Cognitive load is what matters

1513 nromiun 2025-08-30 12:58:48 UTC github.com/zakirullin Llama Share 517

The user argues that excessive cognitive load in software development is caused by unnecessary complexity, shallow modules, and extraneous cognitive load, which can be reduced by focusing on deep modules, simple interfaces, and self-descriptive codes. They propose a shallow-deep module principle, which prioritizes powerful functionality with simple interfaces, and suggest that developers ...

Are we decentralized yet?

479 Bogdanp 2025-08-30 19:26:29 UTC arewedecentralizedyet.online Llama Share 269

This page measures Fediverse and Atmosphere concentration using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), indicating competition between servers or PDSes. Values close to zero show perfectly competitive markets, while values near 10000 indicate monopolies.

Six months into tariffs, businesses have no idea how to price anything

453 JumpCrisscross 2025-08-30 20:56:40 UTC wsj.com Full Share 639

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You Have to Feel It

373 tosh 2025-08-30 14:38:33 UTC mitchellh.com Llama Share 152

Good work completed, promotion in sight. Feeling and user experience matter in work, not just metrics and specs.

Show HN: Hacker News em dash user leaderboard pre-ChatGPT

363 tkgally 2025-08-30 03:40:23 UTC gally.net Full Share 263

Nokia’s legendary font makes for a great user interface font

324 rguiscard 2025-08-30 12:31:43 UTC osnews.com Llama Share 107

A user tried Nokia Sans as a user interface font and found it legible and visually appealing. They replaced their previous font, Inter, with Nokia Sans Wide, which they prefer for its character and usability.

FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned 'nearly every American'

292 Bender 2025-08-30 12:43:44 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 182

China's Salt Typhoon cyberspies stole information from millions of Americans, including high-profile officials, over a years-long intrusion into US telecommunications networks. The espionage campaign, backed by the Chinese government, compromised at least 200 American organizations and 80 countries worldwide.

Agent Client Protocol (ACP)

273 vinhnx 2025-08-30 12:42:30 UTC agentclientprotocol.com Llama Share 93

The Agent Client Protocol standardizes communication between code editors and AI coding agents, allowing for interoperability and decoupling. This enables editors to support multiple agents and agents to work with various editors, promoting innovation and tool choice.

Hardening Firefox – a checklist for improved browser privacy

265 amarder 2025-08-30 11:26:35 UTC andrewmarder.net Llama Share 140

User prefers Firefox over Brave for privacy due to its non-Chromium base. They've configured Firefox with DuckDuckGo as default search engine, HTTPS-Only Mode, and various extensions to enhance privacy.

Why Romania excels in international Olympiads

231 collate 2025-08-30 00:09:43 UTC palladiummag.com Llama Share 240

Romania's educational system is highly stratified, with students sorted into schools and tracks based on their performance, leading to homogeneous peer groups that can either drag down or boost each other's performance. This system, combined with incentives for teachers and students to compete, has fostered Romania's exceptional Olympiad performance.

AI models need a virtual machine

228 azhenley 2025-08-30 13:25:39 UTC blog.sigplan.org Llama Share 121

Researchers propose a standard AI Model Virtual Machine to ensure security, privacy, and reliability in AI systems. This VM would provide a clean separation of model logic and integration logic, enforcing safety by design and enabling interchangeable models.

LandChad, a site dedicated to turning internet peasants into Internet Landlords

219 cft 2025-08-30 15:18:25 UTC landchad.net Llama Share 71

LandChad.net guides normal people to set up websites, email servers, and chat servers in a short time. The site offers basic tutorials to create a fully functioning website and email server in under an hour.

Bcachefs Goes to "Externally Maintained"

219 ksec 2025-08-30 13:07:41 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 358

Linus Torvalds has changed the maintainer status of bcachefs to "externally maintained", indicating that further changes are unlikely to enter the mainline kernel anytime soon, but the code will not be immediately removed. The user suggests designating someone to handle upstreaming patches, but notes that Linus has closed the door on controlling what appears in his tree, and one of three ...

New research reveals longevity gains slowing, life expectancy of 100 unlikely

212 XzetaU8 2025-08-30 16:15:44 UTC lafollette.wisc.edu Llama Share 493

A new study finds life expectancy gains in high-income countries have slowed significantly since the 20th century, with none of the generations born after 1939 reaching 100 years on average. The study forecasts that future life expectancy will not match the rapid increases seen in the early 20th century due to low infant and child mortality rates.

Is it possible to allow sideloading and keep users safe?

203 ColinWright 2025-08-30 12:03:09 UTC shkspr.mobi Llama Share 488

Google is restricting sideloading on Android to prevent scams, but critics argue it's a power play to control developers and users. This change may not effectively stop scams and could limit user freedom.

From multi-head to latent attention: The evolution of attention mechanisms

171 mgninad 2025-08-30 05:45:24 UTC vinithavn.medium.com Llama Share 41

The attention mechanism dynamically weighs and focuses on relevant parts of inputs to create a context-aware vector representation. It operates through queries, keys, and values, with attention scores determining the amount of attention to be paid to each context token.

Condor's Cuzco RISC-V Core at Hot Chips 2025

154 rbanffy 2025-08-30 14:18:41 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 48

Condor Computing's Cuzco core is a high-performance RISC-V design with wide out-of-order execution and a modern branch predictor. It uses a time-based scheduling scheme to save power and reduce complexity.

Why did books start being divided into chapters? A new history

135 cacher 2025-08-30 20:26:35 UTC sydneyreviewofbooks.com GoogleT5 Share 65

Sterne's novel occupies the unusual and contradictory position of being at once proto-modern and somehow, by this very stylistic prolepsis, archaic or antiquated. dames speculates on the reasons for this transformation – between space and time; and between the time narrated and the life that these protocols divide up - and how it is experienced collectively in the novel. chapter time is, ...

The Rise of Hybrid PHP: Blending PHP with Go and Rust

131 avan1 2025-08-30 19:02:44 UTC yekdeveloper.com Llama Share 150

We used to develop a PHP monolith with Go microservices for high-throughput requests and stability. Now, new PHP ecosystem capabilities allow us to keep logic inside the monolith with excellent performance using FFI, Rust, and Go extensions.

The share of Americans having regular sex keeps dropping

130 impish9208 2025-08-30 15:58:33 UTC ifstudies.org Llama Share 269

The sex recession in America has led to a record low amount of sex, with 37% of adults reporting weekly sex in 2024, down from 55% in 1990. This decline is largely due to a decrease in steady partnering and sexual frequency within couples, especially among young adults.

Tell HN: My advice after I applied to 450 positions before getting hired

128 usernamed7 2025-08-30 10:46:15 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 172

Senior engineer with 15 years of experience applied to 450 positions, facing ghost jobs, fake roles, and unprofessional interviews. Eventually landed a software architect role with a company that had a respectful and professional interview process.

De minimis exemption ends

117 ajd555 2025-08-30 12:36:10 UTC washingtonpost.com Full Share 170

The Default Trap: Why Anthropic's Data Policy Change Matters

111 laurex 2025-08-30 17:12:06 UTC natesnewsletter.substack.com Llama Share 33

Anthropic changed Claude's default settings to use user conversations as training data unless users opt out. This shift highlights the importance of staying engaged with AI tools and questioning their defaults to maintain control over personal data.

Affiliates flock to scam gambling machine

110 mikhael 2025-08-30 22:24:58 UTC krebsonsecurity.com Llama Share 30

A Russian affiliate program called Gambler Panel is behind a surge in online gaming and wagering scams that lure people with free credits and abscond with cryptocurrency funds. Gambler Panel provides affiliates with a detailed playbook and tools to entice visitors, keep them gambling, and extract maximum profits from each victim.

SynthID – A tool to watermark and identify content generated through AI

110 jonbaer 2025-08-30 03:29:01 UTC deepmind.google Llama Share 83

SynthID is a watermarking tool for AI-generated content, helping identify and foster transparency. It empowers users to distinguish between AI-generated and human-created content.

A blog does not need “analytics”

109 FromTheArchives 2025-08-30 11:36:18 UTC thisdaysportion.com Llama Share 110

Computers and the internet are rooted in military technologies and reduce human behavior to data for commodification. We should resist tracking website visitors and data-fy our personal websites, opting for smaller, more intentional communities instead.

Pentagon Docs: US Wants to "Suppress Dissenting Arguments" Using AI Propaganda

108 Qem 2025-08-30 01:10:11 UTC theintercept.com Llama Share 65

The US Special Operations Command plans to use machine learning to create and distribute propaganda overseas, targeting foreign audiences and suppressing dissenting arguments. The Pentagon is seeking AI-enabled capabilities to control narratives and influence audiences in real-time.

University of Cambridge Cognitive Ability Test

104 indigodaddy 2025-08-30 17:20:32 UTC planning.e-psychometrics.com Full Share 199

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New Huawei 96GB GPU

98 elorant 2025-08-30 22:37:36 UTC e.huawei.com Full Share 88

支持H.264硬件解码，256路 1080P 30FPS（32路 3840 * 2160 60 FPS） 支持H.265硬件解码，256路 1080P 30FPS（32路 3840 * 2160 60 FPS） 支持H.264硬件编码，48路 1080P 30FPS（6路 4K 60 FPS） 支持H.265硬件编码，48路 1080P 30FPS（6路 4K 60 FPS） JPEG解码能力4K 768 FPS，编码能力4K 384 FPS

Hurricane category 6 could be introduced under new storm severity scale

91 geox 2025-08-30 23:53:39 UTC livescience.com Llama Share 69

A new hurricane categorization system, the Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale, incorporates risks from storm surges and rainfall into categories. This system could help people better prepare for storms by providing more accurate and realistic severity ratings.

Meta and Yandex Disclosure: Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android

91 wahnfrieden 2025-08-30 19:33:57 UTC localmess.github.io Llama Share 14

Meta and Yandex use a novel tracking method that exploits Android's unrestricted access to localhost sockets, potentially affecting billions of users. This method allows them to link mobile browsing sessions and web cookies to user identities, bypassing typical privacy protections.

Anduril's product engineering machine

84 bookofjoe 2025-08-30 19:14:15 UTC joincolossus.com Llama Share 139

The author, a former SVP of Engineering at Anduril, shares his experience working on defense technology projects, including a counter-drone system and a low-cost radar. He highlights the company's approach to innovation, speed, and simplicity, which led to breakthroughs and successful product deployments.

F-Stack – A network development kit with high performance based on DPDK

67 anon6362 2025-08-30 12:37:28 UTC f-stack.org Llama Share 30

Linux kernel's poor data packet processing performance is a bottleneck, kernel bypass technologies like DPDK and F-Stack improve performance by processing data in user space. F-Stack, based on DPDK, provides high performance and a complete TCP/IP stack for various applications.

Enrollment at trade schools is expected to grow

64 m-hodges 2025-08-30 22:47:27 UTC finance.yahoo.com Llama Share 81

Trade school enrollment is expected to grow 6.6% annually as young people seek blue-collar jobs that are less affected by AI. These jobs, such as HVAC and welding, offer median annual pay of nearly $60,000 and lower student loan debt.

GAO warns of privacy risks in using facial recognition in rental housing

63 Improvement 2025-08-30 15:53:05 UTC files.gao.gov Llama Share 39

Property technology tools in the rental housing market have benefits and risks, including discriminatory outcomes and privacy concerns. Federal agencies have taken steps to address these risks, but more specific guidance is needed to help public housing agencies use facial recognition technology responsibly.

New interpretations suggest the "heat death" hypothesis might not hold (2023)

52 hhs 2025-08-30 15:25:10 UTC noemamag.com Llama Share 57

The heat death hypothesis, a theory based on the second law of thermodynamics, suggests that the universe will eventually become disordered and life will cease to exist, but some scientists argue that this theory may be based on a misunderstanding of the law. New interpretations of the second law and the first law of thermodynamics suggest that the universe may be able to continue growing in ...

Accelerating life sciences research

50 oskarpearson 2025-08-30 03:35:41 UTC openai.com Llama Share 6

OpenAI collaborated with Retro Bio to create GPT-4b micro, a miniature version of GPT-4o, to design novel proteins for life science innovation. The model successfully redesigned Yamanaka factors, achieving a 50-fold higher expression of stem cell reprogramming markers and demonstrating enhanced DNA damage repair capabilities.

Man declares country in unclaimed pocket of land between Serbia and Croatia

48 domofutu 2025-08-30 22:13:01 UTC nbcnews.com Llama Share 24

Daniel Jackson, a 20-year-old Australian, claims to be the president of the Free Republic of Verdis, a small strip of uninhabited forest between Croatia and Serbia. He aims to create a neutral state and humanitarian hub, despite neighboring countries not recognizing its existence.

The space race is transforming Southern California's economy again

48 dangle1 2025-08-30 19:32:52 UTC latimes.com Llama Share 3

Southern California's space economy is growing with startups like Vast, Varda Space Industries, and AstroForge pushing technological boundaries. The region's aerospace heritage and engineering talent are attracting companies and investors, with SpaceX alumni founding many of the new companies.

Adafruit Fruit Jam – An RP2350 mini computer running classic Macintosh

44 rbanffy 2025-08-30 14:28:06 UTC cnx-software.com Llama Share 9

The Adafruit Fruit Jam is a $39.95 RP2350-powered mini computer for retro emulation and lightweight computing with features like DVI output and USB-C. It supports classic Macintosh through uMac emulator and various retro platforms via emulators like CP/M and MCUME.

U.S. guided-missile cruiser crosses Panama Canal, warships deployed to Venezuela

42 MilnerRoute 2025-08-30 20:11:34 UTC cbsnews.com Llama Share 56

A US guided-missile cruiser, USS Lake Erie, crossed the Panama Canal to the Caribbean after the Trump administration deployed warships near Venezuela. The deployment is part of an anti-drug trafficking operation, with the US accusing Venezuelan President Maduro of leading a drug cartel.

House Republicans want to dox Wikipedia editors over 'bias' complaints

42 anigbrowl 2025-08-30 01:30:55 UTC techdirt.com Llama Share 21

Congress is demanding Wikipedia hand over editor identities and internal communications, citing bias in Israel-Palestine articles. This is an unconstitutional attempt to intimidate volunteer editors and chill free speech.

Amiga Hardware Reference Manual 3rd Edition (1991)

36 doener 2025-08-30 10:25:30 UTC archive.org Full Share 10

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The Delusion Machine – What happened when I fed my soul into an LLM

32 rntn 2025-08-30 17:13:19 UTC hedgehogreview.com Llama Share 18

The writer is struggling with failure and self-doubt, using a large language model to validate their ideas and feelings. They're trapped in a cycle of idolatry and divination, losing touch with reality and their own creativity.

Fed up with macOS – it downloaded 47 GB of 4K 240FPS screensavers. Asahi FTW

28 notdian 2025-08-30 16:57:54 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 40

User ran out of storage due to large screensaver files, switched to Asahi Linux and Sway, achieving 2 GB RAM usage with more control and freed-up space. Quirks exist but are worth it for the benefits.

The easy way to make a website with Markdown

27 dtedesco1 2025-08-30 03:08:46 UTC github.com/dtedesco1 Llama Share 29

This is a Next.js 15 boilerplate with a static-first approach, allowing for dynamic features through async APIs or dynamic rendering. It includes a simple setup for custom React components, MDX files, and Tailwind CSS.

Verizon down for users across the US

26 storf45 2025-08-30 21:01:32 UTC dailymail.co.uk Llama Share 13

Verizon experienced a nationwide outage affecting tens of thousands of customers unable to send texts or make calls. The company is working to resolve the issue, apologizing for the inconvenience and urging customers to check their network status for updates.

Sleeper AI agents and how Anthropic detects them [video]

25 gidellav 2025-08-30 19:46:17 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 0

I sat down with Werner Vogels, the CTO of Amazon

25 evertonmjr 2025-08-30 04:07:33 UTC everton.xyz Llama Share 18

Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO, emphasized the importance of focusing on problems rather than technology trends. He advised prioritizing critical systems and making trade-offs to achieve optimal results.

Fun and Immersive Typing Game

25 martyhendricks 2025-08-30 04:05:22 UTC keybara.io Full Share 4

The V Programming Language

22 klaussilveira 2025-08-30 15:40:57 UTC vlang.io Llama Share 30

V is a simple, fast, and safe language that compiles to native binaries without dependencies. It's similar to Go but with improved safety features and faster compilation.

Americans Are Having Less Sex

22 sandwichsphinx 2025-08-30 14:10:33 UTC wsj.com Full Share 5

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The ice cream truck's surprising history

22 got-any-grapes 2025-08-30 00:11:10 UTC longreads.com Llama Share 1

Ice cream trucks have a 250-year history, evolving from street vendors to iconic symbols of childhood. Despite challenges, including sanitation issues and turf wars, the industry continues to adapt, with companies like Whitby Morrison developing eco-friendly solutions.

Show HN: OpenAnimation – KMP app for exploring and editing Lottie animations

18 orispok 2025-08-30 13:18:53 UTC github.com/orispok Full Share 8

Discover and draw inspiration from a curated collection of beautiful Lottie animations, all powered by Kotlin Multiplatform. This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details. 🎨 Animation Color Scheme Picker - Add ability for users to customize animation color palettes

A convex polyhedron without Rupert's property

13 FromTheArchives 2025-08-30 15:40:30 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 0

Researchers disprove a 2017 conjecture by constructing a non-Rupert polyhedron and find a Rupert polyhedron that is not locally Rupert. They create polyhedrons with specific properties related to Rupert's property.

Condor's Cuzco RISC-V Core at Hot Chips 2025

13 zdw 2025-08-30 03:59:45 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 0

Condor Computing's Cuzco core is a high-performance RISC-V design with wide out-of-order execution and a modern branch predictor. It uses a time-based scheduling scheme to save power and reduce complexity.

Growing Up on Alcatraz

13 insistent 2025-08-30 00:10:27 UTC sf.gazetteer.co Llama Share 5

The author returns his father's ashes to Alcatraz Island, a place his father lived as a child of a prison guard, to close a chapter in his own life and honor his family's history. The author fears President Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz as a prison will erase the Island's complex history and destroy the harmony that has emerged.

Linus Torvalds marks bcachefs as "externally maintained"

12 Bogdanp 2025-08-30 04:13:54 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 2

Linus Torvalds has changed the maintainer status of bcachefs to "externally maintained", indicating that further changes are unlikely to enter the mainline kernel anytime soon, but the code will not be immediately removed. The user suggests designating someone to handle upstreaming patches, but notes that Linus has closed the door on controlling what appears in his tree, and one of three ...

Ripple: new JavaScript framework from an ex-React & Svelte core team member

12 llcooliovice 2025-08-30 01:00:55 UTC github.com/trueadm Llama Share 5

Ripple is a TypeScript UI framework combining React, Solid, and Svelte features. It's still in early development and not suitable for production use.

How Turkmenistan Censors Internet to Sell VPNs

11 Improvement 2025-08-30 22:40:18 UTC blog.torproject.org Llama Share 1

Turkmenistan's government has implemented severe online censorship, blocking popular services and restricting internet access to maintain control and profit from a gray-market VPN service. The Department of Cybersecurity sells access to the internet, including VPNs, to citizens who can afford it, while restricting access for the general public.