Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

2128 qwertox 2026-02-26 22:56:58 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 1151

Anthropic has worked with the US government to deploy AI models for national security, but refuses to allow their use in mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons due to democratic and safety concerns. The company is willing to continue serving the Department of War with safeguards in place, but may transition to another provider if their conditions are not met.

Can you reverse engineer our neural network?

77 jsomers 2026-02-27 10:56:58 UTC blog.janestreet.com Llama Share 12

A neural network puzzle was created to test mechanistic interpretability, where the goal was to figure out what the network does by analyzing its structure. The puzzle was solved by Alex, who used a combination of analysis, reduction, and brute force to discover that the network was computing an MD5 hash.

F-Droid Board of Directors nominations 2026

48 edent 2026-02-27 10:56:58 UTC f-droid.org Llama Share 14

F-Droid is accepting nominations for up to four volunteer directors to serve two-year terms. Nominations should be sent by March 16th to [email protected] with a description of the nominee's qualifications.

The normalization of corruption in organizations (2003) [pdf]

115 rendx 2026-02-27 07:56:58 UTC gwern.net Llama Share 41

Organizational corruption is a significant societal issue, often dwarfing the costs of street crime. It becomes normalized through three processes: institutionalization, rationalization, and socialization.

The Hunt for Dark Breakfast

288 moultano 2026-02-27 03:56:58 UTC moultano.wordpress.com Llama Share 109

A man experiences a flash of insight that breakfast is a vector space with infinite possibilities. He searches for the "dark breakfast," a hypothetical breakfast that exists but has never been observed, and finds a clue in IHOP omelettes that contain pancake batter.

An interactive intro to quadtrees

49 evakhoury 2026-02-27 09:56:58 UTC growingswe.com Llama Share 3

A quadtree is a data structure that organizes points in two-dimensional space by dividing the space into smaller regions. It adapts to the data distribution, subdividing dense areas and keeping sparse areas coarse.

Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case

56 cmsefton 2026-02-27 10:56:58 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 44

Dyson agreed to settle a lawsuit with 24 migrant workers who alleged forced and abusive treatment in a Malaysian factory making its parts. The settlement was reached without admitting liability, setting a precedent for British companies to be held accountable in UK courts for supplier actions abroad.

Breaking Free

25 Aissen 2026-02-27 10:56:58 UTC forbrukerradet.no Llama Share 5

The Norwegian Consumer Council's report Breaking Free highlights enshittification's impact on consumers and society, but offers solutions to resist it. Consumer groups are sending a joint letter to policymakers in Europe, the US, and the UK to address this issue.

Reading English from 1000 Ad

17 LAC-Tech 2026-02-27 09:56:58 UTC lewiscampbell.tech Llama Share 4

A post about Old English has gone viral, sparking interest in the language. A non-expert was able to read and understand Old English from 1000 AD with some effort.

Compact disc story (1998)

16 pipeline_peak 2026-02-27 10:56:58 UTC researchgate.net Full Share 4

What Claude Code chooses

467 tin7in 2026-02-26 18:56:58 UTC amplifying.ai Llama Share 182

Claude Code builds custom solutions in 12 of 20 categories, often using established tools like GitHub Actions and Stripe. Newer models tend to pick newer tools, with sharp generational shifts and agreement on 18 of 20 categories within each ecosystem.

The quixotic team trying to build a world in a 20-year-old game

13 nxobject 2026-02-27 09:56:58 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 0

Thousands of volunteers have collaborated on the Morrowind mod projects Tamriel Rebuilt and Project Tamriel, building a space comparable to a small country. The projects have endured through steady updates, a cohesive team, and improved development tools, with a goal to complete the next task and bring the team closer to the next release.

80386 Protection

90 nand2mario 2026-02-27 03:56:58 UTC nand2mario.github.io Llama Share 17

The 80386 processor implements protection through a dedicated PLA (Programmable Logic Array) called the Test PLA, which evaluates complex privilege rules in parallel, and a hardware state machine for page table walks, allowing for fast and efficient memory protection. The processor's protection architecture is a layered approach, using dedicated hardware for the fast path and microcode for ...

Ubicloud (YC W24): Software Engineer – $95-$250K in Turkey, Netherlands, CA

0 2026-02-27 08:56:58 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Ubicloud is an open source cloud alternative to AWS, offering elastic compute, block storage, and managed services like Postgres and AI inference. They're hiring mid-stage software engineers in San Francisco, the Netherlands, and Turkey to help improve their products.

The complete Manic Miner disassembly

19 sandebert 2026-02-27 08:56:58 UTC skoolkit.ca Full Share 4

What does " 2>&1 " mean?

328 alexmolas 2026-02-26 20:56:58 UTC stackoverflow.com Llama Share 184

To redirect both stdout and stderr to the same destination, use the syntax "2>&1" or "&>file" which duplicates the file descriptor of stderr to stdout. The order of redirects matters in Bash, and using "&>file" is a shortcut for quickly redirecting both streams to the same destination.

AirSnitch: Demystifying and breaking client isolation in Wi-Fi networks [pdf]

373 DamnInteresting 2026-02-26 16:56:58 UTC ndss-symposium.org Llama Share 170

Client isolation in Wi-Fi networks is not a standardized feature and can be bypassed by attackers using various techniques such as abusing shared Group Temporal Keys (GTKs) and gateway bouncing. This allows attackers to intercept and inject traffic, enabling them to become a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) and potentially launch higher-layer attacks.

Layoffs at Block

767 mlex 2026-02-26 21:56:58 UTC twitter.com/jack Full Share 843

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Lawmakers say US Military used laser to take down Border Protection drone in TX

19 thinkcontext 2026-02-27 11:56:58 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 13

US military used a laser to shoot down a drone near the US-Mexico border, but it was a Customs and Border Protection drone. The incident prompted the FAA to close airspace around Fort Hancock.

Implementing a clear room Z80 / ZX Spectrum emulator with Claude Code

35 antirez 2026-02-27 05:56:58 UTC antirez.com Llama Share 37

The user replicated an experiment where a coding agent, Claude Code, was instructed to write a Z80 emulator and a ZX Spectrum emulator in a "clean room" setup with minimal supervision. The agent successfully implemented the emulators with high-quality code, demonstrating the potential of automatic programming and contradicting the idea that LLMs memorize the training set.

The Origins of Agar

41 surprisetalk 2026-02-27 05:56:58 UTC asimov.press Llama Share 7

Agar, a jelly-like substance from seaweed, is crucial for growing microbes in labs and was first used in 1881. Its unique properties make it essential for vaccine production, antibiotic testing, and other scientific applications.

Working on Pharo Smalltalk: BPatterns: Rewrite Engine with Smalltalk Style

16 mpweiher 2026-02-27 09:56:58 UTC dionisiydk.blogspot.com Llama Share 1

BPatterns provide a fluent Smalltalk API for the rewrite engine, using blocks as patterns with a wildcard convention. This approach offers a more approachable interface with standard development tools support.

Parakeet.cpp – Parakeet ASR inference in pure C++ with Metal GPU acceleration

74 noahkay13 2026-02-27 03:56:58 UTC github.com/frikallo Llama Share 21

Parakeet is a lightweight tensor library with automatic Metal GPU acceleration for speech recognition tasks. It provides fast and accurate transcription with various models and latency modes.

US Customs destroys rare floppy disk

19 Shank 2026-02-27 12:04:58 UTC twitter.com/tehkeripo Full Share 7

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Launch HN: Cardboard (YC W26) – Agentic video editor

125 sxmawl 2026-02-26 18:56:58 UTC usecardboard.com Full Share 67

Get a strong first pass in minutes, then refine it like a real editor. Tight pacing, clean captions, share-ready exports. A full suite of AI features that speed up the boring parts, without taking control away. Cardboard understands the semantic meaning of your request and maps it to complex timeline operations automatically.

OsmAnd’s Faster Offline Navigation (2025)

191 todsacerdoti 2026-02-26 18:56:58 UTC osmand.net Llama Share 67

OsmAnd developed a new routing algorithm called Highway Hierarchy (HH) Routing to achieve a 100x speed boost in offline navigation while preserving flexibility and minimal storage. This algorithm uses a two-level hierarchy, identifies crucial border points, and dynamically refines routes with an optimized A* engine to deliver a superior navigation experience.

MitID, Denmarks sole digital ID, has been down for over an hour and counting

62 mousepad12 2026-02-27 10:56:58 UTC digitaliser.dk Full Share 98

MitID leverandøren arbejder på højtryk på at løse problemet og sikre at MitID bliver tilgængeligt igen.

I rendered 1,418 confusables over 230 fonts. Most aren't confusable to the eye

78 paultendo 2026-02-27 02:56:58 UTC paultendo.github.io Llama Share 34

confusable-vision is a tool that measures visual similarity between Unicode characters and Latin targets, providing a scored JSON artifact with SSIM scores per pair, per font. The tool's results show that font choice is a significant variable in confusable risk, with some fonts being more prone to visual confusion than others.

An Introduction to the Codex Seraphinianus, the Strangest Book Ever Published

87 vinhnx 2026-02-26 23:56:58 UTC openculture.com Llama Share 18

Luigi Serafini created the Codex Seraphinianus, a symbolic text with an invented language, as a way to connect with people and promote peace. He says the text's meaning is subjective, like the Rorschach test, and its popularity is a fun surprise.

Museum of Plugs and Sockets

138 ohjeez 2026-02-26 19:56:58 UTC plugsocketmuseum.nl Llama Share 73

The Digital Museum of Plugs and Sockets allows reproduction of images and texts with proper source indication. Use of the museum's content is not instruction, but rather for information and documentation purposes.