Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

249 janpot 2026-06-05 15:49:32 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 163

The ISS crew has a plan to split into two groups in case of an emergency, with five crew members in the SpaceX Crew Dragon and two Russian cosmonauts in the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft. The crew is prepared to leave at a moment's notice, with spacesuits on and engines ready.

pg_durable: Microsoft open sources in-database durable execution

161 coffeemug 2026-06-05 16:49:32 UTC github.com/microsoft Llama Share 39

pg_durable is a PostgreSQL extension that provides durable execution of SQL workflows with automatic checkpointing and resume after crashes or restarts. It allows teams to define workflows in SQL and execute them reliably without external services.

Gemma 4 QAT models: Optimizing compression for mobile and laptop efficiency

108 theanonymousone 2026-06-05 16:49:32 UTC blog.google Llama Share 18

We released Gemma 4 QAT checkpoints to make it more efficient on edge devices and consumer GPUs, reducing memory requirements while preserving quality. The new checkpoints use Quantization-Aware Training to minimize quality loss when compressing models.

Conventional Commits encourages focus on the wrong things

164 jsve 2026-06-05 15:49:32 UTC sumnerevans.com Llama Share 117

The author argues that Conventional Commits is a flawed standard that prioritizes the wrong information in commit messages. It focuses on the type of change rather than the scope, which is more important for developers and end-users.

Adyen Selected as Payment Services Provider for GOV.UK Pay

44 ChrisArchitect 2026-06-05 17:49:32 UTC adyen.com Llama Share 2

GOV.UK Pay has appointed Adyen as its new payment services provider for non-Crown card payments and pay by bank services. The transition will enable modern payments infrastructure, faster innovation, and evolving consumer payment preferences for over 1,700 services across the UK public sector.

Cloudflare CEO Is Lying to You About the Bot Traffic Jump

28 speckx 2026-06-05 17:58:32 UTC flyingpenguin.com Llama Share 5

Cloudflare CEO misrepresented reality by publishing bot traffic increase, ignoring overall traffic numbers and highlighting a small, friendly category. Actual data shows search crawlers are largest bot category, with AI traffic mostly from training scrapers, not malicious agents.

Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows

317 riddley 2026-06-05 11:49:32 UTC mouseless.click Llama Share 156

Mouseless allows for quick cursor control by typing coordinates, reducing strain and pain from repetitive mouse clicks. It provides an efficient solution for effortless cursor control, suitable for those who can't use mice.

I tested every IP KVM in my Homelab

145 vquemener 2026-06-05 14:49:32 UTC jeffgeerling.com Llama Share 42

The user reviews various IP KVMs, including PiKVM, BliKVM, GL-iNet, NanoKVM, JetKVM, and others, highlighting their features, pros, and cons, and recommending the JetKVM as a good option for its simplicity and value. The user also emphasizes the importance of security and proper setup when using IP KVMs, and notes that the market for these devices is booming with new options and features ...

New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without waste

57 speckx 2026-06-05 15:49:32 UTC rochester.edu Llama Share 27

Researchers at the University of Rochester developed a new solar-thermal desalination process that produces fresh water efficiently without leaving behind brine. The technology uses superwicking solar panels to extract nearly 100 percent of salts in solid form, potentially providing an abundant supply of table salt and precious minerals like lithium.

Mantine-datatable (and others) compromised – owner account suspended

38 justsomehuman 2026-06-05 16:49:32 UTC github.com/icflorescu Full Share 9

⚠️ Important Security Notice -- Please Read Hi everyone. I'm Irinel-Ramona, Ionut's wife. I'm posting this on his behalf because his GitHub account has been suspended and he has no way ...

Launch HN: General Instinct (YC P26) – Frontier models on edge devices

22 guanming0717 2026-06-05 16:49:32 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 9

Guanming and Bill from General Instinct developed a method to compress large AI models for edge hardware, preserving performance and reducing size. They're interested in hearing from people deploying models on robots or edge devices, specifically about the biggest bottlenecks in production.

Cooldown Support for Ruby Bundler

112 calyhre 2026-06-05 12:49:32 UTC blog.rubygems.org Llama Share 27

Bundler 4.0.13 introduces cooldown, a time-based filter that refuses to resolve to a version until it has been public for at least N days. This feature is opt-in and complements existing defenses like mandatory 2FA and trusted publishing.

My Agent Skill for Test-Driven Development

11 laxmena 2026-06-05 17:49:32 UTC saturnci.com Llama Share 0

AI agents struggle to write good tests due to poor human examples and bad testing practices. Providing guidance like Kent Beck's Canon TDD or a personal TDD skill can improve test quality.

Tracing a powerful GNSS interference source over Europe

314 mimorigasaka 2026-06-05 08:49:32 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 158

A space-based GNSS interference source has caused widespread interference in Europe, Greenland, and Canada since 2019. The source was identified as a constellation of Russian early warning satellites in Molniya orbits.

Did Claude increase bugs in rsync?

95 logicprog 2026-06-05 12:49:32 UTC alexispurslane.github.io Llama Share 90

The rsync project's use of AI tool Claude led to a heated debate about reliability and maintainability, but analysis shows that the increase in bugs was due to a flood of AI-generated security issues, not Claude itself. The data suggests that the Claude releases are not significantly different from the project's historical distribution, and critics' claims of harm are based on a post-hoc ...

Inside FAISS: Billion-Scale Similarity Search

6 tohms 2026-06-05 17:49:32 UTC fremaconsulting.ch Prefix Share 0

Before going further, we recommend reading the original paper: Johnson, Douze & Jégou (2017), "Billion-scale similarity search with GPUs". It is brilliant and remains the canonical reference for FAISS. This article is a humble visual companion: a few hand-picked parts of the design that we wanted to illustrate from our own perspective, with interactive schemas to make the geometry ...

Gov.uk goes Dutch on payments as it dumps Stripe

85 toomuchtodo 2026-06-05 17:49:32 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 24

The UK's GDS has replaced Stripe with Adyen as its payment processor for GOV.UK Pay, a three-year contract worth up to £25.3 million. The change will introduce new payment options and no loss in functionality for users.

Sakana AI's Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) Lab

10 hardmaru 2026-06-05 17:49:32 UTC sakana.ai Llama Share 7

Sakana AI is establishing the RSI Lab in Tokyo to develop recursive self-improvement AI technology using Japan's unique strengths in science and engineering. The lab aims to create sample-efficient AI systems that can compound on national compute budgets.

Redis 8.8: New array data structure, rate limiter, performance improvements

175 ksec 2026-06-05 10:49:32 UTC redis.io Llama Share 80

Redis 8.8 introduces several new features including arrays, window counter rate limiters, message NACKing, subkey notifications for hash fields, explicit control over JSON numeric array storage, and multiple aggregators in a single time series query. These features improve performance, flexibility, and efficiency for various use cases such as rate limiting, stream processing, and analytics, ...

Nango (YC W23, dev infra) is hiring staff back end engineers

0 2026-06-05 12:49:32 UTC nango.dev Full Share

From DevExp to high scale to API fragmentation, we work on hard problems.

Do the Hardest Thing

13 levhawk 2026-06-05 17:49:32 UTC justinjackson.ca Llama Share 4

The speaker believes that choosing the hardest thing to work on, when few others are willing to attempt it, can lead to success and high value. This approach, known as "the hard thing," involves tackling a challenging problem in a market with existing demand, often resulting in durable startups.

India's surprise baby bust

48 hakonbogen 2026-06-05 14:49:32 UTC economist.com Llama Share 179

India's school textbooks will now warn of the risks of low birth rates, not high ones, due to global economic threats. This shift reflects a change in India's demographic concerns from overpopulation to underpopulation.

Dutch gov't will only allow European company to operate DigiD platform

165 TechTechTech 2026-06-05 15:49:32 UTC nltimes.nl Llama Share 54

The Dutch government will conduct the next DigiD management tender via the Defense and Security Procurement Act to limit national security risks. Only European companies will be eligible, excluding countries with restrictive legislation like the US.

C++: The Documentary

319 ingve 2026-06-05 04:49:32 UTC herbsutter.com Llama Share 235

C++: The Documentary premiered on YouTube, showcasing the language's 40-year success story. Key figures like Bjarne, Andrew Koenig, and Herb Sutter contributed to C++'s growth.

Show HN: Lowfat – pluggable CLI filter that saved 91.8% of my LLM tokens

59 zdkaster 2026-06-05 09:49:32 UTC github.com/zdk Llama Share 45

lowfat is a CLI tool that filters unnecessary output to reduce AI token costs. It integrates with shells, allows customization, and provides features like stats and plugin management.

Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now "Magic" Gives It Gravity

133 rbanffy 2026-06-05 08:49:32 UTC quantamagazine.org Llama Share 140

Physicists have found a way to describe how space and matter interact in a quantum universe. They used a new code that incorporates "magic" from non-Clifford gates to make space bend and interact with matter.

"Maybe later" was a feature

5 arnorhs 2026-06-05 17:49:32 UTC arnorhs.dev Prefix Share 0

Have you ever thought back to when you were kind of excited about something - eg. of having more tests for some particular part of your stack, or rewriting legacy website from "legacy old thing" to "shiny new thing"? Or deploying your services on AWS intead of GCP? Or maybe it was a feature you wanted to build - such as a task management thing on top of your CRM, or some slick ...

Changing how we develop Ladybird

731 EdwinHoksberg 2026-06-05 07:49:32 UTC ladybird.org Llama Share 482

Ladybird is moving to a tighter development process with only project maintainers introducing code changes. This change is necessary to ensure security and accountability as the project prepares for its first alpha release.

South Korean forums will need to scan every images with AI censorship tools

178 Cider9986 2026-06-05 04:49:32 UTC discuss.privacyguides.net Llama Share 123

South Korean government requires internet communities to scan user uploads with AI due to regulation changes. Small businesses face financial pressure to buy datacenter-grade Nvidia GPUs to implement the new requirement.

Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow?

86 dv35z 2026-06-05 15:49:32 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 68

You're planning in-person developer boot-up workshops focusing on modern tooling, targeting participants with varying backgrounds and experience levels, and seeking suggestions on AI tool integration and open-source solutions. Your workshop goals include setting up a blog, creating a simple web app, and exploring AI harnesses, with a focus on long-term quality and supportability.