Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?

613 jonotime 2026-10-08 19:01:21 UTC dgt.is Llama Share 480

The author has been using DeepSeek 4.1 Flash for a month, finding it comparable to Opus in terms of performance and cost-effectiveness. They praise the model's ability to handle complex tasks without significant differences from other models, making it an attractive option for developers on a budget.

Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser

110 ilreb 2026-10-09 06:01:21 UTC quake-srp.pages.dev Llama Share 86

User controls can be customized with options for mouse speed, movement, and camera control. Various keyboard shortcuts are available for quick actions such as saving, loading, and quitting the game.

Whistle: Speech to Text in 16.9 MB

707 gmays 2026-10-08 17:01:21 UTC cactuscompute.com Llama Share 143

Whistle is a speech recognition model released for mobiles, wearables, and other devices with no dependencies or CPU usage. It supports 7 languages and provides word timestamps, speech embedding, and transcript output.

Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs

73 sohkamyung 2026-10-09 04:01:21 UTC unsung.aresluna.org Llama Share 70

This post compares keyboard handling differences between Mac and Windows, including key names, modifier keys, and shortcut conventions. The main differences include the use of ⌥ (Option) instead of Alt on Macs and Ctrl on Windows.

Man discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days

607 ck2 2026-10-08 14:01:21 UTC dexerto.com Llama Share 364

A man, Nomad, discovered his parents' coffee maker was uploading 1TB of data in 10 days and shared the issue on X. He found it caused saturation within their home Wi-Fi setup and decided to get them a new one due to potential security risks.

Reducing undefined behavior in the C language

91 signa11 2026-10-09 03:01:21 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 64

Professor Martin Uecker discussed C's potential to become a memory-safe language, despite its undefined behavior issues. He believes that with the help of tools and language changes, C can improve its memory safety.

Theranos.world

402 kbyatnal 2026-10-08 19:01:21 UTC theranos.world Full Share 143

An interactive simulation of Elizabeth Holmes' desk. Open her MacBook, scroll her iPhone, run the Edison machine. Every text and email is real, from the court trial, parsed by Extend.

I hired an illustrator to draw my house. Now it's my Home Assistant dashboard

547 soheilpro 2026-10-08 15:01:21 UTC antonfrolov.substack.com Full Share 96

Yes, and

344 Michelangelo11 2026-10-08 19:01:21 UTC htmx.org Llama Share 100

Carson Gross, a computer science professor, believes AI will change programming but not dramatically. He advises juniors to write code themselves and use AI as a helpful tool rather than a code generator.

OpenAI, the Partition Principle, and Mathematics

94 md224 2026-10-09 00:01:21 UTC karagila.org Llama Share 134

A mathematician is disappointed with OpenAI's preprint on the Partition Principle, citing poor writing quality and unclear structure. The author believes that such a paper should be rejected for its lack of clarity and accessibility to non-experts in the field.

The value of not getting to the point (2015)

150 NaOH 2026-10-08 20:01:21 UTC ken.arneson.name Llama Share 52

The author realized that conversation is often a warm-up process, and people may need time to feel comfortable discussing sensitive topics. This understanding came from their experience with their daughter and the limitations of language in expressing emotions.

AI-ready biological data: $1.8B global commitment

109 ray__ 2026-10-08 21:01:21 UTC biohub.org Llama Share 15

Biohub, the US Department of Energy and National Institutes of Health are investing $1.8 billion to generate AI-ready biological data for predictive models of life. This will enable researchers to digitally ask, predict and answer biological questions, accelerating disease prevention and treatment.

ETH-68: Ethernet Audio Interface for Linux

139 chabad360 2026-10-08 19:01:21 UTC naturalsystems.io Llama Share 84

eth68 is a scalable audio interface that synchronizes multiple units to increase channel count without increasing round trip audio latency, achieving 3.620 milliseconds of latency at 48 kHz. It matches the RME card's performance and surpasses it by 0.33 ms at 96 kHz with PipeWire or JACK interfaces.

Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?

200 mariocesar 2026-10-08 16:01:21 UTC news.ycombinator.com Full Share 294

Sorry

Beauty in DVD Menus

293 speckx 2026-10-08 14:01:21 UTC vale.rocks Llama Share 157

DVD menus were a key feature of early DVD releases, offering interactive options and immersive experiences. Many classic DVDs showcased creative and engaging menu designs that have become nostalgic favorites among fans.

What should we tell our students?

81 sajid 2026-10-09 03:01:21 UTC terrytao.wordpress.com Llama Share 81

The author, a mathematician, shares his thoughts on the impact of AI and LLMs on mathematics research. He believes that while AI can accelerate progress in math, it will not replace human mathematicians and that there is still much to be done in the field.

Show HN: Making a flexible "neon" t-shirt with LED filaments

154 scottbez1 2026-10-08 17:01:21 UTC scottbezek.blogspot.com Llama Share 30

Google's system detected unusual traffic from your computer network, possibly due to malicious software or automated requests. Solving the CAPTCHA will allow you to continue using Google services temporarily.

A Terminal Protocol for Program Status (OSC 7501)

138 mfiguiere 2026-10-08 20:01:21 UTC mitchellh.com Llama Share 45

The author proposes OSC 7501, a terminal escape sequence protocol to provide a generic and interaction-agnostic way for programs to report their status, progress, and completion. This protocol aims to replace existing heuristics-based approaches with a unified standard that allows terminals to display program status in various ways.

DuckDB Ducklake

164 saikatsg 2026-10-08 14:01:21 UTC github.com/duckdb Llama Share 21

DuckLake is an open Lakehouse format built on SQL and Parquet, allowing direct read and write with DuckDB. It stores metadata in a catalog database and data in Parquet files, supporting standard SQL queries.

Bevy 0.20

143 Philpax 2026-10-08 23:01:21 UTC bevy.org Llama Share 25

Bevy 0.20 is released with numerous new features, bug fixes, and quality of life tweaks, including Solari's improved path tracing renderer, BSN syntax improvements, and enhanced UI widgets. The engine now supports WESL shaders and mesh shaders for advanced graphics capabilities.

A 5.3M-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone

126 bryanrasmussen 2026-10-08 18:01:21 UTC nature.com Llama Share 9

Scientists have discovered a vast whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone of the southeastern Indian Ocean, containing five modern natural whale-fall communities and 476 fossil cetaceans. The discovery provides crucial insights into the interplay of life and death in deep-sea ecosystems.

Step 5 Preview, a 1M-context MoE from StepFun, shows up on OpenRouter

124 AnneWodell 2026-10-08 17:01:21 UTC openrouter.ai Full Share 30

Step 5 Preview is StepFun's flagship model for agentic work, built on a sparse Mixture-of-Experts architecture (27B active / 600B total parameters). $1 per million input tokens, $2.70 per million output tokens. 1,000,000 token context window, maximum output of 64,000 tokens.

Scaling and benchmarking a critical message bus using a new indexing strategy

39 eatonphil 2026-10-09 00:01:21 UTC blog.janestreet.com Llama Share 3

Theodor Totev, an intern, optimized Aria's indexing and tree-splitting to improve performance and scalability. He implemented a topic partition index that reduced CPU usage by 30% while maintaining correctness.

ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)

271 bookofjoe 2026-10-08 21:01:21 UTC frontiersin.org Llama Share 162

Individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) often experience circadian rhythm dysfunction, which affects up to 80% of adults and 82% of children. This disruption can lead to improved symptoms when targeted through behavioral interventions such as melatonin therapy and bright light exposure.

Show HN: Jevman – AI decision models play Pac-Man

60 felix089 2026-10-08 21:01:21 UTC opper.ai Llama Share 10

Six models played 100 games each against arcade ghosts, with rankings and leaderboards available. The game uses a model's probability per direction to determine Pac-Man's next move, with real-time gameplay and scoring.

OpenAI withdraws three mathematical results

288 sashank_1509 2026-10-08 08:01:21 UTC twitter.com/danintheory Full Share 565

We've updated our GitHub math repo with 6 new Lean formalizations, 19 modifications, and 3 withdrawals. The repo now has ~42% top-line results formalized. We will continue to update the repo with new formalizations and with any errata we notice. https://t.co/HI6otY2NTO

Orkut.com

180 andreynering 2026-10-08 15:01:21 UTC orkut.com Full Share 131

You deserve better from social media. You deserve a more human internet. Help Orkut to bring back what really matters: people, communities, and genuine connection.

Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age

125 Hooke 2026-10-08 15:01:21 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 55

Archaeologists have discovered ancient artifacts, such as the ivory lochstab from Hohle Fels cave, that reveal prehistoric hunter-gatherers used soft technologies like fiber to shape their daily lives. These technologies were essential for survival but often overlooked in the archaeological record.

I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Claude Code to find it

148 pyduan 2026-10-08 13:01:21 UTC reddit.com Full Share 65

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US man given prison sentence for bot-farming music streams

166 cdrnsf 2026-10-08 19:01:21 UTC thequietus.com Full Share 259