Qualcomm to acquire Arduino

1334 janjongboom 2025-10-07 13:00:08 UTC qualcomm.com Llama Share 533

Qualcomm acquires Arduino to combine products and technologies, empowering developers with AI and edge computing capabilities. The acquisition unlocks a full-stack platform for modern development, offering access to Qualcomm's technology stack and global reach.

German government comes out against Chat Control

1142 SolonIslandus 2025-10-07 17:31:49 UTC xcancel.com Full Share 539

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Vibe engineering

649 janpio 2025-10-07 14:55:14 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 715

The author proposes "vibe engineering" to describe a responsible and accountable way of using AI tools like LLMs for software development, contrasting with "vibe coding" which is fast and loose.

Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

632 mfiguiere 2025-10-07 19:49:11 UTC blog.google Llama Share 325

Google released Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model for developers to interact with UIs via API. The model outperforms alternatives on web and mobile control benchmarks with lower latency and safety features to prevent misuse.

Show HN: Timelinize – Privately organize your own data from everywhere, locally

622 mholt 2025-10-07 16:10:22 UTC timelinize.com Llama Share 162

Timelinize is a personal data archiving app that preserves family life stories by collecting data from various sources and storing it on a user's computer. It provides a complete view of a family's story, with features like data deduplication, denoising, and clustering.

Canadian bill would strip internet access from 'specified persons', no warrant

603 walterbell 2025-10-07 12:20:14 UTC nationalpost.com Llama Share 368

The Canadian government is proposing Bill C-8, which would allow the minister of industry to unilaterally cut off internet services to any individual. Critics argue this gives the government too much power to collect internet data without a warrant.

IKEA Catalogs 1951-2021

505 bookofjoe 2025-10-07 15:35:48 UTC ikeamuseum.com Full Share 139

IKEA was founded in the 1940s, so why are you showing no catalogues from before 1951? Does IKEA Museum have any physical copies of the IKEA catalogue for people to browse through?

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

474 luisb 2025-10-07 09:50:49 UTC nobelprize.org Llama Share 99

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis demonstrated macroscopic quantum tunnelling in an electrical circuit. They showed that a system of many particles can exhibit quantum mechanical properties.

Deloitte to refund the Australian government after using AI in $440k report

463 fforflo 2025-10-07 07:51:57 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 229

Deloitte will repay the federal government after admitting its report contained errors due to generative AI use. The consultancy firm's report found widespread issues in the welfare system, but its own errors have raised concerns about AI's role in producing the report.

Seeing like a software company

384 praptak 2025-10-07 16:49:09 UTC seangoedecke.com Llama Share 122

Large organizations prioritize legibility over efficiency, creating processes that make work predictable but also slow and bureaucratic. Illegible work, such as backchannels and side bets, is essential for high-efficiency work and fills the natural human desire for gossip and soft consensus.

Doing Rails Wrong

374 treesenthusiast 2025-10-07 17:01:32 UTC bananacurvingmachine.com Llama Share 282

John installed Vite with React Refresh, TypeScript, Babel, PostCSS, Tailwind, ESLint, Prettier, and Husky for a modern web development setup. The app boots instantly with working forms, fast loading times, and navigation.

California law forces Netflix, Hulu to turn down ad volumes

346 c420 2025-10-07 04:03:49 UTC politico.com Llama Share 143

California is regulating loud streaming commercials, requiring them to be at the same volume as the program. The law was inspired by a parent's complaint about loud ads waking up his infant daughter.

No account? No Windows 11, Microsoft says as another loophole snaps shut

343 Bender 2025-10-07 14:45:54 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 4

Microsoft is closing a loophole in Windows 11 that allowed users to install without a Microsoft account. Users will now need to complete setup with internet and a Microsoft account for proper device configuration.

ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones

328 mdhb 2025-10-07 17:12:43 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 206

TechOps Specialty Vehicles signed a contract with ICE for cell-site simulator vehicles, a technology used to track phone locations. The company, TOSV, also has a history of providing similar services to ICE and other law enforcement agencies.

Less is more: Recursive reasoning with tiny networks

317 guybedo 2025-10-07 17:42:06 UTC alexiajm.github.io Llama Share 67

The Tiny Recursion Model (TRM) achieves high scores on hard tasks with a tiny 7M parameters neural network by recursively improving its answer through a simple process. This approach simplifies recursive reasoning and is more efficient than large models, potentially breaking the bank requirement for AI success.

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.'

302 locopati 2025-10-07 16:18:48 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 161

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office in Texas used Flock cameras to search for a woman who self-administered an abortion, initially claiming concern for her safety but later revealed they were conducting a "death investigation" into the fetus. Newly unearthed court documents show police discussed charging the woman with a crime, contradicting the sheriff's office and Flock's narrative that she ...

User ban controversy reveals Bluesky’s decentralized aspiration isn’t reality

280 gregsadetsky 2025-10-07 19:44:00 UTC plus.flux.community Llama Share 381

Bluesky, a social network, faced criticism for moderation decisions and user bans, including allowing anti-trans writer Jesse Singal to remain on the platform. Bluesky's decentralization plans have yet to be fulfilled, with its alternative, Blacksky, still dependent on Bluesky's application server.

Solar energy is now the cheapest source of power, study

272 giuliomagnifico 2025-10-07 17:50:17 UTC surrey.ac.uk Llama Share 321

Solar energy is now cheaper than coal, gas, and wind power in sunny countries, costing £0.02 per unit. A University of Surrey study found solar power with storage is as cost-effective as gas power plants due to falling battery prices.

Devpush – Open-source and self-hostable alternative to Vercel, Render, Netlify

257 el_hacker 2025-10-07 10:07:50 UTC github.com/hunvreus Llama Share 93

Install DevPush, an open-source alternative to Vercel and Netlify, on a fresh Ubuntu/Debian server with Hetzner's CPX31. Configure DNS records, harden server security, and set environment variables for a fully functional DevPush deployment.

Robin Williams' daughter pleads for people to stop sending AI videos of her dad

246 dijksterhuis 2025-10-07 16:56:40 UTC bbc.co.uk Llama Share 205

Zelda Williams, Robin Williams' daughter, asks people to stop sending her AI-generated videos of her father, calling it "dumb" and "a waste of time." She criticizes AI versions of her father, saying they're "personally disturbing" and disrespect his legacy.

Become unbannable from your email

241 bfoks 2025-10-07 21:39:07 UTC karboosx.net Llama Share 196

The author argues that email has become a crucial piece of personal information, and losing access to it can be a nightmare. They recommend setting up an email address under your own domain to gain control and resilience.

The World Trade Center under construction through photos, 1966-1979

234 kinderjaje 2025-10-07 00:40:26 UTC rarehistoricalphotos.com Llama Share 109

The World Trade Center project was initiated in the 1960s to revitalize Lower Manhattan, with construction beginning in 1965 and completed in 1972. The complex included two 110-story towers, 5 other buildings, and over 10 million square feet of office space, but tragically collapsed on September 11, 2001.

The evolution of Lua, continued [pdf]

229 welovebunnies 2025-10-07 12:54:14 UTC lua.org Llama Share 167

Lua is a lightweight embeddable scripting language created in 1993 at PUC-Rio in Brazil, widely used in industrial applications and game development, with a long history of evolution and improvements. The language has introduced various features such as collaborative multithreading, integers, bitwise operators, and UTF-8 library, with ongoing development and refinement of its garbage ...

Google's requirement for developers to be verified threatens app store F-Droid

215 beardyw 2025-10-07 18:51:40 UTC techdirt.com Llama Share 152

Google requires Android developers to register and verify their apps, which may end F-Droid and other free/open-source app distribution sources. This move is seen as a power grab, restricting users' freedom to install apps and eroding the open-source ecosystem.

A mechanic offered a reason why no one wants to work in the industry

200 thunderbong 2025-10-07 08:27:41 UTC motor1.com Llama Share 273

A mechanic claims Ford's flat-rate pay for repairs under warranty is too low, making it hard to find skilled workers. He says engineers should design vehicles to be easier to work on, not just for assembly speed.

Erlang ARM32 JIT is born

170 plainOldText 2025-10-07 13:00:25 UTC grisp.org Llama Share 19

The BEAM JIT was successfully ported to the ARM32-bit architecture, allowing the execution of the first Erlang function through JITted ARM32 machine code with error code 42. The achievement was made possible by funding from the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation and the support of its Embedded Working Group, and it paves the way for incremental addition of Erlang instructions and completion of the ...

America is now one big bet on AI

168 saubeidl 2025-10-07 13:18:33 UTC ft.com Llama Share 182

Save 20% by paying a year upfront for FT Digital Edition, complete with expert analysis. Cancel anytime during the trial period for $75 monthly.

How Apple designs a virtual knob (2012)

166 gregsadetsky 2025-10-07 18:19:37 UTC jherrm.github.io Llama Share 103

The author discusses Apple's Garageband app and its innovative virtual knobs, which can be controlled in three ways: spinning, sliding, and dragging. The knobs were recreated using various techniques, including images, CSS, and 3D models.

3M May Escape Toxic Chemical, PFAS Manufacturing Legacy

164 speckx 2025-10-07 13:22:04 UTC bloomberg.com Llama Share 102

3M's Command strip revolutionized home decor but the company's success was marred by PFAS liabilities and safety issues. New CEO Bill Brown is trying to turn the company around with a plan to run 3M better and tackle its problems.

The murky economics of the data-centre investment boom

162 1vuio0pswjnm7 2025-10-07 18:52:46 UTC economist.com Llama Share 115

McKinsey forecasts $5.2trn in AI-related spending worldwide in five years, possibly increasing this estimate. US announcements suggest AI infrastructure investment is reaching a fever pitch.

Eliminating contrails from flying could be cheap

152 K2L8M11N2 2025-10-07 19:07:07 UTC sustainabilitybynumbers.com Llama Share 187

Eliminating contrails from flights could reduce warming by 2% at a cost of around $5 per flight, making it a cheap solution to climate change. Governments could step in to mandate contrail avoidance, increasing public awareness and making it a more viable option for the aviation industry.

Loko Scheme: bare metal optimizing Scheme compiler

143 dTal 2025-10-07 07:41:59 UTC scheme.fail Llama Share 14

A bootable hard drive image is available for a machine with ≥1GB RAM, providing a REPL. Loko Scheme is a niche compiler licensed under EUPL-1.2-or-later, suitable for real hardware use.

The World's 2.75B Buildings

129 marklit 2025-10-07 17:26:20 UTC tech.marksblogg.com GoogleT5 Share 62

The un believes there are 4b buildings on earth. a parquet debugging tool i've been working on will show how much space each column takes up in one of the parqet files. this is the number of gb each region of world contains on the tum servers. in some areas, the clsm model did 'a great job' of accurately identifying building footprints but there were other areas where the model wasn&

Swiss glaciers have shrunk by a quarter since 2015, study says

126 bookofjoe 2025-10-07 14:56:09 UTC france24.com Full Share 94

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Show HN: MARS – Personal AI robot for builders (< $2k)

123 apeytavin 2025-10-07 15:11:52 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 66

Axel and Vignesh, Innate cofounders, launched MARS, a general-purpose robot with an open onboard OS. MARS has a dedicated app, leader arm, and SDK BASIC for AI agent capabilities.

Tcl-Lang Showcase

120 luismedel 2025-10-07 13:25:33 UTC wiki.tcl-lang.org Full Share 44

By clicking on the image, an interactive demonstration of the Tcl/Tk application is launched using CloudTk. Over 100 Tcl/Tk applications listed from this wiki are demonstrated here . To view the Tcl/Tk Widget Demonstration, go to the "Playground" from the menu above and then select "Demos" in the "Tcl-Playground" - Console menu.

Pdoc – Generate API documentation for Python projects

114 joshdavham 2025-10-07 03:40:41 UTC pdoc.dev Full Share 25

pdoc auto-generates API documentation that follows your project's Python module hierarchy. It requires no configuration, has first-class support for type annotations, cross-links between identifiers, comes with an integrated live-reloading web server, and understands numpydoc or Google-style docstrings.

The Flummoxagon

113 robinhouston 2025-10-07 15:40:09 UTC n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com Llama Share 25

Flummoxagon is a geometric puzzle game that combines elements of Pentominoes and Sudoku, where players fit colored tiles into a hexagonal frame without touching tiles of the same color. The game uses an automatic solver to generate puzzles with unique solutions, making it a challenging and fun experience for players of all skill levels.

Gold Prices Top $4k for First Time

113 thm 2025-10-07 15:30:02 UTC wsj.com Full Share 134

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Launch HN: LlamaFarm (YC W22) – Open-source framework for distributed AI

105 mhamann 2025-10-07 15:30:20 UTC github.com/llama-farm Llama Share 71

LlamaFarm is an open-source framework for building AI applications with opinionated defaults and 100% extendability. It provides a local-first developer experience with a CLI for managing projects, datasets, and chat sessions.

Hardware Stockholm Syndrome

105 rajiv_abraham 2025-10-07 00:46:57 UTC programmingsimplicity.substack.com Llama Share 58

The function-based programming paradigm was a choice made to optimize for expensive, time-shared CPUs in the 1970s, not a fundamental truth of computation. Today, with cheap, parallel CPUs, it's time to reevaluate this paradigm and consider alternative models that better fit the reality of massively concurrent systems.

Cache-Friendly B+Tree Nodes with Dynamic Fanout

98 jasim 2025-10-07 16:39:13 UTC jacobsherin.com Llama Share 30

A high-performance B+Tree requires a contiguous memory layout to improve locality of reference and reduce cache misses, which can be achieved using flexible array members in C++. However, this approach increases implementation complexity due to manual memory management, lack of inheritance, and hidden data type constraints, making it a necessary trade-off for unlocking high performance.

The Mondrian introduction to functional optics

84 marcosh 2025-10-07 09:35:53 UTC marcosh.github.io Llama Share 21

Functional optics are a way to select and manipulate parts of complex data types using graphical representations and algebraic data types. Various optics like Iso, Lens, Prism, AffineTraversal, and Traversal can be composed and used to focus on specific parts of data types.

Building a JavaScript Runtime using C

82 redbell 2025-10-07 22:18:14 UTC devlogs.xyz Llama Share 30

This tutorial builds Jade, a minimal JS runtime in C, using JavaScriptCore and libuv to understand modern runtimes. Jade connects high-level language features with low-level system operations, providing insight into Node.js, Bun, and Deno's inner workings.

California passes law to reduce volume of commercials on streaming services

82 mikhael 2025-10-07 21:12:37 UTC gov.ca.gov Llama Share 57

Governor Newsom signed SB 576 to limit commercial volume on streaming services to match the original programming. This law applies to streaming services, building on a 2010 US law that only covered broadcast TV and cable.

Origami Patterns Solve a Major Physics Riddle

80 pseudolus 2025-10-07 01:34:32 UTC quantamagazine.org Llama Share 5

A young mathematician named Pavel Galashin found a connection between the amplituhedron and origami, showing that patterns in origami can form the amplituhedron. This link helped resolve an open conjecture about the amplituhedron's structure and its connection to particle collisions.

Konrad Zuse's Helix Tower [pdf]

79 xg15 2025-10-07 20:44:34 UTC iaarc.org Llama Share 5

Konrad Zuse designed the Helix-Tower, a continuously extendable and retractable tower construction, from 1989 to 1995. The tower's design was intended for various applications, including wind power installations, observation, and radio transmission.

Learning a foreign language–before you're born

79 XzetaU8 2025-10-07 05:43:56 UTC nouvelles.umontreal.ca Llama Share 38

Researchers found that babies can learn a foreign language before birth through prenatal exposure. A few weeks of listening to a new language rewires the language networks in a newborn's brain, processed along the same neural pathways as the mother tongue.

Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August

78 Erikun 2025-10-07 15:01:29 UTC nytimes.com Llama Share 111

Fewer international students arrived in the U.S. this August due to visa delays and travel restrictions. The decline is expected to impact colleges financially and American competitiveness in science and engineering.

Stress test for parallel disk i/o using git and pnpm

77 robin_reala 2025-10-07 12:14:16 UTC github.com/nullvoxpopuli Llama Share 60

This repo tests APFS on macOS and serves as a stress test for fs event observation. It uses pnpm and git to fill the cache for testing.

Building a Browser for Reverse Engineers

75 hazebooth 2025-10-07 17:03:15 UTC nullpt.rs Llama Share 2

The user built a web reverse-engineering tool called Snitch that hooks arbitrary global functions and properties in web pages, allowing for stealthy analysis and modification of browser behavior. The tool uses the Chrome DevTools Protocol and Chromium's Blink layer to create custom events and intercept JavaScript execution, making it a powerful Swiss Army knife for web reverse-engineering.

Financing My Klarna Doritos Locos Taco

75 theahura 2025-10-07 14:31:38 UTC theahura.substack.com Llama Share 77

The author argues that companies like Klarna exploit regulatory loopholes by using technology as a fig leaf to avoid scrutiny, and that this can lead to societal harms. Klarna's business model, which allows users to buy now and pay later, may be unsustainable due to high default rates and lack of proper underwriting.

The NIH ordered me to stop my 'dangerous' gain-of-function research

74 maxall4 2025-10-07 05:39:27 UTC statnews.com Llama Share 94

The NIH ordered me to stop my TB research due to concerns over "dangerous gain-of-function research," but my work is safe and essential for finding new treatments. I support safety measures, but decisions must be transparent and scientifically informed to prevent unwarranted curtailment of lifesaving research.

The publishing industry has a gambling problem

73 Caiero 2025-10-07 18:55:36 UTC thewalrus.ca Llama Share 51

Publishers prioritize a writer's track record, which can be a double-edged sword, as a bad track can limit future opportunities, but a good track can lead to higher advances and more support. However, the emphasis on track can stifle creativity and lead to a conservative approach in publishing, making it harder for writers with unique voices or styles to break through.

Recursive reasoning with tiny networks

70 stared 2025-10-07 20:11:58 UTC alexiajm.github.io Llama Share 2

The Tiny Recursion Model (TRM) achieves high scores on hard tasks with a tiny 7M parameters neural network by recursively improving its answer through a simple process. This approach simplifies recursive reasoning and is more efficient than large models, potentially breaking the bank requirement for AI success.

MacBook Lid Angle Sensor

68 redbell 2025-10-07 10:38:46 UTC github.com/samhenrigold Llama Share 29

Sam Gold is a designer/design-engineer with a MacBook lid angle sensor utility. He's open to full-time work in NYC or remote and has a website at https://samhenri.gold.

Analytical review of depression and suicidality from finasteride

68 gnabgib 2025-10-07 00:11:34 UTC psychiatrist.com Llama Share 108

Finasteride, a widely prescribed hair loss treatment, has been linked to severe neuropsychiatric reactions, including depression and suicidality, even after discontinuation. A systematic review of postmarketing studies found a significant increase in depression and suicidality risk with finasteride use.

Microsoft are removing mechanisms for creating a local account in Windows Setup

67 MaximilianEmel 2025-10-07 00:19:59 UTC blogs.windows.com Llama Share 2

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.6772 includes new features such as Click to Do improvements, Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security, and ability to name default user folder. It also fixes various issues with File Explorer, taskbar, and camera settings.

Gifted children are special needs children

66 bko 2025-10-07 13:52:32 UTC mleverything.substack.com Llama Share 138

Zohran Mamdani plans to phase out NYC's gifted and talented programs, citing segregation concerns. Critics argue this move will harm gifted children, not help disadvantaged ones.

GPT-5-Codex is a better AI researcher than me

64 codeclimber 2025-10-07 10:16:29 UTC seangoedecke.com Llama Share 36

The user trained a 1.8M param transformer on a laptop in five minutes using Codex, an AI tool, and achieved better results than their previous attempts. They discovered a successful approach to training a transformer by distilling it from a n-gram teacher model, resulting in coherent and well-structured story outputs.

The Quiet Driving Force Behind Rising Curtailment Costs in Great Britain

59 jayflux 2025-10-07 10:42:47 UTC ukerc.ac.uk Llama Share 77

Wind curtailment in Scotland due to transmission capacity issues has led to high balancing costs and curtailment of new wind farms. Upgrades to the transmission network are underway but delayed, and operational reductions in capacity have also contributed to the problem.

Paying AIs to read my books

52 zdw 2025-10-07 23:44:12 UTC kk.org Llama Share 31

Authors will soon pay AI companies to ensure their books are included in AI training, allowing them to influence AI answers and services. This shift will make authors' work more visible and valuable, as AIs become the primary audience for books, especially non-fiction.

ThalamusDB: Query text, tables, images, and audio

52 itrummer 2025-10-07 19:34:40 UTC github.com/itrummer Llama Share 18

ThalamusDB is an approximate processing engine for SQL queries on multimodal data, supporting semantic operators for text, images, and audio. It uses language models from providers like OpenAI and Google, and operates on a standard DuckDB database.

Investing in America 2025

46 gmays 2025-10-07 22:00:20 UTC blog.google Llama Share 60

Google is investing in US infrastructure, research, and education to lead the world in AI. These investments create economic opportunities and new career paths for Americans.

A Library for Fish Sounds

44 pistolpete5 2025-10-07 13:05:26 UTC nautil.us Llama Share 6

Scientists use sound and video to monitor ocean ecosystems, creating detailed profiles of inhabitants and their health. This method can help track coral reefs' responses to stressors and interventions, aiding conservation efforts.

How to Figure Out What You're Not Good At

35 donutshop 2025-10-07 21:29:03 UTC blog.martin-haehnel.de Llama Share 14

The author reflects on their struggles with video games and realizes they're not as good at them as others, despite extensive experience. This realization helps them understand that they're not as skilled at various things as they thought.

Buckle Up, the Smart Glasses Backlash Is Coming

35 rbanffy 2025-10-07 09:29:28 UTC gizmodo.com Llama Share 74

Meta's smart glasses have arrived, but with them comes the risk of privacy backlash as people may record others without their knowledge. A recent incident at San Francisco University highlights the issue, with a man using Meta AI glasses to film students without their consent.

Show HN: Arc – high-throughput time-series warehouse with DuckDB analytics

29 ignaciovdk 2025-10-07 16:40:02 UTC github.com/basekick-labs Llama Share 19

Arc Core is a technical preview in active development, not recommended for production workloads. It uses MinIO as the primary storage backend for analytical time-series workloads.

The neurons that let us see what isn't there

28 rbanffy 2025-10-07 10:40:30 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 1

Scientists at Seoul National University and UC Berkeley identified a specific population of neurons called IC-encoders that represent visual illusions. These neurons actively build the representation of edges that aren't physically there, suggesting they play a key role in perception.

Eating capitalism: How our food got hijacked by profits

23 heyimada 2025-10-07 13:47:35 UTC hi-im-ada.beehiiv.com Llama Share 21

The user shares their personal journey of changing their relationship with food after realizing how the current economic system shapes our relationship with food and affects our bodies. They encourage readers to take control by reading labels, cooking simple meals, and trying new recipes to avoid ultra-processed foods and reclaim food from corporations.

Show HN: Greenonion.ai – AI-Powered Design Assistant

23 yanjiechg 2025-10-07 08:04:49 UTC exuberant-premise-723012.framer.app Llama Share 18

The platform offers perfectly sized ads for various channels with no extra effort needed and flexible pricing tiers for creators and enterprises. It also provides answers to common questions about its AI-Powered Design Assistant.

OpenAI, Nvidia fuel $1T AI market with web of circular deals

21 zerosizedweasle 2025-10-07 22:46:52 UTC bloomberg.com Full Share 2

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Redis CVE-2025-49844: Use-After-Free may lead to remote code execution

20 khaled_ismaeel 2025-10-07 09:33:50 UTC redis.io Llama Share 13

A security vulnerability in Redis has been identified and remediated in certain versions, allowing an authenticated user to potentially execute remote code. To protect Redis, restrict network access, enforce strong authentication, limit permissions, and upgrade to the latest release.

When money is abundant, knowledge is the real wealth (2020)

19 mustaphah 2025-10-07 12:40:36 UTC lesswrong.com Llama Share 8

The author argues that beyond a certain point, wealth and power cannot efficiently buy knowledge and expertise, which become the bottlenecks to achieving goals. They recommend focusing on acquiring knowledge and understanding the world.

TIL: The Data Furnace

17 sans_souse 2025-10-07 06:56:16 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 8

Data furnaces use computers to heat homes by releasing waste heat, potentially cheaper than traditional data centers. Companies like Microsoft and Google are exploring data furnaces for sustainability and carbon neutrality.

Otary now includes 17 image binarization methods

14 poupeaua 2025-10-07 13:59:36 UTC alexandrepoupeau.com Llama Share 6

The binarization methods include global thresholding (Otsu, simple) and local thresholding (adaptive, Sauvola, Bernsen). Parameters control thresholding, neighborhood size, iterations, and contrast limits for various methods.

The React Foundation: The New Home for React and React Native

12 vquemener 2025-10-07 18:07:30 UTC engineering.fb.com Llama Share 1

Meta open-sourced React over a decade ago, and it has grown into one of the world's most popular open source projects. React is transitioning to the React Foundation, a vendor-neutral environment for open source projects, with Meta committing to a five-year partnership.

Polish scientists' startup Pathway announces AI reasoning breakthrough

11 ludovicianul 2025-10-07 10:47:06 UTC polskieradio.pl Llama Share 9

Adrian Kosowski's Polish startup Pathway developed a revolutionary AI solution called Dragon Hatchling, a brain-inspired language model that rivals GPT2 performance and tackles key AI challenges. It creates a structure similar to the brain's neural networks, emerging spontaneously during training and resembling the neocortex's behavior.