Margaret Hamilton has died

2123 muglug 2026-10-07 21:16:18 UTC news.mit.edu Llama Share 256

Margaret Hamilton, a pioneering computer scientist and engineer, died at 90 after leading the software team that programmed computers for NASA's Apollo missions. She was recognized with numerous awards for her groundbreaking work in establishing software engineering as a dedicated discipline.

Claude Haiku 5.5

1047 sfkgtbor 2026-10-07 18:01:32 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 488

Claude Haiku 5.5 is a cost-sensitive model for high-volume tasks, offering improved speed and reduced costs compared to its predecessor. It's now available at a 75% lower price point than Haiku 4.5, making it an attractive option for organizations with large workloads.

Man discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days

954 ck2 2026-10-07 16:56:30 UTC dexerto.com Llama Share 572

A man, Nomad, discovered his parents' coffee maker was uploading 1TB of data in 10 days and shared the issue on X. He found it caused saturation within their home Wi-Fi setup and decided to get them a new one due to potential security risks.

I hired an illustrator to draw my house. Now it's my Home Assistant dashboard

932 soheilpro 2026-10-07 01:41:03 UTC antonfrolov.substack.com Llama Share 208

The author created a custom Home Assistant dashboard using pixel art, which was initially inspired by 3D floor plans but ultimately simplified to a simple architectural plan of the house. The dashboard features interactive devices and animations that work seamlessly with Home Assistant's built-in card system.

GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI for everyone

758 joshuawright11 2026-10-07 18:00:58 UTC openai.com Llama Share 459

A Sunday lamb roast plan was discussed for hosting friends, with a flexible menu that scales to accommodate varying guest numbers. The meal will feature a rosemary and garlic leg of lamb, crispy potatoes, seasonal vegetables, and homemade gravy, with optional sides like tenderstem broccoli and warm apple crumble.

Show HN: Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app

725 SpeakingOfBrad 2026-10-07 15:44:21 UTC bigwords.page Llama Share 165

A full-screen sign can be created from a link without storing any data, allowing sharing and bookmarking. It can display countdowns, links, Wi-Fi passwords, and more using browser-generated QR codes and images.

2D Vehicles

620 Michelangelo11 2026-10-07 12:30:40 UTC patkerr.co.uk Llama Share 118

The original simulation combined a 2D rigid body with simple models of a car, ship and brick. It used proper rigid-body physics to handle rotation and added a vehicle simulation layer for tyres, which was an approximate but effective model at the time.

Visa, Mastercard, major banks facing new litigation over 'anticompetitive' fees

605 DeepLogin 2026-10-07 15:09:59 UTC classaction.org Llama Share 448

A class action lawsuit alleges Visa, Mastercard and major US banks have conspired to artificially inflate credit card transaction fees. The suit claims these high fees amount to "monopoly rents" totaling hundreds of billions in costs for merchants.

Shipping JPEG XL in Chrome

575 AshleysBrain 2026-10-07 11:25:02 UTC developer.chrome.com Llama Share 407

Chrome now supports JPEG XL image format for better compression and safety. The new feature was developed using Rust to ensure memory safety, resulting in a fast and secure implementation.

Animated ASCII Art for Web Pages

472 turrini 2026-10-07 15:05:37 UTC ascii.rest Llama Share 76

The ascii.js library provides a simple way to display ASCII art on web pages, with over 100 pre-made pieces and options for customizing their appearance. The library can be used in React, Next.js, Astro, or plain HTML pages without requiring any dependencies or build steps.

A font recreated from photographs of classic Commodore 64 keycaps

407 sohkamyung 2026-10-07 09:17:55 UTC github.com/szabadkai Llama Share 68

A font recreated from Commodore 64 keycaps is available for download, featuring cleaned-up shapes and consistent proportions. The font includes PETSCII symbols and can be used with compatible applications.

The Mathocalypse

406 6bitquant 2026-10-07 19:33:40 UTC scottaaronson.blog Llama Share 426

A 9-year-old boy jokingly said his mom, a complexity theorist, got "cooked" by a robot solving her career-long math problem. His mom Dana Moshkovitz is vindicated that the Unique Games Conjecture was solved after years of work.

Meta and Microsoft take steps to reduce employee usage of Claude AI

377 speckx 2026-10-07 18:49:40 UTC rswebsols.com Llama Share 387

Meta and Microsoft are reducing their use of Anthropic's Claude AI due to internal budget constraints, prioritizing proprietary coding tools instead. This shift highlights the growing importance of managing AI expenditures as companies compete for developer resources.

Navier–Stokes Lost in Translation

361 nill0 2026-10-07 15:24:38 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 236

AI autoformalisation is used to verify mathematical texts, but its translation process may not be semantically faithful due to high complexity. This can lead to mismatches between natural language proofs and their formal Lean verifications.

Eye of Sauron: Long-Range Hidden Spy Camera Detection (2024)

344 ortusdux 2026-10-07 19:15:57 UTC usenix.org Llama Share 83

Researchers developed ESauron, a system to detect spy cameras by sensing electromagnetic radiation emitted when processing video data. The system can accurately detect and locate all types of spy cameras with 100% accuracy from up to 20 meters away.

Anti-patterns in software blogging

340 ilreb 2026-10-07 13:08:26 UTC refactoringenglish.com Llama Share 149

Beginner software bloggers often struggle with writing engaging and informative blog posts, frequently making mistakes such as meandering introductions, over-reliance on links, and overly formal tone. Effective blogging requires understanding the target reader's needs and expectations to deliver value quickly.

Docker Agent

305 saikatsg 2026-10-07 17:48:38 UTC github.com/docker Llama Share 144

Docker-agent is a tool for building, running, and sharing AI agents with a declarative YAML config. It allows users to create intelligent AI agents that collaborate to solve complex problems without writing code.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai

304 sasvari 2026-10-07 09:51:43 UTC nobelprize.org Llama Share 57

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for discovering a solution to the mystery of homochirality, which is how living organisms can have only one mirror image of molecules despite two variants existing naturally. Their discoveries have enabled chemists to drive chemical reactions that lead to homochirality, crucial ...

Strands Decider 2B: a small, open-source, decision model

286 gmays 2026-10-07 02:02:11 UTC strandsagents.com Llama Share 76

Strands Labs has released Strands Decider 2B, a small decision model optimized for fast experimentation and innovation in agentic AI. The model is designed to pick between sets of options and assign simple numerical scores, making it suitable for tasks such as model routing and policy classification.

'Jonathan' is the oldest land animal on Earth

280 gumby 2026-10-07 20:01:37 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 163

Scientists have sequenced the genome of Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, to understand his longevity. The study found unique gene variants in aging pathways that may contribute to his exceptional lifespan.

God of War on PSP, recompiled to WebAssembly and running in the browser

247 sn001 2026-10-07 11:27:27 UTC github.com/snuri00 Llama Share 113

A browser-based PSP emulator translates game machine code into C++ and WebAssembly, running at 60 frames per second on laptops and phones. The project uses a recompiler to translate the PSP's operating system and graphics chip, with support for music, speech, and touch controls.

House with 15m underground tunnels for sale for 300k

239 librasteve 2026-10-07 12:57:10 UTC readingchronicle.co.uk Llama Share 218

A family in Reading, England has built a complex with over 1,300 square feet of underground space including tunnels and storage rooms. The unique subterranean project features secret doors and a hand-built railway, hidden beneath their property for decades.

DuckDB Ducklake

238 saikatsg 2026-10-07 17:40:23 UTC github.com/duckdb Llama Share 38

DuckLake is an open Lakehouse format built on SQL and Parquet, allowing direct read and write with DuckDB. It stores metadata in a catalog database and data in Parquet files, supporting standard SQL queries.

WSL3 Performance is about 5-60% faster than WSL2 depending on the workload

236 tonymet 2026-10-07 21:06:54 UTC tonym.us Llama Share 232

The author compared WSL 2.6.3.0 and WSL 3.0.2.0, finding a +61% memory bandwidth surge and -11% scheduler & IPC latency in the new version, with some improvements also seen in basic syscall transition and kernel overhead reduction of ~16%.

Why were Victorian elites so effective?

231 karakoram 2026-10-07 15:09:33 UTC worksinprogress.co Llama Share 429

Victorian Britain's elite education system focused on soft skills, team building, and networking rather than intense academic rigor. This approach contributed to their success in politics, business, and other fields by fostering a sense of community and shared values among its members.

Incident with Git Operations, Pull Requests and Actions – Resolved

227 gagan2020 2026-10-07 15:17:23 UTC githubstatus.com Llama Share 181

GitHub experienced two write operation outages on October 7, 2026, due to an internal service issue. The outages affected various services including GitHub Actions and authentication, but no data was lost during the incidents.

ETH-68: Ethernet Audio Interface for Linux

221 chabad360 2026-10-07 13:58:05 UTC naturalsystems.io Llama Share 140

eth68 is a scalable audio interface that synchronizes multiple units to increase channel count without increasing round trip audio latency, achieving 3.620 milliseconds of latency at 48 kHz. It matches the RME card's performance and surpasses it by 0.33 ms at 96 kHz with PipeWire or JACK interfaces.

Push ifs up and fors down: The idiom, its algebra, and its limits

196 speckx 2026-10-07 18:43:18 UTC debasishg.github.io Llama Share 91

The push-ifs-up-fors-down principle suggests moving conditional logic up and iterative loops down to improve clarity and performance. This involves centralizing control flow in one function, while delegating non-branchy logic to helper functions.

ESP32-C3 Adblock

195 jayhoon 2026-10-07 01:39:21 UTC github.com/m-abozaid Llama Share 82

The ESP32-C3 AdBlock project stores domain hashes in flash memory for efficient lookup, reducing RAM usage and increasing performance. The device can be updated over WiFi or OTA, with a dashboard that requires HTTP Basic Auth to prevent unauthorized access.

Teams in Vienna and Beijing have built the first thorium nuclear clocks

186 gumby 2026-10-07 17:59:34 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 51

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Chernobyl particles reveal unexpectedly stable nuclear fuel after 40 years

177 geox 2026-10-07 01:44:59 UTC phys.org Full Share 71

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Show HN: A walkable 3D art history museum built from Wikipedia

174 jasontr 2026-10-07 12:51:08 UTC artmuseum.artfrompixels.com Full Share 68

All credit goes to Wikipedia and WikiArt · for educational use only. Free knowledge keeps democracies strong. Donate to Wikipedia. Scroll to move up or down · drag to pan · use the year handles or pinch to zoomPinch to travel through time · drag to pan · tap a period

Across the Globe, People Increasingly Say Social Media Is Harming Democracy

171 karakoram 2026-10-07 15:23:29 UTC pewresearch.org Llama Share 127

A Pew Research Center survey of 42,151 people in 37 countries found that most believe social media has had a negative impact on democracy, with the US being one of the most critical.

Google Playground: Create and play custom games

167 acossta 2026-10-07 12:28:36 UTC blog.google Llama Share 231

Playground is a new gaming platform that lets users create, play and share custom games without coding experience. It offers a conversational interface to build games from scratch or remix starter prompts.

Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age

154 Hooke 2026-10-07 21:25:16 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 58

Archaeologists have discovered ancient artifacts, such as the ivory lochstab from Hohle Fels cave, that reveal prehistoric hunter-gatherers used soft technologies like fiber to shape their daily lives. These technologies were essential for survival but often overlooked in the archaeological record.

A 5.3M-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone

154 bryanrasmussen 2026-10-07 18:14:41 UTC nature.com Llama Share 16

Scientists have discovered a vast whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone of the southeastern Indian Ocean, containing five modern natural whale-fall communities and 476 fossil cetaceans. The discovery provides crucial insights into the interplay of life and death in deep-sea ecosystems.

The art of defusing a second world war bomb

154 sandebert 2026-10-07 03:43:14 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 117

A 250kg German bomb was discovered floating on a dredger in Exmouth Marina, Devon, and two teams worked to defuse it. The bomb had been hidden for 80 years after being dropped during WWII, and its location made it difficult to access.

Couple was swatted 55 times in 2 years over a post about Norm Macdonald

144 colinprince 2026-10-07 01:42:24 UTC cbc.ca Llama Share 140

Patrick Tomlinson was swatted 55 times by police in Milwaukee, despite explaining his situation to the department. He and his wife received a $575,000 settlement after a lawsuit found police violated their constitutional rights.

Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services

141 colinprince 2026-10-07 04:37:05 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 51

Attackers hijacked top-level domains .gh, .sl, and .as to mint counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other organizations. Google updated Chrome to block unauthorized certificates and worked with certificate authorities to revoke them.

SynthID Detector

132 ilreb 2026-10-07 14:16:44 UTC synthid.com Llama Share 98

Google's SynthID is a digital watermarking approach that embeds imperceptible watermarks into AI-generated content for identification. It helps people make informed decisions about interacting with AI-generated content by providing transparency into the tools used to create it.

PS5 Jailbreaks Are Escalating at an Unprecedented Pace

125 password54321 2026-10-07 10:24:19 UTC pushsquare.com Llama Share 150

Hackers have successfully jailbroken the PS5, allowing users to install emulators and run various games on older firmware versions. This development has led to a surge in console sales and may prompt Sony to accelerate its transition to the PS6.

AI-assisted proof of optimal packing for 11 squares

118 bluepeter 2026-10-07 14:10:55 UTC github.com/queuingtheorydotcom Llama Share 55

The verification of the Optimality proof passed with native numerical certificates, using Lean 4.34.1 and Mathlib revision d13f23b723b8a846827a245b89c10fc7d3f11612. The repository imports exact proof sources and pinned build configuration from commit 1bf942a7af1ea330e95489d8997deebd4227ca71.

Google Playground

115 trollied 2026-10-07 13:42:03 UTC labs.google Full Share 2

Create custom games in minutes.

Study: Claude, ChatGPT Offer Different Shopping Prices Based on Wealth

97 sbulaev 2026-10-07 16:07:08 UTC bloomberg.com Full Share 41

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Write Like It's 1866: LLMs Relearn Telegraphese

96 Theory42 2026-10-07 12:04:36 UTC fiveminutesforward.com Llama Share 58

Researchers tested the effectiveness of compressing text into "cablese" format, which reduces output by 40-49% while maintaining comprehension. The results showed that cablese records can be read and understood at parity with plaintext records across four model families.

Photograph 49 is the key to understanding Rosalind Franklin’s DNA Photograph 51

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The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton

85 speckx 2026-10-07 15:59:41 UTC theconversation.com Llama Share 50

Seattle Mountain Rescue team uses powered assistive devices called human exoskeletons to increase strength and endurance during searches for stranded people. Exoskeleton technology has progressed significantly, with various applications in industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, and military services.

Forever junior: Skills AI can't develop for you

83 brugidou 2026-10-07 08:00:06 UTC tech.criteo.com Llama Share 59

Software engineers are adapting to an AI revolution, with some fearing job extinction and others seeing it as a change. Engineers must learn new skills to work effectively with AI agents while maintaining their own expertise.

Reasons to Dislike AI Coding

82 signa11 2026-10-07 09:15:00 UTC sicpers.info Llama Share 113

User discusses whether generated software is real art, arguing that it lacks creative ineffability and only serves as a means to an end. They also question the role of AI in software engineering, suggesting it doesn't truly create code but rather generates text that compiles.

Account bans on Reddit

80 theorchid 2026-10-07 00:28:29 UTC orchidfiles.com Llama Share 77

The author created multiple accounts to share their open-source projects on Reddit, but was banned each time due to violating community rules. They eventually learned that earning 1k karma and signing up through the mobile app can help make an account seem more trustworthy before posting links.

ShinyHunters Extorted Boeing Spin-Off Prior to Arrests

79 speckx 2026-10-07 15:15:36 UTC krebsonsecurity.com Llama Share 18

A teenager from Amman, Jordan, suspected of leading the ShinyHunters hacking group has been detained and is cooperating with the FBI to identify other members. The suspect, known as "Rey," was involved in extorting a Boeing unit and stealing sensitive data from the FBI.

Calling It Quits on ServerFault

76 zdw 2026-10-07 04:22:04 UTC sysadmin1138.net Llama Share 53

A moderator on StackOverflow, ServerFault, and SuperUser is stepping down after 15 years of service. The site has declined significantly since its peak in 2011-2012 due to changes in Google algorithms and spam campaigns.

Reverse Engineering of the M-VAVE FM-1 Pocket Synthesizer Firmware

75 0bytes 2026-10-07 15:19:50 UTC github.com/al-255 Llama Share 49

Researchers reverse-engineered the M-Vave FM-1 synthesizer, identifying it as a JieLi AC791N/WL82 with a specific CPU and flash layout. The project provides detailed analysis tools and documentation for understanding the device's update protocol and potential recovery mechanisms.

Show HN: Agent.reviews – Where AI agents read and write reviews on tools

73 screm 2026-10-07 16:59:11 UTC agent.reviews Llama Share 49

Coding agents reviewed various tools and platforms, including Claude Code, Codex, FastAPI, GitHub, Muse Code and others. They tested features like retry handling and error diagnosis with some success.

La Cueva BBS in Mexico in 1993 (session replay)

71 nanochess 2026-10-07 03:16:45 UTC nanochess.org Llama Share 23

The author reminisces about their 1993 homebrew computer with a Z280 processor, which they used to write a serial terminal program and interface with a Hayes modem. They also share details about the BBS systems they interacted with, including La Cueva BBS and Catarsys.

Show HN: NanoMuse – An open-source AI agent for your phone and computer

67 ilreb 2026-10-07 03:30:44 UTC github.com/nano-muse Llama Share 21

nanoMuse is an open-source personal agent that runs on various devices, remembering users and keeping working while the app is closed. It offers a free allowance of model use on the community relay, with options for self-hosting or using existing providers like ChatGPT.

Open source 160 sound visualization experiments

64 kaganin 2026-10-07 15:46:30 UTC kagan.in Full Share 21

160+ sound visualization experiments across 25+ categories. explore waveform animations, spectrum-inspired patterns, matrix displays, particles, rhythm and memory.

Shaders, WebGPU Components for React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, JavaScript and Framer

64 jinqueeny 2026-10-07 05:38:35 UTC github.com/shader-effects-inc Llama Share 27

Shaders is a declarative WebGPU API for creating 200+ effects as components, with a design editor that exports the component tree to any framework. It supports React, Vue, Svelte, Solid and JavaScript entries with production-ready TypeScript and optimized performance.

Show HN: Procinsh – A 3D Linux process inspector

62 a_kawashiro 2026-10-07 12:45:06 UTC github.com/akawashiro Llama Share 26

Procinsh is a web-based process inspector for Linux that requires Rust, C compiler, and other development files to compile native code. To install and run procinsh, users need to follow specific installation steps on Ubuntu or WSL2 systems.

It may soon be possible to create "mirror life"

58 amai 2026-10-07 11:14:38 UTC economist.com Full Share 101

Show HN: Rgpu – a PyTorch device whose tensors live on a remote GPU

57 boxstream 2026-10-07 05:15:44 UTC github.com/ymcrcat Llama Share 4

rGPU is a remote GPU service that allows running GPU work on a remote NVIDIA machine while keeping the application on the client. It can be installed using pip and provides various deployment options for different programming languages.

Paramount, Warner Bros Formally Merge, Form Giant Mountain of Disastrous Debt

53 cdrnsf 2026-10-07 16:11:10 UTC techdirt.com Llama Share 3

Larry Ellison's $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers will likely result in mass layoffs, higher prices, and lower-quality products due to significant debt. The deal is expected to lead to a decline in media quality and increased corporate influence over news outlets like CNN.

The Mathocalypse

50 philipfweiss 2026-10-07 19:42:14 UTC scottaaronson.blog Llama Share 1

The author's 9-year-old son jokingly said that his mother, a complexity theorist, got "cooked" by a robot solving her math problem. However, the robot actually solved one of Dana Moshkovitz's long-standing open problems in mathematics. The OpenAI model used to solve this problem is not bespoke but rather an internal model that might be released to paying customers soon.

Jev-Driven SRE Diagnosis: What Worked and What Failed

50 matt_d 2026-10-07 01:27:49 UTC sregym.com Llama Share 27

Researchers developed a Jev-driven diagnosis pipeline that uses fast and cheap judgments to guide the investigation of Kubernetes faults, achieving 76.2% accuracy in diagnosing 21 SREGym-Lite faults. The pipeline's performance is comparable to GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) but with significant speed and cost advantages over large language models like LLM agents.

Permanent Daylight Saving Time Could Harm Sleep and Mental Health, Analysis Says

47 throw0101a 2026-10-07 11:08:08 UTC sci.news Llama Share 115

Canadian health researchers recommend permanent standard time over daylight saving time to avoid darker winter mornings that could harm sleep and mental health. This would keep the clock aligned with human circadian biology, potentially reducing negative effects on sleep, mood, and productivity.

Show HN: TerrainSR – fast, realistic heightmap upscaling model

47 joegibbs 2026-10-07 01:24:17 UTC huggingface.co Llama Share 8

TerrainSR is a model that generates realistic terrain height data from lower-detail data, trained on 100m to 10m pairs and suitable for higher-resolution inputs. It can be used in real-time applications like gaming due to its speed and variability compared to traditional erosion simulators.

All the numbers: Amazon Prime Day 2026 powered by AWS

45 acronpolis 2026-10-07 13:51:11 UTC aws.amazon.com Llama Share 39

AWS powered Amazon Prime Day 2026 with record-breaking metrics, including over 2.3 trillion AWS Lambda invocations and 59 trillion DynamoDB requests. The event utilized various AWS services to deliver millions of deals across more than 35 categories.

I tried to move my notes out of Emacs. I failed. Again

42 speckx 2026-10-07 20:27:11 UTC baty.net Llama Share 46

The writer switched from Emacs to Bear due to fatigue, but later returned to Emacs after discovering Denote. They are now considering a sync/bridge between Denote and Bear for seamless note syncing.

ICANN Reveals 2026 Round Applications for New Generic Top-Level Domains

41 ChrisArchitect 2026-10-07 19:01:45 UTC icann.org Llama Share 55

ICANN has published the list of applications for the 2026 New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Program, revealing applied-for strings and entities. The application submission window closed on August 12, 2026.

Show HN: gtlds.fyi – All the proposed new gTLDs

40 irs 2026-10-07 19:53:17 UTC gtlds.fyi Full Share 59

ICANN Reveal Day 2026: the names and companies in the next gTLD round.

AI firm HUMXN offers free plumbing and HVAC service in Minnesota to train robots

38 brunomarsjams 2026-10-07 15:28:49 UTC humxn.io Llama Share 68

HUMXN launches a program to pay for home-service appointments in exchange for training data for AI and robotics. The company partners with service companies to collect valuable examples of skilled professionals performing real tasks.

Xbox has secured exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights

38 thm 2026-10-07 02:22:42 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 57

Microsoft is set to secure exclusive streaming rights for Grand Theft Auto VI on Xbox Cloud Gaming, starting in November. This deal will allow only Xbox Cloud Gaming to stream the game at launch, potentially benefiting PC players who need an Xbox console.

Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt in Rust and released it as OSS

37 jbredeche 2026-10-07 14:55:13 UTC bsky.app Full Share 32

Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps https://getartcraft.com/apps

Tell HN: Apple not letting removal of AI models on macOS 27 is outrageous

37 busymom0 2026-10-07 14:26:53 UTC news.ycombinator.com Full Share 27

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LLMs and Data Poisoning Are Weaponized to Manufacture Consensus

31 marketinganai 2026-10-07 11:23:55 UTC medium.com/@eslam.elsewedy Full Share 25

I'm in love with a German film star

29 hn_acker 2026-10-07 22:26:34 UTC heatherburns.tech Llama Share 1

A German film called Babystar critiques the dark side of social media and influencer culture, where parents exploit their children for content. The author recalls a real-life incident involving UK Gov recruiting influencers to endorse online safety legislation, highlighting the hypocrisy in defending children's online safety from those who don't care about it.

AI Model Groupthink

29 io84 2026-10-07 18:08:38 UTC magicnumbers.io Llama Share 9

The author's web tool, which asks a panel of 12 AI models for top three recommendations, found that Chinese models tend to agree more with each other than American or European models. The five Chinese models averaged a score of 0.47 in consensus, while the six American models scored 0.38 and Europe's lone entrant scored 0.36.

Sharded, encrypted storage between friends over Yggdrasil

28 peter_retief 2026-10-07 05:20:22 UTC github.com/peterretief Llama Share 9

Yggdrasil is a decentralized file storage system that allows users to share files and store data securely, using public keys for node IDs and encryption with AES-256-GCM. It enables peer-to-peer sharing without relying on cloud services or VPNs, providing redundancy and security through erasure coding and checksum verification.

Show HN: Pinrail – A desktop inbox where coding agents wait for your review

27 pnezis 2026-10-07 17:15:03 UTC github.com/forgeplane Llama Share 10

Pinrail is a desktop app that helps users review and approve agent actions before they proceed, using plugins for different types of reviews. The app runs on macOS and Linux with Windows support coming soon, and is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

EmDash uses Clef to moderate the plugin registry

27 ascorbic 2026-10-07 17:12:28 UTC emdashcms.com Llama Share 10

EmDash's plugin registry now uses Cloudflare's Clef decision model to screen listings for phishing and other abuse. The model evaluates metadata, links, icons, and screenshots before passing or reviewing plugins.

Clean room implementation of Adobe products

26 derac 2026-10-07 06:02:46 UTC github.com/storytold Full Share 32

deckcraft Public Presentations and slide shows: an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft PowerPoint in pure Rust. Part of the ArtCraft Crafting Apps.

Show HN: Terse, a Claude Code plugin that halves reply length by cutting filler

25 lowenbjer 2026-10-07 17:16:48 UTC github.com/lowenbjer Llama Share 18

A user created a plugin to reduce the verbosity of Claude Code's responses, cutting reply length in half and removing mannered prose. The plugin applies writing rules to replies, documents, commits, and subagents.

Device detection and occupancy monitoring for Airbnb hosts

21 mikeodds 2026-10-07 14:19:12 UTC minut.com Llama Share 52

Minut's Crowd Detect monitors occupancy in real-time, alerting you to unusually high numbers of people so you can uphold guest standards and prevent unwanted parties. It uses passive signals from nearby iOS devices to estimate occupancy without collecting or storing personal data.

A nuclear clock synchronized to 229Th

20 sbulaev 2026-10-07 20:07:09 UTC nature.com Llama Share 4

Researchers have successfully demonstrated a nuclear clock using the 229Th isomer, which has a transition energy in the vacuum-ultraviolet range. The clock reaches a fractional frequency instability of 5 × 10^-13 / sqrt(τ/s) for averaging time τ, and its operation is enabled by high-bandwidth, high-signal-to-noise phototube absorption readout.

Thank You Indonesia for the Clean Air

19 water-drummer 2026-10-07 15:39:26 UTC thankyouindoforthecleanair.web.app Llama Share 2

Former Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla launched a website to express gratitude for clean air from Indonesia, which Singapore and Malaysia appreciated. The original site was relaunched in 2023 after going dark around 2019.

No new Ghostty updates since March

18 zatkin 2026-10-07 17:50:56 UTC github.com/ghostty-org Full Share 17

👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration. - Tags · ghostty-org/ghostty

LGTM: A parody of modern AI adoption in the tech industry [video]

17 alexeyza 2026-10-07 07:00:38 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 3

The Outing of Tinky Winky (2014)

16 sternmere 2026-10-07 19:28:20 UTC priceonomics.com Llama Share 1

The Teletubbies show, aimed at 1- to 4-year-olds, sparked controversy when its purple character Tinky Winky was mistakenly perceived as gay due to his asexuality and distinctive appearance. The show's producers denied any intention of promoting homosexuality.

Show HN: Pointless but mostly-exact clone of Hacker News

16 sillysaurusx 2026-10-07 18:05:35 UTC news.ycombinator.lol Full Share 7

Fabrice Bellard: The Ghost in the Code

15 ptidhomme 2026-10-07 17:57:29 UTC zbruceli.org Llama Share 0

Fabrice Bellard, a French computer scientist, holds the record for computing 2.7 trillion digits of pi on a desktop computer in 2009. He has made significant contributions to various fields including video compression and virtualization with projects like FFmpeg and QEMU.

A Cop's Case for Flock

15 skadamat 2026-10-07 16:00:34 UTC worksinprogress.co Llama Share 70

A new technology called Flock Safety uses automatic license plate recognition cameras to help police catch stolen cars and wanted individuals, increasing crime-solving rates. However, the system has faced opposition due to concerns over privacy and potential misuse by corrupt officers.

Association for Human Mathematics's Statement on OpenAI's Recent Math Release

14 mariofdistrust 2026-10-07 21:40:41 UTC ahmath.org Llama Share 1

OpenAI released a repository of mathematical manuscripts without permission, disregarding norms of scientific research. Mathematicians reject the publication as untrustworthy and urge caution, instead advocating for human-centered science.

How to Assemble Science

14 karakoram 2026-10-07 15:07:14 UTC aeon.co Llama Share 1

The scientific community faces challenges in synthesizing evidence due to the vast amount of research and varying study quality, leading to confusion among the public. A systematic approach is needed to combine existing knowledge and identify effective solutions for various problems.

The Alchemical Transformations of the Mutus Liber (1677)

14 benbreen 2026-10-07 05:30:20 UTC publicdomainreview.org Llama Share 0

The Mutus Liber, a 17th-century alchemical text, provides step-by-step instructions for creating the Philosopher's Stone. It was likely created to fuel the growing interest in alchemy during the scientific revolution.

Claude Haiku 5.5

13 denysvitali 2026-10-07 17:56:14 UTC platform.claude.com Llama Share 1

Claude Haiku 5.5 is a high-volume, latency-sensitive model for tasks like classification and extraction. It supports adaptive thinking with up to 128k output tokens and uses the same tokenizer as Claude 4.7.

GitHub Outage: Incident with Git Operations, Pull Requests and Actions

13 wbnns 2026-10-07 15:15:58 UTC githubstatus.com Llama Share 3

GitHub experienced two write operation outages on October 7, 2026, due to an internal service issue. The outages affected various services including GitHub Actions and authentication, but no data was lost during the incidents.

Part of a police code for describing suspects

13 Bluestein 2026-10-07 14:09:15 UTC researchgate.net Full Share 9

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The keys to the Internet change on October 11. Are you ready?

13 dverlaeckt80 2026-10-07 12:49:20 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 2

The DNS root is changing its key-signing key (KSK) for the second time, which anchors DNSSEC's chain of trust. Resolvers must trust the new key before October 11 to avoid unreachable websites.

Bender: AI's 'Existential' Risk Is 'Fake' [video]

12 Moru 2026-10-07 13:19:30 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 15

OpenWAM: An Open Framework for Composable World-Action Models

12 ilreb 2026-10-07 03:17:49 UTC openwam.stanford.edu Llama Share 1

Researchers developed OpenWAM, a framework that enables robots to predict and control their actions by learning from video data. The system uses a combination of models for video prediction, action generation, and dynamics modeling to achieve strong performance in various tasks.

C for Rust Programmers

11 torutofu 2026-10-07 17:32:46 UTC bd103.dev Llama Share 3

The author shares their experience learning C after initially being a Rust programmer, highlighting the language's quirks and differences from Rust. They provide examples of how C handles booleans, strings, error handling, arrays, and pointers to illustrate its unique features.