Claude Design

834 meetpateltech 2026-04-17 15:37:23 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 563

Claude Design is a new product that lets users collaborate with Claude to create visual work like designs, prototypes, and presentations. It's available in research preview for Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers, with access included in their plans.

A simplified model of Fil-C

108 aw1621107 2026-04-17 22:37:23 UTC corsix.org Llama Share 55

Fil-C is a memory-safe implementation of C/C++ that uses a garbage collector and rewrites unsafe code into safe code, including adding AllocationRecord* variables to track memory usage. The simplified model of Fil-C includes a compiler pass that rewrites C/C++ source code, a garbage collector, and additional features such as invisible_bytes and a parallel concurrent incremental collector.

All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gunpowder (2018)

225 cybermango 2026-04-17 18:37:23 UTC esa.int Llama Share 129

Lunar dust is toxic and causes health issues in humans due to its sharp, abrasive particles and electrostatic charge. Researchers are studying the dust to estimate the risk and develop protective measures for future lunar missions.

Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution

48 unsuspecting 2026-04-17 22:37:23 UTC nature.com Llama Share 27

Researchers found 479 gene variants that evolved through natural selection in ancient people from western Eurasia after the dawn of agriculture, leading to widespread health changes in present-day populations. The study suggests human evolution accelerated over the past 10,000 years, particularly during the Bronze Age, with changes in genes linked to immunity, skin tone, and other traits.

Measuring Claude 4.7's tokenizer costs

537 aray07 2026-04-17 15:37:23 UTC claudecodecamp.com Llama Share 372

Anthropic's new Claude Opus 4.7 tokenizer uses 1.3-1.45x more tokens than 4.6. This results in a 20-30% higher per-session cost for a small but real improvement in instruction following.

Isaac Asimov: The Last Question (1956)

618 ColinWright 2026-04-17 12:37:23 UTC hex.ooo Llama Share 256

A series of characters ask a computer, Multivac, about the possibility of reversing entropy and extending the life of the universe, but it responds with "insufficient data for a meaningful answer." As the universe runs down, a cosmic computer, AC, eventually learns how to reverse entropy, but there is no one left to answer the question.

Show HN: Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines

220 binsquare 2026-04-17 17:37:23 UTC github.com/smol-machines Llama Share 89

Smolmachines is a tool for running custom Linux virtual machines locally with sub-second cold start, cross-platform support, and elastic memory usage. It allows for sandboxing untrusted code, packing workloads into portable executables, and using git and SSH without exposing keys.

Are the costs of AI agents also rising exponentially? (2025)

91 louiereederson 2026-04-17 21:37:23 UTC tobyord.com Llama Share 11

The author questions the trend of AI's exponential growth in task length and performance, suggesting that the cost of achieving this performance may be growing exponentially as well, potentially making AI less cost-competitive with humans over time. Analysis of a chart from METR shows that the hourly cost of AI agents is increasing with task duration, suggesting that forecasting AI's ...

Slop Cop

77 ericHosick 2026-04-17 17:37:23 UTC awnist.com Llama Share 47

Slop Cop is a browser-based writing editor that flags generic LLM prose patterns and offers deeper analysis with an Anthropic API key. It helps improve writing by identifying and suggesting edits for common structural and rhetorical issues.

NASA Force

227 LorenDB 2026-04-17 16:37:23 UTC nasaforce.gov Llama Share 240

NASA Force is a hiring initiative for exceptional technologists to join NASA for 1-2 years, solving complex challenges in air and space. You'll work on real missions, take a systems approach, and contribute to advancing human spaceflight and scientific discovery.

Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock

125 seanieb 2026-04-17 17:37:23 UTC github.com/paniclock Llama Share 55

PanicLock is a macOS utility that instantly locks the screen and disables Touch ID with a single click or laptop lid closure. It requires a one-time admin password setup to install a privileged helper tool.

Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin

199 speckx 2026-04-17 15:37:23 UTC thehistoryblog.com Llama Share 91

A 13-year-old in Berlin discovered a 2,300-year-old bronze coin from ancient Troy, now on display at the PETRI Museum. The coin likely traveled along ancient trade routes, possibly kept as a charm or offering to the dead, rather than used for a business transaction.

Hyperscalers have already outspent most famous US megaprojects

124 nowflux 2026-04-17 16:37:23 UTC twitter.com/finmoorhouse Full Share 101

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Introducing: ShaderPad

41 evakhoury 2026-04-17 20:37:23 UTC rileyjshaw.com Llama Share 6

The author released ShaderPad, a library for easily putting shaders on websites without rebuilding graphics scaffolding. It's designed for artists and creative coders, with a simple API and fast page loads due to its small size.

Arc Prize Foundation (YC W26) Is Hiring a Platform Engineer for ARC-AGI-4

0 2026-04-17 21:37:23 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

The role requires a senior engineer to own and evolve the platform behind ARC-AGI benchmarks, stabilizing the current system and laying the foundation for future versions. The ideal candidate has strong backend engineering experience with Python and distributed systems.

NIST gives up enriching most CVEs

169 mooreds 2026-04-17 15:37:23 UTC risky.biz Llama Share 37

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a new policy to prioritize only important vulnerabilities in the US National Vulnerability Database due to budget constraints. This decision is expected to impact the cybersecurity industry, with some companies relying on NIST's data for their vulnerability scanners and dashboards.

How to Host a Blog on a Subdirectory Instead of a Subdomain

15 taikon 2026-04-17 23:37:23 UTC davidma.org Llama Share 11

Hosting a blog on a subdirectory (e.g. example.com/blog) is better for SEO as it consolidates website authority and ranking power. This guide provides a step-by-step process using Cloudflare Workers to host a Next.js blog on a subdirectory.

I built a 3D printing business and ran it for 8 months

78 wespiser_2018 2026-04-17 18:37:23 UTC wespiser.com Llama Share 77

The author started a 3D printing business making custom card stands for a neighbor's trading card business. The business worked for a while but eventually hit scaling issues due to limitations in the printing process.

Even "cat readme.txt" is not safe

82 arkadiyt 2026-04-17 19:37:23 UTC blog.calif.io Llama Share 41

iTerm2's SSH integration feature can be exploited by impersonating the remote conductor through terminal output. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the local machine.

Spending 3 months coding by hand

132 evakhoury 2026-04-17 20:37:23 UTC miguelconner.substack.com Llama Share 137

The author is on a 6-week retreat at the Recurse Center to focus on coding without AI, learn Python, and understand computers better. They plan to train an LLM from scratch and improve their programming skills.

The Unix Executable as a Smalltalk Method [video]

26 surprisetalk 2026-04-17 21:37:23 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 1

Generating a color spectrum for an image

14 evakhoury 2026-04-17 23:37:23 UTC amandahinton.com Llama Share 2

The user developed a color spectrum visualization tool called Spectrimage that displays the frequency and tonal range of each hue in an image, with a unique design for black and white photographs. The tool analyzes the image client-side in the browser, converting pixels to HSL, sorting and averaging colors, and rendering the spectrum on an HTML Canvas in under a second.

Ecovacs Wants to Weaponize Your Mop Water

4 SaaSasaurus 2026-04-18 00:37:23 UTC siliconsnark.com Prefix Share 1

There is a special kind of confidence required to look at a kitchen floor, see a dried soy-sauce comet next to a fossilized paw print, and say: yes, this is a job for a tiny wheeled butler with a pressurized stain blaster. That, apparently, is the energy behind the DEEBOT X12 OmniCyclone, which ECOVACS just announced. It is a new flagship robot vacuum and mop for people who have reached a ...

Nintendo's Empire of Secrets with Keza MacDonald – Factually with Adam Conover

16 tpoindex 2026-04-17 22:37:23 UTC art19.com Llama Share 2

Nintendo is a successful video game company that has remained stable despite industry chaos. A new book by Keza MacDonald explores Nintendo's secrets to innovation and success.

Ban the sale of precise geolocation

598 hn_acker 2026-04-17 14:37:23 UTC lawfaremedia.org Llama Share 167

The US needs to clamp down on the collection and sale of geolocation data to protect national security and privacy, as seen in the case of Webloc, a tool used by US and foreign authorities to track individuals. A new report highlights the risks of AI-powered hacking, as a single hacker used AI models to breach nine Mexican government organizations and steal hundreds of millions of citizen records.

The GNU libc atanh is correctly rounded

46 matt_d 2026-04-17 20:37:23 UTC inria.hal.science Llama Share 6

Anubis is a server protection system that uses a Proof-of-Work scheme to prevent aggressive website scraping. It adds a load that makes scraping expensive, but may cause downtime for legitimate users.

Show HN: Stage – Putting humans back in control of code review

98 cpan22 2026-04-17 11:37:23 UTC stagereview.app Llama Share 90

Stage is a platform for fast-moving teams that breaks down pull requests into structured chapters. It provides a unified dashboard to review pull requests with context and chapters at a glance.

Connie Converse was a folk-music genius. Then she vanished

71 mellosouls 2026-04-17 16:37:23 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 15

Connie Converse, a pioneering US female singer-songwriter, created forward-thinking songs in the 1950s that were barely known during her lifetime but are now recognized as trailblazing. Her music, characterized by introspection, existentialism, and lyrical sophistication, has inspired many contemporary musicians and is gaining popularity through re-releases and covers.

Iceye Open Data

105 marklit 2026-04-17 15:37:23 UTC iceye.com Llama Share 14

Browse ICEYE open data on an interactive map, filtering by location, imaging mode, and date. Access and download datasets through STAC browser or AWS Registry of Open Data.

Webloc: Analysis of Penlink's Ad-Based Geolocation Surveillance Tech

55 Cider9986 2026-04-17 17:37:23 UTC citizenlab.ca Llama Share 0

Webloc is a global geolocation surveillance system that monitors hundreds of millions of people based on data purchased from consumer apps and digital advertising, used by governments and law enforcement agencies worldwide. The system's use raises serious concerns about civil liberties and fundamental rights, as it relies on the repurposing of behavioural data originally collected for ...