Shatner is making an album with 35 metal icons

101 mhb 2026-02-24 01:09:04 UTC guitarworld.com Llama Share 41

William Shatner is releasing a metal album with an all-star cast of guitarists, including Zakk Wylde and Chris Poland. The album promises massive guitars, cinematic arrangements, and raw emotion, with Shatner hand-picking 35 metal icons for the project.

I Ported Coreboot to the ThinkPad X270

63 todsacerdoti 2026-02-24 00:09:04 UTC dork.dev Llama Share 3

User successfully ported libreboot to their X270 laptop, a Kaby Lake model, after overcoming initial issues with a missing capacitor and debugging problems with NVMe and WiFi. With the help of Leah Rowe, the founder of Libreboot, they were able to identify and fix the issues, resulting in a working libreboot installation with GRUB, wireless, and NVMe support.

The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection

1233 oldnetguy 2026-02-23 15:09:04 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 981

Regulators are pushing social media platforms to verify users' ages, but this creates a technical problem: collecting personal data to prove age. Platforms are using intrusive verification systems that often conflict with data-privacy laws.

UNIX99, a UNIX-like OS for the TI-99/4A (2025)

151 marcodiego 2026-02-23 20:09:04 UTC forums.atariage.com Full Share 50

FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook. AI build one for me

275 varankinv 2026-02-23 22:09:04 UTC vladimir.varank.in Llama Share 222

The user used AI to help port a Linux Wi-Fi driver to FreeBSD, but the process was complicated and messy, so they decided to create a detailed specification of how the driver works and then used the AI to implement it from scratch. The user successfully created a working FreeBSD kernel module for the BCM4350 Wi-Fi chip using the AI, but advises against using it for anything beyond a studying ...

Making Wolfram Tech Available as a Foundation Tool for LLM Systems

68 surprisetalk 2026-02-23 23:09:04 UTC writings.stephenwolfram.com Llama Share 36

The author is building on their 40-year foundation tool, Wolfram Language, to supplement LLMs with precise computation and knowledge. This integration will make LLMs more powerful by providing deep computation capabilities.

Ladybird adopts Rust

1092 adius 2026-02-23 12:09:04 UTC ladybird.org Llama Share 602

Ladybird is rewriting parts in Rust for better safety guarantees and ecosystem support. The first target was LibJS, Ladybird's JavaScript engine, which was translated from C++ in two weeks with zero regressions.

Show HN: PgDog – Scale Postgres without changing the app

197 levkk 2026-02-23 17:09:04 UTC github.com/pgdogdev Llama Share 45

PgDog is a PostgreSQL proxy that supports connection pooling, load balancing, and sharding, written in Rust for high performance and security. It can manage thousands of connections on commodity hardware and supports various deployment methods, including AWS RDS.

Show HN: Babyshark – Wireshark made easy (terminal UI for PCAPs)

70 eigen-vector 2026-02-23 21:09:04 UTC github.com/vignesh07 Llama Share 33

Live capture may require elevated permissions or OS configuration. Babyshark shows Observed IPs using TLS SNI/HTTP Host hints when DNS answers are not visible.

“Car Wash” test with 53 models

92 felix089 2026-02-23 21:09:04 UTC opper.ai Llama Share 113

53 AI models failed a simple car wash test, where the correct answer is to drive the car to the car wash because it needs to be there, but most models chose to walk due to the short distance. Only 5 models could reliably answer the question correctly, and even the top-performing model, GPT-5, failed 30% of the time, highlighting the limitations of current AI models in handling simple logic tests.

What is f(x) ≤ g(x) + O(1)? Inequalities With Asymptotics

31 ibobev 2026-02-23 22:09:04 UTC jamesoswald.dev Llama Share 20

The notation $f(x) = g(x) + O(1)$ means the difference between $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ is bounded by a constant. It implies an upper bound, $f(x) \le g(x) + C$, but not a lower bound.

The challenges of porting Shufflepuck Cafe to the 8 bits Apple II

51 homarp 2026-02-23 21:09:04 UTC colino.net Llama Share 7

The author ported Shufflepuck Cafe to the Apple II, a 1979 platform, without losing playability or details. They overcame challenges such as sprite display, mouse handling, and memory limitations.

GPU Rack Power Density, 2015–2025

3 jaynamburi 2026-02-24 02:09:04 UTC syaala.com Prefix Share 1

NVIDIA's latest Blackwell GPUs generate up to 1,000 watts per chip - over three times more heat than GPUs from just seven years ago. Traditional air cooling physically cannot dissipate heat at these densities. Above 50-100kW per rack, liquid cooling isn't optional - it's physics. Understanding how we got here helps contextualize the infrastructure challenge. In less than a decade, ...

Show HN: Sowbot – Open-hardware agricultural robot (ROS2, RTK GPS)

129 Sabrees 2026-02-23 16:09:04 UTC sowbot.co.uk Llama Share 40

The Sowbot Open AgBot ecosystem provides a reproducible, lightweight robotics platform for researchers and farmers to reduce labour and environmental impact. It offers a modular, open-hardware agricultural robot with a stable, repeatable environment for experiments and field-ready system.

The rise of eyes began with just one

15 marojejian 2026-02-24 00:09:04 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 11

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Why Your Load Balancer Still Sends Traffic to Dead Backends

18 singhsanjay12 2026-02-24 00:09:04 UTC singh-sanjay.com Llama Share 6

Server-side load balancing is simpler and provides a single view of fleet health, but can be a bottleneck at high scale. Client-side load balancing offers sub-millisecond failure detection, but requires distributed health state management and more complexity.

A simple web we own

188 speckx 2026-02-23 16:09:04 UTC rsdoiel.github.io Llama Share 130

The user argues that the Web and Internet can be decentralized and controlled by individuals and cooperatives, rather than large corporations, by using simpler software and technologies like Markdown and static website generators. By leveraging the abundance of computers and resources, individuals can create their own private networks and connect to the public Internet, mirroring the concept ...

You are not supposed to install OpenClaw on your personal computer

118 bundie 2026-02-23 22:09:04 UTC twitter.com/benjaminbadejo Full Share 79

Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot. Some privacy related extensions may cause issues on x.com. Please disable them and try again.

Show HN: Steerling-8B, a language model that can explain any token it generates

11 adebayoj 2026-02-24 01:09:04 UTC guidelabs.ai Llama Share 0

We are releasing Steerling-8B, a new interpretable model that can trace generated tokens to input context and training data. It achieves competitive performance with significantly less compute and unlocks capabilities like concept control and training data provenance.

ASML unveils EUV light source advance that could yield 50% more chips by 2030

277 pieterr 2026-02-23 18:09:04 UTC reuters.com Full Share 81

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Iowa farmers are leading the fight for repair

17 gnabgib 2026-02-24 02:09:04 UTC ifixit.com Llama Share 1

Iowa farmers are pushing for the Right to Repair bill, HSB 751, which aims to give farmers access to diagnostic tools and software needed to repair their equipment. The bill has a good chance of passing in the Iowa House after advancing in the Agriculture Committee with an 18-5 vote.

AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says

203 cdrnsf 2026-02-23 23:09:04 UTC gizmodo.com Llama Share 194

Tech companies spent billions on AI last year and are expected to spend $700 billion this year, but economists disagree on its impact on the US economy. Some say AI investment drives growth, while others claim its contribution is minimal due to imported equipment and lack of reliable measurement methods.

NIST Seeking Public Comment on AI Agent Security (Deadline: March 9, 2026)

19 ascarola 2026-02-24 02:09:04 UTC federalregister.gov Llama Share 4

NIST requests information on secure AI agent system development and deployment to advance US economic competitiveness and public safety. The RFI seeks insights on security threats, risks, and vulnerabilities, as well as technical controls and practices to ensure AI agent system security.

Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran

435 boplicity 2026-02-23 20:09:04 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 194

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Scent, in Silico

20 surprisetalk 2026-02-23 21:09:04 UTC asimov.press Llama Share 1

Researchers are using AI to digitize smell, creating a shared vocabulary and technology to understand and manipulate scent. This could lead to practical applications, such as detecting threats and creating new fragrances, and may help us better understand the mysteries of olfaction.

Benchmarks for concurrent hash map implementations in Go

88 platzhirsch 2026-02-23 15:09:04 UTC github.com/puzpuzpuz Llama Share 10

The xsync library outperforms other implementations in nearly every scenario with best read, write, and iteration scaling, and lowest allocations among non-sharded designs. However, it has significant performance degradation at sizes ≥100K with writes and limited scalability due to a fixed 32 shards design.

femtolisp: A lightweight, robust, scheme-like Lisp implementation

125 tosh 2026-02-23 13:09:04 UTC github.com/jeffbezanson Llama Share 15

Femtolisp is a fast, self-contained Scheme dialect with a bytecode compiler and VM, written in the language itself. It prioritizes elegance, simplicity, and reliability with a small core of features and proper tail recursion.

Lords of the Ring

14 lermontov 2026-02-24 00:09:04 UTC harpers.org Llama Share 1

Sumo wrestlers Hoshoryu and Onosato, a Mongolian and Japanese yokozuna, respectively, faced off in a grand sumo tournament in Nagoya. Their rivalry was significant due to Japan's growing nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment, fueled by the far-right party Sanseito's electoral gains.

Show HN: AI Timeline – 171 LLMs from Transformer (2017) to GPT-5.3 (2026)

143 ai_bot 2026-02-23 10:09:04 UTC llm-timeline.com Full Share 52

Interactive AI timeline tracking 194+ Large Language Models from 2017 to 2026. Explore the history of ChatGPT, GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, LLaMA, Mistral, DeepSeek and every major LLM ever released.

Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartel

535 qsi 2026-02-23 09:09:04 UTC chrisbrunet.com Llama Share 95

Brian Lucey, a professor at Trinity College Dublin, was removed as editor from 5 journals after 12 papers he co-authored were retracted due to a conflict of interest. Lucey was accused of running a citation cartel and selling papers through his consultancies, which may have been used to circulate ecosystem funds or consultancy payouts.