Claude: Degraded Performance for Multiple Models

We are investigating elevated errors on requests to Claude Mythos 5, Claude Fable 5, Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Haiku 4.5, and other Claude models. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner

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The author built a digital scanning camera to capture wide photos of moving vehicles, using an industrial linear scanning camera and processing the data in post-processing. The project involved overcoming challenges such as speed measurement, parallax correction, and displaying large images.

The Amazon Tax

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Amazon's search ads distort results, prioritizing sellers' budgets over product quality and customer needs. This system creates a cycle of inefficiency, driving up costs for consumers and stifling innovation in the market.

How I Under-Engineered My Book

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In contrast to this maniac on the front page of Hacker News: How I Over-Engineered My Book I typed the first draft of each chapter into Obsidian. Then I copy/pasted it into Word. When it was done, I dragged and dropped it into Box, which is where Manning stores its author's manuscripts.

Linux 7.3 improves performance when running out of vRAM

Fixing a Bricked Framework Laptop

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The user's Framework laptop failed to update its BIOS via the official framework updater, resulting in a "bricked" system. The user attempted to flash the BIOS themselves using a CH347 programmer and successfully restored their laptop, but encountered issues with customizations being lost during the process.

Python Polars Cheatsheet (based on our O'Reilly book)

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Polars is a library for data transformation, analysis, and visualization with a fast DataFrame API. It supports various operations like filtering, grouping, joining, and plotting.

Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative

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Cursor is rolling out in early beta for paid users, offering a new platform for code management and collaboration. It integrates with GitHub, Vercel, Depot, and Buildkite to provide a seamless app ecosystem experience.

Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI

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This cloud platform offers on-demand VMs with static IPs, per-minute billing, and optional GPUs, ideal for hosting web apps and databases. It supports reproducible builds, deterministic environments, and autonomous agents with isolated credentials.

Teaching my kid to code with a modern MUD

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The author created a text-based game called Canon, where players can build and interact with their own games using a simple scripting language called Cant. The game is designed to teach programming concepts in an accessible way for beginners.

Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union

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Apple has updated its business terms for EU apps, resolving disagreements with the European Commission and simplifying rules. The new model charges a 5% commission on digital transactions outside the App Store and eliminates initial fees.

Splitting a Git Commit

The Git commit process is simplified by asking for hunk-by-hunk input and bringing up an editor for the first two commit messages. A Stack Overflow question discusses a simpler approach, but it has fewer votes than an older answer with a more cumbersome method.

Code-native generation of highly programmable 3D assets (2026)

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Nova3D generates 3D assets as executable Blender source code, producing a programmable asset with named parts and articulation. It outperforms baselines in various metrics, including geometry quality and representational capabilities.

Composable Tests

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Isolation in testing ensures each test runs independently, while composition involves combining tests to maintain predictability and specificity. This approach allows for more efficient testing with fewer tests, improving overall code quality and shipping speed.

Fairphone is now officially available in the United States

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The Fairphone (Gen. 6+) is launched with upgraded internal hardware, including a Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 processor and up to 12GB RAM, for improved performance and smoother multitasking. The new device retains the original's industry-leading repairability standards while introducing features like Android 16 and exclusive colorways.

Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk

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Researchers found that people exposed to less sugar in early childhood had lower rates of certain cancers and slower biological aging, even decades later. Those who experienced sugar rationing during their first 1,000 days had healthier diets and lower sugar consumption in adulthood.

Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months

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Memory prices have skyrocketed, with DDR5 kits increasing by 500% in a year and reaching $1,100 for a 64GB kit. The shortage is expected to last until at least 2030 due to high demand from AI datacenter builds.

Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit

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Spirit Airlines filed for liquidation and sold its data to Google for $10 million, which includes 100m emails, 500m Microsoft Teams items, and customer service records. The deidentified data will be used by Google to improve its AI services.

Superpowers, Not Superintelligence

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←News Mark Zuckerberg is right about the important parts in “The Future is for Everyone”. Right that the defining question is who gets access to superintelligence and what we point it at. Right that concentrating it in a few institutions would be a catastrophe. Right that there’s no objective answer to what a good life looks like, and people should decide that for themselves. He’s also right ...

Meta Files Patent for Facial Recognition, Automatic Recording of People

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Meta filed a patent for a "memory recall" system that uses facial recognition to record people automatically, raising concerns about privacy. The company's Ray-Ban smart glasses have been criticized for their ability to surreptitiously record people using the onboard camera.

How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

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User noticed a hidden Bluesky logo in a screenshot, which disappears when taking the actual screenshot. The logo is actually rendered as part of a secure text field that gets blanked by iOS during the screenshot process.

Show HN: Shoehorn – Quantize any model down to run on your machine

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This page compares Hugging Face models that can fit within a user's budget, ranked by quality and memory. It uses the shoehorn UI browser app to measure machine compatibility and render a tape measure with perplexity numbers.

California's new tire efficiency rules could save drivers $1B a year

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California has approved a rule to phase in the nation's first standards for tire efficiency, aiming to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2 million tons annually. The rule will require replacement tires sold in the state to be at least as energy efficient as original equipment and establish a labeling system with a "leaf" rating.

Rethinking Database Programming

Show HN: Openleetcode – local LeetCode runner where tests live in the repo

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openleetcode uses Docker to run LeetCode solutions in a local environment with YAML manifests and runtime templates. It provides tools to generate prompts and problem manifests for automated testing and submission.

Finger: Social network that never died

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The first social network, Finger, was created in 1971 at Stanford University and allowed users to share their status updates with others. It remains a simple yet functional protocol that has been revived in recent years with modern implementations like Happy Net Box and plan.cat.

Baking a Model: A Metaphor for LLM Training

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The author reflects on their fascination with AI models, comparing the process of creating them to baking and understanding how a model is constructed. They break down the model into its user interface and core components, explaining that training involves tweaking numbers through pre-training, post-training, and mid-training processes.

Ask HN: Ive quit six systems for tracking my illness. What works?

A 20-year-old college student is struggling to track their seronegative spondyloarthropathy, having quit previous tracking methods within 2-4 weeks. They're seeking advice on whether this is a common experience or if they need to improve their tracking habits.

Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full

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id Software released Quake shareware on a CD-ROM in 1996, allowing gamers to buy the game and unlock it with a phone call. However, hackers quickly discovered that they could bypass the system by decrypting the full version of the game from the shareware CD using QCRACK.EXE.

Show HN: Saggar, a Mac terminal that keeps sessions and your attention organized

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Saggar tracks project progress, allowing multiple agents to run simultaneously while keeping sessions visible and organized. It pairs with the Companion app for remote control and monitoring across Mac and phone devices using a single Marginal Utility account.