Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain

329 speckx 2026-05-13 14:58:27 UTC fredchan.org Llama Share 98

To get a free locality domain in the US, you need to be a US citizen or resident, or have a US-based organization, and register with a delegated manager for your locality. You'll need to set up nameservers with Amazon Lightsail and fill out the Interim .US Domain Template to register your domain.

Open Source Resistance: keep OSS alive on company time

184 mikemcquaid 2026-05-13 15:58:27 UTC ossresistance.com Llama Share 59

Companies that rely on open source software should allow maintainers to work on it during work hours without needing permission. This is not a new idea, but rather treating open source maintenance as part of infrastructure work, not a hobby.

Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features

83 haunter 2026-05-13 16:58:27 UTC xda-developers.com Llama Share 48

Linux crossed five percent of Steam's user base for the first time in March 2026, driven by Microsoft's end-of-support deadline for Windows 10 and the Steam Deck's adoption of Linux. NTSYNC, a kernel-level driver, offers great performance gains over previous versions of Wine by providing a native implementation of Windows-specific tools.

Launch HN: Ardent (YC P26) – Postgres sandboxes in seconds with zero migration

34 vc289 2026-05-13 16:58:27 UTC tryardent.com Llama Share 17

Ardent provides a 1:1 production database clone for testing, scaling, and connecting RDS Postgres instances with zero config changes. It enables fast development and zero management, allowing agents and developers to work efficiently with databases.

Xs of Y – roguelike that names itself every run. Written in 4kLoC

84 andsoitis 2026-05-13 14:58:27 UTC github.com/nooga Llama Share 37

The game generates new content and mechanics each run, with an inverted power curve and a reality engine that's difficult to control. The game features a unique blend of survival and strategy, with a focus on experimentation and chaos.

S-100 Virtual Workbench

55 rbanffy 2026-05-13 15:58:27 UTC grantmestrength.github.io Llama Share 12

The system supports various S-100 bus cards including processors, memory, I/O devices, and peripherals. These cards provide functionality such as memory, I/O operations, serial communication, and graphics display.

The Emacsification of Software

70 rdslw 2026-05-13 16:58:27 UTC sockpuppet.org Llama Share 33

The author is frustrated with the current state of Markdown viewers and editors, particularly in the terminal and App Store. They created a custom Markdown viewer, MDV.app, using an AI agent in just 30 minutes.

The US is winning the AI race where it matters most: commercialization

80 akrylov 2026-05-13 13:58:27 UTC avkcode.github.io Llama Share 216

The US is winning the AI race due to its comprehensive infrastructure including chips, power, data centers, cloud platforms, and developer tools. The US owns global hyperscalers and platforms that generate and organize the world's data, giving it a significant lead over China and Europe.

Reverting the incremental GC in Python 3.14 and 3.15

144 curiousgal 2026-05-13 12:58:27 UTC discuss.python.org Llama Share 46

Python 3.14 and 3.15 will revert to the generational GC due to memory pressure issues. 3.14 will release an early patch 3.14.5 and 3.15 may release an extra alpha 9.

Leaving GitHub for Forgejo

431 jorijn 2026-05-13 12:58:27 UTC jorijn.com Llama Share 233

I moved my code from GitHub to a self-hosted Forgejo instance due to concerns about Microsoft's ownership and control of GitHub, as well as the company's increasing reliance on AI and potential data collection practices. The Dutch government made a similar decision, and I chose Forgejo for its fully open-source nature and ability to maintain digital autonomy, despite some migration friction ...

A History of IDEs at Google

87 laurentlb 2026-05-13 16:58:27 UTC laurent.le-brun.eu Llama Share 69

Google's main codebase had a uniform IDE issue until Cider, a web-based editor, was developed around 2016. Cider eventually became popular and was later replaced by Cider V, a VSCode frontend, which now handles 80% of development in the main Google codebase.

An idiot's guide to lead optimisation for proteins

107 magni121 2026-05-13 11:58:27 UTC magnusross.github.io Llama Share 9

Protein design involves generating new molecules that perform a specific function, and lead optimisation is a crucial step in improving the function of an existing template molecule. A machine learning-based system, such as the Cradle pipeline, uses a transformer-based protein language model to predict protein sequences and function, and can be fine-tuned to make more relevant suggestions for ...

New stainless steel can survive conditions for hydrogen production in seawater

248 HardwareLust 2026-05-13 07:58:27 UTC sciencedaily.com Llama Share 111

A team at the University of Hong Kong developed a new "super steel" that resists corrosion in seawater, making it suitable for green hydrogen production. The steel uses a double-protection mechanism and could replace costly titanium parts, reducing production costs by 40 times.

Heritability of human life span is ~50% when heritability is redefined

57 surprisetalk 2026-05-13 14:58:27 UTC dynomight.net Llama Share 37

The heritability of lifespan is estimated to be around 40% when extrinsic mortality is adjusted to modern levels, according to a mathematical model that simulates the lifespans of twins in a hypothetical world without non-aging related deaths. The model suggests that heritability would be higher in a world with lower extrinsic mortality, but the actual value depends on the level of extrinsic ...

A sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s hacking tools

3 speckx 2026-05-13 18:26:27 UTC andreafortuna.org Prefix Share 0

Gather around, children. Put down your Rust-compiled eBPF probes, your Sigma rules, your billion-dollar EDR consoles. Sit on this pile of old floppy disks and let me tell you a story. A story of a time when a 56k modem was a weapon of mass destruction, when your entire operational infrastructure was a Windows 98 machine with a sticky residue on the keyboard, and when the most sophisticated ...

I moved my digital stack to Europe

729 monokai_nl 2026-05-13 11:58:27 UTC monokai.com Llama Share 475

The user migrated their digital infrastructure to European-based services to achieve digital sovereignty, choosing tools like Proton Mail, Scaleway, and Lettermint for email, hosting, and transactional email.

Preserving Fisher-Price Pixter

172 dmitrygr 2026-05-13 09:58:27 UTC dmitry.gr Llama Share 39

A complete reverse engineering, documentation, emulation, and preservation of all Fisher-Price/Mattel Pixter device series and almost all the games was achieved, including the discovery of a 16-bit virtual machine that executes most simple opcodes in a dozen cycles or so. The Pixter Color device was found to use a unique audio system that involves a Melody Chip, which is controlled using a ...

Twin brothers wipe 96 government databases minutes after being fired

97 jnord 2026-05-13 07:58:27 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 39

Two brothers, Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, were fired from their jobs at Opexus in February 2025 after their employer discovered their past crimes. They then deleted 96 US government databases and stole sensitive information before being arrested and charged with various crimes.

Show HN: Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling into a 26M Model

598 HenryNdubuaku 2026-05-12 18:58:27 UTC github.com/cactus-compute Llama Share 175

Gemini 3.1 was distilled into a 26m Simple Attention Network, Needle, for consumer devices. Needle outperforms other models in single-shot function calls but may be finicky and less effective in conversational settings.

Substrate (YC S24) Is Hiring a Technical Success Manager

0 2026-05-13 12:58:27 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Substrate is hiring a Technical Success Manager to help healthcare clients with AI native BPO, focusing on RCM and reimbursement. The role requires deep technical understanding and client relationship ownership.

Haiku

122 tosh 2026-05-13 16:58:27 UTC haiku-os.org Llama Share 57

Haiku developers release nightly images for testing, but they may be unstable, and some packages need separate installation. Google Summer of Code contributors, including Mohammed R. Attia and Vighnesh Sawant, work on improving Haiku's features and bug fixes.

Nailing jelly to a wall: is it possible? (2005)

54 microsoftedging 2026-05-13 13:58:27 UTC greem.co.uk Llama Share 21

A person tried to nail jelly to a wall using nails and a plank of wood. The jelly broke off the wall due to its weak structural integrity.

Deterministic Fully-Static Whole-Binary Translation Without Heuristics

277 matt_d 2026-05-13 04:58:27 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 65

Elevator translates x86-64 executables to AArch64 without debug info or assumptions. It produces separate translations for each byte interpretation, enabling testing and validation before deployment.

Web Server on a Nintendo Wii

83 adunk 2026-05-13 10:58:27 UTC wii.sjmulder.nl Llama Share 32

User runs a web server on a Nintendo Wii with NetBSD 10.1, serving IPv6 clients directly and proxying IPv4 clients through another server. They use a Realtek 8153 chip USB Ethernet adapter for networking.

50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers

103 cdrnsf 2026-05-13 15:58:27 UTC fortune.com Llama Share 95

Lake Tahoe faces an energy crisis as NV Energy will stop supplying power after May 2027 to serve data centers. Liberty Utilities must find a new power source for 49,000 California customers in less than a year.

Kraftwerk's radical 1976 track

223 tcp_handshaker 2026-05-13 01:58:27 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 194

Kraftwerk's 1975 album Radio-Activity is a groundbreaking electronic album that has mutated over decades into a protest song and party anthem. The album's 50th anniversary reissue still crackles with Kraftwerk's creative power and has influenced countless artists across various genres.

Using OR-Tools CP-SAT for Scheduling Problems

66 akutlay 2026-05-13 11:58:27 UTC atalaykutlay.com Llama Share 26

The user is trying to improve maintenance scheduling in Akamai's cloud infrastructure, particularly for disruptive maintenance on hypervisor hosts, and found Google's OR-Tools library to be a strong fit for solving this complex problem. The user explains how OR-Tools' CP-SAT solver can model scheduling problems more intuitively and efficiently than Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) solvers, ...

Cost of enum-to-string: C++26 reflection vs. the old ways

60 sagacity 2026-05-13 08:58:27 UTC vittorioromeo.com Llama Share 59

The author measured the compile time cost of reflection-based enum-to-string conversion in C++26, comparing it to alternatives like enchantum and X-macro variants. The results show that reflection is fast but its header cost is high.

Kickstarter is forced to ban adult content by payment processors

257 stalfosknight 2026-05-13 15:58:27 UTC kotaku.com Llama Share 194

Kickstarter updated its "Mature Content" guidelines to prohibit violent, derogatory, and photo-realistic content. The change may be due to pressure from payment processor Stripe, which partially owns by Palantir Chairman Peter Thiel and X proprietor Elon Musk.

Altman forced to confront claims at OpenAI trial that he's a prolific liar

9 Bender 2026-05-13 18:47:27 UTC arstechnica.com Prefix Share 0

Elon Musk and Sam Altman had very different experiences while testifying at a trial that will determine OpenAI’s future, including who runs it, where its research funding comes from, and who can profit from its boldest new technologies. Musk—who filed the lawsuit alleging that OpenAI under its current leadership has abandoned its nonprofit mission to build AI that benefits humanity and ...