Show HN: Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin tones

190 automatoney 2026-08-04 15:32:33 UTC toneyalexander.github.io Llama Share 47

A custom color picker based on a color space was created to represent human skin tones digitally, aiming to identify a broad and inclusive range of colors that correspond to plausible skin tones. The color space was developed using principal component analysis and manual fitting of spherical equations to a dataset of labeled skin tones, resulting in a color picker with three independent ...

Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" is set today (2026-08-04)

467 askvictor 2026-08-04 10:32:33 UTC short-stories.co Llama Share 209

A house stood alone in a post-apocalyptic city, its automated systems still functioning. The house's voices sang and announced the time, but chaos erupted when a fire broke out, destroying the house and its inhabitants.

When AI Benchmarks Plateau: A Systematic Study of Benchmark Saturation

27 doppp 2026-08-04 16:32:33 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 29

Researchers analyzed 60 language model benchmarks and found nearly half exhibit saturation, with rates increasing with age. Expert-curation, not public test data, impacts resilience to saturation.

DeepSeek V4 Flash on a Single AMD MI300X

282 zhoutong 2026-08-04 10:32:33 UTC github.com/ryanzhou Llama Share 62

This repository contains a production configuration for running DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 on AMD MI300X with fixes for FP8 format, MoE routing, and other issues. It achieves 6,988-7,019 tok/s on fresh prompts with a 2,048-token scheduler budget.

LLMs reward expertise

1254 MaxMussio 2026-08-03 21:32:33 UTC seangoedecke.com Llama Share 515

Using large language models like LLMs requires domain knowledge to get the most out of them. A skilled prompter like Terence Tao can steer the model with expertise in the domain, but this skill is not easily replicable by following tips.

Germany Records Historic 12B KWh Solar Feed-In in July 2026

100 johnbarron 2026-08-04 14:32:33 UTC solarquarter.com Llama Share 101

Germany's renewable energy transition reached a milestone in July 2026 with 12 billion kWh of solar electricity fed into the public grid. This growth is attributed to investments by millions of households and businesses over the past two decades, making photovoltaics a key pillar of Germany's electricity supply.

Truemetrics (YC S23) Is Hiring in Berlin – GTM Lead

0 2026-08-04 17:01:33 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

truemetrics is a tech-driven company solving last mile delivery issues with smartphone-based mapping technology. They're seeking a commercial leader to drive growth from €1M to €10M+.

Keyv and friends compromised in active Shai-Hulud supply chain attack

148 cimi_ 2026-08-04 11:32:33 UTC aikido.dev Llama Share 72

Attackers compromised the GitHub account of keyv's maintainer, injecting credential-stealing malware into keyv and other caching utilities with 2 billion monthly installs. The malware harvests secrets from the victim's environment and exfiltrates them to a public GitHub repository.

Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI

106 thewebguyd 2026-08-04 16:32:33 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 71

Apple is requesting expedited discovery from OpenAI and former employees over alleged theft of intellectual property. Apple claims it has uncovered new evidence of misconduct beyond the original complaint, including meetings and sharing of confidential information.

Online ad giant Adform was hacked, proving once again why ad blockers are needed

101 speckx 2026-08-04 15:32:33 UTC this.weekinsecurity.com Llama Share 24

Adform, an online ads provider, was hacked and served malicious ads containing code that stole crypto wallet addresses. The hack compromised devices of users visiting websites that used Adform, allowing malware to steal crypto.

Dates That Don't Exist (2015)

70 EndXA 2026-08-04 13:32:33 UTC blog.yossarian.net Llama Share 47

The Catholic world transitioned from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1582, removing 10 days to correct a 11-day drift. This resulted in October 5-14, 1582, not existing in the Gregorian calendar system used today.

Buckminster Fuller: everything I know

90 simonebrunozzi 2026-08-04 12:32:33 UTC bfi.org Llama Share 28

Buckminster Fuller's 42-hour lectures cover his inventions, discoveries, and design approach, spanning topics from architecture to economics. The lectures are now available as a transcript, inviting public participation in editing and refining the content.

Harness Engineering for Self-Improvement

227 tosh 2026-08-04 06:32:33 UTC lilianweng.github.io Llama Share 44

Harness engineering is a crucial component of recursive self-improvement (RSI) in AI, enabling models to improve their own performance and adapt to new tasks through workflow design, context management, and optimization. Recent research has focused on developing automated design of agentic systems, meta-harnesses, and evolutionary search methods to improve harness engineering, with ...

Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc

403 surprisetalk 2026-08-04 12:32:33 UTC birchtree.me Llama Share 470

An Xbox outage blocked users from playing both digital and disc-based games. The author prefers PC gaming because it allows for maintaining access to games despite digital issues.

Looking inside a 1970s PROM chip that stores data in microscopic fuses (2019)

25 Jimmc414 2026-08-04 13:32:33 UTC righto.com Llama Share 4

The MMI 5300 was a PROM chip from the 1970s that stored 1024 bits in tiny fuses, programmed once by blowing fuses. It had a 33x33 array of diodes and fuses, with address decode circuitry and output drivers to select and output the bits.

The AI Demand Bubble

59 7777777phil 2026-08-04 16:32:33 UTC wheresyoured.at Llama Share 14

The author argues that Amazon, Google, and Microsoft's AI revenue growth is largely driven by two unprofitable AI labs, Anthropic and OpenAI, which are propped up by the hyperscalers themselves, and that the companies are misleading investors about the true nature of their AI business. The author claims that without Anthropic and OpenAI, the hyperscalers' AI revenues would be catastrophically ...

Why Large Language Models Fail at Tabular Prediction

76 sbulaev 2026-08-04 10:32:33 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 30

Large language models fail at predictive analytics over tabular data due to their inability to handle high dimensionality. In low dimensions, LLMs behave like local, distance-based methods, but in higher dimensions, their capability dissolves and no classical model can replicate their predictions.

Show HN: Fine-tune an 8B model on a 4 GB laptop GPU

92 MakazhanAlpamys 2026-08-04 11:32:33 UTC github.com/makazhanalpamys Llama Share 14

Soup is a tool for fine-tuning large language models with a simple workflow, using one config and one command. It supports various models and training tasks, including LoRA, quantization, and batching.

RCade: The Arcade Cabinet with CI/CD Deployment, Custom Graphics Card for CRT [video]

28 evakhoury 2026-08-04 12:32:33 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 7

Show HN: Run an 80B Qwen in 4.3 GB of RAM on a Mac, and a 35B on an iPhone

278 leonickson 2026-08-04 02:32:33 UTC github.com/leonickson1 Llama Share 128

Swiftlet is a Swift + Metal runtime for Qwen3-Next and Qwen3.5/3.6 models, allowing them to run on iPhone with 2.5 GB of RAM. It streams weights from storage and activates only 3B parameters per token.

Why etymologies matter: How tracing words can illuminate history (2024)

71 benbreen 2026-08-04 10:32:33 UTC resobscura.substack.com Full Share 16

Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

605 milkshakes 2026-08-03 17:32:33 UTC openai.com Full Share 888

Devtools must be open source

693 bryanmikaelian 2026-08-03 17:32:33 UTC blog.exe.dev Llama Share 227

Software engineers used to rarely write personal software, but now agents can easily manage customizing software, making it easier to personalize and maintain. Agents can build and manage custom software with minimal programming, allowing for more efficient and flexible use of software.

Homebench – Benchmark local LLMs for speed, memory, and quality

48 davai-g 2026-08-04 10:32:33 UTC github.com/david-g-3654 Llama Share 3

homebench is a local-first tool that benchmarks LLMs on your laptop, measuring speed, memory, and quality. It provides a live leaderboard and supports various models and providers.

Amazonian civilization had estimated 3M people in 3% of forest area

247 marojejian 2026-08-04 00:32:33 UTC science.org Full Share 180

Rebuilding and analysing 4 years of Wordle stats from WhatsApp chat logs

16 surprisetalk 2026-08-04 13:32:33 UTC blog.omgmog.net Llama Share 4

The user has played 1,552 Wordle games, winning 99.42% of the time, with a longest streak of 278 days and current streak of 107 days. Data from WhatsApp shares reveals a win rate dip on Fridays and Sundays, and losses tend to occur on these days, but the clock, not the day of the week, is the main factor in determining when the user plays.

There Will Come Soft Rains (1950) [pdf]

291 pmg101 2026-08-03 23:32:33 UTC users.wpi.edu Full Share 106

Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disaster for Neptune's moons

17 Teever 2026-08-04 16:32:33 UTC reuters.com Full Share 3

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AI-Generated Images Discourage Me from Reading Your Blog

636 meysamazad 2026-08-04 11:32:33 UTC nelson.cloud Llama Share 386

You dislike AI-generated images in blogs, especially in indie blogs, and prefer authentic content from real humans. You value the unique perspective of individual bloggers over potentially AI-generated content.

Learning-Rust.Github.io: Rust Programming Language Tutorials for Everyone

37 dumindunuwan 2026-08-04 10:32:33 UTC learning-rust.github.io Full Share 6

Learning Rust - Rust Programming Language Tutorials for Everyone!