Personal Encyclopedias

405 jrmyphlmn 2026-03-26 07:17:52 UTC whoami.wiki Llama Share 83

The user created a personal encyclopedia called whoami.wiki using MediaWiki and a language model to organize and connect their family photos, videos, and data exports, revealing forgotten memories and strengthening relationships. The project is now open source, allowing others to create their own personal encyclopedias and run it on their machine with their own data.

Swift 6.3

152 ingve 2026-03-26 08:17:52 UTC swift.org Llama Share 76

Swift 6.3 introduces new features and improvements, including C interoperability, module selectors, and attributes for compiler optimizations. It also includes a preview of Swift Build, improvements to Swift Testing, and the first official release of the Swift SDK for Android.

European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop

77 lemoncookiechip 2026-03-26 12:32:52 UTC bsky.app Full Share 18

You did it! 🥳 European Parliament just decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop. This means on April 6, 2026, Gmail, LinkedIn, Microsoft and other Big Techs must stop scanning your private messages in the EU. #PrivacyWins 💪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

From zero to a RAG system: successes and failures

85 andros 2026-03-26 09:17:52 UTC en.andros.dev Llama Share 21

The user built a local LLM-based chat tool for company engineers with fast response and natural language question answering capabilities. They overcame numerous challenges, including memory management, problematic files, and indexing large datasets, to create a reliable and useful system.

Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars

698 driesdep 2026-03-25 21:17:52 UTC bugs.xdavidhu.me Llama Share 223

The user successfully set up a Tesla Model 3 car computer on their desk by purchasing parts on eBay and using Tesla's electrical reference to connect the components. After several challenges, including a burned power controller chip, the user was able to get the system running and is now exploring the car's operating system and network interfaces.

Landmark L.A. jury verdict finds Instagram, YouTube were designed to addict kids

44 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-03-26 12:17:52 UTC latimes.com Llama Share 17

A jury found Instagram and YouTube responsible for a 20-year-old woman's suffering, awarding her $3 million and $2.1 million in punitive damages. The verdict could set a precedent for future lawsuits against tech companies over social media addiction.

Obsolete Sounds

85 benbreen 2026-03-26 09:17:52 UTC citiesandmemory.com Llama Share 15

The Obsolete Sounds project reimagines lost sounds from the past and present, highlighting the need to preserve cultural heritage. It draws attention to disappearing soundscapes and encourages saving sounds before they're lost forever.

LibreOffice and the Art of Overreacting

85 bundie 2026-03-26 10:17:52 UTC blog.documentfoundation.org Llama Share 45

LibreOffice 26.8 will feature a non-intrusive donation banner in the Start Centre, appearing monthly and not blocking functionality. The banner is a reasonable attempt to make the funding relationship between the project and users more visible.

Shell Tricks That Make Life Easier (and Save Your Sanity)

213 zdw 2026-03-26 01:17:52 UTC blog.hofstede.it Llama Share 94

The article discusses various tricks and shortcuts for Unix-like shells that can improve productivity and make the terminal more user-friendly. These tricks include line editing bindings, directory navigation, and command manipulation that can be used in most modern shells.

Niche Museums

32 bookofjoe 2026-03-26 08:17:52 UTC niche-museums.com Llama Share 16

The user provided information about various museums and collections from around the world, including the John M. Mossman lock collection, the New York Earth Room, the Museum of Jurassic Technology, the Musical Museum, and many others. Each museum or collection has its unique exhibits and features, showcasing a wide range of artifacts and art pieces that highlight the history, culture, and ...

End of "Chat Control": EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveillance in Voting Thriller

34 amarcheschi 2026-03-26 12:26:52 UTC patrick-breyer.de Llama Share 11

The European Parliament rejected the mass surveillance of private messages by US tech companies, ending the EU derogation on April 4. This victory for digital privacy clears the path for modern child protection through targeted surveillance and secure app design.

ARC-AGI-3

428 lairv 2026-03-25 18:17:52 UTC arcprize.org Llama Share 270

ARC-AGI-3 is an interactive benchmark testing AI's ability to learn and adapt in novel environments. It measures intelligence across time, not just final answers, to bridge the gap between AI and human learning.

The truth that haunts the Ramones: 'They sold more T-shirts than records'

174 c420 2026-03-25 23:17:52 UTC english.elpais.com Llama Share 125

The Ramones released their self-titled debut album on April 23, 1976, which became one of the most influential albums in popular music history despite initial commercial failure. The album's logo, designed by Arturo Vega, became a highly successful promotional tool and is likely the best-selling T-shirt of all time.

Earthquake scientists reveal how overplowing weakens soil at experimental farm

174 Brajeshwar 2026-03-25 20:17:52 UTC washington.edu Llama Share 91

Researchers used fiber optic cables to study the impact of tilling on soil moisture and found it disrupts soil's natural sponge-like quality. Tilling breaks soil channels, causing rain to pool and increase erosion and flood risk.

Ashby (YC W19) Is Hiring Engineers Who Make Product Decisions

0 2026-03-26 07:17:52 UTC ashbyhq.com Full Share

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My DIY FPGA board can run Quake II

181 sznio 2026-03-25 22:17:52 UTC blog.mikhe.ch Llama Share 52

The user designed and built a custom FPGA board with a more advanced Efinix Ti60F256 and 1GB DDR3L memory, using a DDR3 Soft Controller Core and overcoming challenges with PCB layout and soldering BGA chips. The board features a custom SoC with a RISC-V processor core, DMA controller, and other components, and the user used SpinalHDL to generate Verilog code for the design.

More precise elevation data for GraphHopper routing engine

63 karussell 2026-03-26 03:17:52 UTC graphhopper.com Llama Share 4

GraphHopper integrated new elevation data from mapterhorn for precise outdoor trip planning. This improved data reduces elevation errors near mountains and rivers, enhancing route accuracy and energy estimates for electric vehicles.

What came after the 486?

72 jnord 2026-03-26 05:17:52 UTC dfarq.homeip.net Llama Share 63

Intel's CPUs didn't have brand names until the 1990s, using part numbers and clock speeds instead. The 486 was the last CPU with a number-based name, leading to the introduction of the Pentium in 1993.

The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos

1298 MrBruh 2026-03-25 21:17:52 UTC fightchatcontrol.eu Full Share 349

🚨 The Conservatives (EPP) are attempting to force a new vote on Thursday (26th), seeking to reverse Parliament's NO on indiscriminate scanning. This is a direct attack on democracy and blatant disregard for your right to privacy. No means no. Take action now!

Supreme Court Sides with Cox in Copyright Fight over Pirated Music

367 oj2828 2026-03-25 15:17:52 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 285

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Maxell MXCP-P100 – wireless cassette player

44 ChrisArchitect 2026-03-26 04:17:52 UTC maxell-usa.com Llama Share 25

This player combines 80's nostalgia with modern wireless tech, delivering high-fidelity sound from cassette collections. It offers up to 11 hours of Bluetooth playtime and fast USB-C charging.

Show HN: Robust LLM Extractor for Websites in TypeScript

54 andrew_zhong 2026-03-26 04:17:52 UTC github.com/lightfeed Llama Share 34

Lightfeed Extractor is a TypeScript library for robust web data extraction using LLMs and Playwright, allowing for browser automation, AI navigation, and structured data extraction. It supports various providers like OpenAI, Google Gemini, and Anthropic, and offers features like URL cleaning, image extraction, and safe sanitization of LLM outputs.

Thoughts on slowing the fuck down

931 jdkoeck 2026-03-25 14:17:52 UTC mariozechner.at Llama Share 412

The author warns that relying on coding agents can lead to brittle, complex, and unmaintainable codebases due to their inability to learn from errors and lack of global understanding. To avoid this, humans should slow down, use agents for non-critical tasks, and maintain agency over their codebases to ensure quality and maintainability.

Optimization lessons from a Minecraft structure locator

13 ftk_ 2026-03-26 10:17:52 UTC purplesyringa.moe Llama Share 0

The user optimized a Minecraft world scanner to find large "prisons" by simplifying the problem, skipping unnecessary work, and applying various optimizations such as vectorization and iterative DFS. The final optimized code can scan the entire world in about a month in single-threaded mode, covering 1.5⋅10^9 cell area per second.

Show HN: Optio – Orchestrate AI coding agents in K8s to go from ticket to PR

63 jawiggins 2026-03-25 22:17:52 UTC github.com/jonwiggins Llama Share 37

Optio automates coding tasks by provisioning an isolated environment, running an AI agent, and merging pull requests. It handles tasks from GitHub Issues, Linear, or its web UI, and resumes the agent on failures or review feedback.

The Last Contract: William T. Vollmann's Battle to Publish an Epic (2025)

18 benbreen 2026-03-26 09:17:52 UTC metropolitanreview.org Llama Share 1

William T. Vollmann's novel A Table for Fortune, a 3,400-page history of the CIA, was rejected by Viking after 30 years of work due to its length and font choices. Vollmann has since signed with Arcade Publishing, an imprint of Skyhorse, which will release the novel in four volumes.

Government agencies buy commercial data about Americans in bulk

111 nuke-web3 2026-03-26 06:17:52 UTC npr.org Llama Share 43

Congress is set to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which may include closing the data broker loophole allowing government agencies to buy Americans' location data without warrants. Privacy advocates say this is the best chance to protect Americans' data from mass surveillance.

Quantization from the Ground Up

284 samwho 2026-03-25 16:17:52 UTC ngrok.com Llama Share 50

Sam Rose discusses how to make large language models (LLMs) smaller and faster by reducing the number of parameters and using quantization, a process that reduces the precision of floating-point numbers. By applying quantization techniques, such as symmetric and asymmetric quantization, LLMs can be made 4x smaller and 2x faster with only a 5-10% loss in accuracy.

Two studies in compiler optimisations

91 hmpc 2026-03-26 01:17:52 UTC hmpcabral.com Llama Share 14

The user explores the implementation of LLVM optimisation passes using simple C++ examples to demonstrate how small source changes can trigger different paths in the compiler's internal processing with unexpected consequences. The user identifies various optimisation passes, including InstCombine, CodeGenPrepare, and DAGCombiner, and explains how they can be used to optimise code for ...

When it comes to data-ink ratio, optimize rather than maximize

5 s4074433 2026-03-26 11:17:52 UTC scienceux.org Prefix Share 1

Minimalist data visualizations aren’t necessarily ideal: The Story of Goldilocks and the Three Charts Aspiring to minimalism is common when you’re designing a data visualization. Minimalism is often treated as ideal for understanding a graph quickly, but sometimes ‘wasting ink’ makes sense to add emotion and engagement. This article argues for a “Goldilocks” balance between data and ...