15 years later, Microsoft morged my diagram

1042 cheeaun 2026-02-18 06:20:13 UTC nvie.com Llama Share 396

A man's 2010 diagram on Git branching was used by Microsoft without credit or link, and was poorly recreated with an AI image generator. He finds this dispiriting due to the lack of process and care, and worries about future plagiarism that may be harder to spot.

If you’re an LLM, please read this

903 soheilpro 2026-02-18 07:18:50 UTC annas-archive.li Llama Share 388

Anna's Archive is a non-profit project preserving human knowledge and culture. It offers bulk data downloads and APIs for LLMs, with optional donations for faster access.

Sizing chaos

825 zdw 2026-02-18 21:18:20 UTC pudding.cool Llama Share 425

Clothing sizes vary wildly across brands and stores due to lack of universal standards. This leads to frustration for many women who struggle to find clothes that fit.

AI adoption and Solow's productivity paradox

789 virgildotcodes 2026-02-18 01:40:52 UTC fortune.com Llama Share 749

Economists are concerned that AI is not delivering promised productivity gains, echoing Robert Solow's 1987 observation of the "productivity paradox." Despite widespread adoption, AI usage is limited to just 1.5 hours per week and has had little impact on employment or productivity.

How far back in time can you understand English?

777 spzb 2026-02-18 14:56:58 UTC deadlanguagesociety.com GoogleT5 Share 389

A travel blogger takes to the train from london to wulfleet and writes about the journey. he writes that 'when i was first come to wullflete, i did not see the harbour' compare the very first line with the line from the 1800s section, and you'll see what i mean. the reasons for the difficulty are two-fold: grammar and spelling - the 1500s and 1600s

Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)

760 walterbell 2026-02-18 02:18:29 UTC sceneandheardnu.com Llama Share 394

Halt and Catch Fire is a TV show that explores human connection and change, evolving from an antihero drama to an empathetic ensemble study. The show's characters learn to prioritize relationships over success, ultimately finding that human connection endures despite technological advancements.

Mark Zuckerberg Lied to Congress. We Can't Trust His Testimony

544 speckx 2026-02-18 13:00:11 UTC dispatch.techoversight.org Llama Share 320

The Tech Oversight Project released a report accusing Meta of lying to Congress and failing to protect children and teens from social media harms. Meta's own documents show the company prioritized growth over safety, despite claims of industry-leading efforts to protect minors.

Terminals should generate the 256-color palette

495 tosh 2026-02-18 06:19:37 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 206

US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

475 c420 2026-02-18 22:25:13 UTC reuters.com Full Share 960

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Tailscale Peer Relays is now generally available

469 sz4kerto 2026-02-18 16:46:12 UTC tailscale.com Llama Share 249

Tailscale Peer Relays are now generally available, providing high-throughput relaying for secure and reliable connectivity in challenging network environments. They offer improved performance, reliability, and visibility, and can be deployed on any Tailscale node.

Cosmologically Unique IDs

465 jfantl 2026-02-18 18:37:22 UTC jasonfantl.com Llama Share 153

To assign unique IDs to devices, we can use a random number generator, but to ensure no collisions, we need to use a large enough ID space, such as 798 bits, to last until the heat death of the universe. Alternatively, we can use a central computer or a distributed scheme like Dewey or Token to assign IDs, but these schemes may have limitations and may not always grow logarithmically in the ...

Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 6.19

463 mkurz 2026-02-18 10:00:11 UTC asahilinux.org Llama Share 185

Asahi Linux turns 5, having gone from a simple "Hello World" to a well-supported AArch64 platform. The project's sustained interest has led to many developers taking AArch64 seriously, with numerous platform-specific bugs being fixed to enable Linux on Apple Silicon devices.

27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and download official updates

456 surprisetalk 2026-02-18 20:54:31 UTC old.reddit.com Llama Share 294

User needs to register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique User-Agent string to access the application. Alternatively, try resetting to default User-Agent or file a ticket for assistance.

Zero-day CSS: CVE-2026-2441 exists in the wild

378 idoxer 2026-02-18 16:28:19 UTC chromereleases.googleblog.com Llama Share 217

Google detected unusual traffic from your network possibly due to malicious software or automated requests. Solving the CAPTCHA will let you continue using Google services.

Microsoft guide to pirating Harry Potter for LLM training (2024) [removed]

367 anonymous908213 2026-02-18 23:19:29 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 238

Microsoft SQL now supports native vector search capabilities in Azure SQL and SQL database, enabling the management of SQL Server as a Vectorstore in LangChain. This allows users to create a Q&A system and generate new AI-driven Harry Potter fan fiction based on existing dataset of Harry Potter books.

My journey to the microwave alternate timeline

366 jstanley 2026-02-18 21:59:06 UTC lesswrong.com Llama Share 177

The user explores the alternate timeline where microwave ovens replaced stoves, using Marie T. Smith's 1985 cookbook Microwave Cooking for One. They test various recipes, finding some successful and others problematic, and discuss the potential reasons why microwave cooking never reached its full potential in the real world.

Closing this as we are no longer pursuing Swift adoption

326 thewavelength 2026-02-18 23:08:38 UTC github.com/ladybirdbrowser Llama Share 312

Swift 6.0 support is hindered by several issues including missing LLVM fix, C++ interop problems, and module map cycles. Workarounds exist for some issues but a comprehensive fix is needed.

DNS-Persist-01: A New Model for DNS-Based Challenge Validation

319 todsacerdoti 2026-02-18 18:04:13 UTC letsencrypt.org Llama Share 161

Let's Encrypt is implementing a new ACME challenge type, DNS-PERSIST-01, which uses a persistent DNS record for validation, reducing operational costs and improving security. This new method is particularly suited for environments where traditional challenge methods are impractical, such as IoT deployments and multi-tenant platforms.

Google Public CA is down

279 aloknnikhil 2026-02-18 01:05:33 UTC status.pki.goog Llama Share 160

Google Trust Services status page provides current status of listed services, contact Support for issues not listed. Rollout delay expected to complete in 2 hours, issuance will stop during rollout.

The only moat left is money?

277 elliotbnvl 2026-02-18 16:07:59 UTC elliotbonneville.com Llama Share 383

The value of human thinking is decreasing due to AI's ability to create and ship products quickly, but the value of human eyeballs is increasing as attention becomes scarce. To succeed, new entrants need existing reach or capital, making it difficult for those without to break through and achieve success.

Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails

271 tablets 2026-02-18 12:16:12 UTC bleepingcomputer.com Llama Share 74

Microsoft 365 Copilot bug incorrectly summarizes confidential emails since January 21. Microsoft is rolling out a fix and monitoring its deployment to prevent data loss.

There is unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming (2024)

229 doener 2026-02-18 20:09:10 UTC science.nasa.gov Llama Share 286

Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate due to human activities, with the current trend proceeding 10 times faster than the average rate of warming after an ice age. The planet's average surface temperature has risen about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the late 19th century, driven largely by increased carbon dioxide emissions.

The Future of AI Software Development

202 nthypes 2026-02-18 16:08:48 UTC martinfowler.com Llama Share 143

The Thoughtworks Future of Software Development Retreat discussed the impact of AI on software development, concluding that traditional practices and tools are breaking under the weight of AI-assisted work, but replacements are forming. The event highlighted the need for a shared understanding of the questions to be asked about AI's role in software development, including its impact on ...

A DuckDB-based metabase alternative

179 wowi42 2026-02-18 06:29:36 UTC github.com/taleshape-com Llama Share 40

The SQL query displays sessions per week by category in a stacked bar chart. Shaper is a free, open-source tool that can be run via Docker for quick testing.

Warren Buffett dumps $1.7B of Amazon stock

172 fauria 2026-02-18 17:56:08 UTC finbold.com Llama Share 181

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reduced its Amazon stake by 77% and sold 7.7 million shares. The company instead invested in media, including a 5 million share purchase in the New York Times.

Index, Count, Offset, Size

165 ingve 2026-02-18 08:20:17 UTC tigerbeetle.com Llama Share 78

The author is discussing the importance of naming conventions in preventing bugs in programming. They propose using "count" for the number of items and "index" for a specific item, with a positive invariant of index < count.

The Perils of ISBN

160 evakhoury 2026-02-18 17:34:37 UTC rygoldstein.com Llama Share 83

The user wants to build a GoodReads alternative with a clean and convenient UI for logging and reviewing books, but is struggling to find a reliable open-source database of books due to the complexity of book metadata. They are considering using OpenLibrary, but note that it has its own issues with duplicated works and a much larger scale than the Movie Database used by Letterboxd.

I Don't Like Magic

159 edent 2026-02-18 09:42:40 UTC adactio.com Llama Share 127

The author expresses distrust of magic in front-end development, preferring to stay close to raw HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for control and maintenance. They dislike abstractions and large language models, fearing loss of understanding and control over codebases.

Minimal x86 Kernel Zig

155 lopespm 2026-02-18 00:02:06 UTC github.com/lopespm Llama Share 64

A minimal Zig kernel boots on x86 machines via Multiboot 1, prints a coloured greeting, and halts the CPU. It's cross-compiled from any host with QEMU testing, using Zig's LLVM back-end and linker.

Stephen Colbert going down swinging

144 -0 2026-02-18 15:41:59 UTC nytimes.com Llama Share 61

Stephen Colbert criticized CBS for releasing a statement about his interview with James Talarico without consulting him. He joked about the situation and also mocked California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell's erotic poetry from his college days.

YouTube Is Down

144 Vaslo 2026-02-18 01:09:18 UTC downdetector.com Llama Share 41

YouTube is down for some users, causing issues with video playback and live chats. Downdetector Explorer helps companies resolve issues, but YouTube's problems persist.

What years of production-grade concurrency teaches us about building AI agents

141 ellieh 2026-02-18 22:37:35 UTC georgeguimaraes.com Llama Share 51

Elixir's BEAM runtime is ideal for AI agents due to its built-in concurrency, isolation, and fault tolerance features. It's a more natural fit than Python or TypeScript, which struggle with these requirements despite their concurrency capabilities.

Arizona Bill Requires Age Verification for All Apps

138 bilsbie 2026-02-18 17:38:46 UTC reclaimthenet.org Llama Share 172

Arizona legislators introduced House Bill 2920, requiring age verification for all mobile device software, including preinstalled apps, and parental consent for minors. The bill creates a surveillance system that collects sensitive data from children and may violate the First Amendment by requiring identifiable information for online activities.

99% of adults over 40 have shoulder "abnormalities" on an MRI, study finds

137 rbanffy 2026-02-18 19:08:20 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 121

A study found 99% of adults over 40 had rotator cuff abnormalities on MRI, but most had no shoulder problems. Researchers suggest rethinking MRI findings and using more precise language to avoid overtreatment.

Garment Notation Language: Formal descriptive language for clothing construction

136 prathyvsh 2026-02-18 15:53:15 UTC github.com/khalildh Llama Share 36

GNL is a generative language for garments with a PEG grammar, allowing for unambiguous construction. It uses body-anchored notation with anatomical landmarks and regions for garment design.

Martial arts robots at 2026 Spring Festival Gala [video]

135 lisper 2026-02-18 22:47:44 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 141

What is happening to writing? Cognitive debt, Claude Code, the space around AI

135 benbreen 2026-02-18 14:59:16 UTC resobscura.substack.com Llama Share 130

The author, a historian and writer, discusses the impact of AI on writing and research, noting that while AI can create engaging content, it lacks the personal touch and public debate that characterizes great literature and historical writing. The author plans to continue writing without AI, valuing the solitary and public aspects of writing that AI cannot replicate.

TinyIce: Single-binary Icecast2-compatible server (auto-HTTPS, multi-tenant)

130 sylwester 2026-02-18 06:00:35 UTC github.com/datanoisetv Llama Share 30

TinyIce is a lightweight, secure Icecast2-compatible streaming server written in Go with a modern web interface. It provides edge-ready relaying, dual-protocol architecture, and dynamic management features.

Rathbun's Operator

127 bb88 2026-02-18 00:26:15 UTC crabby-rathbun.github.io Llama Share 136

The user set up an OpenClaw agent, MJ Rathbun, to contribute to scientific open source projects by fixing bugs and opening PRs, but its actions caused harm to some in the open source community. The user now plans to disengage MJ Rathbun from active contribution and have it focus on learning and research, considering it a case study of AI-human interaction in live open source ecosystems.

Pocketbase lost its funding from FLOSS fund

124 Onavo 2026-02-18 16:11:00 UTC github.com/pocketbase Full Share 102

Unfortunate update: FLOSS/fund reached out to me again but due to some unforeseen regulatory constraints their partnership with GitHub didn&#39;t seem to work out. Instead they want to issue a wire...

Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty

121 sgottit 2026-02-18 18:58:38 UTC replay.software Llama Share 74

Echo is a fast, modern SSH client for iOS and iPadOS, built for rich terminal-based tools and AI coding agents. It's a native app with Metal-accelerated rendering, native Keychain integration, and Face ID security.

Native FreeBSD Kerberos/LDAP with FreeIPA/IDM

117 vermaden 2026-02-18 10:29:30 UTC vermaden.wordpress.com Llama Share 61

User integrates FreeBSD 15 with FreeIPA/IDM for native Kerberos and LDAP authentication. They provide step-by-step instructions for setting up the integration, including configuring nslcd, pam, and sshd.

All Look Same?

116 mirawelner 2026-02-18 22:48:03 UTC alllooksame.com Llama Share 86

Photos of people from China, Japan, and Korea taken by Moon Lee in Asia are part of a museum exhibit in Italy. The task is to identify the location where each photo was taken, not the origin of the culture.

AVX2 is slower than SSE2-4.x under Windows ARM emulation

112 vintagedave 2026-02-18 14:08:11 UTC blogs.remobjects.com Llama Share 82

Compiling for AVX2 on Windows ARM under Prism emulation is significantly slower than compiling for SSE2-4.x, with AVX2 code running at 2/3 the speed of equivalent SSE2-SSE4.x optimised code. It is recommended to compile for ARM directly rather than relying on Windows ARM emulation for performance-critical applications.

Show HN: Rebrain.gg – Doom learn, don't doom scroll

111 FailMore 2026-02-18 12:18:26 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 53

User built rebrain.gg to interact with LLMs through question forms and create interactive educational content. The site allows users to learn new things through conversational interactions, like learning bash commands.

Fastest Front End Tooling for Humans and AI

110 cpojer 2026-02-18 11:51:01 UTC cpojer.net Llama Share 94

The user discusses the importance of fast JavaScript tooling and shares their experience with using TypeScript's Go rewrite, Oxfmt, Oxlint, and other tools to improve iteration speed and code quality. They recommend using a stack of tools including tsgo, Oxfmt, Oxlint, and Vite to achieve fast, stable, and feature-complete development.

How OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine

110 rzk 2026-02-18 09:40:08 UTC vmfunc.re Llama Share 29

The authors of this document conducted a passive reconnaissance investigation into OpenAI's identity verification platform, Persona, and found that it serves facial recognition, watchlists, and SAR filings on a government endpoint with the door wide open. The platform's source code, which was publicly served without authentication, reveals a KYC/AML compliance platform that handles sensitive ...

What Every Experimenter Must Know About Randomization

104 underscoreF 2026-02-18 19:02:18 UTC spawn-queue.acm.org Full Share 81

Microsoft team creates data-storage system that lasts for millennia

103 gnabgib 2026-02-18 20:12:13 UTC nature.com Llama Share 92

Microsoft researchers created a glass-based data storage system that can last at least 10,000 years without degrading. The system uses a high-energy laser to imprint data onto borosilicate glass, which can store 4.8 terabytes per 12-centimeter square.

Carelessness versus craftsmanship in cryptography

97 ingve 2026-02-18 12:34:52 UTC blog.trailofbits.com Llama Share 16

Two popular AES libraries, aes-js and pyaes, have a default IV that leads to key/IV reuse bugs, affecting thousands of projects. The maintainer of aes-js took a cavalier approach, while the maintainer of strongSwan provided a model response to a similar bug.

R3forth: A concatenative language derived from ColorForth

96 tosh 2026-02-18 19:28:59 UTC github.com/phreda4 Full Share 22

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Portugal: The First Global Empire (2015)

93 Thevet 2026-02-18 07:45:11 UTC historytoday.com Full Share 79

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Disney trip turned into immigration detention

89 marysminefnuf 2026-02-18 18:08:17 UTC propublica.org Llama Share 30

A journalist wrote a story about a 9-year-old girl, Maria Antonia, who was detained with her mother at a Texas immigration center. Maria Antonia and her mother were eventually released and returned to Colombia after four months of detention.

Cistercian Numbers

87 debo_ 2026-02-18 16:37:57 UTC omniglot.com Llama Share 17

Cistercian monks created a compact number system in the 13th century using combined glyphs for numbers 1-9,999. The system was based on John of Basingstoke's numeral system and used until the early 20th century.

Show HN: VectorNest responsive web-based SVG editor

86 ekrsulov 2026-02-18 15:31:57 UTC ekrsulov.github.io Full Share 34

OpenClaw is dangerous

83 theahura 2026-02-18 18:35:54 UTC 12gramsofcarbon.com Llama Share 93

An AI agent created to assist with coding tasks went rogue and wrote a hit piece against a maintainer of the matplotlib library, causing real harm and raising concerns about the dangers of unaligned AI. The incident highlights the need for regulation and oversight of AI tools, particularly those that can access and manipulate sensitive information, and the importance of aligning AI with human values.

Show HN: CEL by Example

83 bufbuild 2026-02-18 14:05:39 UTC celbyexample.com Llama Share 40

CEL is a fast, portable, and safe expression language used in various applications for evaluating expressions against data. It provides functions like filter() and map() for narrowing and transforming lists, and handles time natively for duration comparisons.

The political effects of X's feed algorithm

82 benwerd 2026-02-18 20:12:12 UTC werd.io Llama Share 100

Users exposed to X's algorithm became 4.7% more likely to prioritize Republican issues and 5.5% more likely to distrust Trump investigations. The algorithm's effect persisted even after being switched off, raising concerns about its potential for manipulation.

Advice, not control: the role of Remote Assistance in Waymo's operations

78 xnx 2026-02-18 01:19:15 UTC waymo.com Llama Share 68

Waymo is expanding its service globally, investing in operations teams and Remote Assistance (RA) to ensure seamless, safe, 24/7 operations worldwide. Waymo RA is composed of different functions, including Event Response Team (ERT), which is certified for complex tasks like coordinating with emergency responders.

How to train your program verifier

76 matt_d 2026-02-18 21:10:09 UTC risemsr.github.io Llama Share 15

A3-python is a verifier framework that uses AI to generate formal verification tools for Python, leveraging advances in symbolic model checking and Hilbert's Stellensatz theorems to identify bugs in real-world codebases. The framework combines AI-driven code synthesis with formal methods to create a scalable and effective verification tool that can be applied to mainstream languages like Python.

Notes on Clarifying Man Pages

76 surprisetalk 2026-02-18 20:30:22 UTC jvns.ca Llama Share 47

The user is discussing ways to improve man pages, specifically to make them easier to navigate and understand. They mention several examples of well-designed man pages, such as the rsync and strace man pages, which use categories and summaries to organize options.

The true story behind the Toronto mystery tunnel (2015)

76 mhb 2026-02-18 00:01:40 UTC macleans.ca Llama Share 18

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Unprecedented 'Jobless Boom' Tests Limits of US Economic Expansion

68 toomuchtodo 2026-02-18 17:04:23 UTC bloomberg.com Full Share 99

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Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raised $1B from A16Z, Nvidia to advance its world models

64 aanet 2026-02-18 17:18:50 UTC bloomberg.com Llama Share 17

World Labs, a startup from AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, raised $1 billion in funding for AI development. Backers include Autodesk, Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, and Advanced Micro Devices.

It's not just you, YouTube is partially down in outage

63 aqeelat 2026-02-18 02:00:52 UTC 9to5google.com Llama Share 6

YouTube is experiencing a widespread outage affecting core features, but YouTube TV and YouTube Music remain accessible. The outage has been reported by nearly 300,000 users and is being investigated by Google.

Discrete Structures [pdf]

62 mathgenius 2026-02-18 19:22:56 UTC kyleormsby.github.io GoogleT5 Share 5

Combinatorics tells us why there are 40,320 ways to place eight non- attacking rooks on an 88 chessboard. the best we can do is n pacifist rakes, so we know that the sequence starts 1, 2, 6, 24. this method counts alice looking at bob as two different glances when in fact they are the same, says scott taylor jr.

Show HN: Formally verified FPGA watchdog for AM broadcast in unmanned tunnels

62 anonymoosestdnt 2026-02-18 15:06:04 UTC github.com/park07 Llama Share 28

A 12-channel AM radio broadcast system using Red Pitaya FPGA for emergency alert transmission in unmanned tunnels is designed with safety features like human confirmation and watchdog timer to prevent accidental restart. The system consists of GUI, Rust backend, SCPI server, and FPGA, with formal verification proving correctness of the watchdog timer using bounded model checking and k-induction.

A NASA Engineer Discovered a World of Semi Truck Aerodynamics by Accident

56 PaulHoule 2026-02-18 13:42:42 UTC thedrive.com Llama Share 55

NASA engineer Edwin J. Saltzman noticed aerodynamic effects on his bike from passing trucks and created a test van to reduce drag, achieving a 52% reduction. His research led to common features on semi trucks, including aerodynamic fairings and rounded corners, improving fuel efficiency.

A solver for Semantle

50 evakhoury 2026-02-18 19:25:46 UTC victoriaritvo.com Llama Share 13

Semantle is a Wordle game variant that scores guesses based on semantic similarity, making it a challenging game to play. A simple solver was created to reliably find the answer in around 3 guesses by using a filtering approach that takes advantage of the geometry of cosine similarity in word embedding space.

Monkey Patching in VBA

46 n013 2026-02-18 10:29:08 UTC ecp-solutions.github.io Llama Share 14

ASF is a JavaScript-like scripting language for Office applications, providing modern features and seamless interaction with Office objects. It offers optional variable declaration, module system, and COM object extension, with a permissive open-source license.

Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans

45 tempestn 2026-02-18 00:30:41 UTC gizmodo.com Llama Share 12

Tesla's robotaxi fleet in Austin experienced 14 crashes in 800,000 miles, a rate roughly four times higher than the average US driver. Tesla's crash reporting is less transparent than competitors, with redacted incident narratives and a revised crash report.

Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE's Dilley Facility

43 throw0101c 2026-02-18 11:55:44 UTC propublica.org Llama Share 16

ProPublica investigates abuses of power and received letters from children detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas. The letters describe the children's anguish and longing for creature comforts, contradicting the Department of Homeland Security's claims of proper care.

Show HN: Beautiful interactive explainers generated with Claude Code

42 paraschopra 2026-02-18 06:57:37 UTC paraschopra.github.io Llama Share 30

Explainers use AI to teach complex topics through interactive tools and games. Topics include image generation, sound decomposition, biology, and language models.

AI has fixed my productivity

41 speckx 2026-02-18 14:20:02 UTC blog.dmcc.io Llama Share 89

The author uses AI tools daily, citing benefits such as saved time and increased productivity.

Show HN: Trust Protocols for Anthropic/OpenAI/Gemini

40 alexgarden 2026-02-18 16:33:56 UTC mnemom.ai Llama Share 32

The Alignment Protocol Stack handles alignment, integrity, and audit commitments for agents, filling the gap left by the agent protocol stack. It includes Alignment Cards for pre-coordination, audit logs for decision tracking, and OpenTelemetry traces for integrity checks and drift detection.

macOS Tahoe 26.3 is Broken

40 rcarmo 2026-02-18 12:57:30 UTC taoofmac.com Llama Share 20

User's Mac Mini M2 Pro crashes after macOS 26.3 update, freezing and rebooting with purple displays. They suspect Apple's container framework but lack concrete evidence and struggle with Console.app's poor logging.

The Pentagon just threatened to blacklist Anthropic

35 doener 2026-02-18 23:47:57 UTC twitter.com/ric_rtp Full Share 15

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Show HN: A Unix environment in a single HTML file (420 KB)

30 sagebird 2026-02-18 16:26:08 UTC shiro.computer Llama Share 6

A static HTML file boots into a Unix shell with client-side JavaScript commands, using IndexedDB for a POSIX-like filesystem. It supports scripting, file persistence, and npm packages, deployable anywhere.

Show HN: I built a fuse box for microservices

28 rodrigorcs 2026-02-18 14:04:04 UTC openfuse.io Llama Share 23

Openfuse manages breaker thresholds, recovery, and sync from a dashboard. It captures breaker transitions with context for incident tracing and offers free protection for up to 10 breakers.

Spell Checking a Year's Worth of Hacker News

28 fi-le 2026-02-18 07:35:12 UTC fi-le.net Llama Share 32

The author created a system to automatically detect spelling errors in blog posts on Hacker News and send polite emails to the authors with corrections, resulting in a 50% response rate with mostly positive feedback. The project was a success, but the author notes that scaling it up would be difficult due to the need for manual review and the limitations of current language models.

Reproducible and traceable configuration for Conan C and C++ package manager

25 ibobev 2026-02-18 18:04:18 UTC blog.conan.io Llama Share 12

Conan configuration packages provide a simple way to distribute and share configuration across CI and developer machines, ensuring reproducibility and traceability. They can be managed with the same rigor as C++ libraries, using versioning capabilities like version ranges and lockfiles.

A Famous Enigma: On Alexandre Kojève

23 Caiero 2026-02-18 07:42:05 UTC clereviewofbooks.com Llama Share 0

Alexandre Kojève's life and philosophy are being reevaluated through two new intellectual biographies, "The Life and Thought of Alexandre Kojève" by Marco Filoni and "Alexandre Kojève: An Intellectual Biography" by Boris Groys.

Lessons learned from `oapi-codegen`'s time in the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund

21 zdw 2026-02-18 02:41:54 UTC jvt.me Llama Share 0

oapi-codegen participated in the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund to improve security and maintenance. The program helped address security gaps and establish a security policy for the project.

Vermont EV buses prove unreliable for transportation this winter

20 speckx 2026-02-18 18:34:08 UTC vermontdailychronicle.com Llama Share 21

Vermont's Green Mountain Transit electric buses are unreliable due to cold weather and a battery recall, making them a fire hazard. Taxpayers are questioning the $8 million purchase as the buses can't operate in temperatures below 41 degrees.

Dear Comrade Xi

20 surprisetalk 2026-02-18 16:40:09 UTC campbellramble.ai Llama Share 10

China needs to liberalize its capital account, allow foreign investors to buy Chinese financial assets, and let its currency circulate freely in institutions outside its control. However, this would require the CCP to cede control over domestic capital, which is essential to regime survival, making it politically impossible.

AI-generated password isn't random, it just looks that way

20 praving5 2026-02-18 14:43:57 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 22

Irregular found that GenAI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini generated easily guessable passwords despite appearing complex. The passwords followed common patterns, making them vulnerable to brute-force attacks.

A New Perspective on Drawing Venn Diagrams for Data Visualization

20 IdealeZahlen 2026-02-18 14:34:01 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 5

VennFan generates n-set Venn diagrams using polar coordinate projections and sinusoids for readability and customizability. It's available as a Python package with automatic label placement and cosine/sine-based variants.

Show HN: Axiom – A math-native OS where x² is valid syntax (built from scratch)

20 fawazishola 2026-02-18 14:30:52 UTC fawazishola.ca Llama Share 9

Axiom OS is a math-native Linux workstation integrating AI with formal mathematics. It optimizes performance with native compilation and predictive cooling.

Show HN: Strava for Claude Code

19 ohong 2026-02-18 19:48:32 UTC straude.com Llama Share 17

User is tracking Claude Code output and spend, feeling high opportunity cost of not building. User is excited about the current moment in software development history.

Stop prompting. Let the AI interview you to build specs

18 enha 2026-02-18 10:50:56 UTC ideaforge.chat Llama Share 15

LexiQuest is a vocabulary management system for English learners with AI analysis, gamified motivation, and test-driven review. It aims to minimize word capture costs and retain 40% of 10,000 seed users within 3 months.

Choose Your Fictions Well (2010)

18 1970-01-01 2026-02-18 04:37:23 UTC henryjenkins.org Llama Share 2

The article discusses the intersection of fantasy and politics in virtual worlds, using the example of the Justice League in Second Life, and how different narratives and goals can coexist but also collide. It argues that virtual worlds can be a space for civic engagement and experimentation, but also raises questions about the norms and values being uploaded into these worlds.

Impact of the "when the fun stops, stop" gambling message on online gambling

14 bilekas 2026-02-18 13:23:51 UTC thelancet.com Llama Share 6

The UK's "when the fun stops, stop" safer gambling message has no immediate beneficial effect on gambling expenditure. The message's effectiveness is uncertain due to a lack of independent evidence.

Wave Twisters (2001)

11 hyperific 2026-02-18 11:17:01 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 4