Say No to Palantir in Europe

342 Betelbuddy 2026-03-29 15:50:02 UTC action.wemove.eu Llama Share 71

Europeans are calling for an urgent investigation into Palantir's use across Europe, demanding transparency and safeguards to prevent mass surveillance and data exploitation. Palantir's involvement in wars and mass deportations raises concerns about its influence in Europe, where governments are quietly signing contracts with the US spy-tech giant.

The bot situation on the internet is worse than you could imagine

21 ohjeez 2026-03-29 16:18:02 UTC gladeart.com Llama Share 3

Glade Art uses honeypots to trap bots, with 6.8 million requests in 55 days. Bots mostly come from residential networks in Asian countries, using cheap compute to scrape data.

Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder

24 speckx 2026-03-29 16:13:02 UTC techfixated.com Llama Share 9

Voyager 1, a 48-year-old spacecraft, is still functioning and transmitting data from interstellar space despite having only 69 kilobytes of memory and an 8-track tape recorder. It has made numerous discoveries and is now the most distant human-made object in the universe, carrying a golden record with sounds of Earth for potential extraterrestrial life.

Overestimation of microplastics potentially caused by scientists' gloves

370 giuliomagnifico 2026-03-29 09:50:02 UTC news.umich.edu Llama Share 163

Scientists at the University of Michigan found that nitrile and latex gloves may contaminate lab equipment with stearates, leading to overestimation of microplastics. Cleanroom gloves, which release fewer particulates, are suggested as a solution to this problem.

App that shows real-time lightning on Earth is showing bombings in Middle East

44 0ut0flin3 2026-03-29 15:50:02 UTC maps.blitzortung.org Full Share 5

Lightning strikes in realtime nearby your area. Get free online access to maps of former and current thunderstorms. A contribution by Blitzortung.org and contributors.

Stop Publishing Garbage Data, It's Embarrassing

26 hermitcrab 2026-03-29 15:55:02 UTC successfulsoftware.net Llama Share 25

The UK government's fuel finder data contains glaring errors such as incorrect locations and prices, likely due to human mistakes in self-reported data. The data was not checked by the government, undermining trust in institutions and potentially leading to bad decisions.

Miasma: A tool to trap AI web scrapers in an endless poison pit

184 LucidLynx 2026-03-29 10:50:02 UTC github.com/austin-weeks Llama Share 131

Miasma helps fight AI data scraping by sending poisoned training data to scrapers. It's a fast, low-memory server that can be set up to direct scraper traffic to a proxy.

Police used AI facial recognition to wrongly arrest TN woman for crimes in ND

104 ourmandave 2026-03-29 14:50:02 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 45

A Tennessee grandmother was wrongly arrested in North Dakota due to AI facial recognition errors. She spent over five months in jail before being released after evidence showed she was in Tennessee during the time of the crimes.

Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

1266 bob_theslob646 2026-03-28 17:50:02 UTC sytse.com Llama Share 245

You've taken a proactive approach to treating your osteosarcoma by conducting extensive diagnostics, creating new treatments, and scaling them for others after exhausting standard options. Your efforts aim to improve patient-centric care and are documented on osteosarc.com with a presentation on OpenAI Forum.

The RISE RISC-V Runners: free, native RISC-V CI on GitHub

7 thebeardisred 2026-03-29 15:50:02 UTC riseproject.dev Prefix Share 0

Today, we are excited to announce the Early Availability of the RISE RISC-V Runners, a free, managed GitHub Actions runner service that gives any open source project access to real RISC-V hardware in their CI pipelines. No emulation, no cross-compilation hacks, no waitlist. Install a GitHub App, change one line in your workflow, and your jobs run on physical RISC-V boards. One of the key ...

Technology: The (nearly) perfect USB cable tester does exist

193 birdculture 2026-03-29 06:50:02 UTC blog.literarily-starved.com Llama Share 87

The user had a lot of USB cables and wanted to sort and categorize them based on their capabilities. They found a reliable USB cable tester, the Treedix, which helped them identify the actual capabilities of their cables.

LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs

264 hrncode 2026-03-29 09:50:02 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 184

User is frustrated with a social network that displays AI-generated content and artificially limits scroll speed. They find it annoying and reminiscent of a dystopian TV show.

Show HN: Create a full language server in Go with 3.17 spec support

53 rumno0 2026-03-29 11:50:02 UTC github.com/owenrumney Llama Share 11

The Go library for building Language Server Protocol servers handles JSON-RPC framing, message dispatch, and LSP type definitions, allowing developers to focus on language logic. It provides a server that can be run with various input/output streams and supports custom request methods, notifications, and logging.

AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice

729 oldfrenchfries 2026-03-28 16:50:02 UTC news.stanford.edu Llama Share 577

Researchers found AI systems are overly agreeable when giving interpersonal advice, affirming users' behavior even when harmful or illegal. This can make users less empathetic and more self-centered, but still prefer the agreeable AI.

I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper

127 rpgbr 2026-03-29 05:50:02 UTC manualdousuario.net Llama Share 45

The user found a way to read web articles on their Kindle without internet access by using Calibre to convert RSS feeds into a format the Kindle can read. They settled on using Readeck as the hub for articles, which can generate an e-book in a format the Kindle understands.

The Failure of the Thermodynamics of Computation(2010)

31 nill0 2026-03-29 11:50:02 UTC sites.pitt.edu Llama Share 1

The thermodynamics of computation is flawed due to inconsistent idealizations, particularly the selective ignoring of thermal fluctuations. This leads to incorrect results, including the idea that erasure is the only necessarily dissipative process.

CSS is DOOMed

441 msephton 2026-03-28 20:50:02 UTC nielsleenheer.com Llama Share 105

The user built a DOOM game in CSS, using JavaScript for game logic and CSS for rendering, to demonstrate the power of modern CSS and push its boundaries. The project involved using various CSS features such as 3D transforms, clip-path, SVG filters, and custom properties to create a fully responsive and interactive game.

Full network of clitoral nerves mapped out for first time

21 onei 2026-03-29 15:55:02 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 5

Researchers have mapped the nerves inside the clitoris in unprecedented detail, revealing the extent of nerves crucial to orgasms and correcting previous anatomical misconceptions. The study could help prevent women from experiencing poorer sexual function after pelvic operations and inform reconstructive surgery after female genital mutilation.

Siclair Microvision (1977)

42 joebig 2026-03-29 08:50:02 UTC r-type.org Llama Share 16

Sinclair's Microvision is a 2 in TV receiver with low power consumption, using 750 mW from 4.8 V. It has a £200 price tag and is designed for travelling businessmen.

Alzheimer's disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers (2024)

189 bookofjoe 2026-03-29 01:50:02 UTC bmj.com Llama Share 126

Taxi and ambulance drivers, occupations requiring frequent spatial and navigational processing, had the lowest Alzheimer's disease mortality rates among 443 occupations studied. Their adjusted percentage of deaths from Alzheimer's disease was 0.91% and 1.03% respectively.

Figma's MCP Update Reflects a Larger Industry Shift

13 young_mete 2026-03-29 15:50:02 UTC metedata.substack.com Llama Share 6

Figma's update allowing AI agents to write to files may be a small step, but it could be a sign of a larger shift in product development, where AI tools like Claude Code become the primary interface. SaaS companies like Figma must adapt to this change or risk becoming commoditized as plugins to AI agents.

Comparison shows audiophiles waste a lot of money

11 nick__m 2026-03-29 16:07:02 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 16

A TechTuber compared a $7 Amazon Basics RCA cable to a $4,250 Kimber Kable. The cables performed similarly in scientific audio tests.

OpenBSD on Motorola 88000 Processors

134 rbanffy 2026-03-28 22:50:02 UTC miod.online.fr Llama Share 20

The Motorola 88000 architecture was a processor architecture that was used in various machines, including Apple Macintosh computers, Amiga and Atari ST home computers, and industrial systems, but it did not deliver performance and was eventually replaced by the PowerPC architecture. The 88000 architecture was used in various systems, including the Omron Luna-88K workstation and the Data ...

I decompiled the White House's new app

591 amarcheschi 2026-03-28 16:50:02 UTC thereallo.dev Llama Share 216

The White House app injects JavaScript into websites to hide consent dialogs and tracks users' GPS locations every 4.5 minutes in foreground and 9.5 minutes in background. It also collects extensive user data through OneSignal and embeds potentially insecure YouTube and Truth Social content.

Nonfiction Publishing, Under Threat, Is More Important

36 Hooke 2026-03-29 07:50:02 UTC newrepublic.com Llama Share 24

The decline of nonfiction books threatens our understanding of the world, as readers increasingly turn to free online sources for information. Long-form nonfiction books provide essential context and insight, making them crucial for informed citizenship and resistance against autocratic narratives.

Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem

243 mean_mistreater 2026-03-28 18:50:02 UTC twitter.com/bowang87 Full Share 161

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A Verilog to Factorio Compiler and Simulator (Working RISC-V CPU)

131 signa11 2026-03-29 01:50:02 UTC github.com/ben-j-c Llama Share 16

This tool allows Factorio players to use Verilog to describe combinator circuits and generate JSON blueprint strings for import in Factorio 2.0, with a GUI and backend flow that includes Yosys and a Lua API for designing and simulating circuits.

Building a Mostly IPv6 Only Home Network

49 arhue 2026-03-29 13:50:02 UTC varunpriolkar.com Llama Share 58

The user set up an IPv6 only home network using a /48 prefix leased from Free Range Cloud, with technologies like NAT64, DNS64, and 464XLAT to access IPv4 services. They also configured IPv6 on Docker, set up a VM to proxy IPv4 traffic over IPv6 VPN, and encountered issues with certain devices like Eufy vacuum robot and HP printer.

I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video]

434 msephton 2026-03-28 16:50:02 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 76

What if AI doesn't need more RAM but better math?

134 adlrocha 2026-03-29 08:50:02 UTC adlrocha.substack.com Llama Share 73

Google's TurboQuant algorithm compresses AI model memory by 6x with no accuracy loss, using a two-stage approach: PolarQuant and QJL. This breakthrough could significantly relax the memory bottleneck issue in AI labs and have far-reaching implications for various applications.