Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS

163 fjfaase 2026-09-25 08:21:29 UTC dawo.community Llama Share 66

The DAWO community is an open platform where government, industry, and society collaborate to build a digitally autonomous workplace. It provides a shared space for public and private entities to work together on building blocks that can be inspected and replaced.

Tech Needs Humanists More

34 eigenBasis 2026-09-25 09:33:29 UTC passo.uno Llama Share 14

The author suggests prioritizing humanities skills like language, philosophy, and history over technical skills in tech writing. This allows for deeper thinking and conveying stances effectively in a rapidly changing industry.

Pentium II at 600Mhz with Voodoo 3 Emulated on 86Box with M6 Mac Mini

59 hugh4life 2026-09-25 08:21:29 UTC nyaa.sh Llama Share 19

The 86Box emulator on Apple Silicon's M6 chip achieves impressive performance, surpassing the original Pentium II hardware in some cases. The M6's single-core lead translates into a tangible difference in real-world usage, making it an outstanding result for a small and silent box under €1,600.

F-Droid 2.0

1253 daveoc64 2026-09-24 16:21:29 UTC f-droid.org Llama Share 361

F-Droid 2.0 is a redesigned app that offers a modern interface, improved search, and better app discovery for free and open-source Android apps. The new version simplifies the user experience while integrating with current Android patterns like Material Design.

Ink and Switch Interactive Homepage

8 iFreilicht 2026-09-25 09:52:29 UTC inkandswitch.com LocalLLM Share 1

A local-first access control system with capabilities and end-to-end encryption enables secure, trusted collaboration while maintaining data ownership. The project aims to provide a new generation of collaborative software that prioritizes user control and privacy.

CVE-2025-13032: Entering and Breaking the Avast Antivirus Sandbox Part 2

49 safateam 2026-09-25 07:21:29 UTC safateam.com Llama Share 11

Researchers successfully exploited a double-fetch vulnerability in Avast's kernel driver on an up-to-date Windows 11 system, gaining arbitrary kernel read/write access and escalating privileges to SYSTEM. They achieved this by corrupting the RegBuffers array of an IORing object, leaking an _EPROCESS pointer via a Memory Descriptor List (MDL), repairing corrupted pool allocation headers, and ...

Special Projects (2016)

18 vinhnx 2026-09-25 09:21:29 UTC openai.com Llama Share 2

Researchers focus on problems that matter for AI's impact on society, such as detecting covert AI systems and cyber-security defense. Building large simulations with agents is also a priority area of interest.

Show HN: Make cursed fonts like Times New Bastard

702 MitPitt 2026-09-24 17:21:29 UTC bastardica.mitpit.com Llama Share 94

Bastardica is a font generator that creates contextual ligatures, improving OpenType fonts. It can be used with various tools and websites to create unique, richer-looking fonts without affecting the original licenses.

Show HN: Whiteboard (YC W26) – An open-source IDE for thoughtful software design

314 sidharthkmenon 2026-09-24 18:21:29 UTC github.com/devdotfast Llama Share 117

Whiteboard is an open-source desktop app for humans and agents to collaborate on software architecture. It integrates with existing tools, allowing agents to draw diagrams and describe their work in a shared workspace.

Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?

413 jbotz 2026-09-24 17:21:29 UTC dynomight.substack.com Full Share 210

2DWillNeverDie

241 surprisetalk 2026-09-24 20:21:29 UTC 2dwillneverdie.com Full Share 53

Tutorials, articles, gallery and website design © 2009-2019 Kiwi @ 2DWillNeverDie.com All depicted characters, games and IPs are copyright their respective owners, bla bla bla. Here's your privacy policy, EuropeThank you for playing

Fearless SIMD v1.0

262 verdagon 2026-09-24 17:21:29 UTC linebender.org Llama Share 36

Fearless SIMD is a portable and performant SIMD abstraction that aims to serve users well with various features. It achieves its goals by providing both precise and fast variants for operations, easy expression of algorithms in native vector size, and safe access to intrinsics.

Rails World 2026 Opening Keynote [video]

338 an0malous 2026-09-24 18:21:29 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 369

Toyota is taking the Corolla electric

330 cisc 2026-09-24 15:21:29 UTC electrek.co Llama Share 600

Toyota is preparing to introduce an electric version of its best-selling Corolla car, with a sleek new design and updated platform. The new model will be available in various powertrains, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and hybrid options.

My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps

338 ahmedhossamdev 2026-09-24 17:21:29 UTC ahmedhossamdev.com Llama Share 154

The writer enjoys exploring Street View, zooming in on random objects and streets, finding interesting details and stories. They find satisfaction in seeing how places change over time, especially when a specific object or location remains constant despite the passage of years.

Using LLMs to trace alchemical knowledge and decode 17th century letters

134 benbreen 2026-09-24 19:21:29 UTC resobscura.substack.com Full Share 28

What About Rails?

55 jrochkind1 2026-09-25 03:21:29 UTC jardo.dev Llama Share 19

David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails, gave a keynote at Rails World 2026 where he discussed his vision for the future of Rails and shifted focus to AI-powered code generation. He claims that humans will no longer need to read code and instead rely on LLMs for development.

Opus 5.5 is good at explainer videos

267 iacguy 2026-09-24 21:21:29 UTC launchvideo.io Llama Share 134

The OpenComputer agent is a single TypeScript file that runs on an Amazon Linux 2023 microVM, using Playwright and ffmpeg to render video. It fetches input from a Vercel Blob upload token and returns the rendered MP4 as a public Blob URL after processing.

Google’s Project Suncatcher to put ML infrastructure in space

184 xnx 2026-09-24 17:21:29 UTC blog.google Llama Share 380

Google's Project Suncatcher is launching a prototype satellite to test its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) in space, aiming to create scalable machine learning infrastructure. The mission will gather data on how TPUs handle spaceflight and radiation, paving the way for future AI workloads in orbit.

Two-tier encryption in the UK

457 ReturnoftheHack 2026-09-24 11:21:29 UTC macanorak.com Llama Share 406

The UK government ordered Apple to create a way to access encrypted iCloud data, but Apple refused, citing concerns about weakening end-to-end encryption. The UK's Investigatory Powers Act allows for such requests, but the secrecy surrounding these orders undermines democratic governance and cybersecurity.

Writing Parquet files using Haskell

62 cosmic_quanta 2026-09-25 00:21:29 UTC datahaskell.org Llama Share 18

The DataHaskell/Dataframe library provides a Parquet writer that efficiently stores and queries data, using techniques like compression and sub-batching to minimize memory usage. The writer's design allows for fine-grained control over file settings, supports multiple encodings and metadata fields, and can be optimized for performance with concurrency or parallelism.

Book review: Is parallel programming hard, and, if so, what can you do about it?

125 ahelwer 2026-09-24 17:21:29 UTC ahelwer.ca Llama Share 56

The author read "Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It?" while on vacation and found it to be a perfect introduction to concurrency for their level of knowledge. The book provided a thorough explanation of CPU architecture and the challenges of writing concurrent programs without mutexes or message-passing patterns.

The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds (2014)

90 neonate 2026-09-24 21:21:29 UTC grantland.com Llama Share 44

A Diplomacy game at Dixiecon was marred by intense negotiations, alliances, and betrayals among players. The game's unique mechanics of negotiation and cooperation led to emotional conflicts and hurt feelings among the players.

The Bayeux Tapestry: Woven by the Victors

34 prismatic 2026-09-25 00:21:29 UTC historytoday.com Full Share 12

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Nokia Design Archive (2025)

236 pillars 2026-09-24 10:21:29 UTC repo.aalto.fi Full Share 128

Sourcehut account takeover via build logs (XSS in ansi2html)

117 arusekk 2026-09-24 20:21:29 UTC blog.arusekk.pl Llama Share 23

The author worked on improving the security of sr.ht, a platform for hosting projects, by identifying and fixing vulnerabilities in its ansi2html tool. They reported their findings to the project maintainers and helped resolve issues with XSS attacks.

California is chasing wealth that has feet

241 idbnstra 2026-09-24 21:21:29 UTC blog.landeconomics.org Llama Share 655

The author argues that California's proposed billionaire wealth tax will fail due to billionaires' ability to move their wealth out of the state. The author suggests a land value tax as an alternative, which would be more stable and effective in raising revenue for public services.

Show HN: Air-gapped file encryption as self-decrypting HTML page

70 emurlin 2026-09-24 23:21:29 UTC cms-sfx-demo.apeleg.com Llama Share 23

The website is blocking your action due to security measures, possibly triggered by submitting a certain word or phrase. You can report the issue to the site owner and provide details of what you were doing when blocked, including Cloudflare Ray ID.

WaveDigger: Dig into wireless signals to discover their physical locations

115 882542F3884314B 2026-09-24 15:21:29 UTC github.com/christianrowlands Llama Share 22

WaveDigger is a tool that helps find Wi-Fi access points and cell towers by their MAC addresses or network parameters. It uses Apple's location services API to query BSSID locations, built on research from the apple-corelocation-experiments project.

The forgotten battle of East Lansing

98 rmason 2026-09-24 17:21:29 UTC eastlansinginfo.news Llama Share 19

Students at Michigan State College clashed with labor union members in East Lansing, leading to a one-day strike and protests. The conflict began when the UAW Local 182 was recognized as the chief collective bargaining representative for autoworkers, prompting Capital City Wrecking Company to fire its newly elected officers and refuse recognition.