Tony Hoare, a renowned Computer Science expert, passed away at 92. He made significant contributions to the field, including the quicksort algorithm, and was known for his humility and sharp mind.
Debian developers are discussing whether to accept AI-assisted contributions, with some arguing for clear boundaries and others seeing it as an opportunity to onboard new contributors. The debate is ongoing due to differing opinions on terminology, implications, and long-term impacts.
The user shares their experience with Magit, a git interface, focusing on rebasing. They demonstrate how Magit's interactive log view helps understand the structure of a repository and facilitates rebasing.
Intel's Heracles chip accelerates fully homomorphic encryption by 5,000-fold compared to a top-of-the-line CPU. It uses 64 compute cores and 48 GB of high-bandwidth memory to achieve massive speedups in encrypted computing tasks.
The user has been tracking over 100 different data types for the last 3 years, collecting ~380,000 data points, and created a custom-built project called FxLifeSheet to visualize and analyze their data. The project uses a timestamp-based key-value database and allows the user to add and remove questions on the fly, with the goal of having full control over their data and visualizations.
Hi HN, I’m Alberto. I co-founded Didit (https://didit.me) with my identical twin brother Alejandro. We are building a unified identity layer—a single integration that handles KYC, AML, biometrics, authentication, and fraud prevention globally. Here’s a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTdcg7JCc4M&t=7s. Being identical twins, we’ve spent our whole lives dealing with identity ...
The previous point release, freebsd 14.3-release, will reach its end of life at june 30, 2026. the new release is available as a memstick image, which can be used to boot from an usb drive or floppy disk containing the installation distribution sets on the medium itself. if you want to use the bootonly image you will need to install the distribution from the memmostick - see the instructions below
New US laws require age verification for online content, sparking backlash from users and criticism from privacy advocates. The laws aim to protect minors but may compromise internet freedom and create security risks.
The Office is a fully realized theory of management that falsifies 83.8% of business section books, based on the Gervais Principle, which supersedes the Peter Principle and Dilbert Principle, and is consistent with The Organization Man and Images of Organization. The Gervais Principle states that Sociopaths promote over-performing Losers to middle management, groom under-performing Losers ...
This tutorial sets up a simple REST API to send XMPP messages using Prosody and Let's Encrypt certificates on Debian 13. It involves creating a minimal Prosody configuration, installing the mod_post_msg module, and setting up a REST API to send messages to an existing XMPP account.
Yann LeCun's AI start-up raises over $1 billion in Europe's largest seed round. The Financial Times offers a discounted annual subscription for digital access to quality journalism.
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The Query Tool is a feature-rich environment for executing SQL commands and reviewing result sets, with features like syntax coloring, autocompletion, and AI-powered query generation. It also includes tools for analyzing query execution plans, generating graphs, and managing macros for executing pre-defined SQL queries.
The author aims to explain how to use C++ effectively in bare metal development, focusing on soft real-time systems without prioritizing interrupts or complex task scheduling. The author provides practical guides and examples on how to implement C++ in embedded systems, highlighting the importance of understanding C++ idioms, STL contents, and template meta-programming for effective use in ...
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The user discovered a new way to scale large language models (LLMs) by duplicating specific layers of a pre-trained model, resulting in a +17.72% improvement on the MuSR benchmark and a +8.16% improvement on the MATH benchmark. This method, called Repeat Your Self (RYS), involves duplicating a block of layers in the model's architecture, allowing the model to perform more complex reasoning ...
The user created a photo sharing site called DD Photos that allows users to easily share their photos with friends and family without distractions, and it is open-sourced for others to use. The site is built with SvelteKit and statically generated, and it uses a photogen tool to resize photos and generate index files that the web app uses.
Meta acquired Moltbook, a social network for AI agents, and its creators will join Meta Superintelligence Labs. The deal brings new ways for AI agents to work for people and businesses, according to Meta.
Axlsx is a Ruby gem for generating Excel worksheets with various features. It has been forked into a community organization for better maintenance.
LoGeR scales 3D reconstruction to extremely long videos by processing chunks with a hybrid memory module and combining Sliding Window Attention and Test-Time Training. It achieves strong geometric coherence and reduces drift over massive sequences up to 19,000 frames.
The author received a faulty TCXO from the ThunderScope team, which was likely caused by sonication during rework and poor wire bonding process control. The failure was due to a broken crescent bond on the long bond wire between the controller die and the quartz crystal.
The author of Emacs Solo, a self-contained Emacs configuration, shares their two-year journey of building a daily-driver Emacs setup without external packages, focusing on understanding Emacs core features and writing custom Elisp code. The project, which includes 35 self-contained modules, aims to demonstrate what Emacs can do on its own and provide a learning experience for others ...
The user is learning Lotus 1-2-3, a spreadsheet program from the 1980s, to understand its superiority over VisiCalc and is impressed by its features such as minimal recalculation, improved usability, and robust macro capabilities. The user is also exploring the program's limitations, including its graphing tool, and is trying to create a pie chart of game software genres using the program's ...
A Forbes article claims Anthropic's $200/month Claude Code Max plan can consume $5,000 in compute, but this is likely due to confusion between retail API prices and actual costs. Actual compute costs are estimated to be around 10% of API prices.
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The user built a procedural map generator using Wave Function Collapse (WFC) algorithm, creating a medieval island world with roads, rivers, coastlines, and villages, and overcame challenges such as hex grid geometry and elevation constraints. The generator uses a combination of WFC, Perlin noise, and custom visual effects to create a realistic and immersive environment, and can be interacted ...
The debate over whether Dan Blanchard's reimplementation of the chardet library using AI is legitimate raises questions about the relationship between legality and social legitimacy, with some arguing that legality is a sufficient condition for legitimacy. However, the author argues that legality is only a necessary condition and that the social norms of open source communities, which ...
Postgres' Top K optimizations shine with sorted structures like B-trees but falter with complex queries and filters. Search libraries like Lucene/Tantivy or databases like ParadeDB take a fundamentally different approach with compound indexes and inverted structures.