Fastpotify

118 nreece 2026-09-01 03:22:55 UTC fastpotify.rocks Llama Share 47

Winamp is a native binary music player that starts quickly and uses little memory, allowing local playback and control on various devices. It features browsing playlists, search, keyboard shortcuts, and customizable skins for a period-accurate experience.

GPU World

14 simonpure 2026-09-01 04:34:55 UTC gpuworld.org Llama Share 1

The AI revolution will transform humanity with access to frontier LLMs, potentially leading to significant changes in education, healthcare and social media. In a "business as usual" future by 2040, widespread access to high-quality AIs could lead to various benefits and challenges.

Google Antigravity introduces Boost deep reasoning (/boost)

52 simonpure 2026-09-01 03:22:55 UTC antigravity.google Llama Share 37

The /boost command in Antigravity 2.0 is an on-demand multi-agent reasoning pipeline for complex software engineering tasks, providing interactive and high-intensity developer productivity. It breaks down challenges into discrete subtasks, performs root-cause debugging and verification, and delivers results directly within day-to-day coding sessions.

I turned my security cameras into an automatic bird identification system

430 speckx 2026-08-31 17:22:55 UTC jasontucker.blog Llama Share 102

The user set up BirdNet-Go, a bird identification system that uses AI models to analyze audio from security cameras' microphones, identifying birds and other wildlife in real-time. This setup has become a fun game for the user and their wife, providing insights into local biodiversity and even connecting with other birders through a community platform.

Restroom Archive

36 jcalx 2026-09-01 04:22:55 UTC restroomarchive.com Full Share 2

This restroom is accessible through the bar area of the pizza restaurant and is the family restroom on the left. The interior is spacious with subway tiles on the lower half of walls and wood paneling on the upper half. The floor is tiled in a basket weave pattern. There is no decor, but the door and soap dispenser are covered with graffiti tags.

Playa Phone

563 cutoff 2026-08-31 15:22:55 UTC playaphone.com Llama Share 202

A phone booth is available at Burning Man for free calls to anywhere in the world. Dial +1 (775) 557-4848 to connect with a random Burner or add it as a contact later.

Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination

136 Anon84 2026-09-01 00:22:55 UTC datacolada.org Llama Share 93

Researchers found anomalies in the original data of Ariely and Wertenbroch's 2002 study on deadlines and procrastination, suggesting it was tampered with. The data showed implausible effect sizes, duplicated observations, inconsistent correlations, and non-rounded self-reported minutes.

A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city in one HTML file [video]

275 keithcarolus 2026-08-31 18:22:55 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 35

2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up

77 fagnerbrack 2026-09-01 01:22:55 UTC jkm.dev Llama Share 40

The author reminisces about playing RuneScape in the early 2000s and how it was a sustained exercise in not wasting bytes due to its limited bandwidth. The protocol used by Jagex, which has remained largely unchanged since 2001, is highly optimized for efficiency.

Terence Tao explains 6 essential mathematical concepts [video]

324 matthewsinclair 2026-08-31 17:22:55 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 35

Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates

352 Tomte 2026-08-31 14:22:55 UTC rockpapershotgun.com Llama Share 132

Dwarf Fortress is getting a major update with procedural magic systems, allowing for unique and unpredictable magical situations. The update promises to revolutionize the game's existing magic system, enabling discovery-based research and exploration of new forms of sorcery.

RotaryCell: Making an unmodified rotary phone work over LTE with an ESP32-S3

18 jombib 2026-09-01 03:22:55 UTC github.com/fregacmols Llama Share 2

RotaryCell converts a traditional rotary phone into a portable, battery-powered cellular phone without modifying the original. The project uses existing telephone parts and adds electronics to create a working prototype that can be carried away from fixed connections.

Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public

39 gone35 2026-09-01 01:22:55 UTC wallpaper.com Llama Share 6

A labyrinth in honor of Jorge Luis Borges was built on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy, 25 years after his death. The restored maze features a tactile map and is designed to evoke memories of Borges' life and works.

Apple caught off guard by AI demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio

361 thm 2026-08-31 13:22:55 UTC macrumors.com Llama Share 405

Apple unexpectedly released new Mac mini and Mac Studio models due to strong enterprise demand for AI hardware, driven by a boom in AI-driven sales. The early launch coincides with the global memory shortage, leaving many configurations out of stock.

Show HN: Laser Graffiti

158 con 2026-08-31 18:22:55 UTC laser.consti.de Llama Share 32

This is a DIY laser graffiti project that uses a mouse or finger as the "laser" to draw on a projector screen. The camera detects the drawn strokes and maps them onto the projector, creating interactive artwork.

Lion-man

91 gurjeet 2026-08-31 22:22:55 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 44

The Löwenmensch figurine, a 35,000-41,000-year-old sculpture from the Upper Paleolithic era, is an anthropomorphic representation of a lion-human hybrid discovered in Germany. It was carved out of mammoth ivory and features human-like body parts with the head of a cave lion.

Develop Cross-Platform CLI and GUI Tools with Tcl/Tk

78 aryonoco 2026-08-31 23:22:55 UTC cgicoffee.com Llama Share 40

Tcl/Tk is a powerful, cross-platform GUI toolkit that has been widely used for over 40 years. It provides a portable, native-looking interface to help manage high-performance binaries and can be used with various programming languages such as Python. Tcl's syntax is unique, with everything being a string and data being indistinguishable from code, which can make it challenging for modern ...

Cheap GPS jammers are filling the world with navigation dead zones

105 vinnyglennon 2026-08-31 16:22:55 UTC wsj.com Full Share 101

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I think the military commissary's freezers were hacked

305 jcurbo 2026-08-31 12:22:55 UTC signalandsilence.substack.com Full Share 163

Smartphone LED detects hidden cameras with AI

184 geox 2026-08-31 17:22:55 UTC chosun.com Full Share 54

Smartphone LED and AI Detect Hidden Cameras KAISTs SweepLED achieves 94% accuracy with 10,000 won LED device A technology has been developed to detect

Run macOS Software on Linux

184 Bluestein 2026-08-31 23:22:55 UTC darlinghq.org Llama Share 58

Darling is free and open-source software that runs macOS apps on Linux, similar to Wine for Windows. It's based on the original Darwin source code and aims to fully integrate apps into the Linux desktop experience.

DoltLite: A SQLite fork with Git-style version control, built with 2k agent PRs

19 lbw1215 2026-09-01 02:22:55 UTC dolthub.com Llama Share 3

DoltLite is a Beta version of SQLite with added version control features, developed by a team of agents. It offers branch, merge, and diff functionality on top of the existing SQL parser and analyzer from SQLite.

Autonomous (YC F25) is hiring engineers

0 2026-08-31 21:22:55 UTC news.ycombinator.com Full Share

ATG (Autonomous Technologies Group) is an AI lab deploying frontier reasoning systems within financial markets. Autonomous (https://becomeautonomous.com) is an agentic wealth strategist built on this foundation.

GPU World

6 tosh 2026-09-01 04:22:55 UTC gpuworld.org Llama Share 0

The AI revolution will transform humanity with access to frontier LLMs, potentially leading to significant changes in education, healthcare and social media. In a "business as usual" future by 2040, widespread access to high-quality AIs could lead to various benefits and challenges.

A Cyanometer and a Cloud Colourimeter

11 Kaibeezy 2026-09-01 03:22:55 UTC byopiapress.wordpress.com Llama Share 1

A user shared a DIY cyanometer project inspired by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure's 1789 invention, using pure cyan and printing or painting techniques. The project also explored related themes of color, art, and environmental awareness through various examples and installations.

RavynOS: Pre-alpha open-source OS based on Darwin, FreeBSD, Apple open-source

186 Bluestein 2026-08-31 16:22:55 UTC ravynos.com Llama Share 106

ravynOS aims to bring macOS features like clean design and drag-and-drop installs to its platform. It offers a distraction-free interface, standard Command-key shortcuts, and a familiar file hierarchy for users.

ChatGPT Work Tool and Skill Reference

205 ijidak 2026-08-31 14:22:55 UTC codex-tool-reference.simonw.chatgpt.site Llama Share 53

This toolset provides various capabilities, including automation, Gmail and Google Calendar management, website building and deployment. It also offers personal context retrieval and pet management within ChatGPT Work mode.

Flat vs. segmented memory – it's recursive

3 signa11 2026-09-01 04:22:55 UTC humprog.org Prefix Share 0

My recent forays in x86 segmentation (1 2) made me notice a trend in the evolution of x86: the decline of fine-grained memory protection, both across the move to 64-bit and indeed before that in the fast system calling features. These both partially hobbled the sophisticated segmentation system, which had been a hallmark of the architecture since the 286. The explanation is possibly Unix: the ...

Reverse engineering my ADHD test

176 hazebooth 2026-08-31 16:22:55 UTC nullpt.rs Llama Share 96

The author, after noticing clear stars on a night of light pollution, ordered a telescope and discovered it sparked an interest in new hobbies. This led to him getting evaluated for ADHD by his psychiatrist.

'Mad honey' that can stop your heart is being sold online

170 samizdis 2026-08-31 20:22:55 UTC phys.org Full Share 104

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