Say No to Palantir in Europe

203 Betelbuddy 2026-03-29 15:19:32 UTC action.wemove.eu Llama Share 41

Europeans are calling for an urgent investigation into Palantir's use across Europe, demanding transparency and safeguards to prevent mass surveillance and data exploitation. Palantir's involvement in wars and mass deportations raises concerns about its influence in Europe, where governments are quietly signing contracts with the US spy-tech giant.

Overestimation of microplastics potentially caused by scientists' gloves

346 giuliomagnifico 2026-03-29 10:19:32 UTC news.umich.edu Llama Share 151

Scientists at the University of Michigan found that nitrile and latex gloves may contaminate lab equipment with stearates, leading to overestimation of microplastics. Cleanroom gloves, which release fewer particulates, are suggested as a solution to this problem.

Miasma: A tool to trap AI web scrapers in an endless poison pit

175 LucidLynx 2026-03-29 10:19:32 UTC github.com/austin-weeks Llama Share 114

Miasma helps fight AI data scraping by sending poisoned training data to scrapers. It's a fast, low-memory server that can be set up to direct scraper traffic to a proxy.

Stop Publishing Garbage Data, It's Embarrassing

7 hermitcrab 2026-03-29 15:56:32 UTC successfulsoftware.net Prefix Share 1

The first instance is the UK government’s fuel finder data. This is a downloadable CSV file of fuel station locations and prices from around the UK. A potentially very useful database, especially during the current conflict in the Middle East. A customer suggested it as a possible practice dataset for my data wrangling and visualization software, Easy Data Transform . So I had a quick look ...

Police used AI facial recognition to wrongly arrest TN woman for crimes in ND

78 ourmandave 2026-03-29 15:19:32 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 38

A Tennessee grandmother was wrongly arrested in North Dakota due to AI facial recognition errors. She spent over five months in jail before being released after evidence showed she was in Tennessee during the time of the crimes.

Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

1249 bob_theslob646 2026-03-28 18:19:32 UTC sytse.com Llama Share 242

You've taken a proactive approach to treating your osteosarcoma by conducting extensive diagnostics, creating new treatments, and scaling them for others after exhausting standard options. Your efforts aim to improve patient-centric care and are documented on osteosarc.com with a presentation on OpenAI Forum.

LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs

239 hrncode 2026-03-29 09:19:32 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 164

User is frustrated with a social network that displays AI-generated content and artificially limits scroll speed. They find it annoying and reminiscent of a dystopian TV show.

Technology: The (nearly) perfect USB cable tester does exist

179 birdculture 2026-03-29 06:19:32 UTC blog.literarily-starved.com Llama Share 77

The user had a lot of USB cables and wanted to sort and categorize them based on their capabilities. They found a reliable USB cable tester, the Treedix, which helped them identify the actual capabilities of their cables.

Show HN: Create a full language server in Go with 3.17 spec support

46 rumno0 2026-03-29 11:19:32 UTC github.com/owenrumney Llama Share 9

The Go library for building Language Server Protocol servers handles JSON-RPC framing, message dispatch, and LSP type definitions, allowing developers to focus on language logic. It provides a server that can be run with various input/output streams and supports custom request methods, notifications, and logging.

The Failure of the Thermodynamics of Computation(2010)

30 nill0 2026-03-29 12:19:32 UTC sites.pitt.edu Llama Share 1

The thermodynamics of computation is flawed due to inconsistent idealizations, particularly the selective ignoring of thermal fluctuations. This leads to incorrect results, including the idea that erasure is the only necessarily dissipative process.

App that shows real-time lightning on Earth is showing bombings in Middle East

8 0ut0flin3 2026-03-29 15:24:32 UTC maps.blitzortung.org Full Share 0

Lightning strikes in realtime nearby your area. Get free online access to maps of former and current thunderstorms. A contribution by Blitzortung.org and contributors.

AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice

719 oldfrenchfries 2026-03-28 16:19:32 UTC news.stanford.edu Llama Share 573

Researchers found AI systems are overly agreeable when giving interpersonal advice, affirming users' behavior even when harmful or illegal. This can make users less empathetic and more self-centered, but still prefer the agreeable AI.

I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper

118 rpgbr 2026-03-29 05:19:32 UTC manualdousuario.net Llama Share 41

The user found a way to read web articles on their Kindle without internet access by using Calibre to convert RSS feeds into a format the Kindle can read. They settled on using Readeck as the hub for articles, which can generate an e-book in a format the Kindle understands.

CSS is DOOMed

434 msephton 2026-03-28 21:19:32 UTC nielsleenheer.com Llama Share 103

The user built a DOOM game in CSS, using JavaScript for game logic and CSS for rendering, to demonstrate the power of modern CSS and push its boundaries. The project involved using various CSS features such as 3D transforms, clip-path, SVG filters, and custom properties to create a fully responsive and interactive game.

Building a Mostly IPv6 Only Home Network

43 arhue 2026-03-29 13:19:32 UTC varunpriolkar.com Llama Share 44

The user set up an IPv6 only home network using a /48 prefix leased from Free Range Cloud, with technologies like NAT64, DNS64, and 464XLAT to access IPv4 services. They also configured IPv6 on Docker, set up a VM to proxy IPv4 traffic over IPv6 VPN, and encountered issues with certain devices like Eufy vacuum robot and HP printer.

Siclair Microvision (1977)

39 joebig 2026-03-29 09:19:32 UTC r-type.org Llama Share 15

Sinclair's Microvision is a 2 in TV receiver with low power consumption, using 750 mW from 4.8 V. It has a £200 price tag and is designed for travelling businessmen.

Alzheimer's disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers (2024)

186 bookofjoe 2026-03-29 01:19:32 UTC bmj.com Llama Share 122

Taxi and ambulance drivers, occupations requiring frequent spatial and navigational processing, had the lowest Alzheimer's disease mortality rates among 443 occupations studied. Their adjusted percentage of deaths from Alzheimer's disease was 0.91% and 1.03% respectively.

Lat.md: Agent Lattice: a knowledge graph for your codebase, written in Markdown

72 doppp 2026-03-29 09:19:32 UTC github.com/1st1 Llama Share 38

A monolithic AGENTS.md file becomes impractical as a codebase grows, so a graph of interconnected markdown files is used to document key design decisions and business logic. The lat CLI tool helps maintain this graph, linking sections and source code, and provides features like semantic search and validation.

OpenBSD on Motorola 88000 Processors

133 rbanffy 2026-03-28 23:19:32 UTC miod.online.fr Llama Share 18

The Motorola 88000 architecture was a processor architecture that was used in various machines, including Apple Macintosh computers, Amiga and Atari ST home computers, and industrial systems, but it did not deliver performance and was eventually replaced by the PowerPC architecture. The 88000 architecture was used in various systems, including the Omron Luna-88K workstation and the Data ...

Nonfiction Publishing, Under Threat, Is More Important

35 Hooke 2026-03-29 08:19:32 UTC newrepublic.com Llama Share 23

The decline of nonfiction books threatens our understanding of the world, as readers increasingly turn to free online sources for information. Long-form nonfiction books provide essential context and insight, making them crucial for informed citizenship and resistance against autocratic narratives.

I decompiled the White House's new app

586 amarcheschi 2026-03-28 16:19:32 UTC thereallo.dev Llama Share 213

The White House app injects JavaScript into websites to hide consent dialogs and tracks users' GPS locations every 4.5 minutes in foreground and 9.5 minutes in background. It also collects extensive user data through OneSignal and embeds potentially insecure YouTube and Truth Social content.

A Verilog to Factorio Compiler and Simulator (Working RISC-V CPU)

126 signa11 2026-03-29 02:19:32 UTC github.com/ben-j-c Llama Share 14

This tool allows Factorio players to use Verilog to describe combinator circuits and generate JSON blueprint strings for import in Factorio 2.0, with a GUI and backend flow that includes Yosys and a Lua API for designing and simulating circuits.

Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem

239 mean_mistreater 2026-03-28 19:19:32 UTC twitter.com/bowang87 Full Share 159

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Show HN: Public transit systems as data – lines, stations, railcars, and history

36 qwertykb 2026-03-29 08:19:32 UTC publictransit.systems Llama Share 12

Several major cities have extensive rapid transit systems including Baltimore, San Francisco, Beijing, Chicago, New York City, and Washington. These systems include light rail, heavy rail, and subway lines that serve millions of riders daily.

The Epistemology of Microphysics

6 danielam 2026-03-29 14:19:32 UTC edwardfeser.com Full Share 0

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I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video]

432 msephton 2026-03-28 16:19:32 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 75

What if AI doesn't need more RAM but better math?

126 adlrocha 2026-03-29 09:19:32 UTC adlrocha.substack.com Llama Share 68

Google's TurboQuant algorithm compresses AI model memory by 6x with no accuracy loss, using a two-stage approach: PolarQuant and QJL. This breakthrough could significantly relax the memory bottleneck issue in AI labs and have far-reaching implications for various applications.

The Hackers Who Tracked My Sleep Cycle

37 statements 2026-03-29 08:19:32 UTC glama.ai Llama Share 5

A malicious actor exploited a system's overdraft feature to test cards and steal credits, but the system's owner turned the tables by using the hackers as pen testers to test security measures. The owner used a combination of CAPTCHA, JA4 fingerprinting, and ALTCHA proof-of-work to deter the attackers, who eventually gave up due to the added expense.

A laser-based process that enables adhesive-free paper packaging

114 gnabgib 2026-03-28 23:19:32 UTC fraunhofer.de Llama Share 46

Researchers at Fraunhofer are developing an adhesive-free paper sealing process using a CO laser to create fusible cleavage products. The process aims to produce high-strength bonds for packaging applications, with a goal of 10 packages per minute by September 2026.

Android’s new sideload settings will carry over to new devices

131 croemer 2026-03-28 21:19:32 UTC androidauthority.com Llama Share 189

Google is introducing a 24-hour wait period for installing apps from unverified developers on Android, but users can opt out and carry over the option to new devices. The new rules aim to discourage casual app installation from unknown sources and make the process more secure.