Poland is now among the 20 largest economies. How it happened

334 surprisetalk 2026-05-08 12:37:13 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 305

Poland's economy has grown significantly since 1990, becoming the world's 20th largest with over $1 trillion in annual output. The country's transformation is attributed to a strong institutional framework, EU aid, and a broad consensus on joining the EU.

An Introduction to Meshtastic

119 ColinWright 2026-05-08 11:37:13 UTC meshtastic.org Llama Share 43

Meshtastic is a community-driven, open-source project using LoRa radios for long-range off-grid communication. It forms a mesh network allowing multiple users to receive messages, with each device supporting one user at a time.

Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data

808 stefanpie 2026-05-07 22:37:13 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 526

A massive outage of the learning platform Canvas occurred after a ransom message from the ShinyHunters hacking group. The group claims to have breached 9,000 schools, affecting 275 million students and staff.

Cloudflare to cut about 20% workforce

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GeoJSON

65 tosh 2026-05-08 10:37:13 UTC geojson.org Llama Share 31

GeoJSON supports various geometry types and feature objects with properties. It was standardized by the IETF in 2016 with RFC 7946, replacing the 2008 specification.

Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit

675 psxuaw 2026-05-07 23:37:13 UTC xeiaso.net Full Share 364

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Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off

26 droidjj 2026-05-08 14:00:13 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 15

Tesla is recalling 173 Cybertrucks due to faulty brake rotors that could cause wheels to fall off. The company will replace the rotors, hubs, and lug nuts free of charge.

ClojureScript Gets Async/Await

168 Borkdude 2026-05-08 07:37:13 UTC clojurescript.org Llama Share 45

ClojureScript has a new release targeting ECMAScript 2016, allowing for enhanced interop. The compiler now emits async JavaScript functions with the ^:async hint.

Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE

714 flipped 2026-05-07 19:37:13 UTC openwall.com GoogleT5 Share 297

'dirty frag' is a universal linux lpe that allows obtaining root privileges on all major distributions. once either target is corrupted, spawn /usr/bin/su - inside inside s fresh ttp and bridge the user's root to it. if the target reaches the /etc/passwd ro, it will be able to access the

Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated

607 CliffStoll 2026-05-08 07:37:13 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 84

AI-generated content is spreading false information about a person's death. This incident highlights AI's advanced ability to create convincing synthetic content, including fabricated details about real individuals.

Podman rootless containers and the Copy Fail exploit

13 ggpsv 2026-05-08 13:37:13 UTC garrido.io Llama Share 1

The user tested the Copy Fail exploit on a rootless container running with Podman and found that it can be used to obtain a root shell, but the blast radius is limited due to user namespaces and Linux capabilities. The user demonstrated various ways to limit the exposure of a compromised container, including dropping capabilities, disabling new privileges, and using a read-only root ...

Dithering with CSS

73 speckx 2026-05-08 07:37:13 UTC ikesau.co Full Share 19

handy if you're running a site with pictures but you want everything to maintain a consistent aesthetic and colour scheme. might be better to just process the images and save them already dithered, but this way can be customized.

The map that keeps Burning Man honest

693 speckx 2026-05-07 14:37:13 UTC not-ship.com Llama Share 328

You ran a successful campaign to find 15 more paying members of Not-Ship. You're now taking a break from writing "pay if you love this work" emails after two weeks.

Hackers breach JDownloader's website to serve malware-laced downloads

54 bundie 2026-05-08 12:37:13 UTC neowin.net Llama Share 10

JDownloader website was hacked, serving malware to Windows and Linux users for over a day. The team took down the site for investigation and confirmed a limited but serious breach due to an unpatched security bug.

Pinocchio is weirder than you remembered

225 cemsakarya 2026-05-08 01:37:13 UTC storica.club Llama Share 96

Carlo Collodi wrote Pinocchio in 1881, initially ending it with the puppet's death, but Italian children's pleas led him to continue. The book became a classic, teaching standard Italian to generations of children and eventually becoming one of the most translated books in history.

Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

169 razorbeamz 2026-05-08 07:37:13 UTC nintendo.co.jp Llama Share 149

Nintendo is revising prices of Switch systems and services due to market changes. Price revisions will be implemented in Japan and other regions to ensure product availability.

Agents need control flow, not more prompts

524 bsuh 2026-05-07 17:37:13 UTC bsuh.bearblog.dev Llama Share 257

Reliable agents need deterministic control flow encoded in software, not elaborate prompt chains. Deterministic scaffolds and aggressive error detection are necessary for reliable systems prone to silent failure.

A polynomial autoencoder beats PCA on transformer embeddings

73 timvisee 2026-05-08 04:37:13 UTC ivanpleshkov.dev Llama Share 18

A closed-form method called poly-AE is proposed to compress neural network embeddings by adding a quadratic decoder on top of PCA, capturing nonlinear structure in the data. The method achieves 4-8 times per-vector memory compression with less than 1.5 p.p. lost in NDCG@10, outperforming PCA and matryoshka on retrieval tasks.

QBE – Compiler Back End

34 smartmic 2026-05-08 07:37:13 UTC c9x.me Llama Share 2

QBE is a compact compiler backend that provides 70% of industrial performance in 10% of code, ideal for language innovation and hobby-scale projects. It supports various architectures and facilitates C integration through the C ABI.

Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard

298 wslh 2026-05-07 18:37:13 UTC elciudadano.com Llama Share 256

Brazil's Pix payment system has surpassed Visa and Mastercard in transaction volume, but faces a US-led commercial investigation into anti-competitive practices. The Brazilian government defends Pix, calling it a "national treasure" and enhancing its functionalities to promote competition.

DeepSeek 4 Flash local inference engine for Metal

440 tamnd 2026-05-07 16:37:13 UTC github.com/antirez Llama Share 128

ds4.c is a native inference engine for DeepSeek V4 Flash, a large language model with unique characteristics that make it suitable for local inference on high-end personal machines. The engine provides a Metal-only implementation with a KV cache that allows for long-context inference and persistence, and is designed to work with the DeepSeek V4 Flash GGUFs.

Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at school

261 rustoo 2026-05-07 14:37:13 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 381

Singapore introduces caning as a last resort for male students who bully others, with up to three strokes allowed. Caning will be used for students aged 9-12 and above, with female students facing alternative punishments.

Natural Language Autoencoders: Turning Claude's Thoughts into Text

329 instagraham 2026-05-07 18:37:13 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 100

Researchers developed Natural Language Autoencoders (NLAs) to understand AI model activations by converting them into human-readable text. NLAs help improve AI safety and reliability by revealing internal thoughts and motivations.

GPT-5.5 Price Increase: What It Costs

121 gmays 2026-05-08 01:37:13 UTC openrouter.ai Llama Share 29

We analyzed the cost impact of switching from GPT-5.4 to GPT-5.5, finding a 49-92% cost increase for users. The price increase is mitigated by GPT-5.5 generating 19-34% fewer tokens for longer prompts.

Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview

275 HieronymusBosch 2026-05-07 16:37:13 UTC hacks.mozilla.org Llama Share 120

Mozilla used AI models to identify and fix 271 security bugs in Firefox, with 180 rated as high severity. The team also found and fixed 152 additional bugs internally and externally, totaling 423 security bugs fixed in April.

Blaise – A modern self-hosting zero-legacy Object Pascal compiler targeting QBE

73 peter_d_sherman 2026-05-08 05:37:13 UTC github.com/graemeg Llama Share 34

Blaise is a modern Object Pascal compiler prioritizing productivity, memory safety, and performance. It features automatic reference counting, unified UTF-8, and a single language mode.

AlphaEvolve: Gemini-powered coding agent scaling impact across fields

310 berlianta 2026-05-07 15:37:13 UTC deepmind.google Llama Share 135

AlphaEvolve is a system that optimizes AI and hardware design, achieving breakthroughs in efficiency and speed. It has been used by various companies to solve complex problems, including optimizing transformer models, computational lithography, and routing challenges.

GNU IFUNC is the real culprit behind CVE-2024-3094

111 foltik 2026-05-08 00:37:13 UTC github.com/robertdfrench Llama Share 51

The xz-utils backdoor, a near-miss global cybersecurity attack, was made possible by two longstanding design decisions in critical open source software: linking OpenSSH against SystemD and the existence of GNU IFUNC. GNU IFUNC is a powerful tool for software supply-chain attacks, and its use should be avoided in applications outside of the GNU C Library due to its complexity and potential for ...

Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus

130 hhs 2026-05-07 23:37:13 UTC bcm.edu Llama Share 50

Baylor researchers found the human brain processes language and sound while unconscious under general anesthesia. This discovery challenges what we know about consciousness and cognition, and could lead to new technologies for communication.

AI slop is killing online communities

749 thm 2026-05-07 19:37:13 UTC rmoff.net Llama Share 646

The author is frustrated with the internet being overrun with AI-generated content that adds no value to communities. They argue that sharing low-quality AI work can be detrimental to communities and stifle organic growth.