Everything I own, owned

215 schlarpc 2026-08-23 23:04:42 UTC schlarp.com Llama Share 64

The author has successfully reverse-engineered several peripherals, including a webcam and microphone, to gain control over their functionality. They have found vulnerabilities in the firmware of these devices that allow them to bypass security measures and access sensitive information.

How I find problems to solve as a staff engineer

253 vanpra 2026-08-23 20:04:42 UTC lalitm.com Llama Share 96

A senior engineer is seeking advice on finding problems worth working on, and the author shares their approach of listening to day-to-day noise and absorbing issues that people are facing.

Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive

187 naves 2026-08-23 19:04:42 UTC ft.com Full Share 147

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Google Workspace thinks my domain is an email provider (2025)

165 el1s7 2026-08-23 20:04:42 UTC blog.elis.cc Llama Share 37

User encountered error while creating Google Workspace account for company domain, despite premium renewal fee and no abuse history. They found workaround by disabling frontend input validation function that incorrectly flagged their domain as an email provider.

My agent.md to improve LLM-assisted code quality

142 ibobev 2026-08-23 18:04:42 UTC fabiensanglard.net Llama Share 72

The author improved their LLM-assisted code quality by creating an agent.md file with coding style preferences, which was injected into the prompt during coding sessions. This helped to reduce code quality issues and improve overall readability.

What Is a Harness?

290 tosh 2026-08-23 15:04:42 UTC earendil.com Llama Share 131

An agent harness is a software tool that provides an environment for AI models to operate within, allowing users to own and adapt it. It consists of instructions, tools, and a framework that governs the model's behavior.

How Complex Systems Fail (1998)

234 shortcrct 2026-08-23 16:04:42 UTC how.complexsystems.fail Llama Share 62

Complex systems inherently have hazardous processes, requiring multiple layers of defense against failure. These defenses include technical, human, organizational, and regulatory measures that work together to provide a series of shields against accidents.

AI Chip Architectures

35 Finbarr 2026-08-23 23:04:42 UTC jepeake.com Llama Share 6

Google's Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) and NVIDIA's GPU architectures have evolved to address the growing demands of AI workloads, with TPU focusing on matrix multiplication and GPUs leveraging massive multithreading. The two architectures differ in their approach to compute, memory hierarchy, and software stack.

Malware infects Android-based automotive head unit firmware

210 campuscodi 2026-08-23 14:04:42 UTC securelist.com Llama Share 106

Researchers discovered a new Android malware that infects car head units through the built-in firmware update process, creating a proxy botnet for ad fraud. The malware was linked to the MoYu Group and is believed to be part of the BADBOX botnet.

Implementation of GPT-2 in pure CMake

23 porridgeraisin 2026-08-23 22:04:42 UTC github.com/alpindale Llama Share 8

Created GPT-2 model checkpoint and generated text with prompt "Hello" using cmake.

My favorite nonfiction books about cults, scams, and schemes

189 bwb 2026-08-23 14:04:42 UTC bookdna.com Full Share 67

A website for debloated open source alternatives

257 ryanvogel 2026-08-23 17:04:42 UTC debloat.dev Full Share 88

OpenSnek MIT ★★★★ (3) replaces Razer Synapse (mice, macOS) Native macOS app for Razer mice: DPI, lighting, remaps and onboard profiles without Synapse. 0 post(s) »

Why Sal Khan't: On Learning by Making but Teaching by Telling

128 the-mitr 2026-08-23 16:04:42 UTC punyamishra.com Llama Share 78

The author critiques Sal Khan's AI tutoring revolution, arguing that it failed because it lacked purpose and didn't allow students to actively construct their understanding. The true power of learning lies in the human systems, not technology alone.

Explain it to me like I'm ten

78 bookofjoe 2026-08-23 19:04:42 UTC timharford.com Llama Share 38

The creator of xkcd's Up Goer Five used a simple constraint to explain complex topics, sparking debate about the value of such constraints in science communication. Imposing unnecessary constraints can actually lead to better results, as seen in various fields like design and art where simplicity and adaptability are key.

Decoding silent reading from non-invasive EEG

26 root-parent 2026-08-23 21:04:42 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 11

Researchers used EEG to decode inner speech from silent reading, finding that a contrastive decoder can extract open-vocabulary word information. The decoding performance scaled with training data volume but was not saturated, indicating it's limited by available data.

Rural Village in Spain Is Welcoming Digital Nomads with Open Arms

20 simonebrunozzi 2026-08-23 21:04:42 UTC cntraveler.com Llama Share 8

Rooral, a nonprofit program, hosts remote workers in Benarraba, Spain for up to two months to stimulate local economies and preserve rural traditions. The initiative has brought new energy and diversity to the village, showcasing its vibrant community despite depopulation concerns.

Declarative WebGPU with S-Expressions

18 hugodan 2026-08-23 21:04:42 UTC hugodaniel.com Llama Share 1

Pngine is a declarative format and runtime for WebGPU that allows users to declare and ship WebGPU plumbing in a cross-platform way. It validates declared configurations using WGSL reflection and spec checks, producing errors and warnings without requiring a live WebGPU context.

Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?

160 tchalla 2026-08-23 19:04:42 UTC slate.com Llama Share 64

Ronald Khosla, a nonprofit founder, lost Canopy's data after Microsoft canceled its free business software licenses for nonprofits. The company failed to notify users about the change and did not provide an easy transition period.

AI and Infrastructure Engineering

38 0megion 2026-08-23 19:04:42 UTC omegion.dev Llama Share 11

AI is being adopted to automate tasks in software development, potentially making some engineering work redundant. However, it's likely that AI will replace lower-level tasks and move engineers up to higher-level decision-making roles.

Kodak DC50 now usable on the Apple II

32 ibobev 2026-08-23 17:04:42 UTC colino.net Llama Share 5

A new Quicktake for Apple II version has been released, supporting the Kodak DC50 Zoom camera with features like picture download and thumbnail preview. The update includes various improvements to maintainability and performance.

The planet now has more trees than it did 35 years ago (2018)

48 bookofjoe 2026-08-23 22:04:42 UTC psmag.com Llama Share 27

The world's tree cover increased by 2.24 million square kilometers over the past 35 years, despite deforestation and droughts, mainly due to agricultural abandonment and China's massive tree planting program. However, tropical forests saw significant losses in tree cover, with Brazil leading the way in loss of 399,000 square kilometers.

The Vibe Tax

100 allisdust 2026-08-23 19:04:42 UTC insufferable.dev Llama Share 77

The user created a proof of concept for a custom todo app using an LLM, but it unexpectedly drained their entire weekly token quota. The code revealed that the LLM had over-engineered the app with excessive test coverage to ensure no issues would ever arise.

The Remote Work Challenge: Lessons from 5 Cities

30 softwaredoug 2026-08-23 18:04:42 UTC pew.org Llama Share 13

Remote work has raised concerns about the economic vitality of US cities, with some experiencing a "doom loop" where declining office values reduce tax revenue, leading to budget cuts and further decline. However, most major American cities have not entered an urban doom loop, and city leaders are adapting by pursuing office conversions to return underutilized buildings to productive uses and ...

Fable and the end of the free lunch

108 dbreunig 2026-08-23 20:04:42 UTC dbreunig.com Llama Share 87

Coders are balking at Anthropic's pricing for agentic models, opting for alternatives like GLM 5.2 instead. The shift away from free lunch optimization is driven by the realization that Moore's Law has slowed, making parallelization and context strategies more crucial.

Parallel development without the headaches using Git worktree

14 oogali 2026-08-23 23:04:42 UTC barrd.dev Llama Share 7

The author discovered Git's worktree feature, which allows multiple branches to be worked on simultaneously in separate directories. This eliminates the need for frequent branch switching and stash operations, improving workflow organization and reducing context switching.

Things I want in a modern relational query language

83 zdw 2026-08-23 14:04:42 UTC sporks.space Llama Share 79

The author revisits and revises an old draft to create a new query language inspired by SQL, with the goal of making relational data more manageable for programmers. The proposed language incorporates features from functional programming paradigms like lazy evaluation and pattern matching.

A complex structure on S^6 [pdf]

45 robinhouston 2026-08-23 22:04:42 UTC alpo.ge Llama Share 14

The (3, 4, ∞) triangle group acts on the upper half-plane h with quotient P1 minus a point and adding the cusp gives P1 with orbifold points of orders 3 and 4 and the cusp. A family over the thrice punctured sphere is given by explicit period functions on h attached to this orbifold; each filling is glued to the global family along a collar by a fibre-preserving map, resulting in X being ...

Coconut oil jet fuel matches kerosene's efficiency in engine tests

142 mdp2021 2026-08-23 16:04:42 UTC studyfinds.com Llama Share 168

Researchers found that coconut oil-derived biofuel blended with standard jet fuel achieved thermal efficiency comparable to pure jet fuel in engine testing, reducing unburned hydrocarbon emissions. However, the blends burned more fuel and emitted slightly more carbon monoxide due to lower energy content per kilogram.

Death to px, long live ch

60 Brajeshwar 2026-08-23 14:04:42 UTC shkspr.mobi Llama Share 41

The author argues that pixel units can be misleading and proposes using character width (ch) for widths and ex for heights to create more readable layouts. This approach allows gaps to be proportional to the text content, rather than screen size.

The Sloppification of Peptides

90 henryaj 2026-08-23 10:04:42 UTC henryaj.substack.com Full Share 70