How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized

1198 nashashmi 2025-10-02 09:23:50 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 1354

Israel's war in Gaza has pushed parts of the territory into famine, with nearly a third of the population facing extreme food shortages. The UN-backed IPC report says Israel is using food as a weapon against Palestinians, violating international law.

Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum Ratchets

634 pluto_modadic 2025-10-02 16:06:10 UTC signal.org Llama Share 285

Signal Protocol introduces the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR) to enhance security against future quantum computing threats. SPQR maintains existing security guarantees of forward secrecy and post-compromise security.

OpenAI's H1 2025: $4.3B in income, $13.5B in loss

553 breadsniffer 2025-10-02 18:37:28 UTC techinasia.com Llama Share 694

OpenAI generated $4.3 billion in revenue but reported a net loss of $13.5 billion in the first half of 2025. The company spent heavily on R&D and sales, burning $2.5 billion in cash.

Immich v2.0.0 – First stable release

543 Alexvb 2025-10-02 06:25:43 UTC github.com/immich-app Full Share 159

v2.0.0 - Stable Release of Immich Watch the video Welcome Hello everyone, After: ~1,337 days, 271 releases, 78,000 stars on GitHub, 1,558 contributors, 31,500 members on Discord, 36,000 members on ...

Potential issues in curl found using AI assisted tools

539 robhlam 2025-10-02 13:29:55 UTC mastodon.social Llama Share 188

Joshua Rogers found 22 bugfixes using AI-assisted tools and there are many more issues to review. The tools provided valuable code analysis, but also highlighted potential security flaws.

Asked to do something illegal at work? Here's what these software engineers did

538 bschne 2025-10-02 08:51:49 UTC blog.pragmaticengineer.com Llama Share 352

Software engineers who discover fraud or illegal activities at their companies should not try to fix the issue themselves but instead seek legal advice, turn whistleblower, or quit immediately to avoid being accomplices. Three real-life cases, including FTX, Frank, and Pollen, demonstrate the importance of refusing to participate in potentially illegal activities and documenting any requests ...

Indefinite Backpack Travel

431 renjieliu 2025-10-02 17:12:23 UTC jeremymaluf.com Llama Share 376

The user has been living a minimalist lifestyle for 10 years, carrying only the essentials in a 9L backpack and focusing on practicality over brand names. Their kit includes a range of items such as a MacBook Air, iPhone, AirPods, and various travel gear, all carefully curated to meet their needs for travel, work, and everyday life.

Litestream v0.5.0

428 emschwartz 2025-10-02 19:02:57 UTC fly.io Llama Share 187

Litestream is a SQLite backup/restore system that runs as a sidecar process, streaming WAL checkpoints to object storage in real time. It now supports efficient point-in-time recovery and faster performance.

Where it's at://

413 steveklabnik 2025-10-02 20:31:43 UTC overreacted.io Llama Share 254

The AT protocol resolves at:// URIs in three steps: resolving the handle to an identity (DID), verifying the association, and locating the server hosting the data. A DID Document serves as an internet passport for an identity, connecting a handle to a hosting while letting the identity owner change either the handle or the hosting.

Playball – Watch MLB games from a terminal

352 ohjeez 2025-10-02 16:09:15 UTC github.com/paaatrick Llama Share 146

playball is a terminal-based MLB game viewer that can be configured using the config subcommand. It allows users to customize colors for various game events and team abbreviations.

NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendation system

327 mattashii 2025-10-02 11:32:19 UTC bitsoffreedom.nl Llama Share 239

A Dutch judge ruled that Meta must give users on Instagram and Facebook the option to select a non-profiled feed as per the Digital Services Act. The judge ordered Meta to adjust its apps to preserve users' choices, a move that Bits of Freedom hailed as a victory for user autonomy.

The strangest letter of the alphabet: The rise and fall of yogh

315 penetralium 2025-10-02 21:34:42 UTC deadlanguagesociety.com Llama Share 302

The English language has a complex spelling system due to its history, with letters like 'g' and 'c' representing multiple sounds. The letter 'yogh' or 'ȝ' was used in Middle English to represent two different sounds, but it eventually disappeared from English due to the printing press and alternative spellings.

Kirigami-inspired parachute falls on target

302 sohkamyung 2025-10-02 12:54:13 UTC physicsworld.com Llama Share 90

Researchers in Canada and France designed a parachute using kirigami that can deliver payloads accurately and safely. The parachute's deformable design stabilizes airflow, eliminating the need for drifting and promising uses in drone delivery and humanitarian aid.

Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, safely

298 xd1936 2025-10-02 12:25:41 UTC magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io Llama Share 100

Magic-Wormhole is a secure file transfer tool that uses a short, human-pronounceable code to connect two computers. It uses PAKE to establish a strong shared key for encryption and can be installed on various operating systems.

Sonic Robo Blast 2: 25 year old continuously developed DOOM engine-based fangame

295 __grob 2025-10-02 07:50:36 UTC srb2.org Llama Share 45

SRB2 is a 3D open-source Sonic fangame built using a modified Doom Legacy port, closely inspired by the original Sonic games. It features tons of levels, enemies, speed, and fun, with ongoing development and updates.

Anti-aging breakthrough: Stem cells reverse signs of aging in monkeys

271 bilsbie 2025-10-02 19:39:08 UTC nad.com Llama Share 287

Scientists engineered human stem cells to resist aging and stress, leading to improved memory and reduced age-related diseases in monkeys. The senescence-resistant stem cells rejuvenated over 50% of tissues and organs, including the brain, bones, and kidneys, with no serious safety concerns.

Babel is why I keep blogging with Emacs

271 ibobev 2025-10-02 18:06:41 UTC entropicthoughts.com Llama Share 87

User feels envious of simple static site generation setups but prefers Org mode for blogging due to its code execution and session features. User values Org's convenience but acknowledges overcomplicating their publishing workflow.

Work is not school: Surviving institutional stupidity

254 sherilm 2025-10-02 14:58:04 UTC leadingsapiens.com Llama Share 145

High-performers often struggle in organizations due to unwritten rules and subjective factors, not just merit or clear criteria. To succeed, one must understand and navigate these complexities, managing perception, positioning, and relationships to achieve long-term goals.

Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson, AZ

253 bookofjoe 2025-10-02 14:52:49 UTC abc15.com Llama Share 268

Two Amazon delivery drones crashed into a crane in Tolleson, AZ, prompting an investigation. Amazon is working with authorities to investigate the incident.

Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers breach GitLab instance

246 speckx 2025-10-02 12:28:27 UTC bleepingcomputer.com Llama Share 60

The Crimson Collective claims to have breached Red Hat's private GitHub repositories, stealing 570GB of data and 800 Customer Engagement Reports. Red Hat confirmed a security incident but denies the extent of the breach, saying it has initiated remediation steps and no other services or products are affected.

Basic Math Textbook: The Napkin Project

233 eapriv 2025-10-02 23:46:40 UTC web.evanchen.cc Llama Share 72

The version 1.6 of An Infinitely Large Napkin adds new chapters and fixes typos, with a pretty cover artwork. It's a self-contained introduction to higher math, providing bird's-eye views of main ideas and assuming proof experience.

Gemini 3.0 Pro – early tests

215 ukuina 2025-10-02 18:26:57 UTC twitter.com/chetaslua Full Share 125

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EU funds are flowing into spyware companies and politicians demanding answers

213 Bender 2025-10-02 12:34:43 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 72

39 European Parliament members are demanding answers from EU commissioners about EU subsidies going to spyware companies. They want greater transparency and a ban on commercial spyware in the EU due to human rights concerns.

How the AI Bubble Will Pop

212 hdvr 2025-10-02 11:05:19 UTC derekthompson.org Llama Share 515

Tech companies are spending heavily on AI, with projected $400 billion in infrastructure costs this year, but the economic returns are unclear. This could be a financial bubble, with AI spending creating a black hole of capital that's sucking resources away from other parts of the economy.

Meta will listen into AI conversations to personalize ads

209 Bender 2025-10-02 12:36:39 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 75

Meta will use people's conversations with its AI services to create personalized content and ads starting December 16, 2025, with no opt-out for most users. Meta claims it won't personalize ads based on sensitive topics, but critics say this could be circumvented by users.

10k pushups and other silly exercise quests that changed my life

206 wjgilmore 2025-10-02 22:06:57 UTC wjgilmore.com Llama Share 118

The user started a year-long challenge to complete 10,000 pushups, which led to significant lifestyle changes including quitting fast food, reducing alcohol consumption, and adopting a healthier diet. Through consistent effort and tracking progress, the user achieved their goal and experienced noticeable physical transformations, including increased strength and muscle mass.

The G in GPU is for Graphics damnit

206 sebg 2025-10-02 11:46:27 UTC ut21.github.io Llama Share 97

The user discusses their experience working on a project involving NeRFs and Physarum simulations, and they explore the performance analysis of the Physarum algorithm using sensitivity measures and Lyapunov exponents. They also compare the performance of their original PyTorch implementation with a rewritten version using Triton, a Python-like Domain-Specific Language for writing CUDA ...

Why I chose Lua for this blog

200 nairadithya 2025-10-02 16:58:55 UTC andregarzia.com Llama Share 151

The author rewrote their blog using Lua, a simple language with minimal dependencies, to avoid the complexity and maintenance issues of their previous Racket-based setup. They chose Lua for its ease of use, flexibility, and stability, allowing them to focus on features and understanding how they work.

N8n added native persistent storage with DataTables

174 XCSme 2025-10-02 14:26:23 UTC community.n8n.io Llama Share 103

n8n is releasing data tables (beta) in v1.113 for all plans, allowing users to store data between workflow executions without switching platforms. A 50MB limit is set, but self-hosted users can adjust it via the N8N_DATA_TABLES_MAX_SIZE_BYTES ENV variable.

Old Stockholm Telephone Tower

166 ZeljkoS 2025-10-02 07:12:18 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 51

The Old Stockholm telephone tower was a 1887 metallic structure connecting 5,500 telephone lines until 1913. It was damaged by fire in 1952 and demolished the following year due to safety concerns.

Keyhive – Local-first access control

166 dannyobrien 2025-10-02 00:12:35 UTC inkandswitch.com Llama Share 14

Keyhive needs a way to securely share documents among a large group of people without a central server, and it requires a Continuous Group Key Agreement (CGKA) protocol to ensure forward secrecy and post-compromise security. BeeKEM is a new protocol designed for Keyhive that provides logarithmic performance, forward secrecy, and post-compromise security, and it is well-suited for distributed ...

Email immutability matters more in a world with AI

165 brongondwana 2025-10-02 18:00:27 UTC fastmail.com Llama Share 111

AI is becoming increasingly prevalent in products, but email's immutability makes it valuable for verifying information. Fastmail allows AI tool usage, but with clear privacy-preserving principles and human oversight.

Why most product planning is bad and what to do about it

136 ndneighbor 2025-10-02 19:34:08 UTC blog.railway.com Llama Share 46

Railway's previous planning process was flawed, leading to more ceremony than clarity. They now use Problem Driven Development, a 4-day quarterly process focused on identifying problems, prioritizing, and committing publicly.

Autism should not be seen as single condition with one cause, say scientists

136 01-_- 2025-10-02 15:35:14 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 143

Scientists found that early and late autism diagnoses have distinct genetic profiles and developmental patterns. The study suggests autism may describe multiple conditions with varying underlying causes and symptoms.

Intro to BirdNET-Pi: Eavesdropping on my feathered friends

125 zdw 2025-10-02 14:49:12 UTC hannahilea.com Llama Share 30

The user set up a BirdNET-Pi bird monitoring system in their home and wrote instructions for others to do the same, using a Raspberry Pi and a microphone to record and analyze bird sounds. They discussed the importance of considering privacy concerns and ensuring that everyone in the home is aware of the always-listening device.

Windows 7 marketshare jumps to nearly 10% as Windows 10 support is about to end

123 sznio 2025-10-02 15:42:34 UTC neowin.net Llama Share 212

Windows 10's market share dropped to a 7-year low of 40.5% as support ends in two weeks. Meanwhile, Windows 7's market share jumped to 9.61%, a level not seen since January 2023.

Gov workers say their shutdown out-of-office replies were forcibly changed

116 xqcgrek2 2025-10-02 19:19:15 UTC wired.com Llama Share 126

US government employees at the Department of Education had their automatic email responses altered to contain partisan language blaming Senate Democrats for the shutdown. The change may violate the Hatch Act, which limits government employees' political activity.

What makes 5% of AI agents work in production?

111 AnhTho_FR 2025-10-02 22:30:46 UTC motivenotes.ai Llama Share 110

Founders often build context selection systems instead of AI products, and the real engineering work in AI involves context engineering, inference stack design, and governance. To succeed, teams need to focus on scaffolding around AI agents, including fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation, metadata layers, and human-in-the-loop design to build trust and utility.

Solveit – A course and platform for solving problems with code

107 eries 2025-10-02 21:21:49 UTC answer.ai Llama Share 100

A new approach called "Solveit" helps programmers learn and master skills by breaking down problems into small steps, using AI to assist, and focusing on understanding and expertise rather than relying solely on AI. The Solveit approach is based on ideas from George Polya's 1945 book "How to Solve It" and is being shared with the public through a free 5-week course starting October 20th.

DHH Is Worse Than I Thought

107 ciconia 2025-10-02 19:10:47 UTC jakelazaroff.com Llama Share 60

David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails, has been exposed for his extreme views on immigration and racism, using coded language to express his opinions. His blog posts and support for far-right figures reveal a disturbing ideology that is far from normal or acceptable.

Ask HN: Went to prison for 18 months, lost access to my GitHub. What can I do?

102 joshmn 2025-10-02 16:08:40 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 93

User's personal items were stolen and passwords changed, now they can't recover GitHub account due to lack of 2FA codes. They're trying to prove identity to regain access to their GitHub account and projects.

US memo to colleges proposes terms on ideology, foreign enrollment for fed funds

101 c420 2025-10-02 15:32:52 UTC reuters.com Full Share 164

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Why are hyperlinks blue? (2021)

98 redbell 2025-10-02 20:13:53 UTC blog.mozilla.org Llama Share 61

A user experience designer researched the origin of blue hyperlinks and found that Mosaic, released in 1993, was the first browser to use blue hyperlinks. The exact reason for this choice remains unclear, but it may have been influenced by the growing popularity of color monitors and the shift towards using blue as a selection color in user interfaces.

Piracy Operator Goes from Jail to Getting Hired by a Tech Unicorn in a Month

90 askl 2025-10-02 12:31:53 UTC torrentfreak.com Llama Share 50

Alejo Warles, a 25-year-old pirate site operator, was arrested in Argentina for running Al Ángulo TV, a piracy operation with millions of users. He was released on bail after three days in custody and has since been hired by a professional esports team.

The Atlantic Quantum team is joining Google

86 mikece 2025-10-02 16:36:53 UTC blog.google Llama Share 49

Google Quantum AI acquired Atlantic Quantum, a MIT-founded startup, to accelerate progress on its roadmap to a large error-corrected quantum computer. The acquisition will help Google scale its superconducting qubit hardware and deliver quantum computing benefits to society.

Ford CEO on his ‘epiphany’ after talking to factory workers in 2023

83 ripe 2025-10-02 14:22:11 UTC finance.yahoo.com Llama Share 130

Ford CEO Jim Farley expressed concern over the "essential economy" crisis, citing a labor shortage of 400,000 technicians and factory workers. He advocates for more apprenticeship and vocational education programs to address the issue.

Comparing a RISC and a CISC with similar hardware organization (1991)

82 luu 2025-10-02 17:12:57 UTC dl.acm.org Full Share 81

Pharma is a small component of US health care spending

79 cupola2030 2025-10-02 15:07:48 UTC economist.com Llama Share 182

The US spends $5trn annually on healthcare, $13,400 per person, with 40% more inflation-adjusted spending than in 2010. Politicians blame big pharma for the high costs, with President Trump demanding equal US and international medicine prices.

Ford locking basic navigation behind a subscription

67 aquir 2025-10-02 15:09:05 UTC old.reddit.com Llama Share 75

User needs to register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique User-Agent string to access the application. Alternatively, try resetting to default User-Agent or file a ticket for assistance.

Y'all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments

66 bobbiechen 2025-10-02 16:37:20 UTC dynomight.net Llama Share 104

The author discusses two arguments about AI-risk: a complex argument involving AI capabilities and a simple argument comparing AI to a hypothetical alien species with high IQ. The author prefers the simple argument because it's more convincing and reveals the crux of disagreement about AI-risk.

Typepad is closed for business

65 saaspirant 2025-10-02 04:14:34 UTC typepad.com Llama Share 12

Typepad service ended on September 30, 2025, and users can no longer log in. No file access or extensions are available after the end of service date.

Writing high-performance matrix multiplication kernels for Blackwell

62 lairv 2025-10-02 15:43:01 UTC docs.jax.dev Llama Share 6

The guide iteratively modifies a matrix multiplication kernel to achieve state-of-the-art performance, starting with a simple implementation and gradually introducing optimizations such as warpgroup specialization, pipelining, and collective MMAs. The final kernel, matmul5, uses two Pallas threads to concurrently fetch operands, issue MMA operations, and perform the epilogue, achieving high ...

The biggest semantic mess in Futhark

62 jmillikin 2025-10-02 00:38:38 UTC futhark-lang.org Llama Share 8

Futhark's size types allow functions to impose constraints on parameter sizes, but proved challenging due to edge cases and implementation bugs. The main issue arose when using sizes as term-level variables, requiring a shape to be determined for multidimensional arrays.

Moving PHP open source forward

61 mikece 2025-10-02 13:06:12 UTC blog.jetbrains.com Llama Share 53

JetBrains supports PHP community through PhpStorm, PHP Foundation, and open-source projects. They sponsor around five projects per year, including Mago, PHPStan, and 3v4l.org.

Why the end of support for Windows 10 is uniquely troubling

60 rntn 2025-10-02 14:36:25 UTC pirg.org Llama Share 102

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.

Windows 10 refuses to go gentle into that good night

59 rntn 2025-10-02 12:40:34 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 73

Windows 10 still holds 40.5% of the market share despite Microsoft's push for Windows 11 adoption. Microsoft will discontinue free support for Windows 10 on October 14, leaving millions without security updates.

Megafauna was the meat of choice for South American hunters

57 rbanffy 2025-10-02 16:41:19 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 46

A recent study suggests human hunters may have played a role in the extinction of South America's Ice Age megafauna. The study found that ancient hunters preferred to hunt larger, extinct species like giant sloths and elephant-like creatures.

Drone No-Fly Zone Imposed over Greater Chicago Area

56 ck2 2025-10-02 19:19:29 UTC twz.com Llama Share 4

A 15-mile drone no-fly zone has been imposed in the Chicago area due to an ongoing ICE operation, with only certain exceptions allowed. The restriction has sparked concerns about civil liberties and operational security, with commercial drone operators and journalists criticizing the move.

Dropping Trust in US Media

53 DaveZale 2025-10-02 18:09:46 UTC news.gallup.com Llama Share 67

Americans' trust in the mass media has hit a new low at 28%, down from 31% last year and 40% five years ago. The decline is evident across all major partisan groups, with Republicans' confidence now in single digits.

Launch HN: Simplex (YC S24) – Browser automation platform for developers

53 marcon680 2025-10-02 16:07:23 UTC simplex.sh Llama Share 28

Simplex provides infrastructure for browser automation, used for tasks like logging into portals, filling forms, and automating data entry. It offers features like caching, low latency, and authentication SDKs for reliable and efficient workflows.

IRonCub: A Humanoid Robot Designed to Fly Like Iron Man

52 rbanffy 2025-10-02 18:54:12 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 46

Researchers at IIT in Italy have developed iRonCub, a flying humanoid robot that can lift off and fly stably using four jet engines. The long-term goal is to use iRonCub as a disaster response platform that can navigate obstacles and perform tasks in emergency situations.

A vast 4,000-year-old spatial pattern of termite mounds (2018)

47 Anon84 2025-10-02 10:11:31 UTC cell.com Llama Share 4

Tens of millions of 2-4m high termite mounds cover 230,000 km2 in northeastern Brazil, with mound fill dates between 690 to 3820 years ago. The mounds are an example of ecosystem engineering by a single insect species, with a vast tunnel network allowing safe access to a sporadic food supply.

Self-supervised learning, JEPA, world models, and the future of AI [video]

46 twoodfin 2025-10-02 23:57:23 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 46

Warming climate–not overgrazing–is biggest threat to rangelands, study suggests

46 PaulHoule 2025-10-02 12:48:04 UTC phys.org Llama Share 29

A Cornell study found that climate change has a bigger impact on Mongolian rangelands than overgrazing. Researchers urge policymakers to focus on global climate mitigation rather than taxing herders.

Greg Kroah-Hartman explains the Cyber Resilience Act for open source developers

45 CrankyBear 2025-10-02 09:42:36 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 28

The EU's Cyber Resilience Act has been revised to be more open source friendly, requiring companies to document and secure their software supply chain. Open source developers are not liable under the new law, but companies must acknowledge and document their open source dependencies.

Wealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe's richest man

44 PaulHoule 2025-10-02 15:39:21 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 124

Bernard Arnault, Europe's richest man, opposes a proposed 2% wealth tax in France, saying it would be "deadly" for the economy. The tax, proposed by economist Gabriel Zucman, could raise up to €20bn but Arnault claims it would only bring in €5bn if the wealthy leave France.

Silicone bakeware as source of human exposure to cyclic siloxanes

39 shaggie76 2025-10-02 22:58:58 UTC sciencedirect.com Full Share 23

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Joint Book Review: Class, by Paul Fussell

37 jger15 2025-10-02 21:10:45 UTC thepsmiths.com Llama Share 11

The American class system is complex and often hidden, but it's defined by cultural markers such as education, occupation, and taste, which can be difficult to change. The system is stratified, with the upper class being defined by their wealth and influence, the upper-middle class by their education and sophistication, and the middle class by their anxiety to fit in and avoid being seen as "basic."

The Answer (1954)

37 dash2 2025-10-02 18:13:24 UTC sfshortstories.com Llama Share 23

A scientist connects 96 billion planets into a super-calculator, then asks if there's a God, receiving a surprising answer. The computer zaps him with a lightning bolt when he tries to shut it down.

Show HN: The Little Book of C

37 tamnd 2025-10-02 11:58:27 UTC github.com/little-book-of Full Share 27

# All configured formats quarto render # Individual formats quarto render --to html # site into docs/ quarto render --to pdf # docs/book.pdf quarto render --to epub # docs/book.epub quarto render --to latex # docs/book-latex/book.tex

Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon in Practice (2022)

36 jakogut 2025-10-02 16:48:59 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 14

Austria's Armed Forces Gets Rid of Microsoft Office (Mostly) for LibreOffice

34 BeetleB 2025-10-02 20:54:42 UTC news.itsfoss.com Llama Share 3

European governments are increasingly moving away from American-based services due to concerns over digital sovereignty and data security. The Austrian military recently migrated 16,000 workstations from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice to maintain control over sensitive data.

USDA website blames "Radical Left Democrats" for shutdown

30 mtharrison 2025-10-02 20:29:32 UTC usda.gov Full Share 23

PortalVR: XR Without a Headset

29 gfodor 2025-10-02 21:47:31 UTC portalvr.io Llama Share 18

PortalVR lets you play XR content on tablets and phones without a headset, using any phone as a controller. It offers a free tier with a watermark and limited recording, and a paid version with full features and no watermark.

The Hunt for Huntington's

26 nehal96 2025-10-02 18:19:28 UTC nehalslearnings.substack.com Llama Share 1

A young woman, Nancy Wexler, learns her family has a genetic disease, Huntington's, and decides to find a cure. She leads a team to Venezuela to study the disease in large families, eventually discovering a genetic marker that helps locate the gene.

Why America still needs public schools

25 PaulHoule 2025-10-02 12:19:49 UTC theconversation.com Llama Share 40

The Trump administration is cutting public education funding and diverting taxpayer funds to K-12 private schools, threatening the US's well-educated workforce and fundamental values. This move undermines the principle of universal, nonsectarian education and could lead to a less prosperous and divided country.

One Battle After Another: PTA and the Death of Revolutionary Cinema

24 Rant423 2025-10-02 08:09:53 UTC letterboxd.com Llama Share 23

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another is a film about disillusionment with politics, particularly among post-revolutionary artists. It critiques American radicalism as performance art versus actual revolution, highlighting the country's entanglement with extraction and consumption.

Matrix Core Programming on AMD CDNA3 and CDNA4 Architecture

24 skidrow 2025-10-02 05:43:37 UTC salykova.github.io Llama Share 3

The blog post explains how to use Matrix Cores in HIP kernels, focusing on low-precision data types such as FP16, FP8, and FP4, and the new family of Matrix Core instructions with exponent block scaling introduced in the AMD CDNA4 architecture. It provides code examples and illustrations to cover modern low-precision floating-point types, Matrix Core compiler intrinsics, and data layouts ...

Shutdown guts U.S. cybersecurity agency at perilous time

21 ironyman 2025-10-02 22:59:40 UTC washingtonpost.com Full Share 0

Creating a database of motivated proofs

20 furcyd 2025-10-02 21:14:43 UTC gowers.wordpress.com Llama Share 2

A researcher is creating a database of "structured motivated proofs" to help AI systems learn from human thought processes in mathematics. The database will be populated with proofs generated using a point-and-click system and will be used to train AI to produce motivated proofs.

A 2025 manual to the DEC PDP-1

20 ozymandiax 2025-10-02 01:33:26 UTC obsolescence.dev Llama Share 0

The PiDP-1 project is a software replica of the 1959 PDP-1 computer, designed to keep hands-on knowledge of the machine alive and build a new user community. It runs on Linux machines, including Raspberry Pi, and can be controlled using a virtual front panel.

Catalyst evolution reveals the unsung heroes in industrial ammonia production

15 PaulHoule 2025-10-02 20:47:33 UTC phys.org Llama Share 0

Researchers at the Fritz Haber Institute and Max Planck Institute have discovered the critical role of promoters in enhancing performance and stability of industrial ammonia production catalysts. The study reveals that promoters and structural transformations contribute to the catalyst's efficiency and longevity.

AMD's EPYC 9355P: Inside a 32 Core Zen 5 Server Chip

15 rbanffy 2025-10-02 11:07:16 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 1

AMD's EPYC 9355P has 32 cores, clocking up to 4.4 GHz, and uses eight CPU dies to house those cores with high cache capacity. It has mild NUMA characteristics and little penalty associated with running the chip in NPS1 or NPS2 mode.

Visual loading states for Turbo Frames with CSS only

13 unripe_syntax 2025-10-02 12:46:31 UTC railsdesigner.com Llama Share 1

To improve UX for permanent Turbo Frames, use aria-busy="true" to display a loading indicator while content is loading. This can be achieved with CSS pseudo-elements or custom properties, allowing for various loading animations and feedback.

The Billion-Token Tender: Why RAG Isn't Fading, It's Gearing Up

12 handfuloflight 2025-10-02 22:07:35 UTC tenderstrike.com Llama Share 0

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is a foundational strategy for applying AI to real-world problems due to its efficiency and cost-effectiveness. RAG remains essential for handling large-scale data and complex projects, making it a cornerstone of professional-grade AI systems.