Safehouse is a sandbox that restricts access to sensitive data, granting access only to explicitly allowed directories. It can be enabled automatically for agents by adding a command to the shell config, or bypassed with the "claude" command.
User concerned about AI generated posts on HN, wants restrictions or filtering options to reduce noise. Fears HN becoming like Twitter with bots and noise.
A 38-year-old man is struggling to adjust to being alone after a long-term relationship ended. He finds it hard to fill his time and feels hollow without social interaction.
The user retrofitted a first-gen MacBook with new guts, including an M1 Mini, and created a custom case using 3D printing and old OEM parts. The project took three months to complete and taught the user various skills, including soldering and 3D modeling, despite some challenges and areas for improvement.
We should stop competing with safety-conscious AGI projects if they have a better-than-even chance of success in the next two years. OpenAI should join forces with Anthropic and Gemini as they meet this condition, but this is unlikely to happen.
Apple quietly removed the 512GB RAM option from its top-tier M3 Ultra Mac Studio desktop due to supply chain issues. The move is likely related to a global RAM and storage supply crunch caused by memory-makers shifting production to high-bandwidth memory for data centers.
LibreOffice 26.2 is released with improved performance, compatibility, and stability for users worldwide. It's a free, open-source office suite available for Windows, macOS, and Linux with over 120 languages supported.
I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine. Running GTA 5 Enhanced with Ray Tracing. 🤯
A comprehensive cloud compute VM comparison was conducted, testing 44 instance types across 7 providers, including AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle, Linode, DigitalOcean, and Hetzner, with a focus on CPU performance and price. The results show AMD EPYC Turin as the top performer, followed by Intel Granite Rapids and Google Axion, with significant performance differences between providers and instance types.
A commit was pushed to the tmeijn/dotfiles repository referencing a pull request that updated the astral-sh/uv package to version 0.9.27.
The user set up a homelab using an old gaming PC to meet storage and backup needs, installing TrueNAS for file storage and self-hosting various apps including photo management, recipe management, and AI model running. They also set up a VPN service to access their data and self-hosted apps remotely from any device, but plan to assign custom domain names to each service for easier access.
The European Commission has accepted a request to provide feedback in Open Document Format ODS. The Commission should follow its own guidances on interoperability by releasing documents in ODF format to allow participation in democratic processes.
ShadowBroker is a real-time geospatial intelligence dashboard aggregating OSINT feeds on a unified map interface. It tracks aircraft, ships, satellites, and geopolitical events in real-time using open-source data and tools like Next.js and MapLibre GL.
Literate programming, where code is intermingled with prose, can be cumbersome to maintain but is made practical with the help of coding agents that can keep the prose in sync with code changes. With agents, large codebases can be read like a narrative, improving code quality and making it easier to export code into various formats for comfortable reading.
User created three small devboards: AngstromIO, a tiny MCU board, a CH340 programming board, and a CH32V003 experimentation board with a charlieplexed LED matrix. These boards are designed for space-constrained projects and experimentation.
The user shares their experience and patterns for working with wasm-bindgen in Rust-based Wasm projects, focusing on naming conventions, passing by reference, and using wasm_refgen to improve relationships with the tool. They also discuss handling errors, using duck typing, and other strategies to make Rust+Wasm development less painful and more flexible.
Wall Street veteran Jim Paulsen says most of the US economy is in recession, except for tech spending which is bolstering growth. He argues that excluding tech, 89% of the private economy rose by only 1% with no job creation in 2025.
Oracle is considering workforce cuts of 20,000 to 30,000 jobs and selling its Cerner unit to alleviate financial pressure due to US banks pulling back from financing its AI data-center expansion. The measures aim to free up $8 billion to $10 billion in cash flow and address Oracle's $156 billion infrastructure commitments.
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Disposable diapers led to delayed toilet training, with average age rising from 12 months in the 1940s to 37 months in 2004. The industry makes $3.1B annually from delayed training, with parents often content with the status quo despite some criticism.
A grid of 64 randomly initialized Brainfuck-like programs evolves through random pairing and execution, leading to the emergence of self-replicating programs. These programs spread to take over the grid, with more efficient variants eventually replacing earlier ones.
This is Blacksky's fork of the AT Protocol reference implementation by Bluesky Social PBC. It powers the AppView at api.blacksky.community and includes customizations for performance and operational tooling.
Google's founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are buying luxury properties in Miami due to California's proposed Billionaire Tax Act. In contrast, Google CEO Sundar Pichai remains in California, holding shares worth nearly $1.15 billion.
WSL Distro Manager is a free app for managing Windows Subsystem for Linux distributions with a graphical interface. It offers features like installation, backup, and configuration, as well as sharing and automating tasks.
LLM-powered agents are evaluated on SWE-CI, a repository-level benchmark that assesses their ability to maintain code quality over long-term evolution. SWE-CI comprises 100 tasks, each representing an average 233-day evolution history with 71 commits.
You're preparing to build a reactive engine for work and are considering three ways to build it: push reactivity, pull reactivity, and a hybrid push-pull combination. Each approach has its advantages and disadvantages, with push-pull reactivity being a hybrid approach that combines the benefits of both push and pull reactivity to achieve efficiency, fine-grained updates, and glitchlessness.
The Linux kernel's /proc/*/mem pseudofile allows writes to unwritable memory pages due to its "punch through" semantics, which are used by projects like the Julia JIT compiler and rr debugger. The kernel bypasses CPU settings like CR0.WP and SMAP to achieve this by manually mapping physical frames into its own virtual address space and performing writes using a simple memcpy.
MonoGame is a .NET framework for creating games across desktop, mobile, and console platforms using C#. It supports various platforms and has a growing list of features including Vulkan and DirectX12 graphics support.
The Strait of Hormuz closure has led to historically high oil tanker rates, with VLCCs loading outside the strait at $537,913 per day. Shipowners are avoiding the risk and sticking to safe loading ports in the Atlantic basin, pushing ballast tonnage away from the MEG market.
The author created a programming language called MNM Lang where code is represented by colored candies, with each color corresponding to a specific instruction or operation, and a photo decoder can recover programs from images of the candy layout. The project involved designing a compiler, interpreter, and runtime environment, as well as testing and debugging the system to ensure it was ...
A mysterious creature called Lil Finder Guy appeared in a TikTok post and livestream, sparking a fan-made life and 3D model. Fans, including the author, are generating scenarios and models for the adorable creature despite knowing little about it.
A software engineer is worried about their job being replaced by AI agents. They think the industry will change significantly in the next decade and may not survive.
The rise of AI in software development is causing a shift from implementation to judgment, making generalists more valuable than specialists. This change may lead to increased collaboration and new roles emerging, such as AI-driven pair programming.
Beagle is a source code management system storing AST trees, not binary blobs, with a database for code-related activities and storage. It uses a key-value database like RocksDB and an experimental AST BASON data format.
A neural network called a noid is used to simulate flocking behavior in a group of agents, where each agent perceives its neighbors and adjusts its velocity to stay close to them. The noid's behavior emerges from its 1,922 learned parameters, which are trained to imitate Reynolds' three rules for flocking, and it can be run on a GPU for efficient computation.
Skir is a declarative language for defining data types and APIs, generating idiomatic code in various languages. It provides a simple workflow for evolving schemas and exchanging data between frontend and backend.
The user explores an alternate history where the field-sequential color system was adopted instead of composite video, and imagines what an early mass-market 8-bit computer, the Columbia ][, would have looked like in this world. The user details the technical specifications and limitations of the Columbia ][, including its resolution, pixel clock, and color palette, and discusses the ...
Apple has revamped their executive leadership page by promoting Steve Lemay and Molly Anderson, who are now alongside Tim Cook and John Ternus. This change comes as Apple introduces new products like the MacBook Neo, which has been well received and signals a shift in the company's direction.
sem diff compares changes in a git repository, detecting renames and logic changes. It provides a summary of added, modified, and deleted files, and a detailed list of entity-level changes.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Braskem America workers volunteered to live in factories for 28 days to produce polypropylene for N95 masks, producing 40M pounds. They were paid full wages and a week off after, showing how creative thinking can fill vital gaps in emergencies.
A Newtonian reflector telescope was built with a 190mm inner diameter PVC tube and a 6" primary mirror, following a design inspired by Stellafane's Guide. The telescope's aperture allows it to gather 625 times more light than the human eye, making it suitable for observing faint stars.
Eyot is a new language that makes offloading work to the GPU seamless by transparently compiling code for both CPU and GPU. It aims to simplify GPU programming for areas like game development, numerical analysis, and AI.
blogtato is a simple RSS reader for offline use with optional git sync for multiple devices. It uses a JSONL database and supports filtering, grouping, and export of posts.
The user discusses two types of question answering: transactional and relationship based. Transactional answers are about finding facts, while relationship based answers involve seeking opinions and social interaction.
Tools like GitHub Actions, Ansible, and Helm have developed transitive dependency trees, inheriting package manager problems like reproducibility, supply chain amplification, and mutable references. These tools lack effective lockfiles, integrity verification, and override mechanisms, making them vulnerable to supply chain attacks.
Written science fiction is declining in book sales, but its influence has expanded to mainstream literature. Science fiction has become more diverse, incorporating elements from other genres and exploring complex themes.
Sega Dreamcast fans have finally achieved an English translation of the highly anticipated game Segagaga, a 2001 Japan-exclusive RPG. The translation was made possible by a team of dedicated fans who overcame technical hurdles and worked together to bring the game to English-speaking players.
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The author argues that relying on LLMs for information can be intellectually corrosive because it lacks the experience and critical thinking that comes from researching and encountering diverse perspectives. This can lead to "intellect-rot" where one's understanding is based on plausibility rather than a deep understanding of the subject.
Iran has nearly 5 times more PhD students per capita than the US, with women making up 58% of doctoral students. The US has lower STEM graduate rates for women and higher student loan debt, with 21% of adults functionally illiterate.
Pamela Hogan, a 71-year-old Seattle woman, waited 10 hours for an ambulance after calling 911 due to severe knee pain. Her estate has sued Seattle and American Medical Response, alleging gross negligence and wrongful death.
A US strike targeting a nearby Revolutionary Guard naval base may have caused the bombing of a girls' elementary school in southern Iran, killing at least 150 people. The US Pentagon is investigating the incident, with officials insisting that US forces never target civilians.
The speaker is apologizing to the families of the victims and expressing remorse for their actions. They are also thanking their loved ones, spiritual advisors, and the administration for their support and kindness.
The user questions why there are no studies showing AI's productivity gains, suggesting that adaptation costs and varying usage patterns make it hard to measure benefits. They argue that AI's impact is still developing and that its benefits are not yet evident in areas like mobile app development, despite its potential to automate repetitive tasks and empower people to create new ideas.
Teenagers in Sydney are riding illegal e-bikes at high speeds, causing injuries and complaints from locals. The state government has proposed stricter regulations, including a minimum age and safety standards, to curb the trend.
Generative AI systems should be designed to learn and adapt through conversation, not just memory or prompting. The key to effective collaboration is shaping the ground between sessions, not just giving agents memory or identity.
human.json is a protocol to verify human authorship of website content and trust other sites. It uses a web of vouches between sites, indicated by a green dot in browser extensions.
Leap seconds are added to UTC to account for the Earth's irregular rotation, and the Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronizes clocks across the internet by using a hierarchical system of time servers. NTP has been improved with the addition of NTS, a secured version of NTP, and there are also efforts to migrate NTP to QUIC, but the benefits of these changes are still being debated.
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The GNU Public License is losing momentum due to its complexity and the rise of alternative licenses like MIT, which are easier to understand and manage. The GPL's decline may lead to its eventual replacement in popular projects like the Linux kernel.
Ghostmd is a note-taking app that uses plain markdown for notes to ensure they survive even if the app dies. It stores notes as plain .md files for easy management and compatibility.
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.
Using a vector database is often overkill for most teams and can be a complicated way to achieve semantic search, content discovery, image search, and multilingual search. A simpler approach is to use a search API that handles the entire stack, providing features like text search, image search, and multilingual search without the need for infrastructure setup and maintenance.
Researchers at ETH Zurich found that AGENTS.md files often hinder AI coding agents, with LLM-generated files reducing task success rates by 3% and increasing inference costs by 20%. Human-written files offer marginal gains, but also increase costs, suggesting that context files have a limited impact on agent behavior.
Scientists have developed a system called DishBrain to create synthetic biological intelligence (SBI) using living neurons. This system allows neural cultures to learn and adapt in a simulated environment, demonstrating goal-directed behavior.
llm9p enables users to interact with Large Language Models using standard filesystem operations. It supports multiple backends and uses the 9P protocol to simplify interactions.
Solo dev in Taiwan built 4 AI agents on Gemini 2.5 Flash free tier for content, sales, security, and ops. Agents run on OpenClaw, WSL2, and Vercel, with $0 LLM cost and ~$5 infra cost, serving 27 automated Threads accounts with 12K+ followers.
Your WAF is in Detection mode, which means it logs attacks but doesn't block them. This can lead to permanent Detection mode due to lack of tuning and exit criteria.
The app allows secure messaging and calls using end-to-end encryption. It's free, open-source, and doesn't sell user data.
Altman's bad behavior has finally caught up to him after being fired for lack of candor. His questionable character and true motives are now exposed, making him a danger to those who work with or use his AI technology.