I Am Mark Zuckerberg

1138 jb1991 2025-11-09 06:13:05 UTC iammarkzuckerberg.com Llama Share 398

Mark Zuckerberg, an Indiana bankruptcy attorney, experiences constant confusion with Facebook due to his shared name with the tech mogul. He receives numerous complaints, threats, and solicitations, and has been sued and had his accounts disabled multiple times.

AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending is

598 felineflock 2025-11-09 15:30:23 UTC fastcompany.com Full Share 453

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Marble Fountain

545 chris_overseas 2025-11-09 16:26:09 UTC willmorrison.net Llama Share 61

The user created a complex 3D printed marble fountain, "Marble Fountain," using procedural generation and path solving algorithms. The project took over 7 months to complete and was showcased in a gallery, but the user eventually dropped it due to burnout.

Montana becomes first state to enshrine 'right to compute' into law

362 bilsbie 2025-11-09 13:03:36 UTC montananewsroom.com Llama Share 192

Montana passed the Montana Right to Compute Act, protecting citizens' right to access and use AI technologies. The law sets a high bar for regulation, requiring necessary and narrowly tailored restrictions for public health and safety.

Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language

302 sadeshmukh 2025-11-09 02:53:45 UTC tabloid.vercel.app Llama Share 45

Tabloid is a Turing-complete language for writing clickbait-style programs with unique features like automatic capitalization and quirky function declarations. It lacks built-in looping constructs, instead using recursion and has a simple syntax for variables and functions.

Samsung Family Hub for 2025 Update Elevates the Smart Home Ecosystem

290 janandonly 2025-11-09 15:18:23 UTC news.samsung.com Full Share 299

Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped drilling fluids into manholes

224 eloisius 2025-11-09 03:32:46 UTC yahoo.com Llama Share 92

Boring Company, Elon Musk's tunneling venture, was fined $493,297 for dumping drilling fluids into manholes in Las Vegas, causing substantial damage to infrastructure. The company allegedly refused to stop dumping despite inspectors' orders and made false claims about the extent of the discharge.

Judge denies request to exempt Flock footage from Public Records Act

200 p_ing 2025-11-09 00:53:07 UTC goskagit.com Llama Share 57

The Skagit Valley Herald is hiring newspaper carriers who can earn up to $1500 a month. A user has successfully logged in to an account after a gift purchase.

The Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra

196 nathan-barry 2025-11-09 15:27:42 UTC cs.utexas.edu Llama Share 74

Edsger Dijkstra was a highly influential computing scientist who made significant contributions to the field, including the ACM Turing Award. He maintained a collection of technical notes called EWDs, which are now available online.

Study finds memory decline surge in young people

190 drcwpl 2025-11-09 05:05:20 UTC onepercentrule.substack.com Llama Share 182

A recent study found that younger adults in the US are experiencing a significant rise in cognitive disability, with 9.7% of those 18-39 years old reporting difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions. This is attributed to the effects of social media and technology on the human mind.

Python Software Foundation gets a donor surge after rejecting federal grant

187 MilnerRoute 2025-11-09 17:28:45 UTC thenewstack.io Llama Share 129

The Python community rallied around the Python Software Foundation after they rejected a $1.5 million grant due to new federal terms that conflicted with their values. The community's show of support included thousands of donations and a surge in news coverage.

Ask HN: How would you set up a child’s first Linux computer?

183 evolve2k 2025-11-09 11:12:02 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 233

You helped your children build and set up their own Linux computers, teaching them about free and open software. Now you want to do the same with your daughter, installing Linux and introducing her to useful open-licensed software.

Grok 4 Fast now has 2M context window

175 hereme888 2025-11-09 04:10:06 UTC docs.x.ai Llama Share 257

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.

Judge says Education Dept partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment

157 toomanyrichies 2025-11-09 01:03:20 UTC npr.org Llama Share 135

A federal judge ruled the Trump administration violated Education Department employees' First Amendment rights by replacing their out-of-office emails with partisan language. The judge ordered the department to restore employees' personalized emails or remove the partisan language from all accounts.

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)

154 david927 2025-11-09 21:02:33 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 466

You're working on multiple projects including a toy computer, file organizer app, Jackbox games competitor, authorization system, logic puzzle game, privacy-focused app, SSHFS for macOS, modern QuickBooks, rebuilding Playwright, AI agent for game development, automating VC firm tasks, and various other projects.

Alive internet theory

152 manbitesdog 2025-11-09 12:33:38 UTC alivetheory.net Llama Share 69

Alive internet theory counters dead internet theory by showcasing real people's online expressions. It highlights human connection and creativity amidst the internet's vast digital artifacts.

Reverse engineering Codex CLI to get GPT-5-Codex-Mini to draw me a pelican

152 simonw 2025-11-09 04:02:47 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 70

The user modified the Codex CLI tool to allow direct access to the new GPT-5-Codex-Mini model by upgrading the tool's source code to run custom prompts. The user successfully used the modified tool to generate an SVG image of a pelican riding a bicycle using the new model.

The Principles of Diffusion Models

151 Anon84 2025-11-09 16:10:23 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 15

Diffusion models learn a reverse process to transform noise into data through a continuum of intermediate distributions. They use a time-dependent velocity field to transport a simple prior to the data distribution.

How Airbus took off

146 JumpCrisscross 2025-11-09 01:19:00 UTC worksinprogress.co Llama Share 130

Airbus succeeded in the aerospace industry by prioritizing customer needs, adopting a unique industry approach, and having strong leadership. Its willingness to risk political blowback and adapt to changing market conditions helped it become a global leader.

Drilling down on Uncle Sam's proposed TP-Link ban

143 todsacerdoti 2025-11-09 18:17:44 UTC krebsonsecurity.com Llama Share 146

The US government may ban TP-Link devices due to security concerns and ties to China. TP-Link denies the allegations, saying it has split from the Chinese company and manufactures in Vietnam.

When Tesla's FSD works well, it gets credit. When it doesn't, you get blamed

135 Bender 2025-11-09 22:37:56 UTC electrek.co Llama Share 121

Tesla has been taking credit for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software's successes while blaming drivers for its failures, but new moves may make it harder to blame drivers. The company's shift away from driver monitoring could open it up to more liability.

Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology

135 mwheeler 2025-11-09 12:44:35 UTC vejeta.com Llama Share 51

A developer spent 20 years relicensing the 1987 game Conquer, a pioneering multiplayer strategy game, under GPL to preserve it for future generations. The effort involved tracking down original creators, understanding changing licensing landscapes, and using modern tools to revive ancient code.

Zensical – A modern static site generator built by the Material for MkDocs team

127 japhyr 2025-11-09 12:50:07 UTC squidfunk.github.io Llama Share 44

Zensical is a new static site generator designed to simplify documentation site building, offering a modern and comfortable authoring experience. It's built from scratch to overcome limitations of MkDocs and is compatible with existing Material for MkDocs projects.

Bumble Berry Pi – A Cheap DIY Raspberry Pi Handheld Cyberdeck

113 MakerSam 2025-11-09 16:34:44 UTC github.com/samcervantes Llama Share 21

You wanted a portable, compact device with a large screen for coding and terminal use, built with off-the-shelf components and using existing Raspberry Pi 3b+ hardware. You're sharing a DIY project with assembly instructions in progress, seeking feedback for improvement.

Visualize FastAPI endpoints with FastAPI-Voyager

109 tank-34 2025-11-09 12:24:50 UTC newsyeah.fun Full Share 18

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About KeePassXC's Code Quality Control

103 haakon 2025-11-09 14:44:06 UTC keepassxc.org Llama Share 36

The KeePassXC team uses AI responsibly to aid in code reviews and drafting pull requests, but all submissions undergo rigorous review and testing to ensure quality and security. The team has a transparent policy for AI-assisted contributions and commits to not integrating AI features into the KeePassXC application.

Bull markets make you feel smarter than you are

101 raw_anon_1111 2025-11-09 16:25:05 UTC awealthofcommonsense.com Llama Share 54

Benjamin Graham's early success led to hubris, causing him to lose 50% in the Great Depression. His story teaches that success sets up failure, making it difficult to avoid psychological distortions and overconfidence.

Forth – Is it still relevant?

101 lioeters 2025-11-09 04:59:19 UTC github.com/chochain Llama Share 76

The eForth project aims to create a modern, efficient, and easy-to-understand Forth implementation in C/C++ with multi-platform support, targeting a niche audience of C programmers who may find Forth more productive. The project's core implementation is based on an array of Code objects that represent each Forth word, with a focus on simplicity, elegance, and performance.

Metabolic and cellular differences between sedentary and active individuals

97 rzk 2025-11-09 21:56:29 UTC howardluksmd.substack.com Llama Share 75

Sedentary people may have normal lab results but are metabolically impaired, at risk for diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Regular movement can reverse these changes and improve long-term health.

He Chunhui's Tiny386 Turns an ESP32-S3 into a Fully-Functional 386-Powered PC

90 HardwareLust 2025-11-09 01:08:50 UTC hackster.io Llama Share 10

Developer He Chunhui created Tiny386, a x86 PC emulator for the low-cost Espressif ESP32 microcontroller. It can run Microsoft Windows 95 and various 16- and 32-bit software packages, including Doom.

Using bubblewrap to add sandboxing to NetBSD

82 jaypatelani 2025-11-09 13:09:22 UTC blog.netbsd.org Llama Share 23

Vasyl Lanko implemented Linux-like namespaces in NetBSD as part of Google Summer of Code 2025. The project focused on UTS and mount namespaces, with UTS allowing hostname isolation and mount namespaces enabling different filesystem configurations.

American Heart Association says melatonin may be linked to serious heart risks

79 pogue 2025-11-09 17:40:38 UTC sciencedaily.com Llama Share 44

Researchers found that long-term melatonin users were almost twice as likely to die and 3.5 times more likely to be hospitalized for heart failure. The study suggests caution with extended melatonin use due to potential heart dangers.

Startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics

78 nradov 2025-11-09 14:50:29 UTC wsj.com Full Share 123

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'Up to 15 or 20′ air traffic controllers are retiring daily

75 geox 2025-11-09 22:16:38 UTC pennlive.com Llama Share 2

The US government shutdown has worsened the air traffic controller shortage, with some controllers speeding up retirements and others stopping work due to unpaid wages. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warns of significant air travel slowdowns if the shutdown continues into the Thanksgiving season.

The Sega Master System

69 ibobev 2025-11-09 19:15:21 UTC bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com Llama Share 21

The Master System console's design is more "down-to-earth" and user-friendly compared to Nintendo's systems, which often require combining multiple mechanisms to achieve desired results. The Master System's hardware is largely backwards-compatible with the SG-1000, allowing for easy adaptation of existing code and making it a fun and powerful platform to work with.

Protect your consciousness from AI

65 zekrom 2025-11-09 19:16:45 UTC jordangoodman.bearblog.dev Llama Share 40

People are relying too heavily on AI systems like LLMs for mental processing, leading to a sea of noise and misinformation. We need to slow down our consumption of these tools and prioritize authentic human interaction and feedback.

Ask HN: How do you get over the fear of sharing code?

59 sodokuwizard 2025-11-09 17:17:20 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 80

You're concerned about students copying your code from private repos, which is a valid concern given past experiences. You're considering linking demos with optional code access to balance visibility and intellectual property protection.

IRIX Introduction

59 naves 2025-11-09 01:33:43 UTC sgistuff.net Llama Share 41

IRIX was the operating system for SGI systems, first running on IRIS terminals and workstations with Motorola CPUs, then on MIPS-based systems. It evolved through versions 4D1, IRIX 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x, with the last release being IRIX 6.5.30 in 2006.

Show HN: Geofenced chat communities anyone can create

56 clarencehoward 2025-11-09 02:59:58 UTC vicinity.social Prefix Share 60

Connect with people who are actually around you.No feeds. No noise. Just real talk in real places. Vicinity lets you talk to the people who are actually around you. Drop a pin, set your radius and chat length, and boom — anyone nearby can jump in. Pins are spontaneous by design: they pop up for the moment, spark a conversation, and then disappear. Want something more permanent? That’s where ...

Syntax and Semantics of Programming Languages (1995)

48 nill0 2025-11-09 03:15:33 UTC homepage.cs.uiowa.edu Full Share 24

Drax: Speech Recognition with Discrete Flow Matching

44 cliffly 2025-11-09 13:24:43 UTC huggingface.co Llama Share 0

Drax is a discrete flow matching framework for ASR that achieves state-of-the-art recognition accuracy with improved efficiency. It constructs an audio-conditioned probability path for efficient parallel decoding.

The Computer Church – Pennsylvania Computer and Technology Museum

41 gregsadetsky 2025-11-09 19:47:49 UTC thecomputerchurch.org Llama Share 8

The Computer Church has the world's largest known collection of over 50 analog computers, including rare and unique models used by the military and NASA. The collection features a special "Rangekeeper Mark VII" computer from the USS St. Louis, a ship that survived the Pearl Harbor attack.

X is amplifying far-right accounts

40 saubeidl 2025-11-09 11:48:08 UTC avclub.com Llama Share 38

A Sky News study found Twitter's algorithm shows users more right-wing content than left-wing or neutral content. The study suggests Elon Musk's Twitter has become an expensive propaganda machine, favoring right-wing voices.

Runc breaks pods when CPU requests aren't multiples of 10

39 dropbox_miner 2025-11-09 04:47:27 UTC github.com/opencontainers Llama Share 11

Containerd non-deterministically calculates CPU quota for pods with fractional core values, causing intermittent pod creation failures with systemd cgroup driver. The issue is due to inconsistent conversion logic between containerd and runc, resulting in kernel rejection of child cgroups with invalid argument.

Judge denies request to exempt Flock footage from Public Records Act

37 ourmandave 2025-11-09 00:24:50 UTC heraldnet.com Llama Share 6

A Skagit County judge ruled Flock camera footage is public record, not exempt from the Public Records Act. The decision affects cities in Snohomish County, some of which had paused or delayed installing Flock cameras due to the lawsuit.

Visa and Mastercard near deal with merchants that would change rewards landscape

33 josephcsible 2025-11-09 06:32:37 UTC wsj.com Full Share 49

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Show HN: Pipeflow-PHP – Automate anything with pipelines even non-devs can edit

29 marcosiino 2025-11-09 13:40:43 UTC github.com/marcosiino Llama Share 9

Pipeflow is a lightweight pipeline engine for PHP applications that allows non-developers to edit and maintain automations through a clear XML format. It enables the creation of complex workflows by chaining stages together, making it easy to maintain and test each piece, and can be configured programmatically via PHP or XML.

Itiner-e: the Google Maps of Roman Roads

28 helsinkiandrew 2025-11-09 09:46:04 UTC itiner-e.org Full Share 0

Itiner-e aims to host the most detailed open digital dataset of roads in the entire Roman Empire. The data creation is a collaborative ongoing project edited by a scholarly community. Itiner-e allows you to view, query and download roads.

Lisbon Airport is turning away private jets inbound for the Web Summit

25 rock_artist 2025-11-09 17:09:53 UTC engadget.com Llama Share 9

Lisbon Airport is experiencing a shortage of private jet slots due to high demand from Web Summit attendees. The issue is caused by a growing preference for private jets and a large number of attendees.

Blue Origin Launches NASA's Escapade Mission to Mars: How to Watch

24 fleahunter 2025-11-09 10:05:25 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 8

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Characterizing the American Upper Paleolithic

18 bikenaga 2025-11-09 00:14:50 UTC science.org Llama Share 1

Pre-Clovis populations in North America shared a lithic technology similar to that of Northeast Asia's Late Upper Paleolithic. This technology, known as the American Upper Paleolithic, includes dual core-and-blade and biface technologies, and is found in sites such as Cactus Hill, Meadowcroft, and Gault.

Custom doorbell app with Home Assistant and WebRTC

16 naps62 2025-11-09 21:51:31 UTC naps62.com Llama Share 2

The user upgraded their house's doorbell to a Dahua smart doorbell and integrated it into their Home Assistant system, but encountered several issues and frustrations along the way. They eventually created a custom solution using WebRTC and Frigate to establish a real-time video and audio connection between the doorbell and their Home Assistant system, resulting in a more seamless and ...

Password to Louvre video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee

15 scruple 2025-11-09 21:59:49 UTC abcnews.go.com Llama Share 4

The Louvre museum's security system had a weak password and a blind spot in its video surveillance, allowing thieves to steal $102 million in jewels in 7 minutes. Four suspects have been charged in connection with the robbery, but the missing jewels have not been recovered and at least one person remains at large.

Amiga vs. Atari ST: A rivalry that defined 16-bit home computing

14 rbanffy 2025-11-09 20:28:12 UTC slicker.me Llama Share 1

The Amiga and Atari ST rivalry was about identity, culture, and belonging, with each machine shaping creative practices in multimedia computing and digital music production. The rivalry fueled a generation's passion for accessible, affordable machines that enabled serious creative work.

ChatGPT knows my IP geolocation

14 kekqqq 2025-11-09 13:07:18 UTC hermandaniel.com Llama Share 24

You noticed ChatGPT knows your location in Czechia due to IP geolocation, which it denies having access to. Altering your question revealed a possible link between the location and the conversation, specifically mentioning a "location tag".

Orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA's next Mars mission

11 Bender 2025-11-09 18:03:45 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 3

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket will launch the ESCAPADE mission to Mars on November 12, after a previous attempt was scrubbed due to weather and technical issues. The mission will use a unique staging orbit to wait for the right time to head to Mars, a riskier but more flexible approach to interplanetary travel.