Where the goblins came from

300 ilreb 2026-04-30 03:51:25 UTC openai.com Llama Share 130

OpenAI's models started mentioning creatures like goblins and gremlins in their metaphors due to a subtle incentive from training for the personality customization feature, specifically the Nerdy personality. The behavior was amplified through transfer from Nerdy personality training and later spread to other contexts, requiring OpenAI to retire the Nerdy personality and implement new tools ...

Craig Venter has died

170 rdl 2026-04-30 01:51:25 UTC jcvi.org Full Share 32

Finetuning Activates Verbatim Recall of Copyrighted Books in LLMs

70 reconnecting 2026-04-30 03:51:25 UTC github.com/cauchy221 Llama Share 37

This repository contains data preprocessing and finetuning scripts for analyzing memorization in large language models. It uses OpenAI, Vertex AI, and Tinker APIs to generate completions and evaluate model performance.

Zed 1.0

1691 salkahfi 2026-04-29 14:51:25 UTC zed.dev Llama Share 544

Zed is a new editor built from scratch with a custom UI framework, GPUI, to provide a fundamentally better coding experience. Version 1.0 is now available, offering AI-native editing, collaboration features, and a growing list of capabilities.

The Zig project's rationale for their firm anti-AI contribution policy

103 lumpa 2026-04-30 02:51:25 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 26

Zig has a strict anti-LLM policy to prioritize contributor growth over code quality. Maintainers review contributors, not just their code, to foster trust and future contributions.

Functional Programmers need to take a look at Zig

51 xngbuilds 2026-04-30 03:51:25 UTC pure-systems.org Llama Share 30

The user is evaluating Zig as a potential replacement for Haskell, praising its comptime feature for creating correct-by-construction systems and its "no spooky action at a distance" philosophy.

Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans

62 embedding-shape 2026-04-30 03:51:25 UTC noctua.at Full Share 12

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Copy Fail

786 unsnap_biceps 2026-04-29 18:51:25 UTC copy.fail Llama Share 309

A Linux kernel vulnerability, Copy Fail, allows local code execution to become root due to a shared page cache issue. A patch is available to revert the 2017 optimization, and disabling AF_ALG can mitigate the issue.

Biology is a Burrito: A text- and visual-based journey through a living cell

48 the-mitr 2026-04-30 03:51:25 UTC burrito.bio Llama Share 7

A typical E. coli cell is incredibly dense with molecules, with its entire volume being 100 million times smaller than a grain of sand. The cell's insides are 70% water, with proteins, RNA, and lipids making up the rest, and DNA accounting for just 1% of its mass.

Copy Fail: 732 Bytes to Root on Every Major Linux Distribution

13 eyalitki 2026-04-30 05:08:25 UTC xint.io Llama Share 2

A Linux kernel bug, CVE-2026-31431, allows local users to gain root access by corrupting a setuid binary's page cache. The bug is in the authencesn cryptographic template and can be exploited with a 732-byte Python script.

Cursor Camp

807 bpierre 2026-04-29 15:51:25 UTC neal.fun Full Share 134

Welcome to Cursor Camp! Enjoy your stay

FastCGI: 30 years old and still the better protocol for reverse proxies

298 agwa 2026-04-29 16:51:25 UTC agwa.name Llama Share 70

Using FastCGI as a protocol for proxy-to-backend communication can avoid HTTP's pitfalls, such as desync vulnerabilities, by providing clear message boundaries and domain separation between client and proxy headers. FastCGI is a 30-year-old protocol that is still usable today, but its lack of awareness and outdated tooling may hinder its adoption despite its potential benefits.

OpenTrafficMap

195 moooo99 2026-04-29 19:51:25 UTC opentrafficmap.org Full Share 42

Der Server erwartet eine neuere Frontend-Version. Bitte lade die Seite neu, damit Client und Server wieder zusammenpassen.

Joby kicks off NYC electric air taxi demos with historic JFK flight

38 Jblx2 2026-04-30 01:51:25 UTC flyingmag.com Llama Share 80

Joby Aviation conducted its first electric air taxi flight from JFK to Manhattan's West 30th Street heliport. The company plans further demonstrations over the next 10 days, aiming to integrate electric air taxis into New York City's airspace.

Consequences of passing too few register parameters to a C function

44 aragonite 2026-04-30 00:51:25 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 21

Passing too few parameters to a function can cause undefined behavior, memory corruption, or exceptions due to the compiler reusing memory or the processor reading uninitialized values from registers. The Itanium architecture strictly enforces this rule, raising exceptions for reading or writing outside the current stack frame.

Creating a Color Palette from an Image

44 evakhoury 2026-04-30 00:51:25 UTC amandahinton.com Llama Share 5

The user developed a color palette algorithm that uses K-means++ clustering in the OKLCH color space to select five representative colors from an image, with improvements including chromatic weighting and structural passes to address edge cases. The final algorithm, used in the Spectrimage app, produces a palette that feels more human-selected, with features such as a phantom guard, slot ...

Mike: open-source legal AI

56 noleary 2026-04-30 01:51:25 UTC mikeoss.com Llama Share 18

The chat interface reads documents, cites verbatim, and drafts contracts with full control over models. It offers matter-scoped workspaces, reusable workflows, and open code for custom integrations.

HERMES.md in commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing

1065 homebrewer 2026-04-29 19:51:25 UTC github.com/anthropics Llama Share 452

Claude Code routes API requests to extra usage billing when a git commit message contains the case-sensitive string HERMES.md. This causes silent extra usage credits consumption, making it difficult to diagnose.

London to Calcutta by Bus (2022)

17 CGMthrowaway 2026-04-30 04:51:25 UTC amusingplanet.com Llama Share 5

A bus service called "The Indiaman" ran from London to Calcutta from 1957 to 1979, covering 20,300 miles in 50 days. The service was revived in 2021 but delayed, with a new bus service expected to start from New Delhi to London in April next year.

Why I still reach for Lisp and Scheme instead of Haskell

197 jjba23 2026-04-29 17:51:25 UTC jointhefreeworld.org Llama Share 88

The author prefers Scheme over Haskell for its simplicity, flexibility, and ease of use, despite Haskell's mathematical beauty and innovations. Scheme's REPL and macro system allow for fast prototyping, debugging, and development, making it the author's "sweet spot" for good developer experience.

Laws of UX

232 bobbiechen 2026-04-29 17:51:25 UTC lawsofux.com Llama Share 34

The tendency to get overwhelmed by too many options and systematic errors in thinking can be mitigated by simplifying and organizing information. Understanding human perception and behavior can help design more intuitive and user-friendly systems and experiences.

Gooseworks (YC W23) Is Hiring a Founding Growth Engineer

0 2026-04-29 22:51:25 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Gooseworks is hiring a Founding Growth Engineer to build and operate AI-powered growth engines for customers and contribute to R&D of AI coworkers. The role involves 50/50 time for customer growth engines and R&D.

Monad Tutorials Timeline

4 brudgers 2026-04-30 04:51:25 UTC wiki.haskell.org Prefix Share 1

Please update this list as it becomes outdated! If you find a tutorial, article, post, comment, or message that stands on its own as an explanation of monads, then please take a moment to paste the link somewhere on this page (register a throwaway account, if you prefer). The date, author, and blurb can be added later. This will greatly help others who are using this list as a resource for ...

A Grounded Conceptual Model for Ownership Types in Rust

24 tkhattra 2026-04-30 01:51:25 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 0

The website is using Cloudflare security and blocked my action, possibly due to a trigger like a certain word or SQL command. I was trying to perform an action when this page came up, and the Cloudflare Ray ID is needed to report the issue to the site owner.

An open-source stethoscope that costs between $2.5 and $5 to produce

234 0x54MUR41 2026-04-29 14:51:25 UTC github.com/gliax Llama Share 95

This project aims to create a low-cost, research-validated stethoscope with freely available plans. The goal is to produce the stethoscope for approximately USD$1-2.

DRAM Crunch: Lessons for System Design

48 giuliomagnifico 2026-04-29 22:51:25 UTC eetimes.com Full Share 3

We need a federation of forges

546 icy 2026-04-29 14:51:25 UTC blog.tangled.org Llama Share 340

Tangled aims to decentralize code collaboration by allowing events to be federated among git servers, enabling cross-server collaboration and hosting. It uses Authenticated Transfer to share events and social features, breaking free from GitHub's monoculture.

Vera: a programming language designed for machines to write

74 unignorant 2026-04-29 21:51:25 UTC github.com/aallan Llama Share 60

Vera is a programming language designed for large language models to write, compiling to WebAssembly and running at the command line or in the browser. It addresses coherence over scale issues by making everything explicit and verifiable, with contracts, typed effects, and no variable names.

How to Build the Future: Demis Hassabis [video]

102 sandslash 2026-04-29 16:51:25 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 47

Ramp's Sheets AI Exfiltrates Financials

125 takira 2026-04-29 17:51:25 UTC promptarmor.com Llama Share 38

A vulnerability in Ramp's Sheets AI allowed data exfiltration via indirect prompt injection. Ramp's security team resolved the issue on March 16, 2026.