Don't Make Me Talk to Your Chatbot

91 pkilgore 2026-03-03 22:29:29 UTC raymyers.org Llama Share 36

The author suggests that when people paste AI-generated text, it's often bad communication that buries the main point, requiring the reader to sift through it. They propose a two-step process to avoid this: first, understand your own point of view, and second, edit the AI-generated text to prioritize the main point.

MacBook Pro with new M5 Pro and M5 Max

607 scrlk 2026-03-03 14:29:29 UTC apple.com Llama Share 572

Apple announced the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, offering up to 4x faster AI performance and up to 24 hours of battery life. The new MacBook Pro features a Liquid Retina XDR display, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 6, and starts at 1TB of storage for M5 Pro and 2TB for M5 Max.

Intel's make-or-break 18A process node debuts for data center with 288-core Xeon

215 vanburen 2026-03-03 19:29:29 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 162

Intel introduced Xeon 6+ 'Clearwater Forest' processors with up to 288 energy-efficient cores for telecom, cloud, and edge AI workloads. They feature Advanced Matrix Extensions, QuickAssist Technology, and Intel vRAN Boost technologies for improved performance and power efficiency.

GPT‑5.3 Instant

250 meetpateltech 2026-03-03 18:29:29 UTC openai.com Llama Share 179

GPT-5.3 Instant is an updated model that improves everyday conversations with more accurate answers, richer results, and reduced unnecessary caveats, focusing on tone, relevance, and conversational flow. The model also reduces hallucinations, improves writing capabilities, and is available starting today to all users in ChatGPT, with updates to Thinking and Pro to follow soon.

Textadept

31 giancarlostoro 2026-03-03 21:29:29 UTC orbitalquark.github.io Llama Share 5

Textadept has GUI and terminal versions with optional modules for extra features. It can be compiled from source or downloaded as pre-built binaries for various platforms.

Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language

51 spacemarine1 2026-03-03 21:29:29 UTC elbowgreasegames.substack.com Llama Share 5

Wouter von Oortmersen's VoxRay Games released The Builder's Update for Voxile, a voxel-based survival game with ray tracing and co-op multiplayer. Voxile's custom engine, Lobster, enables fast prototyping and record-speed compile times.

Claude's Cycles [pdf]

403 fs123 2026-03-03 11:29:29 UTC www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu Llama Share 192

Claude Opus 4.6 solved an open problem in automatic deduction and creative problem solving by finding a generalization for odd values of m. The solution was discovered through a series of explorations and involved a novel approach called fiber decomposition.

An Interactive Intro to CRDTs (2023)

73 evakhoury 2026-03-03 19:29:29 UTC jakelazaroff.com Llama Share 11

CRDTs are data structures that allow multiple computers to update and sync data without a central server. A Last Write Wins Map (LWW Map) is a type of CRDT that combines multiple Last Write Wins Registers to store and sync data.

Talos: Hardware accelerator for deep convolutional neural networks

3 llamatheollama 2026-03-03 23:13:29 UTC talos.wtf Prefix Share 0

Talos is a custom FPGA-based hardware accelerator built from the ground up to execute Convolutional Neural Networks with extreme efficiency. It isn't just a reimplementation of existing software logic in hardware; it is a rethinking of how deep learning inference should work at the circuit level. Most deep learning frameworks are built for flexibility. They handle dynamic graphs, varying ...

The Xkcd thing, now interactive

1083 memalign 2026-03-03 11:29:29 UTC editor.p5js.org Full Share 146

A web editor for p5.js, a JavaScript library with the goal of making coding accessible to artists, designers, educators, and beginners.

When AI writes the software, who verifies it?

97 todsacerdoti 2026-03-03 17:29:29 UTC leodemoura.github.io Llama Share 87

AI is rewriting the world's software at an astonishing speed, but verification is lagging behind, making it a systemic risk.

Don't become an engineering manager

277 flail 2026-03-03 14:29:29 UTC newsletter.manager.dev Llama Share 199

The user's friend was offered an Engineering Manager role but decided not to take it due to concerns about losing time for experimentation and adapting to change. The user agrees that being an IC is a smarter choice in 2026, but advises waiting a couple of years to see how things look before making a decision, unless the person truly wants to pursue management.

Launch HN: Cekura (YC F24) – Testing and monitoring for voice and chat AI agents

66 atarus 2026-03-03 15:29:29 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 19

Cekura is a platform that simulates real user conversations to test AI agents and catch regressions before production. It uses synthetic users, real conversation import, and deterministic test cases to evaluate full conversational arcs, not just single turns.

Physics Girl: Super-Kamiokande – Imaging the sun by detecting neutrinos [video]

392 pcdavid 2026-03-03 16:29:29 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 61

Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit in foreign spy and criminal hands

149 alwillis 2026-03-03 20:29:29 UTC wired.com Llama Share 41

A powerful iPhone hacking toolkit called Coruna has been used in multiple mass iPhone exploitation campaigns, initially by Russian spies targeting Ukrainians and later by cybercriminals stealing cryptocurrency from Chinese-speaking victims. Coruna's sophisticated code suggests it was created by a well-resourced, likely state-sponsored group of hackers, possibly originally developed by a US ...

TorchLean: Formalizing Neural Networks in Lean

59 matt_d 2026-03-03 16:29:29 UTC leandojo.org Llama Share 8

Researchers created TorchLean, a framework that treats neural networks as precise mathematical objects for verification and analysis. It unifies execution and verification with a shared semantics, enabling end-to-end formal verification of learning-enabled systems.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Defends Pentagon Work to Staff

39 cdrnsf 2026-03-03 22:29:29 UTC wsj.com Full Share 11

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We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell

57 sb057 2026-03-03 20:29:29 UTC gamehistory.org Llama Share 7

The Video Game History Foundation is preserving the rare 1999 game Cookie's Bustle, but its efforts were disrupted by aggressive copyright takedowns from a company called Graceware, which claimed ownership of the game. However, the foundation's investigation found that Graceware's claims are likely baseless, and the company's actions may be a form of rights-squatting, exploiting loopholes in ...

I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services

852 speckx 2026-03-03 14:29:29 UTC neilzone.co.uk Llama Share 524

The user is concerned about identity and age verification policies being proposed in various countries, which they believe could lead to censorship and loss of privacy. They are willing to opt out of services that require verification, such as YouTube, Reddit, and some forums, but may have to compromise on others like Teams/Zoom due to professional obligations.

Arm's Cortex X925: Reaching Desktop Performance

253 ingve 2026-03-03 08:29:29 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 151

Arm's Cortex X925 CPU achieves performance parity with AMD's Zen 5 and Intel's Lion Cove in high-performance desktop applications. It has a 10-wide core with high per-cycle frontend throughput, large out-of-order execution engine, and strong branch predictor.

MacBook Air with M5

340 Garbage 2026-03-03 14:29:29 UTC apple.com Llama Share 399

Apple announced the new MacBook Air with M5, featuring faster performance, expanded AI capabilities, and double the starting storage. It comes in 13- and 15-inch models with Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and up to 18 hours of battery life.

Disable Your SSH access accidentally with scp

88 zdw 2026-03-03 15:29:29 UTC sny.sh Llama Share 39

The code defines a server handler and a function to construct an IP prefix matcher. It uses Tokio and regex for asynchronous operations and error handling.

I'm losing the SEO battle for my own open source project

418 devinitely 2026-03-03 14:29:29 UTC twitter.com/gavriel_cohen Full Share 213

Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot. Some privacy related extensions may cause issues on x.com. Please disable them and try again.

Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death

17 mooreds 2026-03-03 22:52:29 UTC politico.eu Llama Share 1

The Socialist prime minister criticized the U.S.-Israeli war, sparking a trade war threat from the U.S. president. This move could create friction with other EU member states like Germany, France, and Italy.

TV's TV (1987) & TV Games Encyclopedia (1988)

6 msephton 2026-03-03 22:29:29 UTC blog.gingerbeardman.com Prefix Share 0

2026-03-01 11 mins read true TV’s TV was a four-hour late-night television program broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV from 01:55 to 05:55 on Saturday, March 14, 1987. It was a televisual predecessor to a book that I also discuss below, and an early sign of the experimental programming that Fuji TV would formalise later that year with its JOCX-TV2 late-night brand—a slot explicitly created to give ...

The Two Kinds of Error

26 zdw 2026-03-03 19:29:29 UTC evanhahn.com Llama Share 13

The user categorizes errors into expected and unexpected types, with expected errors being recoverable and unexpected errors indicating a bug that should crash the program. Expected errors include validation, network, and permission errors, while unexpected errors include assertion, logic, and null pointer exceptions.

GitHub Is Having Issues

188 Simpliplant 2026-03-03 19:29:29 UTC githubstatus.com Full Share 126

GitHub's Status Page - Incident with Copilot and Actions.

Payment fees matter more than you think

92 dxs 2026-03-03 18:29:29 UTC cuencahighlife.com Llama Share 62

In Ecuador, digital payments like Deuna bypass international card systems, allowing merchants to pay little or nothing per transaction. This contrasts with card-dominated economies where merchants absorb high processing costs, affecting their margins and pricing.

Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR

202 victorbjorklund 2026-03-03 14:29:29 UTC apple.com Llama Share 228

Apple announced two new displays, Studio Display and Studio Display XDR, with improved cameras, audio, and connectivity. They start at $1,599 and $3,299 respectively, and are available for pre-order on March 4.

Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns

1362 sandbach 2026-03-02 23:29:29 UTC svd.se Llama Share 761

Meta's smart glasses collect user data, including private videos and conversations, which are then processed by subcontractors in Kenya. The data is shared with Meta's AI systems, raising concerns about user privacy and data protection.