Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher

482 u1hcw9nx 2026-09-13 22:05:19 UTC vals.ai Llama Share 207

Claude Fable 5.1 solved Sir Thomas Urquhart's Cyphral Distich, a centuries-old cryptogram, using a simple rule based on the book itself and its accompanying poem. The solution was surprisingly straightforward in hindsight, demonstrating that models can solve historical mysteries with persistence and creative analysis.

Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?

602 iamflimflam1 2026-09-13 18:05:19 UTC atomic14.com Llama Share 280

The author reported a deceptive ad on YouTube that mimicked an iOS system alert, but Google's review process approved it twice despite AI detecting the violation. Google has access to AI tools to detect such ads, yet failed to use them effectively in this case.

The case against JPEG XL

38 contact9879 2026-09-14 01:05:19 UTC giannirosato.com Llama Share 29

The author believes JPEG XL is not suitable for the web due to its complexity, lack of support for progressive decoding and deblocking loop filtering, and potential performance issues. The author thinks AVIF is a better fit for the web platform.

Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs

84 Cider9986 2026-09-13 22:05:19 UTC community.signalusers.org Llama Share 41

The user has legitimate concerns about zero-knowledge proofs, but disagrees with the application of this technology. Signal's design inherently protects user anonymity and safety through its distrustful client-server model.

Open-Source AI and Open Models Reading List

22 simonpure 2026-09-14 01:05:19 UTC interconnects.ai Llama Share 1

This user shares research materials on open models, discussing their definition, benefits and risks, adoption rates and performance gaps with closed models. They also highlight the impact of Chinese labs on the AI ecosystem.

Julia 1.13 highlights

155 eigenspace 2026-09-13 19:05:19 UTC julialang.org Llama Share 12

Julia version 1.13 has been released with several improvements, including faster precompilation times and enhanced code introspection macros. The new release also includes changes to the hash function, object loading in sysimage and package images, and improved garbage collection performance.

Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025

382 Levitating 2026-09-13 15:05:19 UTC lesswrong.com Full Share 176

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Data collected by cars and sold to third parties

312 bookofjoe 2026-09-13 14:05:19 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 161

Automakers collect and sell vast amounts of data on their customers, often without clear consent or transparency. A growing movement seeks simpler vehicles with minimal data collection to address concerns over privacy and consumer control.

Flawed routers flood University of Wisconsin internet time server (2003)

63 walrus01 2026-09-13 21:05:19 UTC pages.cs.wisc.edu Llama Share 8

The University of Wisconsin-Madison's NTP server was flooded with hundreds-of-thousands of packets-per-second from Netgear routers, causing operational problems. The flood was caused by a design flaw in the Netgear products' SNTP client implementation, which hardcoded a source port number and allowed for excessive traffic to be sent to the university's time server.

Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)

88 david927 2026-09-13 18:05:19 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 183

The author is working on various projects, including AI modeling for 3D printing and an Anki extension that generates text, speech, and images. They are also building a website to discover first names and a game project called Vestiges.

The GDR and Vietnam: From Fake Coffee to Coffee Empire

31 NaOH 2026-09-13 22:05:19 UTC katjahoyer.uk Llama Share 5

The author attended a week of events in Leipzig, Germany, focusing on industrial culture and shared their story about East German botanists who successfully grew coffee in Vietnam after the fall of the Berlin Wall. They highlighted the complexities of this history and its relevance to understanding today's world.

Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted board ouster

44 ilamont 2026-09-13 21:05:19 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 96

Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic, is on paid leave after the board voted to remove him. He claims to be back in control and has been posting on company Slack despite being officially removed.

The Coming War on General Computation (2011)

50 gregsadetsky 2026-09-14 00:05:19 UTC en.wikisource.org Llama Share 10

Cory Doctorow discusses the evolution of copyright laws and how they relate to general-purpose computers, which are becoming increasingly powerful. He argues that attempts to control PCs will converge on rootkits and surveillance measures.

I build a mechanical watch face: a real gear train for a watch with no gears

15 tomasslavicek 2026-09-13 23:05:19 UTC myday24.com Llama Share 4

A watch designer creates openworked mechanical faces for Garmin, solving complex gear ratios and positions to achieve a realistic look. The design process involves testing each movement as a machine before adding finishing touches like polish and color.

Reverse engineering my e-scooter and rewriting the firmware in Rust

387 vinhnx 2026-09-13 10:05:19 UTC bensimms.moe Llama Share 90

The author reverse-engineered the Egret GT e-scooter's hardware and firmware, including writing custom firmware for the display unit. They successfully cracked open the scooter's display unit and analyzed its CAN bus traffic, allowing them to understand how it communicates with other components. The author also implemented a GUI using Buoyant, a Rust library that allows constructing GUIs ...

Making Startups Powerful

163 tosh 2026-09-13 15:05:19 UTC paulgraham.com Llama Share 74

The author shares strategies for making startups more powerful, including creating network effects, owning the customer relationship and money flow, going full stack or eating away at customers' work. These ideas aim to make the startup valuable in the long term by improving customers' lives.

I added a non-wi-fi Mitsubishi AC to Home Assistant

179 ichacas 2026-09-13 11:05:19 UTC medium.com/@ivangomezarnedo Llama Share 86

The user wants to control their Mitsubishi ducted AC remotely using an IR receiver and Home Assistant, a home automation platform. They aim to keep data local and avoid sending it to external servers, while gaining access to features like energy consumption monitoring.

Spaceships (Reverse Asteroid)

3 zdw 2026-09-14 01:05:19 UTC spaceships.treybastian.com Full Share 0

Inverted Asteroids: you are not the ship. Place gravity wells and sling the rocks.

Why is the x86 undefined instruction called ud2? Why 2?

206 ibobev 2026-09-13 13:05:19 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 49

The ud2 instruction is an architecturally undefined instruction that raises an "invalid opcode" exception, used to mark unreachable code and prevent crashes. It was created as a result of Hyrum's Law, where software relied on the 0F FF sequence being invalid, prompting Intel to make it official with the ud2 instruction.

CUDA for AMD on Windows

141 chiassedu80 2026-09-13 15:05:19 UTC github.com/speedstu Llama Share 72

A reproducible Windows CUDA setup is built around ZLUDA + AMD HIP/ROCm for CUDA-facing compute applications, including LibTorch workloads. The validated hardware is currently an AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU only, with other GPUs to be tested and reported separately.

Why is privacy so hard?

29 andsoitis 2026-09-13 22:05:19 UTC cacm.acm.org Full Share 24

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Reverse-Engineering Claude Web's MicroVM: Uncovering Anthropic's Hidden Antspace

59 rzk 2026-09-13 18:05:19 UTC aprilnea.me Llama Share 13

Researchers reverse-engineered Claude Code, an unstripped Go binary from Anthropic's secret deployment platform, discovering a full AI-native PaaS architecture with local-cloud consistency and MicroVM technology. The analysis revealed a mature production-grade deployment protocol without any exploits or privilege escalation.

The contagion of fear

136 elffjs 2026-09-13 23:05:19 UTC bcantrill.dtrace.org Llama Share 95

The author shares a regrettable incident from their university days where they and friends spread false rumors of a computer virus, causing panic among humanities students. They now express concern that similar irresponsible behavior is being exhibited by some experts in the field of AI, claiming it poses an existential threat to humanity with over 10% probability.

Necker, 1832: "An optical phænomenon on viewing a figure of a geometrical solid"

5 akkartik 2026-09-14 00:05:19 UTC zenodo.org Full Share 1

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Sean Carroll explains the biggest ideas in the universe – Full Interview [video] (2025)

79 binyu 2026-09-13 17:05:19 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 20

Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to 'distill' frontier models, too

361 TheJCDenton 2026-09-13 16:05:19 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 195

A US military commander disagrees with allegations of "illicit distillation attacks" by Chinese AI labs, advocating for American open-weight AI labs to use the same training techniques. He believes this would promote a balance between frontier and open-weight models, preventing a single powerful provider from dominating the field.

Bad code is kudzu

38 surprisetalk 2026-09-13 20:05:19 UTC vickiboykis.com Llama Share 12

A feature added to a codebase can be hard to remove, much like kudzu overtaking an area. Deleting code is often thankless and requires planning ahead to avoid complexity buildup.

David Sacks: OpenAI and Anthropic Don't Need Regulations to Pace Frontier Models

270 kolanos 2026-09-13 17:05:19 UTC twitter.com/davidsacks Llama Share 202

The author supports Dario and Sam's decision to "pace the frontier" by slowing down their development of advanced AI models. This move prioritizes reliability, predictability, and customer demand over concerns about regulatory capture or antitrust law.

JetKVM Mini

528 taubek 2026-09-13 08:05:19 UTC jetkvm.com Llama Share 214

The JetKVM Mini is a smaller, more affordable version of the original JetKVM, with two models available: one with Ethernet and one wireless. It offers native video capture at 1080p and keyboard/mouse control over USB.

Base84 deserves a place in file names

58 kevvok 2026-09-13 12:05:19 UTC 00f.net Llama Share 52

Base64 is not suitable for Unix and macOS due to reserved characters, but Base91 has a similar 5-character packing that fits most filesystems. Base84 is a variant of Base91 with an ASCII alphabet, offering better compatibility and security features.