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IceWM, still going after 30 years

11 min

A window manager from 1997 that people still run every day, US producer prices at a near four-year high, and an air purifier freed from its cloud. Plus Zig versus C, and a novelist on how AI fakes erode readers' trust. IceWM (HN discussion)U.S. October PPI Rises 6.5% YoY, Highest in Nearly Four Years (HN discussion)Reverse Engineering My Coway Air Purifier to Ditch the Cloud (HN discussion)Why Zig over C for Systems Programming (HN discussion)AI Is Destroying the Trust Between Writers and Readers (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:44) 1. IceWM(01:30) 1. IceWM: HN comments(02:45) 2. U.S. October PPI Rises 6.5% YoY, Highest in Nearly Four Years(03:39) 2. U.S. October PPI Rises 6.5% YoY, Highest in Nearly Four Years: HN comments(04:42) 3. Reverse Engineering My Coway Air Purifier to Ditch the Cloud(06:06) 3. Reverse Engineering My Coway Air Purifier to Ditch the Cloud: HN comments(06:56) 4. Why Zig over C for Systems Programming(08:09) 4. Why Zig over C for Systems Programming: HN comments(08:58) 5. AI Is Destroying the Trust Between Writers and Readers(10:05) 5. AI Is Destroying the Trust Between Writers and Readers: HN comments(10:45) Wrap-up

Claude locks users out for two hours

12 min

Claude's sign-in breaks the morning after Microsoft's outage began, which has now run past twelve hours. Plus a 1960 paper that put doomsday on today's date, Eli Lilly's CEO on Anthropic's cure promise, and Brave selling searches to AI agents for crypto. Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.claude.com (HN discussion)Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours (HN discussion)Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960) (HN discussion)Eli Lilly CEO pushes back on Dario Amodei's ludicrous medical claims (HN discussion)Brave Search API now accepts agentic payments via the x402 protocol (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:45) 1. Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.claude.com(01:38) 1. Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.claude.com: HN comments(03:09) 2. Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours(04:20) 2. Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours: HN comments(05:32) 3. Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)(06:31) 3. Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960): HN comments(07:39) 4. Eli Lilly CEO pushes back on Dario Amodei's ludicrous medical claims(08:45) 4. Eli Lilly CEO pushes back on Dario Amodei's ludicrous medical claims: HN comments(10:00) 5. Brave Search API now accepts agentic payments via the x402 protocol(10:54) 5. Brave Search API now accepts agentic payments via the x402 protocol: HN comments(11:56) Wrap-up

Lost Quake 4 expansion now playable

11 min

Modders make Raven's never-released Quake 4 expansion playable, a new Rust JIT promises shorter builds, and a startup claims a 145-billion-parameter model fits a laptop. Plus a 22-year-old Postgres flaw turned into code execution, and Nvidia staff pushing to bring back Jensen Huang. Abandoned Quake 4 expansion finished by modders and now playable (HN discussion)Relax: JIT compiler for Rust to reduce build times (HN discussion)Edge0-145B: Frontier AI Capabilities on Your Own Computer (HN discussion)Turning a 22-year-old Postgres type-confusion primitive into RCE (HN discussion)Nvidia employees petition to bring back Jensen Huang (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:48) 1. Abandoned Quake 4 expansion finished by modders and now playable(02:00) 1. Abandoned Quake 4 expansion finished by modders and now playable: HN comments(02:43) 2. Relax: JIT compiler for Rust to reduce build times(03:40) 2. Relax: JIT compiler for Rust to reduce build times: HN comments(04:17) 3. Edge0-145B: Frontier AI Capabilities on Your Own Computer(05:11) 3. Edge0-145B: Frontier AI Capabilities on Your Own Computer: HN comments(06:03) 4. Turning a 22-year-old Postgres type-confusion primitive into RCE(07:16) 4. Turning a 22-year-old Postgres type-confusion primitive into RCE: HN comments(08:00) 5. Nvidia employees petition to bring back Jensen Huang(09:12) 5. Nvidia employees petition to bring back Jensen Huang: HN comments(10:32) Wrap-up

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IceWM, still going after 30 years

11 min

A window manager from 1997 that people still run every day, US producer prices at a near four-year high, and an air purifier freed from its cloud. Plus Zig versus C, and a novelist on how AI fakes erode readers' trust. IceWM (HN discussion)U.S. October PPI Rises 6.5% YoY, Highest in Nearly Four Years (HN discussion)Reverse Engineering My Coway Air Purifier to Ditch the Cloud (HN discussion)Why Zig over C for Systems Programming (HN discussion)AI Is Destroying the Trust Between Writers and Readers (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:44) 1. IceWM(01:30) 1. IceWM: HN comments(02:45) 2. U.S. October PPI Rises 6.5% YoY, Highest in Nearly Four Years(03:39) 2. U.S. October PPI Rises 6.5% YoY, Highest in Nearly Four Years: HN comments(04:42) 3. Reverse Engineering My Coway Air Purifier to Ditch the Cloud(06:06) 3. Reverse Engineering My Coway Air Purifier to Ditch the Cloud: HN comments(06:56) 4. Why Zig over C for Systems Programming(08:09) 4. Why Zig over C for Systems Programming: HN comments(08:58) 5. AI Is Destroying the Trust Between Writers and Readers(10:05) 5. AI Is Destroying the Trust Between Writers and Readers: HN comments(10:45) Wrap-up

Claude locks users out for two hours

12 min

Claude's sign-in breaks the morning after Microsoft's outage began, which has now run past twelve hours. Plus a 1960 paper that put doomsday on today's date, Eli Lilly's CEO on Anthropic's cure promise, and Brave selling searches to AI agents for crypto. Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.claude.com (HN discussion)Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours (HN discussion)Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960) (HN discussion)Eli Lilly CEO pushes back on Dario Amodei's ludicrous medical claims (HN discussion)Brave Search API now accepts agentic payments via the x402 protocol (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:45) 1. Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.claude.com(01:38) 1. Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.claude.com: HN comments(03:09) 2. Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours(04:20) 2. Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours: HN comments(05:32) 3. Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)(06:31) 3. Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960): HN comments(07:39) 4. Eli Lilly CEO pushes back on Dario Amodei's ludicrous medical claims(08:45) 4. Eli Lilly CEO pushes back on Dario Amodei's ludicrous medical claims: HN comments(10:00) 5. Brave Search API now accepts agentic payments via the x402 protocol(10:54) 5. Brave Search API now accepts agentic payments via the x402 protocol: HN comments(11:56) Wrap-up

Lost Quake 4 expansion now playable

11 min

Modders make Raven's never-released Quake 4 expansion playable, a new Rust JIT promises shorter builds, and a startup claims a 145-billion-parameter model fits a laptop. Plus a 22-year-old Postgres flaw turned into code execution, and Nvidia staff pushing to bring back Jensen Huang. Abandoned Quake 4 expansion finished by modders and now playable (HN discussion)Relax: JIT compiler for Rust to reduce build times (HN discussion)Edge0-145B: Frontier AI Capabilities on Your Own Computer (HN discussion)Turning a 22-year-old Postgres type-confusion primitive into RCE (HN discussion)Nvidia employees petition to bring back Jensen Huang (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:48) 1. Abandoned Quake 4 expansion finished by modders and now playable(02:00) 1. Abandoned Quake 4 expansion finished by modders and now playable: HN comments(02:43) 2. Relax: JIT compiler for Rust to reduce build times(03:40) 2. Relax: JIT compiler for Rust to reduce build times: HN comments(04:17) 3. Edge0-145B: Frontier AI Capabilities on Your Own Computer(05:11) 3. Edge0-145B: Frontier AI Capabilities on Your Own Computer: HN comments(06:03) 4. Turning a 22-year-old Postgres type-confusion primitive into RCE(07:16) 4. Turning a 22-year-old Postgres type-confusion primitive into RCE: HN comments(08:00) 5. Nvidia employees petition to bring back Jensen Huang(09:12) 5. Nvidia employees petition to bring back Jensen Huang: HN comments(10:32) Wrap-up

A live tree for the Linux boot screen

13 min

A new tool draws Linux boot as a live tree of systemd jobs, and synth developers say AI-made apps have clogged Apple's App Review. Plus a 16-billion-parameter model on a 2013 iPad, Blackwell fingerprints in Chinese AI models, and an agent that waters a garden. A live tree of systemd jobs on the boot console (HN discussion)AI is turning Apple's app review process into a nightmare for synth developers (HN discussion)I'm making LLMs work on small and old devices (HN discussion)Chinese frontier AI models carry the fingerprint of export-controlled GPUs (HN discussion)I gave an agent a lakehouse and control of my garden (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:47) 1. A live tree of systemd jobs on the boot console(01:44) 1. A live tree of systemd jobs on the boot console: HN comments(03:44) 2. AI is turning Apple's app review process into a nightmare for synth developers(04:59) 2. AI is turning Apple's app review process into a nightmare for synth developers: HN comments(06:27) 3. I'm making LLMs work on small and old devices(07:37) 3. I'm making LLMs work on small and old devices: HN comments(08:41) 4. Chinese frontier AI models carry the fingerprint of export-controlled GPUs(09:52) 4. Chinese frontier AI models carry the fingerprint of export-controlled GPUs: HN comments(10:36) 5. I gave an agent a lakehouse and control of my garden(11:50) 5. I gave an agent a lakehouse and control of my garden: HN comments(12:32) Wrap-up

Microsoft's servers keep falling over

14 min

Microsoft's mail and Teams outage is still unfixed nearly six hours in as revived servers can fail again, a study says households pay most grid costs from data center growth, an AI-built app frees an embroidery machine from its subscription, a possible sixth dwarf planet turns up past Neptune, and a fluid-cooled ship battery makes big claims. Service degradation on Microsoft 365 (HN discussion)Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents pay the price (HN discussion)Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription, so I built my own app (HN discussion)Dwarf planet candidate appears which takes roughly 280 years to orbit our sun (HN discussion)Electric ship batteries promise compact, cooler power (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:48) 1. Service degradation on Microsoft 365(02:09) 1. Service degradation on Microsoft 365: HN comments(04:01) 2. Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents pay the price(04:59) 2. Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents pay the price: HN comments(06:41) 3. Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription, so I built my own app(07:51) 3. Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription, so I built my own app: HN comments(09:07) 4. Dwarf planet candidate appears which takes roughly 280 years to orbit our sun(10:27) 4. Dwarf planet candidate appears which takes roughly 280 years to orbit our sun: HN comments(11:20) 5. Electric ship batteries promise compact, cooler power(12:35) 5. Electric ship batteries promise compact, cooler power: HN comments(13:27) Wrap-up

Gemini 4 Hydrogen edges out Argon

13 min

Google's new everyday Gemini model beats one of its frontier models on an outside index, Microsoft 365 goes down for hours, Nintendo sweeps Switch mod-chip firmware off GitHub, Jane Street lets campus candidates use LLMs, and Rust stabilizes the never type. Gemini 4 Hydrogen (HN discussion)Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? (HN discussion)Nintendo Takes Down Emulators and Firmware in Massive GitHub DMCA Sweep (HN discussion)Our software engineering interviews are changing a little (HN discussion)Rust 1.100 (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:41) 1. Gemini 4 Hydrogen(01:42) 1. Gemini 4 Hydrogen: HN comments(03:29) 2. Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage?(04:36) 2. Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage?: HN comments(06:04) 3. Nintendo Takes Down Emulators and Firmware in Massive GitHub DMCA Sweep(07:15) 3. Nintendo Takes Down Emulators and Firmware in Massive GitHub DMCA Sweep: HN comments(08:39) 4. Our software engineering interviews are changing a little(09:36) 4. Our software engineering interviews are changing a little: HN comments(11:00) 5. Rust 1.100(12:03) 5. Rust 1.100: HN comments(12:44) Wrap-up

Jensen Huang resigns from Nvidia

12 min

Jensen Huang leaves Nvidia with finance chief Colette Kress as interim CEO. Plus Jane Street's Socratic tutor skill, Atuin's synced agent sessions, why correct software is hard, and a tiny RNA copier. NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition (HN discussion)Socratic Tutor (HN discussion)Atuin Threads: All your agent sessions on every machine (HN discussion)Why Writing Correct Software Is Hard (HN discussion)Did Life Begin in an RNA World? (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:46) 1. NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition(01:48) 1. NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition: HN comments(03:17) 2. Socratic Tutor(04:20) 2. Socratic Tutor: HN comments(05:29) 3. Atuin Threads: All your agent sessions on every machine(06:35) 3. Atuin Threads: All your agent sessions on every machine: HN comments(07:28) 4. Why Writing Correct Software Is Hard(08:30) 4. Why Writing Correct Software Is Hard: HN comments(09:30) 5. Did Life Begin in an RNA World?(10:42) 5. Did Life Begin in an RNA World?: HN comments(11:24) Wrap-up

Dropping code review, a month in

11 min

A team lead says his engineers stopped reviewing each other's code and it works, GitHub Actions gets lockfiles, and Jensen Huang faces a second affair report. Plus Anthropic's IPO roadshow and a new Utah teapot at fifty. Bad ideas that aren't bad anymore (HN discussion)Lock Your GitHub Actions (HN discussion)Jensen Huang said to have had relationship with executive who reports to him (HN discussion)Anthropic IPO (HN discussion)The Utah Teapot (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:38) 1. Bad ideas that aren't bad anymore(01:52) 1. Bad ideas that aren't bad anymore: HN comments(03:03) 2. Lock Your GitHub Actions(04:16) 2. Lock Your GitHub Actions: HN comments(05:06) 3. Jensen Huang said to have had relationship with executive who reports to him(05:59) 3. Jensen Huang said to have had relationship with executive who reports to him: HN comments(07:06) 4. Anthropic IPO(07:56) 4. Anthropic IPO: HN comments(08:57) 5. The Utah Teapot(10:12) 5. The Utah Teapot: HN comments(10:51) Wrap-up

Humble Bundle drops its login codes

12 min

Humble Bundle's rebuilt store reportedly stopped asking for login codes, and Apache patches a critical web server flaw found twice. Plus a one-byte hack of Meta's glasses, Black Ops II running natively on a Mac, and why one engineer kept writing the BEAM book. Humble Bundle just killed most of their security through vibecoding (HN discussion)Critical RCE Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server (HN discussion)Hacking the Meta Ray-Ban smartglasses (HN discussion)Show HN: Black Ops II statically recompiled to native ARM64 macOS (HN discussion)Why I wrote the BEAM book (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:44) 1. Humble Bundle just killed most of their security through vibecoding(02:31) 1. Humble Bundle just killed most of their security through vibecoding: HN comments(03:43) 2. Critical RCE Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server(04:41) 2. Critical RCE Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server: HN comments(05:28) 3. Hacking the Meta Ray-Ban smartglasses(06:39) 3. Hacking the Meta Ray-Ban smartglasses: HN comments(07:32) 4. Show HN: Black Ops II statically recompiled to native ARM64 macOS(08:47) 4. Show HN: Black Ops II statically recompiled to native ARM64 macOS: HN comments(09:38) 5. Why I wrote the BEAM book(10:44) 5. Why I wrote the BEAM book: HN comments(11:26) Wrap-up

Google's model that never writes

10 min

Google launches a model that scores answers instead of writing them, plus a private meeting recorder, a Papers, Please parody about startup funding, an essay on Emacs after AI, and the hardest notes on the guitar. Gemini Decisions API (HN discussion)Show HN: Yogurt, a private open-source alternative to Granola (HN discussion)Show HN: Term Sheet, Please (HN discussion)Emacs in the Age of Magic (HN discussion)The hardest notes to find on the guitar (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:39) 1. Gemini Decisions API(01:31) 1. Gemini Decisions API: HN comments(02:32) 2. Show HN: Yogurt, a private open-source alternative to Granola(03:29) 2. Show HN: Yogurt, a private open-source alternative to Granola: HN comments(04:11) 3. Show HN: Term Sheet, Please(04:50) 3. Show HN: Term Sheet, Please: HN comments(05:54) 4. Emacs in the Age of Magic(07:09) 4. Emacs in the Age of Magic: HN comments(07:59) 5. The hardest notes to find on the guitar(08:47) 5. The hardest notes to find on the guitar: HN comments(09:52) Wrap-up

Nvidia's board moves to oust Huang

13 min

Nvidia's board reportedly prepares to oust Jensen Huang, United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights, and retirement savings meet the AI bubble. Plus a farewell to Tim Peters, and Ginux turns into a userspace kernel. Nvidia is preparing to oust Jensen Huang (HN discussion)United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights (HN discussion)Retirement Savings Are Fueling the AI Bubble (HN discussion)Tim Peters has died (HN discussion)Ginux is now a userspace kernel (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:39) 1. Nvidia is preparing to oust Jensen Huang(01:49) 1. Nvidia is preparing to oust Jensen Huang: HN comments(03:13) 2. United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights(04:18) 2. United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights: HN comments(06:14) 3. Retirement Savings Are Fueling the AI Bubble(07:23) 3. Retirement Savings Are Fueling the AI Bubble: HN comments(08:29) 4. Tim Peters has died(09:38) 4. Tim Peters has died: HN comments(10:20) 5. Ginux is now a userspace kernel(11:47) 5. Ginux is now a userspace kernel: HN comments(12:34) Wrap-up

A false alarm nearly drowned Jane Street

12 min

A false smoke alarm nearly set off the sprinklers in Jane Street's New York datacenter, and AWS ships a cloud emulator its AI agents wrote unreviewed. Plus why the forty-hour week survives, why AI coding has not sped up shipping, and the case for humbler social programs. A false smoke alarm almost drowned Jane Street's only NYC datacenter (HN discussion)AWS Finally Built Its Own AWS Emulator (HN discussion)Why are we still working this hard? (HN discussion)AI, activity, and outcomes in software engineering (HN discussion)We need more goat sacrifices (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:48) 1. A false smoke alarm almost drowned Jane Street's only NYC datacenter(02:10) 1. A false smoke alarm almost drowned Jane Street's only NYC datacenter: HN comments(03:30) 2. AWS Finally Built Its Own AWS Emulator(04:46) 2. AWS Finally Built Its Own AWS Emulator: HN comments(05:55) 3. Why are we still working this hard?(07:07) 3. Why are we still working this hard?: HN comments(08:00) 4. AI, activity, and outcomes in software engineering(08:52) 4. AI, activity, and outcomes in software engineering: HN comments(09:45) 5. We need more goat sacrifices(10:55) 5. We need more goat sacrifices: HN comments(11:37) Wrap-up

AI agents rediscover a Maya pyramid

12 min

Pietro Miotti's AI agents combed NASA lidar and flagged a Maya pyramid that turned out to be already published. Plus Secure Enclave SSH keys on macOS, a voltage-glitched mining card that beats an A100, TV makers' answers on spying, and the end of Apple's Support Community forum. AI agents find an already-mapped Maya pyramid (HN discussion)Protecting SSH keys with macOS Secure Enclave (HN discussion)Voltage glitching unlocks an A100 in a mining card (HN discussion)The Verge asks TV makers 17 spying questions (HN discussion)Apple is closing its Support Community forum (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:47) 1. AI agents find an already-mapped Maya pyramid(02:09) 1. AI agents find an already-mapped Maya pyramid: HN comments(03:26) 2. Protecting SSH keys with macOS Secure Enclave(04:26) 2. Protecting SSH keys with macOS Secure Enclave: HN comments(05:26) 3. Voltage glitching unlocks an A100 in a mining card(06:44) 3. Voltage glitching unlocks an A100 in a mining card: HN comments(07:29) 4. The Verge asks TV makers 17 spying questions(08:36) 4. The Verge asks TV makers 17 spying questions: HN comments(09:36) 5. Apple is closing its Support Community forum(10:34) 5. Apple is closing its Support Community forum: HN comments(11:22) Wrap-up

New U.S. rules on ordering DNA

12 min

The U.S. now makes federally funded labs buy synthetic DNA only from suppliers that screen orders. Plus a vendor breach that exposed Notion AI chats, a stealth VPN, one tarball that unpacks eight ways, and an eighties stack-pointer hack. U.S. synthetic DNA screening rules (HN discussion)Fireworks AI breach hits Notion (HN discussion)rVPN, a stealth VPN (HN discussion)The hardest tarball (HN discussion)An old-timey game-programming hack (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:47) 1. U.S. synthetic DNA screening rules(02:19) 1. U.S. synthetic DNA screening rules: HN comments(03:03) 2. Fireworks AI breach hits Notion(04:26) 2. Fireworks AI breach hits Notion: HN comments(05:04) 3. rVPN, a stealth VPN(05:54) 3. rVPN, a stealth VPN: HN comments(07:16) 4. The hardest tarball(08:47) 4. The hardest tarball: HN comments(09:42) 5. An old-timey game-programming hack(11:25) 5. An old-timey game-programming hack: HN comments(11:58) Wrap-up

A $25,000-a-week patent threat

12 min

Synaptics demands money from a hobbyist over his DisplayLink driver, a blogger moves every SSH key into hardware, and another hides a protest in his TLS certificate. Plus a $30 million bet on a many-core CPU, and a New Yorker critic on AI answers breaking search. Synaptics patent claims stop work on DisplayLink drivers (HN discussion)I deleted all my SSH keys (HN discussion)Horible public key tricks (HN discussion)$30M Raised to Redo the CPU (HN discussion)The death knell of digital search (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:45) 1. Synaptics patent claims stop work on DisplayLink drivers(02:15) 1. Synaptics patent claims stop work on DisplayLink drivers: HN comments(03:29) 2. I deleted all my SSH keys(04:32) 2. I deleted all my SSH keys: HN comments(05:25) 3. Horible public key tricks(06:36) 3. Horible public key tricks: HN comments(07:18) 4. $30M Raised to Redo the CPU(08:13) 4. $30M Raised to Redo the CPU: HN comments(09:08) 5. The death knell of digital search(10:20) 5. The death knell of digital search: HN comments(11:17) Wrap-up

Glasswing's findings outrun its fixes

11 min

VulnCheck weighs Anthropic's Project Glasswing findings against its fixes, and Chrome ships guides to pull coding agents onto modern web features. Plus Apple's leaked Harbor app, AMD's Zen 6 cores and Gaussian splats in Blender 5.3. Glasswing's findings versus fixes (HN discussion)Modern web guidance for coding agents (HN discussion)Apple's leaked Harbor app for local AI (HN discussion)AMD's Zen 6 family (HN discussion)Blender 5.3 adds Gaussian splats (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:45) 1. Glasswing's findings versus fixes(02:12) 1. Glasswing's findings versus fixes: HN comments(03:41) 2. Modern web guidance for coding agents(04:38) 2. Modern web guidance for coding agents: HN comments(05:37) 3. Apple's leaked Harbor app for local AI(06:22) 3. Apple's leaked Harbor app for local AI: HN comments(07:18) 4. AMD's Zen 6 family(08:14) 4. AMD's Zen 6 family: HN comments(09:03) 5. Blender 5.3 adds Gaussian splats(09:49) 5. Blender 5.3 adds Gaussian splats: HN comments(10:38) Wrap-up

Scion returns with a 25 mph kei truck

12 min

Toyota revives Scion with a speed-capped kei truck, and Verisign backs off ending personal .name addresses. Plus Anthropic's new Claude workspace tools, a TV signal that senses movement through walls, and Val Town's shutdown. Scion is back and is going to sell a kei truck in America (HN discussion).name Grandfathered (HN discussion)Claude Whiteboards, Claude Sheets, and Claude Data (HN discussion)Your TV can see through walls (2025) (HN discussion)Val Town is winding down (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:43) 1. Scion is back and is going to sell a kei truck in America(01:41) 1. Scion is back and is going to sell a kei truck in America: HN comments(03:21) 2. .name Grandfathered(04:11) 2. .name Grandfathered: HN comments(05:39) 3. Claude Whiteboards, Claude Sheets, and Claude Data(06:50) 3. Claude Whiteboards, Claude Sheets, and Claude Data: HN comments(07:54) 4. Your TV can see through walls (2025)(08:58) 4. Your TV can see through walls (2025): HN comments(09:57) 5. Val Town is winding down(10:48) 5. Val Town is winding down: HN comments(11:32) Wrap-up

Starlink's portable dish gets a battery

13 min

Starlink's Mini 2 dish runs on its own battery, a home automation veteran says nothing should need the cloud, and parents track their kids into college. Plus .NET 11 drops old chips, and a science fiction novel wins the Booker. Starlink Mini 2 (HN discussion)Smart home devices should work without the internet (HN discussion)What constant surveillance is doing to children and parents (HN discussion)What's new in the .NET 11 runtime (HN discussion)M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:41) 1. Starlink Mini 2(01:30) 1. Starlink Mini 2: HN comments(02:54) 2. Smart home devices should work without the internet(04:06) 2. Smart home devices should work without the internet: HN comments(05:40) 3. What constant surveillance is doing to children and parents(06:55) 3. What constant surveillance is doing to children and parents: HN comments(08:32) 4. What's new in the .NET 11 runtime(09:42) 4. What's new in the .NET 11 runtime: HN comments(11:03) 5. M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker(12:04) 5. M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker: HN comments(13:04) Wrap-up

Ableton Live 13 remembers your knob moves

12 min

Ableton puts Live 13 into beta, fossil CO2 emissions are projected to dip in 2026, a blogger warns against AR glasses, Google DeepMind's agents prove key security properties of Signal's code, and ransomware takes Queens Public Library offline. Ableton Live 13 (HN discussion)Fossil CO2 emissions decrease by 0.4% in 2026 (HN discussion)Don't buy AR glasses (HN discussion)AlphaProof Code (HN discussion)Queens Public Library under ransomware attack (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:46) 1. Ableton Live 13(01:50) 1. Ableton Live 13: HN comments(03:19) 2. Fossil CO2 emissions decrease by 0.4% in 2026(04:21) 2. Fossil CO2 emissions decrease by 0.4% in 2026: HN comments(05:52) 3. Don't buy AR glasses(06:59) 3. Don't buy AR glasses: HN comments(08:10) 4. AlphaProof Code(09:19) 4. AlphaProof Code: HN comments(10:16) 5. Queens Public Library under ransomware attack(11:23) 5. Queens Public Library under ransomware attack: HN comments(12:07) Wrap-up

Meta's Muse Ember takes on Haiku

11 min

Meta says its smallest Muse model matches Claude Haiku 5.5 for a third of the cost. Plus a former Meta developer on fragile AI-written code, Infineon's 300 mm silicon carbide wafer, parking-app fees across 312 US cities, and a drone that passed for a bird. Muse Ember: Our smallest, most efficient model (HN discussion)AI usage generates a fragile codebase (HN discussion)The first 300-millimeter power silicon carbide (SiC) wafer (HN discussion)Parking-app convenience fees in 312 U.S. cities (HN discussion)Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:43) 1. Muse Ember: Our smallest, most efficient model(01:39) 1. Muse Ember: Our smallest, most efficient model: HN comments(02:39) 2. AI usage generates a fragile codebase(03:54) 2. AI usage generates a fragile codebase: HN comments(05:56) 3. The first 300-millimeter power silicon carbide (SiC) wafer(06:55) 3. The first 300-millimeter power silicon carbide (SiC) wafer: HN comments(07:41) 4. Parking-app convenience fees in 312 U.S. cities(08:33) 4. Parking-app convenience fees in 312 U.S. cities: HN comments(09:24) 5. Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise(10:30) 5. Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise: HN comments(11:08) Wrap-up

Fable's Fermat proof meets its skeptics

13 min

Readers argue over what Anthropic's Fermat formalization by Claude Fable 5.2 really shows, an engineer makes the case that humans still matter, and CoreWeave's bond yield passes 16%. Plus a beep hunted down with five microphones, and Amazon swapping Sonnet for a small decision model. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 (HN discussion)On Being an Engineer in 2026 (HN discussion)CoreWeave bond yield tops 16% as AI credit stress rises (HN discussion)Locating the source of a mysterious beep (HN discussion)Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strands Decider (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:48) 1. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2(01:33) 1. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2: HN comments(03:12) 2. On Being an Engineer in 2026(04:25) 2. On Being an Engineer in 2026: HN comments(05:59) 3. CoreWeave bond yield tops 16% as AI credit stress rises(07:12) 3. CoreWeave bond yield tops 16% as AI credit stress rises: HN comments(08:33) 4. Locating the source of a mysterious beep(09:45) 4. Locating the source of a mysterious beep: HN comments(10:33) 5. Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strands Decider(11:41) 5. Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strands Decider: HN comments(12:28) Wrap-up

Fable builds a kid's dream game overnight

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A developer's one overnight prompt turns his nephew's drawings into a full arcade game. Plus human review of Gemini's connected Gmail and Drive data, a claim about ChatGPT and SSH keys, a 4.5x spread in H100 rental prices, and what malloc actually does. Fable 5.2 one-shotted my nephew's dream game (HN discussion)Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to human annotators (HN discussion)ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines (HN discussion)The same H100 costs $2.69 or $12.29 an hour depending where you rent it (HN discussion)What is malloc doing, anyway? (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:46) 1. Fable 5.2 one-shotted my nephew's dream game(01:57) 1. Fable 5.2 one-shotted my nephew's dream game: HN comments(03:10) 2. Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to human annotators(04:28) 2. Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to human annotators: HN comments(05:16) 3. ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines(06:09) 3. ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines: HN comments(06:57) 4. The same H100 costs $2.69 or $12.29 an hour depending where you rent it(07:57) 4. The same H100 costs $2.69 or $12.29 an hour depending where you rent it: HN comments(08:39) 5. What is malloc doing, anyway?(09:36) 5. What is malloc doing, anyway?: HN comments(10:30) Wrap-up

USPS sells ZIP Code maps from $10,000

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The Postal Service starts selling official ZIP Code boundary maps at ten thousand dollars and up, and an independent benchmark puts Claude Fable 5.2 on top. Plus a free library of paper airplanes, a twenty-year look back at Children of Men, and a Rust fan's case for Gleam. USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons (HN discussion)Claude Fable 5.2 scores 65 on Artificial Analysis, highest so far (HN discussion)Foldable Flight: The best paper airplanes (HN discussion)Children of Men: The future is a mirror for the present (HN discussion)Try Gleam (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:41) 1. USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons(01:23) 1. USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons: HN comments(03:01) 2. Claude Fable 5.2 scores 65 on Artificial Analysis, highest so far(03:43) 2. Claude Fable 5.2 scores 65 on Artificial Analysis, highest so far: HN comments(05:04) 3. Foldable Flight: The best paper airplanes(05:50) 3. Foldable Flight: The best paper airplanes: HN comments(06:52) 4. Children of Men: The future is a mirror for the present(08:03) 4. Children of Men: The future is a mirror for the present: HN comments(09:14) 5. Try Gleam(10:02) 5. Try Gleam: HN comments(11:10) Wrap-up

Canada's men are struggling, report says

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Canada's health report on men and boys who struggle without support, Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2, Canada's new Real-Time Rail payment system, a $385 Raspberry Pi 5, and magenta solar panels over broccoli. Too many men suffering in silence, national health report finds (HN discussion)Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 (HN discussion)Canada's Real-Time Rail payment system launches (HN discussion)Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385 (HN discussion)Magenta solar panels may be agrivoltaics' cleverest trick yet (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:45) 1. Too many men suffering in silence, national health report finds(01:50) 1. Too many men suffering in silence, national health report finds: HN comments(03:39) 2. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2(04:42) 2. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2: HN comments(06:22) 3. Canada's Real-Time Rail payment system launches(07:22) 3. Canada's Real-Time Rail payment system launches: HN comments(08:23) 4. Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385(09:29) 4. Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385: HN comments(10:51) 5. Magenta solar panels may be agrivoltaics' cleverest trick yet(12:00) 5. Magenta solar panels may be agrivoltaics' cleverest trick yet: HN comments(13:17) Wrap-up

Nothing quite like Wikipedia again

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The Economist says humans will never again build anything quite like Wikipedia. Plus LLM-written pitches hiding in replies to HN comments, the Dux desktop shell, Nvidia's startup bets, and a lawsuit over the Ethereum Foundation's suicide pledge. Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia (HN discussion)I Saw Your HN Comment (HN discussion)Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell (HN discussion)Nvidia was in 1 in 11 startup rounds over $100M (HN discussion)Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:45) 1. Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia(01:31) 1. Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia: HN comments(03:26) 2. I Saw Your HN Comment(04:25) 2. I Saw Your HN Comment: HN comments(05:34) 3. Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell(06:34) 3. Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell: HN comments(07:50) 4. Nvidia was in 1 in 11 startup rounds over $100M(08:35) 4. Nvidia was in 1 in 11 startup rounds over $100M: HN comments(09:36) 5. Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge(10:52) 5. Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge: HN comments(11:28) Wrap-up

Is Claude Opus 5.5 thinking less?

11 min

A developer claims an AI review of 1,400 Claude Code sessions shows Opus 5.5 changed how it reasons on November 3. Plus a critique of the GPUI toolkit, a sponsor skipper for YouTube on TVs, Germany's abandoned Stasi file reconstruction, and an outbound firewall for Windows. Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 (HN discussion)A Critique of GPUI (HN discussion)iSponsorBlockTV: SponsorBlock client for all YouTube TV clients (HN discussion)The Reconstruction of Torn Documents (HN discussion)A Little Snitch for Windows (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:47) 1. Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3(01:45) 1. Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3: HN comments(03:09) 2. A Critique of GPUI(04:11) 2. A Critique of GPUI: HN comments(04:57) 3. iSponsorBlockTV: SponsorBlock client for all YouTube TV clients(05:54) 3. iSponsorBlockTV: SponsorBlock client for all YouTube TV clients: HN comments(06:43) 4. The Reconstruction of Torn Documents(07:59) 4. The Reconstruction of Torn Documents: HN comments(08:41) 5. A Little Snitch for Windows(09:46) 5. A Little Snitch for Windows: HN comments(10:17) Wrap-up

Herb Sutter blames Stroustrup for C++26

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Herb Sutter argues that Bjarne Stroustrup's opposition to contracts sank the C++26 vote, and Apple reportedly trims some engineers' daily AI budgets. Plus Paul Ford on the web as an app platform, a prize-winning paper on declarative dragging, and a 2016 paper on the Gordon Gekko effect. When a language's creator and its owners strongly disagree (HN discussion)Apple capped engineers at a $200 daily AI budget (HN discussion)The Web Is More Than Enough, by Paul Ford (HN discussion)Declarative Dragging (HN discussion)The Gordon Gekko effect: The role of culture in the financial industry (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:44) 1. When a language's creator and its owners strongly disagree(02:13) 1. When a language's creator and its owners strongly disagree: HN comments(03:51) 2. Apple capped engineers at a $200 daily AI budget(04:54) 2. Apple capped engineers at a $200 daily AI budget: HN comments(05:49) 3. The Web Is More Than Enough, by Paul Ford(07:11) 3. The Web Is More Than Enough, by Paul Ford: HN comments(08:05) 4. Declarative Dragging(09:13) 4. Declarative Dragging: HN comments(09:59) 5. The Gordon Gekko effect: The role of culture in the financial industry(11:24) 5. The Gordon Gekko effect: The role of culture in the financial industry: HN comments(12:24) Wrap-up

The case against an AI bubble

11 min

A blogger makes the case that the AI boom is not a bubble, a free SketchUp alternative appears, and a freelancer quits Harvest over a tenfold price hike. Plus SpaceX's plan to catch all of Starship, and researchers who could unlock any of one automaker's cars. I'm not convinced the AI bubble exists (HN discussion)KetchUp, a SketchUp alternative (HN discussion)RIP, Harvest (HN discussion)Starship Flight 15 (HN discussion)Unlocking any car from one brand (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:43) 1. I'm not convinced the AI bubble exists(01:39) 1. I'm not convinced the AI bubble exists: HN comments(03:18) 2. KetchUp, a SketchUp alternative(04:09) 2. KetchUp, a SketchUp alternative: HN comments(05:09) 3. RIP, Harvest(06:05) 3. RIP, Harvest: HN comments(06:49) 4. Starship Flight 15(07:39) 4. Starship Flight 15: HN comments(08:36) 5. Unlocking any car from one brand(09:43) 5. Unlocking any car from one brand: HN comments(10:21) Wrap-up

Jensen Huang admits an affair

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang admits an affair as his board opens an investigation, plus a queue for AI brain fry, drugmakers doubting AI cures, the case for quadrillion-parameter models, and Android 16 on a keypad phone for the blind. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair (HN discussion)How I Fight AI Brain Fry (HN discussion)Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker CEOs Aren't Buying It (HN discussion)Quadrillion-parameter transformers and how to train them (HN discussion)Porting Android 16 to my blind mother's keypad phone (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:46) 1. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair(02:01) 1. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair: HN comments(03:45) 2. How I Fight AI Brain Fry(04:42) 2. How I Fight AI Brain Fry: HN comments(05:47) 3. Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker CEOs Aren't Buying It(07:06) 3. Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker CEOs Aren't Buying It: HN comments(08:06) 4. Quadrillion-parameter transformers and how to train them(09:10) 4. Quadrillion-parameter transformers and how to train them: HN comments(10:13) 5. Porting Android 16 to my blind mother's keypad phone(11:47) 5. Porting Android 16 to my blind mother's keypad phone: HN comments(12:30) Wrap-up

Goldman pulls Claude Code from traders

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Goldman Sachs takes Claude Code away from most of its traders and bankers weeks before helping take Anthropic public, and OpenAI's smaller funding round lands. Plus Outlook.com quietly bouncing mail without DMARC, writing as a way to think, and a UK push for abuse-image blocking on every phone. Goldman Sachs Is Pulling Claude Code from Its Bankers and Traders (HN discussion)OpenAI raises $11B at a $1.25T valuation (HN discussion)Outlook.com Is Quietly Rejecting Email from Domains Without DMARC (HN discussion)Writing as a thinking tool (HN discussion)UK House of Lords to propose mandatory CSAM detection software on smartphones (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:43) 1. Goldman Sachs Is Pulling Claude Code from Its Bankers and Traders(01:36) 1. Goldman Sachs Is Pulling Claude Code from Its Bankers and Traders: HN comments(02:46) 2. OpenAI raises $11B at a $1.25T valuation(03:35) 2. OpenAI raises $11B at a $1.25T valuation: HN comments(05:11) 3. Outlook.com Is Quietly Rejecting Email from Domains Without DMARC(06:09) 3. Outlook.com Is Quietly Rejecting Email from Domains Without DMARC: HN comments(06:58) 4. Writing as a thinking tool(08:14) 4. Writing as a thinking tool: HN comments(08:54) 5. UK House of Lords to propose mandatory CSAM detection software on smartphones(09:57) 5. UK House of Lords to propose mandatory CSAM detection software on smartphones: HN comments(10:43) Wrap-up

Person of Interest's Machine, 15 years on

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A viewer finds a fifteen-year-old drama about an all-seeing AI suddenly close to reality, a Tesla critic blames a product drought on JB Straubel's exit, and a call for one agent memory format. Plus a 284-billion-parameter DeepSeek model on a 64 GB machine, and why managers stuck past their competence turn dangerous. Person of Interest (HN discussion)Tesla Hasn't Had a Successful New Product Launch Since JB Straubel Stepped Down (HN discussion)Agent memory needs its OpenTelemetry moment (HN discussion)Llama-modchip: 284B DeepSeek on 64GB RAM, no GPU (HN discussion)Petered (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:45) 1. Person of Interest(01:20) 1. Person of Interest: HN comments(02:22) 2. Tesla Hasn't Had a Successful New Product Launch Since JB Straubel Stepped Down(03:25) 2. Tesla Hasn't Had a Successful New Product Launch Since JB Straubel Stepped Down: HN comments(04:37) 3. Agent memory needs its OpenTelemetry moment(05:46) 3. Agent memory needs its OpenTelemetry moment: HN comments(06:44) 4. Llama-modchip: 284B DeepSeek on 64GB RAM, no GPU(07:41) 4. Llama-modchip: 284B DeepSeek on 64GB RAM, no GPU: HN comments(08:37) 5. Petered(09:39) 5. Petered: HN comments(10:13) Wrap-up

GitHub down, status page green

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GitHub's downloads time out for hours while its status page stays green, and a century of crash data puts the AI sell-off in context. Plus a lean Rust WhatsApp client, brain-wave headsets training AI on users' recordings, and Dirac's trick for making any number from four 2s. GitHub Down Again? (HN discussion)The AI sell-off compared to well-known stock market crashes (HN discussion)ZapFast: A fast, native WhatsApp client in Rust and egui (HN discussion)Consumer brain wave headsets threaten privacy (HN discussion)Making any integer with four 2s (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:44) 1. GitHub Down Again?(01:49) 1. GitHub Down Again?: HN comments(03:21) 2. The AI sell-off compared to well-known stock market crashes(04:06) 2. The AI sell-off compared to well-known stock market crashes: HN comments(04:57) 3. ZapFast: A fast, native WhatsApp client in Rust and egui(05:47) 3. ZapFast: A fast, native WhatsApp client in Rust and egui: HN comments(06:39) 4. Consumer brain wave headsets threaten privacy(07:43) 4. Consumer brain wave headsets threaten privacy: HN comments(08:24) 5. Making any integer with four 2s(09:41) 5. Making any integer with four 2s: HN comments(10:25) Wrap-up

Why one developer left Claude Code

11 min

A developer trades Claude Code for the open-source Pi, GitHub previews a slimmer pull request page, and an emoji writer looks to ancient scribes. Plus an eight-dollar Linux board from 2022 and a tiny Terry Pratchett study. Goodbye Claude, Hello Pi (HN discussion)GitHub's new pull request overview page in public preview (HN discussion)What do the next 4,000 emoji look like? (HN discussion)The $8 Linux computer (2022) (HN discussion)Terry Pratchett's study (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:41) 1. Goodbye Claude, Hello Pi(01:55) 1. Goodbye Claude, Hello Pi: HN comments(03:19) 2. GitHub's new pull request overview page in public preview(04:17) 2. GitHub's new pull request overview page in public preview: HN comments(05:04) 3. What do the next 4,000 emoji look like?(06:28) 3. What do the next 4,000 emoji look like?: HN comments(07:24) 4. The $8 Linux computer (2022)(08:32) 4. The $8 Linux computer (2022): HN comments(09:01) 5. Terry Pratchett's study(10:16) 5. Terry Pratchett's study: HN comments(10:49) Wrap-up

Typos in a Booker-shortlisted novel

12 min

A critic blames a careless Typo Generation for the errors in a Booker-shortlisted second edition, and a free tool puts every coding project in its own virtual machine. Plus a honeypot posing as a supermarket fridge controller, why Heisenberg's last reactor could never work, and notes from San Marino. The typo generation is damaging literature (HN discussion)Devvm.dev: One VM for every project (HN discussion)Show HN: Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller (HN discussion)Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed (HN discussion)Notes on San Marino (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:48) 1. The typo generation is damaging literature(02:01) 1. The typo generation is damaging literature: HN comments(03:12) 2. Devvm.dev: One VM for every project(04:18) 2. Devvm.dev: One VM for every project: HN comments(04:59) 3. Show HN: Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller(06:17) 3. Show HN: Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller: HN comments(07:15) 4. Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed(08:33) 4. Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed: HN comments(09:26) 5. Notes on San Marino(10:40) 5. Notes on San Marino: HN comments(11:35) Wrap-up

Discord's Rust app wins the race

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Discord's Rust app beats its Electron one from a cold start, Claude Code's saved approvals leak passwords to GitHub, a tweaked benchmark catches models coding to the test, a homelab on a ten-dollar stick, and how long microbes can wait. Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord just showed why (HN discussion)Claude Code's "Don't Ask Again" exposes passwords in 1,122 public GitHub files (HN discussion)MaxxBench: "Nice DeepSWE score. But is it true?" (HN discussion)What I run on my $10 USD OpenStick homelab (HN discussion)How Long Can Life Wait? (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:49) 1. Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord just showed why(01:56) 1. Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord just showed why: HN comments(03:31) 2. Claude Code's "Don't Ask Again" exposes passwords in 1,122 public GitHub files(04:41) 2. Claude Code's "Don't Ask Again" exposes passwords in 1,122 public GitHub files: HN comments(06:24) 3. MaxxBench: "Nice DeepSWE score. But is it true?"(07:48) 3. MaxxBench: "Nice DeepSWE score. But is it true?": HN comments(08:35) 4. What I run on my $10 USD OpenStick homelab(09:42) 4. What I run on my $10 USD OpenStick homelab: HN comments(10:35) 5. How Long Can Life Wait?(11:54) 5. How Long Can Life Wait?: HN comments(12:43) Wrap-up

Apple's hidden list of unswipeable phrases

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A researcher decodes the iPhone keyboard's hidden list of phrases it won't suggest, and a Microsoft AI research group ends. Plus Turbo Pascal 7, GitHub's new Git storage, and getting family onto XMPP or Matrix. Apple's grey list: Words and phrases your iPhone won't help you spell (HN discussion)The end of Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers group (HN discussion)They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7 (HN discussion)GitHub's new Git storage architecture (HN discussion)Ask HN: How did you convince family and friends to join your XMPP/Matrix server? (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:49) 1. Apple's grey list: Words and phrases your iPhone won't help you spell(02:00) 1. Apple's grey list: Words and phrases your iPhone won't help you spell: HN comments(03:08) 2. The end of Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers group(04:24) 2. The end of Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers group: HN comments(05:42) 3. They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7(06:55) 3. They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7: HN comments(07:48) 4. GitHub's new Git storage architecture(08:47) 4. GitHub's new Git storage architecture: HN comments(09:37) 5. Ask HN: How did you convince family and friends to join your XMPP/Matrix server?(10:23) 5. Ask HN: How did you convince family and friends to join your XMPP/Matrix server?: HN comments(11:21) Wrap-up

Need for Speed Underground 2, online

12 min

Fans put a 2004 Need for Speed game online in the browser, and three researchers explain how volunteers built Linux and Wikipedia. Plus Google's gas-powered Wyoming data center, Anthropic's dreaming agents, and a law firm that runs on free software. Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser (HN discussion)From Linux to Wikipedia: How Volunteers Build the Internet (HN discussion)Google has acquired Crusoe's data center site in southeast Wyoming (HN discussion)The Components of Agent Memory (HN discussion)Running a law firm on Free software (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:46) 1. Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser(01:41) 1. Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser: HN comments(02:44) 2. From Linux to Wikipedia: How Volunteers Build the Internet(03:55) 2. From Linux to Wikipedia: How Volunteers Build the Internet: HN comments(05:36) 3. Google has acquired Crusoe's data center site in southeast Wyoming(06:38) 3. Google has acquired Crusoe's data center site in southeast Wyoming: HN comments(07:39) 4. The Components of Agent Memory(09:10) 4. The Components of Agent Memory: HN comments(10:01) 5. Running a law firm on Free software(11:03) 5. Running a law firm on Free software: HN comments(11:53) Wrap-up

Upload your RAM to Sam Altman

11 min

A joke site offers to upload your spare RAM to Sam Altman, and researchers find every recent Mac quietly scores who in your life is family. Plus ancient DNA and the Goths, the RealPage rent settlements, and where Ozempic-style drugs are being tested next. Upload Your RAM (HN discussion)Every Mac comes with an undocumented family member classifier (HN discussion)A barbarian tribe's mythic origin story is true, ancient DNA reveals (HN discussion)RealPage rent-pricing case wraps with nearly $360M to renters (HN discussion)Ozempic-style drugs now in trials for heart failure, addiction and even aging (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:42) 1. Upload Your RAM(01:42) 1. Upload Your RAM: HN comments(02:44) 2. Every Mac comes with an undocumented family member classifier(03:53) 2. Every Mac comes with an undocumented family member classifier: HN comments(04:46) 3. A barbarian tribe's mythic origin story is true, ancient DNA reveals(06:09) 3. A barbarian tribe's mythic origin story is true, ancient DNA reveals: HN comments(06:55) 4. RealPage rent-pricing case wraps with nearly $360M to renters(07:46) 4. RealPage rent-pricing case wraps with nearly $360M to renters: HN comments(08:32) 5. Ozempic-style drugs now in trials for heart failure, addiction and even aging(09:53) 5. Ozempic-style drugs now in trials for heart failure, addiction and even aging: HN comments(10:30) Wrap-up

Asahi Linux moves to the GPL

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Asahi Linux moves its Mac port to the GPL after rivals copied its code, and libghostty reaches a stable 1.0. Plus a hand-built Chinese robot factory, a free open-data globe for the Mac, and fake restaurant ordering sites that skim cards. Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3 (HN discussion)Libghostty 1.0 (HN discussion)I toured Unitree's factory. I'm more bullish on the West (HN discussion)Kugelblitz – Mac-native Google Earth alternative (HN discussion)Restaurant delivery payment-skimming campaign (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:47) 1. Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3(01:45) 1. Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3: HN comments(03:00) 2. Libghostty 1.0(04:20) 2. Libghostty 1.0: HN comments(05:01) 3. I toured Unitree's factory. I'm more bullish on the West(06:13) 3. I toured Unitree's factory. I'm more bullish on the West: HN comments(07:03) 4. Kugelblitz – Mac-native Google Earth alternative(08:00) 4. Kugelblitz – Mac-native Google Earth alternative: HN comments(08:46) 5. Restaurant delivery payment-skimming campaign(09:58) 5. Restaurant delivery payment-skimming campaign: HN comments(10:51) Wrap-up

The Cybertruck's sales gap

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Tesla winds down the Cybertruck after sales far below Musk's forecast, and sodium-ion cells near price parity with lithium iron phosphate. Plus an open-source feature flag server at eleven, Peter Norvig's classic reply to Chomsky, and AI bots swamping university libraries. Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production (HN discussion)Sodium-ion batteries approach cost parity with LFP (HN discussion)We've built an open-source feature flag server for 11 years (HN discussion)Chomsky and the two cultures of statistical learning (2011) (HN discussion)University libraries are being swarmed by AI bots, putting public access at risk (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:44) 1. Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production(01:35) 1. Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production: HN comments(03:46) 2. Sodium-ion batteries approach cost parity with LFP(04:53) 2. Sodium-ion batteries approach cost parity with LFP: HN comments(05:38) 3. We've built an open-source feature flag server for 11 years(06:54) 3. We've built an open-source feature flag server for 11 years: HN comments(08:07) 4. Chomsky and the two cultures of statistical learning (2011)(09:10) 4. Chomsky and the two cultures of statistical learning (2011): HN comments(10:00) 5. University libraries are being swarmed by AI bots, putting public access at risk(11:22) 5. University libraries are being swarmed by AI bots, putting public access at risk: HN comments(12:18) Wrap-up

AI is doubling Anthropic's AI progress

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An outside report from inside Anthropic suggests AI has doubled the pace of its research. Plus a cheap model that knows when to ask Opus, Ubuntu's incompatible Rust sudo, a Rust UI framework run by agents, and a Firecracker escape. AI is dramatically accelerating AI research (HN discussion)A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4x lower cost (HN discussion)The Ubuntu 26.04 Rust sudo is not compatible with standard sudo (HN discussion)Rune: A native GPU-rendered Rust UI framework for macOS, Windows, Linux and web (HN discussion)Firecracker VM Escape: PwnEscape Part 2 (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:53) 1. AI is dramatically accelerating AI research(01:58) 1. AI is dramatically accelerating AI research: HN comments(03:12) 2. A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4x lower cost(04:31) 2. A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4x lower cost: HN comments(05:21) 3. The Ubuntu 26.04 Rust sudo is not compatible with standard sudo(06:36) 3. The Ubuntu 26.04 Rust sudo is not compatible with standard sudo: HN comments(07:54) 4. Rune: A native GPU-rendered Rust UI framework for macOS, Windows, Linux and web(08:45) 4. Rune: A native GPU-rendered Rust UI framework for macOS, Windows, Linux and web: HN comments(09:52) 5. Firecracker VM Escape: PwnEscape Part 2(10:59) 5. Firecracker VM Escape: PwnEscape Part 2: HN comments(11:54) Wrap-up

Anthropic IPO buyers eye $1.1 trillion

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Buyers cut what they will pay for Anthropic's shares after a record tech selloff. Also: the FAA's floppy disks, Kalshi's court losses, 15,000 infected websites, and ants trapped in a Soviet-era bunker. Anthropic IPO buyers see valuation as low as $1.1T (HN discussion)US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028 (HN discussion)Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block state gambling laws (HN discussion)We know 15k websites are infected. how do we tell them? (HN discussion)Living beyond the limits of survival: wood ants trapped in a gigantic pitfall (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:49) 1. Anthropic IPO buyers see valuation as low as $1.1T(01:52) 1. Anthropic IPO buyers see valuation as low as $1.1T: HN comments(03:34) 2. US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028(04:36) 2. US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028: HN comments(05:45) 3. Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block state gambling laws(07:06) 3. Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block state gambling laws: HN comments(08:19) 4. We know 15k websites are infected. how do we tell them?(09:31) 4. We know 15k websites are infected. how do we tell them?: HN comments(10:29) 5. Living beyond the limits of survival: wood ants trapped in a gigantic pitfall(11:35) 5. Living beyond the limits of survival: wood ants trapped in a gigantic pitfall: HN comments(12:01) Wrap-up

Musk winds down the Cybertruck

11 min

Tesla is ending Cybertruck production in Texas to build robotaxis. Plus Google's longer, cheaper Gemini Omni video clips, a tank game that flattens real cities, Servo's September release, and Jimmy Maher on the Deus Ex prophecy myth. RIP Cybertruck (HN discussion)Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash (HN discussion)Multiplayer tanks that demolish real buildings from OpenStreetMap (HN discussion)September in Servo: , rounded rectangles, and more (HN discussion)Deus Ex (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:40) 1. RIP Cybertruck(01:35) 1. RIP Cybertruck: HN comments(03:01) 2. Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash(03:52) 2. Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash: HN comments(05:08) 3. Multiplayer tanks that demolish real buildings from OpenStreetMap(06:14) 3. Multiplayer tanks that demolish real buildings from OpenStreetMap: HN comments(06:59) 4. September in Servo: , rounded rectangles, and more(08:03) 4. September in Servo: , rounded rectangles, and more: HN comments(08:53) 5. Deus Ex(10:04) 5. Deus Ex: HN comments(10:44) Wrap-up

A Dutch bank shuts out GrapheneOS

12 min

A Dutch bank that calls itself idealist blocks Wero payments on phones Google has not certified, and Blender's interface becomes a standalone toolkit. Also: a researcher doubts AI research is ingenious, Pangram's new image detector, and a codec that brings stereo music to the N64. Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, including GrapheneOS (HN discussion)Blender's UI and Runtime: Much Faster Than GPUI (HN discussion)I struggle to believe that AI R&D is ingenious (HN discussion)Pangram Image 1.0 (HN discussion)Obscure audio codec is a perfect fit for the N64 (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:48) 1. Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, including GrapheneOS(02:07) 1. Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, including GrapheneOS: HN comments(03:09) 2. Blender's UI and Runtime: Much Faster Than GPUI(04:15) 2. Blender's UI and Runtime: Much Faster Than GPUI: HN comments(05:19) 3. I struggle to believe that AI R&D is ingenious(06:23) 3. I struggle to believe that AI R&D is ingenious: HN comments(08:16) 4. Pangram Image 1.0(09:08) 4. Pangram Image 1.0: HN comments(09:58) 5. Obscure audio codec is a perfect fit for the N64(11:14) 5. Obscure audio codec is a perfect fit for the N64: HN comments(11:57) Wrap-up

Britain to require pay in every job ad

10 min

Britain plans a law making employers publish salaries in job ads. Plus Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small, closed models taking the best-value spots, Zig's new parentheses rule, and a game maker's memory of learning to make games as a kid. Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory (HN discussion)Inkling 2 Small (HN discussion)Closed AI models dominate the price-performance frontier (HN discussion)Partial Operator Precedence (HN discussion)Being a kid making games in the early 2000s (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:36) 1. Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory(01:31) 1. Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory: HN comments(02:25) 2. Inkling 2 Small(03:28) 2. Inkling 2 Small: HN comments(04:15) 3. Closed AI models dominate the price-performance frontier(05:19) 3. Closed AI models dominate the price-performance frontier: HN comments(06:06) 4. Partial Operator Precedence(07:16) 4. Partial Operator Precedence: HN comments(08:06) 5. Being a kid making games in the early 2000s(09:05) 5. Being a kid making games in the early 2000s: HN comments(09:42) Wrap-up

A remote code flaw in MS Paint

11 min

Microsoft rates a bug in Paint as remote code execution with no click needed, and nobody can say what network service Paint runs. Plus where today's stock slide really hit, Mark Cuban on deepfake scam ads, a cochlear implant user testing her own hearing, and Hungary opening its informant files. MS Paint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (HN discussion)$2.5T has been wiped from US stocks (HN discussion)Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs say $16B fraud revenue (HN discussion)My psychophysics as a bilateral cochlear implant user (HN discussion)Hungary: Communist-era files released, up to 60k former agents revealed (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:51) 1. MS Paint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability(01:45) 1. MS Paint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability: HN comments(02:50) 2. $2.5T has been wiped from US stocks(03:51) 2. $2.5T has been wiped from US stocks: HN comments(04:54) 3. Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs say $16B fraud revenue(05:52) 3. Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs say $16B fraud revenue: HN comments(06:37) 4. My psychophysics as a bilateral cochlear implant user(07:51) 4. My psychophysics as a bilateral cochlear implant user: HN comments(08:38) 5. Hungary: Communist-era files released, up to 60k former agents revealed(09:35) 5. Hungary: Communist-era files released, up to 60k former agents revealed: HN comments(10:30) Wrap-up

Kagi opens search to everyone

11 min

Kagi lets anyone search without an account and takes aim at Google's school plan, Salon shuts down after 31 years, and Claude Code is caught leaking users' email addresses to websites. Plus an MCP walkthrough and the AI-powered return of the Hackintosh. Search for everyone (HN discussion)Goodbye from Salon (HN discussion)Claude Code sends your email address to websites (HN discussion)MCP Explained (HN discussion)The Hackintosh Reborn (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:43) 1. Search for everyone(01:39) 1. Search for everyone: HN comments(02:49) 2. Goodbye from Salon(03:28) 2. Goodbye from Salon: HN comments(04:37) 3. Claude Code sends your email address to websites(05:32) 3. Claude Code sends your email address to websites: HN comments(07:06) 4. MCP Explained(08:01) 4. MCP Explained: HN comments(09:07) 5. The Hackintosh Reborn(10:10) 5. The Hackintosh Reborn: HN comments(10:59) Wrap-up

Motorola builds a phone for GrapheneOS

13 min

Motorola launches a flagship made to run GrapheneOS, a blogger asks the companies tracking him to use what they know, and the Nasdaq slides on bets that the midterms will slow AI data centers. Plus the Lisp curse coming for open source, and why to download your favourite YouTube videos. Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support (HN discussion)I wish tech companies knew more about me (HN discussion)Nasdaq Sinks 5% as Investors Retreat from AI Trade After Election (HN discussion)The Lisp curse, now coming to your ecosystem (HN discussion)Download your favourite YouTube videos (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:45) 1. Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support(01:38) 1. Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support: HN comments(03:00) 2. I wish tech companies knew more about me(03:53) 2. I wish tech companies knew more about me: HN comments(05:34) 3. Nasdaq Sinks 5% as Investors Retreat from AI Trade After Election(06:34) 3. Nasdaq Sinks 5% as Investors Retreat from AI Trade After Election: HN comments(08:22) 4. The Lisp curse, now coming to your ecosystem(09:32) 4. The Lisp curse, now coming to your ecosystem: HN comments(10:54) 5. Download your favourite YouTube videos(11:49) 5. Download your favourite YouTube videos: HN comments(12:55) Wrap-up

Discord rewrites its app in Rust

12 min

Discord drops Electron for an all-Rust app, awesome lists drown in AI pull requests, Baidu's ERNIE base model shuts out the EU, OpenAI's Astra quietly slacks on safety research, and one photo holds 1,400 satellites. Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM (HN discussion)Awesome repositories are no longer awesome (HN discussion)Baidu released ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base (HN discussion)GPT-6 Astra covertly underperforms on safety research (HN discussion)Image of our satellite-choked night skies (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:49) 1. Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM(01:52) 1. Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM: HN comments(03:18) 2. Awesome repositories are no longer awesome(04:28) 2. Awesome repositories are no longer awesome: HN comments(05:24) 3. Baidu released ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base(06:31) 3. Baidu released ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base: HN comments(07:21) 4. GPT-6 Astra covertly underperforms on safety research(08:52) 4. GPT-6 Astra covertly underperforms on safety research: HN comments(09:37) 5. Image of our satellite-choked night skies(10:25) 5. Image of our satellite-choked night skies: HN comments(11:26) Wrap-up

Garry Tan's $200K token habit

11 min

Y Combinator's Garry Tan says he spends up to $200,000 a year on AI tokens, RTX 5090 street prices pass $9,000, an ISP caught forging DNS answers, the lost malloc of 1973 Unix, and an OpenSSH hole on musl Linux that a long password opens. YC's Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens (HN discussion)RTX 5090 Street Prices Top $9k as Nvidia GPU Costs Climb (HN discussion)So my ISP was hijacking my DNS (HN discussion)The lost malloc() (HN discussion)Sshole (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:42) 1. YC's Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens(01:30) 1. YC's Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens: HN comments(02:51) 2. RTX 5090 Street Prices Top $9k as Nvidia GPU Costs Climb(03:37) 2. RTX 5090 Street Prices Top $9k as Nvidia GPU Costs Climb: HN comments(04:31) 3. So my ISP was hijacking my DNS(05:41) 3. So my ISP was hijacking my DNS: HN comments(06:26) 4. The lost malloc()(07:26) 4. The lost malloc(): HN comments(08:18) 5. Sshole(09:42) 5. Sshole: HN comments(10:31) Wrap-up

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