Self hosted email continues to steeply decline

24 minusf 2026-08-17 10:54:52 UTC labs.ripe.net Llama Share 11

The internet's top million domains have consolidated around two major email providers, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, with a long tail of smaller infrastructure defying easy classification. A decade-long DNS measurement project has revealed that only about half of these domains enforce DMARC policies to protect against spam and phishing.

Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to overthinking things

558 bilsbie 2026-08-16 23:54:52 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 264

The author has been testing Qwen 3.8 27B, a large language model from Alibaba's research lab, on various machines and found it to be highly capable but slow due to its dense architecture requiring significant memory bandwidth.

On A.I. regulation and messaging

104 jacquesm 2026-08-17 06:54:52 UTC twitter.com/darioamodei Llama Share 179

The author believes regulation can be a double-edged sword, potentially constraining corporate power but also risking regulatory capture. They advocate for balanced regulations that address AI risks and decentralize power through fair institutional processes.

Anthropic's 'watermark' text adulteration in Claude is a perversion of writing

359 ropbear 2026-08-16 21:54:52 UTC daringfireball.net Llama Share 344

Anthropic is implementing a watermarking system on its Claude models to comply with the EU's Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, which requires marking AI-generated text. The system uses semantic watermarking techniques that subtly influence word choices at inference time.

A third world engineer responds to “RISC-V: They should have known better”

540 Narishma 2026-08-16 17:54:52 UTC rvembedded.com Llama Share 278

The author criticizes Dmitry Grinberg's article on RISC-V, arguing that his criticism of the architecture is biased and misses the point. The author claims that RISC-V's openness and low cost make it accessible to developers in developing countries, allowing them to create their own projects without relying on expensive tools or licenses.

How Go detects struct copies with sync.noCopy

3 func25 2026-08-17 10:54:52 UTC func25.dev Full Share 0

Reticulum – Decentralized Mesh Network

145 sudo_cowsay 2026-08-17 00:54:52 UTC reticulum.network Llama Share 44

Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack for building decentralized, sovereign networks without control or censorship. It enables secure digital communication and end-to-end connectivity with self-sovereign addresses that can be moved freely within the network.

Claude: System Prompts

682 tosh 2026-08-16 12:54:52 UTC platform.claude.com Llama Share 265

Claude's web interface and mobile apps use a system prompt to provide information, including the current date, at the start of conversations. The prompt is updated periodically to improve Claude's responses, but not for the Claude API.

Show HN: Desktopcolors.com – A museum for solid background colors of classic OS

22 vlowrian 2026-08-17 07:54:52 UTC desktopcolors.com Full Share 9

The release that made Windows a success — and let you recolor the whole desktop. The desktop that taught the world to point and click — with a scheme for every taste.

Gakutensoku

40 benbreen 2026-08-17 05:54:52 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 5

Makoto Nishimura built the first robot, Gakutensoku, in Osaka in the late 1920s to celebrate nature and humanity. The robot was displayed internationally from 1928 to its disappearance in the 1930s, with a modern version now on display at the Osaka Science Museum.

AGI-64 Brings Sierra Adventures to the Commodore 64

95 erickhill 2026-08-17 01:54:52 UTC meanhamster.com Llama Share 12

AGI-64 is a free AGI interpreter for the Commodore 64, aiming to support most era games. It's currently around 75% complete and playable on Space Quest 1, with features like save/load and custom background pre-processing.

The continuing "Q collar" scandal

36 luu 2026-08-17 07:54:52 UTC statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Full Share 13

Production-ready detection and response queries for osquery

9 ankitg12 2026-08-17 08:54:52 UTC github.com/chainguard-dev LocalLLM Share 0

ODK (osquery-defense-kit) provides detection queries that trigger alerts on anomalous behavior, primarily for Linux and macOS. It supports platform-agnostic query development and emphasizes low resource consumption for production use.

Rhombus 1.1 is now available

95 spdegabrielle 2026-08-17 00:54:52 UTC blog.racket-lang.org Llama Share 28

The Racket team is adding annot and annot.def to define annotations without macro code, as well as a binding form for more readable naming.

The Mysterious Syndrome Destroying Endurance Athletes

20 cwwc 2026-08-17 07:54:52 UTC outsideonline.com Llama Share 11

Mike Wolfe, an ultrarunner, experienced overtraining syndrome (OTS) after pushing himself too hard during his debut as a full-time professional runner at Transvulcania Ultramarathon in 2012. OTS has become increasingly common among elite endurance athletes, with many top runners experiencing sudden declines in performance and struggling to recover from the condition.

How do I permanently disable random Google Photos popup to backup photos? (2024)

148 dt3ft 2026-08-16 22:54:52 UTC support.google.com Full Share 93

Passkeys are the simplest and most secure way to sign in to your account. To sign in with just your fingerprint, face scan, or screen lock, create a passkey.

Linear algebra done right

103 the-mitr 2026-08-17 05:54:52 UTC linear.axler.net Llama Share 43

The fourth edition of Linear Algebra Done Right is an open-access book with over 250 new exercises, available in multiple languages. It's a best-selling textbook for undergraduate math majors and graduate students, focusing on the structure of linear operators on finite-dimensional vector spaces.

SIMD in the 90s: Programming Intel's Pentium MMX

126 ibobev 2026-08-16 18:54:52 UTC pikuma.com Llama Share 53

Intel's MMX technology was introduced in 1997, allowing for single instruction, multiple data processing on x86 CPUs. It enabled significant speedups in multimedia software and paved the way for modern SIMD architectures like AVX-512 and GPUs with thousands of cores.

Design 3D-printable parts by talking

28 mkmk 2026-08-17 04:54:52 UTC nurb.dev Llama Share 12

A tool called Nurb gives AI CAD skills, allowing users to design and print parts. It models real-world objects, checks for accuracy, and provides a live viewer for adjustments before printing.

Applying a photosynthetic process to treat “dry eye”

52 gumby 2026-08-17 00:54:52 UTC science.org Full Share 17

GIMP Development Update

203 lumpa 2026-08-17 03:54:52 UTC gimp.org Llama Share 154

GIMP developers are sharing progress on upcoming features and UX improvements in GIMP 3.4, including a new project file format and non-destructive filter support.

The AI Credit Resale Economy

301 mlenhard 2026-08-16 14:54:52 UTC vectoral.com Llama Share 121

Token brokers buy unused credits from startups and resell them, offering discounts to attract buyers. This market is growing rapidly, with tens of millions of credits being offered across various sites and forums.

Red queen hypothesis – A new way forward for self-improving AI

78 hardlianotion 2026-08-16 20:54:52 UTC cst.cam.ac.uk Llama Share 21

Researchers have developed a new method for recursive self-improving AI agents to continue improving themselves without hitting an evaluation ceiling. This approach allows the agent and evaluator to evolve together, creating a self-improving loop that can lead to more capable and efficient AI systems.

Tell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers

543 stagas 2026-08-16 17:54:52 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 154

You recently switched to Cloudflare's nameservers, which silently added a JS analytics snippet to your site. This approach is invasive and should opt-in instead of opt-out for users' consent.

Prolly: A content-addressed ordered map built on prolly trees

47 forhappy 2026-08-17 01:54:52 UTC github.com/crabbuild Llama Share 4

The Prolly library provides an ordered map that can store multiple versions, diff them, merge them, and persist them into a content-addressed store, making it suitable for local-first databases and systems like Trail. It offers various features such as async support, durability guarantees through transactions and caching mechanisms to ensure data consistency across different use cases.

Protobuf has LSP support

161 theanonymousone 2026-08-16 18:54:52 UTC buf.build Llama Share 110

Buf releases the Buf LSP server, providing modern IDE support for Protobuf development. The new implementation is faster and more flexible than protoc, enabling incremental compilation and better diagnostics.

MathCode, Mathematical Coding Agent

101 homarp 2026-08-16 18:54:52 UTC math-ai-org.github.io Llama Share 29

MathCode is a terminal AI coding assistant that converts plain language math problems into Lean 4 theorems and attempts formal proofs. It features various tools for efficient proof-solving, including a persistent Lean REPL and theorem libraries.

Stripe will reportedly acquire OpenRouter for $7B+

381 zacharyozer 2026-08-16 20:54:52 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 235

OpenRouter raised $113 million in Series B funding at a $1.3 billion valuation, valuing it over 9 times its previous valuation. It's reportedly being acquired by Stripe for more than $7 billion after talks began last month.

Clamiga: Common Lisp for the Amiga

118 emptybits 2026-08-16 14:54:52 UTC nnamgreb.de Llama Share 19

CL-Amiga, a Common Lisp implementation for the Amiga family, is built to run on m68k and PPC architectures. It has a self-contained bytecode VM with no external runtime dependencies and supports various features like object system, condition system, macros, and interactive development style.

Strong gravitational lensing and microlensing of supernovae (2024)

12 andsoitis 2026-08-17 03:54:52 UTC infoscience.epfl.ch Llama Share 1

Researchers are using strong gravitational lensing and microlensing of supernovae to study cosmology and astrophysics. This emerging field aims to constrain the Hubble constant, SN progenitors, and galaxy properties with upcoming surveys like LSST.