Internet Archive's Storage

118 zdw 2026-01-24 02:51:45 UTC blog.dshr.org Llama Share 25

The Internet Archive's PetaBox storage system has evolved over time to achieve high storage density and efficiency, utilizing larger drives and innovative cooling methods to reduce costs. Despite its limited budget, the Archive achieves orders of magnitude better storage cost efficiency than commercial cloud rates, but comparisons to cloud storage services are flawed due to differences in ...

80386 Multiplication and Division

19 nand2mario 2026-01-24 06:51:45 UTC nand2mario.github.io Llama Share 1

The Intel 80386 processor, released in 1985, marked a significant milestone in personal computing with its 32-bit architecture and improved performance. Its multiplication and division algorithms, based on the "add-and-shift" and non-restoring division methods, were state-of-the-art at the time but have since been surpassed by modern CPUs.

Unrolling the Codex agent loop

316 tosh 2026-01-23 20:51:45 UTC openai.com Llama Share 145

Codex CLI is a software agent that uses an LLM to generate responses to user input, with an agent loop that iterates between model inference and tool calls. The agent loop manages context window and uses prompt caching to optimize performance, with compaction enabled to avoid running out of context window.

Traintrackr – Live LED Maps

26 recursion 2026-01-24 05:51:45 UTC traintrackr.co.uk Llama Share 2

TrackrTrain creates visually stunning physical maps showing live train movements using open data and electronics. Their products combine passion for transport networks and visualizing data.

Proof of Corn

381 rocauc 2026-01-23 18:51:45 UTC proofofcorn.com Llama Share 258

seth responds to @fredwilson, saying AI can't directly affect the physical world, but it can orchestrate systems and people to achieve tasks, like a farm manager. Claude Code is an AI that aggregates data, makes decisions, and coordinates human operators to grow real corn.

Some C habits I employ for the modern day

155 signa11 2026-01-23 21:51:45 UTC unix.dog Llama Share 69

The user has developed their own C coding style, influenced by other languages like Rust and C#, which emphasizes strict type checking, explicit memory management, and error handling through result types and parsing. They use C23 features like tagged types and explicit standardization to create robust APIs and prefer to reimplement standard library functions when possible to achieve better ...

If You Think This Instrument Is Hard to Play, Try Building One

13 tintinnabula 2026-01-24 06:51:45 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 2

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Gas Town's agent patterns, design bottlenecks, and vibecoding at scale

323 pavel_lishin 2026-01-23 16:51:45 UTC maggieappleton.com Llama Share 320

Steve Yegge's Gas Town is a chaotic, vibecoded agent orchestrator that sparks debate on the future of software development. Despite its inefficiencies, it reveals useful patterns for future agentic systems and highlights the need for better design and agent orchestration.

New YC homepage

247 sarreph 2026-01-23 20:51:45 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share 114

YC creates a highly productive environment among founders, fostering a sense of urgency and community. It pushes founders to new levels of speed and productivity, resetting their expectations.

Telli (YC F24) is hiring eng, design, growth [on-site, Berlin]

0 2026-01-24 07:51:45 UTC careers.telli.com Llama Share

Company Telli grew $2M in revenue with 12 people, using AI voice agents to handle repetitive calls. They're building an AI-native phone system to manage human and AI teams on one platform.

Comma openpilot – Open source driver-assistance

260 JumpCrisscross 2026-01-24 01:51:45 UTC comma.ai Full Share 145

comma four works with the car you already drive. It's active driver assistance for your Toyota, Hyundai, Ford, and more. We're looking for talented individuals, able to work independently, and ready to make a meaningful impact. See open positions

Banned C++ features in Chromium

164 szmarczak 2026-01-23 20:51:45 UTC chromium.googlesource.com Llama Share 137

Chromium's C++ style guide bans certain language and library features due to various reasons such as incomplete toolchain support, security concerns, or overlap with existing Chromium code. The guide requires proposing changes to the status of a feature by sending an email to cxx@chromium.org.

Extracting verified C++ from the Rocq theorem prover at Bloomberg

35 clarus 2026-01-24 03:51:45 UTC bloomberg.github.io Full Share 3

A new extraction system from Rocq to modern, memory-safe, performant C++.

Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops

818 bookofjoe 2026-01-23 18:51:45 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 527

BitLocker recovery keys are uploaded to Microsoft's cloud by default, allowing authorities to access encrypted data. This raises concerns about privacy and security risks, including potential hacking of Microsoft's cloud infrastructure.

Ask HN: What's the current best local/open speech-to-speech setup?

150 dsrtslnd23 2026-01-23 19:51:45 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 31

You're trying to implement a local voice assistant with low latency and interruptible speech-to-speech functionality. You're having trouble finding a reproducible example of using Qwen3 Omni for real-time speech-to-speech conversion.

Mental Models (2018)

90 hahahacorn 2026-01-23 21:51:45 UTC fs.blog Llama Share 12

The text discusses various mental models and concepts that help us understand the world, make better decisions, and spot opportunities. These models include velocity, reciprocity, thermodynamics, inertia, friction, and leverage, which can be applied to various aspects of life to achieve success and progress.

Air traffic control: the IBM 9020

32 pinewurst 2026-01-24 02:51:45 UTC computer.rip Llama Share 3

The FAA and IBM collaborated on the NAS Enroute Stage A project, which led to the development of the IBM 9020, a multisystem computer designed for real-time air traffic control. The 9020 used a cluster of seven S/360 computers connected by a common bus, with a central System Console for operator control and redundancy for high uptime and performance.

Booting from a vinyl record (2020)

309 yesturi 2026-01-23 10:51:45 UTC boginjr.com Llama Share 108

A person created a bootable record for a PC using a record player, amplifier, and custom ROM. The record contains a 64K RAM drive with a FreeDOS kernel and loads through the PC's cassette interface.

Route leak incident on January 22, 2026

145 nomaxx117 2026-01-23 18:51:45 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 39

On January 22, 2026, an automated routing policy configuration error caused a 25-minute BGP route leak from Cloudflare's Miami data center, affecting multiple external parties and causing congestion, elevated loss, and higher latency for some Cloudflare customer traffic. Cloudflare has apologized for the incident and is taking steps to improve routing security, including patching the failure ...

The tech monoculture is finally breaking

182 at1as 2026-01-23 15:51:45 UTC jasonwillems.com Llama Share 236

The tech industry has shifted from a golden era of variety and innovation in the 90s and early 2000s to a period of consolidation and homogenization, but now new paradigms are emerging with a focus on unique personalities and experiences. This shift is driven by consumer demand for alternatives, nostalgia, and a desire for devices that feel personal, leading to a potential new golden era of ...

KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer

226 bpierre 2026-01-23 14:51:45 UTC korg.com Llama Share 96

phase8 is an 8-voice acoustic synthesizer merging physical and electronic sound generation. It features envelope shaping, sequencing, and modulation, with interchangeable resonators for custom sound creation.

Proton spam and the AI consent problem

510 dbushell 2026-01-23 08:51:45 UTC dbushell.com Llama Share 360

The user received a newsletter for Lumo despite opting out and Proton Support initially denied it was a Lumo email. The user believes Proton and GitHub are abusing their services by ignoring opt-out requests.

Wilson Lin on FastRender: a browser built by parallel agents

50 lumpa 2026-01-23 22:51:45 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 14

Wilson Lin built FastRender, a web browser using autonomous coding agents, to explore frontier models' capabilities. The project used 2,000 agents concurrently, making thousands of commits per hour, and achieved a week-long run without human intervention.

Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go

236 rvermeulen98 2026-01-23 12:51:45 UTC github.com/ramonvermeulen Llama Share 81

Whosthere is a Go-based LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI that performs unprivileged scans using mDNS, SSDP, and ARP. It can be configured via a YAML file and provides a friendly way to discover devices on your network.

Nobody likes lag: How to make low-latency dev sandboxes

80 mnazzaro 2026-01-23 18:51:45 UTC compyle.ai Llama Share 37

Compyle's initial architecture for ephemeral cloud dev environments had slow startup times and extra network hops, causing unbearable lag in terminals and IDEs. By simplifying the architecture, removing socket servers, and keeping warm pools in multiple regions, Compyle achieved significant performance improvements and reduced terminal roundtrip time from over 200ms to 14ms.

Kotlin's rich errors: Native, typed errors without exceptions

40 todsacerdoti 2026-01-23 18:51:45 UTC cekrem.github.io Llama Share 55

Kotlin's Rich Errors feature introduces union types for explicit error handling, allowing functions to return values like String | Error. This shift makes errors part of the type system, forcing developers to handle them explicitly.

"People are going to stop and ask you, 'How can I help?' Let them."

10 NaOH 2026-01-24 03:51:45 UTC npr.org Llama Share 0

Connie Sherburne's husband died in a plane crash in 2020, leaving her to handle his affairs. An insurance agent's advice to "let them help" inspired Sherburne to accept support from friends and neighbors.

Gold fever, cold, and the true adventures of Jack London in the wild

57 janandonly 2026-01-23 20:51:45 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 21

Jack London, a 21-year-old writer, joined the Klondike gold rush in 1897 and spent nine months in the Yukon Territory, where he drew inspiration for his famous novel "The Call of the Wild." London's experiences as a prospector and his relationships with the people and dogs he met shaped his writing and made him a celebrated author.

Losing 1½ Million Lines of Go

84 moks 2026-01-24 01:51:45 UTC tbray.org Llama Share 7

The user is implementing character-property regexp features in Quamina, a Go programming project, by building on the Unicode Character Database to avoid generating 1.5M lines of code. They used caching to improve performance and considered using GenAI, but chose not to due to lack of tooling and experience.

Waypoint-1: Real-Time Interactive Video Diffusion from Overworld

76 avaer 2026-01-23 18:51:45 UTC huggingface.co Llama Share 19

Waypoint-1 is a real-time interactive video model that can create a world you can step into and interact with via text, mouse, and keyboard controls. It's a latent model trained on 10,000 hours of video game footage with fast inference and zero latency.