 UTC blog.dataengineerthings.org Llama Share 44

Apache Iceberg and Postgres are being used together by major database vendors, but streaming data from Postgres into Iceberg in real-time is complex due to delete handling. RisingWave is a solution that supports complete streaming CDC into Apache Iceberg with a hybrid delete strategy and controllable compaction.

We keep reinventing CSS, but styling was never the problem

65 speckx 2025-08-12 13:39:42 UTC denodell.com Llama Share 142

The web's styling pain comes from trying to fit CSS into frontend architectures not designed for it, rather than CSS itself. We should stop seeking a perfect solution and be clear about trade-offs, accepting that no CSS is perfect, just good enough to ship.

Lessons learned from buying an open source repo

64 josvdwest 2025-08-12 12:35:07 UTC coplay.dev Llama Share 32

Our tiny startup acquired the popular open-source Unity MCP repo on GitHub, learning that Google SEO gets trashed when ownership changes and media outlets don't care about OSS repo acquisitions. Despite the marketing flop, buying the repo roughly tripled new Discord joins and doubled Coplay installs, showing the value of maintainer buy-in and transparency.

Crypto founder Do Kwon pleads guilty to US fraud charges

63 TechTechTech 2025-08-12 21:15:11 UTC ft.com Llama Share 24

Do Kwon, the founder of Terraform Labs, pleaded guilty to two fraud counts in a US court, admitting to knowingly defrauding investors. He faces up to 25 years in prison and agreed to forfeit $19mn.

From Here?

63 hooboy 2025-08-12 03:35:52 UTC dirtyfeed.org Llama Share 9

A comedy writer reused a joke from their own show "Porridge" in the 1983 film "Never Say Never Again." The joke, "What, from here?" originated from a 1972 episode of "Love Thy Neighbour."

Show HN: Move to dodge the bullets. How long can you survive?

61 samdychen 2025-08-12 08:18:25 UTC dodge.trickle.host Full Share 60

I'm an all-in-one tool that empowers everyone to build, launch, and manage powerful, beautiful apps and websites. With built-in database, AI models, analytics, and designs, Trickle turns ideas into ready-to-use apps from concept to reality.

Writing is power transfer technology

51 jger15 2025-08-12 16:42:01 UTC danco.substack.com Llama Share 9

The author joins a16z as Editor at Large, focusing on written content to give founders power through great writing. Writing transforms readers into someone with more legitimacy, which is what power is about.

SIMD Binary Heap Operations

50 ryandotsmith 2025-08-12 00:09:32 UTC 0x80.pl Llama Share 16

A binary heap is a binary tree data structure with an array-friendly memory layout, where each non-root node has a parent node at index floor[(i - 1)/2] and children nodes at indices 2*i + 1 and 2*i + 2. The procedure push_heap can be expressed with gather and scatter, but performance is terrible, and the AVX-512 implementation is shown, but it cannot be faster than a scalar implementation.

Scapegoating the Algorithm

46 fmblwntr 2025-08-12 23:44:53 UTC asteriskmag.com Llama Share 33

The US is experiencing an epistemic crisis, a breakdown in agreeing on basic facts and norms of rational debate, but this crisis is not new and has been present throughout American history. Research suggests that social media is not the primary cause of this crisis, as many of the problems predate social media and can arise independently of it, and the best scientific evidence shows minimal ...

Sloppy AI defenses take cybersecurity back to the 1990s, researchers say

45 Bender 2025-08-12 13:01:47 UTC scworld.com Llama Share 17

The website is temporarily blocked due to security reasons after a suspicious action was detected. Please email the site owner with the Cloudflare Ray ID and details of the action that triggered the block.

Evaluating GPT5's reasoning ability using the Only Connect game show

40 scrollaway 2025-08-12 13:52:51 UTC ingram.tech Llama Share 48

Researchers tested reasoning abilities of LLMs using Only Connect game show questions, focusing on pattern recognition, lateral thinking, and contextual reasoning. GPT-5 models with higher reasoning parameters outperformed others, but came at a cost in time and token usage.

A Suicide Cult's Surviving Members Still Maintain Its 90s Website (2016)

37 jameslk 2025-08-12 21:37:37 UTC vice.com Llama Share 19

Two surviving members of the Heaven's Gate cult maintain its website, HeavensGate.com, answering questions and preserving the cult's legacy. They were tasked by the cult's leader to stay behind and prepare others for the Next Level, which they believe will return at some point.

Show HN: Zig-DbC – A design by contract library for Zig

37 habedi0 2025-08-12 13:49:57 UTC news.ycombinator.com Full Share 2

Hi everyone, I've made an open-source library for using design by contract (DbC) principles in the Zig programming language. - All checks are removed at compile time in `ReleaseFast` mode for zero performance cost.

OpenAI Burns the Boats

36 whoami_nr 2025-08-12 16:40:46 UTC ethanding.substack.com Llama Share 16

Anthropic took 32% of the enterprise LLM API market from OpenAI, making inference profitable. OpenAI responded by releasing GPT-5 at a lower cost, commoditizing the market.

Can modern LLMs count the number of b's in "blueberry"?

32 minimaxir 2025-08-12 16:12:02 UTC minimaxir.com Llama Share 77

OpenAI's GPT-5 failed to correctly count the number of 'b's in the word "blueberry" despite being asked multiple times. A test of various LLMs found that most models can count letters, but with varying degrees of accuracy and idiosyncratic mistakes.

Bell Laboratories Acquired by Berkshire Hathaway

30 nabla9 2025-08-12 19:09:56 UTC pctonline.com Llama Share 17

Bell Laboratories was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway on July 31, marking a new chapter in its 50-year history. The acquisition will allow Bell to continue operating independently under Berkshire Hathaway's ownership.

Why top and free in containers don't show the correct container memory (2018)

29 js2 2025-08-12 00:42:04 UTC ops.tips Llama Share 1

Linux containers' memory limits are not reported by free and top due to /proc/meminfo not considering cgroups. The Kernel tracks memory usage through page counters in the cgroup hierarchy, limiting memory allocation when a limit is reached.

In-depth analysis on Valorant's Guarded Regions

26 carlos-menezes 2025-08-12 23:00:46 UTC reversing.info Llama Share 4

The user analyzed Riot Games' Vanguard anti-cheat system and discovered its mechanism for creating "hidden" memory, which is inaccessible to other threads. They also proposed modifications to break existing cheats and harden Vanguard's technology, but noted potential risks and drawbacks.

Le Lamp – an open source expressive robot

23 shav7 2025-08-12 12:01:56 UTC github.com/humancomputerlab Llama Share 5

This repository is an early work in progress for a robot arm modification, a replacement gripper for SO-101 or SO-100 arms, with 3D printed files available for modification. It's currently in development and can be contributed to through Discord.

Perplexity low-balls Google with $34.5B offer for Chrome

21 RattlesnakeJake 2025-08-12 18:52:32 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 6

Perplexity offered $34.5 billion to buy Google's Chrome browser, but its actual funds are only $1 billion. The offer is backed by various venture funds, not Perplexity's own cash.

We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online

19 colinprince 2025-08-12 20:20:58 UTC themarkup.org Llama Share 3

California law requires data brokers to provide ways for consumers to delete their data, but many companies hide these instructions from search engines. A review by The Markup and CalMatters found 35 data brokers using code to exclude their deletion instructions from search results.

New 3D Laser Scanner Developed for Harvesting Robots

17 PaulHoule 2025-08-12 15:24:51 UTC uni-wuerzburg.de Llama Share 4

Researchers at the University of Würzburg developed a 3D laser scanner for precise plant analysis. The system will aid in harvesting robots by measuring plant conditions, such as water content, for optimal harvest timing.

Why and how to write things on the Internet (2022)

16 jger15 2025-08-12 13:14:14 UTC benkuhn.net Llama Share 4

Writing a blog can lead to more friendships, job opportunities, and romantic relationships due to the connections and conversations it fosters, and it's accessible to anyone regardless of writing quality. To start a blog, focus on consistency, lower your writing standards, and use tools like Ghost or Substack to make the process easier, and don't worry too much about quality until you've ...

KosmicKrisp a Vulkan on Metal Mesa 3D Graphics Driver

16 Degenerative 2025-08-12 06:37:56 UTC lunarg.com Llama Share 14

LunarG announced KosmicKrisp, a new Vulkan driver for Apple hardware built within the Mesa 3D framework. It simplifies development and is close to Vulkan 1.3 conformance with promising early performance.

Show HN: I accidentally built a startup idea validation tool

15 kptbarbarossa 2025-08-12 20:29:23 UTC validationly.com Full Share 42

Get AI-driven market validation for your startup idea in seconds. Analyze demand across X, Reddit, and LinkedIn with actionable insights and social media suggestions.

Mubook – N100 x86 NAS Carrier Board Designed for Hackclub Highway

14 thebeardisred 2025-08-12 21:52:10 UTC github.com/ltbrain Llama Share 4

MuBook is a portable x86 system for homelab and mini PC use with Intel N100 processor and expandable design. It aims to provide high performance and modularity for users and developers.