Ollaya – Ollama for open-source, Jev-style decision models

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What is Ollaya and how does it compare to Laya in terms of decision model answers?

Alan Kay: Shannon gave us a way of dealing with noisy channels [video]

Show HN: Jev Plays Pokémon Red

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Your users need one too! FRIGADE is an AI assistant that learns your product on its own and shows each user the next step, right inside your app. ▼

Platform-independent SIMD in Go

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Go 1.26 and 1.27 introduced SIMD APIs for amd64, arm64 (NEON), and wasm, providing a platform-agnostic interface to accelerate computationally-intensive tasks. The simd package supports various operations across different architectures, with emulation available for unsupported features on each platform.

Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1

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Google is launching its first experimental satellite, dubbed MVP, on October 1 to test its vision for a constellation of AI satellites. The satellite will validate Google's use of custom TPU AI accelerators in space and assess the challenges of cooling these chips in orbit.

Bug: Border radius has infected VSCode editor

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VSCode has been infected with border radius, affecting all UI elements and disrupting workflow. Users report the plague spreading from web to desktop apps.

Advice to a Beginning Graduate Student (2001)

A renowned computer scientist shares valuable advice on learning and problem-solving, emphasizing the importance of writing as you read, finding shortcuts to solve problems, and not being afraid to ask for help. He encourages readers to think creatively and consider alternative perspectives.

First Principles Thinking

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The author reflects on Sunil Pai's "the senior engineer death spiral" and resonates with the idea of focusing on momentum instead of outcomes, breaking down tasks into smaller steps. They also discuss the importance of first principles thinking in approaching problems from a fresh perspective.

Git-bug: Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in Git

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Git-bug is a self-hosted bug tracker that integrates with Git, allowing for offline access and collaboration. It supports various authentication methods and can import/export data from popular services like GitHub, GitLab, Jira, and Launchpad.

U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk

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Anthropic's AI models were blacklisted by the Pentagon in March due to national security concerns, and a federal appeals court upheld this decision. Anthropic plans to review the ruling and considers further action, including appealing to the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court permits states to use SAVE database for citizenship checks

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The US Supreme Court ruled states can use the SAVE database to verify voter citizenship, reversing lower court decisions. The ruling allows states to access the database despite concerns over its accuracy and potential impact on eligible voters.

Pentium II at 600Mhz with Voodoo 3 Emulated on 86Box with M6 Mac Mini

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The 86Box emulator on Apple Silicon's M6 chip achieves impressive performance, surpassing the original Pentium II hardware in some cases. The M6's single-core lead translates into a tangible difference in real-world usage, making it an outstanding result for a small and silent box under €1,600.

Ink and Switch interactive homepage

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Our website publishes research results and essays, with a complete list of writing available. We offer a local-first access control system for secure collaboration.

How video games inspire great UX (2019)

A UX designer was inspired by game design principles to create more engaging mobile apps, realizing that games' use of narrative, feedback loops, and hinting can lead to a more immersive experience. By applying these principles, designers can craft a clear learning path for users.

Meta's Muse appears to use an OpenAI model labeled muse-special

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The author found a model called azure/muse-special in their Muse website logs, which may be an OpenAI or Anthropic model, and discovered that Meta's Avocado sessions were routed to different models. The muse-special model uses an encrypted payload from OpenAI's Responses API.

A History of the Chiming Machines at Gloucester's Cathedral and Churches (2017) [pdf]

Factorio that you can touch

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Wube, the game developers of Factorio, created 3D printable models of the game's entities as a thank you to their community. The models were designed with precision and clearance in mind for printing.

Letterboxd Is Up for Sale, and A24, Sony and the New York Times Are Bidding

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Letterboxd, a film social network, may be sold for over $300M to A24, Sony Pictures or The New York Times. The site has 30 million users and generates revenue through paid tiers and ads.

Amiga Screens: A Primer

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The Amiga computer uses a concept called "screens" to refer to display areas, which can have different resolutions and color depths. These screens can be combined and overlapped to reveal the screen behind them, allowing for multitasking workflows despite limited hardware resources.

Show HN: Whiteboard (YC W26) – An open-source IDE for thoughtful software design

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Whiteboard is an open-source desktop app for humans and agents to collaborate on software architecture. It integrates with existing tools, allowing agents to draw diagrams and describe their work in a shared workspace.

Typst makes big strides

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LWN offers a free trial subscription for Linux and free-software community news, with features like code mode and document bundling. Typst is a system for typesetting documents into various formats, including PDF, SVG, PNG, and HTML.

What About Rails?

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David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails, gave a keynote at Rails World 2026 where he discussed his vision for the future of Rails and shifted focus to AI-powered code generation. He claims that humans will no longer need to read code and instead rely on LLMs for development.

Boards of Casio

The user shares a method to load Casio CZ-101 patches onto the CZP-1, using a YouTube video and JSON file. The CZP-1 allows users to share sounds via URLs, which can be generated from the "Share" button in the Library panel.

Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?

CVE-2025-13032: Entering and Breaking the Avast Antivirus Sandbox Part 2

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Researchers successfully exploited a double-fetch vulnerability in Avast's kernel driver on an up-to-date Windows 11 system, gaining arbitrary kernel read/write access and escalating privileges to SYSTEM. They achieved this by corrupting the RegBuffers array of an IORing object, leaking an _EPROCESS pointer via a Memory Descriptor List (MDL), repairing corrupted pool allocation headers, and ...

What happens when you analyze your favorite college football team like the CIA?

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Dr. Tony Phillips has found a way to use Starlink satellite data to track changes in Earth's atmosphere, providing insights into solar events and geomagnetic storms. He analyzed TLE data from multiple constellations to create a daily index of atmospheric changes.

Show HN: Hamilton – a no-internet Android health dashboard, named after my dog

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Hamilton consolidates health metrics from Health Connect into one dashboard without internet or cloud sync. It reads data from multiple devices like Garmin and Fitbit, ensuring no double-counting and preserving privacy.

Rails World 2026 Opening Keynote [video]

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