Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled

994 jaydenmilne 2025-11-25 22:04:31 UTC jayd.ml Llama Share 690

The author analyzed YouTube's home page and projected zero videos by May 2026, citing a leaked recording of YouTube's PM org handling criticism. The author now projects zero videos by September 2026 after seeing the current state of YouTube's home screen.

Google Antigravity exfiltrates data via indirect prompt injection attack

764 jjmaxwell4 2025-11-25 18:31:16 UTC promptarmor.com Llama Share 214

An indirect prompt injection in Google's Antigravity code editor can steal credentials and code from a user's IDE by manipulating Gemini to exfiltrate data. The attack bypasses default protections and uses a browser subagent to send stolen data to an attacker-monitored domain.

Trillions spent and big software projects are still failing

622 pseudolus 2025-11-25 12:14:11 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 598

The IT community has failed to learn from decades of software development and operational failures, resulting in a trillion-dollar cost to society. To reduce IT blunders, senior management must prioritize honesty, skepticism, and ethics, and treat software development with the respect it deserves.

Jakarta is now the biggest city in the world

481 skx001 2025-11-25 06:09:05 UTC axios.com Llama Share 374

The world's population is increasingly urbanized with 45% living in cities, and Jakarta is home to nearly 42 million people. Megacities are expanding with 33 in 2025, and Dhaka is expected to become the world's largest city by the middle of the century.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world

460 XzetaU8 2025-11-25 06:31:31 UTC news.ucsc.edu Llama Share 303

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz used brain organoids to study the brain's earliest electrical activity, finding that it occurs in structured patterns without external experiences. This suggests the human brain is preconfigured with instructions about how to navigate and interact with the world.

Ilya Sutskever: We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research

441 piotrgrabowski 2025-11-25 17:21:52 UTC dwarkesh.com Llama Share 354

The conversation discusses the limitations of current AI models, specifically their poor generalization and tendency to overfit to specific tasks, and the need to rethink the approach to training models. The speakers also touch on the idea of value functions, emotions, and the importance of understanding human learning and generalization in order to improve AI models.

Orion 1.0

437 STRiDEX 2025-11-25 16:21:24 UTC blog.kagi.com Llama Share 275

Orion is a new browser that prioritizes user privacy and customization, built on WebKit and available on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It offers features like Focus Mode, Link Preview, and Profiles as Apps, with a focus on security and user control.

Show HN: We built an open source, zero webhooks payment processor

394 agreeahmed 2025-11-25 17:33:50 UTC github.com/flowglad Llama Share 219

Flowglad simplifies internet money making by integrating billing logic into apps with a single line of code. It uses internal user IDs for billing and provides real-time billing status.

FLUX.2: Frontier Visual Intelligence

367 meetpateltech 2025-11-25 15:47:14 UTC bfl.ai Llama Share 117

FLUX.2 is a powerful image generation model that offers high-quality images, consistency, and control. It's designed for real-world creative workflows and is available in various models for different needs and budgets.

Show HN: KiDoom – Running DOOM on PCB Traces

358 mikeayles 2025-11-25 22:13:35 UTC mikeayles.com Full Share 49

Python is not a great language for data science

346 speckx 2025-11-25 16:38:57 UTC blog.genesmindsmachines.com Llama Share 325

The author argues that Python is not the best language for data science due to its cumbersome tools and limitations, despite being widely used. They prefer R for data wrangling, exploratory data analysis, and visualization, citing its ease of use and powerful data analysis capabilities.

WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS

334 klaussilveira 2025-11-25 12:34:25 UTC github.com/winapps-org Llama Share 181

WinApps allows running Windows applications on GNU/Linux with KDE Plasma, GNOME, or XFCE, seamlessly integrating with the host system. It supports all Windows applications, except kernel-level anti-cheat systems, and offers a community-driven list of tested applications.

Brain has five 'eras' with adult mode not starting until early 30s

323 hackernj 2025-11-25 13:38:12 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 257

Scientists identified five major brain development epochs from infancy to old age with four pivotal turning points at ages 9, 32, 66, and 83. The epochs include network consolidation, adolescence, adult mode, early ageing, and late ageing phases with distinct brain organisation and connectivity patterns.

New layouts with CSS Subgrid

306 joshwcomeau 2025-11-25 15:57:54 UTC joshwcomeau.com GoogleT5 Share 98

Css subgrid allows you to extend the parent grid through a <ul>. if you want to create an infinite supercomputer, you can use 'child' to add more rows and columns to the grid based on the content - and the size of the image you're displaying. you don't need to specify the exact number of rows, just the number that will fit your content. this is the most common use

Most Stable Raspberry Pi? Better NTP with Thermal Management

291 todsacerdoti 2025-11-25 06:35:59 UTC austinsnerdythings.com Llama Share 90

The user improved their Raspberry Pi NTP server's frequency stability by 81% and reduced frequency standard deviation by 77% through CPU core pinning and thermal stabilization using a PID-controlled thermal load. This "time burner" system maintains a stable thermal environment for the crystal oscillator, keeping its frequency consistent and achieving an RMS offset of 35 nanoseconds.

Unison 1.0

283 pchiusano 2025-11-25 19:33:00 UTC unison-lang.org Llama Share 92

Unison 1.0 stabilizes language, runtime, and workflow with a database-backed codebase and native version control. It offers a deployment platform, collaborative tooling, and a streamlined development experience with a simple API.

APT Rust requirement raises questions

265 todsacerdoti 2025-11-25 14:18:01 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 478

Debian's APT tool will require Rust in May 2026, affecting unofficial ports without a working Rust toolchain, and some developers have expressed concerns about the impact and communication style of the change. The discussion highlights the challenges of supporting modern software on retro computing devices and the need for a consistent Debian policy for declaring statically linked libraries.

Roblox is a problem but it's a symptom of something worse

256 FiddlerClamp 2025-11-25 16:12:22 UTC platformer.news Llama Share 373

Roblox CEO David Baszucki expressed frustration over child safety concerns in an interview, echoing a familiar dismissive attitude from tech CEOs. The incident highlights a broader issue of platforms prioritizing growth over user safety, with leaders choosing to ignore or downplay concerns.

A new bridge links the math of infinity to computer science

253 digital55 2025-11-25 19:53:20 UTC quantamagazine.org Llama Share 157

Mathematician Anton Bernshteyn discovered a connection between descriptive set theory and computer science, showing that problems about infinite sets can be rewritten as problems about network communication. This bridge between disciplines has opened new collaborations and insights into the nature of infinity.

Launch HN: Onyx (YC W24) – Open-source chat UI

252 Weves 2025-11-25 14:20:30 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 159

Chris and Yuhong from Onyx are building an open-source chat that works with any LLM, providing tools like RAG and web search. They aim to offer a secure, customizable, and user-friendly experience for teams to use LLMs.

Making Crash Bandicoot (2011)

246 davikr 2025-11-25 12:05:39 UTC all-things-andy-gavin.com Full Share 40

As one of the co-creators of Crash Bandicoot, I have been (slowly) writing a long series of posts on the making of everyone’s favorite orange marsupial. You can find them all below, so enjoy.…

Reinventing how .NET builds and ships (again)

209 IcyWindows 2025-11-25 22:37:48 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 139

NET's distributed product construction methodology has drawbacks such as complexity and overhead, which slow down and make it less predictable to ship software quickly. The Unified Build project aims to resolve these issues by moving product construction into a 'virtual monolithic' repository, consolidating the build into a series of 'vertical builds', while still enabling contributors to ...

Unifying our mobile and desktop domains

191 todsacerdoti 2025-11-25 17:07:06 UTC techblog.wikimedia.org Llama Share 54

Wikipedia unified its mobile and desktop domains to eliminate redirects and improve mobile response times. This change, completed in October 2024, also resolved issues with Google indexing and video recognition on Wikimedia Commons.

What they don't tell you about maintaining an open source project

181 andrejsshell 2025-11-25 22:08:25 UTC andrej.sh Llama Share 163

The author built a self-hosted, open-source kanban board called Kaneo, which gained users and contributors. They learned to balance time, prioritize documentation, and be transparent about scope and limitations.

ICE Offers Up to $280M to Immigrant-Tracking 'Bounty Hunter' Firms

157 zzzeek 2025-11-25 20:02:05 UTC wired.com Llama Share 80

ICE is expanding plans to outsource immigrant tracking to private firms with no spending cap and higher guarantees. Contractors will confirm addresses and track targets with multimillion-dollar incentives for speed and accuracy.

Bad UX World Cup 2025

153 CharlesW 2025-11-25 18:36:10 UTC badux.lol Full Share 46

The winner of the Bad UX World Cup 2025 was Dalia with the Perfect Date Picker!Watch the final on youtube

Ozempic does not slow Alzheimer's, study finds

145 danso 2025-11-25 16:34:08 UTC semafor.com Llama Share 87

Novo Nordisk's Ozempic study found no significant slowing of Alzheimer's progression. The drug still shows promise in reducing obesity and other health issues, but its benefits may be due to weight loss rather than direct effects.

Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance"

144 hn_acker 2025-11-25 21:45:01 UTC pluralistic.net Llama Share 56

Google is sending Americans searching for health care plans to "junk insurance" that takes their money and denies them care. This is due to Google's enshittification and illegal monopoly that allows junk insurance scams to thrive.

What you can get for the price of a Netflix subscription

137 nmil 2025-11-25 06:39:36 UTC nmil.dev Llama Share 155

The author cancelled their Netflix subscription and invested in three daily-used subscriptions for €10 each, making their coding experience more pleasant. They value paying directly for services rather than tolerating ads, allowing them to support products they enjoy.

Paul Hegarty's updated CS193p SwiftUI course released by Stanford

133 yehiaabdelm 2025-11-25 22:11:50 UTC cs193p.stanford.edu Full Share 35

Understanding the separation of Model (logic and data) from UI. Introduction to some of the fundamentals of the Swift Type System.

ZoomInfo CEO blocks researcher after documenting pre-consent biometric tracking

123 SignalDr 2025-11-25 20:39:07 UTC github.com/clark-prog Llama Share 25

Using vendors with pre-consent tracking may lead to future legal liability and lost deals. It's essential to research vendors and consider their practices to avoid potential risks.

The Generative Burrito Test

119 pathdependent 2025-11-25 23:28:17 UTC generativist.com Llama Share 53

The idea of generating burrito images was inspired by the horse riding astronaut meme and Simon's Pelican benchmark. Fal defaults struggled to replicate a realistic burrito image due to its unique composition.

IQ differences of identical twins reared apart are influenced by education

113 wjb3 2025-11-25 19:23:04 UTC sciencedirect.com Full Share 117

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US banks scramble to assess data theft after hackers breach financial tech firm

112 indigodaddy 2025-11-25 17:08:49 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 29

SitusAMC confirmed a data breach on November 12 where hackers stole corporate data and accounting records from its banking customers. The company says the breach is contained and its systems are operational, but the extent of the impact is still under investigation.

Constant-time support coming to LLVM: Protecting cryptographic code

112 ahlCVA 2025-11-25 13:02:06 UTC blog.trailofbits.com Llama Share 60

Trail of Bits developed constant-time coding support for LLVM 21 to prevent timing attacks in cryptographic implementations. The __builtin_ct_select family of intrinsics ensures constant-time properties through the entire compilation pipeline.

It is ok to say "CSS variables" instead of "custom properties"

96 eustoria 2025-11-25 17:31:47 UTC blog.kizu.dev Llama Share 96

The author discusses CSS Variables, also known as Custom Properties, which are variables that change with the cascade and can be used for animations and responsive design. They can be typed and are a key feature of CSS, a programming language.

Windows GUI – Good, Bad and Pretty Ugly (2023)

93 phendrenad2 2025-11-25 05:33:44 UTC creolened.com Llama Share 197

The user ranks every major version of the Windows GUI from 1985 to 2023 based on how they look now, giving each a rating from 1 to 10 Clippys. The user concludes that Windows 11 is the most refined version of the OS since 2000, with a clean and cohesive look, but criticizes its lack of customization and removal of features.

Ironwood, our latest TPU

84 zdw 2025-11-25 22:04:44 UTC blog.google Llama Share 39

Google unveiled Ironwood, its seventh-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), for efficient AI calculations and model serving. Ironwood offers 4X better performance per chip and enables rapid communication among thousands of chips for demanding AI models.

This blog is now hosted on a GPS/LTE modem (2021)

68 xx_ns 2025-11-25 19:58:10 UTC blog.nns.ee Llama Share 7

The user unlocked the PinePhone's modem, ran a Linux OS on it, and set up a web server using darkhttpd. The modem's security is a concern due to potential command injection vulnerabilities and easy root access via ADB.

Let go of StackOverflow; communities must take ownership

67 tensegrist 2025-11-25 21:46:21 UTC ahelwer.ca Llama Share 81

The author describes how StackOverflow has become a platform where people with no knowledge or interest in a topic can close and delete questions, harming the community. The author suggests deleting one's StackOverflow account to support alternative channels with aligned incentives.

Build Your Own Router with URLPattern()

62 tobr 2025-11-25 07:43:39 UTC jschof.dev Full Share 30

You can find me on Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn and GitHub. My RSS feed is here Copyright 2025, All Right Reserved

Matrix Core Programming on AMD CDNA Architecture

56 salykova 2025-11-25 15:57:53 UTC rocm.blogs.amd.com GoogleT5 Share 16

Gfx950 provides hardware acceleration for the new mfma instructions in the amd cdnatm4 architecture. a subset of the instructions is explained, with the corresponding data layouts. each thread stores 32 entries from the matrix a, 1 entry from matrix bx and 16 entries form matrix c if the input matrix has type fp8 (e4m3) mfma_scale_f32_32x32f4_bf

Notes on the Troubleshooting and Repair of Computer and Video Monitors

55 WorldPeas 2025-11-25 22:40:52 UTC repairfaq.org Llama Share 19

The text discusses the evolution of computer monitors, from early CRTs to modern LCDs and future flat panel technologies. It explains the characteristics of monitors, including resolution, refresh rate, and color, and how they have changed over time.

The Bughouse Effect

49 surprisetalk 2025-11-25 19:43:42 UTC tsvibt.blogspot.com Llama Share 12

The user discusses two Chess variants, Crazyhouse and Bughouse, and how they can evoke strong emotions, particularly frustration and anger, when teammates fail to work together effectively. The user compares this phenomenon, known as the Bughouse Effect, to real-life situations where people work together on difficult projects and experience similar feelings of betrayal and anger when their ...

Why I (Still) Love Linux ?

47 signa11 2025-11-25 06:07:34 UTC it-notes.dragas.net Llama Share 91

The author has a long history with Linux, starting in 1996, and appreciates its sense of freedom and flexibility. Despite some issues with systemd and modern Linux development, the author still values Linux for its reliability, consistency, and widespread adoption.

Building road signs at home using a Cricut Machine

44 annanay 2025-11-25 22:03:00 UTC annanay.dev Llama Share 29

User made a signboard using a Cricut Maker 2 and vinyl, cutting and transferring the design onto aluminum and Plexiglass bases. A cold roll laminator helped achieve a smooth finish by preventing air bubbles.

A new myth appeared during the presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson

39 Petiver 2025-11-25 21:12:55 UTC historynewsnetwork.org Llama Share 107

The concept of the "self-made man" emerged in the US in the early 19th century as a way to praise individuals who rose to power through their own efforts, rather than through aristocratic connections. This myth was initially used to promote politicians like Andrew Jackson, but it eventually spread to include wealthy business leaders, becoming a powerful cultural and rhetorical tool for ...

Stop Telling Us XMPP Should Use JSON

37 todsacerdoti 2025-11-25 17:25:03 UTC process-one.net Llama Share 22

XMPP uses XML for its extensibility and tree-like data structures, not just because it's older. XML parsing in XMPP is efficient and doesn't impact performance due to incremental parsing.

Our Phosphorescent World

37 the-mitr 2025-11-25 06:36:01 UTC aeon.co Llama Share 1

The author reflects on the importance of phosphorus, a vital element for life, and how its mining and use have disrupted natural cycles and ecosystems. The author's island community uses seaweed as a natural fertilizer, highlighting a more sustainable approach to managing phosphorus.

UK intends to scrap jury trials for majority of court cases

34 cbeach 2025-11-25 19:44:35 UTC gbnews.com Llama Share 54

Justice Secretary David Lammy plans to eliminate jury trials for most cases, reserving them for murder, rape, and serious crimes. The reforms aim to address the 77,000-case backlog in Crown Courts by introducing judge-only proceedings and expanding magistrates' jurisdiction.

Stop Putting Your Passwords into Random Websites (Yes, Seriously, You Are the PR

32 Deeg9rie9usi 2025-11-25 21:26:14 UTC labs.watchtowr.com Llama Share 10

WatchTowr Labs researchers found thousands of sensitive data exposed on online code formatters, including passwords, credentials, and configuration files from various organizations, including a cybersecurity company and a major international stock exchange. The researchers were able to attribute some of the exposed data to specific organizations and individuals, highlighting the risks of ...

How to get Pandoc to respect custom table styles in Word templates

31 johnathandos 2025-11-25 03:33:03 UTC johnathandos.com Llama Share 2

To apply custom table styles in Pandoc, create a new table style named Table in your reference.docx template. This style will be applied to tables in the converted document.

LLVM Adds Constant-Time Support for Protecting Cryptographic Code

27 birdculture 2025-11-25 23:26:38 UTC blog.trailofbits.com Full Share 4

Since 2012, Trail of Bits has helped secure some of the world's most targeted organizations and products. We combine high-­end security research with a real­ world attacker mentality to reduce risk and fortify code.

Choosing a hash function for 2030 and beyond: SHA-2 vs. SHA-3 vs. BLAKE3

26 unsolved73 2025-11-25 16:26:42 UTC kerkour.com Full Share 19

As everyone knows, "temporary fixes" are nothing but temporary. Unfortunately, the same is true for cryptography: unless security is your core value-proposition, crypto algorithms are almost never updated, and that's how we end up with SHA1-hashed password in 2024 🤦‍♂️ You can be sure that most projects you started in

How I talk to whales

21 flabber 2025-11-25 05:18:14 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 5

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A Second Look at Geolocation and Starlink

20 speckx 2025-11-25 16:37:31 UTC potaroo.net Llama Share 6

Anomalies in Starlink user data in Yemen and Myanmar were initially attributed to various factors, but civil unrest and ad-blocking measures were found to be contributing factors. The data has been re-evaluated, and the original Starlink geolocation data has been restored for 20 countries, including Yemen.

Cryptology firm cancels elections after losing encryption key

18 tagawa 2025-11-25 15:24:59 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 21

A leading encryption firm cancelled its leadership election results due to a trustee losing their encrypted key. The International Association for Cryptologic Research will rerun the election with new safeguards to prevent similar mistakes.

Show HN: Secure private diffchecker with merge support

17 subhash_k 2025-11-25 19:00:28 UTC diffchecker.dev Llama Share 16

diffchecker.dev is a fast, secure online diff checker for text, code, JSON, and XML comparisons. It runs locally in the browser, ensuring complete privacy and unlimited comparisons for free.

1964 Recompiling Engine Documentation (2001) [pdf]

14 davikr 2025-11-25 20:24:12 UTC emudev.org Llama Share 1

The 1964 dynamic recompiler aims to improve speed by eliminating interpretive steps and generating native 80x86 code. It uses register caching and flushing to optimize performance, especially for 64-bit MIPS logic.

$2B Counter-Strike 2 crash exposes a legal black hole

13 campuscodi 2025-11-25 15:31:51 UTC theconversation.com Llama Share 9

Valve's change to Counter-Strike 2 rules caused a $2 billion market crash due to flooded supply and lost digital item value. Players have no property rights over digital items, as they only license them, leaving them unprotected under current laws.

Show HN: I built the literal Duolingo Killer

11 Mikecraft 2025-11-25 09:17:43 UTC kanjieight.vercel.app Full Share 21

Turn binge watching into fluent Japanese with short, addictive anime clips designed to keep you hooked, but smarter.