You can't unit test for taste

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The user built an app called In the Long Run, which allows users to virtually run famous routes worldwide and view points of interest along the way. They used GeoNames data, Python, and DuckDB to create a pipeline that enriches the app with relevant points of interest, overcoming challenges with AI hallucinations and biases.

Half-Life 2 in a Browser

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The Disappearance of Japan's Animators

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The anime industry is facing a labour crisis despite its growing popularity, with a shortage of animators and poor working conditions. The industry's shift to contract labour and outsourcing has led to a lack of on-the-job training and a decline in the number of animators.

Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities

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Show HN: Turn native language audio into flashcards and shadowing practice

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Comprehensible input that sticks. Turn the audio you study into native-voice Anki cards.

LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach

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LastPass users are warned about stolen personal data due to a breach at market research firm Klue, which exposed customer contact information and support case data. LastPass has notified law enforcement, revoked employee access, and recommended customers be vigilant of phishing attacks.

Puzzling Success of Overparameterization: Lottery Tickets or Escape Dimensions?

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Overparameterized neural networks succeed due to increased dimensions for optimization, not by containing a well-initialized subnetwork. Widening networks makes it easier to escape bad local minima and find good ones.

OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom

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OpenAI's chip, Jalapeño, shows better performance-per-watt than current alternatives. It's designed for inference, reducing costs for running AI models in real-time.

Cloudflare launched self-managed OAuth for all

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Cloudflare upgraded its OAuth engine to improve performance and security. The upgrade allowed for self-managed OAuth, enabling customers to create and manage their own OAuth clients.

Wikipedia Workers in Britain set global first by seeking union recognition

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British Wikipedia workers are seeking union recognition with the Communication Workers Union, citing concerns over transparency and the WMF's future direction. Over 1000 volunteers have signed petitions in support of the workers, who are longtime contributors to the Wikimedia movement.

Tell HN: OpenAI has started putting ads on paid programs

I was on the £6.99/month program-- mainly because I didnt use it much. Last few days I've started seeing ads: 1. Ad for Financial Times 2. Add for Shein 3. Add for Amazon prime day All 3 were on a chat where I was asking about tips on a mobile game.

Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub

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Bohemia Interactive releases Poseidon game engine source code under GPL-3.0-or-later with additional terms. The code is free, but trademarks and game data are not, and come separately under APL-SA license.

Blogging can just be stating the obvious

John Gruber criticizes annoying website popups and meta comments on blogging. He suggests a key ingredient to blogging is stating obvious truths that others are not saying.

LuaJIT 3.0 proposed syntax extensions

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This is an umbrella issue for the LuaJIT 3.0 syntax extensions. The documentation will be evolved and updated in the first comment below. 1 Please feel free to discuss the choice, design and semantics of syntax extensions in this issue. ...

45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero

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NVIDIA's AI servers use 45-degree Celsius liquid cooling, making them more energy efficient and reducing cooling energy consumption by up to 40%. This technology enables data centers to save millions annually in cooling-related energy and water costs.
Joshua Wang, a neuroscientist, notices unreliable studies on TriNetX, a research platform, due to inexperienced users and AI assistance. TriNetX papers often have similar flaws, including bias and cherry-picked results, which can mislead doctors and patient care.

Show HN: Secs-man, a secrets manager you can (not) rely on

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secs-man is a tool for managing backups of secrets with tool-independence in mind. It allows users to export and encrypt files from a given source directory and recover them by importing to the same directory.

GLM-5.2 is a step change for open agents

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Z.ai released GLM-5.2, an open model that's outperforming closed models. This marks a significant shift in the AI landscape, with open models offering credible alternatives to closed models.

Lies, Damn Lies and Database Benchmarks

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A benchmark like ClickBench can be misleading due to its rules and assumptions, such as forcing a cold run by restarting the server, which can favor hosted systems over self-managed ones. Changing the benchmark's rules, such as keeping a process alive or increasing the number of iterations, can significantly alter the ranking of different database engines, highlighting the importance of ...

Dostoyevsky isn't difficult

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The author had a difficult time reading War and Peace as a teenager due to Russian names but later found Dostoyevsky's works readable and enjoyable. Dostoyevsky's stories endure due to their simple yet beautiful prose and relatable descriptions of human nature.

Show HN: StartupsBR – A map of Brazilian startups

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O mapa vivo do ecossistema de startups do Brasil

Countries are competing to see which can carry out mass surveillance the best

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Mass surveillance carried out by states and rulers is reprehensible and infringes individuals' human rights, invading personal privacy and being ineffective against the problems it's claimed to solve. The US mass surveillance apparatus, enabled by Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, has been shown to collect data on hundreds of millions of people worldwide, including ...

RubyLLM: A Ruby framework for all major AI providers

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RubyLLM is a single Ruby framework for various AI providers. It simplifies AI development with a unified interface for GPT, Claude, and local Ollama.

Dolphin Emulator Progress Release 2606

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Ask HN: What surprised you about Estonia e-Residency and running an Estonian OÜ?

From the official information online, joining the e-Residency program and setting up an Estonian company seems relatively straightforward. I'm considering using an Estonian OÜ for a SaaS business and would love to hear from people who have actually gone through the process. What surprised you after becoming an e-resident and establishing your company? Were there recurring costs, ...

Qualcomm to Acquire Modular

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PR spam today looks like email spam in the early 2000s

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Rahul from Greptile observed a surge in OpenClaw pull requests, mostly low-effort AI-generated submissions, with a 9.3% merge rate. To address this, solutions like Vouch and reputation systems are being developed to filter out malicious or unqualified contributors.

The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader

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The Xteink X4 is a £40 e-ink reader that's small and lightweight, with a crisp display and instant page turns. It's highly portable and can be improved with custom firmware like CrossPoint or Inx.

Federal agents track down woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE

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