Elixir v1.20: Now a gradually typed language

502 cloud8421 2026-06-03 19:43:06 UTC elixir-lang.org Llama Share 176

Elixir v1.20 introduces type inference and gradual type checking without annotations, reporting dead code and verified bugs with a low false positive rate. The dynamic() type allows for compatibility and narrowing, ensuring only verified bugs are reported.

Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal model

653 rvz 2026-06-03 16:43:06 UTC blog.google Llama Share 281

Gemma 4 12B is a mid-sized model with native audio inputs, offering powerful multimodal capabilities in a reduced memory footprint. It achieves this through a streamlined architecture that integrates audio and vision input directly into the LLM backbone.

I was recently diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

471 Tomte 2026-06-03 17:43:06 UTC burntsushi.net Llama Share 132

I was diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, an autoimmune disorder causing brain inflammation. Early treatment with IVIG and steroids helped me recover from severe symptoms including psychosis and suicidal ideation.

The Ü Programming Language

15 deterministic 2026-06-04 00:01:06 UTC github.com/panzerschrek Llama Share 4

is a statically-typed compiled language with safe and unsafe code separation, compile-time correctness checks, and powerful abstractions. It's memory-safe and race-condition-safe, inspired by C++ but without its downsides.

Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang

188 lordleft 2026-06-03 18:43:06 UTC theatlantic.com Llama Share 335

Anthropic's AI model Claude is anthropomorphized in its constitution, but it's not conscious. The company's goal is to make Claude emit sentences that resemble those of a thoughtful, moral person, but this is fundamentally dishonest as Claude lacks subjective experience.

DaVinci Resolve 21

381 pentagrama 2026-06-03 14:43:06 UTC blackmagicdesign.com Llama Share 179

DaVinci Resolve is a powerful video editing software that supports Mac, Windows, and Linux, with features like AI region tracking and HDR grading. It offers various hardware panels for color correction, audio editing, and mixing.

Uber's $1,500/month AI limit is a useful signal for AI tool pricing

351 pdyc 2026-06-03 13:43:06 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 449

Uber limits AI tool spending to $1,500 per month per employee to manage costs. This policy applies to tools like Claude Code and Cursor, hinting at a real dollar value for Uber's AI usage.

Meteor Explodes over Massachusetts

32 1970-01-01 2026-06-03 22:43:06 UTC nbcboston.com Llama Share 11

A meteor exploded over New England on Saturday, causing a double boom that shook buildings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The meteor was about 5 feet wide and weighed 5.6 metric tons, entering the atmosphere at 42,000 mph.

Pwnd Blaster: Hacking your PC using your speaker without ever touching it

642 xx_ns 2026-06-03 11:43:06 UTC blog.nns.ee Llama Share 101

The user discovered vulnerabilities in the Creative Sound Blaster Katana V2X firmware that allow an attacker to turn the speaker into a covert spying tool or Rubber Ducky without pairing or physical access. The user found that the speaker's Bluetooth connection can be exploited to send CTP commands, and they created a custom firmware that turns the speaker into a keyboard, allowing remote ...

Ableton Extensions SDK

57 bennett_dev 2026-06-03 20:43:06 UTC ableton.com Full Share 24

Extensions SDK is an open JavaScript toolkit allowing anyone to create custom tools that expand the possibilities inside Live 12 Suite

Journey to JPEG XL: open-source experiments shaped the future of image coding

26 ledoge 2026-06-03 22:43:06 UTC opensource.googleblog.com Llama Share 13

The development of JPEG XL involved a decade-long exploration of psychovisual modeling, entropy coding, and optimization to improve image compression. The new standard has seen rapid adoption across operating systems and industries, offering efficient and robust handling of high-quality and lossless data.

Gooey: A GPU-accelerated UI framework for Zig

131 ksec 2026-06-03 17:43:06 UTC github.com/duanebester GoogleT5 Share 42

Gooey-based claude client using the zig 0.16 std. background tasks never touch ui state directly — they only push typed results. support column resizing, sorting, and selection. ideal for chat messages or expandable rows. set the active theme before rendering: set a light/dark pair of theme values and swap between them the same way as the built-ins. if you want to use

Launch HN: Hyper (YC P26) – Company brain to power agentic development

49 shalinshah 2026-06-03 18:43:06 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 54

Shalin and Kanyes, founders of Hyper, created a shared "company brain" that plugs into company info to make AI agents better. Hyper ingests company data, synthesizes it into a knowledge graph, and increases AI efficiency, saving time.

The ways we contain Claude across products

3 jbredeche 2026-06-04 00:29:06 UTC anthropic.com Prefix Share 0

Twelve months ago, we'd have rejected out of hand the idea of granting Claude access sufficient to take down an internal Anthropic service. Today that level of access is routine, and Anthropic developers are more productive for it. The risk of these deployments has two components: how likely a failure is, and how much damage one could do. Progress on safeguards and model training has ...

A Man Who Reads Books for a Living (One Every Two Days)

67 gmays 2026-06-03 20:43:06 UTC lithub.com Llama Share 44

Clarke Speicher is a professional book reader who evaluates literature for screen adaptation, reading about six books a week and having read over 6,000 books in two decades. He writes detailed synopses of books, evaluating their cinematic potential and recommending whether they should be adapted into movies or TV shows.

A Mathematician's Lament – Paul Lockhart (2002) [pdf]

26 xeonmc 2026-06-03 21:43:06 UTC worrydream.com Llama Share 1

A musician has a nightmare where music education is mandatory and students are forced to learn music notation and theory without creativity. He wakes up relieved that it's just a dream.

A Post-Quantum Future for Let's Encrypt

214 SGran 2026-06-03 15:43:06 UTC letsencrypt.org Llama Share 118

Let's Encrypt is planning to use Merkle Tree Certificates for post-quantum authentication. This approach adds security without slowing down the web.

ESP32-S31

244 volemo 2026-06-03 16:43:06 UTC espressif.com Llama Share 138

ESP32-S31 is a versatile SoC with wireless and wired connectivity, dual-core RISC-V microcontroller, and robust security features. It supports various protocols, interfaces, and multimedia capabilities for IoT applications, smart displays, and voice-enabled devices.

Self-hosted dev sandboxes with preview URLs (Docker, Go, no K8s)

41 tastyeffectco 2026-06-03 20:43:06 UTC github.com/tastyeffectco Llama Share 9

Sandboxed is an open-source engine for AI app-builder products that provides isolated cloud dev environments and a live preview URL. It's a self-hosted, single-command solution that runs on one machine, ideal for building AI app-builders, agent platforms, and coding playgrounds.

Patching my guitar amp's firmware

22 birdculture 2026-06-03 21:43:06 UTC mforney.org Llama Share 1

The user reverse engineered their Yamaha THR10c guitar amp's firmware to add custom features. They successfully dumped the firmware, modified it to add speaker cabinet simulation toggle and internal speaker output, and reflashed the amp.

Skyvern (YC S23) Is Hiring Open-Source Loving DevRel Engineers

0 2026-06-03 17:43:06 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Skyvern is an open-source AI agent that automates browser tasks, seeking a content creator to build its social presence and engage with the AI community. The ideal candidate has a technical background, can explain complex products, and is comfortable on camera.

Stop Killing Games

182 amcclure 2026-06-03 18:43:06 UTC jxself.org Llama Share 173

The "Stop Killing Games" movement is demanding software freedom, not just consumer rights. They want control over their games, not just temporary permission to play them.

Embryos shape their limbs: a key discovery of "genetic brakes"

47 gmays 2026-06-03 18:43:06 UTC nouvelles.umontreal.ca Llama Share 2

Canadian scientists led by Marie Kmita discovered how genetic brakes regulate limb formation in embryos. The Polycomb complexes PRC1 and PRC2 silence genes at the right time to ensure proper development.

Brume is a 24-voice multi-timbral desktop synth for the CM5

45 oceanwaves 2026-06-03 19:43:06 UTC brume.aftertone.co Llama Share 19

Brume is a desktop music machine with four synthesis engines and a 10-inch touch surface. It connects to a DAW via one USB cable and features a Lua FX slot for custom processing.

Show HN: Mnemo – local-first AI memory layer for any LLM (Rust, SQLite,petgraph)

22 zaydmulani 2026-06-03 20:43:06 UTC github.com/zaydmulani09 Llama Share 13

mnemo is a local-first AI memory layer for LLMs that extracts entities and relationships from conversations and stores them in a persistent knowledge graph. It works with Ollama, OpenAI, and Anthropic APIs, and can be used to retrieve relevant context for future prompts.

Angular v22

101 Klaster_1 2026-06-03 17:43:06 UTC blog.angular.dev Llama Share 49

Angular version 22 is released with several new features including Signal Forms, Angular Aria, and Asynchronous Reactivity APIs, which are now production-ready. The release also includes improvements to the Angular router, memory management, and template authoring, as well as new features like @boundary for error boundaries and inline functions in templates.

Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains ground

162 pseudolus 2026-06-03 10:43:06 UTC science.org Llama Share 213

Mathematicians are warning that unchecked AI automation threatens the field's values and integrity. They call for responsible AI use in a public declaration, urging support for human creativity and understanding in mathematics.

PlayStation Architecture

249 gregsadetsky 2026-06-03 10:43:06 UTC copetti.org Llama Share 47

Sony designed the PlayStation's CPU, a MIPS R3000A-based chip, to be simple and practical, but this simplicity came at a cost. The CPU lacks a Floating-Point Unit (FPU) and has a pipelined design that requires manual filling of delay slots to mitigate pipeline hazards.

Every Byte Matters

225 ingve 2026-06-03 11:43:06 UTC fzakaria.com Llama Share 111

Understanding cache line and page sizes is crucial for optimizing performance in Java. Keeping a tight control on working set size can drastically affect time for random access patterns.

Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min

678 reconnecting 2026-06-03 12:43:06 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 645

Meta is scaling back its plan to track employees' computer activity after backlash from staff. Employees can now opt out of tracking for up to 30 minutes at a time or request exemptions.