Magnifica Humanitas (Encyclical Letter)

89 theletterf 2026-05-25 10:31:51 UTC vatican.va Llama Share 18

The Church calls for a shared discernment process to navigate the challenges of emerging technologies and build a more just world. Christians must choose between constructing a Tower of Babel or rebuilding Jerusalem, prioritizing human dignity and communion over profit and self-sufficiency.

Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)

159 kelseyfrog 2026-05-25 03:31:51 UTC pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Llama Share 61

Didgeridoo playing reduced daytime sleepiness and apnoea-hypopnoea index in patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. It also improved sleep quality for partners.

Show HN: Geomatic – a command-driven geometry studio enabled with autodiff

24 nivter 2026-05-25 08:31:51 UTC tinyvolt.com Full Share 6

Geometric editor with slash command autocomplete

Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web

388 pantelisk 2026-05-24 21:31:51 UTC audiomass.co Llama Share 87

AudioMass is a free, open source web-based audio editor running in the browser with no plugins required. It supports various audio operations and effects, with key shortcuts using Shift + key combos.

DeepSeek reasonix, DeepSeek native coding agent with high caching and low cost

581 Alifatisk 2026-05-24 13:31:51 UTC esengine.github.io Llama Share 243

Reasonix is a terminal-based AI coding agent for DeepSeek, engineered for prefix-cache stability. It's a free, MIT-licensed project with a paid DeepSeek API key.

Bytecode VMs in surprising places (2024)

39 azhenley 2026-05-25 06:31:51 UTC dubroy.com Llama Share 15

Bytecode VMs are used in various places including SQLite, Linux kernel's eBPF, DWARF debug information, WinRAR file format, and TrueType font specification. These VMs are used for executing SQL statements, network packet filtering, debugging, data transformation, and rendering, among other tasks, often providing a flexible and efficient way to execute complex operations.

Migrating from Go to Rust

311 jabits 2026-05-24 19:31:51 UTC corrode.dev Llama Share 300

Go developers considering Rust are often motivated by correctness guarantees, runtime tradeoffs, and developer ergonomics, rather than performance. Rust's type system and borrow checker provide stronger guarantees and more explicit control over runtime behavior, but can be more verbose and require a different mindset.

White Rabbit – sub-nanosecond synchronization for large distributed systems

114 michaelsbradley 2026-05-25 00:31:51 UTC ohwr.org Llama Share 28

White Rabbit provides sub-nanosecond accuracy and picoseconds precision for large distributed systems with deterministic data delivery. CERN is recruiting FPGA and hardware designers to work on White Rabbit switch v4 and other projects.

Jira Is Turing-Complete

191 vinhnx 2026-05-25 04:31:51 UTC seriot.ch Llama Share 83

Jira's automation language is Turing-complete due to a Minsky register machine reduction. It uses two counters and finite instructions to simulate any computation.

Bug 1950764: Work Around Crash on Intel Raptor Lake CPU

109 luu 2026-05-25 00:31:51 UTC phabricator.services.mozilla.com Full Share 34

Notes about reading messages with the Python email packages

17 ankitg12 2026-05-25 07:31:51 UTC utcc.utoronto.ca Llama Share 0

The user is blocked due to an old browser version or suspicious user agent. They can contact the author to resolve the issue or use a different browser like archive.org.

I spent 50 hours drawing a line graph

558 dougdude3339 2026-05-24 11:31:51 UTC dougmacdowell.com Llama Share 94

I used to live on a quiet hill with a great view of the city, but now I live downtown and work with databases. I spent 50 hours drawing a line graph by hand, learning to control line weight and style, and now I appreciate the process and art of hand-drawn data visualization.

A fundamental principle of aeronautical engineering has been overturned

176 littlexsparkee 2026-05-24 21:31:51 UTC wired.com Llama Share 84

Researchers at Tohoku University discovered a new method to reduce aerodynamic drag by up to 43.6 percent using distributed micro-roughness. This technology, called DMR, delays the transition from laminar to turbulent flow, reducing frictional drag.

I love my Bluetooth keyboard

90 evakhoury 2026-05-25 04:31:51 UTC liquidbrain.net Llama Share 92

I used a Bluetooth keyboard with my phone on a 10-day trip to China, allowing me to type quickly and avoid lugging a computer. It's convenient but sometimes makes me verbose in text chains, and I miss the ability to easily switch between apps.

Defeating Git Rigour Fatigue with Jujutsu

129 ikesau 2026-05-24 19:31:51 UTC ikesau.co Llama Share 138

The user describes a jujutsu version control system workflow to simplify feature development by compartmentalizing changes and reorganizing them at the end. This technique allows for easier iteration and debugging, but may have downsides like potential compilation issues.

Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”

481 DamnInteresting 2026-05-24 11:31:51 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 170

Microsoft released source code for the 86-DOS 1.00 kernel and PC-DOS 1.00 kernel, along with utilities like CHKDSK. The code was transcribed from paper printouts by the DOS Disassembly Group, a team of historians and preservationists.

C constructs that still don't work in C++

87 jalospinoso 2026-05-25 02:31:51 UTC lospino.so Llama Share 73

C++ is not a superset of C, with differences in object model, initialization model, and invariants, requiring explicit language mode labeling. C++20 and C23 changes, such as designated initializers and function declarator rules, affect compatibility and require careful consideration of language mode.

Constraint Decay: The Fragility of LLM Agents in Back End Code Generation

244 wek 2026-05-24 13:31:51 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 141

Large Language Model agents struggle with structural constraints in code generation, exhibiting a decline in performance as requirements accumulate. Agents perform better in minimal frameworks but poorly in convention-heavy environments, with data-layer defects being the leading root cause of errors.

AI errno(2) values

4 zdw 2026-05-25 08:31:51 UTC netmeister.org Prefix Share 1

/* * This file is in the public domain. */ #ifndef _AI_ERRNO_H_ #define _AI_ERRNO_H_ #define EAI 201 /* hallucination */ #define EAIWASH 202 /* inconvenient license ignored */ #define EBOTDOS 203 /* crawlfarm failure */ #define ECLAW 204 /* unrecoverable system compromise */ #define EDAWKINS 205 /* claude delusion */ #define EDICT 206 /* transcription mode only */ #define EDUNK 207 /* ...

Building Pi with Pi

110 mplanchard 2026-05-24 17:31:51 UTC lucumr.pocoo.org Llama Share 74

The author is frustrated with the quality of issues and code generated by Large Language Models (LLMs) in Open Source projects. They want humans to own their issue reports and not rely on LLMs to create slop.

Gorilla: A fast, scalable, in-memory time series database (2016)

18 xnorswap 2026-05-25 05:31:51 UTC blog.acolyer.org Llama Share 3

Facebook's Gorilla in-memory time-series database was designed to handle 700 million data points per minute, compressing data to fit 26 hours of data into memory. It uses a new time series compression algorithm to achieve an average 12x reduction in size, allowing for fast and efficient scans of all data.

Scientists solve 200-year-old puzzle of how tobacco plants make nicotine

93 sohkamyung 2026-05-24 19:31:51 UTC york.ac.uk Llama Share 35

Scientists have solved a 200-year mystery of how tobacco plants make nicotine, a discovery that could lead to safer production of medicines and vaccines. The breakthrough reveals the missing genes and enzymes needed to create nicotine, paving the way for better biotechnology tools.

Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip component costs

398 intelkishan 2026-05-24 17:31:51 UTC epoch.ai Llama Share 419

Memory's share of AI chip component spending rose from 52% to 63% from Q1 2024 to Q4 2025. Total AI chip component spending increased from $22 billion in 2024 to $52 billion in 2025.

Build Adafruit projects right from Firefox

171 mch82 2026-05-24 14:31:51 UTC firefox.com Full Share 62

Firefox gives Adafruit users a direct path from idea to connected hardware project — no extra tools or complex setup required. Use Web Serial to communicate with compatible devices from Firefox, right from supported web tools. Firefox is open source and made by Mozilla, the people-first organization behind an independent web.

Scammers are abusing an internal Microsoft account to send spam links

291 spike021 2026-05-24 11:31:51 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 168

Scammers are abusing Microsoft's system to send fake emails from [email protected], potentially tricking people into thinking they're genuine. Microsoft is investigating and taking action to strengthen its detection and blocking mechanisms.

Childhood Computing

215 blenderob 2026-05-24 12:31:51 UTC susam.net Llama Share 101

The author's childhood computing experience began in the early 1990s at a school with a computer lab, where they learned to program in LOGO and played classic games like Moon Bugs and Space Invaders. The limited access to computers sparked creativity, leading to writing their own game, Andromeda Invaders, and a lifelong passion for computing.

Mastering Dyalog APL

145 tosh 2026-05-24 12:31:51 UTC mastering.dyalog.com Llama Share 37

The "Mastering Dyalog APL" book is being updated from Jupyter Notebooks for a more interactive learning experience. The online version is a work in progress with missing chapters and sections, but feedback and corrections can be given on GitHub or by email.

Greg Brockman interview [video]

201 prakashqwerty 2026-05-24 11:31:51 UTC fs.blog Llama Share 218

Greg Brockman, OpenAI's co-founder and President, shares the company's history and future in a rare conversation. He discusses AI, its impact, and the future of work in a podcast about mastering knowledge and insights.

Using HTTP/2 Cleartext for a server in Go 1.24

88 dan_sbl 2026-05-24 19:31:51 UTC clarityboss.com Llama Share 9

Google Cloud Run has a known issue with client disconnects using HTTP/1.1, so we're switching to HTTP/2 cleartext (h2c) for better support. With Go 1.24, setting up h2c is simpler and can be configured directly on the http.Server.

Why is Vivado 2026.1 dropping Linux support for free tier?

331 zdw 2026-05-24 11:31:51 UTC adaptivesupport.amd.com Full Share 203

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