Live: Artemis II Launch Day Updates

694 apitman 2026-04-01 18:04:27 UTC nasa.gov Llama Share 650

The Artemis II mission has successfully deployed the Orion spacecraft's solar array wings, completing a key configuration step for the mission. The spacecraft is now preparing for the perigee raise maneuver and apogee raise burn to increase its orbit and prepare for deep-space operations.

A new C++ back end for ocamlc

106 glittershark 2026-04-02 00:04:27 UTC github.com/ocaml Llama Share 6

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Quantum computing bombshells that are not April Fools

45 Strilanc 2026-04-02 01:04:27 UTC scottaaronson.blog Llama Share 2

Caltech and Google announced quantum computing breakthroughs, lowering overhead for fault-tolerance and Shor's algorithm. This may make Bitcoin signatures vulnerable to quantum attack sooner than expected.

DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market

323 ingve 2026-04-01 22:04:27 UTC jeffgeerling.com Llama Share 257

Raspberry Pi increased prices for LPDDR4 RAM Pis, making high-end SBCs unaffordable for hobbyists. The hobbyist SBC market is dying due to high DRAM prices, with vendors like Radxa being the only exception.

EmDash – A spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security

480 elithrar 2026-04-01 17:04:27 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 343

Cloudflare's EmDash is a new, open-source CMS built on Astro, aiming to replace WordPress with a more secure, serverless, and AI-friendly platform. EmDash offers improved security, scalability, and ease of use, with features like plugin sandboxing, dynamic workers, and AI-driven content management.

Fast and Gorgeous Erosion Filter

82 runevision 2026-04-01 22:04:27 UTC blog.runevision.com Llama Share 12

The user explains an erosion technique for generating virtual landscapes, which involves using a special kind of noise to produce branching gullies and ridges while allowing fast and GPU-friendly evaluation. The technique has been developed and refined over time, with various approaches and tweaks to address issues such as chaotic distortions, inconsistent gully magnitudes, and non-straight gullies.

Set the Line Before It's Crossed

37 surprisetalk 2026-04-02 00:04:27 UTC nomagicpill.substack.com Llama Share 15

To set clear boundaries, define lines and actions beforehand, and communicate them to others. Establishing accountability through methods like trusted partners or automation can help enforce actions when boundaries are crossed.

Show HN: Git bayesect – Bayesian Git bisection for non-deterministic bugs

214 hauntsaninja 2026-04-01 18:04:27 UTC github.com/hauntsaninja Llama Share 28

git_bayesect uses Bayesian inference to identify commits introducing changes, with greedy minimisation of expected entropy and Beta-Bernoulli conjugacy. It sets priors based on commit messages and diffs to handle unknown failure rates.

AI for American-produced cement and concrete

159 latchkey 2026-04-01 18:04:27 UTC engineering.fb.com Llama Share 108

Meta is releasing an AI model for designing concrete mixes, Bayesian Optimization for Concrete (BOxCrete), to help US producers use domestic materials. The model improves mix design speed and sustainability, reducing US reliance on imported cement.

Signing data structures the wrong way

78 malgorithms 2026-04-01 20:04:27 UTC blog.foks.pub Llama Share 41

Snowpack is a system that uses random, immutable 64-bit domain separators in the IDL to prevent domain separation bugs in cryptographic data. It ensures canonical encodings and guarantees that the sender and receiver agree on the type of data, making it a simple and effective solution for serialization of inputs to cryptographic functions.

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2026)

206 whoishiring 2026-04-01 16:04:27 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 173

Here are the job postings summarized in 2 concise English sentences each, not exceeding 200 characters:

Trinity Large Thinking

6 kristianp 2026-04-02 02:17:27 UTC openrouter.ai Prefix Share 4

routes requests to the best providers that are able to handle your prompt size and parameters, with fallbacks to maximize uptime. Prompt tokens measure input size. Reasoning tokens show internal thinking before a response. Completion tokens reflect total output length. OpenRouter supports reasoning-enabled models that can show their step-by-step thinking process. Use the reasoning parameter ...

The revenge of the data scientist

101 hamelsmu 2026-04-01 20:04:27 UTC hamel.dev Llama Share 18

The data scientist role is not over, but its work has shifted from model training to experiment setup, debugging, and metric design. Data scientists still play a crucial role in evaluating AI systems and driving application-specific metrics.

Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)

46 kasparnoor 2026-04-01 22:04:27 UTC getdull.app Llama Share 34

A browser strips out social media features designed to keep you scrolling, offering content filters, time limits, and more on-device. It's a tool that puts you in charge of what you see, without accounts, servers, or wellness features.

SpaceX files to go public

217 nutjob2 2026-04-01 18:04:27 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 280

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StepFun 3.5 Flash is #1 cost-effective model for OpenClaw tasks (300 battles)

148 skysniper 2026-04-01 17:04:27 UTC app.uniclaw.ai Full Share 63

A public benchmark for evaluating whether AI agents can complete real workflows. Compare model performance and cost-effectiveness on real agent tasks.

Scientists crack a 20-year nuclear mystery behind the creation of gold

58 prabal97 2026-04-01 20:04:27 UTC sciencedaily.com Llama Share 27

Scientists at the University of Tennessee have made three key discoveries about how unstable atomic nuclei decay during the rapid neutron-capture process that creates heavy elements like gold. Their findings could improve models of stellar events and predict the behavior of exotic atomic nuclei.

InspectMind AI (YC W24) Is Hiring

0 2026-04-01 21:04:27 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

InspectMind AI is building an AI Plan Checker to review construction plans and find issues before building. The company is seeking a software engineer to improve accuracy and ship features quickly using AI coding agents.

Ariane 6 user's manual [pdf]

40 matthieu_bl 2026-04-01 21:04:27 UTC ariane.group Llama Share 5

Arianespace is a commercial launch services provider offering a range of launch vehicles including Ariane 5, Ariane 6, Soyuz, Vega, and Vega-C. The company has over 38 years of experience and has signed more than 440 contracts.

The Windows equivalents of the most used Linux commands

19 elsadek 2026-04-01 23:04:27 UTC techkettle.blogspot.com Llama Share 8

Windows cmd has similar commands to Linux for network troubleshooting and management. Equivalent commands include netstat -ano for process ID and C:\Program Files\Wireshark\wireshark.exe for packet capture.

BurgerDisk News

9 ibobev 2026-04-02 01:04:27 UTC colino.net Prefix Share 1

Since the end of the Kickstarter, a few people who missed it contacted me to get a device. A few people also expressed frustration at wanting to get one, but finding the shipping cost to USA off-putting. The first thing is solved: I have opened a small web shop on my site. The second thing is being solved: I have contacted Joe of Joe’s Computer Museum, and he’s interested in distributing ...

Jax's true calling: Ray-Marching renderers on WebGL

61 BenoitP 2026-04-01 20:04:27 UTC benoit.paris Llama Share 8

User is using JAX for GPU accelerated graphics rendering with Signed Distance Functions (SDF) and auto-vectorization. They're exploring its potential for higher-level DSLs and geometric algebra.

ZomboCom stolen by a hacker, sold, now replaced with AI-generated makeover

50 bananaboy 2026-04-02 00:04:27 UTC old.reddit.com Llama Share 21

User needs to register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique User-Agent string to access the application. Alternatively, try resetting to default User-Agent or file a ticket for assistance.

Show HN: Flight-Viz – 10K flights on a 3D globe in 3.5MB of Rust+WASM

62 coolwulf 2026-04-01 20:04:27 UTC flight-viz.com Full Share 33

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Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away

93 OsrsNeedsf2P 2026-04-01 22:04:27 UTC discuss.grapheneos.org Full Share 60

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SolveSpace (open source 2D/3D CAD) working on Windows 2000 (2025)

17 ruevs 2026-04-01 23:04:27 UTC github.com/solvespace Full Share 2

System information SolveSpace version: Operating system: Expected behavior The program open. Actual behavior The error message to open solvespace im my windows 10 as is in attached image. The vc_redist.x86.exe is installed. Additional in...

How-to guide: Commissioning a Sensor Physics R&D Lab

35 MagneLauritzen 2026-04-01 20:04:27 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 4

Windows 95 defenses against installers that overwrite a file with an older one

129 michelangelo 2026-04-01 19:04:27 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 60

Windows 95 had a backup directory to prevent installers from overwriting system files. It checked for mistakes after installers finished and restored the original files if necessary.

Show HN: Zerobox – Sandbox any command with file, network, credential controls

114 afshinmeh 2026-04-01 17:04:27 UTC github.com/afshinm Llama Share 86

Zerobox is a tool for credential injection and sandboxing processes, allowing secrets to be passed to specific hosts without being visible to the process. It provides features like environment variable inheritance, network proxying, and restricted access to user data and system libraries.

Montana referendum to outlaw corporate campaign contributions [video]

41 le-mark 2026-04-02 00:04:27 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 7