More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

149 Error6571 2026-07-29 05:40:30 UTC tailscale.com Llama Share 47

A jailbroken Kindle can run Tailscale with improved features like SSH, proxy mode, and TUN mode, allowing it to connect to other devices on the network. A Tailscale plugin for KOReader also enables proxy interfaces for reaching content servers from the Kindle or other e-paper devices.

User Interfaces of the Demo Scene

139 zdw 2026-07-29 04:40:30 UTC datagubbe.se Llama Share 22

The demo scene, a digital art subculture, has a long history of creating its own tools, including assemblers, trackers, and other software, often with unique and quirky user interfaces. These tools, such as Seka, AsmOne, and ProTracker, were used to create demos, music, and graphics, and often featured peculiar designs and features that were characteristic of the scene.

Codex Security

487 bakigul 2026-07-28 21:40:30 UTC github.com/openai Llama Share 161

Codex Security is an open-source CLI and TypeScript SDK for finding, validating, and reviewing security issues in code. It supports macOS, Linux, and Windows, and requires Node.js 22 or later.

Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript

296 twalichiewicz 2026-07-28 22:40:30 UTC github.com/twalichiewicz Full Share 76

HNewhere detects Hacker News stories, loads comments into a sidebar, and lets you browse discussions without leaving the page.

Cracking Windows Open: Porting RADV to Win32

36 zdw 2026-07-29 04:40:30 UTC collabora.com Llama Share 8

RADV, an open-source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs, has been successfully ported to Windows, allowing for a shared codebase and easier debugging across platforms. The project has made significant progress, including running the game Counter-Strike 2, but still requires work on presentation and communication with the proprietary kernel driver to achieve production-readiness.

Substack writers, you need a website

520 speckx 2026-07-28 17:40:30 UTC elizabethtai.com Llama Share 258

Writers should not make Substack their digital home, as it's short-sighted and can derail long-term visibility on the internet. Instead, they should treat their website as the definitive source of truth and use platforms like Substack as distribution pipes.

Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9

230 freediver 2026-07-28 21:40:30 UTC mac-classic.com Llama Share 109

Half-Life, a story-driven first-person shooter, has been ported to PowerPC Macintosh computers 28 years after its original release. The game, developed by doctashay using Xash3D FWGS, is playable from start to finish with multiplayer support and additional downloads.

LearnVector – Andrew Ng's AI company building one‑to‑one learning experiences

172 ajhai 2026-07-29 02:40:30 UTC learnvector.ai Llama Share 98

LearnVector aims to revolutionize learning with AI, providing one-to-one experiences that adapt to each person's needs. It plans to collaborate with Coursera and Udemy to offer trustworthy learning experiences.

ReFrame – The EPaper Camera

114 phil294 2026-07-28 23:40:30 UTC reframe.camera Llama Share 20

reFrame is an experimental camera with a color ePaper display that captures one photo at a time, taking 15 seconds to fully appear. It's open source, allowing users to build their own using off-the-shelf components like a Raspberry Pi Zero and eInk display.

Transformer Transformer: A Unified Model for Motion-Conditioned Robot Co-Design

48 ilreb 2026-07-29 04:40:30 UTC transformer-transformer.github.io Llama Share 1

Researchers propose a unified model called Transformer Transformer that generates a complete robot for a specific task by optimizing its design for a given motion and reward function. The model uses a diffusion transformer trained on RoboTokens, a unified tokenization of robot embodiments, states, and actions, to produce optimized robot designs for various tasks and reward functions.

Kimi K3 Architecture Overview and Notes

405 ModelForge 2026-07-28 16:40:30 UTC sebastianraschka.com Llama Share 72

Kimi K3 is a scaled-up version of Kimi Linear with a new LatentMoE component and attention residuals. It improves inference efficiency and validation loss, but adds 4% training and 2% inference cost.

SQLite in Production: Optimizing WAL Mode, Concurrency, and VFS Layers

7 ankitg12 2026-07-29 07:40:30 UTC micrologics.org Prefix Share 0

Back to Blog Transitioning SQLite from a local development tool to a production-grade database requires a deep understanding of its internal mechanics. This article explores how to tune WAL mode, manage busy handlers, and leverage custom Virtual File System (VFS) layers to achieve ultra-low latency. Historically, SQLite has been relegated to the role of an embedded database for mobile ...

Truth is not a direction: a Tarski attack on LLM probes

87 abelaer 2026-07-29 01:40:30 UTC abeljansma.nl Llama Share 34

A researcher created a truth probe for a language model, but it failed to accurately evaluate truth due to the diagonal Tarski attack, a paradox that arises when a system tries to evaluate its own truth. This attack shows that no truth probe can exist for a language rich enough to describe itself.

Teach yourself programming in ten years (1998)

126 vinhnx 2026-07-28 23:40:30 UTC norvig.com Llama Share 74

Learning to program requires a long-term commitment of 10 years or 10,000 hours of deliberate practice, not just a few days or hours of book learning. To become a skilled programmer, focus on hands-on experience, working with others, and continually improving your skills over time, rather than relying solely on books or training courses.

Hubble: Open-source notetaking app for you and your agents

104 handfuloflight 2026-07-29 00:40:30 UTC hubble.md Full Share 32

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Steel Bank Common Lisp version 2.6.7

228 tmtvl 2026-07-28 17:40:30 UTC sbcl.org Llama Share 98

SBCL has released new versions with various bug fixes, optimizations, and minor incompatible changes. The updates include improvements to the compiler, documentation, and platform support, as well as fixes for issues related to type checking, memory management, and foreign function calls.

Delayed Gratification – Proud to Be 'Last to Breaking News'

291 speerer 2026-07-28 16:40:30 UTC slow-journalism.com Full Share 164

A beautiful quarterly publication which revisits the events of the last three months to offer in-depth, independent journalism in an increasingly frantic world. Read more about DG. Subscribe Slow Journalism in your inbox, plus infographics, offers and more: sign up for the DG newsletter Sign up

Hooray for the Sockets Interface

31 jruohonen 2026-07-29 02:40:30 UTC blog.apnic.net Llama Share 16

The University of California, Berkeley released version 4.2 of its UNIX operating system in 1983, which included the BSD 'sockets' model of networking and led to a massive increase in access to network services worldwide. The sockets system provided a simple, consistent way to connect to ARPANET systems, making it easy for programs to communicate over networks and revolutionizing online services.

Mag Computer: A Mag History of RAM (1960–2025)

21 evakhoury 2026-07-29 03:40:30 UTC magworld.pw GoogleT5 Share 2

Mag negative seven is the size of a supercomputer. it’s tens of millions of lines of code stacked on top of each other - it's nuts to get it all together if you want to do anything besides write code on it, says saul. [ uh, so the iphone is essentially...'mag 9 computer' in this nomenclature. so, the iphone is, in fact,

Fixing a bug with byte order marks

5 surprisetalk 2026-07-29 07:40:30 UTC alexwlchan.net Prefix Share 2

Recently I’ve been tidying up the subtitles in my local media library. There are two popular file formats for subtitles: SRT (SubRip Subtitle) and WebVTT (Web Video Text Tracks). I’ve been standardising on WebVTT because it works with the HTML5 <video> element, and I play all my videos through the <video> element embedded in static websites. However, lots of subtitles are only ...

Log is non-monotonic in PHP and Lua

50 ibobev 2026-07-29 02:40:30 UTC purplesyringa.moe Llama Share 27

PHP and Lua's log functions have a discontinuity when using base 10 due to special casing, causing incorrect results. This is because they use different methods for base 10 and other bases, breaking assumptions about the functions' behavior.

Multiple Mouse Cursors in Wayland

116 marvinborner 2026-07-29 01:40:30 UTC blinry.org Llama Share 76

The user investigated multi-seat support on Linux and Wayland, finding surprisingly good support for multiple mouse cursors and keyboards in various software, including Weston, sway, and River. They also created tools and patches to improve multi-seat support and wrote about their experiences, hoping to find others interested in exploring and expanding this space together.

60 Years Ago, a Submerged Submarine Circled the Globe for the First Time (2020)

13 baud147258 2026-07-29 05:40:30 UTC popularmechanics.com Llama Share 4

The US Navy's nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton circumnavigated the globe underwater in 1960, proving submarines could operate completely submerged. This marked a significant shift from older subs that spent most of their time on the surface.

Beyond Greece and Rome

30 diodorus 2026-07-29 02:40:30 UTC aeon.co Full Share 25

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Zig's Incremental Compilation Internals

234 garyhtou 2026-07-28 16:40:30 UTC mlugg.co.uk Llama Share 160

The Zig compiler's incremental compilation feature allows for fast rebuilds by detecting changed code and recompiling only that, patching the resulting bytes into the output binary. The feature involves caching source files' generated ZIR, tracking dependencies between analysis units, and using a linked file abstraction to handle incremental linking.

The iPhone Upgrade Program is being replaced by Apple Upgrade

172 lkurtz 2026-07-28 17:40:30 UTC apple.com Full Share 321

There’s more than one way to get your next iPhone. You can lease with our new program, Apple Upgrade; shop the latest carrier deals; finance with Apple, or buy with a one-time payment. Have questions about what’s best for you? Chat with a Specialist (Opens in a new window) online or in a store.

Una GPS smart watch – Repairable, USB-C charging, developer-friendly

202 pimterry 2026-07-28 15:40:30 UTC unawatch.com Full Share 127

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Interview with Boris Cherny [video]

53 knighthacker 2026-07-28 20:40:30 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 62

Now is the time to give LLMs access to the ACM digital library

154 rbanffy 2026-07-28 15:40:30 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 124

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.

Discovering Cryptographic Weaknesses with Claude

215 gslin 2026-07-28 17:40:30 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 152

Researchers at Anthropic used Claude Mythos Preview to discover improved attacks on cryptographic algorithms, including HAWK and AES. These attacks significantly weaken HAWK and improve the speed of AES attacks, but do not currently affect production systems.