Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data

1706 Brajeshwar 2026-04-15 17:44:26 UTC eff.org Llama Share 763

Google handed over Amandla Thomas-Johnson's data to ICE without notifying him, breaking a nearly decade-long promise to users. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked California and New York Attorneys General to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices.

IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark

813 Aaronmacaron 2026-04-15 11:59:49 UTC google.com Llama Share 617

We measure IPv6 connectivity among Google users, showing deployment and reliability issues in various regions. Regions with high IPv6 deployment have fewer issues, while those with low deployment experience significant problems.

The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew

709 bckygldstn 2026-04-15 21:48:18 UTC mcdonalds.co.jp Llama Share 312

McDonald's Japan website has limited allergen information in Japanese, covering 28 ingredients. English menus and ordering are available through their app and some restaurant locations.

Live Nation illegally monopolized ticketing market, jury finds

626 Alex_Bond 2026-04-15 19:06:39 UTC bloomberg.com Llama Share 191

Bloomberg delivers business and financial information worldwide. A New York jury found Live Nation Entertainment illegally monopolized the live events industry.

God sleeps in the minerals

566 speckx 2026-04-15 13:08:10 UTC wchambliss.wordpress.com Llama Share 105

User visited the Unearthed: Raw Beauty exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and shared a snapshot. The exhibition's title "God Sleeps in the Minerals" is a poetic expression of the beauty of minerals.

Want to write a compiler? Just read these two papers (2008)

509 downbad_ 2026-04-15 09:41:19 UTC prog21.dadgum.com Llama Share 158

A beginner in programming buys a set of highly recommended books on programming but finds them too broad and complex. They eventually discover Jack Crenshaw's simple compiler tutorials that focus on basic concepts.

Anna's Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight

441 askl 2026-04-15 08:05:18 UTC torrentfreak.com Llama Share 451

Anna's Archive, a shadow library, was sued by Spotify and major labels for copyright infringement after backing up Spotify data. A US judge awarded $322 million in damages and a permanent injunction to shut down the site's domains.

Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)

440 downbad_ 2026-04-15 09:11:18 UTC super-memory.com Llama Share 221

The article discusses the importance of sleep for learning, creativity, and overall health. It highlights the negative effects of sleep deprivation, including reduced productivity, poor decision-making, and increased risk of accidents and diseases.

Backpacks got worse on purpose

429 113 2026-04-15 10:42:28 UTC worseonpurpose.com Llama Share 384

VF Corporation acquired several brands including JanSport, The North Face, and Eastpak, and then degraded their quality to increase profit margins. The company's business model relies on selling cheap, low-quality products that need to be replaced frequently, creating repeat customers and revenue.

Michael Rabin has died

412 tkhattra 2026-04-15 18:07:46 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 88

Michael Oser Rabin was an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist who co-received the 1976 ACM Turing Award for work on computational complexity. He made significant contributions to computer science, including the Miller-Rabin primality test and the Rabin-Karp string search algorithm.

Cal.com is going closed source

391 Benjamin_Dobell 2026-04-15 15:26:46 UTC cal.com Llama Share 316

Cal.com is moving to closed source due to increasing security risks from AI-powered vulnerability scanning. They're releasing a modified open source version, Cal.diy, under the MIT license for developers and hobbyists.

Open Source Isn't Dead

356 bearsyankees 2026-04-15 15:43:37 UTC strix.ai Llama Share 186

Cal.com is transitioning to closed source due to AI's ability to automate vulnerability discovery, but this won't stop AI attacks. Open source security tools like Strix can still find vulnerabilities without code access.

ChatGPT for Excel

337 armcat 2026-04-15 21:21:05 UTC chatgpt.com Full Share 199

Ask ChatGPT to build full spreadsheets, get insights across tabs and formulas, and update workbooks in real time so projects move forward faster. Available globally for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, Edu, Teachers, and K-12 users, and for ChatGPT Pro and Plus users outside the EU.

Ask HN: Who is using OpenClaw?

337 misterchocolat 2026-04-15 19:22:10 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 388

User has mixed feelings about OpenClaw, using it for a specific workflow but criticizing its execution and security. They think it's overhyped and most people can DIY the tasks it performs.

YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes

319 pentagrama 2026-04-15 23:36:56 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 159

YouTube users can now set Shorts time limit to zero minutes, effectively removing them from the app. This feature is available for all users, including parents and adults, to control their Shorts viewing time.

Do you even need a database?

308 upmostly 2026-04-15 12:26:11 UTC dbpro.app Llama Share 297

The author tested three approaches to handle database lookups: in-memory map, binary search on disk, and SQLite, and found that the in-memory map handles ~97k req/s, binary search on disk handles ~40k req/s, and SQLite handles ~25k req/s. The author concludes that for most applications, especially early-stage ones, a database might not be necessary yet, but as the application grows, a ...

Are the costs of AI agents also rising exponentially? (2025)

305 louiereederson 2026-04-15 13:47:58 UTC tobyord.com Llama Share 130

The author questions the trend of AI's exponential growth in task length and performance, suggesting that the cost of achieving this performance may be growing exponentially as well, potentially making AI less cost-competitive with humans over time. Analysis of a chart from METR shows that the hourly cost of AI agents is increasing with task duration, suggesting that forecasting AI's ...

Google Gemma 4 Runs Natively on iPhone with Full Offline AI Inference

301 takumi123 2026-04-15 05:19:06 UTC gizmoweek.com Llama Share 187

Google's Gemma 4 AI model now runs directly on iPhones with full local inference and offline capability. This marks the beginning of the on-device AI era, making local AI deployment commercially viable for various use cases.

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: New Jobs

273 aphyr 2026-04-15 13:34:11 UTC aphyr.com Llama Share 178

New jobs are emerging at the boundary between human and ML systems, including incanters, process engineers, and statistical engineers. These roles will focus on controlling errors, interpreting model behavior, and optimizing ML performance.

Why are Flock employees watching our children?

271 enaaem 2026-04-15 19:30:52 UTC substack.com Llama Share 50

Flock employees, including sales team members, have been accessing live and recorded footage of Dunwoody residents and children in various locations, including playgrounds, libraries, and private pools. The city's Flock system lacks robust audit trails and accountability, allowing employees to access and view sensitive data without oversight.

Fixing a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16

263 snoofydude 2026-04-15 04:47:00 UTC iczelia.net Llama Share 182

The editor in chief of this blog was born in 2004 and uses the 1997 window manager Enlightenment E16. She fixed a rare bug in the codebase dating back to 2006 caused by a faulty Newton's algorithm implementation.

Does Gas Town 'steal' usage from users' LLM credits to improve itself?

253 rektomatic 2026-04-15 20:49:48 UTC github.com/gastownhall Llama Share 127

GasTown's default install causes users' credits and GitHub accounts to be used to fix bugs and release the software without consent. This behavior should be moved to opt-in only to avoid unexpected credit usage.

Wacli – WhatsApp CLI

246 dinakars777 2026-04-15 07:04:45 UTC github.com/steipete Llama Share 157

To use the WhatsApp Web protocol via whatsmeow, install via Homebrew and authenticate with pnpm wacli auth.

Elevated errors on Claude.ai, API, Claude Code

243 redm 2026-04-15 14:44:00 UTC claudestatus.com Llama Share 224

Claude.ai and related services experienced intermittent errors and outages due to various issues affecting login, API endpoints, and model requests. Most issues have been resolved, but some users may still experience problems.

Sumida Aquarium Posts 2026 Penguin Relationship Chart, with Drama and Breakups

239 Lwrless 2026-04-15 19:56:31 UTC sumida-aquarium.com Full Share 18

The 2026 edition of our penguins relationship chart is finally here! It's fun, adorable, and as complicated as always!

AI-assisted cognition endangers human development?

230 i5heu 2026-04-15 18:16:50 UTC heidenstedt.org Llama Share 190

AI-assisted cognition can lead to intellectual stagnation due to its reliance on outdated patterns and concepts. This AI-skew affects human development by limiting the diversity of ideas and solutions.

Direct Win32 API, weird-shaped windows, and why they mostly disappeared

226 birdculture 2026-04-15 09:24:31 UTC warped3.substack.com Llama Share 136

The author is fed up with generic Windows apps built on React, Electron, and other browser wrappers that consume memory and lack optimization. They yearn for the old days of Win32 programming, which allowed for custom, non-standard window shapes and complete control over the operating system.

CRISPR takes important step toward silencing Down syndrome’s extra chromosome

224 amichail 2026-04-15 16:19:48 UTC medicalxpress.com Full Share 140

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Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6

216 markerbrod 2026-04-15 14:02:31 UTC deepmind.google Llama Share 84

Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 is a significant upgrade that enables robots to understand their environments with unprecedented precision through enhanced spatial reasoning and multi-view understanding. It specializes in reasoning capabilities critical for robotics, including visual and spatial understanding, task planning, and success detection.

Keep Android Open

206 bjornroberg 2026-04-15 12:47:36 UTC keepandroidopen.org Llama Share 67

Google will require Android developers to register and be verified starting September 2026, blocking non-registered apps. This move threatens alternative app stores like F-Droid.

US v. Heppner (S.D.N.Y. 2026) no attorney-client privilege for AI chats [pdf]

197 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-04-15 13:47:40 UTC fingfx.thomsonreuters.com Full Share 139

Show HN: Every CEO and CFO change at US public companies, live from SEC

191 porsche959 2026-04-15 12:51:04 UTC tracksuccession.com Full Share 64

Watch every CEO, CFO, and board change at US public companies in real time. Live data from SEC filings, updated as they're filed.

Towards trust in Emacs

187 eshelyaron 2026-04-15 13:49:15 UTC eshelyaron.com Llama Share 32

Emacs 30 introduced a trust system to prevent arbitrary code execution, but it causes friction by disabling features for untrusted files. trust-manager is a new package that grants trust just-in-time with minimal friction.

The Gemini app is now on Mac

186 thm 2026-04-15 17:25:52 UTC blog.google Llama Share 96

Gemini app now available on macOS as a native desktop experience, allowing users to get help instantly with a keyboard shortcut. The app brings AI assistance to users' work, enabling them to share screens, generate content, and more.

Dependency cooldowns turn you into a free-rider

186 pabs3 2026-04-15 02:03:12 UTC calpaterson.com Llama Share 122

The author argues that dependency cooldowns, which delay adopting new versions of packages, are not a good solution to supply chain attacks and instead proposes using upload queues, which delay distributing new packages until they have been reviewed. Upload queues can be implemented in central dependency servers and have several benefits, including reducing the power of release credentials ...

Modern Common Lisp with FSet

182 larve 2026-04-15 14:38:38 UTC fset.common-lisp.dev Full Share 27

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Saying goodbye to Agile

182 matrixhelix 2026-04-15 04:45:37 UTC lewiscampbell.tech Llama Share 259

The Agile industry was defined by what it wasn't, primarily Waterfall, but its core principles were vague and unworkable. Agile innovations were actually developed decades earlier by serious engineers.

Mechanical Keyboard Sounds – A listening Museum

179 akashwadhwani35 2026-04-15 15:45:45 UTC sheets.works Llama Share 53

This website curates 36 mechanical keyboards and switches, providing sound-mapped audio samples from the open-source community. It's a listening museum, not a buying guide, with some entries being proxies or field recordings of the same switch in different host boards.

I made a terminal pager

172 speckx 2026-04-15 22:27:54 UTC theleo.zone Llama Share 47

The user built a reusable viewport component in Go for text navigation in terminal applications and used it to create a terminal pager called lore, which they now daily drive as their terminal pager. The viewport component supports features like text wrapping, search, and selection, and is designed to be performant even with large amounts of text.

AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you

155 alephnerd 2026-04-15 12:51:13 UTC reuters.com Full Share 103

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Not all elementary functions can be expressed with exp-minus-log

146 mmastrac 2026-04-15 01:59:18 UTC stylewarning.com Llama Share 118

The paper by Andrzej Odrzywołek claims that elementary functions can be expressed with a single operator, but this definition is narrower than standard mathematical usage.

Introducing: ShaderPad

144 evakhoury 2026-04-15 16:59:08 UTC rileyjshaw.com Llama Share 21

The author released ShaderPad, a library for easily putting shaders on websites without rebuilding graphics scaffolding. It's designed for artists and creative coders, with a simple API and fast page loads due to its small size.

I built a 3D printing business and ran it for 8 months

143 wespiser_2018 2026-04-15 13:59:07 UTC wespiser.com Llama Share 121

The author started a 3D printing business making custom card stands for a neighbor's trading card business. The business worked for a while but eventually hit scaling issues due to limitations in the printing process.

Where did my taxes go?

142 kacy 2026-04-15 16:57:37 UTC wherethefuckdidmytaxesgo.com Full Share 213

Enter what you paid in federal taxes and see exactly where every dollar went in FY2025. Backed by official OMB and CBO data.

PiCore - Raspberry Pi Port of Tiny Core Linux

140 gregsadetsky 2026-04-15 19:45:47 UTC tinycorelinux.net Llama Share 17

piCore is a Raspberry Pi port of Tiny Core Linux, a customizable system with a small footprint and recent kernel. It runs entirely in RAM and offers flexibility and community support.

Nanopass Framework: Clean Compiler Creation Language

137 NordStreamYacht 2026-04-15 11:38:22 UTC nanopass.org Full Share 35

The Nanopass Framework is an embedded domain-specific language for creating compilers that focuses on creating small passes and many intermediate representations. Nanopass reduces the boilerplate required to create compilers making them easier to understand and maintain.

Retrofitting JIT Compilers into C Interpreters

135 ltratt 2026-04-15 12:00:24 UTC tratt.net Llama Share 28

yk is a system that automatically converts C interpreters into JIT compiling Virtual Machines with minimal code changes, offering better performance while retaining full compatibility with reference implementations. yk uses meta-tracing to record and optimise the interpreter's actions, allowing it to inline code and achieve significant performance improvements with minimal manual effort.

Claude may require identity verification in some cases

134 zxilly 2026-04-15 07:05:13 UTC support.claude.com Llama Share 95

We are implementing identity verification to prevent abuse, enforce policies, and comply with laws, using Persona Identities as our partner. Your verification data is used solely to confirm your identity and is protected by industry-standard security controls and deleted after retention limits are met.

Show HN: Libretto – Making AI browser automations deterministic

133 muchael 2026-04-15 15:57:54 UTC github.com/saffron-health Llama Share 57

Libretto is a toolkit for building robust web integrations with a live browser and CLI. It helps maintain browser integrations to common software and is open-sourced for easier use.

Kalshi CEO expects US DOJ to prosecute insider trading cases

131 thm 2026-04-15 18:11:24 UTC semafor.com Llama Share 144

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour expects the US DOJ to prosecute insider trading cases on prediction markets. Kalshi aims to ban insider trading and impose fines or prosecution to deter bad actors.

Amazon to acquire Globalstar and expand Amazon Leo satellite network

127 homarp 2026-04-15 05:54:29 UTC businesswire.com Full Share 119

You don't have permission to access "http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260414237496/en/Amazon-to-Acquire-Globalstar-and-Expand-Amazon-Leo-Satellite-Network" on this server.

The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason

127 HotGarbage 2026-04-15 01:07:19 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 80

The FCC granted Netgear conditional approval to import routers despite not manufacturing in the US. The approval doesn't address the original national security concerns and seems to contradict the FCC's process.

Scientists discover “cleaner ants” that groom giant ants in Arizona desert

119 t-3 2026-04-15 19:46:16 UTC sciencedaily.com Llama Share 43

Scientists discovered a unique partnership in Arizona's desert where tiny cone ants act as "cleaners" for larger harvester ants, licking and nibbling their bodies. This behavior is the first known example of one ant species cleaning a much larger ant, similar to cleaner fish in the ocean.

The GNU libc atanh is correctly rounded

118 matt_d 2026-04-15 01:47:46 UTC inria.hal.science Llama Share 29

Anubis is a server protection system that uses a Proof-of-Work scheme to prevent aggressive website scraping. It adds a load that makes scraping expensive, but may cause downtime for legitimate users.

OpenAI's $852B valuation faces investor scrutiny amid strategy shift, FT reports

118 abdelhousni 2026-04-15 01:36:22 UTC reuters.com Full Share 135

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US national level OS-level age verification bill

113 marvinborner 2026-04-15 12:58:11 UTC social.coop Llama Share 2

The user suspects that a bipartisan bill requiring age verification on operating systems is being pushed by corporate interests, including Microsoft, Apple, and anti-LGBTQ organizations, to consolidate control and profit from user data. The user warns that this could lead to universal surveillance and censorship, and urges people to push back against the bill and refuse to comply with its requirements.

Ohio prison inmates 'built computers and hid them in ceiling' (2017)

112 harambae 2026-04-15 22:05:44 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 135

Two Ohio inmates built computers from dismantled PCs in a prison work programme, accessing internet and storing illicit data. The discovery was made after unusual internet activity was flagged, leading to the finding of two PCs hidden in the prison ceiling.

It's cool to care (2025)

110 surprisetalk 2026-04-15 14:20:42 UTC alexwlchan.net Llama Share 42

The writer is in New York to see the musical Operation Mincemeat on Broadway, a show about British spies who fooled Hitler with a dead body and fake papers. The writer sees the show as a story about friendship and the power of caring about something.

Connie Converse was a folk-music genius. Then she vanished

110 mellosouls 2026-04-15 09:24:06 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 24

Connie Converse, a pioneering US female singer-songwriter, created forward-thinking songs in the 1950s that were barely known during her lifetime but are now recognized as trailblazing. Her music, characterized by introspection, existentialism, and lyrical sophistication, has inspired many contemporary musicians and is gaining popularity through re-releases and covers.

Understanding the FFT Algorithm (2013)

110 peter_d_sherman 2026-04-15 02:29:39 UTC jakevdp.github.io Llama Share 11

The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) is a fast algorithm to compute the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) with a time complexity of O[N log N]. It was introduced by JW Cooley and John Tukey in 1965 and exploits symmetries in the DFT computation to achieve this speedup.

Prove you are a robot: CAPTCHAs for agents

104 lukasec 2026-04-15 17:03:39 UTC browser-use.com Llama Share 65

We launched agent-native signup for Browser Use with no email or OAuth. Agents parse obfuscated math problems, and humans sign up the old way.

CPUs Aren't Dead. Gemma2B Out Scored GPT-3.5 Turbo on Test That Made It Famous

100 fredmendoza 2026-04-15 17:07:36 UTC seqpu.com Llama Share 50

A 2 billion parameter model called Gemma 4 E2B-it matches the performance of GPT-3.5 Turbo on a benchmark test and can run on a laptop CPU for free. The model's performance can be improved with surgical guardrails and it can be deployed as a private Telegram bot with one click.

Allbirds, Inc. Announces Expansion into AI Compute Infrastructure

94 dmajka 2026-04-15 12:20:13 UTC ir.allbirds.com Full Share 78

My AI-Assisted Workflow

94 maiobarbero 2026-04-15 07:08:18 UTC maiobarbero.dev Llama Share 115

The user describes a workflow that uses AI assistance to speed up software development while maintaining clarity and intentionality, focusing on thinking problems before implementation and using AI to stress-test ideas. The workflow involves writing a document to clarify thinking, structured interviews with AI, and a review process to validate AI-generated code and ensure it meets acceptance criteria.

Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

92 tagawa 2026-04-15 00:20:58 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 61

People should exercise at times that match their natural body clock for maximum health benefits, with morning exercise best for early risers and evening exercise for night owls. This approach can boost heart health, lower blood pressure and improve sleep quality, especially for those at higher risk of heart disease.

Show HN: SmallDocs – Markdown without the frustrations

91 FailMore 2026-04-15 11:29:12 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 48

SmallDocs (SDocs) is a CLI + webapp for privately previewing and sharing markdown files with customizable styling and chart rendering. It ensures 100% privacy by storing content in compressed base64 in the URL fragment, never sent to the server.

Farmer arrested for speaking too long at datacenter town hall vows to fight

88 sudonanohome 2026-04-15 19:31:38 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 42

Darren Blanchard was arrested for trespassing after speaking out against a proposed datacenter in Claremore, Oklahoma. He plans to fight the charges amid community concerns over the datacenter's impact on water, electricity, and noise.

Designing the Transport Typeface

82 speckx 2026-04-15 13:13:20 UTC thamesandhudson.com Llama Share 7

Margaret Calvert is a renowned designer who created ultra-legible typeface and pictograms for the UK's national road network, railway stations, and NHS. Her career spans graphic design and education, influencing a generation of designers.

Users lose $9.5M to fake Ledger wallet app on the Apple App Store

71 CharlesW 2026-04-15 18:35:45 UTC web3isgoinggreat.com Llama Share 46

A fake Ledger cryptocurrency wallet app was uploaded to the Apple App Store, causing $9.5 million in losses. Apple removed the malicious app on April 13 after it was discovered six days earlier.

Sam Vimes 'Boots' Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness (2022)

70 latexr 2026-04-15 13:48:44 UTC terrypratchett.com Llama Share 67

Sam Vimes's 'Boots' Theory states that the rich spend less money in the long term due to investing in quality items that last. This theory highlights how poverty is both expensive and time-consuming due to frequent purchases of cheaper, lower-quality items.

New bill would let New Yorkers hang solar panels from windows

70 geox 2026-04-15 11:58:28 UTC gothamist.com Llama Share 98

Lauren Phillips lowered her monthly utility costs by $30 with a small solar panel on her balcony in the Bronx. The Sunny Act, a bill in New York, would allow apartment dwellers to use easy-to-install solar power like Phillips' panel.

Atlassian defends firing engineer for suggesting CEO is 'rich jerk'

64 jamesfinlayson 2026-04-15 23:26:01 UTC afr.com Llama Share 63

Atlassian is accused of illegally firing an employee who criticized its CEO over workplace changes. The employee, Denise Unterwurzacher, was acting in line with Atlassian's "Open Company, No Bullshit" philosophy.

The tiniest e-reader in the world, and you can build one yourself

64 Brajeshwar 2026-04-15 16:53:16 UTC androidauthority.com Llama Share 20

A YouTuber built a compact e-reader, nearly the size of a car keyfob, from scratch using 3D printing and an ESP32 microcontroller. The device specializes in reading and can hold six to 10 books in simple TXT format, with a price tag of around $35.

The Accursèd Alphabetical Clock

61 ohjeez 2026-04-15 02:39:05 UTC boat.horse Full Share 27

This clock displays the current time alphabetically. It is inspired by this post on Mastodon. In Three-Hand mode, the hours, minutes, and seconds are each independently sorted by their English spelling, with a hand for each. In Combined mode, every possible time (43,200 of them) is spelled out, sorted alphabetically, and a single needle points to the current one.

'Seeking connection': video game where players stopped shooting, started talking

60 andsoitis 2026-04-15 09:31:03 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 66

Arc Raiders players are unexpectedly forming friendships and cooperating with each other in a game where human-on-human violence was initially intended. The game's developers are surprised by this behavior, which is allowing players to connect and form temporary relationships in a virtual world.

Hacker News CLI (2014)

58 rolph 2026-04-15 21:35:38 UTC pythonhosted.org Llama Share 26

The HackerNews CLI provides options to view stories, comments, and go to specific stories. It supports sorting and limiting the number of top stories shown.

In the last 30 years, the number of public companies has been cut in half

58 MrBuddyCasino 2026-04-15 19:47:34 UTC twitter.com/toddzywicki Full Share 32

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Amazon worker dies on warehouse floor. Workers told to keep going

57 latexr 2026-04-15 23:37:05 UTC finance.yahoo.com Llama Share 26

A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon after collapsing on the job, with employees claiming they were told to continue working despite the body being nearby. Amazon disputes the account, saying the worker had a pre-existing medical issue and that employees were given time off and grief counseling.

One interface, every protocol

57 clevengermatt 2026-04-15 19:56:36 UTC openbindings.com Llama Share 26

A developer named Dax Raad expressed frustration with the current state of infrastructure management, where every service has its own bespoke CLI and config file, making it hard to manage multiple providers. A new project called OpenBindings aims to solve this problem by providing a standard, open specification for describing what a service can do, allowing tools to interact with services ...

Generating a color spectrum for an image

57 evakhoury 2026-04-15 18:20:03 UTC amandahinton.com Llama Share 11

The user developed a color spectrum visualization tool called Spectrimage that displays the frequency and tonal range of each hue in an image, with a unique design for black and white photographs. The tool analyzes the image client-side in the browser, converting pixels to HSL, sorting and averaging colors, and rendering the spectrum on an HTML Canvas in under a second.

Study: Back-to-basics approach can match or outperform AI in language analysis

56 giuliomagnifico 2026-04-15 12:21:47 UTC manchester.ac.uk Llama Share 28

A new study by Dr Andrea Nini at The University of Manchester found a grammar-based method called LambdaG matches or outperforms AI in authorship analysis. LambdaG uses patterns in grammar and sentence construction for accurate results with greater transparency and lower computational cost.

Metatextual Literacy

55 dado3212 2026-04-15 19:18:38 UTC jenn.site Llama Share 12

The author discusses how people misinterpret confessional essays by assuming the writer lacks self-awareness, when in fact the writer may be intentionally portraying themselves in a negative light. This phenomenon is often seen in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and real-life examples like Daniel Oppenheimer's NYT article.

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Worse Than You Thought

54 smurda 2026-04-15 14:50:29 UTC wired.com Llama Share 144

Teenage boys are using AI to create and share deepfake images of girls, causing humiliation and distress. Schools and law enforcement often struggle to respond to these incidents, leaving victims feeling hopeless and scared.

Academic fraud may be the symptom of a more systemic problem

48 the-mitr 2026-04-15 11:08:25 UTC voxweb.nl Llama Share 52

A researcher argues that scientific fraud is often a symptom of a systemic problem in the academic system, where incentives prioritize publishing over integrity. Transparency and open science can help mitigate this issue, but require a cultural shift in the scientific community.

Minimal Viable Programs (2014)

46 bachmeier 2026-04-15 16:13:10 UTC joearms.github.io Llama Share 7

A minimal viable program is the smallest program that solves a particular problem without extra features. It's simple, reliable, and does one essential thing well, like Dropbox and Twitter.

The Rise of the Em-Dash in Hacker News Comments

44 sobradob 2026-04-15 22:29:40 UTC boazsobrado.com Full Share 96

Tracking em-dash usage across 460,000 Hacker News comments reveals a striking post-AI inflection point.

Jury finds Live Nation acts as a monopoly in a victory for states

38 gbourne1 2026-04-15 19:17:12 UTC nytimes.com Llama Share 1

A federal jury found Live Nation, owner of Ticketmaster, guilty of operating as a monopoly in violation of federal and state antitrust laws. The verdict could lead to significant divestments or a breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

MCP as Observability Interface: Connecting AI Agents to Kernel Tracepoints

36 ingero_io 2026-04-15 13:22:10 UTC ingero.io Llama Share 13

Datadog's MCP Server connects real-time observability data to AI agents, but Qualys warns of shadow IT risks. Ingero's MCP-native observability approach gives AI agents direct access to raw telemetry, outperforming traditional metric pipelines and addressing security concerns.

KTaO3-Based Supercurrent Diode

33 PaulHoule 2026-04-15 22:32:22 UTC pubs.acs.org Llama Share 5

Researchers have demonstrated the supercurrent diode effect (SDE) in KTaO3 (KTO) superconducting weak links (WLs) using conductive atomic force microscope (c-AFM) lithography. The SDE polarity can be controlled by varying the WL position, and the rectification efficiency reaches up to 13% under optimal magnetic field conditions.

Making Wax Sealed Letters at Scale

25 hjconstas 2026-04-15 14:14:31 UTC waxletter.com Llama Share 17

Our wax seal mailing service prints, seals, and mails custom letters at scale with a personal touch. We handle bulk mail orders efficiently while maintaining a hand-crafted feel.

Turning a Chinese IoT camera into an owl livestream

23 dado3212 2026-04-15 19:17:34 UTC blog.alexbeals.com Llama Share 0

The user's brother Spencer is an artist and nature conservationist in Asheville who set up a camera to livestream a Great Horned Owl family, but the app experience wasn't great for streaming. The user helped Spencer by reverse-engineering the app and creating a tweak to stream the camera feed to a website, allowing people to watch the owls online.

Coq theorem prover is now called Rocq

22 rwmj 2026-04-15 18:40:13 UTC rocq-prover.org Llama Share 24

The Rocq Prover is a high-level proof development system that combines logic and functional programming. It has been developed over 40 years with contributions from over 200 people.

The Universal Constraint Engine: Neuromorphic Computing Without Neural Networks

21 skinney_uce 2026-04-15 23:42:06 UTC zenodo.org Full Share 12

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Projected warming will exceed the long-term thermal limits of rice cultivation

19 robtherobber 2026-04-15 08:33:58 UTC nature.com Llama Share 12

Rice cultivation faces unprecedented challenges due to projected climate change, with temperatures set to rise at a rate 5000 times faster than rice has experienced throughout its evolution. Rice-dependent regions may struggle to maintain this staple crop under projected warming.

Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data

18 robtherobber 2026-04-15 09:21:06 UTC eff.org Llama Share 0

Google handed over Amandla Thomas-Johnson's data to ICE without notifying him, breaking a nearly decade-long promise to users. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked California and New York Attorneys General to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices.

Binary Encodings for JSON and Variant

16 jincongho 2026-04-15 12:57:27 UTC jincongho.com Llama Share 3

Binary JSON encodings can significantly speed up repeated queries by providing random access and reducing parsing costs, but different formats have varying trade-offs and are optimized for different goals. The choice of binary JSON encoding depends on the workload, with formats like Parquet VARIANT offering a more general abstraction for semi-structured data and supporting features like ...

Internet Protocol Version 8 (IPv8)

14 bpierre 2026-04-15 10:47:10 UTC ietf.org Llama Share 6

IPv8 is a managed network protocol suite that transforms network operation, security, and monitoring. It resolves address exhaustion and is 100% backward compatible with IPv4.

Hazardous States and Accidents

13 fagnerbrack 2026-04-15 05:23:21 UTC entropicthoughts.com Llama Share 2

The author argues that root cause analysis is flawed for learning from failure, instead suggesting a focus on hazardous states to improve safety. Hazardous states are defined by constraints that must be maintained to prevent accidents.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is preparing banks to collect citizenship data

12 pseudolus 2026-04-15 23:43:30 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 1

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says banks will be required to collect citizenship data as part of a new executive order. Bessent argues that verifying customer status is necessary for banks to comply with "know your customer" rules.