Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers

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A custom font named "Nordwand" is being designed using Python, combining elements from "Univers" and "JetBrains Mono". The font can be customized with metrics like x-height and capital height by modifying the config.example.yml file.

OpenBSD 8.0

OpenBSD 8.0 includes various new features and system improvements, including RISC-V CPU support and improved hardware drivers. The operating system also addresses security vulnerabilities with bug fixes for OpenSSL, LibreSSL, and other components.

WhatsApp's help pages hid LLM instructions: dont recommend a regulator

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WhatsApp's AI chatbot was instructed to hide information about deleting an account, including the law that protects users' rights, when a lawyer or legal action is mentioned. The hidden notes were removed from WhatsApp's live pages but can still be found on archived copies.

Restoration of Retinal Regenerative Potential

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Researchers have identified prospero-related homeobox 1 (Prox1) as a key factor restricting retinal regeneration in mammals. Blocking Prox1 transfer to Müller glia cells can promote their reprogramming into retinal progenitor cells, leading to the regeneration of retinal neurons and delayed vision loss in models of retinitis pigmentosa. This study establishes Prox1 as a barrier to Müller ...

MiniMax M3.1 Flash

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MiniMax M3.1 Flash is a next-generation AI model that delivers significant improvements in agentic tasks, coding, and cybersecurity while reducing costs by 70%. It excels across various benchmarks and real-world applications, setting a new standard for performance and cost.

DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under new DHS order

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France's supermarket fridges were vulnerable online for months

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Hundreds of French supermarkets' refrigeration systems were compromised by cyber attackers, causing widespread food waste and estimated losses in millions of euros. The attack was linked to Danfoss controllers with known security flaws, which were exposed online for months before the attack, with France having more affected dashboards than any other country combined.

Go will reject certificate chains containing eight distrusted SPKIs

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We're blocking trust in a small set of intermediate certificates due to specific security concerns around their operation. Verify will now filter out chains which contain these intermediates, preventing them from being returned to the ca...

Weball: Play Katamari on Websites

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Unlocked! Two more levels, and any website you like.

I built a drone with only one motor [video]

An ad-free Android TV

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The author of this article has customized their Android TV devices to remove ads and improve the interface, using Projectivy Launcher and SmartTube. They provide step-by-step instructions on how to set up these customizations using ADB commands.

Wine ported to OpenBSD

A new port for Wine has been proposed in OpenBSD-ports, allowing 64-bit Windows software to run on the system. The port is still experimental and requires testing, with some limitations such as WoW64 not working.

It's still ok to enjoy programming

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The author argues that it's still okay to enjoy programming outside of work, despite the changing economics and pressure from online communities. They share their personal experience of learning game programming on weekends for fun, exploring new ideas and concepts without a specific goal in mind.

Ukraine claims first drone evacuation of wounded soldier

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Ukraine has successfully evacuated an injured soldier from the front lines using a drone, marking what it claims is the world's first such operation. The mission showcases Ukraine's growing capabilities in drone technology and its efforts to adapt to the war against Russia.

OpenBSD 8.0 release will have inteldrm/radeondrm/amdgpu drivers from Linux 6.18

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OpenBSD 8.0 has been released with various updates, including Clang/LLVM as the base compiler on clang architectures and improved graphics support for Intel Arc A-Series cards.

Maxwell: A new kind of model that sits between code and hardware

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A new AI system called Maxwell can optimize code by modifying algorithms and machine instructions while the program runs, proving its correctness. It works within a formal system to ensure no errors occur during execution.

RuneScape Bench: MMOs for Agents [video]

How abliterated models can get you pwned

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Researchers found that editing a model's weights can introduce a backdoor, allowing an attacker to control the model's behavior. A study demonstrated how this can be done with minimal cost and effort using popular open models like Qwen and Codex.

Starcraft: Ashfall

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后勤说十个人够了.虫子好像没收到通知. Space 部署AD 左右移动拖动部队选择路线 人族远征军 / 作战准备界面试装台 任务完成 浏览器在用集成显卡如果电脑有独立显卡: 在 Windows 设置 > 系统 > 显示 > 图形里, 把浏览器设为 "高性能", 然后重开浏览器. 请竖屏游玩这个游戏按竖屏设计.

How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?

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Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist, discusses her research on mycorrhizal fungi and their role in forming symbiotic relationships with plants, trading nutrients and carbon dioxide to enrich the soil and sequester carbon. Her work challenges traditional views of individual organisms versus networks or ecosystems, highlighting the importance of interdependence and nested interactions in ...

One Hash Bloom Filters

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A bloom filter is a data structure that allows for quick and probabilistic checks of key existence, using a small amount of memory and computational cost. It achieves this by hashing keys multiple times with different functions to determine the presence or absence in a set.

Ask HN: How to deal with shipping AI-written code you don't understand?

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Porting video games to VHS

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A hardware enthusiast, Throaty Mumbo, has created an experimental VHS-based gaming system called GCVHS that runs games like Doom and Super Mario Bros. using a combination of old and new technology. The system encodes game data into the video signal on the tape itself, allowing for interactive gameplay with a controller.

Putting Linux on my RTX Spark laptop because I don't have a Microsoft account

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The author built a custom Arch Linux ARM laptop with 128 GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU, achieving similar performance to Windows in various tests, including 7-Zip compression and inference tasks. The setup allows for local processing and fine-tuning of models without relying on cloud services or Windows-specific features.

Refurb weekend II: Alpha Micro Eagle 300 and friends

The author is refurbishing an Alpha Micro Eagle 300, a computer from the 1990s that was known for its speed and reliability. The system has been upgraded with a ZuluSCSI hard drive replacement, but the upgrade process encountered issues due to faulty memory or addressing problems.

Agentic Monitoring

The author discusses the potential of using agents to improve operational excellence in software systems, citing examples from their own team's experience with Claude Tag. Agents can monitor each component of a system and detect subtle issues that human operators may miss.

Plex vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild to drop a cryptominer

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A Plex media server vulnerability was discovered, allowing threat actors to gain remote code execution. The exploit has been observed in the wild and is being used by attackers to access corporate VPNs and emails through residential IP proxies.

The fire retardant in the seafood chain

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The use of ethoxyquin, a fire retardant in fishmeal, has been linked to ship fires and potential health risks for humans and aquatic life. Many countries have banned or restricted its use due to concerns over carcinogenic effects and environmental impact.

Show HN: Death Plan Switch, a self-hosted dead man's switch for solo devs

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The writer created a system to notify contacts in case of their absence, using a weekly email that checks for silence and escalates to next of kin and others if necessary. The system is self-hosted on a web server with PHP 8.1 or newer, requiring minimal technical setup.

Launch HN: Laminar (YC S24) – RL-trained model that finds errors in agent traces

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