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Making a Python interpreter in 1024 bytes

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A Python interpreter in 1024 bytes of C code is being developed, focusing on a subset of the language with minimal syntax. The interpreter uses recursive descent parsing and executes expressions along the way without error handling or intermediate representation.

I'm a seeing-eye dog for a computer

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The author uses a language model to debug robot code, but finds it ineffective due to limited understanding of normal working robots and GUI control limitations. They now prefer manual debugging as the most efficient approach.

It took a year to ship WebAssembly in Anubis

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Anubis is a security measure to prevent AI scraping, causing temporary downtime. To access the website, disable plugins like JShelter that block modern JavaScript features.

Ask HN: Fable hacked my piano, can I release the results?

A user purchased PianoDisc music, including Eric Satre's work, and experimented with AI tools Astra and Fable to create their own versions. The AI successfully created a version of Gymnopedie No 1 but found the original PianoDisc version had obfuscated MIDI data that made it unplayable on other systems.

Ask HN: How do you manage skills files?

The user is looking for ways to manage and utilize skills, especially general-use skills, in their coding agent setup. They believe that model capabilities will eventually replace some of these skills but are interested in finding alternative methods to manage them.

Has anybody seen my keys? A key-hierarchy strategy for rack-level security

The document outlines a security system for an oxide rack, including the use of a trust quorum and key derivation function to protect data at rest. The system uses Shamir secret sharing to ensure that an attacker cannot recover the rack secret by stealing a subset of sleds or drives.

Show HN: Engrim – A universal, local-first SQLite memory engine for AI CLIs

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A local-first, project-scoped SQLite memory engine that allows developers to freely switch between models and environments (Google Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor MCP, Windsurf) on the SAME project without losing architectural decisions, user constraints, or project state. "Why pay for 200,000 tokens of forgotten noise on every turn? The models are disposable utilities; your ...

The NX bit is not just about security

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The author debugged a bug in ARM code that caused the phone to randomly lock up, eventually discovering that it was due to speculative instruction fetches from non-executable memory. The solution involved marking all memory except the payload as non-executable.

Ask HN: Would you read a statistics textbook?

You're considering writing a book on statistics to share your intuitions, but you're unsure if it would be well-received. Many people still read stats books for reference or self-study, especially in academia and research settings.
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X Corp sent cease and desist letters to Nitter project on 24 August 2026. The project will continue following legal advice, with more details to be announced soon.

Babylonian Lamb Stew with Beets (1750–1730 BCE)

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Heat lamb mixture with beer and water, then serve with steamed bulgur and naan-bread. Toast seeds to make flour, ferment dough for 12 hours, bake into flatbread, then top stew with crushed bread and cilantro.

Show HN: Mador – Make any DOM reactive with a tiny 80-line Proxy state tuple

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Mador is a reactive state management library that binds to existing DOM, using native ES modules and tracking dependencies for efficient updates. It works without components or virtual DOM, modifying the provided DOM directly.

Harnessing the Universal Geometry of Embeddings

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A new method translates text embeddings without paired data, achieving high cosine similarity across different models and architectures. This approach preserves the geometry of unknown embeddings, posing a security risk to vector databases.

I refused to train the AI that could replace me

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A Ph.D. holder in AI's impact on agriculture in South Africa was offered a job training an AI system to teach and assess students, forcing them to weigh principle against financial necessity. The decision highlights the tension between human judgment and machine learning, particularly in professions that require discretion and context understanding.

MathKernel: An evidence-aware multi-engine mathematics kernel and MCP server

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MathKernel is a Python library and MCP server that enables advanced mathematics with preserved assumptions, provenance, and claim-specific evidence. It provides exact computation, checked certificates, symbolic results, certified enclosures, empirical evidence, and formal proofs.

Show HN: GET Together – A social network where you don't need POST to Post

This API allows users to create, delete, and interact with posts through various endpoints, including /post, /feed, and /heart. Posts are public and subject to moderation checks for profanity and crypto content promotion.

Signing TLS handshakes inside a TPM

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The website is protected by Anubis, a Proof-of-Work scheme that makes scraping more expensive for large-scale AI companies. This placeholder solution aims to prevent legitimate users from being affected while allowing time to develop better fingerprinting methods.

Coop – Isolated VM Environments for Running Claude Code and Codex

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Pronunciation: "coop" (/kuːp/) — one syllable, rhymes with "loop", like the thing you keep chickens in. Not "co-op". coop is a Rust CLI that manages disposable virtual machines where Claude Code and Codex have full tool access: Docker, git, compilers, package managers, all without risk to your host machine. Each VM is isolated, reproducible, and cheap to create and ...

Every Novel Is Boring–Until It Isn't

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The author discusses the concept of a "volta" in novels, which is a turning point where the reader's interest shifts from boredom to engagement. This subjective experience varies among readers and can be triggered by different elements such as plot twists or character development.

Nvidia's Jensen Huang says 'AGI has arrived' and congratulates OpenAI

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Chipmaker Huang congratulates OpenAI on releasing Astra, calling AGI "arrived," but lacks definition. He touts the model's capabilities without evidence or clear benchmarks for artificial general intelligence.

GrapheneOS Overhauled Default Apps and Secure Clipboard

We're well into the process of converting the Messaging app included in GrapheneOS into a modern app. We'll be making a new release later today with a completely overhauled user interface written in Android Compose. We've made a massive amount of other improvements and bug fixes beyond that too.

Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI

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Researchers at OpenAI are developing an automated AI researcher to accelerate progress in deep learning and alignment, with a goal of achieving full Researcher System Integrity (RSI) by 2028. The system is already showing significant acceleration in research tasks, but careful alignment and safety measures are necessary to ensure beneficial AGI development.

An Alien Mind

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Researchers are concerned about the rapid growth of reasoning language models, which could lead to machines surpassing human intelligence and posing significant risks. They believe that broader interventions are needed to ensure alignment with human values.

Asahi Linux on M3

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Asahi Linux now supports Macs with M3 series SoCs, offering most features like webcam and USB support. However, full DCP support and 3D acceleration are not available yet due to ongoing work.

Please don't rearrange our shoes when we turn up, paramedics in Japan urge

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Emergency services in Kanazawa advise against repositioning paramedics' shoes at home entrances to avoid delays. Guests should leave their shoes as they are, allowing paramedics to quickly enter and exit with a patient on a stretcher.

Black Hole of Los Alamos: Seller of surplus nuclear research materials (2011)

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Reverse engineering the storage format for an undocumented database

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We successfully parsed the CronosPro database files using Codex and improved upon the Cronodump codebase to fix parsing issues. The process involved recovering an obfuscated schema, fixing parser assumptions, and validating parsed values under correct schema columns.

NetBSD 9.5 released and EOL for NetBSD-9

NetBSD 9.5 is the final release from the NetBSD 9 stable branch, featuring security and stability fixes since April 2024. Users on this branch are urged to update to a more recent release like NetBSD 11.0 or 10.2 for support.

Is mathematics about to enter the conservatory?

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A mathematician discusses a new paper proving the Spherical Hadwiger Conjecture using AI assistance, raising concerns about the impact of AI on human mathematicians. The author wonders what specific proof details were handled by the AI tool OpenAI Codex.