Our position on open-weights models

397 surprisetalk 2026-07-27 23:01:23 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 528

The author of Anthropic does not support banning open-weights models, but instead advocates for keeping powerful chips out of authoritarian hands and requiring safety testing of all capable models. The author's primary concern is authoritarian governments building more powerful AI models than the US, and their secondary concern is powerful AI models being misused for cyberattacks or biological attacks.

Benchmarking Opus 5 on SlopCodeBench

82 dhorthy 2026-07-27 23:01:23 UTC github.com/humanlayer Llama Share 18

The user tested three Claude models (Opus 5, Sonnet 5, and Opus 4.8) on SlopCodeBench, a new benchmark that evaluates code quality over time, and found that none of them could maintain a codebase without increasing complexity. The user believes that SlopCodeBench gives a signal that today's models can't be relied on to run lights-off without steering for real-shaped software engineering work, ...

DConf 2026 in London

38 teleforce 2026-07-28 00:01:23 UTC dconf.org Llama Share 9

DConf speakers include experts in compiler technology, AI, and game development, presenting on topics such as LLMs, agentic tools, and 3D graphics engines. The event features a mix of experienced professionals and students contributing to the D programming language and ecosystem.

Watching Go's new garbage collector move through the heap

165 matheusmoreira 2026-07-27 18:01:23 UTC theconsensus.dev Llama Share 17

Go 1.26's new garbage collector, Green Tea, improves performance by reducing cache misses and increasing speed, but its impact on L3 cache is initially misleading. By analyzing L1 cache metrics, we see that Green Tea reduces L1 cache misses and improves overall performance, but Go still struggles with memory fragmentation due to its non-moving collector.

Show HN: Dowe – A full-stack language for server, web, desktop, Android, and iOS

18 victorriba 2026-07-28 00:01:23 UTC dowe.dev Full Share 19

Architecture lives in the source and generation lives in the Dowe compiler. Agents edit intent; Dowe keeps the system coherent. Dowe makes the path from an agent edit to a platform artifact visible, deterministic, and reviewable.

C/C++ projects packaged for Zig

20 jcbhmr 2026-07-28 00:01:23 UTC github.com/allyourcodebase Llama Share 9

You can package C/C++ projects for the Zig build system by adding a dependency on Zig and removing dependencies on other build tools, showcasing a build.zig file for the project. To contribute a repository, follow a checklist including using a permissive license, packaging the original project without extra Zig-specific stuff, adding a CI job, and having interest in occasional maintainership work.

Hard Road – A beautiful procedural post-apocalyptic game

26 getbutterfly 2026-07-27 23:01:23 UTC hardroad.xyz Full Share 9

Booting physics & world…

Launch HN: Rise Reforming (YC S26) – Turning Waste Gases into Valuable Chemicals

57 george_rose25 2026-07-27 20:01:23 UTC rise-reforming.com Llama Share 22

Rise Reforming converts biogas from wastewater, farms, and landfills into valuable chemicals, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and supply chains. Their technology fits in a shipping container, allowing for rapid deployment and production of chemicals like DME, methanol, and DMC.

Astronauts describe persistent 'observer' sensation after 6 month missions

18 zdw 2026-07-28 00:01:23 UTC spacedaily.com Llama Share 2

Astronauts returning from long space missions experience a strange perceptual aftereffect, feeling like they're watching their lives from outside. This sensation, known as the observer effect, can last weeks or months and is a result of their brain recalibrating to life on Earth after time in microgravity.

Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise

118 softwaredoug 2026-07-28 00:01:23 UTC inc.com Full Share 54

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The Burau representation of the braid group is faithful for n = 4

8 wglb 2026-07-28 00:13:23 UTC arxiv.org Prefix Share 2

In this paper we use ideas introduced earlier by Moody, Long, Long-Paton, and Bigelow to prove the theorem of the title, that the Burau representation of the classical braid group is faithful for n = 4. An immediate corollary is that the Jones representation of the braid group is also faithful for n = 4. From: Tara E. Brendle [view email] [v1] Mon, 6 Jul 2026 16:28:02 UTC (3,164 KB) ...

Self-contained highly-portable Python distributions

108 jcbhmr 2026-07-27 19:01:23 UTC gregoryszorc.com Llama Share 21

This project creates self-contained Python distributions that can run on any system with minimal dependencies. The distributions can be customized and repackaged by downstream tools like PyOxidizer and PyOxy, which add functionality to the Python interpreter.

Glue bonds to nonstick surfaces and wipes clean with ethanol

149 gmays 2026-07-27 15:01:23 UTC cen.acs.org Llama Share 82

Researchers developed a small-molecule glue called CyclicFP-fmoc that bonds strongly to nonstick surfaces and can be easily removed with ethanol. The adhesive combines high strength, ductility, and washability, making it reusable and recyclable.

Securing Services with Rootless Containers

56 speckx 2026-07-27 20:01:23 UTC blog.coderspirit.xyz Llama Share 20

The website uses Anubis to protect against aggressive AI scraping, which adds a Proof-of-Work load to make scraping more expensive. Users with plugins like JShelter need to disable them for this domain to access resources.

Ray tracing massive amounts of animated geometry using tetrahedral cages

63 LorenDB 2026-07-27 19:01:23 UTC gpuopen.com Llama Share 8

Researchers at AMD developed a method to efficiently animate massive amounts of geometry using tetrahedral cages. This approach decouples animation cost from triangle count, allowing for real-time rendering of complex scenes with many animated objects.

The computer that helped win World War II

170 baruchel 2026-07-27 14:01:23 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 69

In 1941, British codebreakers discovered a new German encryption system called Tunny, which was more advanced than Enigma, and they built a machine called Colossus to break the code. Colossus, the world's first large-scale programmable electronic digital computer, was built by engineer Tommy Flowers and helped the Allies decipher encrypted messages, saving countless lives and shortening World War II.

Removing React.js from the codebase and adapting Htmx for UI interactivity (2023)

221 Ralfp 2026-07-27 10:01:23 UTC misago-project.org Llama Share 156

Misago's current implementation has issues with duplicated code and complexity. It can be simplified by using a JavaScript framework with server-side rendering like Next.js or Remix.run, and focusing on an API with React.js UI.

A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

108 quantified 2026-07-27 23:01:23 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 63

A Nova Scotia man, Brandon Klayme, was wrongly convicted of child sex abuse charges due to a single underscore mistake in a username. The mistake led police to Klayme instead of the actual perpetrator, and he was acquitted after an appeal in 2024.

Judge Rejects Google's Attempt to DMCA Its Way Out of Being Scraped

251 cdrnsf 2026-07-27 19:01:23 UTC techdirt.com Llama Share 96

A judge has dismissed Google's lawsuit against SerpAPI, a company that scrapes Google's search results, citing that Google's "SearchGuard" measure is not designed to protect copyrighted content. The court ruled that Google's claims under the DMCA are subject to dismissal as they do not effectively control access to a copyrighted work.

Exploiting Volvo/Eicher's fleet platform to gain control over all users/vehicles

132 EatonZ 2026-07-27 16:01:23 UTC eaton-works.com Llama Share 44

A vulnerability was found in My Eicher's APIs, allowing hackers to gain high-level access and account takeover, potentially controlling hundreds of vehicles. The vulnerability was discovered in 2025 and fixed in November 2025, but not before exposing sensitive data of 275k vehicles and 115k customers.

Show HN: FeyNoBg – Automatic background removal model and training library

87 snyy 2026-07-27 17:01:23 UTC usefeyn.com Llama Share 21

FeyNoBg is a state-of-the-art model for automatic background removal that outperforms or closely matches the best published results on eight benchmarks. It's based on BiRefNet and uses a library called NoBg for training and running the model.

UpCodes (YC S17) is hiring remote AE's to help make buildings cheaper

0 2026-07-27 18:01:23 UTC up.codes Full Share

We’re looking for talented and motivated people who can help us build easy-to-use compliance and product research tools. Learn about our culture and explore open positions.

Paged Out #9 [pdf]

171 laurensr 2026-07-27 15:01:23 UTC pagedout.institute Llama Share 21

Paged Out! magazine Issue #9 is now available with over 70 items, articles, and artwork, and the editorial team is working on Issue #10 with a call for papers deadline of September 30, 2026. The magazine is also introducing a Patreon page to support its financial goals and making past issues available for purchase through Lulu.com.

Bytecode-to-Source Mapping

37 evakhoury 2026-07-27 19:01:23 UTC tidefield.dev Llama Share 2

The user encountered a problem while working on a bytecode VM, specifically how to efficiently store and retrieve line numbers for a chunk of bytecode. They discussed two solutions: run-length encoding and a static predecessor problem solved via binary search, which can be used for both sequential traversal and arbitrary lookups.

Three Theses on the Literacy Crisis

3 samclemens 2026-07-28 00:01:23 UTC trevoraleo.substack.com Prefix Share 0

I'm a teacher-scholar exploring how language, literature, and literacies are taught. I share essays, ideas, and conversations at the intersection of new media and the aesthetic humanities. By subscribing, you agree Substack's Terms of Use, and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy. I had started my last post by promising to go into further detail on a paper ...

Libsm64: Mario 64 as a library for use in external game engines

182 klaussilveira 2026-07-27 11:01:23 UTC github.com/libsm64 Llama Share 21

This project provides a shared library for SM64 movement and rendering code, allowing Mario to be easily integrated into existing game engines or systems. The library loads official SM64 ROMs at runtime for asset extraction and can be built and used with SDL2 and GLEW libraries.

MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH

215 migmartri 2026-07-27 17:01:23 UTC microsoft.ai Llama Share 108

Microsoft has announced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a compact security model that delivers world-class performance at 50% of the cost of leading models, and Perception, an agentic security system for continuous monitoring and patching. The combined system, MDASH, uses MAI-Cyber-1-Flash to efficiently handle 90% of tasks, enabling the use of more costly models for exceptionally hard tasks, resulting in ...

Colorblind: Checking figure accessibility for colour blind people

10 sebg 2026-07-27 22:01:23 UTC quantixed.org Llama Share 8

To make images accessible for colour blind people, a script in ImageJ can check how images appear with different types of colour blindness. The solution is to show separated channels in grayscale, allowing everyone to see individual channels even if they cannot distinguish overlays.

How real are real numbers? (2004)

50 surprisetalk 2026-07-27 16:01:23 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 38

The discussion focuses on mathematical and physical arguments against continuity and in favor of discreteness, particularly Emile Borel's ideas. This is from a paper by Gregory J. Chaitin.

Forth

102 beardyw 2026-07-27 21:01:23 UTC xkcd.com Full Share 20

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). More details.