Mr TIFF

1044 speckx 2025-11-04 22:57:12 UTC inventingthefuture.ghost.io Llama Share 149

The author spent 10,000+ hours researching the inventors of various technologies, including the AIFF and TIFF file formats. They finally found the creator of TIFF, Stephen Carlsen, after a long search and were able to confirm his story before his passing.

Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

641 stillatit 2025-11-04 05:53:02 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 515

Twitter's in-app webview now loads links in the background, causing traffic spikes for some users. This is not due to algorithm changes, but rather a design change that displays links when pressed.

I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

561 hnaccount_rng 2025-11-04 20:16:45 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 477

I took all my projects off the cloud, saving thousands of dollars

516 sebnun 2025-11-04 21:22:15 UTC rameerez.com Llama Share 395

The author moved from AWS to Hetzner, saving 10x in monthly costs and thousands of dollars. They believe most developers are misled by cloud providers and can save money by running their own servers.

You can't cURL a Border

469 valzevul 2025-11-04 00:37:14 UTC drobinin.com Llama Share 277

The author is building an app called Residency to help users track their immigration status and avoid potential issues when traveling. The app simulates various scenarios to predict potential problems.

My Truck Desk

465 zdw 2025-11-04 02:37:01 UTC theparisreview.org Llama Share 113

The author, a mechanic and welder, works at a petrochemical plant and uses his breaks to write stories and novels. He creates a portable desk, the "Truck Desk," in his old F-150 and later adapts it to fit various trucks.

This week in 1988, Robert Morris unleashed his eponymous worm

435 canucker2016 2025-11-04 15:23:14 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 183

Robert Tappan Morris released the Morris worm in 1988, a pioneering malware that caused widespread damage and slowdowns on the Internet. Morris was later indicted and fined for his role in unleashing the worm, which infected 6,000 systems and caused estimated costs of $100,000 to millions of dollars.

UPS plane crashes near Louisville airport

418 jnsaff2 2025-11-04 23:10:53 UTC avherald.com Llama Share 437

A UPS MD-11 cargo plane crashed on takeoff from Louisville, KY airport on November 4, killing 3 crew members and 4 people on the ground. The plane, headed to Honolulu, caught fire and plowed through warehouses before coming to rest.

Google Removed 749M Anna's Archive URLs from Its Search Results

395 gslin 2025-11-04 23:11:20 UTC torrentfreak.com Llama Share 158

Anna's Archive is a meta-search engine for pirated books and articles that has been targeted by publishers for removal from Google search results. Google has removed over 749 million Anna's Archive URLs in response to copyright holder complaints, a significant number compared to other pirate sites.

What is a manifold?

391 isaacfrond 2025-11-04 09:58:14 UTC quantamagazine.org Llama Share 131

Mathematicians use manifolds to study complex spaces and objects, viewing them as abstract, well-defined objects with intrinsic properties. Manifolds help solve problems in various fields, including geometry, physics, and data analysis, by translating them into familiar Euclidean space.

When stick figures fought

387 ani_obsessive 2025-11-04 00:48:56 UTC animationobsessive.substack.com Llama Share 143

Zhu Zhiqiang, a Chinese animator, created the viral series Xiao Xiao, which became a global phenomenon in the early 2000s, inspiring a new generation of animators.

NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware

385 mukti 2025-11-04 17:10:35 UTC github.com/codykociemba Llama Share 141

This project is a custom firmware for Nest Thermostats allowing independent operation and control. It flashes a modified bootloader and kernel to redirect network traffic to a custom server.

Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not

375 SanjayMehta 2025-11-04 23:35:27 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 261

The US Department of Homeland Security proposes expanding biometric data collection for immigration applications, including DNA, voice prints, and facial scans. The rule would require US citizens associated with immigrants to submit biometric data, sparking concerns about government overreach and surveillance.

Pg_lake: Postgres with Iceberg and data lake access

371 plaur782 2025-11-04 16:12:27 UTC github.com/snowflake-labs Llama Share 118

pg_lake integrates Iceberg and data lake files into Postgres, allowing for transactions and fast queries. It supports object stores like S3 and can import/export data in various formats.

Show HN: A CSS-Only Terrain Generator

368 rofko 2025-11-04 13:58:35 UTC terra.layoutit.com Full Share 82

An interactive CSS terrain generator. Define a grid and generate your terrain!

Codemaps: Understand Code, Before You Vibe It

313 janpio 2025-11-04 17:47:09 UTC cognition.ai Llama Share 117

Windsurf Codemaps is an AI-annotated code map that helps engineers understand complex codebases. It provides a shared picture of the system, enabling humans and AI to work together more effectively.

Bluetui – A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux

277 birdculture 2025-11-04 23:29:31 UTC github.com/pythops Llama Share 102

The bluetui executable can be customized through a config file or command line options. It supports various keybindings and layout options.

An eBPF loophole: Using XDP for egress traffic

241 shivanshvij 2025-11-04 16:26:09 UTC loopholelabs.io Llama Share 77

Researchers at Loophole Labs discovered a way to use XDP for egress traffic by exploiting veth interfaces, achieving 10x better performance than current solutions. This breakthrough enables line-rate packet processing for container networking, live migration, and other applications without modifying the kernel or infrastructure.

Bloom filters are good for search that does not scale

205 birdculture 2025-11-04 09:25:31 UTC notpeerreviewed.com Llama Share 41

A blog post proposes scaling a bloom filter based full text search index to large document corpuses, but finds it's still a bad idea due to query performance issues and space inefficiency. The index's space savings are lost when the number of documents is small relative to the dictionary size, making an inverted index more space efficient.

Michael Burry a.k.a. "Big Short",discloses $1.1B bet against Nvidia&Palantir

192 selim17 2025-11-04 17:44:12 UTC sherwood.news Llama Share 330

Michael Burry's fund Scion Asset Management has placed massive bets against Palantir and Nvidia, making up 80% of its disclosed US equity holdings. Burry's move follows a surge in both stocks amid record AI enthusiasm and rising tech valuations.

Grayskull: A tiny computer vision library in C for embedded systems, etc.

190 gurjeet 2025-11-04 22:35:58 UTC github.com/zserge Llama Share 18

Grayskull is a minimalist computer vision library for microcontrollers with a single-header design and integer-based operations. It provides modern algorithms for image processing, thresholding, filtering, and feature detection.

Deepnote, a Jupyter alternative, is going open source

184 zX41ZdbW 2025-11-04 18:06:42 UTC deepnote.com Llama Share 171

The company is open-sourcing Deepnote, a successor to Jupyter notebooks, to provide a more reactive, collaborative, and AI-ready platform. This move aims to create a universal computational medium for data professionals and enterprises.

This Month in Ladybird – October 2025

175 exploraz 2025-11-04 11:52:02 UTC ladybird.org Llama Share 49

Ladybird made significant progress in October with 217 PRs merged, including a large update to the test suite and improvements to media playback, caching, and CSS support. New features include pinch-to-zoom on macOS, improved accessibility tree inspection, and support for CSS Typed OM API and CanvasPattern.

From web developer to database developer in 10 years

175 pmbanugo 2025-11-04 09:02:49 UTC notes.eatonphil.com Llama Share 75

The user transitioned from a web developer to a database developer after 10 years, starting with educational projects and writing about them, and eventually joining EnterpriseDB to work on Postgres extensions. They found the experience of being an individual contributor after founding companies and managing engineering teams to be incredibly enjoyable and a great learning opportunity.

FDA described as a "clown show" amid latest scandal; top drug regulator is out

165 duxup 2025-11-04 23:53:02 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 74

The FDA is embroiled in a scandal involving top drug regulator George Tidmarsh, who allegedly used his position to exact petty revenge on an old business associate. Tidmarsh resigned amid a lawsuit claiming he used regulatory authority to target the associate and made threatening texts and emails.

Venn Diagram for 7 Sets

163 bramadityaw 2025-11-04 09:27:57 UTC moebio.com Full Share 46

Santiago Ortiz invents math/data/science projects

The 512KB Club

160 lr0 2025-11-04 16:04:18 UTC 512kb.club Llama Share 90

The internet has become bloated with large JavaScript libraries and complex frontend frameworks, resulting in huge website sizes. Optimisation is key to reducing website size and improving performance.

Server DRAM prices surge 50% as AI-induced memory shortage hits hyperscalers

140 walterbell 2025-11-04 15:55:59 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 123

The DRAM supply chain is facing a shortage, with major buyers receiving only 70% of ordered server DRAM. Spot prices have surged, with DDR5 16 GB modules now at $13, and availability tightening into November.

Why AC is cheap, but AC repair is a luxury

134 walterbell 2025-11-04 04:53:46 UTC a16z.substack.com Llama Share 183

The Jevons Paradox states that increased productivity leads to increased consumption, while the Baumol Effect states that stagnant productivity leads to increased prices. As AI adoption increases, we can expect to see both effects, with some services becoming cheaper and others more expensive.

Optimizing Datalog for the GPU

126 blakepelton 2025-11-04 14:31:27 UTC danglingpointers.substack.com Llama Share 26

The paper GPULog optimizes Datalog for the GPU using a hash-indexed sorted array data structure and Semi-naïve Evaluation algorithm. It achieves better performance than a state-of-the-art CPU implementation and is generic enough to be applied to other chips like FPGA, DPU, and HPC cluster.

YouTube AI error costs creator his channel over alleged link to Japanese account

119 rabinovich 2025-11-04 16:36:52 UTC piunikaweb.com Llama Share 82

YouTube's automated systems flagged a popular tech YouTuber, Enderman, for an alleged connection to a Japanese channel with copyright strikes. Enderman's main channel was terminated, but fans believe it's a mix-up and expect it to be reinstated.

Israels top military lawyer resigns, goes missing, is found and thrown into jail

116 nabla9 2025-11-04 00:14:20 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 3

Israeli army's top lawyer Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is behind bars for leaking a surveillance video of alleged abuse at a military prison. She was found alive on a Tel Aviv beach after a frantic search and faces charges of fraud, breach of trust, and obstruction of justice.

I want a good parallel language [video]

113 raphlinus 2025-11-04 06:35:27 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 64

Chaining FFmpeg with a Browser Agent

107 shardullavekar 2025-11-04 12:52:54 UTC 100x.bot Llama Share 56

The user replaced a brittle server-bound FFmpeg script with a browser agent that can execute FFmpeg commands. This made complex media processing a single, serverless step in workflows, eliminating the need for API calls and large file transfers.

Lessons from interviews on deploying AI Agents in production

107 advikipedia 2025-11-04 07:26:45 UTC mmc.vc Llama Share 92

Agentic AI startups face challenges in deploying AI agents in production environments, with technical issues being less of a concern than integrating with legacy tech stacks and human-agent interfaces. Successful deployment strategies involve a "Think Small" approach, starting with low-risk tasks and focusing on augmenting human capabilities rather than replacing them.

How devtools map minified JS code back to your TypeScript source code

106 manojvivek 2025-11-04 15:21:16 UTC polarsignals.com Llama Share 16

Source maps are used to map minified JavaScript files back to original source code, allowing for debugging in browser DevTools. They use JSON format, VLQ encoding, and Base64 characters to efficiently store position mappings between generated and original source files.

Google Cloud suspended customer's account 3 times, for 3 different reasons

106 bishopsmother 2025-11-04 14:48:32 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 27

Google Cloud suspended SSLMate's account three times without clear reason, causing Andrew Ayer to recommend against using G-Cloud for serious workloads. Ayer suggests using OpenID Connect as a workaround, but finds Google's setup process complicated and unacceptable.

Patching 68K Software – SimpleText

105 mmoogle 2025-11-04 22:59:22 UTC tinkerdifferent.com Llama Share 17

The user had to patch the SimpleText code to open a smaller text window at startup, which involved disassembling code resources, injecting a new routine, and jumping over original code to avoid modifying it. The user used CodeWarrior and ResEdit to achieve this, and shared several tricks and workarounds for debugging and patching old software, including using C functions, scratch registers, ...

Transducer: Composition, abstraction, performance (2018)

103 defmarco 2025-11-04 10:32:26 UTC funktionale-programmierung.de Llama Share 10

Higher-order functions like map, fold, and filter can be used with various data structures beyond classic lists or vectors through transducers, which provide a flexible and efficient way to process data. Transducers can be used with different data structures, such as channels, and offer performance improvements by avoiding the creation of intermediate results.

Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix Demand OpenAI to Stop Using Their IP

101 signa11 2025-11-04 11:47:46 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 120

Japanese trade association CODA claims OpenAI's Sora 2 may have violated copyright law with its opt-out policy. CODA is requesting OpenAI stop using Japanese IP for machine learning without permission.

My Experience of building Bytebeat player in Zig

99 KMJ-007 2025-11-04 11:10:04 UTC blog.karanjanthe.me Llama Share 15

I left my job to take a break and built a bytebeat player in Zig for fun, enjoying the language's simplicity and friendly defaults. I learned about parsing, evaluation, and memory management in Zig while implementing a Pratt Parser and Arena Allocator for the project.

An individual can change an organization

99 zdw 2025-11-04 02:58:40 UTC notes.eatonphil.com Llama Share 40

A young developer at Linode, Drew DeVault, taught the author to value logic over seniority and to be persistent in advocating for change. This lesson helped the author navigate company politics and redirect the organization's path.

Amazon Demands Perplexity Stop AI Agent from Making Purchases

98 monkeydust 2025-11-04 18:43:11 UTC bloomberg.com Llama Share 71

Amazon is suing Perplexity AI over its AI browser agent Comet, which makes online purchases on Amazon. Amazon claims Perplexity committed computer fraud by not disclosing Comet's actions.

Defeating KASLR by doing nothing at all

93 aa_is_op 2025-11-04 10:52:29 UTC googleprojectzero.blogspot.com Llama Share 10

The Linux kernel on arm64 devices, including Pixel phones, has a non-randomized linear mapping memory region, allowing attackers to calculate a kernel virtual address for any physical address, which can be used to access kernel data even with KASLR enabled. This issue, combined with the kernel's static physical address on Pixel devices, makes it easier for attackers to exploit the kernel, and ...

BlackRock's Larry Fink: "Tokenization", Digital IDs, & Social Credit

89 sbuttgereit 2025-11-04 21:39:32 UTC thewinepress.substack.com Llama Share 82

Larry Fink and André Hoffmann are interim Co-Chairs of the World Economic Forum, promoting tokenization and digital IDs. This technology aims to transform the financial system, but critics warn it could lead to a loss of personal freedom and control.

Over $70T of inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality, economists

88 prmph 2025-11-04 11:47:06 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 226

Economists warn that $70tn of inherited wealth will pass down generations, widening inequality globally. A G20 panel is needed to monitor and address the issue, experts say.

How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time

87 samuel2 2025-11-04 20:26:35 UTC technologyreview.com Llama Share 94

The concept of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has become a dominant narrative in tech, with some believing it will bring about a utopian future and others fearing it will lead to the apocalypse. However, the idea of AGI is more like a conspiracy theory, with a flexible and unproven concept that has been shaped by marketing and the influence of powerful figures in the tech industry.

Show HN: I built a local-first daily planner for iOS

87 zesfy 2025-11-04 13:34:45 UTC apps.apple.com Llama Share 81

Zesfy app allows users to schedule tasks and organize their daily planning with features like sessions, highlights, and calendar groups. The app also includes new features and improvements such as recurring tasks, daily summaries, and subtask notes.

Launch HN: Plexe (YC X25) – Build production-grade ML models from prompts

85 vaibhavdubey97 2025-11-04 17:07:47 UTC plexe.ai Llama Share 31

Plexe is a platform that helps build production-ready AI models for business challenges such as fraud detection and churn prediction. It connects to user data, checks quality, and spots patterns to provide clear performance metrics and easy-to-read explanations for trusted predictions.

Tesla's ‘Robotaxis' Keep Crashing—Even With Human ‘Safety Monitors' Onboard

84 voxadam 2025-11-04 14:48:31 UTC miamiherald.com Full Share 174

Former US Vice-President Cheney Dies

83 abawany 2025-11-04 11:56:23 UTC reuters.com Full Share 110

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Reverse engineering a neural network's clever solution to binary addition (2023)

83 Ameo 2025-11-04 07:22:46 UTC cprimozic.net Llama Share 16

The user trained a small neural network to perform binary addition with surprisingly effective results, eventually converging to perfect solutions with as few as 422 parameters. The network learned to convert binary inputs into analog signals using a digital-to-analog converter-like mechanism and then map those signals into periodic sine wave-like outputs using a custom activation function.

US gives local police a face-scanning app similar to one used by ICE agents

82 duxup 2025-11-04 21:48:26 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 74

US Customs and Border Protection launched a face-scanning app for local law enforcement to assist with immigration enforcement. The app, Mobile Identify, requires camera access to take photos of subjects and returns a reference number for ICE contact.

CPUs and GPUs to Become More Expensive After TSMC Price Hike in 2026

81 elorant 2025-11-04 21:42:29 UTC guru3d.com Llama Share 80

TSMC is raising chip prices by 3-5% annually for 4 years starting 2026 to offset costs and fund expansion. This will likely increase costs for consumers, especially for AI accelerators, gaming GPUs, and next-gen desktop processors.

Singapore to cane scammers as billions lost in financial crimes

78 raybb 2025-11-04 20:02:51 UTC freemalaysiatoday.com Llama Share 98

Singapore passed a law to cane scammers as financial frauds surge, with victims losing S$3.8 billion since 2020. The country implements measures to combat scams, including restricting banking services and tracing fund flows.

Computational Complexity of Air Travel Planning (2003) [pdf]

78 arnon 2025-11-04 11:33:31 UTC ai.mit.edu Llama Share 11

Air travel planning is a complex problem due to the large number of possible flight combinations and the intricate relationship between prices and paths. The number of possible paths grows exponentially with the duration or length considered, making it impossible to enumerate all options for many queries.

When Your Hash Becomes a String: Hunting Ruby's Million-to-One Memory Bug

77 phmx 2025-11-04 12:36:49 UTC mensfeld.pl Llama Share 36

A developer encountered a rare bug in the Karafka gem where an internal FFI Hash was replaced by a String at runtime due to missing write barriers in FFI versions less than 1.17.0. The bug caused 2,700 identical errors in a single incident and was fixed by upgrading to FFI 1.17.0.

Analyzing the Performance of WebAssembly vs. Native Code

74 liminal 2025-11-04 23:13:06 UTC ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org Llama Share 56

WebAssembly is a low-level bytecode that aims to provide performance parity with native code, but our evaluation using the SPEC CPU benchmark suite shows a substantial gap between WebAssembly and native performance, with code compiled to WebAssembly running on average 1.55× slower in Chrome and 1.45× slower in Firefox than native code. We identify the causes of this performance degradation ...

OpenTelemetry: Escape Hatch from the Observability Cartel

72 ndhandala 2025-11-04 11:42:10 UTC oneuptime.com Llama Share 66

OpenTelemetry standardizes telemetry collection and routing, making it easy to switch vendors or self-host. This portability prevents lock-in and gives teams real freedom in observability.

USDA Threatens Stores Giving Discounts to People on Food Stamps

69 mrtesthah 2025-11-04 16:30:19 UTC newrepublic.com Llama Share 58

The Trump administration's freeze on SNAP funds and restrictions on grocery stores offering discounts to those affected by the cuts have left millions of Americans struggling to feed themselves and their families. The government shutdown, now the second-longest in US history, has also led to federal workers going weeks without pay, health care subsidies being cut, and Trump's immigration ...

The Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund

66 amalinovic 2025-11-04 17:15:55 UTC rustfoundation.org Llama Share 100

The Rust Foundation announced the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund to support Rust developers with consistent and transparent funding. This initiative aims to ensure Rust maintainers can continue their vital work with the support they deserve.

Show HN: PingStalker – A macOS tool for network engineers

66 n1sni 2025-11-04 13:33:11 UTC pingstalker.com Llama Share 27

PingStalker is a macOS app for network pros to scan, monitor, and troubleshoot networks quickly. It offers features like device discovery, continuous logging, and Wi-Fi diagnostics for instant troubleshooting.

Building blobd: single-machine object store with sub-ms reads and 15 GB/s upload

64 charlieirish 2025-11-04 11:09:24 UTC blog.wilsonl.in Llama Share 15

The user built a new object store called Turbostore from scratch to optimize for low-latency random reads and small objects, using a hash index and a hierarchical bitmap for allocation, and achieved sub-millisecond time-to-first-byte for random 4K reads. The user later revised Turbostore to improve performance and scalability, renaming it to blobd, and made design changes to better align with ...

UnitedHealth pays its own physician groups 17% more than outside ones

64 brandonb 2025-11-04 02:10:21 UTC statnews.com Llama Share 82

UnitedHealth Group pays its own physician practices 17% more than competing practices, and up to 61% more in areas with large market share. This practice may be skirting a rule designed to curb health insurer profits.

Some software bloat is OK

60 senfiaj 2025-11-04 08:27:23 UTC waspdev.com Llama Share 129

Software efficiency is often overlooked due to fast CPUs and cheap memory, but it's still crucial for certain applications and can be beneficial in moderation. Premature optimization is bad, but delaying it can also be harmful, making early algorithm and architecture choices important.

Data breach at major Swedish software supplier impacts 1.5M

57 fleahunter 2025-11-04 16:54:27 UTC bleepingcomputer.com Llama Share 20

Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) is investigating a cyberattack on IT supplier Miljödata that exposed 1.5 million people's data. The attack caused operational disruptions and raised questions about security and data handling practices in Sweden's municipalities.

Pain Points of OCaml

57 quamserena 2025-11-04 05:41:51 UTC quamserena.com Llama Share 80

You're a new grad looking for a job in Rust, TypeScript, or React, and you can be contacted at [email protected]. You're currently working on a compiler in OCaml, but you've encountered several pain points, including syntax issues, automatic currying, and opaque type inference.

74% of CEOs worry AI failures could cost them their jobs

55 mgh2 2025-11-04 21:39:56 UTC cfo.economictimes.indiatimes.com Llama Share 73

CEOs face mounting pressure to deliver AI-driven results or risk job loss, with 74% fearing job loss within two years. 70% predict AI failures will lead to executive oustings this year.

Cheaper MacBook powered by iPhone chip coming in 2026, per new report

54 spurgu 2025-11-04 19:34:26 UTC 9to5mac.com Llama Share 82

Apple is planning a cheaper MacBook with an iPhone processor, code-named J700, to be released in the first half of 2026. The laptop will cost under $1000 and compete with cheaper Windows and Chromebook laptops, as well as serve as an alternative to an iPad.

JVM exceptions are weird: a decompiler perspective

54 vrnvu 2025-11-04 09:08:23 UTC purplesyringa.moe Llama Share 7

The user discusses the challenges of decompiling Java class files, particularly with try-catch blocks, due to edge cases and complexities in the JVM design and class file format. They explain how javac handles try-finally blocks and the implications for decompilation, including the need to consider type checkers, exception handling ranges, and exemption from exception handling.

Paramount blacklists actors for pro-Palestinian activism

53 cramsession 2025-11-04 21:03:11 UTC worldofreel.com Llama Share 34

Paramount's new head David Ellison is creating a blacklist of talent deemed "antisemitic," "xenophobic," and "homophobic." He aims to turn Paramount into a MAGA-friendly environment with more "America-centric" content.

Narco-sub carrying 1.7 tonnes of cocaine seized in Atlantic

52 tartoran 2025-11-04 21:29:51 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 36

Portuguese authorities seized a narco-sub carrying 1.7 tonnes of cocaine in the mid-Atlantic, detaining four crew members from South America. The suspects were remanded in pre-trial custody, highlighting a transnational drug trafficking organisation.

The Art of Atari (2016)

50 ghtbircshotbe 2025-11-04 13:15:52 UTC artofatari.com Llama Share 15

The Art of Atari is a book featuring 40 years of Atari's artwork from packaging to concept art. It includes behind-the-scenes details on game creation and insights from key Atari figures.

Ask HN: Why are most status pages delayed?

48 2gremlin181 2025-11-04 12:27:46 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 55

Reddit's status page was inaccurate during the outage, showing all systems operational despite user reports of 500s. Redditstatus eventually acknowledged the issue, but only after a significant delay.

Show HN: MyTimers.app offline-first PWA with no build step and zero dependencies

48 y3k 2025-11-04 04:46:47 UTC mytimers.app Full Share 30

Border Patrol agent testifies sandwich thrown at him "exploded all over,"

47 rolph 2025-11-04 23:07:57 UTC cbsnews.com Llama Share 24

Sean Dunn, a D.C. man, is on trial for throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Patrol Agent in protest of President Trump's policing policies. Dunn's attorney claims the act was a harmless gesture, but the agent testified that the sandwich exploded all over him.

SocketAddrV6 is not roundtrip serializable

47 cyndunlop 2025-11-04 17:43:00 UTC sunshowers.io Llama Share 12

The user encountered a serialization issue with a complex data structure containing a SocketAddrV6 type, which has a non-canonical textual representation that drops the flowinfo field. The issue was resolved by generating random instances of the data structure with flowinfo set to zero, and the user learned about the importance of the principle of least surprise in designing serializable types.

Show HN: Yourshoesmells.com – Find the most smelly boulder gym

45 boshenz 2025-11-04 09:11:27 UTC yourshoesmells.com Full Share 44

Find and rate the climbing/bouldering gyms nearby. Discover gyms, vote on smelliness, difficulty, parking, and more.

Exploring a space-based, scalable AI infrastructure system design

43 meetpateltech 2025-11-04 17:04:47 UTC research.google Llama Share 73

Google's Project Suncatcher aims to create a space-based AI infrastructure using solar-powered satellites with Google TPUs. This system would be highly scalable and minimize impact on terrestrial resources.

US nuclear weapons testing can forever scar a nation.Just ask Marshall Island

41 methuselah_in 2025-11-04 16:59:05 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 62

US President Donald Trump's call for nuclear testing has experts concerned about devastating consequences for communities and ecosystems. Resuming testing could inflict new harms on groups affected by past US nuclear testing, including the Marshall Islands where 67 nuclear bombs were exploded between 1946 and 1958.

AI and Copyright: Expanding copyright hurts everyone

38 mooreds 2025-11-04 21:19:15 UTC eff.org Llama Share 71

Requiring developers to license AI training materials hinders innovation and inclusive AI models, stifling socially valuable research and expression. Expanding copyright to control AI training would benefit tech monopolists and legacy gatekeepers, limiting free speech and innovation.

Show HN: Sparktype – a CMS and SSG that runs entirely in the browser

38 mattkevan 2025-11-04 12:24:40 UTC app.sparktype.org Full Share 9

Shell Grotto: England's mysterious underground seashell chamber

36 the-mitr 2025-11-04 11:27:59 UTC boingboing.net Llama Share 14

The Shell Grotto in Margate, England, is a mysterious underground passageway with 4.6 million seashells, discovered in 1835. It's a Grade I-listed building with shell mosaics and a central dome, now open to the public.

Man spent 200 days building a solar-powered explorer yacht that can run forever

30 rmason 2025-11-04 18:48:06 UTC supercarblondie.com Llama Share 28

A Finnish inventor built a 35-foot solar-powered yacht, Helios 11, in 200 days using off-the-shelf solar panels and lightweight materials. It runs indefinitely on solar energy, no fuel needed, and is designed for efficiency over luxury.

Solving Every Sudoku Puzzle (2006)

26 djoldman 2025-11-04 14:30:23 UTC norvig.com GoogleT5 Share 5

The average time to solve a random puzzle is 0.01 seconds. for the list of 95 hard puzzles, on average we need to consider 64 possibilities per puzzle. if d2 is reduced to one value, then eliminate it from the peers. with less than 17 squares filled in, it is known that there will be duplicate solutions. the algorithm is simple: first, randomly shuffle the order of the square s. if ...

A Confederacy of Toddlers

26 rbanffy 2025-11-04 08:05:23 UTC theatlantic.com Llama Share 20

The US government has become juvenile and incompetent under Trump's leadership, numbing society and wearing down its resistance to corruption and violence. Americans must model mature behavior, demand it from officials, and organize to restore democracy, one person at a time.

YouTube Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations

22 cramsession 2025-11-04 22:40:27 UTC theintercept.com Llama Share 0

YouTube deleted accounts of three Palestinian human rights groups, Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and PCHR, after US sanctions. The move silences Palestinian voices and victims, allowing alleged Israeli war crimes to go unaccounted for.

Once Australia's second priciest city, Melbourne has become more affordable

22 PaulHoule 2025-11-04 05:57:20 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 18

Melbourne's housing market peaked in 2021 with a median house price of over $1m, but prices have since fallen by $10,000. The city's affordability has improved due to increased listings and reduced competition from investors.

When a “feature” is worse than a bug

18 Egorich42 2025-11-04 16:32:36 UTC medium.com/@egorich42 Llama Share 8

Sketchfab's processing of uploaded models causes structural changes, leading to bugs and loss of transparency. This is a bad solution as it prioritizes company efficiency over user needs, and can be avoided by handling user-uploaded models without altering their structure.

Precompiled headers and why Squid won't be using them (2023)

16 mooreds 2025-11-04 20:38:27 UTC squidproxy.wordpress.com Llama Share 12

Compiler writers introduced precompiled headers to reduce duplicate work, supported by GCC, Clang, and MSVC. However, implementing precompiled headers in a project like Squid resulted in only a 5% compile time improvement, making it not worth the effort.

Inside Pinecone: Slab Architecture

16 thtmnisamnstr 2025-11-04 17:00:32 UTC pinecone.io Llama Share 0

Pinecone's slab architecture balances accuracy, freshness, scalability, and performance by caching frequently accessed data and reorganizing it in the background. It ensures writes are safe, queries are fast, and the system can scale to billions of records without sacrificing durability or performance.

AI for Senior Software Engineers

15 eibrahim 2025-11-04 13:07:11 UTC emadibrahim.com Llama Share 23

A comprehensive guide to AI explains its mathematics, architectures, and engineering principles for experienced engineers. It covers neural networks, deep learning, and large language models from foundational concepts to production-ready knowledge.

Otto Nemenz, Supplier and Designer of Cameras and Lenses for Hollywood, Dies

15 Marshferm 2025-11-04 03:14:02 UTC hollywoodreporter.com Llama Share 1

Otto Nemenz, an Austrian cinematographer and camera operator, has died at 83. He founded Otto Nemenz International, which designed cutting-edge cameras and lenses for film and TV productions for over four decades.