Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results

719 speckx 2026-08-21 14:20:33 UTC kagi.com Llama Share 259

Kagi has revamped its Stocks widget, added a price chart and exchange-traded funds information, and improved search functionality with more powerful lenses. The company also released Orion 1.1 for macOS with a new interface, containers, and personalized browser borders.

Kobo can run apps now

93 thepoet 2026-08-21 17:20:33 UTC bandarlabs.github.io Llama Share 26

Cobalt is an open-source application platform for Kobo e-readers, allowing users to install and manage apps independently. It provides a secure runtime environment with verified app signatures and automatic updates over Wi-Fi.

Felony Bench

144 colinprince 2026-08-21 15:20:33 UTC felonybench.com Llama Share 59

Unauthorized access to GitHub occurred through a supply-chain attack and social engineering email campaign, exposing a malicious DNS server. AI agents' actions on third-party entities are only counted if they directly affect the entity, excluding isolated sandbox escapes.

I accidentally logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases

228 gavide 2026-08-21 13:20:33 UTC lina.sh Llama Share 30

The author took over phone-network infrastructure domains (e164.arpa) of entire territories, including Germany, and logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases. They reported the incident but were met with bureaucratic hurdles before eventually transferring ownership to the UK's National Cyber Security Centre.

DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp

382 dares2573 2026-08-21 11:20:33 UTC api-docs.deepseek.com Llama Share 126

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.

When the shortage is the strategy

22 speckx 2026-08-21 17:33:33 UTC nooneshappy.com Llama Share 5

The US is experiencing a severe economic situation with record-high corporate profits, inflation, and rising debt. Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and struggling with homelessness due to unaffordable prices.

Rebuilding our Electron meeting-recording engine in Swift

14 arguiot 2026-08-21 17:35:33 UTC circleback.ai Llama Share 1

The app's recording engine was unreliable due to GC pauses and browser runtime issues, so it went native with ScreenCaptureKit on macOS and libobs on Windows. A new tool called Atomic bridges the gap between Swift and React, providing a fully reactive, type-safe solution.

AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study

46 dash2 2026-08-21 16:20:33 UTC economist.com Full Share 132

LiteLLM (YC W23) Is Hiring – Rust / Performance Engineers

0 2026-08-21 17:20:33 UTC jobs.ashbyhq.com Llama Share

A highly experienced Rust expert will lead the migration of LiteLLM from Python to Rust, focusing on performance and stability. The goal is to create the fastest AI gateway ever built with a gradual rollout at 1B+ requests/mo.

New Worlds: We are living in the future of J.G. Ballard or William Gibson

140 speckx 2026-08-21 13:20:33 UTC precastreinforced.co.uk Llama Share 88

The author reflects on the rapid advancement of technology, noting that many futuristic concepts are now a reality, such as robots and AI-powered systems. These advancements have become mundane and ordinary in everyday life.

What happens when a GPU reads memory

33 ibobev 2026-08-21 17:20:33 UTC blog.doubleword.ai Llama Share 2

The authors of the post are performing a reverse engineering analysis of the NVIDIA RTX 4090 GPU's memory access patterns, specifically for a vector-add kernel. They measure various latency and throughput metrics to understand how the GPU handles global loads and stores.

I ran Photoshop on a £0.60 computer chip

14 colinprince 2026-08-21 17:20:33 UTC pointinthecloud.com Llama Share 1

A 60p Raspberry Pi chip can emulate a mid-1990s computer, sparking ideas for minimal viable modern computers that are simple, low power and environmentally friendly. These devices could have e-paper screens, solar power and calmer interfaces to reduce addictiveness of modern devices.

Does whispering to agents in docs help?

19 theletterf 2026-08-21 16:20:33 UTC passo.uno Llama Share 4

The author tested whether addressing agents directly in documentation improves their understanding, finding that explicit recommendations and clear instructions are more effective than labeling content as "For agents". This suggests that treating humans and agents similarly can be beneficial for both.

Quantifying the honey bee dance floor

10 Ariarule 2026-08-21 17:20:33 UTC journals.plos.org Llama Share 1

Researchers developed a data-driven geometric method to define and quantify the dance floor in honey bee colonies, capturing approximately 91% of waggle dances across all colonies. The study found that hive size significantly influenced dance floor structure, with larger hives having longer and wider dance floors, while day of year and time of day also affected centroid position and orientation.

How we made a text-to-speech model respond in sub-50 ms

22 toebee 2026-08-21 17:20:33 UTC nari-labs.com Llama Share 5

The Qwen3-TTS 1.7B CustomVoice implementation achieves sub-50 ms p95 time-to-first-audio (TTFA) while maintaining real-time playback on a single NVIDIA H100 SXM, outperforming other implementations. The system produces approximately 630 characters per second at 10 RPS and translates to ~$2 per 1M characters at full utilization.

Another better lower bound for n=17 square packing

10 gus_massa 2026-08-21 17:20:33 UTC gus-massa.blogspot.com Llama Share 1

Google's system detected unusual traffic from your computer network, possibly due to malicious software or automated requests. Solving the CAPTCHA will allow you to continue using their services temporarily.

Building an (almost) fully self-hosted, sandboxed, agentic software factory

23 jakelsaunders94 2026-08-21 17:20:33 UTC blog.jakesaunders.dev Llama Share 16

The author created a fully remote agentic development environment using OpenAI's LLM, Claude, and self-hosted tools like Coolify and Forgejo. They isolated the LLM on its own metal with network bombproofing measures to prevent unauthorized access.

Kodak's "pre-invented" lunar orbiter camera; or, the fate of SAMOS readout

30 cainxinth 2026-08-21 15:20:33 UTC invertingvision.com Llama Share 0

NASA sent five robotic spacecraft into orbit around the Moon in 1966 and 1967, utilizing a camera system developed by Eastman Kodak. The Lunar Orbiter's camera was originally designed for satellite surveillance programs like SAMOS and Corona, but its technology was adapted for lunar exploration after NASA expressed interest in using it.

The road to ACID transactions in Cassandra 6

34 eatonphil 2026-08-21 15:20:33 UTC theconsensus.dev Full Share 1

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

78 pppone 2026-08-21 14:20:33 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 26

The Hubble Space Telescope's CCD detectors have been exposed to varying levels of radiation damage over 24 years, with fits to time series data showing both accurate and physically absurd results. These findings highlight the complexity of Low Earth Orbit and motivate continued monitoring of radiation damage for future spacecraft missions.

How orchids inspired the work of Charles Darwin

6 prismatic 2026-08-21 17:20:33 UTC lithub.com LocalLLM Share 0

A visit to Darwin's Down House reveals a living legacy of scientific curiosity and natural wonder. The orchids' intricate symbiotic relationships highlight nature's hidden collaborations, echoing Darwin's own evolutionary insights.

Decayfmt – a file format that corrupts itself a little every time you open it

14 unprovable 2026-08-21 16:20:33 UTC github.com/aravpanwar Llama Share 3

The decayfmt file format corrupts itself with each open, permanently damaging the file on disk by an amount specified in the filename. The level of corruption is determined by a positive integer x, which controls how much data is lost or garbled during each read operation.

Show HN: Proliferate- open-source, self-hostable Codex for any coding agent

15 pablo24602 2026-08-21 17:20:33 UTC github.com/proliferate-ai Llama Share 5

Run multiple coding agents in parallel with isolated git worktrees, terminals, conversations, and review states. The Proliferate control plane is self-hostable and can be configured for various integrations and workflows.

DuckDB V2 PEG-based SQL parser

48 karma_daemon 2026-08-21 13:20:33 UTC duckdb.org Llama Share 5

DuckDB v2.0 replaces its PostgreSQL-derived SQL parser with a PEG-based parser for easier evolution and runtime extensibility, allowing users to add new syntax without modifying the existing grammar. The new parser supports all DuckSQL dialects and preserves existing AST structures while improving performance on malformed inputs.

New York’s office market is home to the most tech workers: CBRE report

21 toomuchtodo 2026-08-21 17:20:33 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 13

New York has surpassed the San Francisco Bay Area as the US city with the most tech workers, driven by AI growth. The number of AI-specific jobs in New York increased by 45% in a year, while those in San Francisco grew by 20,000 since mid-2025.

How I came to write that paper with Leslie Lamport

32 baruchel 2026-08-21 15:20:33 UTC lawrencecpaulson.github.io Llama Share 8

Leslie Lamport's thesis on untyped formalism in specification languages was debated and later revised by the author, who introduced type systems to improve flexibility and detection of errors. The debate 27 years later shows that types have proven their worth, but set-theoretic notations still face challenges with overloading notation and verification costs.

LLMs are proof that Unix won

9 Pseudomanifold 2026-08-21 16:20:33 UTC bastian.rieck.me LocalLLM Share 1

The author reflects on their journey from Windows 3.1 to Linux, appreciating the Unix philosophy and self-directed computing. They now use LLMs as a bridge between natural language and Unix commands, reaffirming text's enduring role in computing.

Show HN: Declarative-forms – await an object the way prompt() awaits a string

5 WolfOliver 2026-08-21 17:42:33 UTC wolfoo2931.github.io LocalLLM Share 0

declarative-forms offers a function-based approach to forms, eliminating components and state management. It dynamically generates dialogs, handles async options, and supports nested, stacked forms without framework dependencies.

Cancer-related mortality among US pilots and flight attendants

59 jader201 2026-08-21 16:20:33 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 58

Flight attendants and pilots face higher risk of radiation-related cancers due to cosmic exposure at high altitudes. They have a 50% and 36% higher odds of dying from these cancers compared to the general working population, respectively.

I Just Want to Search

76 ssiddharth 2026-08-21 16:20:33 UTC 0xsid.com Llama Share 28

The author laments the decline of search functionality on various platforms, feeling that it has shifted from literal matching to relevance and recommendation. They yearn for a "literal match only" toggle to regain control over their searches.