Vietnam bans unskippable ads

1555 hoherd 2026-01-06 16:45:42 UTC saigoneer.com Llama Share 799

Vietnam's Decree No. 342 will regulate online ads starting February 15, 2026, with stricter controls on ad duration and user experience. The decree targets 11 groups of environmentally and health-hazardous goods and services with stricter regulations.

enclose.horse

1175 DavidSJ 2026-01-06 06:01:57 UTC enclose.horse Full Share 223

A puzzle game about enclosing horses.

Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus far

826 tbassetto 2026-01-06 17:45:37 UTC burkeholland.github.io Llama Share 1280

The author initially doubted AI coding agents but now believes they can replace developers after using Opus 4.5, which built a Windows utility and a mobile app with a backend setup. The author is now building multiple apps with Opus 4.5, feeling both exhilarated and depressed about the rapid progress.

AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren't paying attention

743 Brajeshwar 2026-01-06 11:42:35 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 474

AWS has raised prices on its EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML by 15 percent, affecting customers worldwide. This change breaks the assumption that cloud pricing only trends downward, potentially setting a new precedent for future price increases.

Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone

565 rbergamini27 2026-01-06 19:38:32 UTC github.com/rberg27 Llama Share 391

The user set up "Doom Coding" to code remotely via phone using Tailscale, Termius, and Claude Code. They share a 5-minute setup guide and invite contributions to improve the process.

The Post-American Internet

565 EvanAnderson 2026-01-06 05:20:40 UTC pluralistic.net Llama Share 432

The speaker discusses the "War on General Purpose Computing" and how the US has used trade agreements to force other countries to adopt anticircumvention laws, allowing US tech companies to extract data and money from their users. The speaker argues that the Trump tariffs have created an opportunity for countries to repeal these laws and create a "post-American Internet" that allows for the ...

65% of Hacker News posts have negative sentiment, and they outperform

490 7777777phil 2026-01-06 14:45:47 UTC philippdubach.com Llama Share 455

A study on Hacker News found that negative posts average 35.6 points, a 27% premium over the overall average of 28 points. The study analyzed 32,000 posts and 340,000 comments, showing a persistent negative skew across multiple models and classifiers.

Why is the Gmail app 700 MB?

428 thefilmore 2026-01-06 16:46:13 UTC akr.am Llama Share 386

The Gmail app is 760.7 MB, one of the top three most bloated apps, while Outlook is 428 MB. Google's other popular apps average 250 MB in size, with some apps like Tesla and Crypto.com reaching 1 GB.

C Is Best (2025)

398 alexpadula 2026-01-06 12:33:54 UTC sqlite.org Llama Share 540

SQLite is implemented in C due to its speed and portability. C is chosen for its ability to write fast code close to the underlying hardware.

Volkswagen Brings Back Physical Buttons

382 stephc_int13 2026-01-06 16:59:44 UTC caranddriver.com Llama Share 45

Volkswagen is shifting back to physical controls in its electric vehicles, starting with the ID. Polo and potentially the ID.4. The new design features buttons and switchgear for climate control, music playback, and cruise control.

Show HN: Prism.Tools – Free and privacy-focused developer utilities

367 BLGardner 2026-01-06 12:33:49 UTC blgardner.github.io Full Share 99

Prism.Tools: Standalone web tools for developers. Client-side Formatters, CSS, Security, and Generators. No-install, privacy-focused utilities.

A 30B Qwen model walks into a Raspberry Pi and runs in real time

353 dataminer 2026-01-06 20:55:01 UTC byteshape.com Llama Share 129

ByteShape consistently produces better models than Unsloth and MagicQuant, delivering higher tokens per second at the same quality or higher quality at the same speed across CPUs and GPUs. The takeaway is to treat memory as a constraint, not a goal, and optimize for the tradeoff curve of TPS versus quality, with ByteShape landing on the better side of the curve.

Calling All Hackers: How money works (2024)

329 krrishd 2026-01-06 20:24:45 UTC phrack.org Llama Share 245

The author, a hacker and CEO, shares their experience walking the paths of hacking and small business ownership, highlighting the importance of understanding how the world works and using that knowledge to bring about change. They discuss various financial concepts, including fixed income, equities, and shareholder value, and how they relate to the world of hacking and finance.

I/O is no longer the bottleneck? (2022)

262 benhoyt 2026-01-06 00:02:18 UTC stoppels.ch Llama Share 129

The user is trying to optimize a word frequency counter and a word count program using AVX2 vectorization. They were able to improve the performance of the word frequency counter but still fell short of the sequential disk read speed.

State of the Fin 2026-01-06

206 wise_blood 2026-01-06 16:17:24 UTC jellyfin.org Llama Share 175

Jellyfin celebrates its 7th anniversary with a new blog series highlighting ongoing development and community engagement. The team is considering revising their versioning scheme due to user feedback.

GBC Boot Animation 88×31 Web Button

199 zakhary 2026-01-06 02:20:00 UTC zakhary.dev Llama Share 29

The user created a retro 88x31 Game Boy web button by exporting the Game Boy Color boot animation, cropping and scaling it, and removing the white background. They used various tools such as SameBoy emulator, ImageMagick, and Aseprite to achieve this, and also remapped the transition colours to fix ghosting issues.

Passing of Joe Mancuso

188 wilsonfiifi 2026-01-06 18:11:51 UTC github.com/masoniteframework Full Share 18

Good morning Masonite community, I regret to inform you all that @josephmancuso has passed away due to health complications. Please keep his family in your thoughts during this time. I had the priv...

Video Game Websites in the early 00s

186 klaussilveira 2026-01-06 18:39:21 UTC webdesignmuseum.org Full Share 92

Keep the history of the web alive! Support our hosting costs with a small donation via Every cup helps us stay online!

High-Performance DBMSs with io_uring: When and How to use it

184 matt_d 2026-01-06 19:29:15 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 48

Researchers studied io_uring's benefits in modern database systems, finding it delivers greatest benefits in storage-bound and network-bound workloads. They derived guidelines for designing I/O-intensive systems using io_uring, resulting in a 14% performance improvement in PostgreSQL.

Oral microbiome sequencing after taking probiotics

178 sethbannon 2026-01-06 21:10:47 UTC blog.booleanbiotech.com Llama Share 85

The user tested BioGaia Prodentis, an oral probiotic, using 16S sequencing from Plasmidsaurus and found no detectable colonization of L. reuteri in their mouth. However, the oral microbiome did change significantly, with a massive increase in S. salivarius and other species, suggesting a potential impact on oral health despite the lack of L. reuteri colonization.

Locating a Photo of a Vehicle in 30 Seconds with GeoSpy

147 kachapopopow 2026-01-06 18:00:27 UTC geospy.ai Llama Share 135

Graylark's AI system, GeoSpy, helps investigators locate images with high accuracy, from 1 meter to a few miles. This technology accelerates vehicle theft recovery by pinpointing exact locations from images, even with minimal landmarks.

Self hosting my media library with Jellyfin and Wireguard on Hetzner

143 wismwasm 2026-01-06 19:50:35 UTC layandreas.github.io Llama Share 172

The author tried Spotify's free tier after a price increase but was disappointed by restrictions on song choice. They decided to self-host media with a VPS from Hetzner and Jellyfin media server.

A prediction market user made $436k betting on Maduro's downfall

135 tartoran 2026-01-06 03:59:19 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 199

A bettor made nearly half a million dollars on Venezuela's president ouster before it was announced, raising questions about inside knowledge. The incident has led to calls for banning government employees from making trades on prediction markets with nonpublic information.

CES 2026: Taking the Lids Off AMD's Venice and MI400 SoCs

134 rbanffy 2026-01-06 21:46:04 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 81

AMD showed off Venice series server CPUs and MI400 series datacenter accelerators at CES 2026, featuring improved packaging and increased core counts. The Venice series has up to 256 cores and 3GB of L3 cache, while the MI400 series has 12 HBM4 dies and 2 nanometer and 3 nanometer compute and IO dies.

Dude, where's my supersonic jet?

130 noleary 2026-01-06 17:59:41 UTC rationaloptimistsociety.substack.com Llama Share 297

Supersonic flight is making a comeback with companies like Boom, Astro Mechanica, and Hermeus working on new technologies to make it faster, cheaper, and more efficient. These startups aim to revolutionize air travel with supersonic jets that can fly from New York to London in under 90 minutes.

Hyundai Introduces Its Next-Gen Atlas Robot at CES 2026 [video]

129 surprisetalk 2026-01-06 23:40:03 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 110

Comparing AI agents to cybersecurity professionals in real-world pen testing

124 littlexsparkee 2026-01-06 21:23:07 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 91

Researchers compared AI agents to human cybersecurity professionals in a live enterprise environment, with ARTEMIS placing second overall and outperforming 9 of 10 humans. AI agents offer advantages in systematic enumeration and cost, but struggle with GUI-based tasks and have higher false-positive rates.

SCiZE's Classic Warez Collection

119 achairapart 2026-01-06 10:13:43 UTC scenelist.org Llama Share 51

User shares nostalgic memories of 90's BBS scene and has put online filelists and release nfo's from that era. They're interested in connecting with other old sceners and invite others to browse and search the nostalgic warez lists.

Mamdani Targets Junk Fees and Hidden Charges in Two Executive Orders

118 lordleft 2026-01-06 16:02:56 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 136

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Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Debut as First Built on Intel 18A

116 osnium123 2026-01-06 03:31:39 UTC newsroom.intel.com Llama Share 176

Intel launched the Core Ultra Series 3 processors, built on Intel 18A, offering exceptional performance, graphics, and battery life. The platform powers over 200 PC designs and is certified for edge use cases like robotics and smart cities.

Are we tired of social media? (2025)

111 foxiel 2026-01-06 22:15:52 UTC danielbrendel.com Llama Share 84

The internet has become overly commercialized, leading to fatigue in socializing and a sense of disconnection among users. Many are seeking alternatives like Mastodon and the Fediverse, but even these platforms struggle with engagement and meaningful interactions.

Why Big Companies Keep Failing: The Stack Fallacy (2016)

99 bobbiechen 2026-01-06 16:53:27 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 94

The stack fallacy is a mistaken belief that building a higher layer is trivial due to familiarity with lower layers. Companies often fail to compete in new markets because they underestimate the difficulty of understanding customer needs.

Co-founder Joe Lonsdale: Palantir was founded to kill communists

90 clanky 2026-01-06 17:15:39 UTC twitter.com/jtlonsdale Full Share 163

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Raspberry Pi and mini PC home lab prices hit parity as DRAM costs skyrocket

90 speckx 2026-01-06 16:52:08 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 56

Raspberry Pi prices have hit parity with Intel N100-based mini PCs, but prices for both are rising due to flash memory costs and tariff uncertainties. Homelab builders may now consider repurposing old hardware to save money due to the ongoing price crisis in the PC hardware market.

Show HN: Jax-JS, array library in JavaScript targeting WebGPU

80 ekzhang 2026-01-06 18:19:31 UTC ss.ekzhang.com Llama Share 22

A new JavaScript library called jax-js allows running machine learning programs in the browser at near-native speeds using WebAssembly and WebGPU technologies. The library is a reimplementation of Google DeepMind's JAX framework and has already been used to train a neural network and perform semantic search on a large text dataset in real-time.

Launch HN: Tamarind Bio (YC W24) – AI Inference Provider for Drug Discovery

80 denizkavi 2026-01-06 17:49:56 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 19

Deniz and Sherry from Tamarind Bio provide AI drug discovery services to biopharma companies using open-source models. Their platform offers a user-friendly interface for non-technical users and supports model pipelines, fine-tuning, and more.

High-performance header-only container library for C++23 on x86-64

77 mattgodbolt 2026-01-06 14:41:55 UTC github.com/kressler Llama Share 25

The B+tree implementation provides significant performance improvements over industry standards for large trees, especially with the hugepage allocator reducing TLB misses and allocation costs. It supports various search modes and allocators, including SIMD-accelerated search and custom hugepage pools.

Show HN: Mantic.sh – A structural code search engine for AI agents

76 marcoaapfortes 2026-01-06 13:48:27 UTC github.com/marcoaapfortes Llama Share 37

Mantic is a code search engine for AI agents that provides fast file ranking without external dependencies. It infers intent from file structure and metadata for retrieval speeds faster than human reaction time.

Gemini Protocol Deployment Statistics

74 rickcarlino 2026-01-06 14:30:53 UTC obsessivefacts.com Llama Share 11

The Gemini space has 646,369 URIs, with 560,646 successfully checked recently, including 431,340 serving Gemini content. 457 recently tested URLs have a wrong encoding, mostly self-signed capsules exist.

Show HN: Stash – Sync Markdown Files with Apple Notes via CLI

72 shuka 2026-01-06 16:57:15 UTC github.com/shakedlokits Llama Share 21

The user uses Apple Notes as their daily note-taking app but wants to sync Markdown files from their workflow to Apple Notes. They created a CLI tool to bridge this gap using AppleScript, Shell scripts, Pandoc, and Bashly.

New Lego smart-play system

71 acoye 2026-01-06 15:05:46 UTC lego.com Llama Share 49

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.

Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect

71 speckx 2026-01-06 12:53:06 UTC oregonlive.com Llama Share 124

Portland has implemented a gradual ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, allowing electric and battery-powered alternatives year-round. The ban will be fully enforced by 2028, with a complaint-based system for violations and assistance for small landscapers through a rebate program and grant.

Why German Strings Are Everywhere?

69 byt3h3ad 2026-01-06 13:30:07 UTC cedardb.com Llama Share 55

Umbra invented "German Strings" to optimize string handling in database systems, using a 128-bit struct with a shortened length field and a four-character prefix. This design reduces overhead, saves memory, and enables faster comparisons and sorting, but requires careful consideration of string lifetime and storage classes.

The skill of the future is not 'AI', but 'Focus' (2025)

66 Brajeshwar 2026-01-06 15:44:44 UTC carette.xyz Llama Share 15

Engineers using AI LLMs can automate tasks but require careful review due to hallucinations and biases. Blind acceptance of LLM solutions can atrophy engineers' problem-solving skills, hindering novel challenge tackling.

Loongarch Improvements with Box64

64 aaronday 2026-01-06 16:52:56 UTC box86.org Llama Share 6

Box64 has released a new version with enhancements and fixes for Steam, Battle.net, and other platforms, including support for RiSC-V, Loongarch, and ARM64. The update includes refactors, speedups, and new features such as prefix opcode decoder and memory footprint optimization, with ongoing work on performance improvements and bug fixes.

Ruby Array Pack Bleed

60 pentestercrab 2026-01-06 23:46:24 UTC nastystereo.com Llama Share 1

A memory disclosure vulnerability exists in Ruby 4.0.0 and prior due to a bug in the Array#pack method. The bug allows reading memory out of bounds by exploiting a negative repeat count and the X directive.

Mapping Protests in Iran

57 nsoonhui 2026-01-06 08:00:16 UTC fdd.org Full Share 35

Show HN: VaultSandbox – Test your real MailGun/SES/etc. integration

55 vaultsandbox 2026-01-06 13:50:48 UTC vaultsandbox.com Llama Share 9

VaultSandbox provides isolated inboxes for testing email services within a VPC, mimicking production environments without exposing customer data. It offers features like automatic cleanup, real-time testing, and rate limiting to ensure secure and efficient email testing.

Show HN: DDL to Data – Generate realistic test data from SQL schemas

52 tbrannan 2026-01-06 12:47:23 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 30

You created a tool to generate realistic test data from DDL, addressing security and DevOps concerns. It preserves foreign key relationships and uniqueness constraints, but needs feedback on its completeness.

Why agents matter more than other AI

50 nvader 2026-01-06 00:26:20 UTC substack.com Llama Share 26

AI agents have structural advantages over human employees, including constant availability, improved output speed, and lower overhead costs. This creates a huge incentive for businesses to use AI agents, leading to a potential transformation of the knowledge work industry.

Gnome and Mozilla Discuss Proposal to Disable Middle Mouse Paste on Linux

48 raphinou 2026-01-06 14:54:19 UTC linuxiac.com Llama Share 96

Mozilla and GNOME propose changing the default behavior of middle-mouse-button paste on Linux and Unix-like systems. This change could disrupt workflows for many users who rely on this feature.

Hierarchical Autoregressive Modeling for Memory-Efficient Language Generation

45 PaulHoule 2026-01-06 18:02:01 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 3

Researchers propose PHOTON, a hierarchical model that improves Transformer efficiency by reducing KV-cache traffic and increasing throughput. PHOTON achieves up to 1000x higher throughput per unit memory in long-context and multi-query tasks.

System: Control your Mac from anywhere using natural language

39 handfuloflight 2026-01-06 12:04:57 UTC system.surf Llama Share 31

SYSTEM is a Mac control system using natural language, built with Cloudflare Agents SDK for security and orchestration. It uses a split architecture with an Agent on Cloudflare Workers and a Bridge on the local Mac for secure control.

My Tamagotchi is an RL agent playing Slither.io

38 nkaz123 2026-01-06 06:22:30 UTC nkasmanoff.github.io Llama Share 18

You are a Machine Learning Engineer with 4+ years of experience leading technical teams and delivering high-impact AI solutions in NLP, computer vision, and agentic applications. Your background is rooted in Physics and Astronomy, with a strong technical foundation in Python, PyTorch, and other tools.

Creating a bespoke data diode for air‑gapped networks

37 nelop 2026-01-06 18:10:31 UTC nelop.com Llama Share 81

We implemented a bespoke data diode solution using Raspberry Pi devices to extract syslog information and performance data from an air-gapped network. This secure system maintains the air gap's integrity while providing internal monitoring teams with vital operational intelligence.

Tube trains could navigate the Underground using the rules of Quantum Physics

36 beardyw 2026-01-06 08:26:23 UTC ianvisits.co.uk Llama Share 79

Researchers are developing a quantum navigation system for the London Underground using supercold atoms to track trains with centimeter accuracy even in areas with no GPS signal. This system could provide a backup for GPS and improve track condition monitoring, reducing repair times and costs.

Show HN: GPU Cuckoo Filter – faster queries than Blocked Bloom, with deletion

31 tdortman 2026-01-06 22:33:21 UTC github.com/tdortman Llama Share 4

A CUDA-based Cuckoo Filter library provides GPU-accelerated insertion, lookup, and deletion operations with a configurable false positive rate. It supports high-throughput batch operations on NVIDIA GPUs.

FTSE100 bosses' pay overtakes typical worker's annual salary in less than 3 days

30 robtherobber 2026-01-06 16:54:23 UTC news.sky.com Llama Share 15

UK CEOs earn £4.40m, surpassing average worker pay by midday on the first working day of 2026. The pay gap is attributed to low trade union membership and the High Pay Centre calls for governance reform and higher taxes on excessive CEO pay.

Show HN: llmgame.ai – The Wikipedia Game but with LLMs

24 jmcallister 2026-01-06 03:07:50 UTC llmgame.ai Full Share 23

Play the Wikipedia game with the help of an LLM running in your browser

Show HN: ccrider - Search and Resume Your Claude Code Sessions – TUI / MCP / CLI

19 nberkman 2026-01-06 14:14:24 UTC github.com/neilberkman Llama Share 4

ccrider is a tool that helps search Claude sessions using a TUI browser, CLI search, and MCP server. It allows instant searching of session history by project, date, or content.

Show HN: Finding similarities in New Yorker covers

18 tkp-415 2026-01-06 20:22:43 UTC shoplurker.com Full Share 8

DatBench: Discriminative, faithful, and efficient VLM evaluations

18 circuithunter 2026-01-06 17:43:03 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 0

Researchers propose three desiderata for evaluating vision-language models: faithfulness, discriminability, and efficiency. They curate existing benchmarks to improve evaluation quality and release two new datasets, DatBench-Full and DatBench, for more efficient and discriminative evaluation.

Show HN: Symbolic Circuit Distillation: prove program to LLM circuit equivalence

16 nsomani 2026-01-06 20:57:06 UTC github.com/neelsomani Llama Share 2

The Symbolic Circuit Distillation method automatically converts neuron-level circuit graphs into concise, executable programs with bounded formal correctness guarantees, enabling researchers to turn small neural circuits into verified algorithms. This method treats pruned circuits as executable black-boxes, distills them into compact symbolic representations, and certifies or refutes ...

Study: Managers with first-born daughters, hire more women and pay more equal [pdf]

14 pploug 2026-01-06 23:48:38 UTC csef.it Llama Share 3

Researchers studied how managers' attitudes towards gender affect workplace inequality. They found that managers with daughters are more likely to hire women and increase female earnings and employment.

The 5 Knights of the MCP Apocalypse

12 saikatsg 2026-01-06 15:52:09 UTC foojay.io Llama Share 2

To protect data when using a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, implement security measures such as static analysis, network isolation, and software composition analysis to prevent data leaks and ensure the server's integrity. Additionally, use a centralized tool registry, service catalog, and governance to manage MCPs and prevent MCP sprawl, which can create a massive attack surface.