CasNum

92 aebtebeten 2026-03-07 21:33:36 UTC github.com/0x0mer Llama Share 17

CasNum is a library implementing arbitrary precision arithmetic using compass and straightedge constructions, integrating with a modified Game Boy emulator. It features a viewer showing geometric constructions and allows running games like Pokémon Red using only compass and straightedge operations.

A decade of Docker containers

195 zacwest 2026-03-07 17:33:36 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 126

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Dumping Lego NXT firmware off of an existing brick (2025)

107 theblazehen 2026-03-07 18:33:36 UTC arcanenibble.github.io Llama Share 5

The user contributed to the Pybricks project and obtained a used Lego NXT with the original 2006 firmware version 1.01, which they wanted to archive, leading to the discovery of arbitrary code execution. They successfully exploited the NXT's firmware to gain native ARM code execution, allowing them to access and dump the firmware, and potentially enabling the creation of an NXT worm.

Effort to prevent government officials from engaging in prediction markets

105 stopbulying 2026-03-07 21:33:36 UTC merkley.senate.gov Llama Share 31

US Senators Jeff Merkley and Amy Klobuchar introduced the End Prediction Market Corruption Act to ban government officials from trading event contracts. The bill aims to prevent insider trading and maintain public trust in government officials.

FLASH radiotherapy's bold approach to cancer treatment

171 marc__1 2026-03-07 16:33:36 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 51

Physicists at CERN and other labs are developing FLASH radiotherapy, a new cancer treatment that delivers high doses of radiation in a short burst, reducing damage to healthy tissue. Researchers are refining the technology and expect it to become a routine clinical option in about 10 years, potentially transforming cancer care worldwide.

Ki Editor - an editor that operates on the AST

337 ravenical 2026-03-07 10:33:36 UTC ki-editor.org Full Share 117

Bridge the gap between coding intent and action: manipulate syntax structures directly, avoiding mouse or keyboard gymnastics. Amplify your coding efficiency: wield multiple cursors for parallel syntax node operations, revolutionizing bulk edits and refactoring. Selection Modes standardize movements across words, lines, syntax nodes, and more, offering unprecedented flexibility and consistency.

macOS code injection for fun and no profit (2024)

48 jstrieb 2026-03-07 18:33:36 UTC mariozechner.at Llama Share 4

The user discusses Live++ by Molecular Matters, a C/C++ hot-reload/live coding solution, and shares a project to inject code into a running process on macOS using Mach APIs. The project involves modifying a test program's memory, allocating executable memory, and setting up a trampoline to replace a function with new code.

Does Apple‘s M5 Max Really “Destroy” a 96-Core Threadripper?

23 dkechag 2026-03-07 22:09:36 UTC slashdot.org Llama Share 5

Ecuador criticizes Tom's Hardware for using Geekbench 6 multi-core scores to compare 18-core Apple M5 Max and 96-core Ryzen Threadripper, citing poor scaling beyond 4-8 cores. This is seen as sensational and inappropriate benchmarking.

In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad

33 rfarley04 2026-03-07 18:33:36 UTC buttondown.com Llama Share 1

Maxell's 1980s ads featured robots eating floppy disks, but the company also created life-size robot props that were displayed in a museum exhibit. The robots were part of a Smart Machines exhibit at The Computer Museum in Boston, which opened in 1987.

Compiling Prolog to Forth [pdf]

83 PaulHoule 2026-03-07 16:33:36 UTC vfxforth.com Full Share 8

The Day NY Publishing Lost Its Soul

8 wallflower 2026-03-07 21:33:36 UTC honest-broker.com Prefix Share 0

Everybody can see there’s a crisis in New York publishing. Even the hot new books feel lukewarm. Writers win the Pulitzer Prize and sell just few hundred copies. The big publishers rely on 50 or 100 proven authors—everything else is just window dressing or the back catalog. You can tell how stagnant things have become from the lookalike covers. I walk into a bookstore and every title I see is ...

Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma

622 PaulHoule 2026-03-07 00:33:36 UTC plasma-bigscreen.org Llama Share 204

Plasma Bigscreen is a free, open-source interface for Linux designed for TVs and HTPCs. It offers a customizable big-screen experience with app support and settings management via TV remote or game controller.

Show HN: ANSI-Saver – A macOS Screensaver

80 lardissone 2026-03-07 15:33:36 UTC github.com/lardissone Llama Share 25

AnsiSaver is a screensaver that displays ANSI/ASCII art from 16colo.rs, a large online archive. It features customizable scroll speed and render scale, and can be configured to display art from local folders or online packs.

SigNoz (YC W21, open source Datadog) Is Hiring across roles

0 2026-03-07 17:33:36 UTC signoz.io Full Share

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Re-creating the complex cuisine of prehistoric Europeans

51 apollinaire 2026-03-07 16:33:36 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 20

Archaeologists analyzed residues on prehistoric ceramic pots and found evidence of diverse diets combining plants and animals in ancient Eastern European populations. They discovered region-specific recipes, including fish with wild grasses and legumes in one area and fish with green vegetables in another.

UUID package coming to Go standard library

337 soypat 2026-03-07 02:33:36 UTC github.com/golang Llama Share 215

A package to generate and parse UUID versions 3, 4, and 5 should be added to the Go standard library due to its widespread use in third-party packages. This addition would make Go more consistent with other languages, as it currently stands out for lacking built-in UUID support.

Bourdieu's theory of taste: a grumbling abrégé (2023)

31 sebg 2026-03-07 16:33:36 UTC dynomight.net Llama Share 10

The user reflects on their beer purchases and the concept of "taste" in Pierre Bourdieu's book "Distinction," realizing that their preferences may be influenced by social class and a desire to fit in with certain groups. The user distills Bourdieu's ideas into a simpler form, arguing that people from different classes prefer different things and that this preference can have significant ...

The yoghurt delivery women combatting loneliness in Japan

167 ranit 2026-03-07 13:33:36 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 118

In Japan, a network of women delivering probiotic milk drinks, known as Yakult Ladies, has become a vital source of connection and care for the elderly. These women, who are often self-employed, offer a lifeline of human connection and help reduce loneliness in a rapidly ageing population.

War prediction markets are a national-security threat

132 fortran77 2026-03-07 20:33:36 UTC theatlantic.com Llama Share 78

A Polymarket user made a $20,000 bet that Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would be out of power by March, netting a $120,000 profit. This raises concerns about insider trading and potential national-security threats from prediction markets.

Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)

80 Hooke 2026-03-07 11:33:36 UTC publicdomainreview.org Llama Share 13

Ernst Mach created a self-portrait in 1870 to illustrate his ideas about self-perception, which was later published in 1886. The drawing shows Mach lying on a sofa, with his left eye viewing his body and environment.

this css proves me human

353 todsacerdoti 2026-03-06 22:33:36 UTC will-keleher.com Llama Share 108

You're rewriting a blog post to appeal to technical readers by changing capitalization, using em dashes, and correcting grammar. You're also contemplating a deeper change in your writing style to better reflect your thoughts and engagement with the world.

PC processors entered the Gigahertz era today in the year 2000 with AMD's Athlon

145 LorenDB 2026-03-07 14:33:36 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 119

You want to receive news and offers from Future brands and partners. AMD shipped its 1 GHz Athlon CPU in 2000, beating Intel to the gigahertz milestone.

Filesystems are having a moment

159 malgamves 2026-03-07 11:33:36 UTC madalitso.me Llama Share 94

The author, a former vector database company employee, notes a shift in the AI ecosystem towards using filesystems for context and memory, citing various companies and researchers adopting this approach.

Helix: A post-modern text editor

312 doener 2026-03-07 00:33:36 UTC helix-editor.com Llama Share 157

Helix is a modal editor inspired by Kakoune, offering concurrent code editing and robust syntax trees. It integrates features like auto completion, code navigation, and diagnostics without additional configuration.

48x32, a 1536 LED Game Computer (2023)

66 duck 2026-03-07 09:33:36 UTC jacquesmattheij.com Llama Share 13

The user's children are addicted to gaming devices, so they created a retro-style game console using Arduino and addressable LEDs to encourage creation over consumption. The project, called "48x32", features a custom enclosure and simple games like Snake, with the next installment explaining the software and providing resources for building one's own.

Verification debt: the hidden cost of AI-generated code

59 xfz 2026-03-07 17:33:36 UTC fazy.medium.com Llama Share 63

The author reflects on how AI has changed software engineering, making it more productive but also introducing verification debt and the need for human judgment to review AI-generated code. As AI becomes more integrated into the development process, the bottleneck shifts from coding to reviewing and making judgment calls, requiring engineers to think critically and understand the domain.

Show HN: µJS, a 5KB alternative to Htmx and Turbo with zero dependencies

91 amaury_bouchard 2026-03-07 09:33:36 UTC mujs.org Llama Share 28

JS intercepts link clicks and form submissions, fetching new pages in the background and replacing only changed content. Adding a single script tag and calling mu.init() enables instant AJAX navigation on any existing site.

LLMs work best when the user defines their acceptance criteria first

411 dnw 2026-03-07 01:33:36 UTC blog.katanaquant.com Llama Share 366

The author discusses the limitations of using Large Language Models (LLMs) in coding, citing two case studies where LLM-generated code failed to meet performance expectations due to a lack of understanding of the underlying system. The author argues that LLMs can produce plausible but incorrect code, and that developers should define specific acceptance criteria to ensure correctness, rather ...

To update blobs or not to update blobs

8 trelane 2026-03-07 20:33:36 UTC codon.org.uk Prefix Share 2

A lot of hardware runs non-free software. Sometimes that non-free software is in ROM. Sometimes it’s in flash. Sometimes it’s not stored on the device at all, it’s pushed into it at runtime by another piece of hardware or by the operating system. We typically refer to this software as “firmware” to differentiate it from the software run on the CPU after the OS has started1, but a lot of it ...

Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues

383 askl 2026-03-07 09:33:36 UTC torrentfreak.com Llama Share 215

Meta is defending itself against a class-action lawsuit by arguing that using pirated books to train its LLM qualifies as fair use, and that uploading pirated books to other users via BitTorrent is also fair use due to the protocol's inherent nature. The company claims that its use of BitTorrent was necessary to obtain the valuable data, and that the authors' own admissions undermine their ...