If childhood is half of subjective life, how should that change how we live?

28 moultano 2026-01-01 10:30:16 UTC moultano.wordpress.com Llama Share 23

As we age, time feels logarithmic, with childhood being half of our life and adulthood the other half. To make the most of our time, we should focus on creating new experiences and traditions with our children, who can help us recapture the intensity and wonder of childhood.

2025: The Year in LLMs

555 simonw 2026-01-01 00:30:16 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 313

The LLM space saw significant advancements in 2025 with the emergence of reasoning models, coding agents, and image generation capabilities, driven by releases from OpenAI, Google, and Chinese AI labs. Key events included the release of Claude Code, the success of Gemini's Nano Banana models, and the growing competition between OpenAI, Google, and other labs in the LLM market.

Rust–: Rust without the borrow checker

5 ravenical 2026-01-01 10:55:16 UTC github.com/buyukakyuz Prefix Share 4

A modified Rust compiler with the borrow checker disabled. This allows code that would normally violate Rust's borrowing rules to compile and run successfully. # Find your build directory ls build/*/stage1/bin/rustc # Compile code with rust-- # Replace <YOUR-TRIPLE> with your triple from above (e.g., x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, aarch64-apple-darwin) ...

I canceled my book deal

490 azhenley 2025-12-31 18:30:16 UTC austinhenley.com Llama Share 277

The author had a successful blog and was approached by a big tech book publisher to write a book about classic programming projects. The author negotiated a contract with a $5000 advance and 12-15% royalties, but the publisher's feedback and requirements stifled the author's creativity and enthusiasm.

Pokémon Team Optimization

54 nchagnet 2026-01-01 06:30:16 UTC nchagnet.pages.dev Llama Share 23

The user, a former Pokémon fan, created a tool to optimize a Pokémon team using operations research methods, aiming to maximize the overall base stat while satisfying constraints such as type resistance and team size. The tool was used to find optimal teams with and without legendary and pseudo-legendary Pokémon, and the results showed strong combinations that could easily complete any game.

Only 5 Sears stores remain in the U.S.

41 bookofjoe 2026-01-01 05:30:16 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 35

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Flow5 released to open source

91 picture 2026-01-01 04:30:16 UTC flow5.tech Llama Share 6

Flow5 has undergone significant updates with changes to meshing, analysis, and post-processing features, including new libraries, bug fixes, and new options. The updates also include changes to file formats, compatibility with older versions, and new features such as the Vortex Particle Wake.

Resistance training load does not determine hypertrophy

156 Luc 2025-12-31 22:30:16 UTC physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com Full Share 158

Show HN: BusterMQ, Thread-per-core NATS server in Zig with io_uring

100 jbaptiste 2026-01-01 00:30:16 UTC bustermq.sh Full Share 43

Windows 11 Outperforming Linux on an Intel Arrow Lake H Laptop

4 tuananh 2026-01-01 11:22:16 UTC phoronix.com Prefix Share 0

Typically when receiving any review hardware preloaded with Microsoft Windows I tend to run some Windows vs. Linux benchmarks just as a sanity test plus it still seems to generate a fair amount of interest even though the outcome is almost always the same: Linux having a hefty performance advantage over Windows especially in the more demanding creator-type workloads. As an unexpected twist ...

Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups

214 coldpie 2025-12-31 18:30:16 UTC smokingonabike.com Llama Share 185

Pop-up ads are back and worse than ever, with ad developers evading browser blockers. Web browsers need to update pop-up blocking technology to improve user experience.

Easel Turns One One year of building my own IDE in Clojure

40 todsacerdoti 2026-01-01 08:30:16 UTC blog.phronemophobic.com Llama Share 1

The user has been working on an IDE called Easel in Clojure for a year, aiming to create a comprehensive toolset with direct data access, visualization, and interaction features. Easel's goal is to provide a foundation for building software tools that work together seamlessly, with a focus on user trust and freedom, and the project is 80% complete with most major features already demonstrated.

Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades

603 ValentineC 2025-12-31 22:30:16 UTC latimes.com Llama Share 435

Greg Abel will take over Berkshire Hathaway from Warren Buffett, but Buffett will remain chairman and continue to offer advice. Abel has already been managing noninsurance businesses since 2018 and is expected to maintain Berkshire's decentralized structure and autonomy for acquired companies.

Worlds largest electric ship launched by Tasmanian boatbuilder

11 aussieguy1234 2026-01-01 10:31:16 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 2

Incat, an Australian boatbuilder, launched the world's largest battery-power ship, Hull 096, which will run between Buenos Aires and Uruguay. The ship is a "giant leap forward in sustainable shipping" with 250 tonnes of batteries and can carry 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles.

Pixar's True Story

54 kristianp 2026-01-01 03:30:16 UTC computerhistory.org Llama Share 11

Pixar almost went bankrupt in 1995 due to financial struggles and a bad contract with Disney. Investment bankers from Robertson Stephens and Hambrecht & Quist rallied around the company, helping to secure a successful IPO and the release of Toy Story.

Ÿnsect, a French insect farming startup, has been been placed into liquidation

123 fcpguru 2025-12-31 18:30:16 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 151

nsect, a startup that raised over $600 million, failed to fulfill its ambition to revolutionize the food chain with insect-based protein. The company's demise was due to indecision over its market focus, poor unit economics, and a massive, capital-intensive bet on a giga-factory that ultimately doomed it.

Demystifying DVDs

177 boltzmann-brain 2025-12-31 18:30:16 UTC hiddenpalace.org Llama Share 16

Sega's Sonic Team faced challenges after the company went third-party, leading to a decline in the quality of Sonic games, with Sonic Heroes being a notable underwhelming disappointment. Shadow the Hedgehog, released in 2005, was a game that attempted to appeal to a wider demographic with its team-based gameplay and dark storyline, but its inclusion of guns and violence was met with ...

Build Software. Build Users

29 dinerville 2026-01-01 03:30:16 UTC dima.day Llama Share 7

High-quality software is not just about writing tests, but about understanding users' needs and workflows to create simple and intuitive software. By using LLMs to simulate users and automate testing, developers can build software that truly meets users' needs, resulting in higher quality software.

My role as a founder-CTO: year 8

136 ridruejo 2025-12-31 18:30:16 UTC miguelcarranza.es Llama Share 113

The author reflects on 2025 as a year of growth and change for RevenueCat, a company that helps app developers monetize their apps. The author discusses the company's evolution, hiring, and product development, and looks forward to 2026 as a year of new opportunities and challenges.

So I started cloning the Wii U gamepad [video]

52 ingve 2026-01-01 01:30:16 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 7

Tell HN: Happy New Year

356 schappim 2025-12-31 15:30:16 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 187

User had a bad 2023 year but hopes 2024 will be better. They predict significant global events including regime change, cyber attacks, and a major earthquake.

Scientists unlock brain's natural clean-up system for new treatments for stroke

169 PaulHoule 2025-12-31 22:30:16 UTC monash.edu Llama Share 36

Scientists from Monash University and Yale School of Medicine are developing a new approach to treat ischemic stroke by enhancing brain waste removal. They're creating non-invasive devices to improve lymphatic function and clear excess fluid and waste from the brain after a stroke.

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923)

27 thomassmith65 2026-01-01 02:30:16 UTC gutenberg.org Llama Share 11

The narrator, a young boy, starts working in a stock brokerage office and becomes interested in the behavior of stock prices, using his mental arithmetic skills to predict movements. He begins trading in bucket shops, eventually accumulating a large sum of money and becoming a target for the bucket shops, which try to double-cross him.

GoGoGrandparent (YC S16) Is Hiring Tech Leads

0 2026-01-01 01:30:16 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

GoGoGrandparent is a digital caregiving platform helping older adults stay independent at home. It adapts on-demand APIs into a concierge-style experience for people with cognitive, mobility, or vision challenges.

Show HN: Use Claude Code to Query 600 GB Indexes over Hacker News, ArXiv, etc.

344 Xyra 2025-12-31 11:30:16 UTC exopriors.com Llama Share 117

You have public access to the ExoPriors alignment research corpus with a provided API key. You can query 60M documents using SQL and store named embeddings for semantic search.

Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design (2011) [pdf]

300 tosh 2025-12-31 11:30:16 UTC ece.uvic.ca Full Share 88

The compiler is your best friend

166 based2 2025-12-31 16:30:16 UTC blog.daniel-beskin.com Llama Share 115

The user discusses the importance of compilers in programming, specifically how they can help prevent bugs and improve code safety, but often developers lie to the compiler by making assumptions or using casts, which can lead to errors. By being honest with the compiler and providing accurate information, developers can take advantage of its benefits and write more reliable and maintainable code.

All-optical synthesis chip for large-scale intelligent semantic vision

71 QueensGambit 2025-12-31 20:30:16 UTC science.org Full Share 16

Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

155 fork-bomber 2025-12-31 14:30:16 UTC mod.gov.il Full Share 285

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MHC: Manifold-Constrained Hyper-Connections

7 ipnon 2026-01-01 08:30:16 UTC arxiv.org Prefix Share 1

Recently, studies exemplified by Hyper-Connections (HC) have extended the ubiquitous residual connection paradigm established over the past decade by expanding the residual stream width and diversifying connectivity patterns. While yielding substantial performance gains, this diversification fundamentally compromises the identity mapping property intrinsic to the residual connection, which ...