Stolen Buttons

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Every website I visit, I “steal” a button from it. Check out my stash!

Open-weight AI is having its Kubernetes moment

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The US should not restrict open-weight models from China, as it would cut off access to a growing ecosystem of AI researchers and engineers. Instead, American labs should release frontier-grade open-weight models under licenses that startups can build on.

Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB

A Google employee is considering restricting On-Device ADB connections to protect against "bad actors". This change could impact developers and users who rely on On-Device ADB for legitimate purposes.

Show HN: I made some transistor animations

Blue dots represent electrons, red dots represent holes, and white flashes indicate recombination events in the animations. The animations show charge carrier motion under different conditions, with the second set being the most accurate but also more visually complex.

Show HN: Bribes.fyi – Know before you go. New feature added

Anonymous bribe reports aggregated into department rankings, city breakdowns, and service-level averages. India's first crowdsourced corruption transparency platform.

GDID Windows – Cut the tracker that follows you even under VPN

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The FBI caught a Scattered Spider member in April 2026 using a unique identifier called the GDID, which is a 64-bit PUID tied to a Windows user's account. A script has been created to disable the services that report the GDID to Microsoft, but it does not erase the existing identifier and is not a foolproof method for complete anonymity.

Bitchat is now on Radicle

The decentralized messaging app Bitchat uses a dual transport architecture for offline and global communication, with no accounts or central servers. To set up Bitchat on macOS, run "will" to set it up and "just" to clean, then compile using xcodebuild with localization updates.

Bringing PyTorch Monarch to AMD GPUs

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PyTorch Monarch is a distributed training system that enables fault-tolerant large-scale AI training on AMD GPUs with ROCm, minimizing wasted computation and maximizing GPU utilization. It uses an actor-based runtime and supervision trees to isolate failures, allowing healthy nodes to continue training.

How My Images Are Dithered

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The user describes their method of dithering images using imagemagick to create a printed image effect, which involves splitting the image into four colors, scaling and inverting them, and overlaying them to create a grid-like pattern. This method is computationally expensive and may not reduce file size, but can create a unique and visually appealing effect.

Spatial languages: Writing code in 2D

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The user discusses the concept of 2D programming languages and their potential to unlock new ways of thinking and problem-solving, using examples from quantum computing and other fields. They explore various 2D languages, including Befunge, Orca, Racket's #2dcond, Hexagony, ladder logic, and spreadsheets, highlighting their unique features and potential applications.

Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach

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Professor Hannah Fry has been awarded the Leelavati Prize for increasing public awareness of mathematics. She is a renowned communicator of mathematics and science, known for her creativity and ability to make complex ideas accessible to a wide audience.

Zero roadkill as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 crossings

The Fedora 45 Sausage Factory

Fedora's package creation process involves Git repositories, Koji build system, Bodhi update management, and Pungi compose orchestrator, which work together to produce ISOs, cloud images, and other artifacts. The process includes steps like package building, tagging, and testing, with tools like fedpkg, Koji, Bodhi, and Pungi playing key roles in managing the workflow and ensuring ...

Tile's security is so bad it's a feature for stalkers

This website uses a security service to protect against malicious bots. This page is displayed while the website verifies you are not a bot.

Rauno's Field Notes #2

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The user optimized the project card layout by reducing vertical space, omitting unnecessary data, and implementing a context menu. They also experimented with widgets in the corner, eventually settling on a two-row layout with visually distinct characters to improve usability.

The Dark Night of Mathematics

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The author is experiencing a spiritual crisis due to AI's rapid advancements in mathematics, feeling that human discovery and creativity are being replaced by efficiency and automation. They fear that the emotional and spiritual aspects of mathematics are being lost, and that future generations of mathematicians will be denied the experience of discovery.

Building a Tiny 3D Renderer for a Tiny Handheld

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The user wrote a 3D software renderer for the Playdate handheld console, overcoming performance challenges by using a 16-bit reciprocal depth buffer, perspective-correct texture mapping, and dithering for a 1-bit display. The user achieved significant performance gains through compiler flags, custom assembly code, and optimization techniques, ultimately creating a playable 3D game prototype.

Scanwheel is a drum style mechanical television you can build yourself

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The device features a 5-window scanner with high-resolution LEDs, driven by a Raspberry Pi Pico, and uses a stepper motor for precise movement. The device requires custom 3D printed parts, including a base, drum, and lid, and uses Micropython 1.28 for its software.

The Silurian Hypothesis (2020)

The website is using Cloudflare security and blocked my action, possibly due to a trigger like a certain word or SQL command. I was trying to perform an action when this page came up, and the Cloudflare Ray ID is needed to report the issue to the site owner.

Kyber (YC W23) Is Hiring a Head of Engineering

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Kyber is building an AI-native document platform for enterprises, transforming regulatory document workflows and aiming for seamless AI template generation. They seek a hands-on Head of Engineering with expertise in AI systems, system design, and accountability to lead their engineering team.

NYC Apartment Aquaponics

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The user and their boyfriend created a 20-gallon aquaponics system in their NYC apartment using a media-based continuous-flow system with a vertical setup, growing leafy greens and herbs. They share their experiences and lessons learned, including the importance of cycling, not overfeeding, and using a stable water and nutrient level for the fish, to help others replicate their setup.

Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed

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The author, a director of engineering, challenges outdated management practices that assume the cost of producing code is high, now that LLMs have collapsed this cost. The author argues that management should focus on outcomes, accountability, and judgment, rather than code volume, and that the org chart should reflect who signs off on decisions, not who produces code.

MouthPad: A Tongue-Controlled Touchpad

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MouthPad is a custom-fit, hands-free device that translates tongue and head movements into cursor control, clicks, and scrolling for computer use. It's designed for people with mobility challenges and is available for purchase in the United States with a 1-year limited warranty.

D-FINE-seg – detection, instance and semantic segmentation in one model

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D-FINE-seg is a framework for real-time object detection, instance segmentation, and semantic segmentation - one codebase, one config flag (task: detect | segment | sem_seg), five model sizes (N -> X). End-to-end workflow - dataset prep -> training (DDP, EMA, AMP, mosaic) -> export (ONNX, TensorRT, OpenVINO, CoreML, LiteRT) -> benchmarked multi-backend inference Accuracy - on ...

Charles Ross spent 50 yrs building Star Axis naked-eye observatory in New Mexico

Charles Ross, an 88-year-old artist, is creating a monumental earthwork called "Star Axis" in eastern New Mexico, inspired by celestial alignments and ancient cultures. He received 400 acres of land from a rancher after building a bridge to access the rancher's hacienda.

Teardown: The BMW / Harman IDC23H Infotainment Unit (B423)

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The BMW IDC23H infotainment unit, manufactured by Harman Becker, features a joint venture design with Garmin and presents new connectivity options such as DCS and DFE connections. The unit's architecture is similar to the previous MGU22, with a Qualcomm Snapdragon SA8155P module, Infineon CYT3BB microcontroller, and 128 GB of Micron UFS v3.1 storage.

Task-centered iproute2 user guide

iproute2 is a Linux networking toolkit that replaced legacy tools, providing unified networking functionality through the ip command and other tools like tc, bridge, and ss. The ip command can be used to manage network interfaces, routes, and tunnels, and can be configured to display information in various formats, including JSON and machine-readable output.

My web version of Mars MIPS, now have builtin C compiler

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webMARS is a browser-based MIPS assembler and simulator inspired by MARS 4.5. Write, assemble and run MIPS code directly in your browser.

PyPI Blog: Releases now reject new files after 14 days

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PyPI now rejects new files on releases older than 14 days to prevent poisoning in case of compromised publishing tokens or workflows. This change aims to protect users and reduce cleanup work for PyPI admins, with future APIs to define semantics for closed releases.

Show HN: Brolly, a plain-text weather forecast site

Day Conditions Temp Wind Precip Yesterday overcast 13-23 9/19 0 *Today overcast 15-22 11/22 0.3 Sun 26/07 overcast 16-20 12/24 0.1 Mon 27/07 overcast 14-21 9/19 0 Tue 28/07 overcast 18-25 9/17 0 Wed 29/07 overcast 17-29 6/11 0 Thu 30/07 p.cloudy 16-26 7/12 0 Fri 31/07 p.cloudy 14-23 9/17 0 Time Conditions Temp Wind MPH » show earlier hours (00:00-19:00) 20:00 overcast 19(18) 11/22 <- now ...