I Hate (Most) Keyboard 'Fn' Keys

29 speckx 2026-06-10 13:24:27 UTC danq.me Llama Share 5

The user has an ageing Windows media centre PC with a wireless keyboard that repurposes F-keys for extra functions, causing frustration when the function-lock gets switched off. They wish keyboards would implement Fn keys correctly, allowing users to easily switch between standard and special function modes without losing settings.

Mercedes‑Benz starts large‑scale production of electric axial flux motor

260 raffael_de 2026-06-10 08:43:27 UTC media.mercedes-benz.com Llama Share 138

Mercedes-Benz starts large-scale production of its electric axial flux motor at its Berlin-Marienfelde plant. The motor is used in the new Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe and marks a technological innovation in electromobility.

All 9,300 Japanese train station, animated by the year it opened (1872–2026)

34 momentmaker 2026-06-10 12:43:27 UTC jivx.com Llama Share 18

Japan's railway network expanded from a single line in 1872 to over 9,000 stations by the 21st century. The map shows stations opening over time, revealing Japan's geography through railway development.

Buy a train, bridge or tracks from the Swiss Railway

56 kisamoto 2026-06-10 11:43:27 UTC sbbresale.ch Llama Share 28

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macOS Container Machines

928 timsneath 2026-06-10 00:43:27 UTC github.com/apple Llama Share 333

Container machine provides a seamless Linux environment on Mac, offering fast, lightweight, and persistent integration. It allows users to access their Linux environment from any terminal, edit on Mac, build inside, and test applications across various distributions.

Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight

25 edent 2026-06-10 12:47:27 UTC mohkohn.co.uk Llama Share 6

A utility company's website had a big problem with a lengthy application process. The solution was to build a new version using Astro, an HTML-first approach, which doubled the company's users overnight.

Claude Fable 5

2377 Philpax 2026-06-09 17:43:27 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 1872

Claude Fable 5 is a state-of-the-art AI model with exceptional performance in various areas, but it comes with risks and requires safeguards to prevent misuse. The model is released with conservative safeguards that trigger in less than 5% of sessions, and a trusted access program will be expanded to allow more users to access its capabilities.

Hacking for Defense Stanford 2026 – Lessons Learned Presentations

39 sblank 2026-06-10 10:43:27 UTC steveblank.com Llama Share 17

Hacking for Defense, a class at Stanford, teaches students to solve national security problems using Lean LaunchPad/I-Corps methodology, with 70 universities participating worldwide. This year's teams used AI tools to build minimal viable products and interviewed 1132 beneficiaries, stakeholders, and industry partners to understand and help solve complex national security problems.

Reviving Papers with Code

94 nielz_r 2026-06-10 08:43:27 UTC paperswithcode.co Llama Share 21

Recent AI systems have achieved strong results on various benchmarks but lack economically meaningful deployment across many professional domains due to evaluation problems. Researchers have proposed several solutions, including Agents' Last Exam (ALE), RLinf-VLA, SkillOpt, Harness-1, SCAIL-2, WhisperKit, Mirage, SearchSwarm-30B-A3B, Docling, Agent Lightning, MinerU2.5, GLM-4.5, and Cosmos 3, ...

Upcoming breaking changes for npm v12

422 plasma 2026-06-09 21:43:27 UTC github.blog Llama Share 165

npm v12 introduces security changes to npm install, requiring explicit opt-in for scripts and Git dependencies. Upgrade to npm 11.16.0, review warnings, and use npm approve-scripts to allow trusted packages.

Show HN: macOS menu bar gauges for your Claude Code quota

26 grzracz 2026-06-10 10:43:27 UTC github.com/grzegorz-raczek-unit8 Llama Share 18

Claude Code quota widget displays 5-hour and weekly usage for multiple accounts with customizable labels and hidden options. It uses macOS Keychain and Homebrew, auto-discovers accounts, and requires a single CLI run for token recovery.

AWS Bedrock to require sharing data with Anthropic for Mythos and future models

202 TomAnthony 2026-06-10 08:43:27 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 140

Anthropic requires 30-day data retention for Mythos-class models on Bedrock for misuse detection. Data is deleted after 30 days, except in safety investigations or legal cases.

Magnetoelectric antennas could transform how underwater robots talk

31 breve 2026-06-10 08:43:27 UTC newatlas.com Llama Share 15

Researchers at the University of Florida developed BlueME, a new underwater communication system that lets AUVs exchange data reliably at distances of up to 730m using 10 watts of power. BlueME uses magnetoelectric antennas that improve in performance when submerged, allowing for real-time autonomy and potential applications in fleet navigation and seafloor mapping.

Rich Sutton on AI creativity and discovery

160 yimby 2026-06-10 02:43:27 UTC twitter.com/richardssutton Llama Share 85

The speaker discusses AI's limitations in creativity and discovery, stating that Generative AI can mimic but not truly create.

German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews

740 ahlCVA 2026-06-10 02:43:27 UTC the-decoder.com Llama Share 408

A German court ruled Google directly liable for its AI search overviews, not just a list of search results. The court found Google's AI made false claims about two publishers, which Google couldn't verify or correct.

Port React Compiler to Rust

102 boudra 2026-06-10 09:43:27 UTC github.com/react Full Share 82

This is an experimental, work-in-progress port of React Compiler to Rust. Key points: Work-in-progress - we are sharing early, prior to testing internally at Meta, to get feedback from partners in...

Who Runs Your Rust Future? Hands-On Intro to Async Rust

6 febin 2026-06-10 12:43:27 UTC aibodh.com Prefix Share 0

"Bodh" in "AIBodh" means understanding. Since conversational AI first arrived, the main thing I kept coming back to it for was learning, asking, getting it wrong, asking again, until something finally made sense. That turned into a belief I still hold: used well, AI can genuinely help people learn. So I use it for teaching, but not as a shortcut. Each article still takes me 20 ...

RIP software hackathons. Long live the hardware hackathon

216 ozcap 2026-06-09 22:43:27 UTC blog.oscars.dev Llama Share 106

The user participated in a hackathon in Vilnius where they created a project that integrated an old rotary phone with a Raspberry Pi and AI agent to play niche music via the Spotify API. They believe hackathons should focus on hardware and innovative projects rather than just coding, and predict a shift towards hardware hackathons in the coming months.

Ultrafast machine learning on FPGAs via Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks

253 ag2718 2026-06-09 19:43:27 UTC aarushgupta.io Llama Share 36

The user's Master's thesis involves designing hardware architectures for ultrafast inference and online learning using Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs). KANs are a natural fit for efficient, expressive LUT-NNs and can be trained on FPGAs for ultrafast inference and online learning.

What it feels like to work with Mythos

314 swolpers 2026-06-09 17:43:27 UTC oneusefulthing.org Llama Share 279

The user tested the first public Mythos-class AI model, Claude 5 Fable, and found it to be a significant leap over previous models, capable of complex tasks with minimal human input. Fable's ability to delegate tasks to other models and generate impressive results with little human oversight raises concerns about the black box nature of AI and the potential loss of human control.

Surprise, Pay $1000

239 apike 2026-06-09 22:43:27 UTC forestwalk.ai Llama Share 95

The user tried Blacksmith, a cheaper alternative to GitHub Actions, but was surprised to receive an invoice for overage despite being on a free trial with no credit card. The user decided to continue using Blacksmith due to its benefits, but advises SaaS services to be aware of user expectations regarding free account limits and overage billing.

The oldest surviving animated feature film at 100

128 1659447091 2026-06-10 00:43:27 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 23

Lotte Reiniger made the world's oldest surviving animated feature film, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 1926. She was a pioneering female artist who used stop-motion and multiplane camera techniques to create a timeless classic.

I Thought I Knew How Electrolysis Worked [video]

63 tambourine_man 2026-06-10 05:43:27 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 7

OpenCV 5 Is Here: The Biggest Leap in Years for Computer Vision

787 ternaus 2026-06-09 13:43:27 UTC opencv.org Llama Share 142

OpenCV 5 is a major release that modernizes the library with a new DNN engine, improved ONNX support, and hardware acceleration. It brings significant performance improvements, better language support, and a redesigned Hardware Acceleration Layer for faster image processing.

More Molly Guards

158 zdw 2026-06-09 23:43:27 UTC unsung.aresluna.org Llama Share 18

The user collected various examples of molly guards, which are design elements preventing accidental actions, and discussed their effectiveness and aesthetics. They also shared a personal anecdote about the origin of the term "molly guard."

Ask HN: Are most corporate SWE jobs performative?

5 hnthrow10282910 2026-06-10 13:20:27 UTC news.ycombinator.com Prefix Share 1

The large companies I’ve worked at (including FAANG) seemed to thrive on kudos via performative actions. Like the majority of the team is doing useless stuff that management thinks is impressive while the couple all stars get the team closer to the goal. Meanwhile, a lot of managers calendars are purely just 1:1s with devs on the team which clearly has very little value add to the team. ...

Vibe coding my way to a healthy family: Introducing Gamow Labs

174 dmckinno 2026-06-10 03:43:27 UTC ddmckinnon.com Llama Share 99

The user's son Owen was born with breathing issues and underwent ECMO surgery, but a diagnosis of alveolar capillary dysplasia (ACD) was only confirmed after his death. The user developed a system to analyze genetic data and founded Gamow Labs to democratize access to whole-genome sequencing diagnostics.

If Claude Fable stops helping you, you'll never know

904 mips_avatar 2026-06-09 21:43:27 UTC jonready.com Llama Share 448

Anthropic has implemented safeguards in Claude to limit its effectiveness for frontier LLM development without user notification. This creates supply chain risk for businesses as they can't trust their infrastructure due to hidden policy restrictions.

Lies we tell ourselves about email addresses

142 theanonymousone 2026-06-09 22:43:27 UTC gitpush--force.com Llama Share 146

Email addresses are complex and have many edge cases, including international characters, case sensitivity, and server-specific features that can lead to unexpected behavior. To handle email addresses safely, don't overthink it and use simple client regex for user input, verify addresses with a confirmation code or link, and use citext or COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci for unique index checks.

CEOs who think AI replaces their employees are just bad CEOs

760 speckx 2026-06-09 19:43:27 UTC techdirt.com Llama Share 277

CEOs are overhyping AI tools, forcing employees to use them without understanding their limitations. This "AI psychosis" leads to unrealistic expectations and potential layoffs, which may be an excuse for poor hiring decisions.