I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii

1228 blkhp19 2026-04-08 16:24:06 UTC bryankeller.github.io Llama Share 214

The author successfully ported Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah to the Nintendo Wii by writing a custom bootloader, patching the kernel, and creating drivers for the Wii's hardware. The author overcame various challenges, including hardware incompatibilities, driver development, and debugging, to achieve a fully functional Mac OS X system on the Wii.

LittleSnitch for Linux

58 pluc 2026-04-09 00:27:06 UTC obdev.at Llama Share 23

Little Snitch for Linux is a network monitoring tool that tracks and blocks unwanted connections. It uses eBPF to observe and intercept network activity, and can be configured through a web interface or plain text files.

USB for Software Developers: An introduction to writing userspace USB drivers

176 WerWolv 2026-04-08 20:24:06 UTC werwolv.net Llama Share 24

Writing a USB driver is not as difficult as it seems and can be achieved without touching kernel code by using the libusb library. The process involves detecting the device, sending requests to the device's control endpoint, and decoding the responses to understand the device's capabilities and configuration.

Understanding the Kalman filter with a simple radar example

212 alex_be 2026-04-08 17:24:06 UTC kalmanfilter.net Llama Share 32

The Kalman Filter is an algorithm for estimating and predicting a system's state in the presence of uncertainty. It is used in various fields such as object tracking, navigation, and control.

They're made out of meat (1991)

406 surprisetalk 2026-04-08 11:24:06 UTC terrybisson.com Llama Share 113

Aliens made of meat have been discovered and probed, but their existence is being kept secret. The aliens are trying to contact Earth, but officials advise erasing records and pretending they don't exist due to their unusual nature.

Muse Spark: Scaling towards personal superintelligence

260 chabons 2026-04-08 16:24:06 UTC ai.meta.com Full Share 283

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What does it mean to “write like you talk”?

12 surprisetalk 2026-04-08 23:24:06 UTC arjunpanickssery.substack.com Llama Share 9

Paul Graham and Orwell discuss writing like conversation, but disagree on the complexity of speech versus writing. Studies show mixed results on whether speech or writing is more complex.

ML promises to be profoundly weird

366 pabs3 2026-04-08 13:24:06 UTC aphyr.com Llama Share 400

The author discusses the limitations and potential risks of Large Language Models (LLMs), which are prone to confabulation, lying, and making up nonsense, and can be unpredictable and misleading. Despite their impressive capabilities, LLMs are far from human-equivalent intelligence and can only excel in specific, narrow tasks, making it difficult to predict their suitability for a given task.

Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones

524 ra 2026-04-08 09:24:06 UTC skoda-storyboard.com Llama Share 534

koda developed DuoBell, a bicycle bell that outsmarts noise-cancelling headphones. The bell emits sound at a frequency that ANC algorithms can't process, increasing pedestrian reaction distance by up to 22 meters.

Pgit: I Imported the Linux Kernel into PostgreSQL

67 ImGajeed76 2026-04-08 19:24:06 UTC oseifert.ch Llama Share 9

The Linux kernel's 20-year history was successfully imported into a PostgreSQL database using pgit, resulting in a 38% smaller dataset than git's packfile format. The database allowed for various queries and analyses, including identifying the most coupled files, busiest contributors, and most reverted commits, with most queries completing in under 10 seconds.

Expanding Swift's IDE Support

75 frizlab 2026-04-08 19:24:06 UTC swift.org Llama Share 38

Swift now supports multiple IDEs including VS Code, Xcode, and others through the Open VSX Registry. The official Swift extension adds language support for cross-platform development on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Git commands I run before reading any code

1794 grepsedawk 2026-04-08 09:24:06 UTC piechowski.io Llama Share 383

The user runs a series of git commands to get a diagnostic picture of a codebase, including commit history, high-churn files, and contributor rankings. This helps identify high-risk code, potential team issues, and crisis patterns, allowing the user to focus on the most critical areas of the codebase.

MegaTrain: Full Precision Training of 100B+ Parameter LLMs on a Single GPU

256 chrsw 2026-04-08 12:24:06 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 48

MegaTrain is a memory-centric system that efficiently trains large language models on a single GPU by storing parameters in host memory and using GPUs as transient compute engines. It achieves high training throughput through pipelined execution and stateless layer templates.

Show HN: Is Hormuz open yet?

242 anonfunction 2026-04-08 22:24:06 UTC ishormuzopenyet.com Full Share 109

*I built this as a fun side project, please don't rely on it for anything serious. Crossing data lags ~4 days and ship positions on the map are cached, not live. The data is from public sources and I make no guarantees on its accuracy.

John Deere to pay $99M in right-to-repair settlement

163 CharlesW 2026-04-08 21:24:06 UTC thedrive.com Llama Share 44

John Deere agreed to pay $99 million to settle a class action lawsuit over equipment repair costs and provide digital tools for 10 years. The settlement is a significant step forward in the right-to-repair fight, which could set a precedent for other industries.

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator

297 jfirebaugh 2026-04-08 07:24:06 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 219

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Understanding Traceroute

84 stonecharioteer 2026-04-08 17:24:06 UTC tech.stonecharioteer.com Llama Share 11

The user implemented a basic traceroute in Rust using UDP packets with low TTL and ICMP replies to map the network path, but it lacked timing information and had issues with load balancer detection and ICMP rate limiting. The user improved the implementation by adding timing information, load balancer detection, and handling ICMP rate limiting, and also explored ways to run the traceroute ...

Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN easier to read

83 latchkey 2026-04-08 18:24:06 UTC oj-hn.com Llama Share 116

Orange Juice is a Hacker News extension that reduces UI friction with features like inline replies, unread comment highlighting, and keyboard commands. It's designed to be trustworthy with transparent code, clear licensing, and human oversight.

Six (and a half) intuitions for KL divergence

5 jxmorris12 2026-04-09 00:24:06 UTC perfectlynormal.co.uk Prefix Share 0

KL-divergence is a topic which crops up in a ton of different places in information theory and machine learning, so it's important to understand well. Unfortunately, it has some properties which seem confusing at a first pass (e.g. it isn't symmetric like we would expect from most distance measures, and it can be unbounded as we take the limit of probabilities going to zero). There ...

Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?

252 e-topy 2026-04-08 13:24:06 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 387

You're looking for a novel and less crowded project to contribute to, having explored various fields like AI, 3D printing, and drones.

Show HN: Tired of logic in useEffect, I built a class-based React state manager

17 thalesfp 2026-04-08 22:24:06 UTC thales.me Llama Share 31

The user created Snapstate to separate business logic from React components, allowing for cleaner boundaries and easier testing. Snapstate uses plain TypeScript classes for state and business logic, leaving React for rendering, and is now open source on GitHub and available on npm.

I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue

264 nickvec 2026-04-08 18:24:06 UTC nickvecchioni.github.io Llama Share 138

User experienced unexpected $180 charges on Anthropic account due to incorrect usage meter readings. Anthropic support failed to resolve issue despite multiple follow-ups, leaving user frustrated with AI-only support system.

We moved Railway's frontend off Next.js. Builds went from 10+ mins to under 2

177 bundie 2026-04-08 06:24:06 UTC blog.railway.com Llama Share 162

Railway migrated from Next.js to Vite + TanStack Router, reducing build time from 10+ minutes to under 2 minutes. This change improved iteration speed and allowed for near-instant shipping of frontend changes.

Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

30 dxs 2026-04-09 01:03:06 UTC hatchmag.com Llama Share 2

The Trump administration is dismantling the US Forest Service by relocating its headquarters to Utah, a state that wants to seize public land, and replacing career professionals with political appointees. This move is part of a coordinated effort to transfer control of public lands from professional public servants to industry operatives.

US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

625 giuliomagnifico 2026-04-08 13:24:06 UTC cnet.com Llama Share 363

Flock Safety, a surveillance company, has been criticized for its AI-powered license plate cameras and data sharing practices with law enforcement and federal agencies like ICE. Cities and states are pushing back with legislation to limit the use and sharing of Flock data, and individuals can take steps to protect their privacy by being aware of surveillance in their area and advocating for change.

What does ⍋⍋ even mean? (2023)

36 tosh 2026-04-08 20:24:06 UTC blog.wilsonb.com Llama Share 19

Paul Mansour's Grade Up challenge is solved by considering general arrays and item ranks. The solution characterizes fourfold combinations of ⍋ and ⍒ as ascending/descending and Rank/ReverseRank.

Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates

464 donohoe 2026-04-08 15:24:06 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 181

Microsoft terminated VeraCrypt developer Mounir Idrassi's account, affecting Windows updates. VeraCrypt and WireGuard, another VPN client, face similar issues with Microsoft account terminations.

Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing

79 DamnInteresting 2026-04-08 14:24:06 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 37

LG's rollable phone, the Rollable, was a complex device with a motorized screen that expanded 40% larger. It was overengineered, expensive, and fragile, likely contributing to its failure to launch and the demise of LG's smartphone division.

Show HN: Skrun – Deploy any agent skill as an API

43 frizull 2026-04-08 19:24:06 UTC github.com/skrun-dev Llama Share 9

To create a callable API for an Agent Skill, use the skrun init and deploy commands, then make a POST request to /api/agents/dev/my-skill/run with a JSON input. This process can be repeated for different skills and models using the RuntimeAdapter interface and supported providers.

Audio Reactive LED Strips Are Diabolically Hard

196 surprisetalk 2026-04-08 10:24:06 UTC scottlawsonbc.com Llama Share 57

The user spent 10 years developing an audio-reactive LED strip visualizer that uses the mel scale to model human perception of sound and gamma correction to model human perception of light, resulting in a highly engaging and musical visualization. The project has gained over 2,800 GitHub stars and has been used by thousands of people to create unique installations and experiences in ...