Running local models is good now

601 jfb 2026-06-16 14:53:54 UTC vickiboykis.com Llama Share 280

The user has been using local models since their release and has seen significant improvements in accuracy and speed, particularly with the Gemma 4 family, allowing for agentic coding and tasks like refactoring code and writing unit tests. The user is excited about the potential of local models but notes that they still have limitations, such as slow inference and small context windows, and ...

Claude: Elevated errors across many models

116 forks 2026-06-16 17:53:54 UTC status.claude.com Full Share 87

Claude's Status Page - Elevated errors across many models.

SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

548 itsmarcelg 2026-06-16 10:53:54 UTC reuters.com Full Share 927

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TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP

84 mrshu 2026-06-16 16:53:54 UTC mareksuppa.com Llama Share 46

To make a GET request in a minimal Docker container, use bash to open a TCP socket with /dev/tcp and write the request by hand. This method works for plaintext HTTP but not HTTPS, and is a bash feature not available in all shells.

Mechanical Watch (2022)

528 razin 2026-06-16 11:53:54 UTC ciechanow.ski Llama Share 98

A mechanical watch uses a spiral torsion spring to store energy, which is then released to power the watch's hands. The energy is controlled by gears and an escapement mechanism, ultimately regulated by a balance wheel oscillating at a precise rate.

GPT‑NL: a sovereign language model for the Netherlands

23 root-parent 2026-06-16 17:55:54 UTC tno.nl Llama Share 6

Researchers at TNO, SURF, and NFI are building a Dutch language model, GPT-NL, with strong governance, transparency, and public values. This independent model strengthens the Netherlands' digital autonomy and provides a foundation for responsible AI applications.

Calvin and Hobbes and the price of integrity

29 pseudolus 2026-06-16 17:53:54 UTC therepublicofletters.substack.com Llama Share 9

Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, refused to license his characters for merchandise due to artistic integrity concerns. He fought a six-year battle with his syndicate, Universal Press Syndicate, before they agreed to his terms.

But yak shaving is fun

108 parksb 2026-06-16 14:53:54 UTC parksb.github.io Llama Share 26

The author built a custom static site generator from scratch, which is an example of yak shaving, a term coined by Carlin Vieri to describe doing a chain of related tasks that eventually lose their original purpose. Yak shaving can be fun but often leads to wasted time and resources.

Making ast.walk 220x Faster

45 palashawas 2026-06-16 16:53:54 UTC reflex.dev Llama Share 9

The user's AI reflex-app builder generates massive Python code, but running reflex compile finds issues one at a time, increasing latency. To fix this, the user built a custom linter, but it was slow due to ast.walk, which they optimized by rewriting it in Rust and caching subclass information.

SubQ 1.1 Small

75 EDM115 2026-06-16 14:53:54 UTC subq.ai Llama Share 34

SubQ 1.1 Small is a new AI model that removes the constraint of attention compute, enabling direct reasoning over large artifacts. It achieves near-perfect long-context retrieval and reduces attention compute by up to 64.5x compared to dense attention.

10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module

19 gpjt 2026-06-16 17:53:54 UTC gilesthomas.com Llama Share 11

User upgraded home LAN to 10Gb/s using 10GBASE-T modules. A new Broadcom-based module replaced a Marvell-based one that overheated, resolving network issues.

Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

226 neilfrndes 2026-06-16 16:53:54 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 77

The author uses Apple's Vehicle Motion Cues to reduce motion sickness while working in a moving vehicle. This feature, introduced in 2024, uses dots on the screen that move in harmony with the car's motion.

Correlated randomness in Slay the Spire 2

229 rdmuser 2026-06-16 10:53:54 UTC tck.mn Llama Share 73

The game Slay the Spire 2 has a bug called correlated RNG (CRNG) that allows players to predict certain random events, such as the curse from Neow's Bones, the first fight's drop rate, and the Doll Room's outcome, due to unexpected correlations between different random number generators. The bug is caused by the C# implementation of the System.Random class, which makes the output linear in ...

I admire Fabrice Bellard. He is almost certainly a better overall programmer

767 apitman 2026-06-16 05:53:54 UTC twitter.com/id_aa_carmack Full Share 366

I admire Fabrice Bellard. He is almost certainly a better overall programmer than I am. A French engineer who lives quietly in Paris has spent 30 years writing software that the entire internet now runs on without knowing his name. He wrote the code that streams every YouTube video, every Netflix show, every TikTok clip. He wrote the code that runs the virtual

Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization?

143 throwarayes 2026-06-16 16:53:54 UTC newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com Llama Share 83

Meta's engineering culture has been drastically changed under new leadership, with engineers being reassigned to data labeling and AI training, and being tracked with invasive software. This has led to widespread dissatisfaction, a major security breach, and a significant outage, with many engineers seeking new jobs and questioning the priorities of CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Formal Methods and the Future of Programming

25 nextos 2026-06-16 16:53:54 UTC blog.janestreet.com Llama Share 1

Jane Street is now excited about formal methods after being skeptical due to high costs. They're building a team to make formal methods useful for software development.

After AI Takes Everything

63 speckx 2026-06-16 15:53:54 UTC ursb.me Llama Share 55

The author discusses how AI is changing the role of humans in the workforce, particularly in the tech industry, and how it's essential to focus on high-level thinking and judgment rather than just executing tasks. The author argues that humans need to adapt to this new reality by developing skills such as taste, derivation, and judgment, and that these skills are essential for making ...

The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation

452 paulmooreparks 2026-06-16 04:53:54 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 146

Raymond has been involved in Windows evolution for over 30 years and created The Old New Thing website and book. He occasionally shares stories on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account.

Qwen-Robot Suite: A Foundation Model Suite for Physical World Intelligence

56 ilreb 2026-06-16 13:53:54 UTC qwen.ai Llama Share 5

The Qwen-Robot Suite bridges the gap between vision and language understanding and physical control with three foundation models: Qwen-RobotNav, Qwen-RobotManip, and Qwen-RobotWorld. These models enable an agentic system where general intelligence translates directly into physical action.

Stop Using JWTs

25 dzonga 2026-06-16 16:53:54 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 15

Cooling at the Speed of Light

10 sohkamyung 2026-06-16 17:53:54 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 1

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The octopus architecture for AI agents

11 joshbetz 2026-06-16 17:53:54 UTC blog.goodman.dev Llama Share 2

TorkBot's architecture is like an octopus with a centralized brain and semi-autonomous appendages, each handling specific tasks. It maintains continuity and personality through a single LLM conversation and compacting lane contexts for efficient interaction.

An interview with an Apple emoji designer

73 nate 2026-06-16 12:53:54 UTC shadycharacters.co.uk Llama Share 36

Ollie Wagner, Apple's first emoji designer, shared his experience designing over 300 emojis in 2008. He worked from a SoftBank spreadsheet, applying Apple's visual language to hundreds of symbols, with Steve Jobs' final approval.

'Ghost jobs' could soon be illegal in New York

54 toomuchtodo 2026-06-16 17:53:54 UTC fastcompany.com Full Share 23

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Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?

7 imakwana 2026-06-16 17:53:54 UTC tim.blog Prefix Share 3

My head has been spinning after getting a spreadsheet roughly a week ago.Before we dive into my dirty laundry, let’s state the obvious: millions of people have a vague sense that AI is changing things. And LLMs sure are convenient for getting answers quickly. My team and I use Claude and other tools daily.But far fewer people have first-hand experience with the speed and intensity of ...

Unicorn – The Ultimate CPU Emulator

70 tosh 2026-06-16 11:53:54 UTC unicorn-engine.org Llama Share 19

Unicorn Engine was awarded by Alibaba Cloud for its impact on the cybersecurity field. The project has been maintained and developed for over 7 years under an open-source license.

Getting Creative with Perlin Noise Fields

133 0x000xca0xfe 2026-06-16 08:53:54 UTC sighack.com Llama Share 21

The user created 25 generative art designs using Perlin flow fields in Processing, experimenting with various parameters and techniques to achieve unique results. The process helped the user understand how to practice creativity within self-imposed constraints.

Specs Augmented Reality Glasses

24 haberdasher 2026-06-16 17:53:54 UTC newsroom.snap.com Llama Share 12

Snap built SPECS, a wearable computer that uses augmented reality to help people engage with the world around them, rather than pulling them away. SPECS are designed to be natural, with a 51-degree field of view, 16 million colors, and a lightweight design, making computing useful in the moment.

Show HN: Garden of Flowers – an archive of pictorial typography before ASCII art

130 california-og 2026-06-16 04:53:54 UTC garden-of-flowers.heikkilotvonen.com Full Share 21

An archive of ~2500 pictorial typography and letterpress works spanning four centuries, images composed entirely of type ornaments, characters, and rule. The history of ASCII art before computers.

Feds freaked over Fable 5 after 'fix this code', not jailbreak, say researchers

494 _tk_ 2026-06-16 09:53:54 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 297

Anthropic's AI models were blocked by the Trump administration due to a simple prompt "Fix this code" from outside researchers. The ban is seen as counterproductive by cybersecurity expert Katie Moussouris, who argues it will hurt defenders more than attackers.