1-Click GitHub Token Stealing via a VSCode Bug

116 ammar2 2026-06-03 02:29:01 UTC blog.ammaraskar.com Llama Share 18

An attacker can steal a GitHub token by exploiting a vulnerability in VSCode's webviews, allowing them to install malicious extensions and gain full code execution. The attack involves creating a Jupyter notebook with a payload that installs a local workspace extension, which can then be used to steal the token.

HHS is overriding peer review to require changes to research scope, design

19 SubiculumCode 2026-06-03 03:29:01 UTC science.org Llama Share 5

The Trump administration is adding an extra layer of review to NIH grants, with HHS reviewers sometimes asking for substantive changes to research. This has sparked concerns of research censorship and politicization, with some NIH staffers calling the practice unprecedented and alarming.

Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux

189 tanelpoder 2026-06-02 23:29:01 UTC github.com/c0dejedi Llama Share 53

A daemon allocates VRAM as a block device using the NBD protocol, exposing it as a swap device to the kernel. This approach sidesteps NVIDIA driver limitations and provides a swap solution with lower latency than NVMe.

The American Missile Crisis

14 JumpCrisscross 2026-06-03 03:32:01 UTC research.contrary.com Llama Share 8

US munitions stockpiles have declined significantly since the Cuban Missile Crisis, with supplies potentially depleted in as few as three days in a Pacific conflict. The bottleneck in solid-rocket motor production is attributed to ammonium perchlorate, a highly regulated and difficult-to-produce fuel.

MAI-Code-1-Flash

423 EvanZhouDev 2026-06-02 19:29:01 UTC microsoft.ai Llama Share 180

Microsoft introduces MAI-Code-1-Flash, a new coding model for fast and efficient assistance in developer workflows. It outperforms Claude Haiku 4.5 with better price to performance and is now rolling out to GitHub Copilot users in VS Code.

Agentic Mfw

67 elmerland 2026-06-03 03:29:01 UTC agenticmotherfucking.website Llama Share 18

The author mocks the current state of software development where maintainability and clean code are no longer valued, instead prioritizing complexity and speed to impress investors. The author also ridicules the idea of open-source contributions and the current state of GitHub, where bots and AI-generated code dominate and human contributions are often ignored or drowned out.

CT scans of BYD car parts

280 viasfo 2026-06-02 21:29:01 UTC lumafield.com Full Share 119

We CT scanned four BYD components—a battery cell, window switch, EV charger, and key fob—to see what's inside the world's best-selling EV that's banned in the U.S.

Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

40 dpmdpm 2026-06-03 01:29:01 UTC blog.roku.com Llama Share 11

Roku LT OS is a lightweight, open-source operating system for embedded systems and automotive engineering. It provides a powerful, predictable framework for high-performance hardware-level development.

Capstone – multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework

20 gregsadetsky 2026-06-03 02:29:01 UTC capstone-engine.org Llama Share 0

Capstone is a disassembly engine for binary analysis and reversing, supporting 24 architectures and implemented in pure C with bindings for various languages. It provides a generic API and is widely used in the security community.

The Unreasonable Redundancy of Nature's Protein Folds

5 ray__ 2026-06-03 03:49:01 UTC research.ligo.bio Prefix Share 0

Over the last few years, deep neural networks have made generative language modeling dramatically more powerful, giving us large language models. A similar leap happened for continuous modalities like images and videos. Recently, similar techniques have been applied to the generative modeling of biomolecules with great success. Models such as DeepMind's AlphaFold3 made it much easier to ...

Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

712 speckx 2026-06-02 19:29:01 UTC moddedbear.com Llama Share 427

The user is frustrated with Gmail's new AI features that nag and interrupt them while composing emails. They're switching to Fastmail after 16 years with Gmail due to the unwanted features.

Words of Type

10 tobr 2026-06-03 03:29:01 UTC wiki.wordsoftype.com GoogleT5 Share 0

Glyphs are a group of encoded characters that are designed and can be accessed individually. in digital fonts, each of these glyphs has its own unicode, and each is designed to be visually consistent with the other syllables in the typeface. hyphenation is the process of embedding instructions into ttf files to optimize how it renders at small sizes or lower screen resolutions. the position

Pluto.jl 1.0 release – reactive notebook for Julia

56 fons-p 2026-06-02 23:29:01 UTC discourse.julialang.org Llama Share 4

Pluto version 1.0 is released, celebrating six years of progress and making scientific computing more accessible and fun. Pluto is an interactive environment for notebook programming in Julia, with features like reproducibility, accessibility, and reactivity.

Are blue zones real? Answering that question is harder then ever

48 mfld 2026-06-03 00:29:01 UTC statnews.com Llama Share 37

French geneticist Jean-Francois Deleuze's AGENOMICS study aims to identify genetic patterns among long-lived French citizens and compare them to centenarians from blue zones. The blue zones concept, popularized by Dan Buettner, has been questioned due to declining numbers of healthy seniors in original regions and commercialization of the brand.

My thoughts after using Clojure for about a month

147 speckx 2026-06-02 20:29:01 UTC acdw.net Llama Share 87

The user is learning Clojure and finds it ergonomic and powerful, preferring it over Common Lisp and Scheme due to its cohesive design and large standard library. They appreciate Clojure's simplicity and uniformity, but acknowledge some pain points, such as its syntax and the need to learn Java for interop.

4K years ago, Mohenjo-daro grew more equal over time

62 marojejian 2026-06-02 22:29:01 UTC archaeologymag.com Llama Share 35

Archaeologists found lower inequality levels in ancient Mohenjo-daro, with economic gaps shrinking over time. The city's focus on public infrastructure and shared resources contributed to its stability and equality.

A walking tour of surveillance infrastructure in Seattle (2020)

384 eustoria 2026-06-02 13:29:01 UTC coveillance.org Llama Share 263

This walking tour in downtown Seattle aims to expose the hidden layers of surveillance technology in the city, including cameras, license plate readers, and data collection systems, and to raise questions about their use and impact on society. The tour highlights various surveillance tools and sites, including Amazon Go, Acyclica, the Washington State Fusion Center, and a peering site, and ...

Open Repair Data Standard – Open Repair Alliance

107 cassepipe 2026-06-02 20:29:01 UTC openrepair.org Llama Share 3

The Open Repair Data Standard (ORDS) helps combine repair data on electronics by defining a shared approach. It collects data on product, repair, and session information to identify trends globally and locally.

AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study

134 berlianta 2026-06-03 00:29:01 UTC law.stanford.edu Llama Share 127

A Stanford study found law professors prefer AI-generated answers to student questions over human-written ones, with AI winning 75% of head-to-head matchups. The study suggests AI can be a valuable tool in legal education, offering high-quality, on-demand support that complements classroom instruction.

Can A.I. produce writing that we want to read?

10 fortran77 2026-06-03 02:29:01 UTC newyorker.com Llama Share 25

The author is concerned that AI-generated writing may replace human writers, but notes that people will always value the human process of writing and communication. The author conducted an experiment with AI to mimic famous authors, but found that the AI-generated writing often lacked action and character development.

HP re-releases classic computer science calculator: The HP-16C

140 dm319 2026-06-02 19:29:01 UTC hpcalcs.com Llama Share 88

The HP 16c Collector's Edition retains the classic layout but is 100x faster with customizable word size and base conversions. It features programming capabilities with conditional branching, subroutines, and flags, and supports up to 203 bytes of program memory.

America's Data Center Build-Out Is Falling Way Behind Schedule

10 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-06-03 03:54:01 UTC wsj.com Full Share 0

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How we index images for RAG

102 mooreds 2026-06-02 19:29:01 UTC kapa.ai Llama Share 14

Kapa's AI assistant uses a vision model at indexing time to describe images as text, then retrieves these descriptions alongside text chunks at query time, improving answer quality and reducing costs. This approach, which involves describing images once at ingestion and storing them as separate text chunks, outperforms query-time vision and is more cost-effective for large-scale applications.

Loading Sega Games Off a Vinyl Record [video]

22 zdw 2026-06-03 01:29:01 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 4

Multicore suppport for DOS is real – partly

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OpenFOV – Webcam head tracking for iRacing

99 mwit2023 2026-06-02 14:29:01 UTC openfov.com Full Share 51

OpenFOV uses your webcam to control iRacing's in-game FOV. Unlocks VR-style functionality for your monitor!

NLAB: The worlds smallest electronics lab

6 doctoboggan 2026-06-03 02:29:01 UTC getnlab.com Full Share 2

The nLab Starter Kit is your launchpad. Inside, you'll find carefully selected components, guided lessons, and projects that grow with you - from your very first circuit to advanced builds.

Trump signs downsized AI order after weeks of reversals

189 _alternator_ 2026-06-02 17:29:01 UTC politico.com Llama Share 136

President Donald Trump signed an executive order addressing AI-driven cyber threats with a voluntary review process for AI companies. The order aims to enhance national security and global AI dominance while avoiding heavy federal oversight.

Expanding Project Glasswing

163 surprisetalk 2026-06-02 13:29:01 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 219

Project Glasswing is expanding to 150 new organizations in 15 countries to secure software with AI. The goal is to adapt to AI's changing cybersecurity landscape and prevent catastrophic attacks affecting over 100 million people.

Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release

161 jandeboevrie 2026-06-02 14:29:01 UTC blog.davidedmundson.co.uk Llama Share 191

Plasma is transitioning to Wayland, removing X11 support in Plasma 6.8. This change will allow for new performance improvements and features, but may require custom scripts and workflows to adapt.