More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

228 Error6571 2026-07-29 05:29:23 UTC tailscale.com Llama Share 76

A jailbroken Kindle can run Tailscale with improved features like SSH, proxy mode, and TUN mode, allowing it to connect to other devices on the network. A Tailscale plugin for KOReader also enables proxy interfaces for reaching content servers from the Kindle or other e-paper devices.

National Security Determination Threat Posed by Foreign-Produced Robotic Devices [pdf]

14 ellingsworth 2026-07-29 10:50:23 UTC fcc.gov Full Share 3

You don't have permission to access "http://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/robots-nsd.pdf" on this server.

Amiga Graphics Archive

15 Bluestein 2026-07-29 10:29:23 UTC amiga.lychesis.net Full Share 1

On this day 18 years ago I launched the Amiga Graphics Archive with the goal of creating a curated gallery with high quality and rare pixel art images made with and for the Commodore Amiga computer. As a special treat, I've added an image by Jim Sachs called Multimedia that I found in a badly scaled version, that I was able to restore pretty close to its original state. See more updates...

SpecForge – A Platform for Authoring Formal Specifications

17 agnishom 2026-07-29 10:37:23 UTC docs.imiron.io Llama Share 0

SpecForge is a tool for writing and analyzing specifications in the Lilo language, which is used for hybrid systems. It provides features like syntax highlighting, type-checking, and analysis capabilities in VSCode.

User Interfaces of the Demo Scene

236 zdw 2026-07-29 05:29:23 UTC datagubbe.se Llama Share 39

The demo scene, a digital art subculture, has a long history of creating its own tools, including assemblers, trackers, and other software, often with unique and quirky user interfaces. These tools, such as Seka, AsmOne, and ProTracker, were used to create demos, music, and graphics, and often featured peculiar designs and features that were characteristic of the scene.

SQLite in Production: Optimizing WAL Mode, Concurrency, and VFS Layers

84 ankitg12 2026-07-29 07:29:23 UTC micrologics.org Llama Share 34

To achieve ultra-low latency in SQLite, configure WAL mode, manage busy handlers, and leverage custom Virtual File System (VFS) layers, and pair WAL mode with the NORMAL pragma to prevent disk synchronization bottlenecks. Properly configuring SQLite with WAL mode, memory mapping, and transaction boundaries can handle hundreds of concurrent requests and millions of queries per day on a modest ...

Lisp moving Forth moving Lisp

38 fallat 2026-07-29 08:29:23 UTC letoverlambda.com Llama Share 10

The chapter discusses implementing a Forth environment on Lisp, exploring the concepts of abstract registers, threaded code, and duality of syntax, and how these features make Forth a powerful and flexible language. The author also touches on the idea of brevity and how it relates to the productivity of programming languages, and how macros can provide a duality of syntax that allows for more ...

Codex Security

515 bakigul 2026-07-28 21:29:23 UTC github.com/openai Llama Share 184

Codex Security is an open-source CLI and TypeScript SDK for finding, validating, and reviewing security issues in code. It supports macOS, Linux, and Windows, and requires Node.js 22 or later.

Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript

327 twalichiewicz 2026-07-28 22:29:23 UTC github.com/twalichiewicz Full Share 96

HNewhere detects Hacker News stories, loads comments into a sidebar, and lets you browse discussions without leaving the page.

CSV Is Never Just CSV

7 derverstand 2026-07-29 10:29:23 UTC immaschinenraum.blog Prefix Share 4

When I started building CSV Unwrap, I wasn’t particularly worried about parsing CSV files. Could software look at an unfamiliar dataset and help explain what you’re actually looking at? Only after a few minutes do you start understanding what you’re actually looking at. Every export reflects years of product decisions, naming conventions, business rules and forgotten edge cases. I originally ...

Substack writers, you need a website

562 speckx 2026-07-28 17:29:23 UTC elizabethtai.com Llama Share 300

Writers should not make Substack their digital home, as it's short-sighted and can derail long-term visibility on the internet. Instead, they should treat their website as the definitive source of truth and use platforms like Substack as distribution pipes.

Ancient Rome's version of Google Maps: how long to reach the beach

21 gnabgib 2026-07-29 08:29:23 UTC euronews.com Llama Share 15

A Dutch engineer has created OmnesViae, a tool that allows users to plot routes between ancient Roman cities and estimate travel times on foot or horseback. The tool uses ancient sources like the Tabula Peutingeriana and the Antonine Itinerary to calculate routes and provide detailed information on intermediate stops.

Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9

260 freediver 2026-07-28 21:29:23 UTC mac-classic.com Llama Share 119

Half-Life, a story-driven first-person shooter, has been ported to PowerPC Macintosh computers 28 years after its original release. The game, developed by doctashay using Xash3D FWGS, is playable from start to finish with multiplayer support and additional downloads.

LearnVector – Andrew Ng's AI company building one‑to‑one learning experiences

205 ajhai 2026-07-29 02:29:23 UTC learnvector.ai Llama Share 121

LearnVector aims to revolutionize learning with AI, providing one-to-one experiences that adapt to each person's needs. It plans to collaborate with Coursera and Udemy to offer trustworthy learning experiences.

Show HN: Vimgolf.ai – Learn Vim by playing through a map of levels

9 nickandbro 2026-07-29 09:29:23 UTC vimgolf.ai Prefix Share 4

Learn by editing, not by reading. Clear levels in real nvim, race the vimbot on keystrokes, and the commands stick because you used them. Check out the demo below. The basics zone is where the map opens. The first 4 skills are free to play, no account needed. A free account unlocks the rest of the basics zone, and from there the map runs through words, deletes, macros and beyond, 72 skills in ...

Cracking Windows Open: Porting RADV to Win32

52 zdw 2026-07-29 05:29:23 UTC collabora.com Llama Share 18

RADV, an open-source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs, has been successfully ported to Windows, allowing for a shared codebase and easier debugging across platforms. The project has made significant progress, including running the game Counter-Strike 2, but still requires work on presentation and communication with the proprietary kernel driver to achieve production-readiness.

Kimi K3 Architecture Overview and Notes

441 ModelForge 2026-07-28 16:29:23 UTC sebastianraschka.com Llama Share 95

Kimi K3 is a scaled-up version of Kimi Linear with a new LatentMoE component and attention residuals. It improves inference efficiency and validation loss, but adds 4% training and 2% inference cost.

ReFrame – The EPaper Camera

146 phil294 2026-07-28 23:29:23 UTC reframe.camera Llama Share 32

reFrame is an experimental camera with a color ePaper display that captures one photo at a time, taking 15 seconds to fully appear. It's open source, allowing users to build their own using off-the-shelf components like a Raspberry Pi Zero and eInk display.

Steel Bank Common Lisp version 2.6.7

239 tmtvl 2026-07-28 17:29:23 UTC sbcl.org Llama Share 110

SBCL has released new versions with various bug fixes, optimizations, and minor incompatible changes. The updates include improvements to the compiler, documentation, and platform support, as well as fixes for issues related to type checking, memory management, and foreign function calls.

Hubble: Open-source notetaking app for you and your agents

122 handfuloflight 2026-07-29 00:29:23 UTC hubble.md Full Share 54

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Delayed Gratification – Proud to Be 'Last to Breaking News'

304 speerer 2026-07-28 16:29:23 UTC slow-journalism.com Full Share 173

A beautiful quarterly publication which revisits the events of the last three months to offer in-depth, independent journalism in an increasingly frantic world. Read more about DG. Subscribe Slow Journalism in your inbox, plus infographics, offers and more: sign up for the DG newsletter Sign up

Transformer Transformer: A Unified Model for Motion-Conditioned Robot Co-Design

57 ilreb 2026-07-29 04:29:23 UTC transformer-transformer.github.io Llama Share 6

Researchers propose a unified model called Transformer Transformer that generates a complete robot for a specific task by optimizing its design for a given motion and reward function. The model uses a diffusion transformer trained on RoboTokens, a unified tokenization of robot embodiments, states, and actions, to produce optimized robot designs for various tasks and reward functions.

Teach yourself programming in ten years (1998)

156 vinhnx 2026-07-28 23:29:23 UTC norvig.com Llama Share 93

Learning to program requires a long-term commitment of 10 years or 10,000 hours of deliberate practice, not just a few days or hours of book learning. To become a skilled programmer, focus on hands-on experience, working with others, and continually improving your skills over time, rather than relying solely on books or training courses.

Hooray for the Sockets Interface

42 jruohonen 2026-07-29 02:29:23 UTC blog.apnic.net Llama Share 22

The University of California, Berkeley released version 4.2 of its UNIX operating system in 1983, which included the BSD 'sockets' model of networking and led to a massive increase in access to network services worldwide. The sockets system provided a simple, consistent way to connect to ARPANET systems, making it easy for programs to communicate over networks and revolutionizing online services.

60 Years Ago, a Submerged Submarine Circled the Globe for the First Time (2020)

24 baud147258 2026-07-29 05:29:23 UTC popularmechanics.com Llama Share 9

The US Navy's nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton circumnavigated the globe underwater in 1960, proving submarines could operate completely submerged. This marked a significant shift from older subs that spent most of their time on the surface.

Una GPS smart watch – Repairable, USB-C charging, developer-friendly

232 pimterry 2026-07-28 15:29:23 UTC unawatch.com Full Share 142

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Zig's Incremental Compilation Internals

248 garyhtou 2026-07-28 16:29:23 UTC mlugg.co.uk Llama Share 178

The Zig compiler's incremental compilation feature allows for fast rebuilds by detecting changed code and recompiling only that, patching the resulting bytes into the output binary. The feature involves caching source files' generated ZIR, tracking dependencies between analysis units, and using a linked file abstraction to handle incremental linking.

The iPhone Upgrade Program is being replaced by Apple Upgrade

185 lkurtz 2026-07-28 18:29:23 UTC apple.com Full Share 332

There’s more than one way to get your next iPhone. You can lease with our new program, Apple Upgrade; shop the latest carrier deals; finance with Apple, or buy with a one-time payment. Have questions about what’s best for you? Chat with a Specialist (Opens in a new window) online or in a store.

Now is the time to give LLMs access to the ACM digital library

172 rbanffy 2026-07-28 15:29:23 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 144

The website is using Cloudflare security and blocked my action, possibly due to a trigger like a certain word or SQL command. I was trying to perform an action when this page came up, and the Cloudflare Ray ID is needed to report the issue to the site owner.

Interview with Boris Cherny [video]

64 knighthacker 2026-07-28 20:29:23 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 67