Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher

503 u1hcw9nx 2026-09-13 21:25:27 UTC vals.ai Llama Share 220

Claude Fable 5.1 solved Sir Thomas Urquhart's Cyphral Distich, a centuries-old cryptogram, using a simple rule based on the book itself and its accompanying poem. The solution was surprisingly straightforward in hindsight, demonstrating that models can solve historical mysteries with persistence and creative analysis.

Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?

613 iamflimflam1 2026-09-13 18:25:27 UTC atomic14.com Llama Share 289

The author reported a deceptive ad on YouTube that mimicked an iOS system alert, but Google's review process approved it twice despite AI detecting the violation. Google has access to AI tools to detect such ads, yet failed to use them effectively in this case.

Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs

93 Cider9986 2026-09-13 22:25:27 UTC community.signalusers.org Llama Share 42

The user has legitimate concerns about zero-knowledge proofs, but disagrees with the application of this technology. Signal's design inherently protects user anonymity and safety through its distrustful client-server model.

Spaceships (Reverse Asteroid)

13 zdw 2026-09-14 01:25:27 UTC spaceships.treybastian.com Full Share 4

Inverted Asteroids: you are not the ship. Place gravity wells and sling the rocks.

Open-Source AI and Open Models Reading List

26 simonpure 2026-09-14 00:25:27 UTC interconnects.ai Llama Share 1

This user shares research materials on open models, discussing their definition, benefits and risks, adoption rates and performance gaps with closed models. They also highlight the impact of Chinese labs on the AI ecosystem.

Julia 1.13 highlights

163 eigenspace 2026-09-13 19:25:27 UTC julialang.org Llama Share 12

Julia version 1.13 has been released with several improvements, including faster precompilation times and enhanced code introspection macros. The new release also includes changes to the hash function, object loading in sysimage and package images, and improved garbage collection performance.

Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025

383 Levitating 2026-09-13 15:25:27 UTC lesswrong.com Full Share 176

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Data collected by cars and sold to third parties

314 bookofjoe 2026-09-13 14:25:27 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 164

Automakers collect and sell vast amounts of data on their customers, often without clear consent or transparency. A growing movement seeks simpler vehicles with minimal data collection to address concerns over privacy and consumer control.

Flawed routers flood University of Wisconsin internet time server (2003)

67 walrus01 2026-09-13 21:25:27 UTC pages.cs.wisc.edu Llama Share 8

The University of Wisconsin-Madison's NTP server was flooded with hundreds-of-thousands of packets-per-second from Netgear routers, causing operational problems. The flood was caused by a design flaw in the Netgear products' SNTP client implementation, which hardcoded a source port number and allowed for excessive traffic to be sent to the university's time server.

Show HN: Is It Greg?

16 antoineleclair 2026-09-14 02:00:27 UTC github.com/antoineleclair Full Share 2

A tiny Chrome extension that highlights Hacker News submissions linking to greg.technology or any of its subdomains, as well as stories and comments posted by Greg himself (gregsadetsky). Greg sweeps the front page, flagging stories that link to greg.technology or that he submitted:

Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)

91 david927 2026-09-13 18:25:27 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 197

The author is working on various projects, including AI modeling for 3D printing and an Anki extension that generates text, speech, and images. They are also building a website to discover first names and a game project called Vestiges.

Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted board ouster

51 ilamont 2026-09-13 20:25:27 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 101

Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic, is on paid leave after the board voted to remove him. He claims to be back in control and has been posting on company Slack despite being officially removed.

The GDR and Vietnam: From Fake Coffee to Coffee Empire

32 NaOH 2026-09-13 22:25:27 UTC katjahoyer.uk Llama Share 5

The author attended a week of events in Leipzig, Germany, focusing on industrial culture and shared their story about East German botanists who successfully grew coffee in Vietnam after the fall of the Berlin Wall. They highlighted the complexities of this history and its relevance to understanding today's world.

The Coming War on General Computation (2011)

52 gregsadetsky 2026-09-14 00:25:27 UTC en.wikisource.org Llama Share 11

Cory Doctorow discusses the evolution of copyright laws and how they relate to general-purpose computers, which are becoming increasingly powerful. He argues that attempts to control PCs will converge on rootkits and surveillance measures.

Reverse engineering my e-scooter and rewriting the firmware in Rust

392 vinhnx 2026-09-13 09:25:27 UTC bensimms.moe Llama Share 90

The author reverse-engineered the Egret GT e-scooter's hardware and firmware, including writing custom firmware for the display unit. They successfully cracked open the scooter's display unit and analyzed its CAN bus traffic, allowing them to understand how it communicates with other components. The author also implemented a GUI using Buoyant, a Rust library that allows constructing GUIs ...

I build a mechanical watch face: a real gear train for a watch with no gears

16 tomasslavicek 2026-09-13 23:25:27 UTC myday24.com Llama Share 6

A watch designer creates openworked mechanical faces for Garmin, solving complex gear ratios and positions to achieve a realistic look. The design process involves testing each movement as a machine before adding finishing touches like polish and color.

Making Startups Powerful

164 tosh 2026-09-13 14:25:27 UTC paulgraham.com Llama Share 76

The author shares strategies for making startups more powerful, including creating network effects, owning the customer relationship and money flow, going full stack or eating away at customers' work. These ideas aim to make the startup valuable in the long term by improving customers' lives.

I added a non-wi-fi Mitsubishi AC to Home Assistant

181 ichacas 2026-09-13 11:25:27 UTC medium.com/@ivangomezarnedo Llama Share 86

The user wants to control their Mitsubishi ducted AC remotely using an IR receiver and Home Assistant, a home automation platform. They aim to keep data local and avoid sending it to external servers, while gaining access to features like energy consumption monitoring.

Apple's Dimensional Drawings

6 herbertl 2026-09-14 00:25:27 UTC developer.apple.com Full Share 0

Download precise dimensional drawings and technical specifications for Apple devices to ensure your accessory designs meet the exact requirements.

Why is the x86 undefined instruction called ud2? Why 2?

207 ibobev 2026-09-13 13:25:27 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 49

The ud2 instruction is an architecturally undefined instruction that raises an "invalid opcode" exception, used to mark unreachable code and prevent crashes. It was created as a result of Hyrum's Law, where software relied on the 0F FF sequence being invalid, prompting Intel to make it official with the ud2 instruction.

CUDA for AMD on Windows

141 chiassedu80 2026-09-13 15:25:27 UTC github.com/speedstu Llama Share 72

A reproducible Windows CUDA setup is built around ZLUDA + AMD HIP/ROCm for CUDA-facing compute applications, including LibTorch workloads. The validated hardware is currently an AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU only, with other GPUs to be tested and reported separately.

Writing a better reality: The case for optimistic sci-fi

4 andsoitis 2026-09-14 01:25:27 UTC honisoit.com Full Share 2

AI is not a normal technology

4 theahura 2026-09-14 01:25:27 UTC 12gramsofcarbon.com Prefix Share 6

I. The only remaining fundamental disagreement between people who think AI is a normal technology and those that don’t is the belief that the AI can do everything a human can do, but better. If you believe this, then it’s almost tautological to say that there will be no jobs left for humans. And if you don’t believe this, then it’s almost tautological that there will be jobs left for humans. ...

The case against JPEG XL

44 contact9879 2026-09-14 01:25:27 UTC giannirosato.com Llama Share 42

The author believes JPEG XL is not suitable for the web due to its complexity, lack of support for progressive decoding and deblocking loop filtering, and potential performance issues. The author thinks AVIF is a better fit for the web platform.

Why is privacy so hard?

31 andsoitis 2026-09-13 21:25:27 UTC cacm.acm.org Full Share 27

IP: 172.182.253.40, RAY: a3abf140e9ae2b7c

"Chilling" warning or overreaction? AI bioweapons report divides experts

6 sbulaev 2026-09-14 00:25:27 UTC science.org Full Share 0

Necker, 1832: "An optical phænomenon on viewing a figure of a geometrical solid"

7 akkartik 2026-09-14 00:25:27 UTC zenodo.org Full Share 1

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Reverse-Engineering Claude Web's MicroVM: Uncovering Anthropic's Hidden Antspace

60 rzk 2026-09-13 18:25:27 UTC aprilnea.me Llama Share 14

Researchers reverse-engineered Claude Code, an unstripped Go binary from Anthropic's secret deployment platform, discovering a full AI-native PaaS architecture with local-cloud consistency and MicroVM technology. The analysis revealed a mature production-grade deployment protocol without any exploits or privilege escalation.

The contagion of fear

143 elffjs 2026-09-13 23:25:27 UTC bcantrill.dtrace.org Llama Share 106

The author shares a regrettable incident from their university days where they and friends spread false rumors of a computer virus, causing panic among humanities students. They now express concern that similar irresponsible behavior is being exhibited by some experts in the field of AI, claiming it poses an existential threat to humanity with over 10% probability.

Bad code is kudzu

40 surprisetalk 2026-09-13 20:25:27 UTC vickiboykis.com Llama Share 12

A feature added to a codebase can be hard to remove, much like kudzu overtaking an area. Deleting code is often thankless and requires planning ahead to avoid complexity buildup.