Fixing Tool-Call Accuracy in vLLM

83 coffeemug 2026-10-26 13:44:22 UTC ubicloud.com Llama Share 35

The article discusses the importance of tool call accuracy in serving open-weight models, particularly for agentic workloads. Constrained decoding is a technique that guarantees schema adherence and has been released as a server-side flag in vLLM 0.31, improving tool-call accuracy from 92% to 100%.

Pharo 14

74 xkriva11 2026-10-26 11:44:22 UTC pharo.org Llama Share 16

Pharo is a simple yet powerful object-oriented programming language with immediate feedback and a rich debugging environment. The community-driven project has released Pharo 14, the result of 978 pull requests and extensive contributions from over 1,500 contributors worldwide.

One of the Greatest Inventions in the History of Human Transport

120 skadamat 2026-10-26 10:44:22 UTC humantransit.org Llama Share 35

Blaise Pascal invented a fixed route public transport system in 17th-century Paris, precursor to modern buses and trains. His network design used radial lines and orbitals to connect major destinations efficiently.

Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline

316 cisc 2026-10-26 06:44:22 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 127

Birdwatching is being used as therapy for dementia patients, helping them feel more connected to others and experience positive emotions. Research shows that birdwatching can slow brain ageing by keeping the brain more organised and active.

Sebastian Raschka's from-scratch video course on building reasoning models

5 sgiannopoulos 2026-10-26 15:12:22 UTC magazine.sebastianraschka.com LocalLLM Share 0

The author provides an in-depth exploration of reasoning models, detailing their implementation from scratch using PyTorch and covering reinforcement learning, inference scaling, and distillation. The content includes eight coding videos and a book, offering a comprehensive guide to building and improving reasoning models for various applications.

Switzerland. Block by block. At 1:1 scale

355 theanonymousone 2026-10-26 09:44:22 UTC blocks.manifold3d.ch Llama Share 164

Ein Minecraft-Mod namens "Swiss World" nutzt offene Geodaten von swisstopo, um eine genaue Darstellung der Schweiz in dem Spiel zu erstellen. Das Mod bietet eine Vielzahl von Funktionen und Details, wie z.B. die Möglichkeit, mit einem Klick auf die Karte einen Teleport-Befehl auszuführen.

Partyline: A group voice application for Reticulum, built on LXST

14 iamnothere 2026-10-26 14:44:22 UTC github.com/rfnexus Llama Share 3

Partyline is a lightweight, easy-to-host server for real-time group voice and audio over Reticulum transports. It offers customizable rooms with access lists, operators, and dial-in options, including PTT (Push-To-Talk) rooms for slower links.

Colorfigures

61 the-mitr 2026-10-26 11:44:22 UTC april-zhu.com Llama Share 7

An AI can draw everyday objects in a hand-inked, isometric style with interactive buttons and labels that light up as they work. The drawings are saved as HTML files that can be opened in a browser to interact with the object.

SIMD-accelerated computer vision on a $2 microcontroller

5 zdw 2026-10-26 14:44:22 UTC shraiwi.com LocalLLM Share 1

An accelerated FAST feature detector for ESP32-S3 uses SIMD instructions to achieve 2x performance over the reference, processing QVGA frames in ~6ms. The implementation overcomes hardware limitations with custom bit manipulation and register allocation.

Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997

334 davidbarker 2026-10-26 03:44:22 UTC titleart.dvy.io Full Share 63

Every classic WordArt style, shape and 3-D effect, in your browser.

PhysicsForums and the Dead Internet Theory (2025)

30 bmacho 2026-10-26 13:44:22 UTC hallofdreams.org Llama Share 9

The author investigates the widespread falsification of user posts on PhysicsForums, a scientific community founded in 2001. The site's database has been altered with AI-generated content, diluting human contributions and altering its history.

Anthropic S-1

716 SiNTEx 2026-10-26 13:44:22 UTC sec.gov Llama Share 649

The SEC limits requests from automated tools to ensure equitable access for all users. Excessive automated searches may be blocked or limited for a brief period, with the goal of maintaining efficient website performance.

Behind the scenes at the NeXT Computer office

209 Austin_Conlon 2026-10-26 03:44:22 UTC exhibits.stanford.edu Full Share 122

The archive of photographer Douglas Menuez, including over 250,000 photographs documenting the rise of Silicon Valley.

'It's offensively cheap': Solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear

17 geox 2026-10-26 15:26:22 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 9

Solar power is expected to surpass nuclear as the world's main source of electricity by 2026, with global production increasing to 10% and overtaking nuclear. Solar has become the fastest-growing source of new electricity in history, driven by declining costs and rapid growth in countries like China, India, and Australia.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

628 jumploops 2026-10-25 18:44:22 UTC imaginationlibrary.com Llama Share 103

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifts free books to children worldwide, promoting early childhood literacy and inspiring a love of reading. The program, launched in 1995, has expanded to five countries and aims to reach every child with access to quality books.

OLED iPad Mini

119 etothet 2026-10-26 14:44:22 UTC apple.com Full Share 148

Get $45–$915 off the new iPad mini when you trade in an iPad 6 or newer. Buy now at apple.com.

Websites Should Be Printable

158 bagatelle 2026-10-26 10:44:22 UTC brennenputh.me Llama Share 125

The author is a computer science graduate looking for work in the northeastern US and has experience with various programming languages. They're sharing their efforts to improve printability of web content, seeking feedback on their CSS snippet.

Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI

63 cdrnsf 2026-10-26 13:44:22 UTC brown.edu Llama Share 50

Cunyan Ma's interactive map exposes the power structure behind AI algorithms, revealing how data workers in the Global South are exploited for low wages to train AI models. The map links technology companies and their intermediaries to data workers worldwide, shedding light on "AI colonialism".

PaperPilot – Zero-Cloud, Pure-Rust PDF Engine with WASM and MCP

201 vardhan1237 2026-10-26 03:44:22 UTC github.com/krushnavardhanreddy Llama Share 74

PaperPilot is a Rust-based PDF toolkit for local use, offering various features like merging, splitting, and compressing. It provides a consistent API across different interfaces and has an open-source community edition under Apache 2.0 license.

The new iPad mini

88 soheilpro 2026-10-26 13:44:22 UTC apple.com Llama Share 78

Apple has released the new iPad mini, featuring a stunning OLED display, improved performance with A20 Pro chip, and water resistance. The device is available in two finishes and starts at $499 for the 64GB model.

Growing Trees

155 ibobev 2026-10-26 05:44:22 UTC brashandplucky.com Llama Share 23

The author discusses a procedural tree growth method inspired by Palubicki et al.'s 2009 paper, using a voxel grid to simulate light availability and competition among buds. The method produces realistic crown shapes and branching patterns through feedback loops of resource allocation and bud placement control.

Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce

10 doctorzook 2026-10-26 15:35:22 UTC seattletimes.com Llama Share 4

Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its workforce. The company aims to control head count without layoffs.

Show HN: A Truly Modular Keyboard

236 NotARoomba 2026-10-26 02:44:22 UTC github.com/notaroomba Llama Share 79

The Keybit and Keyword boards are designed in KiCad, featuring a single key with a Cherry MX switch and CH32V003. They connect to the main board via pogo pins for 3.3V, GND, and I2C, with programming pads on the corners.

Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs

368 speckx 2026-10-25 19:44:22 UTC charliegerard.dev Llama Share 123

A Chrome extension simulates overgrown plants on neglected tabs, allowing users to "slash" through vines to access them again. The extension features a neglect clock and various plant-clearing tools, making it more enjoyable to return to abandoned tabs.

Reinventing the Pencil Sharpener [video]

3 surprisetalk 2026-10-26 14:44:22 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 0

DOJ says presidents should be able to sell secrets on eBay

74 _____k 2026-10-26 14:44:22 UTC freedom.press Llama Share 17

Lauren Harper, the first Daniel Ellsberg chair on government secrecy at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), discusses top secrecy news including a court battle over presidential papers and declassification stunts by the Trump administration. The FPF is fighting to stop privatization of presidential records and promote transparency in government.

AmiJa, a cycle-exact Amiga emulator written in Java

13 doener 2026-10-26 14:44:22 UTC reddit.com Full Share 0

To continue, log in to your Reddit account or use your developer tokenIf you think you've been blocked by mistake, file a ticket below and we'll look into it.

Attention Is Not What You Need (2025)

162 westurner 2026-10-26 00:44:22 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 55

Researchers question the necessity of explicit self-attention in sequence modeling, proposing an attention-free architecture based on Grassmann flows. This approach uses geometric features to propagate information through controlled deformations of low-rank subspaces.

Iron Age salt-mining complex found beneath Hallstatt in Austria

106 janandonly 2026-10-26 01:44:22 UTC archaeologymag.com Llama Share 50

Archaeologists have discovered a vast network of Iron Age salt-mining chambers beneath Hallstatt, Austria, offering insights into prehistoric mining techniques. The newly found chambers reveal daily life and technology used by miners 7,300 years ago.

Why I Am a Programmer

295 jruohonen 2026-10-25 19:44:22 UTC alfie.wtf Llama Share 90

A student named Jonny expresses his desire to create something that will change people's perception of reality through writing demos, inspired by his childhood experiences with pirating games and exploring the digital underground.