Claude Fable 5

2620 Philpax 2026-06-09 16:58:01 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 2152

Claude Fable 5 is a state-of-the-art AI model with exceptional performance in various areas, but it comes with risks and requires safeguards to prevent misuse. The model is released with conservative safeguards that trigger in less than 5% of sessions, and a trusted access program will be expanded to allow more users to access its capabilities.

If Claude Fable stops helping you, you'll never know

1033 mips_avatar 2026-06-09 21:19:11 UTC jonready.com Llama Share 500

Anthropic has implemented safeguards in Claude to limit its effectiveness for frontier LLM development without user notification. This creates supply chain risk for businesses as they can't trust their infrastructure due to hidden policy restrictions.

Making Graphics Like it's 1993

952 sklopec 2026-06-09 10:46:14 UTC staniks.github.io Llama Share 160

The user is developing a side-project called Catlantean 3D, a traditional raycaster first-person shooter with a 256-color palette, aiming to recreate the feeling of early 90s games while using modern tools. The user has implemented various techniques to achieve this, including asset creation, lighting, and animation, and is planning to release the game on Steam in Q1 2027.

CEOs who think AI replaces their employees are just bad CEOs

838 speckx 2026-06-09 18:45:59 UTC techdirt.com Llama Share 308

CEOs are overhyping AI tools, forcing employees to use them without understanding their limitations. This "AI psychosis" leads to unrealistic expectations and potential layoffs, which may be an excuse for poor hiring decisions.

Anthropic requires 30 day data retention for Fable and Mythos

604 lebovic 2026-06-09 17:23:40 UTC support.claude.com Llama Share 304

Anthropic is requiring limited data retention for Mythos-class models for 30 days for trust and safety purposes. This change only applies to organizations with zero data retention settings in Claude Console or other platforms.

FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs

584 berlianta 2026-06-09 15:21:46 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 389

The FCC plans to require telecoms to store personal info like ID numbers and addresses for all phone customers, alarming privacy advocates. This change aims to combat scammers but could impact low-income people, domestic abuse survivors, and those seeking anonymity.

Microsoft's open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers

561 raffael_de 2026-06-09 07:33:16 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 194

Microsoft's Azure and AI development tools were hacked, allowing hackers to steal users' passwords and sensitive credentials. The company has temporarily removed some repositories, notified affected customers, and is continuing to investigate the breach.

Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers

499 BrunoBernardino 2026-06-09 09:10:10 UTC codingwithjesse.com Llama Share 361

Rockstar developers and AI tools can create messy codebases that are hard to understand and maintain. To avoid this, lead the engineering and guide AI tools to generate high-quality, understandable code.

Upcoming breaking changes for npm v12

479 plasma 2026-06-09 21:01:00 UTC github.blog Llama Share 207

npm v12 introduces security changes to npm install, requiring explicit opt-in for scripts and Git dependencies. Upgrade to npm 11.16.0, review warnings, and use npm approve-scripts to allow trusted packages.

Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'

453 ortr 2026-06-09 13:39:31 UTC yacnews.com Llama Share 218

Albania's government is under pressure to protect a luxury resort project backed by Jared Kushner, while EU officials warn of potential membership delays.

Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption

433 flanged 2026-06-09 16:13:10 UTC reuters.com Full Share 698

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Surprise, pay $1000

392 apike 2026-06-09 22:01:15 UTC forestwalk.ai Llama Share 219

The user tried Blacksmith, a cheaper alternative to GitHub Actions, but was surprised to receive an invoice for overage despite being on a free trial with no credit card. The user decided to continue using Blacksmith due to its benefits, but advises SaaS services to be aware of user expectations regarding free account limits and overage billing.

macOS 27 Beta breaks the ability to boot Asahi Linux

373 josephcsible 2026-06-09 15:01:43 UTC phoronix.com Llama Share 157

Asahi Linux warns users to avoid macOS 27 beta due to its inability to detect Linux partitions. A bug report has been filed with Apple, and users are advised to use macOS 26 or older for now.

What it feels like to work with Mythos

365 swolpers 2026-06-09 17:17:21 UTC oneusefulthing.org Llama Share 316

The user tested the first public Mythos-class AI model, Claude 5 Fable, and found it to be a significant leap over previous models, capable of complex tasks with minimal human input. Fable's ability to delegate tasks to other models and generate impressive results with little human oversight raises concerns about the black box nature of AI and the potential loss of human control.

GentleOS – Classic operating system with a lovely retro GUI

332 tekkertje 2026-06-09 09:50:30 UTC github.com/luke8086 Llama Share 2

GentleOS/32 is a retro OS for tinkering with old hardware, requiring i386 CPU, 4MB RAM, and VGA display. It supports standard PC devices and has a 16-bit spin-off, GentleOS/16, targeting 80186 devices.

Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism

307 vrganj 2026-06-09 06:14:20 UTC cbc.ca Llama Share 168

A Facebook investigation found that some overseas accounts, including one from Indonesia, were posing as Canadians and posting divisive content about Alberta separatism to generate income. Facebook's monetization incentives may be contributing to the spread of inauthentic content.

L'Affaire Siloxane

295 idlewords 2026-06-09 05:21:39 UTC mceglowski.substack.com Llama Share 55

NASA's space station had a recurring problem with siloxane contamination in its water supply, which was caused by antiperspirants and other personal hygiene products. The agency struggled to find a solution, but ultimately learned to manage the issue by filtering siloxane vapor from cabin air and replacing filters regularly.

GPT-2: Too Dangerous To Release (2019)

286 AbuAssar 2026-06-09 18:21:43 UTC naokishibuya.github.io Llama Share 128

OpenAI's GPT-2 was deemed too powerful to release due to concerns of misuse, but a smaller model was released for researchers. GPT-2 has 1.5 billion parameters and was trained on 40GB of web texts, achieving state-of-the-art results in various language tasks.

Ultrafast machine learning on FPGAs via Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks

283 ag2718 2026-06-09 19:21:45 UTC aarushgupta.io Llama Share 51

The user's Master's thesis involves designing hardware architectures for ultrafast inference and online learning using Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs). KANs are a natural fit for efficient, expressive LUT-NNs and can be trained on FPGAs for ultrafast inference and online learning.

RIP software hackathons. Long live the hardware hackathon

282 ozcap 2026-06-09 22:35:57 UTC blog.oscars.dev Llama Share 145

The user participated in a hackathon in Vilnius where they created a project that integrated an old rotary phone with a Raspberry Pi and AI agent to play niche music via the Spotify API. They believe hackathons should focus on hardware and innovative projects rather than just coding, and predict a shift towards hardware hackathons in the coming months.

How we made hit video game Prince of Persia

274 msephton 2026-06-09 22:44:28 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 110

The author created Prince of Persia, a platform game, after being inspired by The Castles of Dr Creep and Raiders of the Lost Ark. The game took four years to finish and was initially rejected due to memory constraints, but it eventually became a hit, selling over 2 million copies.

We Think the SpaceX IPO Is Overvalued

268 0xedb 2026-06-09 01:56:40 UTC morningstar.com Llama Share 293

Morningstar values SpaceX at $63 per share, a 53% discount to the IPO's offering price. This valuation is based on three scenarios, with a 7% chance of the company achieving a $1.97 trillion valuation in the most optimistic scenario.

WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

262 brandonb 2026-06-09 13:56:38 UTC cupertinolens.com Llama Share 269

Apple's Platform State of the Union demo featured an origami app to showcase foldable design. The demo hinted at an upcoming iPhone Ultra with a foldable screen, prompting Apple to prepare developers for adaptable designs.

Job: Head of Stonehenge

234 mooreds 2026-06-09 03:20:40 UTC english-heritage.org.uk Llama Share 234

English Heritage is a charity that cares for over a million objects and historic sites in England, aiming to connect people to the past and each other. They are seeking a Head of Stonehenge to lead a team and deliver exceptional visitor experiences while driving financial performance.

Show HN: Gravity – Interactive solar-system simulator, from Newton to Einstein

216 qunabu 2026-06-09 11:46:40 UTC qunabu.github.io Full Share 54

Earth texture Solar System Scope · CC BY 4.0

System Card: Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 [pdf]

213 scrlk 2026-06-09 16:58:13 UTC www-cdn.anthropic.com Llama Share 1

Claude Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5 are two configurations of a new large language model from Anthropic. Mythos 5 is available to vetted partners, while Fable 5 is released for general access with additional safeguards to prevent misuse.

'Sloppenheimer:' Amazon employees mock the company's AI on Slack

197 doener 2026-06-09 15:59:41 UTC 404media.co Full Share 97

Amazon employees have a Slack channel for memes where the mock and commiserate about the company’s faulty AI coding product.

It's death

194 inatreecrown2 2026-06-09 23:44:16 UTC jesseduffield.com Llama Share 82

The narrator's day starts with a series of unfortunate events, including a melted hand and temporary blindness, but he continues to move forward. He eventually dies after being crushed by a pile of mail and is met by a cloaked figure who advises him to forgive himself for his life's mistakes.

The iPhone's Last Stand?

191 swolpers 2026-06-09 10:08:18 UTC stratechery.com Llama Share 229

Microsoft's Project Solara showcases a thin client approach where AI agents live in the cloud and interact with devices as portals. Apple's Siri, despite being behind the state of the art, is sufficient for consumers who don't want to work or care about productivity.

Federal judge blocks H1B visa $100K fee

191 naturalmovement 2026-06-09 00:01:37 UTC alaskasnewssource.com Llama Share 346

A federal judge blocked President Trump's $100,000 H1-B visa fee, saving hundreds of education jobs in Alaska. The ruling could help rural schools hire international teachers, who make up 50% of some districts' staff.

Appreciating Exif

178 burnto 2026-06-09 20:41:44 UTC brentfitzgerald.com Llama Share 36

Exif is a metadata format that stores image information like orientation, timestamp, and camera settings, and it's usually found in JPEG files near the beginning in an APP1 marker segment. Exif is optional and can be stripped, but it's often used by photo apps, websites, and asset-management systems to sort, search, and display images.

Grit: Rewriting Git in Rust with agents

175 cbrewster 2026-06-09 19:58:21 UTC blog.gitbutler.com Llama Share 305

The user created a library-based, memory-safe, and idiomatic Rust reimplementation of Git called Grit, which passes over 99% of the entire Git test suite, but is not tested and should be used with caution. The user used a swarm of agents to accomplish this task, but encountered difficulties with long-running and parallel tasks, and had to adapt their approach multiple times to manage costs ...

Porting the ThinkPad X61 to Coreboot

173 walterbell 2026-06-09 04:06:14 UTC blog.aheymans.xyz Llama Share 51

The user successfully ported coreboot to a ThinkPad x61 using a Large Language Model (LLM) to reverse engineer the firmware, which would have taken months to accomplish manually. This achievement demonstrates the feasibility of using LLMs for reverse engineering firmware, potentially making it easier to develop open-source alternatives to closed-source firmware.

Ask HN: Are you still using a Vision Pro?

171 y1n0 2026-06-09 18:47:52 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 214

User is unhappy with Apple Vision Pro's limitations and price, but acknowledges its potential as a productivity tool. They're looking for alternative uses, such as ergonomic setups for development, but haven't found a killer use case yet.

Solar Energy Saves Europeans $135M a Day

171 vrganj 2026-06-09 15:09:38 UTC cleantechnica.com Llama Share 158

Europe's solar power has saved over $135 million a day by reducing fossil fuel costs. Renewable energy is becoming more dominant, with $2.2 trillion expected to flow into clean energy this year.

Pyodide 314.0: Python packages can now publish WebAssembly wheels to PyPI

168 agriyakhetarpal 2026-06-09 15:54:31 UTC blog.pyodide.org Llama Share 39

Pyodide now supports PEP 783, allowing Python packages to be published directly to PyPI and installed at runtime, reducing the burden on maintainers and enabling faster startup times. This release also includes several breaking changes, such as a new versioning scheme, removal of certain libraries, and updates to the ssl and hashlib modules.

Where is the AI jobs crisis?

163 bwestergard 2026-06-09 17:29:17 UTC apollo.com Llama Share 268

Apollo Global Management presentation is for internal use only and does not constitute investment advice. Forward-looking statements may differ from actual events due to various risks and uncertainties.

Is grep all you need? How agent harnesses reshape agentic search

162 Anon84 2026-06-09 13:27:03 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 64

Researchers compared retrieval strategies in Large Language Model agents, finding grep generally yields higher accuracy than vector retrieval. However, accuracy still depends on agent architecture and tool-calling paradigm.

Who's the smartest corvid?

158 NaOH 2026-06-09 17:37:11 UTC thetyee.ca Llama Share 131

The Tyee is a successful online news outlet that relies on reader support to fund its journalism, unlike many other publications struggling with AI-driven content scraping. The Tyee is launching a spring member drive to sign up 650 new or upgraded recurring members by June 15.

Test-case reducers are underappreciated debugging tools

152 ltratt 2026-06-09 11:27:49 UTC tratt.net Llama Share 20

Test-case reducers are tools that can automatically reduce the size of an input to a program, making it easier to debug, and can be used in various ways, including to reduce nondeterminism and drive down the length of program traces. By writing custom interestingness tests, programmers can use test-case reducers to focus on specific properties of the input, such as reducing the length of ...

Starfish by Peter Watts (1999)

142 zetalyrae 2026-06-09 01:45:38 UTC rifters.com Llama Share 64

Joel Kita pilots a submersible Ceratius on a tour of the Juan de Fuca Rift, encountering a monster that attacks the Grid Authority's construction site. Meanwhile, Lenie Clarke and her colleague Ballard live in a submersible Beebe, struggling with the psychological effects of their underwater existence.

Build a Basic AI Agent from Scratch: Long Task Planning

141 ruxudev 2026-06-09 14:29:34 UTC medium.com/@rogi23696 Llama Share 53

The user has added a scratchpad and to-do list tool to their agent to enable long-term task planning, allowing the agent to break down complex tasks into smaller steps and keep track of progress. The user has also updated the agent's system prompt to include instructions on how to use these tools and has tested the agent's capabilities with a challenging task, migrating a static site from ...

Alpine Linux 3.24.0 Released

138 fossdd 2026-06-09 20:50:54 UTC alpinelinux.org Llama Share 22

Alpine Linux 3.24.0 has been released with several updates and deprecations. Key changes include the removal of pkg_resources and additional GTK 2 and Qt5 packages.

Biff.core: system composition for Clojure web apps

138 jacobobryant 2026-06-09 16:12:52 UTC biffweb.com Llama Share 33

The user has released the first library, biff.core, which provides system composition and interfaces for Biff projects. This library includes init functions that allow for clean extraction of logic and late binding, making it easier to manage project structure and dependencies.

Forever Young: how one molecule can lock plants in a youthful state (2025)

138 bryanrasmussen 2026-06-09 08:25:36 UTC omnia.sas.upenn.edu Llama Share 84

Biologist Scott Poethig discovered a single molecule, miR156, that locks plants in a youthful state, a phenomenon called neoteny. This finding has big implications for conservation, horticulture, and more, as it could help scientists tailor plants to different needs and environments.

CSS: Unavoidable Bad Parts

134 surprisetalk 2026-06-09 11:30:20 UTC matklad.github.io Llama Share 83

The user is writing an ersatz CSS tutorial for non-web developers, documenting their own experiences and lessons learned from trawling MDN, and highlighting the good and bad aspects of CSS, including layout, browser defaults, and responsive design. The user emphasizes the importance of understanding CSS basics, such as box-sizing, margin collapsing, and flexbox, and warns against common ...

Linux latency measurements and compositor tuning

130 GalaxySnail 2026-06-09 09:50:50 UTC farnoy.dev Llama Share 41

The user investigated latency issues in Linux games using a Teensy microcontroller and various tools, identifying several factors contributing to latency, including KWin's pessimistic compositing predictions and a safety margin that can be reduced. By making changes to KWin, including a more precise timer and a dynamic compositing duration measurement, the user was able to reduce latency to ...

Automating myself out of development

121 nisabek 2026-06-09 18:59:19 UTC thoughtfultechnologist.com Llama Share 80

The user shares their experience with Claude Code, an AI-assisted development tool, and how they evolved their workflow to automate tasks, delegate thinking, and improve productivity. They emphasize the importance of understanding the limitations of AI and not delegating thinking, highlighting the need for human oversight and review to maintain code quality and prevent technical debt.

Can LLMs Beat Classical Hyperparameter Optimization Algorithms?

120 galsapir 2026-06-09 15:01:15 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 20

Researchers compared LLM-based and classical hyperparameter optimization methods on a small language model. A hybrid approach, Centaur, combining classical CMA-ES with an LLM achieved the best results, suggesting LLMs are most effective as a complement to classical optimizers.

Flat Datacenter Networks at Scale at Amazon

116 tanelpoder 2026-06-09 03:39:32 UTC perspectives.mvdirona.com Llama Share 26

Researchers developed RNG, a flat network design using random graphs, to improve data center efficiency and scalability. RNG uses 69% fewer routers, delivers 33% higher throughput, and cuts network power by 40% compared to traditional fat-tree networks.

Ask HN: Favorite text heavy blogs that are a joy to read?

113 joshmarinacci 2026-06-09 19:35:00 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 28

You're looking for text-heavy blogs with good design. Some examples include A List Apart, The Verge, and Longreads, which prioritize typography and readability.

Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to ALPRs

110 Cider9986 2026-06-09 21:01:40 UTC 404media.co Full Share 44

SignalTrace “links devices that regularly travel together, correlating them to license plate.” It is a surveillance product that will sweep up and add all sorts of Bluetooth and other data to license plate readers, linking specific devices—and people—to cars.

Show HN: Claw Patrol, a security firewall for agents

110 rough-sea 2026-06-09 16:06:50 UTC github.com/denoland Llama Share 30

Claw Patrol is a security gateway that parses traffic at the wire and enforces rules written in HCL to block malicious actions. It supports various protocols and can be run in different modes, including a per-process tunnel and a full host tunnel.

Exif Smuggling (2025)

105 rolph 2026-06-09 21:06:00 UTC github.com/signalblur Full Share 27

A Proof-of-Concept using Cache Smuggling + Exif data to passively download a second stage payload - signalblur/exifsmugglingpoc

AI misidentification results in wrongful arrest; man seeks justice

97 text0404 2026-06-09 22:37:49 UTC wsoctv.com Llama Share 42

Jalil Richardson was wrongly arrested and incarcerated for 3 months due to AI facial recognition technology misidentification. Charges were dropped, but Richardson lost his job, home, and custody of his children.

Tectonic: A modernized, complete, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine

90 maxloh 2026-06-09 21:00:39 UTC tectonic-typesetting.github.io Llama Share 43

Tectonic is a tool that converts TeX files into PDF files with precision typography and automatic equation handling. It's a self-contained library that can be embedded in other applications and is licensed under the MIT License.

The LD_DEBUG environment variable (2012)

82 tanelpoder 2026-06-09 17:29:05 UTC bnikolic.co.uk Llama Share 8

To diagnose shared library loading problems, set the LD_DEBUG environment variable to dump debug information. This can be used to resolve most loading problems quickly on Linux.

Apple's AI Can Now Change Your Passwords. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

81 speckx 2026-06-09 18:50:27 UTC kylereddoch.me Llama Share 42

Apple's new password-changing feature in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 uses AI to automatically change weak or compromised website passwords. However, security concerns arise from the potential for AI to introduce risks, manipulate user data, and create a larger security blast radius.

The better the autopilot the worse the pilot

74 julienreszka 2026-06-09 13:17:34 UTC julienreszka.com Llama Share 77

Automated systems can lead to complacency in operators, making them less ready for system failures. Regular manual practice is necessary to maintain situational awareness and prevent skill decay.

Queues Don't Fix Overload (2014)

67 locknitpicker 2026-06-09 04:10:19 UTC ferd.ca Llama Share 32

Queues can make systems worse by masking underlying issues and creating new problems. Proper back-pressure or load-shedding is needed to define operational limits and prevent system failures.

Unified Controllable and Faithful Text-to-CAD Generation with LLMs

63 PaulHoule 2026-06-09 14:04:54 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 21

Researchers propose PR-CAD, a framework that unifies text-to-CAD generation and editing for controllable and faithful modeling. PR-CAD achieves state-of-the-art results and improves CAD modeling efficiency through a reinforcement learning-enhanced reasoning framework.

Eagle Computer: The rise and fall of an early PC clone

60 giuliomagnifico 2026-06-09 09:17:41 UTC dfarq.homeip.net Llama Share 9

Eagle Computer was a leading producer of CP/M computers in 1983, but its fortunes changed after CEO Dennis Barnhart's death in a car crash on June 8, 1983. The company struggled to compete with IBM and other clone makers after the IBM lawsuit and increased competition in the market.

Brexit Ten Years On: The Economy

59 mooreds 2026-06-09 18:58:03 UTC ukandeu.ac.uk Llama Share 102

Brexit has made the UK economy smaller than it would have been, with a gradual and cumulative drag on trade, investment, and productivity. The effect is estimated to be several percentage points below pre-Brexit levels, with trade and investment being the most economically significant channels.

Launch HN: Transload (YC P26) – Measuring freight items with CCTV

55 nils_spatial 2026-06-09 16:28:28 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 19

Julius, Jago, and Nils are building transload, a system that uses existing security cameras to automatically measure freight dimensions in LTL trucking terminals. Their system has two main steps: associating barcode scans with the correct objects in video footage and estimating the objects' dimensions in real-world units.

Programming a GBA Game on an iPhone

53 akkartik 2026-06-09 22:12:20 UTC blog.adamledoux.net Llama Share 10

User made a GBA-style game on their phone using iSH app and Alpine Linux shell. They created a game called TO THE TOWER, available for download on itch.io.

Show HN: 3D print Z reinforcement via injected loops

51 mgunlogson 2026-06-09 13:17:53 UTC mgunlogson.github.io Llama Share 19

Magma is a research release that injects molten plastic into sealed lattice channels during FDM 3D printing for Z-axis reinforcement. It's a fork of OrcaSlicer that requires no hardware modifications, but its physical print results are still being characterized.

Show HN: Learn from 30 historical figures, open source, nonprofit, self-hosted

47 micstradev 2026-06-09 11:56:25 UTC github.com/chipmates Llama Share 24

Agora Cosmica is a Living Library with 30 historical figures, offering free wisdom teachings and live AI conversations. It's a nonprofit, open-source platform with no tracking cookies or profiling, built on learning science and self-hosted speech tooling.

The Future of wasi-gfx and wasi:webgpu

43 mendyberger 2026-06-09 18:42:58 UTC wasi-gfx.dev Llama Share 13

WASI graphics interfaces are being split into two namespaces: wasi:webgpu remains in WASI for stability, while wasi:surface and wasi:frame-buffer move to wasi-gfx for faster iteration. wasi-gfx will be a user-space library for graphics, allowing for experimentation with new UI interfaces.

I Think Rutger Bregman and the School for Moral Ambition Are Full of Shit

42 louwrentius 2026-06-09 16:38:38 UTC louwrentius.com Llama Share 18

The author criticizes Rutger Bregman's School for Moral Ambition for lacking transparency and substance, and being elitist and funded by billionaires like Bill Gates. Bregman's views on AI and climate change are also seen as overly optimistic and dismissive of criticism.

Starlink shifts hardware from one-time purchase to $10/month rental

40 Lihh27 2026-06-09 23:57:33 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 22

Starlink now charges a $10 monthly rental fee for hardware in addition to internet service prices. Customers can buy hardware instead, but it's not currently an option on Starlink's sign-up page.

Show HN: Nucleus – A security-hardened, Nix-native container runtime

40 0kenx 2026-06-09 23:03:40 UTC github.com/sig-id Llama Share 13

Nucleus is a minimalist container runtime for Linux that provides isolated execution environments using Linux kernel primitives. It supports production services with declarative configuration, reproducible root filesystems, and egress policy enforcement.

Google's 20% 'project' has become AI's 120% 'attention'

39 scottdbuchanan 2026-06-09 20:06:24 UTC joe.dev Llama Share 25

The author reflects on Google's 20% time policy, which allowed engineers to spend a day a week on personal projects. The policy was not about the time itself, but the environment and trust it created.

Using Optical Aberrations to Distinguish Real Astronomical Transients

38 solarist 2026-06-09 15:12:30 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 2

Researchers found that transient images on Palomar sky surveys show coma aberration patterns, ruling out plate artifacts as an explanation. This supports hypotheses that transients have a physical origin rather than being instrumental effects.

Trophic memory, deer, and a unique scientific object (2024)

35 atombender 2026-06-09 21:59:41 UTC thoughtforms.life Llama Share 6

The user shares their fascination with a unique scientific discovery about deer antlers, which exhibit a phenomenon called trophic memory, where an injury to the antler is remembered and reflected in the growth of the next year's antler. This discovery has implications for regenerative medicine and challenges the common idea that mammals cannot regenerate complex structures in adulthood.

Show HN: Atlasphere – Live Infrastructure Diagrams

31 andreygrehov 2026-06-09 12:35:01 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 17

Andrey is a software engineer at AWS who created Atlasphere.io to synchronize cloud infrastructure diagrams with actual AWS accounts. He needs feedback on the app, specifically likes and dislikes, after trying it out.

CRDTs merge concurrent edits. Why not concurrent creation?

31 czx111331 2026-06-09 04:48:10 UTC loro.dev Llama Share 3

Two users concurrently create a child container under the same Map key, causing data loss. Loro solves this with Mergeable Containers, which identify child containers by their logical position, not creation operation.

Faking keyword arguments to functions in C++

30 ibobev 2026-06-09 12:05:12 UTC nibblestew.blogspot.com Llama Share 25

Python has keyword arguments, but C++ does not. C++ can fake keyword arguments using structs and designated initializers.

Gram Newton-Schulz: A Fast, Hardware-Aware Newton-Schulz Algorithm for Muon

30 jxmorris12 2026-06-09 04:58:49 UTC tridao.me GoogleT5 Share 5

Gram newton-schulz is based on the theorem that when $alpha > 1$, it is cheaper. for a typical muon application ($t=5, alpha = 4$), it saves 55% of the flops used by standard newton schul s with symmetric gemms, or 68% compared to an unsymmetric implementation. in the previous section, we showed that

What about OpenCL and CUDA C++ alternatives?

25 eatonphil 2026-06-09 15:41:21 UTC modular.com Llama Share 4

OpenCL, a GPU programming model, failed to become the dominant AI compute platform due to its slow committee-driven evolution, fragmentation, and inability to meet the evolving requirements of AI. Its failure highlights the importance of a reference implementation, rapid evolution, and avoiding fragmentation in achieving industry-wide adoption and unifying AI compute.

Woman Gets on Route 66. Then She Starts Hearing Music Coming from Her Tires

19 rmason 2026-06-09 20:14:42 UTC motor1.com Llama Share 17

A new musical road on Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri, plays "America the Beautiful" when driven at 30 miles per hour. The road features 2,309 precisely placed thermoplastic strips that produce a 19.45-second rendition of the song.

How we run untrusted customer code at scale

18 rguldener 2026-06-09 15:31:19 UTC nango.dev Llama Share 1

Nango built a platform to run untrusted customer code securely, initially using a Node.js sandbox, then switching to AWS Lambda for better isolation. They now use Lambda with per-customer functions and periodic no-op invocations to keep functions warm, addressing security and performance trade-offs.

Claude Mythos 5 / Fable 5

17 kwar13 2026-06-09 17:10:39 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 2

Claude Fable 5 is a Mythos-level model for ambitious coding projects, priced at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens. It handles complex knowledge work with minimal oversight, including large migrations, complex implementations, and multi-day autonomous sessions.

A game's homemade crypto fell to a DIY supercomputer

16 vmfunc 2026-06-09 06:06:00 UTC ud2.rip Llama Share 2

A 509-bit RSA key in the Tower Unite game was factored using a weekend supercomputer and cado-nfs, allowing the decryption of the entire backend protocol. The game's developers, Pixeltail, replaced the homemade crypto with secp256k1 and libsodium in two weeks, but left server authentication vulnerable to an active man-in-the-middle attack.

Show HN: Open-source version of Anthropic's internal analytics engine

15 lucamrtl 2026-06-09 16:17:36 UTC github.com/kaelio Llama Share 2

ktx is a self-improving context layer that teaches agents to query warehouses accurately. It learns from company knowledge, maps the data stack, and builds a semantic layer for agents like Claude Code.

A worm in my Erlang cluster, and adventures in microfluidics

14 chantepierre 2026-06-09 07:06:08 UTC lucassifoni.info Llama Share 0

The user is working on a project to create a tool that maps the topology of an Erlang cluster from a single node without shipping code to other nodes, and they have made progress in creating a pastable module that gives access to object code. The next steps involve implementing a graph traversal utility, tracking visited nodes, and shipping the probe module to each node in the cluster to ...

The Conductor Rewrite: What They Changed to Make It Fast

12 Charlieholtz 2026-06-09 15:01:38 UTC performance.dev Llama Share 5

Conductor rebuilt its app from scratch to improve performance, focusing on local-first architecture, Tauri, and React optimizations. The team used profiling tools and libraries like TanStack Router and Virtuoso to identify and fix bottlenecks, resulting in significant speed gains.