Making Graphics Like it's 1993

484 sklopec 2026-06-09 11:01:55 UTC staniks.github.io Llama Share 64

The user is developing a side-project called Catlantean 3D, a traditional raycaster first-person shooter with a 256-color palette, aiming to recreate the feeling of early 90s games while using modern tools. The user has implemented various techniques to achieve this, including asset creation, lighting, and animation, and is planning to release the game on Steam in Q1 2027.

Microsoft's open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers

422 raffael_de 2026-06-09 08:01:55 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 158

Microsoft's Azure and AI development tools were hacked, allowing hackers to steal users' passwords and sensitive credentials. The company has temporarily removed some repositories, notified affected customers, and is continuing to investigate the breach.

A giant star may have destroyed itself in one of the rarest explosions

26 wglb 2026-06-09 16:01:55 UTC phys.org Full Share 5

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'Sloppenheimer:' Amazon Employees Mock the Company's AI on Slack

90 doener 2026-06-09 16:01:55 UTC 404media.co Full Share 42

Amazon employees have a Slack channel for memes where the mock and commiserate about the company’s faulty AI coding product.

Biff.core: system composition for Clojure web apps

16 jacobobryant 2026-06-09 16:14:55 UTC biffweb.com Llama Share 3

The user has released the first library, biff.core, which provides system composition and interfaces for Biff projects. This library includes init functions that allow for clean extraction of logic and late binding, making it easier to manage project structure and dependencies.

Launch HN: Transload (YC P26) – Measuring freight items with CCTV

7 nils_spatial 2026-06-09 16:30:55 UTC news.ycombinator.com Prefix Share 1

Hi HN — we’re Julius, Jago, and Nils, and we’re building transload (transload.io). transload helps LTL trucking companies measure freight dimensions using the security cameras already installed in their terminals. Instead of sending shipments through a dedicated dimensioning station, we measure them automatically as they move through the normal dock workflow. In LTL trucking, dimensions ...

Can LLMs Beat Classical Hyperparameter Optimization Algorithms?

48 galsapir 2026-06-09 16:01:55 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 6

Researchers compared LLM-based and classical hyperparameter optimization methods on a small language model. A hybrid approach, Centaur, combining classical CMA-ES with an LLM achieved the best results, suggesting LLMs are most effective as a complement to classical optimizers.

Show HN: GentleOS – A pair of hobby OSes for vintage 32-bit and 16-bit PCs

42 luke8086 2026-06-09 13:01:55 UTC github.com/luke8086 Llama Share 71

GentleOS/32 is a retro OS for tinkering with old hardware, requiring i386 CPU, 4MB RAM, and VGA display. It supports standard PC devices and has a 16-bit spin-off, GentleOS/16, targeting 80186 devices.

OpenCV 5 Is Here: The Biggest Leap in Years for Computer Vision

516 ternaus 2026-06-09 03:01:55 UTC opencv.org Llama Share 94

OpenCV 5 is a major release that modernizes the library with a new DNN engine, improved ONNX support, and hardware acceleration. It brings significant performance improvements, better language support, and a redesigned Hardware Acceleration Layer for faster image processing.

Is Grep All You Need? How Agent Harnesses Reshape Agentic Search

49 Anon84 2026-06-09 14:01:55 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 26

Researchers compared retrieval strategies in Large Language Model agents, finding grep generally yields higher accuracy than vector retrieval. However, accuracy still depends on agent architecture and tool-calling paradigm.

Unified Controllable and Faithful Text-to-CAD Generation with LLMs

32 PaulHoule 2026-06-09 15:01:55 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 3

Researchers propose PR-CAD, a framework that unifies text-to-CAD generation and editing for controllable and faithful modeling. PR-CAD achieves state-of-the-art results and improves CAD modeling efficiency through a reinforcement learning-enhanced reasoning framework.

FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones by Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers' IDs

108 berlianta 2026-06-09 16:01:55 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 77

The FCC plans to require telecoms to store personal info like ID numbers and addresses for all phone customers, alarming privacy advocates. This change aims to combat scammers but could impact low-income people, domestic abuse survivors, and those seeking anonymity.

Show HN: Gravity – interactive solar-system simulator, from Newton to Einstein

74 qunabu 2026-06-09 12:01:55 UTC qunabu.github.io Full Share 21

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Using Optical Aberrations to Distinguish Real Astronomical Transients

16 solarist 2026-06-09 16:01:55 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 1

Researchers found that transient images on Palomar sky surveys show coma aberration patterns, ruling out plate artifacts as an explanation. This supports hypotheses that transients have a physical origin rather than being instrumental effects.

The iPhone's Last Stand?

99 swolpers 2026-06-09 11:01:55 UTC stratechery.com Llama Share 148

Microsoft's Project Solara showcases a thin client approach where AI agents live in the cloud and interact with devices as portals. Apple's Siri, despite being behind the state of the art, is sufficient for consumers who don't want to work or care about productivity.

Emerge Career (YC S22) Is Hiring a Founding Growth Marketer

0 2026-06-09 13:01:55 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

We are looking for a growth marketer to lead student acquisition at Emerge Career, a company that provides second chances to low-income adults through workforce development. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in growth marketing, expertise in at least one core channel, and experience building AI-powered marketing workflows.

Let's Encrypt bans certificate usage in any US sanctioned territory [pdf]

85 piskov 2026-06-09 06:01:55 UTC letsencrypt.org Llama Share 68

You agree to use Let's Encrypt Certificates in compliance with applicable laws and this Agreement, and to immediately request revocation if your Certificate is compromised or inaccurate. ISRG disclaims all warranties and is not liable for any damages or losses related to the use of Let's Encrypt Certificates.

Forever Young: how one molecule can lock plants in a youthful state (2025)

100 bryanrasmussen 2026-06-09 09:01:55 UTC omnia.sas.upenn.edu Llama Share 61

Biologist Scott Poethig discovered a single molecule, miR156, that locks plants in a youthful state, a phenomenon called neoteny. This finding has big implications for conservation, horticulture, and more, as it could help scientists tailor plants to different needs and environments.

The Effective Sample Size

11 jxmorris12 2026-06-09 15:01:55 UTC alex.smola.org Llama Share 1

Reweighting data to correct covariate shift reduces bias but increases variance, which is measured by the effective sample size (n_eff). n_eff represents the number of usable data points after reweighting, and it's a diagnostic control signal in off-policy reinforcement learning.

Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models

696 unclefuzzy 2026-06-08 20:01:55 UTC macrumors.com Llama Share 535

Apple overhauls Apple Intelligence with Google Foundation Models, enabling on-device AI capabilities and multimodal support. Users can opt out of Google integration, but it's unclear if this can be completely disabled.

Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption

85 flanged 2026-06-09 16:14:55 UTC reuters.com Full Share 151

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Show HN: Learn from 30 historical figures, open source, nonprofit, self-hosted

5 micstradev 2026-06-09 16:01:55 UTC github.com/chipmates Prefix Share 0

A Living Library You Can Talk To Nonprofit · Open Source · No tracking cookies, no profiling ⭐ If you find this interesting, a star is the simplest way to help us reach more people. Agora Cosmica is a Living Library for wisdom from history. Learn from thirty figures, from Marcus Aurelius to Ada Lovelace, Rumi to Frida Kahlo, each with their own researched voice and twelve wisdom teachings. ...

Thi.ng – open-source building blocks for computational design and art

150 nmstoker 2026-06-09 06:01:55 UTC thi.ng Llama Share 20

This site is a precursor to a semantic graph of projects, assets, and relationships, offering a tag cloud to explore 350 projects. The primary focus is on data-driven tooling for TypeScript and browser-based tech, with a broader aim at various programming approaches and languages.

Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers

327 BrunoBernardino 2026-06-09 10:01:55 UTC codingwithjesse.com Llama Share 240

Rockstar developers and AI tools can create messy codebases that are hard to understand and maintain. To avoid this, lead the engineering and guide AI tools to generate high-quality, understandable code.

Adopting the Parallel DWARF linker in dsymutil

21 JDevlieghere 2026-06-09 13:01:55 UTC jonasdevlieghere.com Llama Share 6

dsymutil is a tool that optimizes DWARF debug info by deduplicating types across compilation units. A parallel DWARF linker was built to speed up dsymutil, but it had non-determinism issues.

An introduction to functional analysis for science and engineering

86 Anon84 2026-06-09 10:01:55 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 11

This tutorial introduces functional analysis for physical problems, covering infinite sets of continuous functions and their approximations. It develops key concepts, including Hilbert spaces, operators, and eigenfunctions, with a focus on practical applications in physical science and engineering.

xAI is looking more like a datacentre REIT than a frontier lab

659 martinald 2026-06-08 17:01:55 UTC martinalderson.com Llama Share 508

xAI partnered with Anthropic and Google, providing them with huge capacity, and the revenue flows into SpaceX ahead of its IPO. This deal gives xAI a competitive advantage in datacentre buildout and helps alleviate compute shortages for Anthropic and Google.

SAT-Physical Thermodynamic Framework: treating constraints as a thermal system

7 kauai1 2026-06-09 15:01:55 UTC github.com/alikamp Full Share 0

GitHub is where people build software. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.

Corrupting a ZFS File on Purpose

61 zdw 2026-06-09 09:01:55 UTC oshogbo.com Llama Share 11

The user demonstrates how to intentionally corrupt a file in a ZFS pool to test self-healing and understand the data layout, using tools like zinject and zdb to simulate corruption and inspect the data. The user explains the process of finding the physical location of a block on disk, including handling compression and raidz layouts, to gain a deeper understanding of how ZFS stores and retrieves data.

Job: Head of Stonehenge

212 mooreds 2026-06-09 04:01:55 UTC english-heritage.org.uk Llama Share 201

English Heritage is a charity that cares for over a million objects and historic sites in England, aiming to connect people to the past and each other. They are seeking a Head of Stonehenge to lead a team and deliver exceptional visitor experiences while driving financial performance.