I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it

179 ca98am79 2026-04-26 21:16:25 UTC ca98am79.medium.com Llama Share 80

The domain name friendster.com was bought for $7456 in an auction and later sold for $20k in Bitcoin. The new owner created a social network with unique features like phone tapping to connect friends and fading connections to encourage in-person interactions.

Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet

94 dd23 2026-04-26 21:16:25 UTC sentinelone.com Llama Share 33

SentinelLABS uncovered a 2005 cyber sabotage framework, fast16, targeting high-precision calculation software with a kernel driver that patches code in memory to tamper with results. The framework was designed for strategic sabotage, introducing small but systematic errors into physical-world calculations.

Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race

160 berkeleyjunk 2026-04-26 21:16:25 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 109

Sabastian Sawe made history by becoming the first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race, crossing the line in 1:59:30. Tigst Assefa also broke her own women's world record in a women-only field, finishing in 2:15:41.

Butterflies are in decline across North America, a look at the Western Monarch

73 1659447091 2026-04-26 22:16:25 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 18

Monarch butterflies are declining due to pesticides, habitat loss, and climate change, with a 99% chance of extinction by 2080. Conservationists are working to protect the species, using methods like habitat restoration and tracking monarch migrations to increase their chances of survival.

AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it

201 koshyjohn 2026-04-26 20:16:25 UTC koshyjohn.com Llama Share 162

The future of software engineering will belong to those who use AI to augment their skills, not replace them, by focusing on judgment, clarity, and original thought. Effective engineers will know what to delegate to AI and what to own, turning time savings into better thinking and avoiding the trap of shallow understanding and imitation.

Show HN: AI memory with biological decay (52% recall)

34 SachitRafa 2026-04-26 21:16:25 UTC github.com/sachitrafa Llama Share 16

YourMemory is a persistent memory layer for AI agents that uses the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve to simulate human memory. It supports multiple agents with isolated memories and controlled access to shared context.

Magic: The Gathering took me from N2 to Japanese fluency

63 pwim 2026-04-26 19:16:25 UTC tokyodev.com Llama Share 19

The author used Magic: The Gathering to improve Japanese fluency by forcing himself to use the language in a real-world environment. This approach helped him transition from a JLPT N2 certification to actual proficiency.

Two Athletes Break Sub-2-HR Marathon in Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3

19 canucker2016 2026-04-26 21:16:25 UTC news.adidas.com Full Share 5

SWE-bench Verified no longer measures frontier coding capabilities

226 kmdupree 2026-04-26 14:16:25 UTC openai.com Llama Share 133

SWE-bench Verified, a benchmark for autonomous software engineering, has contamination issues due to publicly available data and flawed test cases, making it unsuitable for measuring model progress. A new benchmark, SWE-bench Pro, is recommended for reporting results due to lower contamination risk and more robust test cases.

MoQ Boy

26 mmcclure 2026-04-26 21:16:25 UTC moq.dev Llama Share 2

The user created a homebrew Twitch Plays Pokemon emulator using MoQ, a cloud-based streaming platform, to save bandwidth and CPU. The emulator uses MoQ's discovery mechanism to find available games and players, demonstrating how to use MoQ for robots and other applications.

XOXO Festival Archive

26 surprisetalk 2026-04-26 20:16:25 UTC xoxofest.com Full Share 1

From 2012 to 2024, XOXO brought together writers, designers, filmmakers, musicians, game developers, coders, cartoonists, and more to share their stories and struggles of living and working online.

Running Bare-Metal Rust Alongside ESP-IDF on the ESP32-S3's Second Core

14 MrBuddyCasino 2026-04-26 21:16:25 UTC tingouw.com Llama Share 1

The user implemented a dual-core system on the ESP32-S3, where ESP-IDF manages Wi-Fi and BLE on Core 0 and bare-metal Rust code runs on Core 1 with zero scheduler interference. The system uses atomics for shared memory access and allows for updating the Rust binary independently of the ESP-IDF firmware.

Box to Save Memory in Rust

14 emschwartz 2026-04-26 21:16:25 UTC dystroy.org Llama Share 0

A Rust program reduced its memory footprint from 895MB to 420MB by optimizing the layout of structs and deserialization of JSON files. This was achieved by using optional fields and boxing to reduce memory usage, and verifying the results using a custom allocator.

Clay PCB Tutorial

183 j0r0b0 2026-04-26 16:16:25 UTC feministhackerspaces.cargo.site Llama Share 116

Researchers at Mz* Baltazar's Lab developed a method to create PCBs from natural clay, using a 3D printed stamp and a low-energy firing process. The project aims to create sustainable and locally sourced hardware, reducing the reliance on conflict minerals and promoting fair trade practices.

The Visible Zorker: Zork 1

83 PLenz 2026-04-26 17:16:25 UTC eblong.com Full Share 13

A software exhibit that allows you to explore Zork and also Zork's source code at the same time.

The 1944 Warsaw Uprising, in Color

97 keiferski 2026-04-26 20:16:25 UTC barwypowstania.pl Full Share 36

Ręczna, precyzyjna koloryzacja pod okiem historyków oraz varsavianistów pozwoliła wiernie odtworzyć powstańczą Warszawę. Barwy przywrócone postaciom i miejscom ożywiły atmosferę i emocje tamtych dni. Zdjęciom towarzyszą eksponaty ze zbiorów Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego.

An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below

363 jeremyccrane 2026-04-26 17:16:25 UTC twitter.com/lifeof_jer Full Share 504

Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot. Some privacy related extensions may cause issues on x.com. Please disable them and try again.

Show HN: Free textbook on engineering thermodynamics

89 2DcAf 2026-04-26 16:16:25 UTC thermodynamicsbook.com Llama Share 27

This textbook provides a clear introduction to thermodynamics for university students and engineers, covering key concepts with examples and problems. It also includes historical explorations to connect ideas to their origins and impact.

Statecharts: hierarchical state machines

267 sph 2026-04-26 10:16:25 UTC statecharts.dev Llama Share 76

A statechart is a visual formalism for complex systems that solves state explosion problems in state machines. It's a great communicator and can be used as an exploratory tool for non-developers and QA.

Amateur armed with ChatGPT solves an Erdős problem

731 pr337h4m 2026-04-26 02:16:25 UTC scientificamerican.com Llama Share 509

A 23-year-old man named Liam Price used ChatGPT Pro to solve a 60-year-old math problem left by Paul Erdos. The AI's solution, which was posted online, appears to be original and may have broader applications in mathematics.

GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation

496 jamesponddotco 2026-04-26 17:16:25 UTC anchor.host Llama Share 192

A GoDaddy employee transferred a 27-year-old domain without validation, and the company's support team failed to resolve the issue for four days. The domain was eventually recovered by a stranger who accidentally received it, highlighting a major security flaw in GoDaddy's transfer process.

Chernobyl Wildlife Forty Years On

17 reconnecting 2026-04-26 20:16:25 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 0

A scientist, Pablo Burraco, discovered a dark-colored tree frog in Chernobyl's exclusion zone, sparking a question about radiation's impact on local wildlife. Research suggests some species may have adapted to radiation, but the evidence is still debated among scientists.

Show HN: Startup Equity Adventure Game

4 iliabara 2026-04-26 22:16:25 UTC options-game-polymathrobotics.pythonanywhere.com Full Share 3

Learn how startup equity really works — from founding to IPO. An interactive 9-stage journey through SAFEs, option pools, dilution, vesting, and exits.

Orinoco: Young Generation Garbage Collection

31 plow-tycoon 2026-04-26 18:16:25 UTC v8.dev Llama Share 4

V8's parallel Scavenger garbage collector reduces main thread young generation garbage collection time by 20-50% across benchmarks. It achieves this by utilizing multiple threads and dynamic work stealing.

Show HN: Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game

10 trebeljahr 2026-04-26 21:16:25 UTC playtiao.com Full Share 0

Create a private game and share the code, or join a friend's game with theirs. Jump into a game against a random opponent. Pick a time control or play without one.

Dillo Browser Release 3.3.0

141 rodarima 2026-04-26 18:16:25 UTC dillo-browser.org Llama Share 23

Dillo 3.3.0 adds new features, configuration options, and bug fixes, including experimental FLTK 1.4 support and a new dilloc program for command-line control. It also introduces page actions, OAuth authentication, and remote control via a UNIX socket.

Dear friend, you have built a Kubernetes (2024)

61 Wingy 2026-04-26 16:16:25 UTC macchaffee.com Llama Share 96

You built a custom deployment system to avoid Kubernetes, but it ended up being complex and hard to maintain. You've essentially recreated Kubernetes without realizing it.

Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.0

580 elisaado 2026-04-26 11:16:25 UTC asahilinux.org Llama Share 269

Linux 7.0 has been released and Asahi progress report includes updates to the Asahi Installer, which now supports UEFI-only installation and firmware updates for ALS and other hardware. The report also covers various hardware improvements, including PMP support, Bluetooth and WiFi coexistence, display controller work, and audio stack progress, as well as upcoming releases and gratitude to supporters.

Show HN: Turning a Gaussian Splat into a videogame

197 yak32 2026-04-26 09:16:25 UTC blog.playcanvas.com Llama Share 47

The user created a photorealistic environment using Gaussian Splatting and added physics, lighting, and NPCs to it, achieving a playable game in a browser tab. The user used various open-source tools and libraries, including SuperSplat, splat-transform, and Recast navigation, to create the environment and NPCs, and shared the project publicly on PlayCanvas.

Why has there been so little progress on Alzheimer's disease?

398 chiefalchemist 2026-04-26 00:16:25 UTC freakonomics.com Full Share 274