New Apple Silicon M4 and M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays

118 smcleod 2026-03-30 02:02:49 UTC smcleod.net Llama Share 38

Apple Silicon M4 and M5 Macs have a limitation that prevents full-resolution HiDPI 4k modes on external displays due to a GPU driver policy. The limitation can be reproduced on M5 Max Macs using specific commands and cannot be bypassed by modifying EDID or DCP settings.

The Cognitive Dark Forest

316 kaycebasques 2026-03-29 20:02:49 UTC ryelang.org Llama Share 146

The internet has become a consolidated space where corporations and governments control information, making it a bleak future for innovation and creativity. The rise of AI has made execution cheap, but also allows large corporations to absorb and replicate individual innovations, making it safer to stay silent and not disrupt.

Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder

426 speckx 2026-03-29 17:02:49 UTC techfixated.com Llama Share 173

Voyager 1, a 48-year-old spacecraft, is still functioning and transmitting data from interstellar space despite having only 69 kilobytes of memory and an 8-track tape recorder. It has made numerous discoveries and is now the most distant human-made object in the universe, carrying a golden record with sounds of Earth for potential extraterrestrial life.

Philly courts will ban all smart eyeglasses starting next week

111 Philadelphia 2026-03-30 02:02:49 UTC inquirer.com Llama Share 36

Philadelphia courts ban smart eyewear with recording capabilities due to potential witness and juror intimidation. Those caught attempting to bring smart eyewear into courtrooms may be barred entry or arrested for criminal contempt.

ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state

381 alberto-m 2026-03-29 21:02:49 UTC buchodi.com Llama Share 286

Cloudflare's Turnstile program collects 55 properties from a user's browser, including font measurements, storage, and React application data, to verify the user is running a real browser with a fully rendered ChatGPT application. The program uses a custom VM with a server-generated XOR key to collect and encrypt the fingerprint data, which is then sent as the OpenAI-Sentinel-Turnstile-Token ...

15 Years of Forking

74 MrAlex94 2026-03-30 00:02:49 UTC waterfox.com Llama Share 4

The creator of Waterfox, a 64-bit Firefox build, shares its 15-year history, from 50,000 downloads to 1M monthly active users. Despite financial struggles, the browser remains independent and committed to user privacy.

DoesItAgeVerify: The age verification status of Open Source Operating Systems

38 pkaeding 2026-03-30 01:02:49 UTC github.com/bryanlunduke Llama Share 37

Open source operating systems are not implementing age verification due to various laws and restrictions. Some developers plan to comply with age verification laws, but none have fully implemented it for Brazil or California.

Claude Code runs Git reset –hard origin/main against project repo every 10 mins

207 mthwsjc_ 2026-03-29 23:02:49 UTC github.com/anthropics Llama Share 135

Claude Code silently destroys uncommitted changes to tracked files every 10 minutes via programmatic git operations. The bug is invisible when all changes are committed, making it appear intermittent.

Interview: Nobonoko, Master of the Minimal Sequencer

16 fi-le 2026-03-30 01:02:49 UTC fi-le.net Llama Share 1

The user discusses the music of nobonoko, a contemporary artist who creates music using the simple BeepBox-like software, and contrasts it with the commercial music industry where artists like Bad Bunny are successful due to their topical politics rather than their musical skill. The user interviews nobonoko, who reveals his influences, creative process, and DIY approach to music and art, and ...

Pretext: TypeScript library for multiline text measurement and layout

223 emersonmacro 2026-03-29 16:02:49 UTC github.com/chenglou Llama Share 41

Pretext is a JavaScript library for multiline text measurement and layout, supporting various languages and rendering to DOM, Canvas, and SVG. It provides APIs for text analysis, measurement, and layout, allowing for efficient and accurate text rendering with features like shrink wrapping and manual line layouts.

I'll buy your electronics to feed our robot

67 skholinn 2026-03-29 22:02:49 UTC dayworkx.com Llama Share 12

Daywork's DX Harvester 1 helps teams recover components from retired hardware, reducing downtime and gray-market risk. It's designed for repair teams, startups, OEMs, and electronics processors facing supply constraints and returns.

There is No Spoon. A software engineers primer for demystified ML

72 jmatthews 2026-03-29 23:02:49 UTC github.com/dreddnafious Llama Share 16

A machine learning primer for engineers builds intuition through analogies and mental models. It focuses on design decisions and tradeoffs, not just tool explanations.

C++26 is done ISO C++ standards meeting, Trip Report

184 pjmlp 2026-03-29 18:02:49 UTC herbsutter.com Llama Share 144

The ISO C++ committee completed technical work on C++26 in London, resolving international comments and producing a final document for approval. C++26 features include reflection, improved memory safety, and language contracts.

The road signs that teach travellers about France

61 1659447091 2026-03-29 21:02:49 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 21

France's brown motorway signs have promoted the country's history, culture, and identity for over 50 years, directing drivers to monuments, vineyards, and national sites. The signs, designed by Jean Widmer and others, have become an open-air gallery showcasing France's heritage and local industry.

About the Atmosphere

35 Kye 2026-03-29 23:02:49 UTC toni.org Llama Share 4

ATmosphereConf 2026 is a gathering of developers and entrepreneurs building a free and open online ecosystem. The Atmosphere is a thriving ecosystem of over a thousand interoperable social apps and services running on the AT Protocol.

Coding Agents Could Make Free Software Matter Again

129 rogueleaderr 2026-03-29 23:02:49 UTC gjlondon.com Llama Share 119

The author believes AI coding agents will make free software matter more than ever, giving users the freedom to run, study, modify, and share software, and that this shift will make software freedom more practically relevant for everyone, not just technical enthusiasts. The author thinks new models are needed that combine the customization benefits of free software with the convenience of ...

More on Version Control

64 velmu 2026-03-29 20:02:49 UTC bramcohen.com Llama Share 13

Your post got picked up by Hacker News and received many views. You're working on a version control system that provides safer versions of squash and rebase.

Ohm's Peg-to-WASM Compiler

44 azhenley 2026-03-29 20:02:49 UTC ohmjs.org Llama Share 15

Ohm v18 is a major update that significantly improves performance by compiling grammars to WebAssembly and using region-based memory management. It also optimizes space skipping, memoization, and rule application.

The RISE RISC-V Runners: free, native RISC-V CI on GitHub

124 thebeardisred 2026-03-29 16:02:49 UTC riseproject.dev Llama Share 30

RISE offers free RISC-V CI runners for open source projects on GitHub, removing the barrier to testing on real hardware. Install a GitHub App and add a label to your workflow to run jobs on physical RISC-V boards.

Gonon: Building a Clock with No Numerals

3 nullpath 2026-03-30 03:02:49 UTC tonygaeta.com Prefix Share 0

The question that started this wasn't about clocks. It was about what happens when you remove every cultural assumption from timekeeping and ask: what's left? No Roman numerals. No Arabic numerals. No left-to-right reading direction. No assumed orientation. Something that works in a mirror, in zero gravity, in any language spoken on Earth or beyond it. Before building anything, I ...

Kyushu Railway Company Train Varieties

67 NaOH 2026-03-29 20:02:49 UTC jrkyushu.co.jp Llama Share 9

JR Kyushu trains offer unique experiences with distinctive designs and features showcasing Kyushu's landscapes. Various trains like Kamome and D & S trains provide scenic routes and amenities for passengers.

Show HN: Crazierl – An Erlang Operating System

49 toast0 2026-03-29 21:02:49 UTC crazierl.org Llama Share 11

To join a dist cluster, share a URL with the same hashtag and enable dist, but only on a trusted network. This demo uses unencrypted Erlang distribution, which should not be used over the internet due to security risks.

LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs

649 hrncode 2026-03-29 09:02:49 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 380

User is frustrated with a social network that displays AI-generated content and artificially limits scroll speed. They find it annoying and reminiscent of a dystopian TV show.

Miasma: A tool to trap AI web scrapers in an endless poison pit

301 LucidLynx 2026-03-29 11:02:49 UTC github.com/austin-weeks Llama Share 213

Miasma helps fight AI data scraping by sending poisoned training data to scrapers. It's a fast, low-memory server that can be set up to direct scraper traffic to a proxy.

Creating West Coast Buddhism (2024)

57 surprisetalk 2026-03-29 18:02:49 UTC letter.palladiummag.com Llama Share 39

Buddhism has undergone significant changes in the Western world, adapting to modern culture and science, and transforming into a secular mindfulness meditation practice. This transformation, driven by various cultural and intellectual movements, has led to a widespread adoption of Buddhist practices, but also resulted in a loss of its core religious concepts and a shift towards a more ...

The rise and fall of IBM's 4 Pi aerospace computers: an illustrated history

80 zdw 2026-03-29 17:02:49 UTC righto.com Llama Share 24

IBM's System/4 Pi family of computers was introduced in 1967 and played a critical role in various military and space applications, including the Space Shuttle, Skylab, and GPS development. The family evolved over the years with improvements in performance, memory, and architecture, with the AP-101B computer being used in the Space Shuttle for many years and later replaced by the AP-101S, ...

Neovim 0.12.0

314 pawelgrzybek 2026-03-29 18:02:49 UTC github.com/neovim Full Share 170

NVIM v0.12.0 Build type: Release LuaJIT 2.1.1774638290 Release notes Changelog (fixes + features) News (:help news in Nvim) Install Windows Zip Download nvim-win64.zip (or nvim-win-arm64.zip fo...

Nitrile and latex gloves may cause overestimation of microplastics

523 giuliomagnifico 2026-03-29 10:02:49 UTC news.umich.edu Llama Share 237

Scientists at the University of Michigan found that nitrile and latex gloves may contaminate lab equipment with stearates, leading to overestimation of microplastics. Cleanroom gloves, which release fewer particulates, are suggested as a solution to this problem.

The Sudden Fall of OpenAI's Most Hyped Product Since ChatGPT

15 fortran77 2026-03-30 03:02:49 UTC wsj.com Full Share 19

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Show HN: QuickBEAM – run JavaScript as supervised Erlang/OTP processes

86 dannote 2026-03-29 17:02:49 UTC github.com/elixir-volt Llama Share 13

QuickBEAM is a JavaScript runtime for the BEAM, providing Web APIs backed by OTP and a built-in TypeScript toolchain. It allows for dynamic evaluation and execution of JavaScript code within Elixir processes.