Internet Archive Switzerland

362 hggh 2026-05-09 12:33:34 UTC internetarchive.ch Llama Share 51

Internet Archive Switzerland is a non-profit foundation in St. Gallen, Switzerland, aiming for universal access to all knowledge. It preserves digital information and collaborates with partners to rescue vulnerable collections and build the Gen AI Archive.

CPanel's Black Week: 3 New Vulnerabilities Patched After Attack on 44k Servers

28 ggallas 2026-05-09 17:33:34 UTC copahost.com Llama Share 14

cPanel released a second emergency security patch on May 8, 2026, covering three new vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-29201, CVE-2026-29202, and CVE-2026-29203. Two of the three vulnerabilities have a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating High severity.

PipeDream on the Acorn Archimedes

52 msephton 2026-05-09 15:33:34 UTC stonetools.ghost.io Llama Share 15

The user explores the RISC OS operating system and PipeDream productivity suite, highlighting their unique features and quirks, including the three-button mouse, drag-and-drop file management, and customizable keyboard shortcuts. Despite the system's elegance and ease of use, the user finds it disorienting and frustrating at times, particularly with the word processing and database functions, ...

Show HN: I wrote a flight simulator in my own programming language

26 pizza_man 2026-05-09 16:33:34 UTC github.com/navid-m Full Share 5

Simple flight simulator. Contribute to navid-m/flightsim development by creating an account on GitHub.

LLMs Corrupt Your Documents When You Delegate

235 rbanffy 2026-05-09 09:33:34 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 88

Large Language Models (LLMs) degrade documents during long workflows, corrupting 25% of content on average. Current LLMs are unreliable delegates, introducing severe errors that silently corrupt documents over time.

I Will Not Add Query Strings to Your URLs

27 susam 2026-05-09 16:33:34 UTC susam.net Llama Share 5

The author of Wander Console implemented a referral query string feature but later removed it after realizing it was a bad idea. Chris Morgan's blog post on banning query strings helped the author reconsider their decision.

Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users

1360 anonymousiam 2026-05-08 19:33:34 UTC reclaimthenet.org Llama Share 494

Google's new reCAPTCHA system requires Android users to run Google Play Services to prove they're human, excluding de-Googled phones. This move establishes a precedent for accessing basic web content, favoring Google's ecosystem control over user data consent.

How LEDs are made (2014)

95 smig0 2026-05-09 11:33:34 UTC learn.sparkfun.com Llama Share 13

The author visited YunSun factory in China and learned about the LED manufacturing process, including die production, wire bonding, and epoxy molding. The factory uses a combination of manual and automated processes, with multiple suppliers involved in the tool-chain, making it difficult to create custom LEDs.

Zed Editor Theme-Builder

15 cuechan 2026-05-09 17:33:34 UTC zed.dev Llama Share 6

Access Zed's theme builder from the desktop and browse available theme extensions. The MeetingScheduler component helps schedule meetings about scheduling meetings.

Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML

351 pretext 2026-05-09 05:33:34 UTC twitter.com/trq212 Full Share 212

Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot. Some privacy related extensions may cause issues on x.com. Please disable them and try again.

The Intolerable Hypocrisy of Cyberlibertarianism

141 ColinWright 2026-05-09 14:33:34 UTC matduggan.com Llama Share 88

The user reflects on the early days of the internet and how the ideology of cyberlibertarianism, which emphasized individual freedom and deregulation, led to the creation of a platform that prioritizes profit over people and has devastating consequences. The user argues that it's time to face the facts that this ideology has failed and that we need to evolve and find a new ethical code to ...

A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro

519 _alternator_ 2026-05-09 04:33:34 UTC gowers.wordpress.com Llama Share 377

A mathematician used ChatGPT 5.5 Pro to improve the upper bound on a problem in additive number theory from exponential to polynomial in time, with the AI producing a result that was almost certainly correct according to a human expert. The mathematician suggests that the era of human mathematicians solving problems independently may be coming to an end, and that the future of mathematics ...

Mythical Man Month

297 ingve 2026-05-09 01:33:34 UTC martinfowler.com Llama Share 176

Fred Brooks managed IBM's System/360 in the 1960s and wrote influential book The Mythical Man-Month in 1975. The book emphasizes conceptual integrity in system design, simplicity, and straightforwardness to avoid communication issues and ensure effective work.

Introduction to Beaver Triples

9 badcryptobitch 2026-05-09 16:33:34 UTC stoffelmpc.com Prefix Share 3

You and your friends are planning to go out to dinner. Typically, you are the friend in the friend group that pays for everyone else's meals. But recently, the market isn't doing to well recently. So, everyone needs to start paying up. However, not all of the homies are ballin' because well, the market isn't doing too well and one of them is still a student. But, just because ...

America's carpet capital: an empire and its toxic legacy

131 rawgabbit 2026-05-09 06:33:34 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 78

Bob Shaw, CEO of Shaw Industries, clashed with 3M executives in 2000 over Scotchgard reformulation due to environmental concerns. Shaw's company and others continued using PFAS alternatives despite warnings and health risks.

GrapheneOS fixes Android VPN leak Google refused to patch

137 Georgelemental 2026-05-09 14:33:34 UTC cyberinsider.com Llama Share 41

GrapheneOS has released an update to fix a VPN bypass vulnerability that leaks a user's real IP address even with Android's VPN protections enabled. The update disables a QUIC connection feature and includes the May 2026 Android security patch level and other security improvements.

OpenAI’s WebRTC problem

422 atgctg 2026-05-08 23:33:34 UTC moq.dev Llama Share 134

The user strongly advises against using WebRTC for voice AI due to its limitations and trade-offs, such as introducing artificial latency and aggressively dropping packets. The user suggests using QUIC instead, which offers better performance and scalability, and provides a detailed explanation of how QUIC can be used for load balancing and connection management.

Apple is increasing my cortisol levels

17 LorenDB 2026-05-09 15:33:34 UTC blog.kronis.dev Llama Share 3

The author is creating a Go utility to manage Claude Code profiles but is frustrated with Apple's developer program requirements, including a yearly subscription and ID verification process that doesn't work well with their MacBook's webcam.

David Attenborough's 100th Birthday

789 defrost 2026-05-08 18:33:34 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 153

Sir David Attenborough turns 100, receiving birthday messages from the royal couple and many celebrities. A special concert at the Royal Albert Hall celebrates his life and legacy.

Reviving the IBM Selectric Composer Fonts (2023)

50 tangus 2026-05-09 10:33:34 UTC kutilek.de Llama Share 5

The IBM Selectric Composer used a 9-unit grid for its type elements, but this caused issues with letter widths, particularly with the Univers typeface, which was adapted for the machine. A digitization of the Univers typeface was created by scaling scans of the original type elements and applying a rounded corners filter to maintain the typeface's friendly impression.

Building the TD4 4-Bit CPU

33 zdw 2026-05-09 13:33:34 UTC jayakody2000lk.blogspot.com Llama Share 11

The TD4 is a 4-bit CPU built from 74-series TTL logic ICs, featuring 12 instructions and a 16-byte ROM. It's a simple, educational tool for understanding computer architecture, with a straightforward build process and no firmware or calibration required.

What causes lightning? The answer keeps getting more interesting

149 Tomte 2026-05-09 05:33:34 UTC quantamagazine.org Llama Share 38

Joseph Dwyer studied cosmic events before researching lightning on Earth. He discovered that lightning initiation requires extreme events, not just electricity.

Killswitch: Per-function short-circuit mitigation primitive

66 signa11 2026-05-09 09:33:34 UTC lwn.net GoogleT5 Share 15

Af_alg_sendmsg() is the highest-level entry into the af_alg +sent path. engaging it with retval '-eperm' causes every send attempt to return -eperm to userspace; no caller ever sees +half-initialised state. +* inline functions, freed __init symbols, and anything compiled away cannot

Show HN: Mochi.js: bun-native high-fidelity browser automation library

12 ccheshirecat 2026-05-09 14:33:34 UTC mochijs.com Llama Share 5

mochi.js is a Bun-native browser automation framework that creates fingerprint-free sessions. It uses a single (profile, seed) pair to derive all fingerprint surfaces through a 48-rule DAG.

Wi is Fi: Understanding Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7/8 (802.11 n/AC/ax/be/bn)

326 homebrewer 2026-05-08 21:33:34 UTC wiisfi.com GoogleT5 Share 90

A mid-range wi-fi 6 router supporting (1) 44 mimo [7], (2) all dfs channels, (3) 160 mhz (he160) wide channels is. if you are not right next to the router, your actual speed will be around 900 mbps 100 for 22 mimo and 650 for wi-fi 5 - edward s. lewis. says unless you

AI is breaking two vulnerability cultures

393 speckx 2026-05-08 18:33:34 UTC jefftk.com Llama Share 157

A security vulnerability was discovered and shared publicly after an initial attempt at a closed disclosure, highlighting a tension between coordinated and immediate disclosure. AI-assisted vulnerability detection is making long embargoes obsolete and shortening the time to detection.

Cartoon Network Flash Games

394 willmeyers 2026-05-08 18:33:34 UTC webdesignmuseum.org Llama Share 121

The website is blocked due to security reasons after a suspicious action was detected. Please email the site owner with the Cloudflare Ray ID and details of the action that triggered the block.

An Introduction to Meshtastic

484 ColinWright 2026-05-08 18:33:34 UTC meshtastic.org Llama Share 177

Meshtastic is a community-driven, open-source project using LoRa radios for long-range off-grid communication. It forms a mesh network allowing multiple users to receive messages, with each device supporting one user at a time.

Show HN: Free tool to mark points and polygon regions

16 magikMaker 2026-05-09 13:33:34 UTC tack.pics Llama Share 3

Tack is a free browser-based tool for marking points and polygons on images, allowing export in JSON, YAML, or HTML. It runs offline and keeps images local, suitable for game developers, level designers, and data labelers.

AWS North Virginia data center outage – resolved

253 christhecaribou 2026-05-08 19:33:34 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 180

Amazon Web Services experienced a thermal issue at a Virginia facility causing operational issues. The outage affected trading platforms like FanDuel and Coinbase, with full recovery expected to take several hours.