Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead

87 powera 2026-04-09 22:34:45 UTC davidoks.blog Llama Share 58

In Ghana and other African countries, funerals are extravagant and expensive, serving as a costly signal of kinship group loyalty and wealth destruction. This kinship culture hinders economic growth by preventing individuals from accumulating wealth and making financial decisions for themselves.

Native Instant Space Switching on macOS

271 PaulHoule 2026-04-09 20:34:45 UTC arhan.sh Llama Share 130

The user is frustrated with MacOS window management, specifically the inability to instantly switch spaces without animation. They found a solution called InstantSpaceSwitcher, a menu bar app that achieves instant space switching without drawbacks.

Charcuterie – Visual similarity Unicode explorer

99 rickcarlino 2026-04-09 20:34:45 UTC charcuterie.elastiq.ch Full Share 18

A visual explorer for Unicode. Browse the character set, discover related glyphs, and learn more about the scripts, symbols, and shapes that make up the standard. Charcuterie is still under active development, and feedback is always welcome. If you would like to support the project and help make more time for it, consider a donation.

How NASA Built Artemis II’s Fault-Tolerant Computer

30 speckx 2026-04-09 23:34:45 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 2

The website is blocked due to security reasons after a suspicious action was detected. Please email the site owner with the Cloudflare Ray ID and details of the action that triggered the block.

PicoZ80 – Drop-In Z80 Replacement

130 rickcarlino 2026-04-09 19:34:45 UTC eaw.app Llama Share 21

The picoZ80 is a custom PCB designed to replace a physical Z80 in a host or industrial computer with a faster CPU, more memory, virtual devices, networking, and rapid application loading from an SD card. It hosts an RP2350B microcontroller, a dual-core 150MHz Cortex-M33 device capable of running at up to 300MHz, and an ESP32 co-processor for WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.

Reverse engineering Gemini's SynthID detection

97 _tk_ 2026-04-09 20:34:45 UTC github.com/aloshdenny Llama Share 42

Researchers reverse-engineered Google's SynthID watermarking system using signal processing and spectral analysis. They developed a multi-resolution spectral bypass (V3) that achieves high PSNR and can remove the watermark from images of various resolutions.

Robots Eat Cars

31 JMill 2026-04-09 22:34:45 UTC telemetry.endeff.com Llama Share 14

Tesla is converting automotive facilities to robot-production facilities, with plans to manufacture one million Optimus humanoid robots per year. The company's system architecture, which includes centralized compute and zonal controllers, is being adopted by other industries and suppliers.

Instant 1.0, a backend for AI-coded apps

67 stopachka 2026-04-09 20:34:45 UTC instantdb.com Llama Share 34

Instant is a full-stack app builder that allows developers to create unlimited apps with real-time, offline, and fast performance, using a multi-tenant database and sync engine. It provides a range of built-in services, including auth, file storage, presence, and streams, and is designed to be easy to use and maintain, with a focus on developer productivity and scalability.

Will I ever own a zettaflop?

17 surprisetalk 2026-04-09 23:34:45 UTC geohot.github.io Llama Share 4

The user wants to harness massive computing power, specifically a zettaflop, to achieve incredible tasks in a short time. The main bottleneck is power, requiring 10 MW, which the user plans to generate from solar panels and energy storage.

Unfolder for Mac – A 3D model unfolding tool for creating papercraft

121 codazoda 2026-04-09 17:34:45 UTC unfolder.app Llama Share 30

Unfolder generates 2D parts for 3D models in seconds with optimized unfolding. It allows customization and export in various formats for printing, editing, or CNC cutting.

Moving from WordPress to Jekyll (and static site generators in general)

28 rgrieselhuber 2026-04-09 21:34:45 UTC demandsphere.com Llama Share 11

We migrated our site from WordPress to Jekyll for speed and ease of change, leveraging AI tools like Claude Code to streamline the process. The new site features improved search functionality, semantic clustering, and better SEO capabilities.

Research-Driven Agents: When an agent reads before it codes

114 hopechong 2026-04-09 17:34:45 UTC blog.skypilot.co Llama Share 40

A coding agent was used to optimize the performance of the llama.cpp neural network model, resulting in a 15% speedup on x86 and 5% speedup on ARM. The agent's success was due to its ability to read papers and study competing projects before writing code, allowing it to identify optimizations that code-only agents would miss.

Hegel, a universal property-based testing protocol and family of PBT libraries

73 PaulHoule 2026-04-09 19:34:45 UTC hegel.dev Full Share 28

Hegel is a universal property-based testing protocol and family of libraries, built on Hypothesis.

BunnyCDN has been silently losing our production files for 15 months

81 speckx 2026-04-09 22:34:45 UTC old.reddit.com Llama Share 14

User needs to register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique User-Agent string to access the application. Alternatively, try resetting to default User-Agent or file a ticket for assistance.

Top laptops to use with FreeBSD

272 fork-bomber 2026-04-09 09:34:45 UTC freebsdfoundation.github.io Full Share 152

whether devices have degraded functionality, reducing the score by 0.5-1.5 based on severity and how important it is to the laptop experience (wi-fi/graphics weighted more)

Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers

132 argentum47 2026-04-09 18:34:45 UTC colaptop.pages.dev Llama Share 73

Transform your old laptop into a powerful server with our colocation services in Amsterdam and US datacenters for €7/month. We provide free shipping, setup assistance, and KVM access to your laptop in a secure, professional datacenter.

Microsoft is employing dark patterns to goad users into paying for storage?

186 jpmitchell 2026-04-09 21:34:45 UTC lzon.ca Llama Share 99

I helped a non-tech literate customer resolve an issue with his laptop where he was running out of storage due to Microsoft's default Onedrive settings, which led to him deleting family photos to fix the problem. This incident highlights Microsoft's use of dark patterns to encourage users to pay for additional storage, and the need for companies to prioritize user experience and respect over ...

Show HN: I built a Cargo-like build tool for C/C++

113 randerson_112 2026-04-09 16:34:45 UTC github.com/randerson112 Llama Share 105

Craft is a lightweight build tool for C and C++ projects that automates configuration and dependency management. It uses a simple craft.toml file to generate CMake configuration and provides a clean command-line interface.

Reallocating $100/Month Claude Code Spend to Zed and OpenRouter

287 kisamoto 2026-04-09 09:34:45 UTC braw.dev Llama Share 194

You're switching from Claude to Zed editor and OpenRouter for more flexibility and to avoid hitting limits. You'll pay $10/month for Zed and top up $90/month to OpenRouter.

How the Trivy supply chain attack harvested credentials from secrets managers

10 Rial_Labs 2026-04-09 22:34:45 UTC vaultproof.dev Llama Share 2

Aqua Security's Trivy was compromised on March 19, 2026, allowing attackers to steal API keys from environment variables. Traditional secrets management is insufficient against supply chain attacks, as compromised tools can find and exfiltrate keys from plaintext strings.

Introduction to Nintendo DS Programming

211 medbar 2026-04-09 10:34:45 UTC patater.com Llama Share 44

The homebrew community allows individuals to create and run their own games on the Nintendo DS without needing official development contracts or equipment, using devices like passthroughs and NoPass devices to bypass copy protection. To get started, one should choose a Slot-1 device, such as the R4DS, M3 Real, or Cyclo DS Evolution, which supports DLDI and can run homebrew software from a microSD card.

EFF is leaving X

1065 gregsadetsky 2026-04-09 17:34:45 UTC eff.org Llama Share 891

EFF is leaving X due to declining engagement and a shift in the platform's values under Elon Musk. They will focus on other platforms like Bluesky, Mastodon, and social media giants to protect digital rights.

The Training Example Lie Bracket

9 pb1729 2026-04-09 22:34:45 UTC pbement.com Prefix Share 3

An ideal machine learning model would not care what order training examples appeared in its training process. From a Bayesian perspective, the training dataset is unordered data and all updates based on seeing one additional example should commute with each other. For neural nets trained by gradient descent, however, this is not the case. This webpage will explain how to compute the effects ...

Show HN: Druids – Build your own software factory

20 etherio 2026-04-09 20:34:45 UTC github.com/fulcrumresearch Llama Share 1

Druids is a library that coordinates and deploys coding agents across machines, abstracting away infrastructure and communication. It allows users to define programs with agents, events, and controlled steps to automate tasks like code review and pentesting.

A WebGPU implementation of Augmented Vertex Block Descent

119 juretriglav 2026-04-09 12:34:45 UTC github.com/jure Llama Share 15

This project is an experimental WebGPU physics prototype using AVBD solver for rigid-body and soft-body physics. It's an initial proof of concept with limited browser support and requires further updates for stability and ease of use.

Wit, unker, Git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy

179 eigenspace 2026-04-09 10:34:45 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 114

The English language has lost many personal pronouns over the centuries, including the dual form "wit" which referred to two people, due to simplification and changes in social and political norms. Despite this, some Old English pronouns like "he", "it", and "we" have survived more than 1,000 years of history and upheaval, almost intact.

Progressive encoding and decoding of 'repeated' protobuffer fields

11 quarkz02 2026-04-09 20:34:45 UTC schilk.co Llama Share 1

The user is discussing how to serialize and deserialize large Perfetto traces using the Protocol Buffers format. They want to be able to write TracePackets to disk continuously as they are generated.

Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers

238 rmason 2026-04-09 20:34:45 UTC gadgetreview.com Llama Share 338

Maine lawmakers passed a bill temporarily blocking large data centers due to concerns over electricity costs and grid strain. The move may lead to higher costs for AI services if other states follow suit.

Help Keep Thunderbird Alive

506 playfultones 2026-04-09 07:34:45 UTC updates.thunderbird.net Llama Share 343

Thunderbird is funded by user contributions, not ads or corporate funding, to provide a private and customizable email experience. Users can support Thunderbird by donating to help maintain servers, fix bugs, and develop new features.

LittleSnitch for Linux

1261 pluc 2026-04-09 00:34:45 UTC obdev.at Llama Share 413

Little Snitch for Linux is a network monitoring tool that tracks and blocks unwanted connections. It uses eBPF to observe and intercept network activity, and can be configured through a web interface or plain text files.