Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available

2056 ksec 2025-10-05 17:20:39 UTC koreajoongangdaily.joins.com Llama Share 920

A fire at the National Information Resources Service's Daejeon headquarters destroyed the government's G-Drive cloud storage system, erasing work files of 750,000 civil servants. The government is working to recover data from local computers and other systems.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society

551 aloukissas 2025-10-05 04:01:57 UTC pewresearch.org Llama Share 487

Public awareness of sports betting has grown, with 43% of US adults viewing it as a bad thing for society and 40% for sports. Young adults and Black Americans are more likely to have bet money on sports in the past year.

Social Cooling (2017)

430 laurex 2025-10-05 06:01:24 UTC socialcooling.com Llama Share 276

Data brokers and algorithms guess personal details based on patterns in your data, influencing life outcomes like job prospects and loan rates. Social Cooling is a negative effect of living in a reputation economy, where rating systems create unwanted incentives and pressure to conform.

Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels

415 bilsbie 2025-10-05 22:18:31 UTC grist.org Llama Share 620

Matthias Weyland's balcony solar system produces up to half of his family's daily needs using 600-watt-capacity panels. Germany has over 550,000 balcony solar systems, with users saving around $100 annually and gaining independence from the grid.

Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come

404 erlend_sh 2025-10-05 09:07:38 UTC blog.muni.town Llama Share 276

Tim Berners-Lee's goal is to give users control over their data through an open-source standard called Solid, allowing users to store and access data independently. The AT protocol also aims to achieve user sovereignty by enabling users to control their data and switch between applications.

The deadline isn't when AI outsmarts us – it's when we stop using our own minds

362 NotInOurNames 2025-10-05 11:08:25 UTC theargumentmag.com Llama Share 324

The author argues that the decline of reading and writing skills is a greater concern than the rise of thinking machines. This decline is due to the over-reliance on technology and the lack of patience for deep thinking.

What GPT-OSS leaks about OpenAI's training data

346 fi-le 2025-10-05 18:28:16 UTC fi-le.net Llama Share 82

OpenAI's GPT-5 model was trained on a dataset containing phrases from adult websites, and its tokenizer includes junk tokens from various sources, including GitHub and Chinese websites. The model's behavior with glitch tokens suggests it was trained on a diverse and potentially unfiltered dataset.

The QNX Operating System

321 BirAdam 2025-10-05 14:47:13 UTC abortretry.fail Llama Share 129

Gordon Bell and Dan Dodge developed the real-time operating system Thoth at the University of Waterloo in 1979. They later founded Quantum Software Systems in 1980 and created QUNIX, a real-time operating system for the IBM PC.

Ambigr.am

316 surprisetalk 2025-10-05 04:11:55 UTC ambigr.am Llama Share 42

The user shared a poem about hating the night and then complimented an artist's work, specifically asking about their design tools. The artist replied that they used Adobe Illustrator to create the design.

Beginner Guide to VPS Hetzner and Coolify

304 itsbrgv 2025-10-05 10:39:12 UTC bhargav.dev Llama Share 153

User set up a VPS with Hetzner and Coolify, creating a repeatable deployment pipeline and comprehensive guide for self-hosting. This setup provides control, understanding, and devops muscle memory, offering an alternative to cloud services like AWS.

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

297 sandebert 2025-10-05 05:47:55 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 312

The author argues that the internet is becoming increasingly worse due to a phenomenon called "enshittification," where online platforms like Amazon prioritize profits over user experience and quality. To combat this, the author suggests that policy solutions, such as banning predatory pricing and imposing structural separation on companies, are needed to create a fairer and more open internet.

NIST's DeepSeek "evaluation" is a hit piece

277 aratahikaru5 2025-10-05 15:12:45 UTC erichartford.com Full Share 224

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Retiring Test-Ipv6.com

268 birdculture 2025-10-05 14:11:37 UTC retire.test-ipv6.com Llama Share 183

The owner of test-ipv6.com is shutting down the site in December 2025 due to refocusing resources within the family. Mirror operators and service providers will need to update their systems as the site will stop receiving updates.

Self hosting 10TB in S3 on a framework laptop and disks

265 ddxv 2025-10-05 09:51:26 UTC jamesoclaire.com Llama Share 111

User self-hosted S3 using a second-hand Framework laptop with ZFS and a JBOD for storage. The setup has been running smoothly for months with 10TB of space used.

BYD builds fastest car

250 trextrex 2025-10-05 15:54:01 UTC autotrader.co.uk Llama Share 296

BYD's Yangwang U9 Extreme set a record for quickest production car with a speed of 308.4mph. The electric car surpassed Bugatti's Chiron Super Sport 300+ by 3.6mph at a German test track.

Managing context on the Claude Developer Platform

219 benzguo 2025-10-05 05:20:08 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 90

Claude Sonnet 4.5 introduces context editing and memory tool capabilities for managing agent context. These features improve agent performance and efficiency by preserving relevant data and extending context limits.

Bat: Cat with syntax highlighting

184 Olshansky 2025-10-05 22:21:47 UTC github.com/sharkdp Llama Share 84

bat is a command-line pager that displays file contents with syntax highlighting. It can be used as a drop-in replacement for cat and supports various options for customizing its behavior.

Benefits of choosing email over messaging

181 iparaskev 2025-10-05 08:12:24 UTC spinellis.gr Llama Share 155

I prefer email over messaging platforms for its benefits such as single program organization and easy message retrieval. Email also offers rich functionality, control over message lifetime, and strong guarantees on message privacy.

NFS at 40 – Remembering the Sun Microsystems Network File System

178 signa11 2025-10-05 15:49:58 UTC nfs40.online Llama Share 149

The website collects NFS-related materials from 1983, including design documents and marketing materials. It welcomes new contributions and warns about the insecure nfsv4bat.org site with slow load times.

Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers' – Lina Khan

171 nabla9 2025-10-05 16:13:58 UTC pcgamer.com Llama Share 113

Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard has led to significant price hikes and layoffs, harming gamers and developers. Former FTC chair Lina Khan predicted this outcome, citing increased market consolidation and dominant firms prioritizing profits over customers.

Show HN: ut – Rust based CLI utilities for devs and IT

168 ksdme9 2025-10-05 17:36:20 UTC github.com/ksdme Llama Share 63

ut is a CLI utility toolkit providing tools for base64 encoding, UUID generation, random number generation, arithmetic operations, JSON building, and more. It supports various tools and operations, including datetime conversion and color conversion.

If the University of Chicago won't defend the humanities, who will?

166 atmosx 2025-10-05 15:51:08 UTC theatlantic.com Llama Share 178

The University of Chicago is reducing Ph.D. admissions in humanities fields due to financial concerns. This decision has sparked fears that entire areas of humanistic study may be lost, and that the university's reputation as a center for humanities is at risk.

The death of industrial design and the era of dull electronics

161 CharlesW 2025-10-05 20:55:26 UTC hackaday.com Llama Share 125

Industrial design for consumer electronics has declined, resulting in devices with minimal distinguishing features and a lack of physical user interface elements. This trend is driven by the rise of touch controls and software-based interfaces, leading to a dull and stimulation-free experience.

Sharpie found a way to make pens more cheaply by manufacturing them in the U.S.

161 impish9208 2025-10-05 10:01:00 UTC wsj.com Full Share 194

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Ken Parker, famed luthier, has died

145 dagmx 2025-10-05 22:10:15 UTC kenparkerarchtops.com Llama Share 46

The speaker is leaving but has ensured their work continues, thanking everyone for their support and encouraging them to build on what's been learned. Sam Krimmel will carry on the work, with new projects underway.

Show HN: Pyscn – Python code quality analyzer for vibe coders

135 d-yoda 2025-10-05 13:22:31 UTC github.com/ludo-technologies Llama Share 84

pyscn is a tool for code analysis with features like clone detection, dependency analysis, and complexity checks. It can be run with uvx or pipx and generates HTML or JSON reports.

86 GB/s bitpacking with ARM SIMD (single thread)

131 ashtonsix 2025-10-05 12:27:11 UTC github.com/ashtonsix Full Share 29

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Packing the world for longest lines of sight

127 tombh 2025-10-05 21:02:03 UTC tombh.co.uk Llama Share 47

The user is working on a side project to find the longest line of sight on the planet using a novel Total Viewshed algorithm and has developed a method to pack the world into square tiles that cover the theoretically longest line of sight of each tile's highest point. The user is now looking for an efficient solution to pack the tiles optimally and is considering brute forcing or localised ...

Parrot – type-safe SQL in Gleam, supports SQlite, PostgreSQL and MySQL

121 TheWiggles 2025-10-05 00:51:44 UTC github.com/daniellionel01 Llama Share 34

Parrot is a community project on sqlc that supports SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL. It automatically generates database code and supports named parameters, multiple queries per file, and database client agnosticism.

Show HN: ASCII Drawing Board

120 delopsu 2025-10-05 15:36:21 UTC delopsu.com Full Share 45

Use the List of Unicode characters as a source of characters for your brush ✦ ◒ ▜ █▓▒░ Unfortunately not all of them will work due to font limitations.

1Password CLI Vulnerability

119 manchicken 2025-10-05 03:01:50 UTC codeberg.org Llama Share 60

A vulnerability in 1Password's op CLI program allows threat actors to access and exfiltrate all vaults after unlocking one. The issue can be mitigated by limiting CLI integration, using service accounts, and passing --ignore-scripts to npm commands.

Toybox: All-in-one Linux command line

116 welovebunnies 2025-10-05 19:09:35 UTC github.com/landley Llama Share 53

Toybox is an all-in-one Linux command line tool that can be downloaded as a static binary or built from source, and it can be used for various tasks such as file management and system building. The tool has a simple system builder and can be used to create a Toybox-based Linux system, and it also has a mailing list and a GitHub repository for contributing and patch submission.

Laptops create systems. Phones feed algorithms. The asymmetry determines power

112 zakelfassi 2025-10-05 11:07:53 UTC zakelfassi.com Llama Share 67

A person's device choice reflects their default stance towards information and power, with laptops enabling creation and agency, and phones optimizing for consumption and convenience. Conscious device choice can help individuals shape their relationship to digital systems and avoid defaulting to one stance across all contexts.

Estimating AI energy use

103 pseudolus 2025-10-05 23:00:23 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 97

OpenAI is building massive data centers to support ChatGPT and other generative AI models. Dozens of similar centers are expected to meet growing user demand.

The dangerous intimacy of social location sharing

99 FromTheArchives 2025-10-05 21:44:01 UTC joinreboot.org Llama Share 155

The author discusses how location sharing has become a common practice, allowing people to share their real-time location with friends and family, but raises concerns about its impact on relationships and safety. Location sharing can create a sense of security but also erodes the experience of self-disclosure and intimacy in relationships.

Focus Is Saying No

94 HideInNews 2025-10-05 17:08:19 UTC medium.com/@hobokendays Llama Share 47

The author joined a new team to tackle tech debt and modernize software, but was denied promotion due to lack of business impact. They learned to focus on building great products by saying no to low-impact tasks and prioritizing business value.

Rule-Based Expert Systems: The Mycin Experiments (1984)

92 mindcrime 2025-10-05 23:51:47 UTC shortliffe.net Llama Share 24

This book is a critical analysis of AI experiments, specifically MYCIN, a rule-based expert system developed over nearly a decade. It shares lessons learned and presents various chapters on AI topics, including rule-based systems, inexact reasoning, and explanations.

You can't parse XML with regex. Let's do it anyways

89 birdculture 2025-10-05 01:58:31 UTC sdomi.pl Llama Share 89

The site discusses the difficulties of parsing HTML and XML, criticizing the use of regular expressions for this purpose. It argues that HTML is not designed for data interchange and that using a real parser is often the best approach.

Ask HN: Any advice on pivoting out of VC-backed tech?

87 AbstractH24 2025-10-05 20:46:22 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 59

You're considering a career pivot from B2B SaaS to Main Street B2C businesses. To remain challenged and informed, focus on applying your skills to real-world problems and learn about consumer behavior and market trends.

Memory access is O(N^[1/3])

83 jxmorris12 2025-10-05 20:34:28 UTC vitalik.eth.limo Llama Share 51

The author argues that memory access time is O(N^⅓) due to the speed of light and distance in a 3D world. This affects algorithm efficiency, especially for tasks with many memory accesses.

Mod. 5140 - IBM's First Laptop Computer

80 jumpocelot 2025-10-05 00:35:10 UTC richardsapperdesign.com Llama Share 42

The IBM Mod. 5140 was the first laptop computer, developed in Boca Raton, Florida. It resembles an alligator's head and tail when a printer is attached.

I do not want to be a programmer anymore

78 ednite 2025-10-05 13:53:41 UTC mindthenerd.com Llama Share 121

The author is concerned about people surrendering their judgment to AI, which can provide convincing but potentially misguided answers. This can lead to a loss of critical thinking and human connection.

Git, JSON and Markdown walk into bar

71 speckx 2025-10-05 02:34:16 UTC grumpygamer.com Llama Share 75

The user credits Git, Markdown, and JSON as fundamental changes to their development life, but notes issues with each including Git's lack of file locking, Markdown's notation, and JSON's restrictions on trailing commas and quoted keys. They also share personal anecdotes about working with Git's creator and JSON's creator, Douglas Crockford, and have developed custom solutions to address ...

Windows 3.1 in a Windows 95 Virtual Machine (2022)

70 Lammy 2025-10-05 00:20:23 UTC geoffchappell.com Llama Share 49

The author recalls running Windows 3.1 in a virtual machine on Windows 95, a feature that was likely a science project to demonstrate compatibility, and finds a long-lost screenshot to prove it. The feature was designed to run Windows 3.1 full-screen, not in a window, to provide a seamless experience, but it had limitations and was not intended for final release.

Language Agnostic Programming: Why you may still need code

51 kimr 2025-10-05 15:34:32 UTC joaquimrocha.com Llama Share 59

The author discusses how AI may change the way we build software, questioning whether programming languages will still be necessary if AI can translate English descriptions into working code. They propose a future where AI-generated code is translated into a precise language like Rust, but programmers can view and edit it in their preferred language, potentially democratizing programming and ...

Callbacks in C++ using template functors (1994)

49 zengid 2025-10-05 17:50:17 UTC tutok.sk Llama Share 48

Callbacks are a mechanism in C++ that allow independently developed objects to be connected together, enabling plug-and-play programming, and a good callback mechanism should be type safe, non-coupling, non-type-intrusive, generic, and flexible. A callback library based on template functors provides a flexible and powerful way to implement callbacks, allowing components to call application ...

Remembering Steve Jobs

47 ksec 2025-10-05 15:01:16 UTC macrumors.com Llama Share 92

Steve Jobs passed away 14 years ago at 56, remembered by Tim Cook as a visionary who lit the path forward. Apple continues to innovate under Cook's leadership, releasing new products and software updates.

Meta launches Hyperscape, technology to turn real-world spaces into VR

47 PaulHoule 2025-10-05 13:42:03 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 67

Meta's Hyperscape Capture is now in early access for Quest users, allowing them to scan and render a room into a photorealistic digital space. The feature will roll out gradually to users 18 and up with a Quest 3 or 3S, with more metaverse updates including new VR games and streaming content.

What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security

46 relaxing 2025-10-05 12:22:10 UTC propublica.org Llama Share 8

DOGE, a team of young technologists, was sent to the Social Security Administration to improve efficiency but instead prioritized quick wins over systemic change. The team's actions led to missed opportunities for modernization and reform, causing frustration among agency officials.

When Curl Works but IntelliJ Doesn't: The Ollama Connection Mystery

45 tymscar 2025-10-05 00:39:26 UTC blog.tymscar.com Llama Share 15

The user had issues with IntelliJ IDEA connecting to a local Ollama service. The problem was the JVM's IPv6 preference causing a "No route to host" error.

Show HN: DidMySettingsChange – A tool that checks changed windows settings

44 nolesapex 2025-10-05 22:49:27 UTC github.com/nolesapex Llama Share 13

DidMySettingsChange is a Python script that tracks Windows privacy and telemetry settings. It checks for changes after updates and provides a report on any detected changes.

Wine 10.16 (Dev) – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS

43 neustradamus 2025-10-05 21:26:25 UTC gitlab.winehq.org Full Share 22

The Wine development release 10.16 is now available. What's new in this release: Fast synchronization support using NTSync. 16-bit apps supported...

Implicit Actor Critic Coupling via a Supervised Learning Framework for RLVR

38 getnormality 2025-10-05 17:01:19 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 9

Researchers propose PACS, a novel RLVR framework that uses supervised learning to improve LLMs' reasoning tasks. PACS outperforms existing methods like PPO and GRPO on mathematical reasoning tasks, achieving 59.78% pass rate at AIME 2025.

GoboLinux 017.01 – Passing the Torch

34 todsacerdoti 2025-10-05 16:00:38 UTC gobolinux.org Llama Share 4

GoboLinux releases v017.01 with bug fixes after a five-year break. Hisham Muhammad steps down as steward, handing over to Philip Pok, who will lead the project in new directions.

Dear Tesla Shareholder [pdf]

31 doener 2025-10-05 20:07:42 UTC static1.squarespace.com Llama Share 52

We urge shareholders to vote against Directors Ira Ehrenpreis, Joe Gebbia, and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson due to their close ties to CEO Elon Musk and failure to provide oversight. The Board's proposals, including the 2025 CEO Performance Award, grant excessive discretion and benefits to Musk, compromising shareholder value.

Without Deeds, Without Names

31 toomuchtodo 2025-10-05 18:38:40 UTC laphamsquarterly.org Llama Share 9

Yoshida Kenkō argues that seeking fame and knowledge is foolish and that true wisdom lies beyond human understanding. He believes that all things are nothing and unworthy of desire or speech.

Period-Correct Graphics in PC Emulators: Part 1 – The Amiga

31 birdculture 2025-10-05 18:16:35 UTC blog.johnnovak.net Llama Share 0

The article discusses emulating classic computers like the Commodore Amiga and MS-DOS/early Windows era IBM PC compatibles with period-correct graphics using WinUAE, focusing on CRT display technology and its effects on low-resolution "pixel art". The author shares their experience and knowledge of CRT display technology, providing tips and settings for achieving an authentic CRT look in ...

Westjet is going to make you pay to recline your seat

31 raw_anon_1111 2025-10-05 15:41:50 UTC thestreet.com Full Share 98

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Hobby Hilbert Simplex

31 todsacerdoti 2025-10-05 10:14:40 UTC nedbatchelder.com Llama Share 1

The user learned about generative art by studying an artist's Kotlin code and implementing Hobby curves, Hilbert sorting, and simplex noise in Python to create a fluid and natural-looking drawing of lines that separate and reunite. The user experimented with different parameters and techniques to achieve the desired effect, resulting in a unique and aesthetically pleasing art piece.

Apt Down – The North Korea Files

23 maximilianthe1 2025-10-05 20:38:06 UTC phrack.org Llama Share 1

A responsible disclosure was attempted to warn South Korea that China/North Korea has hacked them, but Proton suspended the account without a clear reason, leading to a catastrophic failure of the government data centre and loss of evidence. The article analyzes the dump of data from a Kimsuky group member's workstation, revealing their backdoors, tools, and techniques, and concludes that ...

Scientists debunk claims of seed oil health risks

22 thelastgallon 2025-10-05 04:50:02 UTC hsph.harvard.edu Llama Share 35

Experts say seed oils like canola and soy are not toxic, but rather unhealthy foods that use them are high in refined carbs, sodium, and sugar. Cooking with seed oils at home is not a health concern, but repeatedly heating them to high temperatures is.

Adding Stride Scheduling to Xv6

20 todsacerdoti 2025-10-05 09:04:25 UTC nickchandler.dev Llama Share 1

The user implemented a stride scheduler in the xv6 kernel, which assigns each process a "stride" value determining how often it runs, with smaller strides meaning higher priority. The stride scheduler was found to be effective and closely matched theoretical expectations, but further improvements are needed to address potential issues with long-running processes and a startup lockup in the ...

Small Nuclear Reactors Will Not Save the Day

18 PaulHoule 2025-10-05 15:10:38 UTC oilprice.com Llama Share 28

SMRs are being marketed as a solution to power data centers and backstop energy transition but have no operational commercial units and are plagued by high costs and delays. Investing in SMRs is not a viable strategy for decarbonization as wind, solar, and storage are already proven and scalable technologies.