What the Fuck Happened to Nerds

64 vrnvu 2026-06-15 08:26:42 UTC mrmarket.lol Llama Share 21

The tech industry's leadership has shifted from being humble and focused on work to being egocentric and attention-seeking, damaging the industry's reputation and trust with the public. To regain trust, founders should focus on projecting core nerd values such as enthusiasm for niche interests, humility, and a love of learning rather than seeking wealth and power.

Your ePub Is fine

568 sohkamyung 2026-06-14 23:17:42 UTC andreklein.net Llama Share 193

The author's new book passed epubcheck but was reported as "corrupted" by a Kobo user due to Adobe's RMSDK rendering engine not supporting modern CSS. The issue was resolved by disabling the stylesheet and updating the CSS to be compatible with RMSDK.

Apple Foundation Models

110 MehrdadKhnzd 2026-06-15 05:17:42 UTC platform.claude.com Llama Share 29

Claude for Foundation Models is a Swift package that makes Claude available as a server-side language model in Apple's Foundation Models framework. It targets the Foundation Models server-side language model API introduced in OS 27 betas.

Even more batteries included with Emacs

189 signa11 2026-06-15 03:17:42 UTC karthinks.com Llama Share 37

The article discusses various lesser-known features in Emacs, including wildcard support in find-file and Dired, ffap-menu for finding file paths, compare-windows for comparing text, and other features like vc-diff for inspecting backups and apropos for searching commands. The article also covers features like keyboard macros, subword-mode, image manipulation, visible-mode, and other ...

Curl will not accept vulnerability reports during July 2026

366 secret-noun 2026-06-15 06:17:42 UTC daniel.haxx.se Llama Share 126

The curl project will be closed to vulnerability reports in July 2026, known as the "curl summer of bliss." Reports can be submitted again on August 3 through Hackerone.

Show HN: Kage – Shadow any website to a single binary for offline viewing

557 tamnd 2026-06-14 18:17:42 UTC github.com/tamnd Llama Share 109

kage clones websites into offline folders with scripts removed, preserving the site's appearance. It offers a binary or container image for use with Chrome or Chromium.

Bitsy

194 tosh 2026-06-15 00:17:42 UTC bitsy.org Full Share 6

~ a little engine for little games, worlds, and stories ~

There Is(Ǝ) – Such That (∋)

29 evakhoury 2026-06-15 05:17:42 UTC fractalkitty.com Llama Share 11

You're creating a language for generating procedural clocks for "Impossible Day" with a visual editor and p5.js rendering. The editor has a wordless interface with hand-drawn icons and a debug mode for scrubbing through the day.

Firewood Splitting Simulator

816 memalign 2026-06-14 11:17:42 UTC screen.toys Full Share 241

Split firewood in 3D — an interactive Three.js experience

21 years and counting of 'eight fallacies of distributed computing' (2025)

85 teleforce 2026-06-15 00:17:42 UTC blog.apnic.net Llama Share 15

The eight fallacies of distributed computing highlight common misconceptions about network behavior, including assuming reliable data delivery, infinite bandwidth, and secure networks, which can lead to design flaws in network protocols and applications. Understanding these fallacies is crucial for network operators and developers to design robust and efficient network systems that can handle ...

Dalus (YC W25) Is Hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Germany

0 2026-06-15 07:17:42 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Dalus is hiring a senior frontend software engineer to build a modern AI-powered platform for systems engineers. The role involves designing an intuitive interface for complex engineering data.

Why does paper fold so well?

41 zeristor 2026-06-15 03:17:42 UTC bbc.co.uk Llama Share 11

Paper's foldability is due to its unique structure, which is created during the papermaking process involving chemistry. Different paper types fold differently due to variations in their structure.

Rio de Janeiro's "homegrown" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model

349 unrvl22 2026-06-14 16:17:42 UTC github.com/nex-agi Llama Share 187

Rio-3.5-Open-397B is a merged model of Nex and Qwen3.5-397B-A17B, with no evidence of its own training. Its weights are a 0.6 Nex to 0.4 Qwen blend.

Being an old school web-based sports sim dev in the era of vibe coded games

6 YesBox 2026-06-15 07:17:42 UTC zengm.com Prefix Share 0

Back when I started working on the web-based version of Basketball GM in 2012, web development was very different. npm was brand new and hardly anyone used it. Bundling/deploying JS was very primitive, a lot of people still were just concatenating files together. And things like TypeScript, React, async/await... these did not even exist yet! It was really difficult! The tools and ...

UK Brings in Full Social Media Ban for Under-16s

12 01-_- 2026-06-15 08:39:42 UTC deadline.com Llama Share 8

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer introduced legislation to ban certain apps for under-16s, following Australia's lead. The ban includes restrictions on livestreaming, stranger communication, and AI chatbots, with enforcement to begin in early 2027.

A short history of Cerro Torre, the most controversial mountain (2012)

41 joebig 2026-06-15 02:17:42 UTC markhorrell.com Llama Share 16

Italian climber Cesare Maestri claimed Cerro Torre's first ascent in 1959, but his claim is disputed. American climbers Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk removed 125 bolts from the mountain's Compressor Route, sparking debate over climbing purity and fair means.

Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)

226 david927 2026-06-14 16:17:42 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 826

User discussed various projects including a CRM with agent baked in, an ActivityPub server, and an open-source search engine called Uruky, as well as other projects such as a 3D optics simulator, a video lie detector, and a Peak Flow Meter Diary app for asthma patients. They also mentioned other projects like Totem, a collaborative knowledge management system, and HN Alerts, a site for ...

Exploring building a tiny FUSE filesystem

7 shayonj 2026-06-15 07:17:42 UTC shayon.dev Prefix Share 2

Lately I have been working around sandboxing, storage, and networking, and a lot of that work keeps coming back to files, which makes sense since Unix has organized itself around everything is a file for over fifty years. Your terminal and random number generator are device files you can open and read (/dev/tty, /dev/urandom), and even network sockets, which are created with their own system ...

Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call

161 AG342 2026-06-14 19:17:42 UTC traceapp.info Llama Share 58

Trace is a local Mac app that captures and transcribes audio from any app, flags key moments, and provides a markdown transcript. It runs entirely on-device, with no uploads or audio sent anywhere, and allows for easy organization and sharing of recordings.

Formal methods and the future of programming

264 eatonphil 2026-06-14 13:17:42 UTC blog.janestreet.com Llama Share 94

Jane Street is now excited about formal methods after being skeptical due to high costs. They're building a team to make formal methods useful for software development.

Chaosnet (1981)

85 RGBCube 2026-06-14 19:17:42 UTC tumbleweed.nu Llama Share 12

Chaosnet is a local network developed in 1975 by MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory for the Lisp Machine system, providing a fast, reliable, and simple communication medium for a group of computers within a kilometer of each other. It uses a carrier-sense multiple-access structure and a novel collision-avoidance technique to prevent collisions and ensure high performance.

Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

327 josephcsible 2026-06-14 22:17:42 UTC windowscentral.com Llama Share 223

Microsoft is trying to rebuild trust with users through Windows K2, but one unresolved issue is the mandatory Microsoft account requirement during setup. Users want a choice between local and online accounts, and a clearer explanation of how features like encryption affect their computers.

TorchCodec 0.14: HDR Video Decoding for CPU and CUDA, and Fast Wav Decoder

46 scott_s 2026-06-14 21:17:42 UTC github.com/meta-pytorch Llama Share 5

TorchCodec 0.14 adds fast audio WavDecoder and HDR video decoding support. It also drops NPP dependency for CUDA decoding.

The only scalable delete in Postgres is DROP TABLE

166 hollylawly 2026-06-14 14:17:42 UTC planetscale.com Llama Share 58

Deleting large amounts of data in Postgres can be inefficient due to write and replication overhead, but using DROP TABLE or TRUNCATE can scale much better. Structuring your schema with partitioning and avoiding large bulk DELETE operations can prevent bloat and improve database health.

Perlisisms (1982)

115 tosh 2026-06-14 15:17:42 UTC cs.yale.edu Llama Share 56

Programming principles emphasize modularity, simplicity, and adaptability, while also highlighting the importance of understanding the underlying mechanisms of computation. Effective programming requires a balance between creativity, discipline, and attention to detail, as well as a willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and ideas.

Caddy compatibility for zeroserve: 3x throughput and 70% lower latency

186 losfair 2026-06-14 14:17:42 UTC su3.io Llama Share 53

zeroserve is a high-performance HTTPS server that JIT-compiles Caddyfiles to eBPF and native machine code. It supports HTTPS reverse proxy and custom code execution via eBPF.

Show HN: Discover Wikipedia articles popular on Hacker News

114 octopus143 2026-06-14 18:17:42 UTC orangecrumbs.com Full Share 26

The best Wikipedia rabbit holes and evergreen YouTube videos from Hacker News - 2,187 articles and 2,076 videos.

Segmented type appreciation corner (2018)

72 unexpectedVCR 2026-06-14 18:17:42 UTC aresluna.org Full Share 16

8 16 24 34 43 66 93 6 21 23 50 52 55 Just start typing!

Write for One Person

214 evakhoury 2026-06-14 23:17:42 UTC wizardzines.com Full Share 65

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How to earn a billion dollars

626 kingstoned 2026-06-14 12:17:42 UTC paulgraham.com Llama Share 1632

To become a billionaire, one must create a startup with exponential growth, which can be achieved by making something users love so much they tell their friends, and then sustaining that growth in a large market. This can be done without cheating, as the key is to understand users deeply and make something that dramatically improves their lives, rather than exploiting them.