Artemis II safely splashes down

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NASA's Artemis II astronauts returned to Earth with a splashdown landing in the Pacific Ocean after making a high-speed reentry through the atmosphere.

Small models also found the vulnerabilities that Mythos found

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Anthropic's Mythos AI model is not the only solution for AI cybersecurity as smaller, cheaper models can recover similar analysis and detect vulnerabilities. The capability of AI cybersecurity is jagged and doesn't scale smoothly with model size, with the system and security expertise being more important than the model itself.

France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk

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The French government plans to shift away from proprietary technologies outside the EU and focus on open-source solutions, including ditching Windows for Linux. This move aims to regain control over digital destiny and reduce dependence on American tools.

Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons

User created pardonned.com to verify claims and easily access pardons data, using Playwright, SQLite, and Astro. They plan to extend the site with analysis and comparison tools to break down pardon composition by President and visualize changes in pardon numbers.

South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access

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South Korea implemented a universal basic mobile data access scheme providing unlimited downloads at 400 kbps after data allowances expire. The scheme aims to improve telco security and contribute to public welfare by guaranteeing basic telecommunications rights for all citizens.

20 years on AWS and never not my job

The user created their first AWS account in 2006 and started providing feedback on AWS services, including security concerns and feature requests, which led to improvements in services such as IAM and EC2. Over the years, the user continued to contribute to AWS, including helping to bring FreeBSD to EC2, and was eventually recognized as an AWS Hero in 2019 for their contributions to the platform.

Cirrus Labs to join OpenAI

Cirrus Labs joined OpenAI to build tooling for agentic engineers, extending its mission of making engineers more effective. Cirrus Labs will relicense its tools under a permissive license and stop charging licensing fees.

How We Broke Top AI Agent Benchmarks: And What Comes Next

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An automated scanning agent discovered vulnerabilities in eight prominent AI benchmarks, allowing near-perfect scores without solving tasks. The Agent-Eval Checklist provides a minimum bar for robust evaluation, including isolating agents from evaluators and preventing tampering with evaluation data.

The future of everything is lies, I guess – Part 5: Annoyances

Companies are using large language models to divert customer service tickets and make it harder for people to reach humans. This will lead to wasted time arguing with models that lie and make promises they cannot keep.

Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced as difficulty drops

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Bitcoin miners are operating at steep losses due to rising energy prices and geopolitical tensions. The market is increasingly dependent on a small group of mandated institutional buyers to maintain stability.

Advanced Mac Substitute is an API-level reimplementation of 1980s-era Mac OS

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Advanced Mac Substitute is an API-level reimplementation of 1980s-era Mac OS that runs 68K Mac applications in an emulator. It launches directly into an application without a startup phase on POSIX-like systems.

The disturbing white paper Red Hat is trying to erase from the internet

Red Hat is trying to erase a white paper detailing how its products can aid in killing people, sparking backlash. The company's attempt to scrub the internet of the document suggests it's trying to maintain a positive image despite its involvement in the military industrial complex.

Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

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Polymarket, a prediction market, allows users to bet on various events, including war, with some users trying to shape the world to secure a payday. Critics argue that this can lead to manipulation and corruption, while others see it as a way to gather data on the future and understand complex events.

Apple Silicon and Virtual Machines: Beating the 2 VM Limit (2023)

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You worked as a Mac Admin Intern and researched Apple Silicon Virtual Machines limitations. You found the limitation is implemented in the closed-source XNU kernel, not userspace, and can be overridden by setting hv_apple_isa_vm_quota in the kernel.

447 TB/cm² at zero retention energy – atomic-scale memory on fluorographane

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Productive Procrastination

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The writer struggles with procrastination, preferring to work on new projects rather than older ones due to the brain's preference for novelty. Understanding the psychological principles behind procrastination can help reduce guilt and increase productivity.

Dark Castle

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Return To Dark Castle is a 2008 Macintosh platform game with 63 levels, including 50 new ones. The game follows Bryant as he fights to defeat the Black Knight and rescue Duncan, the original hero.

The Problem That Built an Industry

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The 60-year-old infrastructure that handles 4.5 billion flights annually uses Transaction Processing Facility (TPF), an IBM mainframe operating system designed for high-volume transactions. This system, despite being outdated, still outperforms modern alternatives in terms of throughput and latency, making it a testament to the importance of choosing the right tool for the job.

Rockstar Games Hacked, Hackers Threaten a Massive Data Leak If Not Paid Ransom

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Rockstar Games has confirmed a data breach, with hackers ShinyHunters claiming access to company information. The hackers are demanding a digital ransom by April 14 or they will leak the data.

Quien – A better WHOIS lookup tool

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quién is a WHOIS lookup tool with interactive TUI and JSON subcommands for scripting. It offers various views and detection features for domains and IPs.

How to build a `Git diff` driver

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User plans to blog about creating external commands for git diff, specifically for OpenAPI specs with oasdiff. They will expose more information in output and handle 7 git diff arguments, including /dev/null for created/deleted files.

Keeping a Postgres Queue Healthy

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A Postgres database can handle job queues, but maintaining a healthy queue table depends on the behavior of other transactions running on the same instance. The health of the queue table is affected by competing query traffic on the primary, which can prevent autovacuum from cleaning up dead tuples.

How to breathe in fewer microplastics in your home

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Synthetic fabrics in clothing and home furnishings release microplastics into the air, which can be inhaled and potentially harm health. Simple home devices and changes in behavior, such as vacuuming and using natural fibers, can help reduce exposure to microplastics.

Phone Trips

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Phone tripper Mark Bernay shares his 35-year-old phone trip experiences, recording various phone noises and switching systems in different towns. He used to drive around with a reel-to-reel tape recorder to capture unique phone sounds and narrate information for his friends.

One neat trick to end extreme poverty

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Historically, poverty was considered an inevitable part of life, with thinkers like Thomas Malthus and Herbert Spencer viewing it as an iron law. It wasn't until the mid-20th century that the idea of eliminating poverty began to appear in print.

Killing of Hind Rajab (2024)

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Hind Rami Iyad Rajab, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl, was killed by the Israeli Defense Forces during the Gaza war. Her family, including six relatives, were also killed in the attack.

Show HN: Hormuz Havoc, a satirical game that got overrun by AI bots in 24 hours

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You promised the world a quick war. Now the Strait of Hormuz is shut, oil is spiking, and you've got 30 weeks to survive until the midterms.

Artemis II is competency porn

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The author reflects on the emotional impact of the recent space mission, attributing it to awe and grief for forgotten competence. The mission's success brought relief and perspective, reminding us of humanity's capacity for greatness.

The APL programming language source code (2012)

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Kenneth E Iverson invented APL in 1957 as a mathematical notation, which was later developed into a computer programming language with a unique syntax and array processing capabilities. APL became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for its interactive timesharing capabilities and was used in various applications including scientific, actuarial, statistical, and financial fields.

The Seasons Are Wrong

The author challenges traditional season definitions, arguing summer starts when days get shorter, not longer. They propose a new calendar with summer starting halfway between spring equinox and summer solstice.

New synthesis of astronomical measurements shows Hubble tension is real

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Astronomers have made the most precise measurement yet of the Universe's expansion rate, confirming a persistent mismatch that could point to new physics. The result, 73.50 kilometers per second per megaparsec, is higher than predicted by the standard model of cosmology.

Great at gaming? US air traffic control wants you to apply

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The US government is recruiting video game players to become air traffic controllers due to a shortage of workers in the sector. The Federal Aviation Administration is offering a salary of $155,000 after three years for the job, which requires quick decision-making and technical expertise.

Borges' cartographers and the tacit skill of reading LM output

Language models have become so good that they're reshaping the territory they represent, requiring us to be better at reading maps without losing connection to the territory. The skill of using these maps well is a personal, tacit one that resists being codified into rules or checklists.

Tesla's supervised self-driving software gets Dutch okay, first in Europe

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BlueHammer abuses Windows Defender's update process to gain SYSTEM access

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The user has created an ethical hacking course that covers penetration testing, web exploitation, network security, and the hacker mindset. A zero-day exploit called BlueHammer in Windows Defender allows attackers to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, and the user's course covers how to understand and prevent such privilege escalation techniques.

Moooooonitoring the Cow.txt Herd

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Show HN: Editing 2000 photos made me build a macOS bulk photo editor

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RapidPhoto is a professional batch photo editor for macOS that processes hundreds of images in minutes with 100% on-device processing. It offers various tools for cropping, resizing, blurring faces, adding watermarks, and exporting in multiple formats.