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

330 janpot 2026-06-05 15:57:04 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 211

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

260 coffeemug 2026-06-05 16:57:04 UTC github.com/microsoft Llama Share 67

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

213 theanonymousone 2026-06-05 16:57:04 UTC blog.google Llama Share 66

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.

New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without waste

190 speckx 2026-06-05 15:57:04 UTC rochester.edu Llama Share 89

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.

My Agent Skill for Test-Driven Development

99 laxmena 2026-06-05 17:57:04 UTC saturnci.com Llama Share 38

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.

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

414 riddley 2026-06-05 11:57:04 UTC mouseless.click Llama Share 177

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.

Microsoft wants users to be addicted to Scout, their AI personal assistant

9 berlianta 2026-06-05 22:15:04 UTC disassociated.com Prefix Share 6

An internal Microsoft strategy document says that the plan for its just-announced “Scout” personal assistant AI is to “make people addicted” to the tool before rolling out additional functionality, 404 Media has learned. “Three phases from addictive app to agentic platform,” the documentation. Is anyone surprised? The big tech company has long been in the business of building not so much ...

Transformers Are Inherently Succinct

64 brandonb 2026-06-05 18:57:04 UTC openreview.net Llama Share 24

Transformers can describe certain languages extremely succinctly, being exponentially more succinct than linear temporal logic and recurrent neural networks, and doubly exponentially more succinct than finite automata.

Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen

274 toomuchtodo 2026-06-05 16:57:04 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 96

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.

Conventional Commits encourages focus on the wrong things

238 jsve 2026-06-05 15:57:04 UTC sumnerevans.com Llama Share 184

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.

Did Claude increase bugs in rsync?

236 logicprog 2026-06-05 12:57:04 UTC alexispurslane.github.io Llama Share 227

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 ...

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Loses Door at Remote Pacific Airport, Puzzling Engineers

6 lostlogin 2026-06-05 22:04:04 UTC aeroxplorer.com Prefix Share 0

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner suffered an unusual incident at one of the most remote airports in the world when one of its doors detached from the fuselage during ground handling. The event has left engineers searching for answers about how it happened. The aircraft was on the ground at the Mataveri Airport on Easter Island, located 3,759 km off the coast of South America. The remoteness of the ...

Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?

93 andrehacker 2026-06-05 17:57:04 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 259

The user initially dismissed AI models like DALL-E and ChatGPT as parlor tricks but had a series of "Oh shit" moments as they realized the potential of these models to solve real problems and change their approach to development. These moments included using Claude code to generate a Zillow description, building a web tool to sort media files, and using AI to translate code and track down ...

I tested every IP KVM in my Homelab

210 vquemener 2026-06-05 14:57:04 UTC jeffgeerling.com Llama Share 60

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 ...

"Maybe later" was a feature

59 arnorhs 2026-06-05 17:57:04 UTC arnorhs.dev Llama Share 15

The author discusses how not building certain features can be beneficial, allowing teams to prioritize what's truly important. They worry that relying on AI to build features will lead to codebases becoming illegible and overly complex.

Cooldown Support for Ruby Bundler

135 calyhre 2026-06-05 12:57:04 UTC blog.rubygems.org Llama Share 36

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.

The Empty Field That Wasn't: GPS, OTAD and Two Decades of Encrypted Broadcasts

40 lordgilman 2026-06-05 17:57:04 UTC lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com Llama Share 9

GPS satellites broadcast encrypted material in a 176-bit field called Subframe 4, which has been publicly available for nearly two decades. Researchers analyzed 12.16 million observations and found the content is consistent with the military's Over-the-Air Distribution (OTAD) global rekeying network.

Three of our worst VC stories

156 orgonon 2026-06-05 19:57:04 UTC twitter.com/eastdakota Full Share 64

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India's surprise baby bust

102 hakonbogen 2026-06-05 14:57:04 UTC economist.com Llama Share 472

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.

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

39 guanming0717 2026-06-05 16:57:04 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 13

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.

Inside FAISS: Billion-Scale Similarity Search

29 tohms 2026-06-05 17:57:04 UTC fremaconsulting.ch Llama Share 0

FAISS (Facebook AI Similarity Search) is a library for efficient similarity search that uses approximate search methods to speed up search by orders of magnitude while sacrificing a tiny bit of accuracy. It combines Inverted File (IVF) and Product Quantization (PQ) to achieve fast and efficient nearest neighbor search, making it suitable for real-time systems like web-scale retrieval or live ...

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

55 justsomehuman 2026-06-05 16:57:04 UTC github.com/icflorescu Full Share 21

⚠️ 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 ...

Accidentally deleted subscriptions for chat integrations (Slack and MS Teams)

102 SparkyDogs 2026-06-05 19:57:04 UTC githubstatus.com Llama Share 40

Authorization failures occurred from 14:49 to 16:45 UTC due to a feature flag issue, now resolved. Customers can manually re-subscribe their repo for chat integration.

Tracing a powerful GNSS interference source over Europe

347 mimorigasaka 2026-06-05 08:57:04 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 190

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.

Aging and Eye Problems

20 speckx 2026-06-05 18:57:04 UTC ldstephens.net Llama Share 1

User experienced unusual vision issues after 50th birthday, seeing double rows on spreadsheets. Using dark mode helps alleviate floaters caused by posterior vitreous detachment in left eye.

Warren's Abstract Machine: A Tutorial Reconstruction

4 nextos 2026-06-05 21:57:04 UTC github.com/a-yiorgos Full Share 0

Warren's Abstract Machine: A Tutorial Reconstruction by Hassan Ait-Kaci - a-yiorgos/wambook

Hacker News, Sans AI

102 chilipepperhott 2026-06-05 20:57:04 UTC elijahpotter.dev Llama Share 61

User created HNSansAI, a Hacker News clone that filters out AI-related content. It uses the official Hacker News API to exclude articles mentioning AI terms.

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

0 2026-06-05 12:57:04 UTC nango.dev Full Share

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

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

191 ksec 2026-06-05 10:57:04 UTC redis.io Llama Share 88

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, ...

C++: The Documentary

355 ingve 2026-06-05 04:57:04 UTC herbsutter.com Llama Share 266

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.