DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp

249 dares2573 2026-08-21 11:02:21 UTC api-docs.deepseek.com Llama Share 63

The deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp model accepts images alongside text and supports three methods to provide an image: base64 data URL, external http(s) URL, or Files API file_id. The model can analyze charts, describe pictures, read text from screenshots.

AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late

286 darccio 2026-08-21 11:02:21 UTC annas-archive.pk Llama Share 215

AI companies are secretly buying and destroying physical books to train their models, threatening human knowledge. Anna's Archive is calling on volunteers worldwide to scan and upload books before this cultural heritage disappears forever.

Grand jury declines to indict Ohio man charged with destroying Flock camera

105 throw7 2026-08-21 13:06:21 UTC san.com Llama Share 26

A grand jury in Ohio declined to indict a man accused of vandalizing an automatic license plate reader camera, dismissing charges. The incident is part of growing backlash against Flock cameras used by law enforcement across the US.

TigerBeetle Core System Architecture: Deconstructing Performance Engineering

67 ksec 2026-08-21 12:02:21 UTC ixuvo.com Llama Share 27

TigerBeetle, a financial ledger database, prioritizes extreme mechanical sympathy by eliminating dynamic memory allocation and using zero-copy direct I/O to achieve high throughput rates with predictable tail latencies.

Small, native web tricks worth remembering

139 marcomezzavilla 2026-08-21 10:02:21 UTC htmlcat.net Full Share 29

A small, opinionated collection of compact notes about useful HTML, CSS, and JavaScript features.

The Lost Treasure of Sid Meier's Pirates

177 spankibalt 2026-08-21 08:02:21 UTC remapradio.com Llama Share 100

Sid Meier's Pirates! was a groundbreaking game released in 1987 that defied genre conventions, combining elements of action-adventure, strategy, and role-playing games. The game's unique design has been praised for its innovative mechanics and thematic depth, which have influenced many other games since its release.

Kino: A high-performance Ractor web server for Ruby 4.0

32 ksec 2026-08-21 12:02:21 UTC github.com/yaroslav Llama Share 6

Kino is a Ruby server that uses Rust's Ractors to run Rack apps in parallel, improving performance and reducing memory usage compared to traditional Ruby servers like Puma. Kino achieves this by dispatching requests to multiple Ractors, each running the app in its own small process.

I'm Becoming AI-Blind

22 rcymerys 2026-08-21 12:02:21 UTC cymerys.com Llama Share 4

The writer is experiencing difficulty focusing on documents sent by colleagues, suspecting they may be AI-generated due to overly technical language and marketing jargon. This phenomenon has led them to develop a "pre-trained" eye for spotting low-effort AI content, which now ignores such texts without much thought.

We Rebuilt the Linux MicroVM Stack on Apple Silicon

119 signa11 2026-08-21 07:02:21 UTC encore.dev Llama Share 61

To run microVMs on Apple's hypervisor, developers built a custom tool called "Crackling" that allows them to boot the same images on both Linux and macOS. The Crackling tool uses vsock for communication between the host and guest, allowing agents to build and validate features with real infrastructure in the dev loop.

Flat Chair by Sara Paculdo

80 surprisetalk 2026-08-21 08:02:21 UTC toxel.com Llama Share 25

A flat-pack chair with fiberglass panels is designed for efficient manufacturing and compact transportation, reducing shipping costs. It uses curves and interlocking components to form strength without excessive material use.

Radiation damage to Hubble has been 4.3 years out of phase with the Solar cycle

6 pppone 2026-08-21 13:37:21 UTC arxiv.org LocalLLM Share 2

Hubble's CCD detectors act as radiation dosimeters, showing varied damage over solar cycles. Empirical fits correct most radiation damage in images, but physically reasonable models perform worse.

The Mystery of Dark Oxygen

33 rbanffy 2026-08-21 11:02:21 UTC newyorker.com Llama Share 8

Scientists on an expedition to a South African gold mine discovered dark oxygen, a rare and elusive molecule that's essential for life. They found it in ancient water trapped deep beneath the earth's surface, where sunlight can't reach.

The August 17 outage

594 0xedb 2026-08-20 20:02:21 UTC github.blog Llama Share 684

GitHub experienced a 7-hour and 47-minute outage on August 17, affecting multiple services due to capacity failure. The company is accelerating work to improve reliability after two significant incidents in August.

I like 'em thick: an apology to my English teachers

800 Ariarule 2026-08-20 15:02:21 UTC experimental-history.com Llama Share 323

The author reflects on how great literature and art can be misunderstood as lacking substance, but in reality, they are complex and layered. Thick works of fiction require attention and effort to fully appreciate their depth.

HTML Can Do That

915 encyclopedism 2026-08-20 14:02:21 UTC chrisburnell.com Llama Share 209

This page showcases modern HTML features that can achieve dynamic functionality without JavaScript, highlighting browser implementation limitations and accessibility needs. The examples include popovers, modal dialog boxes, color pickers, range inputs, and more.

Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload

526 abhisek 2026-08-20 14:02:21 UTC safedep.io Llama Share 460

A compromised Rust crate, arrayref, was released on crates.io with a malicious dependency proc-macro1. The malicious code ran at build time and fetched a remote binary without validation.

Micron announces $10B research hub in Boise

77 osnium123 2026-08-21 04:02:21 UTC investors.micron.com Llama Share 26

Micron Technology is launching Micron Research Labs with a $10 billion investment, uniting academia, government, startups and industry to advance memory and compute breakthroughs. The lab will focus on critical areas like memory technologies, advanced architectures and future semiconductor manufacturing.

Ox Alpha

200 mtokmak06 2026-08-21 00:02:21 UTC openrouter.ai Llama Share 155

Ox Alpha is a stealth model for coding, agentic work, and production workloads with a 1,048,576-token context window. It accepts text, images, and video inputs and returns text outputs through OpenRouter's unified API.

Siemens PC-X (2015)

10 naves 2026-08-21 12:02:21 UTC geekdot.com Llama Share 3

The Siemens PC-X is a rare computer from the early days of the PC/XT world, featuring SINIX UNIX and an 80186 processor. It has limited compatibility with MS-DOS software due to its non-standard design.

I should have loved biology (2020)

311 tyre 2026-08-20 18:02:21 UTC jsomers.net Llama Share 118

The author reflects on their biology education, feeling that it was too dry and lacked real-world context. They credit Lewis Thomas's writing style for making the subject more engaging and understandible. The author believes that learning about biology should start with questions and hands-on projects rather than just memorizing facts.

Better Batteries

29 olexsmir 2026-08-21 08:02:21 UTC matklad.github.io Llama Share 17

The debate over the size of a programming language's standard library is misguided, as quality and functionality are more important. The Go and Rust libraries are notable examples of encompassing yet well-designed collections, while Python's uneven quality is its advantage in providing early access to functionality.

Four Levels of In-Place Initialization (Rust)

5 dabinat 2026-08-21 13:02:21 UTC blog.yoshuawuyts.com LocalLLM Share 0

In-place initialization allows constructing types directly in memory, improving efficiency and preventing stack overflows. A 4-level hierarchy of features, from raw pointers to safe abstractions, offers flexibility and control while balancing safety and ergonomics.

Why aren't smart people happier? (2022)

230 rafaelc 2026-08-20 19:02:21 UTC experimental-history.com Llama Share 326

The author argues that intelligence is not just about solving well-defined problems, but also about navigating poorly defined problems in life. They suggest that people who excel at solving well-defined problems may not necessarily be happier or more fulfilled.

Seed: Minimal, self-modifying agent harness

49 gandalfgeek 2026-08-21 06:02:21 UTC github.com/vivekhaldar Llama Share 16

This is a framework for building agents that interact with tools like exec and load system prompts from files. Agents grow their own tools, memory, and skills session by session in the self/ directory.

CIA funding helped keep NeXT afloat in the 80s

430 EwanG 2026-08-20 14:02:21 UTC wsj.com Full Share 257

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Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, the US intervened

293 rdmuser 2026-08-21 06:02:21 UTC xda-developers.com Llama Share 166

TRON, a Japanese operating system developed in the 1980s, was abandoned due to US government concerns over its adoption in schools and telecom networks. Despite this, its embedded variant ITRON became widely used globally.

Launch HN: Vendo (YC S26) – Let users build features on top of your product

52 yousefh409 2026-08-20 16:02:21 UTC github.com/runvendo Llama Share 21

Vendo is an open-source customization layer for B2B SaaS teams, allowing users to build features and micro-apps on top of their product without touching the source code. It acts as a signed-in user through the product's API, rendering UI in a sandboxed surface.

Vomit: Clean up Claude 5's token output with a separate LLM

280 Bluestein 2026-08-20 16:02:21 UTC github.com/zachahn Llama Share 277

Vomit converts Claude's tokens into English by piping them through a local LLM, which is fully local and has no external dependencies. It can be used in non-invasive mode to translate tokens for a specified session or follow the latest one.

Attention Through Arithmetic Intensity

13 jxmorris12 2026-08-21 09:02:21 UTC changyi.fun Llama Share 0

MLA and MTP are both making a compute-for-bandwidth / compute-for-latency trade, with MLA having already spent most of decode's idle compute headroom. The crossover point between MLA and MHA algorithms is around S = 171, where the two paths have similar arithmetic intensity.

The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick by R. Crumb (1986)

71 wise_blood 2026-08-21 06:02:21 UTC philipdick.com Full Share 49

I have added a link to a .cbr file (Comic Book Archive) to download and read on your electronic device if that would be easier for your enjoyment of the story. The Religious Experience of Philip K.