A Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: Canada Signs UN Cybercrime Convention

92 iamnothere 2026-08-01 14:39:59 UTC michaelgeist.ca Llama Share 27

Canada signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a treaty that critics say enables cross-border surveillance and electronic evidence sharing. The decision raises concerns about human rights and state surveillance powers, despite Canada's previous opposition to the treaty.

The Art of 64-bit Assembly

34 0x54MUR41 2026-08-01 14:39:59 UTC nostarch.com Llama Share 2

The book covers advanced programming topics including macros, Unicode strings, and object-oriented programming. It also covers concurrent programming, exception handling, and advanced parameter implementation.

RipGrep musl binaries occasionally segfault during very-large searches

125 throwaway2037 2026-08-01 12:39:59 UTC github.com/burntsushi Llama Share 78

Ripgrep occasionally crashes with a SIGSEGV when searching very-large trees at high concurrency due to a heap metadata assertion failure in MUSL's mallocng. The bug can be reproduced by running a generated tree of 1.8M files with 20GiB of data and searching for an arbitrary string in a loop.

Elevators

1479 Jrh0203 2026-07-31 15:39:59 UTC john.fun Llama Share 371

Elevators use complex algorithms like SCAN and LOOK to optimize traffic flow. The best algorithm varies depending on building size and traffic patterns, with simpler algorithms sometimes outperforming more advanced ones.

Linux on ESP32

22 boveyking 2026-08-01 12:39:59 UTC github.com/grieferpig Llama Share 7

A custom CLIC driver is needed for S31 due to Linux expecting PLIC. OpenSBI was modified for XIP in flash and internal SRAM to save PSRAM memory.

Manual: •.,:;?·

74 behnamoh 2026-08-01 09:39:59 UTC type.today Llama Share 12

The article discusses basic punctuation characters, including the period, comma, ellipsis, bullet, and interpunct, and their various uses in different languages and contexts. The Unicode table contains several items related to bullets and interpuncts, which can be used for separating parts in a sentence or indicating omissions.

Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era

206 vinhnx 2026-08-01 03:39:59 UTC microsoft.github.io Full Share 60

RamenHaus

156 oler 2026-08-01 09:39:59 UTC ramen.haus Full Share 77

Welcome to RamenHaus, home of rotating ramen. So far, 114 bowls have been photographed, slurped and posted. Start with the latest entry, click a bowl to continue, or browse the complete index. Inspired by Lauren's Rotating Sandwiches and everyone at Naive Yearly. Ideas, collaborations, and questions: [email protected].

Solid Queue 1.6.0 now supports fiber workers

60 earcar 2026-08-01 08:39:59 UTC github.com/rails Llama Share 17

New feature allows using fibers on a single thread, replacing thread pool with Async under the hood. Requires Async dependency and fiber isolation in Rails (config.active_support.isolation_level = :fiber).

qm – Multiplayer agent harness for work

619 tosh 2026-07-31 18:39:59 UTC github.com/yc-software Llama Share 140

QM is a platform designed for startups, allowing employees to work independently with isolated workspaces and collaborate with an agent in channels and projects. It's built with open source in mind, allowing users to pick their own harness and model.

A tiny holdout building in the middle of Macy’s is back in view

129 donohoe 2026-08-01 05:39:59 UTC ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com Llama Share 37

A historic five-story building at 34th Street and Sixth Avenue is being renovated after decades of billboard advertisements. The building, a holdout from Macy's expansion in the early 1900s, is finally visible again after years of being hidden behind dark netting and scaffolding.

How to Do Great Work (2023)

75 tosh 2026-08-01 08:39:59 UTC paulgraham.com Llama Share 50

To do great work, focus on projects that excite and interest you, and work hard to learn and improve, even if it's difficult and takes time. By being earnest, optimistic, and willing to take risks, you can cultivate a mindset that allows you to make progress and achieve great things.

Kontigo (YC S24) Is Hiring

0 2026-08-01 12:39:59 UTC ycombinator.com Full Share

"Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success" You gotta be in founder mode. Next.js web / React Native app. / Supabase, firebase, and Prisma. / Nest.js for WhatsApp / Open AI and Anthropic APIs for agents / Solidity and web3.js for Smart contracts. / A lot of Typescript.

Study uncovers lost 'golden age' of languages

8 gmays 2026-08-01 13:39:59 UTC news.yale.edu Prefix Share 0

A linguistic “golden age” flourished between 1,000 to 3,000 years ago when tens of thousands of languages were spoken throughout the world, according to a new study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern that traces trajectories in global language diversity over the past 12,000 years. The golden age was followed by a period of rapid decline in linguistic diversity that coincided with the ...

Charlie Stross – On the non-use of AI in my writing process

5 jwx48 2026-08-01 13:39:59 UTC antipope.org Prefix Share 0

This isn't a blog entry I wanted to write, but it's a necessary one: a statement about the use of generative large language models (colloquially "AI") in my work. I do not use LLMs in my work. I don't use them in my non-work life either, for that matter. I despise the grifters selling these toys as "tools" and trying to convince us to use them to generate plausible ...

Astro Loop

17 BaseBaal 2026-08-01 12:39:59 UTC pubdeer.com Full Share 1

Signal acquired. One ship, one pilot, a crew waiting to be recruited. The rest is out there in the dark. CTRLSimple to Play Steer with a single finger. Your guns fire on their own. Easy to pick up, hard to put down. PERMNo Sensitive Permissions No camera, mic, location, contacts, files or network. It never asks you for a thing.

Software for One

178 awaxman11 2026-08-01 01:39:59 UTC ajwaxman.com Llama Share 183

The cost and complexity of building personal software have dropped significantly due to AI, allowing users to create custom apps for their specific needs without requiring extensive coding knowledge. This shift has made personal computing more accessible and has the potential to become the new baseline consumer expectation, with users expecting apps to be tailored to their individual contexts.

How to Exist

299 walterbell 2026-08-01 00:39:59 UTC raptitude.com Llama Share 177

The human tendency is to constantly seek escape from the present moment due to an allergy to existence, often manifesting as restlessness, anxiety, and dissatisfaction. By practicing existing without trying to change it, one can develop the ability to tolerate minor discomforts and reduce the need for escape-driven habits.

Run Kimi K3 using 29 GB of RAM at 0.50 tok/s

293 marcobambini 2026-07-31 15:39:59 UTC github.com/sqliteai Llama Share 130

WASTE is an embeddable inference engine written in C that streams large models from disk, allowing them to fit on consumer machines. It achieves this by keeping the model trunk in memory and streaming selected experts directly from disk.

Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

267 milkshakes 2026-08-01 07:39:59 UTC openai.com Full Share 183

The First Idempotency Key

19 abelanger 2026-08-01 09:39:59 UTC hatchet.run Llama Share 4

The author searched for the first instance of an idempotency key and found it in a 1984 paper by Birrell and Nelson, which documented an implementation of a Remote Procedure Call package with a call identifier for each RPC. This is the earliest known example of an idempotency key that meets the author's criteria.

The development pipeline is a production system

123 firefoxd 2026-08-01 03:39:59 UTC sundry.jerryorr.com Llama Share 61

Software developers should treat issues with their development pipeline as production outages, prioritizing fixes to prevent downtime and deliver value to the company. A broken pipeline prevents software production, making it a critical issue that requires immediate attention.

G'mic 4.0: Squaring the Pixel, Easier

61 dtschump 2026-08-01 06:39:59 UTC gmic.eu Llama Share 3

G'MIC, a free and open-source framework for digital image processing, has released version 4.0, marking a major milestone in its 18-year history. This release brings new features, including 644 image processing filters, and focuses on stability and performance.

The Absurdity of Albert Camus

157 apollinaire 2026-07-31 22:39:59 UTC historytoday.com Full Share 73

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Dead Software Walking: The ongoing evolution of relayd(8) and httpd(8)

11 tylerius 2026-08-01 12:39:59 UTC rsadowski.de Llama Share 0

The user, motivated by practical need and a desire to challenge themselves, started actively working on OpenBSD's relayd(8) and httpd(8) daemons. They created a GitHub mirror and a detailed README.md to make it easier for new contributors and reach the community beyond OpenBSD mailing lists.

Attention Decode on AMD MI450 GPUs: A Gluon Kernel Optimization Guide

57 matt_d 2026-08-01 03:39:59 UTC rocm.blogs.amd.com Llama Share 6

The AMD Instinct MI450 GPU introduces new hardware features that improve memory access and computation for AI workloads, allowing for more efficient processing of large-scale language models. By optimizing the kernel for the MI450's architecture, including using Split-k and pipelining, a Gluon kernel achieves 85% of the peak HBM bandwidth, demonstrating significant performance improvements ...

Getting 25 Gbps Thunderbolt Ethernet on My Mac Studio

213 speckx 2026-07-31 16:39:59 UTC jeffgeerling.com Llama Share 106

User upgraded their Mac Studio to 25 GbE using a cheap Thunderbolt adapter and solved thermal issues with a custom fan setup. The upgrade improved network speeds, but real-world file copy speeds were only marginally better than the built-in 10G Ethernet.

Progressive Web Components

178 hosteur 2026-07-31 20:39:59 UTC arielsalminen.com Llama Share 43

Ariel Salminen created Elena, a library for building Progressive Web Components that render HTML and CSS before JavaScript, addressing common issues like accessibility and server-side rendering limitations. Elena is a tiny library (2.6kB) that helps teams create cross-framework web components with a simple and straightforward approach to server-side rendering.

June in Servo: real world compat, media queries, SharedWorker, and more

182 iamnothere 2026-07-31 18:39:59 UTC servo.org Llama Share 52

Servo 0.4.0 has been released with 558 commits, including security fixes, improved layout correctness, and new features like visible and interactive text selection.

Increasing the lifespan of a bulb makes it worse in every other way

136 tonyg 2026-07-31 21:39:59 UTC maurycyz.com Llama Share 148

The lifespan of lightbulbs was standardized at 1,000 hours by manufacturers in 1925 to avoid a race to the bottom, not to make them last longer. This standardization led to a trade-off between color/efficiency and lifespan, resulting in less efficient bulbs that are still widely used today.