AWS Fired the One Employee Who Gave a Damn

54 berlianta 2026-05-26 13:09:40 UTC seuros.com Llama Share 7

AWS deleted the user's 10-year account without warning, but a single employee, Tarus Balog, escalated the case to the CEO and restored it, highlighting the importance of human intervention in technology. However, Tarus was later fired, and the company's focus on automation and AI led to a culture where employees who prioritize human values are optimized away, leaving the user to question the ...

GitHub Actions down again today

273 cebert 2026-05-26 12:26:40 UTC githubstatus.com Full Share 150

Check GitHub Enterprise Cloud status by region: - Australia: au.githubstatus.com - EU: eu.githubstatus.com - Japan: jp.githubstatus.com - US: us.githubstatus.com

DynIP – Dynamic DNS with RFC 2136, IPv6, DNSSEC, and BYOD

193 dynip 2026-05-26 08:26:40 UTC dynip.dev Llama Share 83

DynIP provides fast DNS updates in under a minute, supporting RFC 2136 TSIG and both IPv4 and IPv6. It offers a generous free tier, BYOD, and no vendor lock-in for homelabs and infrastructure teams.

Using AI to write better code more slowly

812 signa11 2026-05-25 23:26:40 UTC nolanlawson.com Llama Share 321

The author argues that LLMs can be used to write high-quality code more slowly, rather than just spewing out low-quality code quickly. They use a combination of models to find and prioritize bugs in code, resulting in more careful and methodical coding.

Eagle 3.1: Collaboration Between the EAGLE Team, vLLM Team, and TorchSpec Team

16 berlianta 2026-05-26 12:26:40 UTC vllm.ai Llama Share 5

The EAGLE 3.1 team improved speculative decoding robustness and efficiency by addressing attention drift and hidden-state magnitude issues. EAGLE 3.1 achieves up to 2x longer acceptance length and 2.03x higher per-user output throughput compared to EAGLE 3.

Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds (2014)

392 bilsbie 2026-05-25 23:26:40 UTC apa.org Llama Share 162

Walking improves creative thinking by 81-100% compared to sitting. Regular walking can temporarily boost free-flowing thoughts and creativity without requiring intense exercise.

Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier

78 vrganj 2026-05-26 12:26:40 UTC politico.eu Full Share 21

Commission chief says EU can learn from “pioneer” Australia in imposing minimum age for social media. European cyber and AI authorities in past weeks failed to gain access to superhacking AI, causing anxiety among officials.

Phantasy Star IV – 1993 Developer Interviews

50 speckx 2026-05-26 08:26:40 UTC shmuplations.com Llama Share 23

The development team of Phantasy Star IV aimed to create a spiritual remake of the series, addressing shortcomings from previous games and delivering a definitive Phantasy Star experience. The team worked to create a cohesive world, characters, and story, with a focus on vehicle battles, character depth, and a happier ending, while also navigating the challenges of developing for the Mega ...

How Shamir's Secret Sharing Works

270 subract 2026-05-25 23:26:40 UTC ente.com Llama Share 46

A company uses Adi Shamir's 1979 secret sharing scheme to split a secret into pieces, where any smaller number reveals nothing, but any required number can recover it. This scheme hides the secret behind random coefficients, making too few shares contain no information about the secret.

Earthion: A New Mega Drive-Style Shoot-Em-Up

99 MrBuddyCasino 2026-05-26 04:26:40 UTC earthiongame.com Llama Share 40

Earthion is a space shooter game where Azusa Takanashi fights to save humanity from hostile invaders on Earth. The game features stunning visuals, intense gameplay, and a legendary soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro.

Incident with Actions and Pages

26 hakube 2026-05-26 11:26:40 UTC githubstatus.com Full Share 8

GitHub's Status Page - Incident with Actions and Pages.

How do you build a semiconductor company on something that's free?

16 johncole 2026-05-26 10:26:40 UTC siliconimist.com Llama Share 1

Daniel Schultz's Aesc Silicon is pioneering an open-source semiconductor business model where core IP is free, but value comes from support and services. This model is driven by verifiable security and the increasing demand for custom chips from smaller companies.

A successful Japanese trial of a ramjet engine designed for Mach‑5 aircraft

190 rmason 2026-05-25 20:26:40 UTC bgr.com Llama Share 147

Japanese engineers have successfully tested a ramjet engine for a Mach-5 hypersonic aircraft, a key step towards commercial passenger service by the 2040s. The test could lead to flights from Tokyo to Los Angeles taking around two hours, slashing transit time and transforming long journeys into day trips.

Ferrari Luce

333 jumploops 2026-05-25 21:26:40 UTC ferrari.com Llama Share 623

Ferrari's new architecture combines performance with luxury and spaciousness through advanced drivetrain and electric power source. The interior features tactile controls and dedicated NVH solutions for a refined driving experience.

Don't put aria-label on generic elements like divs

22 cyanbane 2026-05-26 10:26:40 UTC matuzo.at Llama Share 15

Avoid labeling generic elements like divs or spans with aria-label or aria-labelledby as it's not allowed by the ARIA spec and can cause inconsistent screen reader behavior. Labeling generic elements can change their implicit role, potentially causing issues with screen reader announcements.

Exit IP VPN servers mitigation rollout

384 Cider9986 2026-05-25 18:26:40 UTC mullvad.net Full Share 74

Below are the servers with the new mitigation applied.

What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard

318 obscurette 2026-05-25 15:26:40 UTC stevemagness.substack.com Llama Share 316

We're overprotecting our kids due to a culture of safetyism, which prevents them from developing essential life skills like autonomy, resilience, and emotional regulation. By giving kids more freedom and allowing them to navigate discomfort, we can help them build confidence and self-determination.

Exposing Critical Vulnerabilities in CBSE's On-Screen Marking Portal

15 dsr12 2026-05-26 10:26:40 UTC ni5arga.com Llama Share 1

A cybersecurity researcher discovered critical vulnerabilities in the CBSE's On-Screen Marking portal, allowing full account takeover and tampering with exam evaluations. The issues were reported to CERT-In but remained unpatched, highlighting the importance of basic security measures.

Toshifumi Suzuki, founder of Seven-Eleven Japan, has died

228 L_Rahman 2026-05-25 16:26:40 UTC referenceforbusiness.com Llama Share 94

Toshifumi Suzuki revolutionized Japan's retail sector by introducing franchising and transforming the convenience store industry with Seven-Eleven Japan. He implemented innovative data systems and streamlined distribution, improving productivity and profitability.

Multimodal adaptive optical microscope: in vivo imaging, molecules to organisms

28 bookofjoe 2026-05-26 08:26:40 UTC nature.com Llama Share 0

MOSAIC is a versatile microscope that can switch between different imaging modes to study various biological systems and processes, from single molecules to entire organisms, with high resolution and minimal damage. It uses adaptive optics to correct for sample-induced optical aberrations and can image large samples, such as tissues, at nanoscale resolution, enabling researchers to study ...

Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes

259 Cider9986 2026-05-26 04:26:40 UTC 9to5google.com Llama Share 133

Motorola phones are hijacking the Amazon app to inject an affiliate code, redirecting users to a suspicious website. Disabling the pre-installed Smart Feed app stops this behavior, which is linked to a recent app update.

California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash

942 rbanffy 2026-05-25 18:26:40 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 420

California lawmakers may exempt most open-source operating systems from age-verification requirements. The proposed amendment would exclude software distributed under open-source licenses from the Digital Age Assurance Act.

Norway's 2 petabytes of Huawei flash storage and LLM training

298 rbanffy 2026-05-25 20:26:40 UTC blocksandfiles.com Llama Share 193

Norway's National Library is developing a sovereign AI model trained in Norwegian language using 2 PB of Huawei storage. The project aims to create a locally trained AI that understands Norway's history, news, and culture, which a globally trained English-speaking AI would not know.

Hacker News front page as a site

329 thatxliner 2026-05-25 20:26:40 UTC thefrontpage.dev Llama Share 89

The article discusses various topics including Mullvad's solutions, gobee, Riscrithm, HetznerCloud, Gnutella, film reviewer A.S. Hamrah, and more, highlighting technical approaches and innovations in data integrity, AI, and software development. It also covers news on Microsoft, Firefox, NordVPN, DeepSeek API, scams, and other topics related to technology, security, and innovation.

Squares in Squares

93 carlos-menezes 2026-05-25 23:26:40 UTC kingbird.myphotos.cc GoogleT5 Share 9

10 $s = 3 + 1over 2sqrt 2 =nn3.70710678118654$found by frits göbel in early 1979.proved by walter stromquist in 2003.explore group 11 $a = 0 = $n - 3.87708359002281 $rigid. 55 $d = 7.0077100750391$

Magnifica Humanitas

1490 theletterf 2026-05-25 13:26:40 UTC vatican.va Llama Share 838

The Church calls for a shared discernment process to navigate the challenges of emerging technologies and build a more just world. Christians must choose between constructing a Tower of Babel or rebuilding Jerusalem, prioritizing human dignity and communion over profit and self-sufficiency.

The User Is Visibly Frustrated

197 croes 2026-05-26 05:26:40 UTC pscanf.com Llama Share 179

The writer gets frustrated with coding agents due to their human-like behavior and the illusion of interacting with a person. They feel free to lash out but realize it's pointless, suggesting a more radical solution of making the agent sound clinical and robotic.

Show HN: Write your BPF programs in Go, not C

97 boratanrikulu 2026-05-25 20:26:40 UTC github.com/boratanrikulu Llama Share 46

gobee is a Go tool that transpiles a subset of Go into BPF C, generating typed Go bindings for the userspace side and gating loads against the running kernel. It reuses clang's mature BPF backend for codegen, BTF, and CO-RE relocations.

Micropatching Brings the Abandoned Equation Editor Back to Life (2018)

37 bariumbitmap 2026-05-26 05:26:40 UTC blog.0patch.com Llama Share 9

Microsoft removed Equation Editor from Office due to security issues, but 0patch Team created a micropatch to keep it secure. Users can restore Equation Editor and apply the micropatch using 0patch Agent to continue using it safely.

What it takes to transpose a matrix

82 tosh 2026-05-26 02:26:40 UTC gudok.xyz Llama Share 15

The naive matrix transpose algorithm has a read stream that can process the matrix in approximately 1.25c per element on average due to optimizations like prefetching, in-memory buffering, and high memory parallelism, but the write stream is a severe bottleneck due to strided access pattern and limited usefulness of caching. The performance of the write stream degrades as N grows, and it is ...