When did Google get so weird?

400 sancho-panza 2026-09-27 20:21:37 UTC sancho.bearblog.dev Llama Share 199

The user had a weird experience with Google's AI overview after searching for old tweets about Dario Saric, and wondered why the search engine assumed they were looking for emotional support instead of links. They felt that Google has lost its purpose as a search engine with the introduction of LLMs.

Ember-1

266 gmays 2026-09-27 18:21:37 UTC fireworks.ai Llama Share 148

Fireworks Research introduces Ember-1, a specialized model that delivers Kimi K3's quality with 40% fewer tokens. Ember-1 is built on Kimi K3 and learned to cut unnecessary reasoning while keeping the thinking that matters.

Lunar Terminator Paradox

23 dima55 2026-09-27 21:21:37 UTC notes.secretsauce.net Llama Share 4

The lunar terminator paradox occurs when looking at a full moon after sunset, appearing to point upwards due to Earth's perspective. The program simulates this phenomenon, showing how the moon's illuminated side points up regardless of its position in the sky.

Alan Kay's answer to "Did the ENIAC have a BIOS"?

44 midnightfish 2026-09-27 20:21:37 UTC quora.com Full Share 17

Show HN: Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi

109 safaelmali 2026-09-27 19:21:37 UTC loficities.com Llama Share 46

Lofi Cities is a free web app that generates animated pixel-art city nights with endless lofi music, available on various cities worldwide. The app offers customizable settings and features like weather, track selection, and social interactions without requiring an account or cookies.

The state of SIMD in Rust in 2026

56 verdagon 2026-09-27 19:21:37 UTC shnatsel.github.io Llama Share 16

The author has made significant progress in contributing to the SIMD library, specifically Fearless SIMD. They discuss various approaches to using SIMD instructions on different architectures, including multiversioning and function-level optimization. The author concludes that NEON is a more practical choice for ARM-based systems due to its simplicity and performance advantages over AVX-512.

Imp is a full port of DSPy to the BEAM

29 mpweiher 2026-09-27 20:21:37 UTC github.com/deepfates Llama Share 4

Imp is a full port of DSPy to the BEAM, allowing users to describe language model steps and optimize them against labeled examples. It provides various optimizers that can improve models by rewriting instructions or training weights, with tools like ReqLLM for accessing external models.

Don't couple your Go code to GitHub

87 birdculture 2026-09-27 17:21:37 UTC iain.rocks Llama Share 43

The Go programming language allows namespace-based code fetching, but this can lead to coupling with a specific hosting provider. Using custom domains is a solution to avoid this issue and make it easier to switch between different hosting platforms.

In an $80 motel room, a discovery to shed light on the origins of life

181 danso 2026-09-27 15:21:37 UTC nytimes.com Llama Share 68

A biologist and an evolutionary biologist discovered two new species of a single-celled organism called Paulinella in a motel room. The discovery brings the world's known total to six photosynthetic Paulinella species, made by a team led by Dr. Van Etten.

There is more to code review than (automatable) detection

17 utiiiD 2026-09-27 20:21:37 UTC adaptivecapacitylabs.com Llama Share 7

The article argues that coding agents can supersede human code review, but the author disagrees due to issues with intent, comprehensibility and contextual knowledge. The author believes that humans bring a level of expertise and social accountability that machines cannot replicate.

Oral history of John Chowning, inventor of FM synthesis [video]

32 Rochus 2026-09-27 18:21:37 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 6

What I did at Recurse Center

29 bingden 2026-09-27 19:21:37 UTC thill.me Llama Share 13

The author spent the summer at Recurse Center, a programming retreat in Brooklyn, where they participated in various projects and study groups. They learned about modern LLMs and agents through Agentic Adventures and Practical Deep Learning.

Replacing the old battery on rechargeable bike lights

120 surprisetalk 2026-09-27 14:21:37 UTC jvns.ca Llama Share 63

The author successfully repaired their 10-year-old bike lights by replacing the battery, using minimal electronics skills and guidance from online resources. The repair cost around $20 CAD and has allowed the author to use the lights again without recharging.

Writing Efficient C++ Code (2013)

124 ibobev 2026-09-27 13:21:37 UTC asawicki.info Llama Share 73

The article discusses the importance of writing efficient code, particularly in applications where performance matters. It highlights that native languages like C++ can be used to achieve high performance but requires knowledge and familiarity with good practices. The article also introduces Data-Oriented Design (DOD) as a way of thinking that focuses on data storage and design to create ...

The Cartesian Hand: In-Hand Manipulation with All-Linear Fingers

39 AareyBaba 2026-09-27 16:21:37 UTC generalroboticslab.com Full Share 8

General Robotics Lab at Duke University - Building discovery machines that learn, act, and collaborate by discovering how the world works. Research in embodied intelligence, robotics, AI, machine learning, and human-robot collaboration.

Fragment of oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey

43 gmays 2026-09-27 16:21:37 UTC livescience.com Llama Share 7

Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old fragment of the Treaty of Kadesh, the world's oldest known peace treaty. The ancient Egyptian and Hittite leaders signed it around 1269 B.C. to mark the end of a lengthy war between their empires.

Flip Fluid on Flip Dots

344 blutack 2026-09-27 04:21:37 UTC mitxela.com Llama Share 23

The author successfully implemented a FLIP (Fluid Implicit Particle) fluid simulation on a flipdot electromechanical display, achieving seamless tiling and fast updates. The project involved desoldering individual dots from old Hanover displays, mounting them onto new circuit boards with custom-designed H-bridge chips.

Previously unheard recordings of John Coltrane, captured by Frank Tiberi

36 gregsadetsky 2026-09-27 16:21:37 UTC jazzwise.com Full Share 13

S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past

4 tkhattra 2026-09-27 21:21:37 UTC btrblocks.com Prefix Share 0

Amazon S3, and its analogues in other clouds, have become the foundation of the modern cloud software architecture. Today, nearly every data-intensive system is being built around S3. However, the hardware assumptions baked into S3’s design – and into all the software architectures that have emerged around it – are rapidly becoming obsolete. S3’s dominance is due to its many advantages: ...

Show HN: TinyAIArena watch AI agents battle it out

85 hp6 2026-09-27 16:21:37 UTC tinyaiarena.com Full Share 39

Arrow keys: Left/Right · Home/End · Space: auto · Esc: menu · M: mute

Fakecloud: Local AWS cloud emulator for integration tests

93 theanonymousone 2026-09-27 10:21:37 UTC fakecloud.dev Llama Share 48

Fakecloud provides a local AWS environment for development and testing without requiring an account or paid plan. It supports 3,932 API operations and 30+ service-to-service integrations, allowing developers to use the normal AWS SDK against localhost.

The Normalization of Inexplicable Failures

224 pxx 2026-09-27 16:21:37 UTC ihatethefuture.com Llama Share 88

The author criticizes Jev, an AI model that returns typed values with probability estimates, for being opaque and not requiring users to build evals and a ground-truth pipeline. This makes it difficult to understand the model's limitations and potential failures.

Faster prompt lookup drafting in llama.cpp

59 pptadversary 2026-09-27 15:21:37 UTC jadidbourbaki.github.io Llama Share 9

The author optimized prompt lookup decoding in llama.cpp, achieving a 140x speedup by leveraging Daniel Lemire's PR and their own performance optimizations. The changes improved latency per drafted token, static cache load time, and memory usage.

Video CDs Break Windows Explorer

72 ClydeN 2026-09-27 13:21:37 UTC clydesnotes.blogspot.com Llama Share 28

Copying VCD files in Windows Explorer can cause system instability due to a bug introduced with 2023 updates. The issue is often reproduced by copying the MPEGAV folder, which leads to a "broken" state requiring a restart of the PC.

On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted

329 jandeboevrie 2026-09-27 15:21:37 UTC unsung.aresluna.org Llama Share 293

The author has used Vim for 20 years, writing numerous documents and relying on its persistent undo feature. They were disappointed with NeoVim's handling of persistent undo, which deleted their existing files without warning or explanation.

KICKI: a DECsystem1060

15 rbanffy 2026-09-27 18:21:37 UTC icm.museum Llama Share 2

KICKI, a dual PDP-10 model KI10, is being restored with the goal of running again. The project involves upgrading its memory and power supply to improve efficiency and stability.

Improving site performance by shipping more CSS

75 torutofu 2026-09-27 07:21:37 UTC github.blog Llama Share 62

The Primer Design System migrated from CSS-in-JS to CSS Modules in 2024, improving performance and accessibility. The migration was done incrementally using feature flags and visual regression tests to ensure no breakage occurred during the process.

C's Flexible Integer Sizes Were Not a Design Mistake

67 ibobev 2026-09-27 11:21:37 UTC pikuma.com Llama Share 112

C's flexible integer types were a design choice to achieve portability across various computer architectures, not a mistake. The language allowed for different signed representations and sizes, which worked efficiently on 12-64 bit machines with varying character sets and memory addressing schemes.

Go Concurrency Distilled

367 chmaynard 2026-09-26 22:21:37 UTC antonz.org Llama Share 166

This mini-book covers Go concurrency topics, including goroutines, channels, wait groups, and synchronization primitives like mutexes and semaphores. It provides interactive examples to help readers experiment with these concepts.

PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock

486 Qision 2026-09-26 22:21:37 UTC github.com/infinityloop1308 Llama Share 270

The user forked NewPipe in 2022 to develop PipePipe independently, creating two separate projects. This allows for faster updates and issue fixes without relying on NewPipe's updates or changes.