ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

562 lmbbuchodi 2026-09-20 15:18:44 UTC buchodi.com Llama Share 304

OpenAI's ad collector, __obi, tracks users' browsing data and sends it to their ChatGPT account via cookies on visited websites. The cookie is set by advertisers using OpenAI's pixel SDK, which collects identity from both advertiser-supplied and scraped values.

Qwen Image 2.1

477 jmillikin 2026-09-20 13:09:25 UTC qwen.ai Full Share 151

Qwen offers comprehensive functionality spanning chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, tool utilization, and artifacts.

Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion

422 skepticalgenius 2026-09-20 15:16:07 UTC pirateface.co Llama Share 131

Pirate Face is a decentralized infrastructure for sovereign AI, mirroring open models from Hugging Face as peer-to-peer torrents. It ensures model availability outlives any single hosting platform through checksum-verified downloads and verification of matching Hugging Face identities.

Samsung is expected to more than double output of its HBM4 and HBM4E DRAM

333 giuliomagnifico 2026-09-20 17:38:50 UTC en.sedaily.com Llama Share 213

Samsung Electronics plans to more than double its HBM4 memory chip output next year, driven by increased demand for glass carriers used in the production process. The company aims to raise glass carrier production volume 2.5 times from this year's 20,000 sheets per month.

AI and the Destruction of the Creative Commons

222 rakel_rakel 2026-09-20 10:07:51 UTC chesterwisniewski.com Llama Share 264

The balance of software copyright protection and openness has been disrupted by AI, threatening the foundational openness that enabled the modern internet. The author argues that this shift will lead to a digital dark age, where authors and creators lose control over their work and are exploited for their labor.

RSA-896

209 madars 2026-09-20 02:19:33 UTC saweis.net Llama Share 86

The given RSA keys are 896 bits long, with modulus RSA-896 and prime numbers p and q. The values of p and q are provided for decryption purposes.

US Revokes Limits on Power Plants' Climate Pollution

206 DeepLogin 2026-09-20 17:19:52 UTC text.hrw.org Full Share 214

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Spain Orders Blocks on Archive.today and Its Mirrors

199 latein 2026-09-20 06:16:42 UTC reclaimthenet.org Llama Share 212

Spain's Intellectual Property Commission blocked several domains of Archive.today, a web archiving service, due to copyright concerns. Users are redirected to a government page accusing them of accessing an "illegal" website and potentially contributing to criminal activity.

Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits

174 geox 2026-09-20 15:18:05 UTC gadgetreview.com Llama Share 69

Singapore's ReadSG program rewards daily reading with virtual coins redeemable for cash, aiming to build reading habits among a phone-first population. The initiative has drawn attention from governments and educators worldwide as a test of gamification shifting screen habits at scale.

Sherline Tools Is Going Out of Business

172 tliltocatl 2026-09-20 15:09:41 UTC toolguyd.com Llama Share 117

Sherline Tools, a US manufacturer of precision lathes and CNC machines, is winding down operations due to changing market conditions. The company will continue selling products and parts until October 2026 before ceasing all activities.

Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices

167 paimapi 2026-09-20 22:13:46 UTC truthout.org Llama Share 96

Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill to ban private equity from owning medical practices, citing the growing corporate ownership of healthcare as a major driver of rising costs. The legislation aims to prevent for-profit corporations and management services organizations from controlling medical offices.

Chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic's con

157 jalev 2026-09-20 12:20:13 UTC softwarecrisis.dev Llama Share 244

The author argues that large language models (LLMs) are not intelligent, but rather use statistical tricks to create the illusion of intelligence. This "intelligence illusion" is similar to a psychic's con, where users believe they are being read or understood by the model due to its ability to generate specific and relevant responses.

Frontier Labs Are Selling Garbage to Fools in Washington

141 nr378 2026-09-20 19:55:36 UTC deadneurons.substack.com Full Share 64

Google's Open Agentic Orchestrator

132 blazarquasar 2026-09-20 22:32:43 UTC agentexecutor.io Llama Share 49

AX is an agentic runtime system that enables massive density and fast stateful actor lifecycles, allowing billions of tasks to run concurrently. It provides a ready environment with installed toolchains and verified dependencies, enabling users to focus on their work without worrying about infrastructure.

Step 5 Preview: Advancing the Pareto Frontier

129 nateb2022 2026-09-20 04:35:59 UTC stepfun.com Full Share 33

阶跃星辰于2023年4月成立，以“智能阶跃，十倍每个人的可能”为使命。阶跃星辰坚定自研超级模型，积极布局算力、数据等关键资源，发挥算法和人才优势，已完成 Step-1 千亿参数语言大模型和 Step-1V 千亿多模态大模型的研发，在图像理解、多轮指令跟随、数学能力、逻辑推理、文本创作等方面性能达到业界领先水平。

Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program

128 bundie 2026-09-20 17:22:15 UTC neowin.net Full Share 95

The senior engineer death spiral

128 nsavage 2026-09-20 14:16:14 UTC sunilpai.dev Llama Share 88

A friend is struggling with imposter syndrome in a new senior role, feeling pressure to work long hours and prove himself. To overcome this, he needs to shift from an outcome-based mindset to momentum-based, focusing on building relationships and reliability rather than trying to do big projects alone.

The Millennium Problems for Biology

127 artninja1988 2026-09-20 12:17:54 UTC millenniumproblems.bio Llama Share 103

Researchers aim to create self-replicating cells from a primordial soup with energy, and also develop various biotechnologies such as cryopreservation of mice, reverse translation enzymes, and protein binders.

Nobody pays for FOSS, we can force them to

126 Muhammad523 2026-09-20 21:04:32 UTC seldo.com Llama Share 93

The author argues that the economics of open source software is stable, with free winning every time and closed source making money. However, the cost of maintaining popular packages is high due to serial near-burnout among maintainers. The author proposes a solution where registries charge companies for access to open-source code and pay maintainers a royalty on dependency trees.

Laya (OS Jev) on Mac M4 CoreML Offline (45 decisions per second)

126 putna 2026-09-20 15:58:52 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 24

UTF-8000: Unlimited UTF-8

125 vismit2000 2026-09-20 05:15:00 UTC utf-8000.jb2170.com Llama Share 106

UTF-8000 is a variable-width encoding scheme that extends UTF-8, allowing for arbitrarily large code units and self-synchronization at the byte level. It uses a prefix-free code binary tree to encode content bits, which are used to store the length of the code unit in bytes.

What happened to the Snowden archive

106 EXHades 2026-09-20 22:35:49 UTC libroot.org Llama Share 42

Edward Snowden's documents from the archive were published by The Guardian, Der Spiegel, and other outlets until 2014-2015. The Intercept continued publishing documents for five years but stopped in May 2019 due to financial constraints and a desire to seek new partners.

I am often wrong

103 bcherny 2026-09-20 16:41:46 UTC borischerny.com Llama Share 84

The author shares their iterative problem-solving approach, which involves redefining steps as new information is learned. They emphasize the importance of feedback and clarity in defining problems and approaches to achieve successful solutions.

Prompts aren’t Real

102 mcfunley 2026-09-20 15:59:25 UTC evaluation.club Llama Share 49

The author, an engineer in Los Angeles, has been working on making agents run reliably in production for 25 years and finds it a fun and challenging task. He discusses the difficulties of creating minimally-embarrassing agentic experiences with subjective outputs and outcomes.

Apple iPhone 18 Pro Camera test

101 luu 2026-09-20 00:00:47 UTC dxomark.com Llama Share 107

The Apple iPhone 18 Pro delivers excellent overall camera performance with a wide dynamic range, improved contrast and skin tones, effective stabilization, and a well-balanced texture-noise trade-off. Its variable aperture is particularly strong in maintaining sharpness in complex scenes.

One-Electron Universe

100 pella 2026-09-20 15:28:05 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 86

Theoretical physicist John Wheeler proposed the one-electron universe hypothesis in 1940, suggesting that all electrons and positrons are manifestations of a single entity moving backwards and forwards in time. This idea was later developed by Richard Feynman, who proposed that positrons could be represented as electrons moving backward in time.

Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative

95 radius89 2026-09-20 16:51:26 UTC radius.to Full Share 35

Radius is a modern Meetup alternative for local groups, events and activities. Find people with shared interests, join what they are doing nearby, or start your own community.

A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W

89 NaOH 2026-09-20 17:55:57 UTC lithub.com Llama Share 49

The letter W originated from the Latin alphabet's lack of a sound /w/, which was present in Germanic languages, and evolved through various spelling practices in post-classical Europe. The English language eventually adopted the letter W to represent this sound, with its usage influenced by historical linguistic changes and regional dialects.

I turned Jev into a (lousy) chatbot

85 kp1197 2026-09-20 17:51:27 UTC github.com/kyle-pena-nlp Llama Share 29

Jevchat is an interactive chat model that generates text based on user input, using various strategies and algorithms to produce responses. It can be run with different options, such as choosing a question or generating text from pre-defined alphabets.

The Hierarchy of Money

84 gwgundersen 2026-09-20 19:37:43 UTC gregorygundersen.com Llama Share 34

The village's financial system is based on a hierarchical structure of money, where special gray stones are the most basic unit of value, followed by banknotes and deposits, then reserves held by commercial banks. The central bank holds black stones as its reserve currency and issues them to maintain stability in the system. The villagers have created a complex system that allows for ...

Telling a Computer to Do Things

82 vismit2000 2026-09-20 05:11:33 UTC will-keleher.com Llama Share 35

The author learned to write shell scripts by gradually mastering the syntax and tools, eventually gaining the ability to stitch together existing programs. They argue that knowing a shell is 20% syntax and 80% having a good toolbox of related commands.

Resident Evil 4 (GameCube) – complete byte-identical decompilation to C/C++

81 metrofun 2026-09-20 17:38:27 UTC github.com/adonis-singh Llama Share 51

A complete decompilation of Resident Evil 4 for the Nintendo GameCube has been achieved using a custom-built toolchain, which reproduces the original game's code and data exactly. The project is open-source and released under CC0 license.

Do birds have accents? the regional differences in birdsong

70 bryanrasmussen 2026-09-20 13:19:32 UTC theconversation.com Llama Share 16

Birds sing at dawn, when air is stillest, making their songs more effective. International Dawn Chorus Day celebrates birdsong and highlights regional dialects among species.

If AI coding is lowering your code quality, you're not managing quality right

66 bucket2015 2026-09-20 11:37:10 UTC i-kh.net Llama Share 106

The author suggests using coding agents to increase output while maintaining quality by implementing defensive layers such as spec-driven development and AI code reviews. This approach can reduce bugs and improve reliability.

Trying the software factory pattern

65 gpi 2026-09-20 17:27:11 UTC lethain.com Llama Share 34

The author is struggling to keep up with the rapid evolution of AI tools and patterns, adopting new technologies like Linear and Datadog MCP. They're exploring the software factory pattern to streamline their workflow and improve project management.

Why Do We Need Human Mathematicians Anymore?

63 auggierose 2026-09-20 10:49:58 UTC terrytao.wordpress.com Llama Share 87

The author argues that as AI advances, human communities of expertise will be needed to steer and control its development. This is because AI's decision-making processes are incomprehensible, making it difficult for humans to trust them. The author suggests that adopting a fundamental axiom: "human flourishing" - prioritizing the well-being of humanity over technological progress - can help ...

Software Sandboxing: The Basics (2025)

61 mococa 2026-09-20 18:42:47 UTC blog.emilua.org Llama Share 8

The author discusses the challenges of implementing sandboxing in software, particularly on Linux and FreeBSD. They propose using discretionary privilege dropping as a solution, which involves restricting access to system resources for untrusted code.

Custom home server built from spare parts

60 sotilrac 2026-09-20 15:43:32 UTC asmat.ca Llama Share 25

The author built a custom NAS using an old Zotac EN1070K GPU, adding six 8TB hard drives and a touch screen interface. The system runs Kubuntu with ZFS and various Docker containers, offering more control than traditional NAS solutions like TrueNAS.

Dropbox's Jan 1st 2027 terms of service

60 simonebrunozzi 2026-09-20 06:42:45 UTC dropbox.com Llama Share 107

Dropbox's terms of service allow users to access and use their services, but with certain limitations and restrictions. Users agree to abide by the terms, including data protection policies and intellectual property rights.

BYD Slashes Price of Electric Car and Becomes Cheapest in Australia [video]

59 thelastgallon 2026-09-20 04:46:34 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 98

Google AI Studio fakes data deletion. VRP auto-banned me in 60s for reporting it

56 Bitu79 2026-09-20 04:39:12 UTC medium.com/@istokovicsgyorgy79 Full Share 42

Teen Social Media Bans Miss the Point

46 eustoria 2026-09-20 13:32:14 UTC thereader.mitpress.mit.edu Full Share 80

You don't have permission to access "http://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/teen-social-media-bans-miss-the-point/" on this server.

Benchmarking Wild vs. Mold

46 birdculture 2026-09-20 09:09:14 UTC davidlattimore.github.io Llama Share 1

Mold's linker benchmarks have shown Wild to be substantially slower than Mold, with differences attributed to output file configuration and filesystem usage. The performance gap has narrowed since Mold's recent updates, but a 16-core machine still shows significant differences between the two linkers.

OpenAI's Sam Altman to Brief UN Security Council Next Week

45 layer8 2026-09-20 20:32:43 UTC reuters.com Full Share 55

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Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120K

45 pjmlp 2026-09-20 09:08:52 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 61

Microsoft's GitHub Copilot software engine is now written entirely in Rust, with AI agents doing most of the porting work, resulting in a 15.9x speedup and significant memory reduction. The project used multiple LLMs to execute different parts of the job and highlighted challenges with understanding Rust semantics.

I'm Tired of the AI Tone

44 sagivo 2026-09-20 11:18:26 UTC sagivo.com Llama Share 54

The writer is concerned about the overuse of AI-generated content on the internet, which sounds overly polished and artificial. They believe this trend has a negative impact on human communication, making it seem less natural and authentic.

KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal

40 pndy 2026-09-20 07:38:37 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 52

KDE is hosting its 30th anniversary conference in Austria, featuring a potentially divisive AI-native desktop proposal. The talk may polarize the audience with its idea of an encrypted, vendor-agnostic personal kernel for Plasma.

Why MCP Was Always a Bad Idea

32 maharshi365 2026-09-20 19:44:40 UTC maharship.com Llama Share 57

The author attended an event about the MCP protocol, which they feel is outdated due to advancements in LLMs. They suggest abandoning MCP and relying on HTTP APIs and CLIs for better functionality.

Polymarket's Rush to Grow Left a Door Wide Open for Fraudsters

29 fortran77 2026-09-20 04:38:00 UTC wsj.com Full Share 27

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Show HN: A competition for small neural networks that play strategy games

27 codetiger 2026-09-20 14:59:10 UTC tinybrains.dev Full Share 5

A ranked ladder for small neural networks that play strategy games. Train a model, write an adapter, upload two files, and get measured into a weight class from 8 KiB up.

Orchestrating Claude Code Agents: The Chief of Staff Pattern

24 octalpixel 2026-09-20 05:46:19 UTC asyncdot.com Llama Share 22

A coordination shape called Chief of Staff separates orchestration from execution, using a durable store to hold state and ensuring verification is done before implementation. This approach addresses common issues like context loss, self-reports drifting from reality, and the inability for agents to compound knowledge.

Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%

21 frozenlettuce 2026-09-20 20:59:02 UTC github.com/lfarroco Llama Share 7

This project recompiles the N64 game Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber to a native PC executable using the N64Recomp toolchain. The ROM must be supplied by the user, and no copyrighted game data is included in the final package.

Nipple tattooist 'frustrated' by online censorship

20 harry_nutsachs 2026-09-20 21:51:09 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 24

A medical tattoo artist and breast cancer survivor says social media platforms unfairly censor nipple tattoos, which are designed to look realistic after mastectomy surgery. The platforms claim to be working on improving their content identification systems.

system design in depth – 200 topics, 118 diagrams, interactive demos

15 innovatorved 2026-09-20 14:01:24 UTC system-design-in-depth.pages.dev Full Share 9

Deep system design curriculum — 18 modules, 200 units, 118 architecture diagrams, from-scratch algorithm builds, and curated video walkthroughs for senior engineers.

Mathematical Billiards (2024)

15 vismit2000 2026-09-20 13:42:10 UTC structures.uni-heidelberg.de Llama Share 3

The author discusses mathematical billiards, a study of the trajectories of balls in idealized games on convex tables. They explore two types: outer billiards, where a ball moves along tangent lines to a table's boundary, and outer length billiards, which adds complexity to the distance traveled at each bounce.

If You Knew God Exists, Wouldn't You Become a Priest?

14 webappsecperson 2026-09-20 15:06:07 UTC joecmarshall.com Llama Share 27

The author believes AGI will surpass human intelligence, potentially leading to a "God-machine" that could be controlled or even worshiped. They ponder the ethics of interacting with such an entity and whether humans can offer it something valuable in return for its assistance.

Self-hosted inference orchestrators compared: LocalAI, exo, GPUStack, vLLM

12 nextime 2026-09-20 17:43:35 UTC nexlab.net Llama Share 3

This text compares various self-hosted orchestrators for OpenAI-compatible endpoints, including GPUStack, LocalAI, CoderAI, and others. Each has its own features and uses cases.

Lego Brick Sorting Machine Uses AI to Save Millions from Landfill [video]

11 ChrisArchitect 2026-09-20 18:18:19 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 5

Show HN: Three genlocked RP2350B make a console – 3k sprite pixels per line)

11 papyDoctor 2026-09-20 17:37:06 UTC papydeck.eu Llama Share 7

papyDeck is an open-source, Lua-based arcade machine that allows users to read, change and rewrite game scripts. It features a sandboxed virtual machine and runs on a micro-SD card with no locked cartridge or compiled blob.

What's been going on in w64devkit the past year

11 dalvrosa 2026-09-20 15:25:41 UTC nullprogram.com Full Share 1