The Social Edge of Intelligence: Individual Gain, Collective Loss

22 ForHackernews 2026-04-28 10:32:04 UTC theideasletter.org Llama Share 14

The author argues that the intelligence of AI systems is not solely dependent on their architecture or training data, but rather on the social complexity of the civilization whose language they digested, and that over-reliance on AI may lead to a degradation of human social reasoning and collective intent. The author proposes the Social Edge Framework, which suggests that organizations should ...

An Update on GitHub Availability

100 salkahfi 2026-04-28 10:32:04 UTC github.blog Llama Share 61

GitHub experienced two recent incidents due to rapid growth in software development and has started increasing capacity by 10X with a goal of substantially improving reliability and failover. The company is prioritizing availability, reducing unnecessary work, improving caching, and isolating critical services to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930

398 jekude 2026-04-27 22:32:04 UTC talkie-lm.com Llama Share 145

Researchers have created a 13B vintage language model called talkie-1930-13b-base trained on 260B tokens of historical pre-1931 English text to simulate conversations with people from the past. The model's performance is compared to its modern counterpart, with talkie underperforming in some standard LM evaluations but showing similar performance on core language understanding and numeracy tasks.

The World's Most Complex Machine

69 mellosouls 2026-04-28 07:32:04 UTC worksinprogress.co Llama Share 24

ASML, a Dutch company, dominates the market for lithography machines used in semiconductor manufacturing. Its machines are crucial for producing the world's smallest chips.

Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal

896 helsinkiandrew 2026-04-27 13:32:04 UTC bloomberg.com Llama Share 764

Microsoft and OpenAI dropped exclusive deal allowing OpenAI to pursue deals with other cloud-computing companies. Microsoft will no longer pay revenue share on OpenAI products resold on its cloud.

Can You Find the Comet?

59 ColinWright 2026-04-28 06:32:04 UTC apod.nasa.gov Llama Share 17

A comet is visible in the night sky, but it's hard to see due to its proximity to the Sun. It will be best viewed from southern hemisphere skies in coming weeks before fading into interstellar space.

GTFOBins

239 StefanBatory 2026-04-28 06:32:04 UTC gtfobins.org Full Share 64

GTFOBins is a curated list of Unix-like executables that can be used to bypass local security restrictions in misconfigured systems.

Is my blue your blue?

578 theogravity 2026-04-27 20:32:04 UTC ismy.blue Full Share 388

Test your color perception with this interactive test.

WASM is not quite a stack machine

61 signa11 2026-04-28 05:32:04 UTC purplesyringa.moe Llama Share 16

Wasm is not a pure stack machine due to its lack of stack manipulation operations. It can be viewed as a register machine with operations generalized to compound expressions.

Mo RAM, Mo Problems (2025)

148 blfr 2026-04-28 01:32:04 UTC fabiensanglard.net Llama Share 24

The author built a Quake PC with 384 MiB of RAM, but performance suffered due to the 430FX chipset's 64M cache limit. Removing excess RAM restored performance, revealing a common issue with Windows 95 and NT loading from the top down.

High Performance Git

161 gnabgib 2026-04-28 01:32:04 UTC gitperf.com Llama Share 37

The book explains Git's performance costs through its layers, including objects, refs, index, and history traversal. It's written for engineers to keep Git fast as repositories grow, covering diagnosis, configuration, and recovery.

Pgrx: Build Postgres Extensions with Rust

107 luu 2026-04-28 03:32:04 UTC github.com/pgcentralfoundation Llama Share 5

PGRX is a Rust framework for developing PostgreSQL extensions, supporting various platforms and PostgreSQL versions. It provides a safe and idiomatic way to interact with PostgreSQL internals.

In Kannauj, perfumers have been making monsoon-infused mitti attar for centuries

7 bcaulfield 2026-04-28 09:32:04 UTC atlasobscura.com Prefix Share 1

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4TB of voice samples just stolen from 40k AI contractors at Mercor

545 Oravys 2026-04-27 11:32:04 UTC app.oravys.com Llama Share 207

A data breach at Mercor exposed 40,000 contractors' voice biometrics and ID documents. Attackers can use this data to clone voices and commit crimes like bank verification bypass and vishing.

Three men are facing charges in Toronto SMS Blaster arrests

170 gnabgib 2026-04-27 21:32:04 UTC tps.ca Llama Share 83

Toronto Police launched Project Lighthouse in November 2025 to combat an SMS blaster operating in downtown Toronto. The device mimicked a cellular tower, sending fraudulent texts to thousands of devices, posing a threat to public safety and financial security.

Men who stare at walls

603 aselimov3 2026-04-27 11:32:04 UTC alexselimov.com Llama Share 275

User tried Simple Lucas' focus routine, staring at a wall to recover focus, and found it effective but hard. They attribute their lack of focus to information overload and use wall staring with parasympathetic activation and mind blanking to improve productivity.

Meetings are forcing functions

127 zdw 2026-04-27 23:32:04 UTC mooreds.com Llama Share 69

Organizations can use standing meetings to maintain progress on complex projects with multiple stakeholders. By reviewing previous to-dos, it creates pressure to make progress and accountability among team members.

The quiet resurgence of RF engineering

205 merlinq 2026-04-27 17:32:04 UTC atempleton.bearblog.dev Llama Share 113

RF engineering is experiencing a resurgence due to growing demand from industries such as space, 5G, and automotive, driven by a shortage of engineers who can work at the hardware level. The supply side is broken, with 73% of EE employers unable to fill positions within six months, and companies are investing in university partnerships to build their own talent pipeline.

Easyduino: Open Source PCB Devboards for KiCad

225 Hanqaqa 2026-04-27 18:32:04 UTC github.com/hanqaqa Llama Share 35

The Easyduino project is an open-source effort to create PCB designs for popular microcontrollers using KiCad. It aims to unify software and conventions across devboards like Arduino, ESP32, and Raspberry Pi.

How I leared what a decoupling capacitor is for, the hard way

106 actinium226 2026-04-27 23:32:04 UTC nbelakovski.substack.com Llama Share 60

The author's magnetometer stopped working when powered by a battery, but worked fine when powered by USB. The issue was likely due to a noisy 3.3V power line caused by a switching regulator.

Tiled Words 6 Month Update

12 paulhebert 2026-04-28 08:32:04 UTC paulmakeswebsites.com Llama Share 3

User wanted to make games since childhood, but struggled to create a successful game as an adult. However, their game Tiled Words surpassed expectations with thousands of daily players and an award, allowing them to release new puzzles daily and engage with a supportive community.

LingBot-Map: Streaming 3D reconstruction with geometric context transformer

33 nateb2022 2026-04-28 03:32:04 UTC technology.robbyant.com Llama Share 2

Lingbo-Map uses Geometric Context Attention to manage memory in 3D reconstruction. It maintains three contexts to keep memory and compute constant at 20 FPS for long sequences.

Networking changes coming in macOS 27

230 pvtmert 2026-04-27 16:32:04 UTC eclecticlight.co Llama Share 211

Apple is warning of two significant changes in macOS 27: removal of AFP support and a requirement for TLS 1.2 connections to certain servers. These changes may impact enterprise users and those with Time Capsules or NAS systems that don't support SMB3.

The woes of sanitizing SVGs

227 varun_ch 2026-04-27 15:32:04 UTC muffin.ink Llama Share 93

Scratch's approach to SVG sanitization has been ineffective due to numerous vulnerabilities discovered over the years. Despite multiple fixes, new security issues continue to arise.

Pgbackrest is no longer being maintained

430 c0l0 2026-04-27 11:32:04 UTC github.com/pgbackrest Llama Share 221

pgBackRest is a reliable PostgreSQL backup and restore solution that scales up to large databases and workloads. It supports parallel processing, compression, and block-level backups for efficient data storage and retrieval.

Who owns the code Claude Code wrote?

3 senaevren 2026-04-28 11:26:04 UTC legallayer.substack.com Prefix Share 0

Legal architecture for AI builders and founders. Turning complex liability, privacy, and regulatory questions into practical product decisions. By subscribing, you agree Substack's Terms of Use, and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy. Agentic coding tools such as Claude Code enable humans to direct agents in multi-step planning and execution on complex coding ...

Fully Featured Audio DSP Firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico

297 BoingBoomTschak 2026-04-27 11:32:04 UTC github.com/weeblabs Llama Share 85

The DSPi transforms a Raspberry Pi Pico into a digital audio processor with features like room correction, active crossovers, and parametric EQ. It acts as a USB sound card with onboard DSP engine.

FDA approves first gene therapy for treatment of genetic hearing loss

248 JeanKage 2026-04-27 11:32:04 UTC fda.gov Full Share 91

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Spanish archaeologists discover trove of ancient shipwrecks in Bay of Gibraltar

115 1659447091 2026-04-27 19:32:04 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 36

Spanish archaeologists have documented 151 sites in the Bay of Algeciras, including 134 shipwrecks dating from the 5th century BC to the 2nd World War. The wrecks reveal the history of war, trade, exploration, and settlement in the strategically important waterway.

GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing

689 frizlab 2026-04-27 16:32:04 UTC github.blog Llama Share 509

GitHub Copilot will transition to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026, with a monthly allotment of GitHub AI Credits for each plan. Credits will be consumed based on token usage, and users can purchase additional usage if needed.