Want your images back? Sure... That'll be $5!

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User had to pay $5 to download childhood images from Photobucket. They felt tricked into a monthly subscription and regret paying the fee.

GLM-5.2 is the new leading open weights model on Artificial Analysis

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GLM-5.2 is the leading open weights model with a score of 51 on the Intelligence Index v4.1, surpassing MiniMax-M3 and DeepSeek V4 Pro. It uses 43k output tokens per task, but is less token-efficient compared to peers.

Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff

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Brands struggle to achieve AI visibility, with consumers unable to name a single company doing it well. The website is key to balancing AI data extraction and human experience.

RFC 10008: The new HTTP Query Method

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The QUERY method is a safe and idempotent HTTP request that allows a client to ask a server to perform a query operation without changing the target resource's state. It is used to initiate a server-side query and can be cached like GET requests.

Epic Games announces Lore version control system

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Lore is a centralized, content-addressed version control system that represents repository state as Merkle trees and an immutable revision chain, optimized for binary-first storage, deduplication, and sparse/on-demand data hydration at scale.

MicroUI – A tiny, portable, immediate-mode UI library written in ANSI C

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The library is a lightweight UI framework that generates drawing commands for custom controls and UI elements. It's free and open-source under the MIT license, accepting bug reports and pull requests.

Show HN: High-Res Neural Cellular Automata

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Researchers improved Neural Cellular Automata by combining it with a lightweight decoder to produce high-resolution outputs in real-time. This hybrid model preserves NCAs' self-organizing behavior while reducing training time and memory requirements.

Hacker News but for Independent Blogs

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5020 independent, personal blogs. One front page. Ranked by votes and freshness, shaped by you.

GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17

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Running local models is good now

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The user has been using local models since their release and has seen significant improvements in accuracy and speed, particularly with the Gemma 4 family, allowing for agentic coding and tasks like refactoring code and writing unit tests. The user is excited about the potential of local models but notes that they still have limitations, such as slow inference and small context windows, and ...

Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields

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The website Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields documents vanished or abandoned airfields with their unusual histories. It was created in 1999 and celebrated its 25th anniversary in April 2024.

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GLM 5.2 Performance Benchmarks

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GLM-5.2 (max) scores 51 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average. It costs $1.40 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens.

Map Clustering Is Not My Favorite

The author is criticizing map clustering, which was used to show many points on a map without overwhelming browsers. However, with modern mapping technology, this is no longer necessary.

AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less

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The author discusses the rapid advancements in AI-generated code and its implications on software engineering, arguing that discipline and understanding of the system are more important than code itself. They believe that AI will augment human capabilities, not replace them, and that the future of software engineering will be shaped by the ability to encode knowledge and understanding into the system.

Show HN: Capacitor Alarm Clock

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This project is a safer, more practical capacitor alarm inspired by ElectroBOOM's video, with a user interface and web interface for settings. It uses voltage regulators that may heat up and recommends using a buck converter for higher input voltages.

Humiliating IIS servers for fun and jail time

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When identifying IIS servers, use Google dorks like "aspnet_client" and "ext:aspx" to locate targets, then use tools like httpx and nuclei to gather information and enumerate potential vulnerabilities. Techniques like shortname enumeration, path traversal, and HTTP Parameter Pollution can be used to discover and exploit IIS-specific vulnerabilities, such as RCE via deserialization and stored ...

Show HN: Inkwash, a watercolor sketching app and explanation

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The user created an interactive watercolor painting app called Inkwash using Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 model, which simulates water and ink behavior. The app uses WebGL2 and allows users to draw and paint with a stylus or finger.

TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP

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To make a GET request in a minimal Docker container, use bash to open a TCP socket with /dev/tcp and write the request by hand. This method works for plaintext HTTP but not HTTPS, and is a bash feature not available in all shells.

Subterranean fungi networks more than 100 quadrillion km in length

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Scientists have created a global map of subterranean fungi networks that stretch 110 quadrillion kilometers, crucial for plant life and climate regulation. However, agricultural practices like tilling and fertilizers threaten these networks, which are essential for storing carbon and distributing nutrients.

From Chesterton's fence to Chesterton's gap

G K Chesterton's fence principle advises to understand the reasoning behind existing work before changing it. Chesterton's gap occurs when people build new features without understanding the original intent or needs of a project.

Calvin and Hobbes and the price of integrity

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Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, refused to license his characters for merchandise due to artistic integrity concerns. He fought a six-year battle with his syndicate, Universal Press Syndicate, before they agreed to his terms.

Show HN: I built 184 free browser tools – PDF, image, dev, AI tasks, no upload

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brevio offers 162+ free tools for PDFs, images, text, finance, development, and health — all processing runs locally in your browser. No file upload, no server, no account required. Privacy by design.

Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?

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Tim Ferriss shares his concerns about the impact of AI on the self-help and non-fiction book industry, citing a 57% drop in print sales of his own books since the launch of LLMs like ChatGPT. He believes that the trend will continue and that the industry will need to adapt by focusing on long-form content, personal connections, and unique experiences that AI cannot replicate.

Wolfram Language and Mathematica version 15

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Wolfram Language has expanded beyond math and now includes a new release, Version 15, with a lot of new core functionality and AI integration. The AI Assistant in Version 15 provides a convenient way to get help in doing things with Wolfram Language and can be used to access an AI from within Wolfram Notebooks.

GPT‑NL: a sovereign language model for the Netherlands

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Researchers at TNO, SURF, and NFI are building a Dutch language model, GPT-NL, with strong governance, transparency, and public values. This independent model strengthens the Netherlands' digital autonomy and provides a foundation for responsible AI applications.

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The founder's playbook: Building an AI-native startup

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Founders are using AI to build startups, shifting from individual contributors to orchestrators, and focusing on high-value tasks. A practical playbook remaps the startup lifecycle for AI-native startups, providing goals, exit criteria, and AI-powered exercises for each stage.

Semiclassical Gravity Efficiently Solves NP-Complete Problems

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Researchers propose using a massive qubit in a weak gravitational field to solve an NP-complete problem in polynomial time, violating the Physical Extended Church-Turing Thesis. This suggests the quantization of gravity.

SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

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