Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users

704 anonymousiam 2026-05-08 19:29:06 UTC reclaimthenet.org Llama Share 250

Google's new reCAPTCHA system requires Android users to run Google Play Services to prove they're human, excluding de-Googled phones. This move establishes a precedent for accessing basic web content, favoring Google's ecosystem control over user data consent.

OpenAI's WebRTC problem

164 atgctg 2026-05-08 23:29:06 UTC moq.dev Llama Share 38

The user strongly advises against using WebRTC for voice AI due to its limitations and trade-offs, such as introducing artificial latency and aggressively dropping packets. The user suggests using QUIC instead, which offers better performance and scalability, and provides a detailed explanation of how QUIC can be used for load balancing and connection management.

Mythical Man Month

28 ingve 2026-05-09 02:29:06 UTC martinfowler.com Llama Share 7

Fred Brooks managed IBM's System/360 in the 1960s and wrote influential book The Mythical Man-Month in 1975. The book emphasizes conceptual integrity in system design, simplicity, and straightforwardness to avoid communication issues and ensure effective work.

Bitter Lessons from the ISSpresso

35 zdw 2026-05-09 01:29:06 UTC mceglowski.substack.com Llama Share 5

The article discusses the challenges of designing equipment for space exploration, citing the example of the ISSpresso machine, which had to meet numerous safety and technical requirements to ensure it wouldn't harm astronauts or the space station. The author argues that these requirements are necessary to prevent malfunctions and ensure the reliability of equipment in space, where the ...

AI is breaking two vulnerability cultures

270 speckx 2026-05-08 18:29:06 UTC jefftk.com Llama Share 116

A security vulnerability was discovered and shared publicly after an initial attempt at a closed disclosure, highlighting a tension between coordinated and immediate disclosure. AI-assisted vulnerability detection is making long embargoes obsolete and shortening the time to detection.

The React2Shell Story

72 mufeedvh 2026-05-08 23:29:06 UTC lachlan.nz Llama Share 5

A professional hacker discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability, "React2Shell," in the React framework, which affected millions of websites, and reported it to Meta on November 30th 2025. The hacker, fueled by curiosity and frustration, spent days learning about the Flight protocol and eventually found a way to exploit it, leading to the development of the React2Shell exploit chain.

Wi is Fi: Understanding Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7/8 (802.11 n/AC/ax/be/bn)

110 homebrewer 2026-05-08 21:29:06 UTC wiisfi.com GoogleT5 Share 44

A mid-range wi-fi 6 router supporting (1) 44 mimo [7], (2) all dfs channels, (3) 160 mhz (he160) wide channels is. if you are not right next to the router, your actual speed will be around 900 mbps 100 for 22 mimo and 650 for wi-fi 5 - edward s. lewis. says unless you

Cartoon Network Flash Games

299 willmeyers 2026-05-08 17:29:06 UTC webdesignmuseum.org Llama Share 98

The website is blocked due to security reasons after a suspicious action was detected. Please email the site owner with the Cloudflare Ray ID and details of the action that triggered the block.

David Attenborough's 100th Birthday

488 defrost 2026-05-08 12:29:06 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 97

Sir David Attenborough turns 100, receiving birthday messages from the royal couple and many celebrities. A special concert at the Royal Albert Hall celebrates his life and legacy.

Light without electricity? Glowing algae could make it possible

29 geox 2026-05-09 00:29:06 UTC colorado.edu Llama Share 8

Researchers at CU Boulder have successfully turned on and sustained bioluminescent algae using simple chemical solutions. This breakthrough could lead to autonomous robots and living sensors for water quality, as well as a sustainable alternative to electricity for lighting.

AWS North Virginia data center outage – recovery to take hours

149 christhecaribou 2026-05-08 19:29:06 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 101

Amazon Web Services experienced a thermal issue at a Virginia facility causing operational issues. The outage affected trading platforms like FanDuel and Coinbase, with full recovery expected to take several hours.

You gave me a u32. I gave you root. (io_uring ZCRX freelist LPE)

148 MrBruh 2026-05-08 20:29:06 UTC ze3tar.github.io Llama Share 89

A Linux kernel vulnerability in io_uring's ZCRX subsystem allows an attacker to write to adjacent slab memory, corrupting a refcount, leading to a heap read, KASLR break, and modprobe_path overwrite. This can be exploited to gain uid=0.

Can LLMs model real-world systems in TLA+?

42 mad 2026-05-08 23:29:06 UTC sigops.org Llama Share 4

Large Language Models (LLMs) struggle to model complex systems, producing specs that recite textbook protocols rather than actual implementations. They excel in syntax but fail in conformance and invariant phases.

When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions

27 denismenace 2026-05-08 23:29:06 UTC 0xkrt26.github.io Llama Share 4

The math bureau employees initially calculated a low probability of three people sharing the same birthday, but Austrian mathematician Richard von Mises changed the perspective to find a much higher expected value of such events.

An Introduction to Meshtastic

382 ColinWright 2026-05-08 11:29:06 UTC meshtastic.org Llama Share 152

Meshtastic is a community-driven, open-source project using LoRa radios for long-range off-grid communication. It forms a mesh network allowing multiple users to receive messages, with each device supporting one user at a time.

Serving a website on a Raspberry Pi Zero running in RAM

198 xngbuilds 2026-05-08 15:29:06 UTC btxx.org Llama Share 84

The user set up a Raspberry Pi Zero v1.3 running Alpine Linux to serve a micro site to the public internet, using a separate VPS for TLS termination. They used darkhttpd as the web server and configured a backup system using lbu and rsync to ensure persistent changes on reboots.

Teaching Claude Why

106 pretext 2026-05-08 18:29:06 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 36

We improved Claude's safety training to reduce agentic misalignment by teaching principles of aligned behavior and using diverse data. Our methods, including the "difficult advice" dataset and document training, achieved significant improvements in alignment generalization.

Looking at the data behind prediction markets

62 kqr 2026-05-08 21:29:06 UTC asteriskmag.com Llama Share 29

Prediction markets have grown in volume but mostly serve entertainment purposes, with few providing useful information for decision-making. AI forecasting may surpass human traders and improve access to forecasts, potentially making prediction markets obsolete.

Mux (YC W16) Is Hiring

0 2026-05-08 21:29:06 UTC mux.com Llama Share

Mux is a video platform for developers solving video encoding and streaming issues. It's a tight-knit team welcoming diverse backgrounds to make video better.

Meta Shuts Down End-to-End Encryption for Instagram Messaging

176 tcp_handshaker 2026-05-08 22:29:06 UTC pcmag.com Llama Share 124

Meta is removing end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs after May 8, 2026, citing low adoption. Users can download impacted data before the change.

Mojo 1.0 Beta

298 sbt567 2026-05-08 07:29:06 UTC mojolang.org Llama Share 187

Mojo is a compiled, statically-typed language that combines Python's syntax, Rust's memory safety, and Zig's metaprogramming for diverse hardware. It natively interoperates with Python and allows for high-performance GPU programming without vendor lock-in.

US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos

245 david-gpu 2026-05-08 12:29:06 UTC war.gov Full Share 383

You don't have permission to access "http://www.war.gov/UFO/" on this server. https://errors.edgesuite.net/18.cb69dc17.1778297349.1fc4318d

Non-determinism is an issue with patching CVEs

41 mathewpregasen 2026-05-08 21:29:06 UTC flox.dev Llama Share 12

The rapid acceleration of AI-driven CVE discovery and the explosion of package CVEs make traditional package management unmanageable, but a system like Flox, built on Nix, can centrally manage environments and detect vulnerabilities with a queryable dependency graph. This approach reduces CVE triage to database lookups and graph comparisons, making it more efficient and scalable than ...

Poland is now among the 20 largest economies

920 surprisetalk 2026-05-08 13:29:06 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 738

Poland's economy has grown significantly since 1990, becoming the world's 20th largest with over $1 trillion in annual output. The country's transformation is attributed to a strong institutional framework, EU aid, and a broad consensus on joining the EU.

PC Engine CPU

130 ibobev 2026-05-08 14:29:06 UTC jsgroth.dev Llama Share 57

The PC Engine's CPU is a custom-designed HuC6280 based on the 65C02, with 8-bit registers and a 7.16 MHz clock speed, making it fast for its time but with limited instruction set capabilities. The CPU has a built-in MMU that expands the physical address space to 21-bit and supports block transfer instructions for bulk copying data, but has limitations such as not being able to respond to ...

How do I deal with memory leaks? (2022)

78 theanonymousone 2026-05-08 17:29:06 UTC stroustrup.com Llama Share 65

The text discusses various C++ programming techniques, including using the standard library, avoiding memory management, and designing classes for inheritance and polymorphism. It also covers topics such as virtual functions, pure virtual functions, and preventing derivation of classes for logical reasons, and provides examples and advice for good programming practices.

Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision...

309 mittermayr 2026-05-08 09:29:06 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 260

Database flagged duplicate UUIDv4 from a record added in 2025. System generated a new UUIDv4 with the same value, sparking confusion about its possibility.

My first in-prod corrupted hard drive problem

38 r1chk1t 2026-05-08 20:29:06 UTC blog.pavementlink.ch Llama Share 27

An ICT engineer at a Swiss biopharma company encountered a server issue due to a bad hard drive sector caused by a SQL patch, which led to data loss and required a data recovery tool to repair the corrupted sectors. The engineer learned valuable lessons about the importance of verifying backups, monitoring database changes, and staying curious when troubleshooting complex technical issues.

Tesla Model Y Passes NHTSA's New 'Advanced Driver Assistance System' Tests

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You don't have permission to access "http://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/tesla-model-y-first-vehicle-pass-nhtsa-new-advanced-driver-assistance-system-tests" on this server.

Compound drivers of Antarctic sea ice loss and Southern Ocean destratification

26 littlexsparkee 2026-05-08 22:29:06 UTC science.org Llama Share 0

Antarctic sea ice extent declined after 2015 due to intensified westerlies and upwelling of warm, saline circumpolar deep water. The decline was driven by a combination of factors, including heat transfer from the atmosphere and ocean, and changes in surface freshwater fluxes.