1k Data Breaches Later, the Disclosure Lag Is Worse

104 882542F3884314B 2026-06-08 03:42:06 UTC troyhunt.com Llama Share 32

The author of Have I Been Pwned reflects on the 1,000th breach loaded into the database, questioning its continued purpose due to emerging privacy regulations. Disclosure lag times for breaches are worsening, with companies taking months to notify victims.

Dopamine Fracking

162 igmn 2026-06-08 03:42:06 UTC igerman.cc Llama Share 50

You coined the term "dopamine fracking" to describe the harm caused by prioritizing short-term dopamine hits over long-term cultural and personal sustainability. This phenomenon erases complexity and nuance, replacing it with a homogenized, commodified culture devoid of meaning and connection.

APC–2 – A professional record cutter for producing original playback discs

189 vthommeret 2026-06-08 01:42:06 UTC teenage.engineering Llama Share 95

The APC-2 is a professional record cutter with superior sound quality, available exclusively through SUPERSENSE. It features advanced technology for precision cutting and control.

Cannibalism

33 srijan4 2026-06-08 05:42:06 UTC b-ark.ca Llama Share 28

Tech industry leaders are panicking about AI's potential to disrupt their jobs and industries. AI's flaws and uneven application across industries make it difficult to predict its impact.

Is This the Dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?

10 pseudo-usama 2026-06-08 07:06:06 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 11

AI companies may increase prices and restrict usage due to high costs, but it's unclear if they can meet customers' spending appetite. The rapidly evolving AI ecosystem and government regulations will likely lead to significant changes in the industry.

The Smallest Brain You Can Build: A Perceptron in Python

171 DevarshRanpara 2026-06-08 00:42:06 UTC ranpara.net Llama Share 22

A perceptron is a simple neural network that takes one input, weighs it with a weight, adds a bias, and decides with a yes-or-no answer, and it learns from its mistakes by adjusting the weight and bias. The perceptron's ability to learn and make decisions relies on the weight, bias, learning rate, and normalization of the input data, which can be adjusted to improve its accuracy and performance.

Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony

587 gavinray 2026-06-07 18:42:06 UTC gavinray97.github.io Llama Share 263

The user spent 14-16 years in juvenile prison and later became a convicted felon due to addiction, but rebuilt their life through software and open-source contributions. They now work at Hasura, a developer-facing tool, and hope to give others a chance despite their troubled past.

Algorithmic Monocultures in Hiring

74 drchiu 2026-06-08 02:42:06 UTC algorithmichiring.github.io Llama Share 28

Employers rely heavily on hiring algorithms, but a study of 3.4 million job applicants found large-scale racial disparities and homogeneous outcomes. Algorithmic monocultures in hiring yield systemic rejections, with 25.87% of Black and 14.74% of Asian applicants facing adverse impact.

New drug 'functionally cures' many hepatitis B virus infections

147 gmays 2026-06-08 01:42:06 UTC science.org Llama Share 22

Researchers found that adding an experimental drug, bepirovirsen, to standard antivirals cured 19% of people with hepatitis B virus in two trials. The results are promising but may not be effective for the majority of the 240 million people worldwide living with chronic HBV infections.

1worldflag: A blue dot on a transparent background

89 davidbarker 2026-06-08 01:42:06 UTC 1worldflag.com Llama Share 60

The One World Flag represents unity and a shared home for all inhabitants of the blue planet. It symbolizes that more unites us than divides us, promoting a sense of belonging and togetherness.

DeepSeek V4 Pro beats GPT-5.5 Pro on precision

228 yogthos 2026-06-08 01:42:06 UTC runtimewire.com Full Share 92

DeepSeek V4 Pro wins this head-to-head by being more exact where it matters: following instructions, matching schemas, and solving edge cases cleanly. GPT-5.5 Pro is still strong, but it gave away points with avoidable deviations.

Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm

45 VJ-2-108 2026-06-08 03:42:06 UTC nosuggest.com Llama Share 35

NoSuggest is a free YouTube app with no ads, no notifications, and no algorithm-driven recommendations. It allows users to add and watch specific channels on their devices without any external influence.

Playing with Vision Embeddings

21 prestoj 2026-06-08 04:42:06 UTC prestonbjensen.com Llama Share 1

Researchers used a neural network called DINOv3 to generate images from a 384-dimensional space, where each dimension represents a unique feature. By training a sparse autoencoder (SAE) on DINOv3's embeddings, they were able to decompose the images into individual features and understand what each dimension encodes.

Tiny hackable CUDA language model implementation

19 markusheimerl 2026-06-08 04:42:06 UTC github.com/markusheimerl Llama Share 1

The project implements an autoregressive sequence model using a transformer architecture that can process byte streams from various sources. It trains on text data but can model any byte stream, including DNA/RNA sequences, compressed data, and executable binaries.

Richard Scolyer Has Died

27 nicwilson 2026-06-08 04:42:06 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 8

Richard Scolyer, a pioneering Australian doctor, has died at 59 after a three-year battle with an aggressive brain tumour. He made headlines for undergoing a world-first experimental treatment based on his own scientific breakthroughs in skin cancer.

Show HN: I Derived a Pancake

217 bkazez 2026-06-07 21:42:06 UTC absurdlyoptimized.com Llama Share 80

The author created a pancake calculator to optimize pancake recipes by balancing four axes of quality: interior texture, tang, rise, and exterior crisp. The calculator uses stoichiometry to determine the optimal ratio of ingredients, including acid, leavening agents, and dairy, to create the perfect pancake.

Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)

210 herbertl 2026-06-07 18:42:06 UTC nik.art Llama Share 109

The writer is unable to pursue snowboarding due to knee issues, but has come to accept and move on from the dream. They now focus on their current life and hobbies, finding satisfaction in the present moment.

A Matter Wi-Fi Light Bulb in Rust on the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W

102 melastmohican 2026-06-08 00:42:06 UTC github.com/melastmohican Llama Share 12

This repository contains Rust examples for the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 using Embassy async framework, including sensors and displays. Examples include ADXL345 accelerometer, DS18B20 temperature sensor, DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor, and more.

Do agents.md files help coding agents?

9 smushback 2026-06-08 05:42:06 UTC twitter.com/rasbt Full Share 4

Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot. Some privacy related extensions may cause issues on x.com. Please disable them and try again.

A discovery about GCC's unidirectional rotation algorithm

19 soheilpro 2026-06-08 03:42:06 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 7

The gcc libstdc++ algorithm and the forward-iterator algorithm are the same, but with different perspectives. The new algorithm is symmetric and performs swaps from right to left if the larger block is on the right.

Man-Computer Symbiosis J. C. R. Licklider (1960)

32 rballpug 2026-06-08 01:42:06 UTC groups.csail.mit.edu Llama Share 2

J.C.R. Licklider proposed the concept of man-computer symbiosis in 1960, where humans and computers work together to solve complex problems, with the computer handling routine tasks and the human providing goals, hypotheses, and evaluations. To achieve this symbiosis, significant advancements in computer technology, including memory organization, programming languages, and input/output ...

How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdown

386 howToTestFE 2026-06-07 19:42:06 UTC performance.dev Llama Share 176

Linear's speed comes from its local-first architecture, where the browser stores data and syncs with the server in the background. The app's design, including shortcuts and animations, also plays a crucial role in making it feel fast and responsive.

What is the purpose of the lost+found folder in Linux and Unix? (2014)

184 tosh 2026-06-07 16:42:06 UTC unix.stackexchange.com Llama Share 60

The /lost+found/ folder in Linux and Unix is for storing files that fsck, the filesystem check and repair command, recovers from a damaged filesystem. You would interact with it after a system crash or power failure, when fsck places recovered files there.

Show HN: Lathe – Use LLMs to learn a new domain, not skip past it

297 devenjarvis 2026-06-07 11:42:06 UTC github.com/devenjarvis Llama Share 55

Lathe is a tool that generates hands-on technical tutorials on demand using LLM skills, allowing users to learn by working through tutorials themselves. It's a combination of LLM skills and a Golang CLI used to store, manage, and view generated tutorials.

Trusted Computing Frequently Asked Questions (2003)

6 userbinator 2026-06-08 05:42:06 UTC cl.cam.ac.uk Prefix Share 0

Translations into German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Chinese, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Hungarian, Greek, Hebrew and French. This document is released under the GNU Free Documentation License. Additions since July 2002 are at the foot of this document. See also the Economics and Security Resource Page which gives a lot of background to the issues raised here. Microsoft has renamed Palladium ...

Texas grid flags risks as data centers, crypto sites fail voltage tests

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The 29th International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC) 2025 Winners

386 matt_d 2026-06-07 07:42:06 UTC ioccc.org Llama Share 89

IOCCC29 had a high submission quality and similar volume to last year, possibly due to improved website design and social media presence. The contest's rules and guidelines were rewritten for this year, and the next contest, IOCCC30, is planned for late 2026.

Do we fear the serializable isolation level more than we fear subtle bugs (2024)

77 b-man 2026-06-07 20:42:06 UTC blog.ydb.tech Llama Share 44

Weaker isolation levels in databases can lead to concurrency bugs and security vulnerabilities, as seen in cases like Flexcoin and Poloniex. Using serializable isolation as the default can prevent such issues.

LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do

923 poisonfountain 2026-06-07 13:42:06 UTC human-in-the-loop.bearblog.dev Llama Share 886

The user, a 10-year experienced software engineer, is concerned that their domain expertise in finance and payment processing is becoming less valuable due to advancements in AI and LLMs, which can now perform tasks such as writing code and debugging. The user is worried about their long-term employability and is considering shifting their domain expertise to areas where LLMs are not yet ...

Powering up a module from the IBM 604: an electronic calculator from 1948

85 elpocko 2026-06-07 17:42:06 UTC righto.com Llama Share 24

IBM introduced the Electronic Calculating Punch, type 604, a programmable calculator that used vacuum tubes and was much smaller and cheaper than computers. It was highly successful, with over 5600 units produced, and led to the development of IBM's vacuum-tube computers in the 1950s.