Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere

365 47thpresident 2026-01-02 20:17:16 UTC indieweb.org Llama Share 95

POSSE (Publish Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere) is a strategy for publishing content on your own site and then syndicating it to other platforms, allowing you to maintain ownership and control over your content. By using POSSE, you can reduce dependence on third-party services, improve search and discovery, and create a direct ownership chain for your content.

2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop

234 todsacerdoti 2026-01-03 00:17:16 UTC xeiaso.net Full Share 172

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Daft Punk Easter Egg in the BPM Tempo of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?

252 simonw 2026-01-02 22:17:16 UTC madebywindmill.com Llama Share 45

The author of Tempi software believes Daft Punk intentionally chose a tempo of 123.45 BPM for their song "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". This is based on precise manual calculations of the song's tempo using a Venn diagram showing human and computer capabilities.

A Basic Just-In-Time Compiler (2015)

10 ibobev 2026-01-03 01:19:16 UTC nullprogram.com Llama Share 0

The article discusses writing a Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler to solve a recurrence relation challenge. The compiler converts operations into native machine code and lets the hardware do the work directly.

Show HN: Website that plays the lottery every second

30 Loeffelmann 2026-01-03 00:17:16 UTC lotteryeverysecond.lffl.me Llama Share 18

A website simulates two lotteries running 24/7, showing the absurd odds of winning. It takes 4.6 years to hit a Powerball jackpot playing every second, but 5.6 million years buying one ticket per week.

Unix v4 (1973) – Live Terminal

126 pjmlp 2026-01-02 20:17:16 UTC unixv4.dev Full Share 54

Unix v4 (1973) live in your browser. Original binaries recently recovered from archival sources once thought lost. PDP-11/45 emulator with Thompson shell and early C compiler.

FracturedJson

510 PretzelFisch 2026-01-02 13:17:16 UTC github.com/j-brooke Llama Share 139

FracturedJson is a utility that formats JSON data in a human-readable way while keeping it compact. It aligns similar arrays and objects like a table and writes long arrays across multiple lines.

Clicks Communicator

259 microflash 2026-01-02 18:17:16 UTC clicksphone.com Llama Share 190

Communicator is a standalone Android 16 smartphone with 5G connectivity, Wi-Fi, and a QWERTY keyboard. It supports multiple languages and will be sold unlocked with a 4,000 mAh battery and 2 years of Android updates.

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)

253 whoishiring 2026-01-02 16:17:16 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 163

Stellar Science: Stellar Science is a small scientific software development company in Albuquerque NM, Washington DC, and Dayton OH, hiring full-time and intern/co-op positions for software engineers with a background in physics, engineering, math, or computer science. The company emphasizes high-quality code and lightweight processes, using technologies like C++23, Qt 6.9, and Python.

IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn't taken over the world

261 Brajeshwar 2026-01-02 15:17:16 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 545

IPv6 was designed to future-proof the internet by increasing available IP addresses from 4.3 billion to over 340 undecillion. However, its slow adoption is due to lack of major improvements and backward incompatibility with IPv4.

Linux kernel security work

54 chmaynard 2026-01-02 22:17:16 UTC kroah.com Llama Share 25

The Linux kernel security team is a group of developers who triage and fix reported security bugs, working independently and without announcements. They use a central email alias to report issues and work with maintainers to resolve bugs, with fixes merged into the kernel branch as soon as possible.

Blob Opera, Community Edition

9 padolsey 2026-01-03 01:17:16 UTC opera.addy.ie Prefix Share 0

Blob Opera is a machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture. Opera singers use their voices as expressive and beautiful musical instruments. This experiment pays tribute to those voices, as musical instruments anyone can learn how to play. Play four opera voices in real time. No singing skills required! We collaborated with four opera singers to teach ...

The PGP Problem (2019)

12 croemer 2026-01-03 00:17:16 UTC latacora.com Llama Share 6

PGP is a flawed encryption system that has been outdated for decades and is no longer secure, yet many people still use it due to its complex and confusing nature. Instead of using PGP, users should consider alternative tools like Signal, Tarsnap, and age for secure messaging, backups, and file transfers.

Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet

82 josephcsible 2026-01-03 00:17:16 UTC neowin.net Full Share 17

Proving Liveness with TLA

4 ibobev 2026-01-03 01:17:16 UTC roscidus.com Prefix Share 0

The TLA Toolbox now has support for proving liveness properties (i.e. that something will eventually happen). I try it out on the Xen vchan protocol. The vchan protocol is used for efficient communication between Xen virtual machines. In 2018, I made a TLA+ specification of vchan: I created a specification of the protocol from the C code, used the model checker (TLC) to test that the protocol ...

10 years of personal finances in plain text files

439 wrxd 2026-01-02 12:17:16 UTC sgoel.dev Llama Share 166

The user has been using Beancount for 10 years to track their finances in plain text files, with over 45,000 lines of data and 20,000 postings. They spend 30-45 minutes monthly importing bank statements into Beancount.

TinyTinyTPU: 2×2 systolic-array TPU-style matrix-multiply unit deployed on FPGA

84 Xenograph 2026-01-02 19:17:16 UTC github.com/alanma23 Llama Share 37

TinyTinyTPU is an educational implementation of Google's TPU architecture, demonstrating a full MLP pipeline. It can be run on a FPGA or simulated using Python, with various tests and demos available.

Fighting Fire with Fire: Scalable Oral Exams

120 sethbannon 2026-01-02 19:17:16 UTC behind-the-enemy-lines.com Llama Share 171

The author of an AI/ML Product Management class used a Voice AI agent to run the final exam, which forced real-time reasoning and application of knowledge, and found that it was more effective than traditional written exams in measuring understanding. The agent was built using ElevenLabs Conversational AI and was able to grade students using a council of LLMs approach, providing structured ...

Chain Flinger

24 roomey 2026-01-02 23:17:16 UTC nealstephenson.substack.com Llama Share 6

Neal Stephenson discusses his new series on Kinetik der Kontinua, the physics of continuous media, inspired by a chain-flinger video. He explores the relevance of bullwhips and chain-flingers to space launch ideas, including a hypothetical jet-powered launch barge.

Jank Lang Hit Alpha

106 makemethrowaway 2026-01-02 20:17:16 UTC github.com/jank-lang Llama Share 18

Jank is a Clojure dialect on LLVM with C++ interop for native runtime and performance. It's strongly compatible with Clojure and has immutable data structures and seamless C++ interop.

Global software engineering job postings outlook – 2026

39 sp1982 2026-01-02 22:17:16 UTC jobswithgpt.com Llama Share 14

The most in-demand specializations are business applications, software engineering, cybersecurity, and data analytics, with Python leading in-demand skills. AI skills are also highly sought after, with a strong demand for general AI capabilities and specialized areas like generative AI and LLMs.

Punkt. Unveils MC03 Smartphone

129 ChrisArchitect 2026-01-02 17:17:16 UTC punkt.ch Llama Share 113

Punkt. unveils MC03, a European-made smartphone with updated design and features prioritizing security and privacy. The device offers users control over personal data and usage through its AphyOS operating system and subscription-based model.

What you need to know before touching a video file

284 qbow883 2026-01-02 12:17:16 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 187

Accounting for Computer Scientists (2011)

71 tosh 2026-01-02 19:17:16 UTC martin.kleppmann.com Llama Share 22

A computer scientist explains basic accounting using graph theory, breaking down financial transactions into nodes and edges to understand company finances. This approach helps create financial statements like the profit and loss statement and balance sheet, making accounting more accessible.

Uxn32: Uxn Emulator for Windows and Wine

36 ibobev 2026-01-02 21:17:16 UTC github.com/randrew Llama Share 3

Uxn32 is a virtual machine that supports various operating systems and compilers, including Windows 95 to 11 and Linux with Wine. It has a pre-emptive execution and supports high refresh rates.

Standard Ebooks: Public Domain Day 2026 in Literature

348 WithinReason 2026-01-02 09:17:16 UTC standardebooks.org Llama Share 55

Public Domain Day celebrates works entering the public domain on January 1, marking the end of copyright protection. This year, notable works by authors like Kafka, Faulkner, Christie, and Hughes become freely available for the public to read and use.

The rsync algorithm (1996) [pdf]

88 vortex_ape 2026-01-02 17:17:16 UTC andrew.cmu.edu Full Share 5

This technical report series is published jointly by the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, and the Computer Sciences Laboratory, Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, The Australian National University.

Blaze: A Dec VT420 (and More) Emulator

5 doener 2026-01-03 01:17:16 UTC mmastrac.github.io Prefix Share 1

Want to learn more? Subscribe to @Paleotechnica on YouTube for some upcoming videos about the VT420 and how the emulator works! Please help: If you have access to a VT420 terminal with the PCTERM option (the Olivetti WS-885 or VT420-D6), or one of the other language models, the EEPROM images are needed. Please file an issue on the GitHub repository if you have access to one and would like to ...

Assorted less(1) tips

178 todsacerdoti 2026-01-02 13:17:16 UTC blog.thechases.com Llama Share 40

The user shared tips on using the less command for viewing files, including navigating between multiple files, searching, bookmarking, and toggling options. They also mentioned some less features they rarely use, such as tags, output redirection, and match-pairs.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026)

90 whoishiring 2026-01-02 16:17:16 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 168

Several individuals are looking for work as software engineers, with various backgrounds and expertise in programming languages, technologies, and industries, seeking contract or full-time roles in Europe or worldwide. They have diverse experience in areas such as backend development, machine learning, data science, DevOps, and more, and are open to learning and exploring new technologies and topics.