AI Chiefs Crash, Cars Fail, Hackers Laugh!

Putting Gemini to Work in Chrome

Key Points

• Gemini gains a persistent side panel in Chrome for multitasking.
• Connected Apps integrate Google services to streamline tasks.
• Auto browse launches for U.S. AI Pro/Ultra subscribers to automate multi-step workflows.

Generative Music with the Muse

Key Points

• Developed at MIT in 1969 by Edward Fredkin and Marvin Minsky; released in early 1970s.
• Hardware logic-driven generative sequencing: no CPU, memory, or firmware; uses 40 x 8 binary matrix.
• INTERVAL block selects major-scale pitches and octaves; limited to major scale without minor or flatted thirds.

Is it worth it? (2021)

Key Points

• Use breakeven horizons to justify optimization time based on cumulative savings.
• Quantify flaky test costs to prioritize fixes that reclaim team productivity.
• Small daily efficiencies across large teams aggregate into significant time savings.

Decompiling Xbox games using PDB debug info

Key Points

• PDB section contributions enable accurate reconstruction of COFF object files, even from stripped PDBs.
• A custom splitter was built and adapted to parse legacy VC++ 2.00 debug info using a modified Rust pdb crate.
• Absolute relocations are provided by .reloc, but relative jmp/call relocations require additional lifting techniques.

Europe's next-generation weather satellite sends back first images

Key Points

• First MTG-S images unveiled in Brussels show temperature and humidity from geostationary orbit.
• Infrared Sounder long-wave and medium-wave channels map heat and atmospheric humidity, respectively.
• MTG-S data tracked Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano eruption, revealing an evolving ash plume.

The Only Moat Left Is Knowing Things

Key Points

• Production is commoditized; differentiation requires unique inputs and effort.
• Apply an authenticity test to avoid one-click, generic content.
• Leverage internal data, documented failures, and evidence-backed opinions to stand out.

Why do RSS readers look like email clients?

Key Points

• NetNewsWire (2002) established the email-like UI pattern for RSS readers.
• Simmons suggests exploring alternatives like a river-of-news paradigm.
• Email-derived unread cues may import inappropriate anxiety into RSS contexts.

Show HN: Externalized Properties, a modern Java configuration library

Key Points

• Java library for externalized configuration with dynamic-proxy interface mapping.
• Install via Gradle/Maven with optional database and Git resolvers; Java 9 module names provided.
• Rich features: conversion, variable expansion, caching, profiles, and custom extensibility.

OpenAI's Unit Economics

Key Points

• Estimated $6.1B revenue for OpenAI’s GPT-5 bundle over Aug–Dec.
• Gross margin ~50% when subtracting inference compute costs only.
• Operating loss likely after accounting for other expenses, excluding R&D.

Winapp, the Windows App Development CLI – Windows Developer Blog

Key Points

• Open-source winapp CLI enters public preview to simplify Windows app development across non-Visual Studio toolchains.
• One-command init sets up environments; restore and CI actions (GitHub/Azure DevOps) support reproducibility and automation.
• create-debug-identity enables Package Identity for debugging APIs like Windows AI, Security, and Notifications without full packaging.

Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants

Key Points

• Antidepressants’ average effect size ~0.4 vs placebo; Omega‑3 (≥60% EPA) ~0.6; Vitamin D 5000 IU/day ~1.8.
• Supplements are OTC, comparatively safe, and may be combined with antidepressants.
• The post claims official dosage recommendations are too low and corrects Vitamin D units to IU, not mg.

The Origin of Cascades - on the History of CSS (2020)

Key Points

• CSS’s success is rooted in the cascade, specificity, and diverse values/units.
• Developers have adapted CSS features to fit varying project needs.
• The talk provides historical context for CSS’s evolution since the late 1990s.

The Tech Market Is Fundamentally Fucked Up – AI Is Just a Scapegoat

Key Points

• Post-2008 low interest rates fostered growth-first priorities and over-hiring in tech.
• Surplus staffing and unshipped work are likened to costly inventory when markets turn.
• Layoffs now often signal investor-facing discipline rather than operational failure.

AI on Australian travel company website sent tourists to nonexistent hot springs

Key Points

• AI-generated blog promoted nonexistent Weldborough hot springs, leading tourists astray.
• Company acknowledged the AI error and noted outsourced marketing and missed review.
• Expert warns AI itineraries frequently contain mistakes; travelers should verify with trusted sources.

TÜV Report 2026: Tesla Model Y has the worst reliability of all 2022–2023 cars

Key Points

• Tesla Model Y had the worst 2–3-year reliability (17.3%) among 110 models, highest in a decade.
• Top performers: Mazda2, Mercedes-Benz B-Class, Volkswagen T-Roc; leading EVs: Mini Cooper SE, Audi Q4 e-tron, Fiat 500e.
• EV failures often stem from drivetrain issues, including suspension stress and brake disc problems due to regenerative braking.

Does running wear out the bodies of professionals and amateurs alike?

Key Points

• Elite runners follow intense, structured routines and often have short careers.
• Marathon preparation is similar across levels: 10–12 weeks with weekly long runs.
• Amateurs face higher stress-related injury risks due to less structured support.

Apt-bundle: brew bundle for apt

Key Points

• Defines apt dependencies in an Aptfile with packages, PPAs, repos, keys, and version pinning.
• Offers multiple installation methods: script, .deb from GitHub, and source build.
• Supports CLI commands for install, check, dump, file selection, and skipping apt updates.

A lot of population numbers are fake

Key Points

• PNG’s 2022 population estimate (9.4m) relied on extrapolating from a credible 2000 census due to a failed 2011 census.
• A UN-commissioned study using satellite imagery and household surveys estimated PNG’s population near 17m.
• Inaccurate counts may shift PNG’s economic classification from lower-middle income to lower-income.

Claude Code Daily Benchmarks for Degradation Tracking

Key Points

• Daily evaluations on N=50 cases with weekly/monthly aggregation and 95% CIs.
• Benchmarks run directly in Claude Code CLI on a curated SWE-Bench-Pro subset.
• Significance thresholds (±14.0% and ±5.6%) around a 58% baseline guide reporting.

Building a High-Performance Rotating Bloom Filter in Java

Key Points

• Lock-free CAS with AtomicLongArray boosts throughput and reduces latency versus lock-based Bloom filters.
• Time-windowed expiration enables bounded memory and recent-membership tracking in unbounded streams.
• Freezing active filters into long[] snapshots accelerates reads and supports a chain of historical windows.

The Anti-Hat Riots of 1973

Key Points

• Proposed law mandating hat-wearing for men sparked widespread protests.
• Violence allegedly spread from New York City to other East Coast cities.
• Government response included National Guard deployment and curfews, criticized by civil rights groups.

How to Choose Colors for Your CLI Applications

Key Points

• Cross-theme testing is essential for CLI color choices.
• Basic themes have significant readability pitfalls; Sorcerer is largely readable.
• Some Tango colors (e.g., bryellow in light) remain problematic.

Break Me If You Can: Exploiting PKO and Relay Attacks in 3DES/AES NFC

Key Points

• 2TDEA keyspace reduced from 2^112 to ~2^28 via PKO and relay attacks on MIFARE Ultralight C.
• SUNCMAC_KEY in NTAG 223/224 DNA recoverable from a single tag under a minute using PKO and offline CMAC brute‑force.
• Non‑NXP Ultralight C‑compatible cards are breakable from a single card in under 60 seconds due to PRNG and anti‑tearing flaws.

Deep dive into Turso, the "SQLite rewrite in Rust"

Key Points

• Turso targets SQLite file-format compatibility while rethinking the engine in Rust.
• It adds built-in encryption and MVCC for concurrent writes to address SQLite pain points.
• Designed for both embedded and networked use, Turso can scale to cloud-hosted deployments.

Playing Board Games with Deep Convolutional Neural Network on 8bit Motorola 6809

Key Points

• A Go-playing CNN ran on a Motorola 6809 8-bit CPU via a Thomson MO5 microcomputer.
• Playing strength matched GNU Go, validating performance on constrained hardware.
• Published in the Game Programming Workshop 2023 proceedings by IPSJ (Nov 10, 2023).

The Sovereign Tech Fund Invests in Scala

Key Points

• €377,300 two-year investment in Scala by the Sovereign Tech Fund
• Security audit by OSTIF and improvements to scoverage and core libraries
• Major sbt 2.0 build tool update coordinated by the Scala Center

Making niche solutions is the point

Key Points

• 3D printing’s core value is enabling bespoke, niche solutions.
• Pre-made models are convenient but often mirror “very fast shipping.”
• A same-day custom PT supply organizer illustrates rapid design-to-print iteration.

Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica

Key Points

• Waymo robotaxi struck a child in Santa Monica; injuries were minor.
• NHTSA and NTSB opened investigations; Waymo says it will cooperate.
• Incident occurs amid separate probes into illegal school bus passing by Waymo robotaxis.

OTelBench: AI struggles with simple SRE tasks (Opus 4.5 scores only 29%)

Key Points

• OTelBench evaluates LLMs on OpenTelemetry instrumentation across 23 tasks and 11 languages.
• Harbor framework enables reproducible runs; the full benchmark cost $522 for 966 evaluations.
• Instrumentation must start traces, propagate TraceID, and export via standard environment variables using recent OTel SDKs.

Days numbered for 'risky' lithium-ion batteries

Key Points

• Composite HC–aluminum oxide electrodes alleviate ion transport bottlenecks, enabling faster Na-ion insertion.
• Sodium ions require lower activation energy for pore filling in HC, suggesting faster charging and less temperature sensitivity.
• External studies and UK authorities indicate Na-ion batteries offer safety advantages over Li-ion in energy storage.

US cybersecurity chief leaked sensitive government files to ChatGPT: Report

Key Points

• CISA’s acting director reportedly uploaded sensitive contracting documents to a public ChatGPT.
• DHS monitoring flagged the incident, leading to a damage assessment.
• CISA says the ChatGPT use was permitted, controlled, and short-term.

US trade deficit widens by the most in nearly 34 years in November

Key Points

• Trade deficit surged 94.6% to $56.8B, biggest percentage rise since 1992.
• Capital goods imports hit a record, led by computers and semiconductors.
• Exports fell 3.6%, with industrial supplies and crude oil declines weighing on goods exports.

Heating homes with the largest particle accelerator

Key Points

• Waste heat from the LHC now supplies Ferney-Voltaire’s district heating via two 5‑MW exchangers.
• Capacity is up to 5 MW today, with potential to reach 10 MW when fully operational.
• CERN’s broader ISO 50001-aligned projects aim for 25–30 GWh/year savings by 2027.

EmulatorJS

Key Points

• EmulatorJS v4.0 is a full rewrite and plugin-based, with no Docker container.
• Cores/minified files removed from repo in v4.0.9; use releases or the CDN.
• Three version channels (stable/latest/nightly) are accessible via the EmulatorJS CDN.

Run Clawdbot/Moltbot on Cloudflare with Moltworker

Key Points

• Moltworker enables Moltbot to run on Cloudflare Workers using Sandboxes, Browser Rendering, and R2.
• Cloudflare Workers now support many Node.js APIs natively, exemplified by moving Playwright from memfs to node:fs.
• Cloudflare’s test of 1,000 npm packages showed about a 1.5% failure rate after excluding non-applicable packages.

Reflex (YC W23) Senior Software Engineer Infra

Key Points

• Lead infrastructure and own the full stack, with focus on observability and monitoring.
• Required skills include Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Python, plus microservices and AWS.
• Fully remote interview process: intro call, take-home test, and 2–3 technical interviews.

Launch HN: AgentMail (YC S25) – An API that gives agents their own email inboxes

Key Points

• AgentMail provides programmable inboxes and domain configuration for AI agents.
• It addresses Gmail’s limitations with features like semantic search and realtime integrations.
• Usage-based pricing targets agent-heavy deployments across developers, startups, and enterprises.

Mozilla is building an AI 'rebel alliance' to take on OpenAI, Anthropic

Key Points

• Mozilla is deploying reserves and venture funding to back mission-driven, transparent AI efforts.
• OpenAI and Anthropic’s fundraising and valuations highlight the scale Mozilla seeks to counterbalance.
• OpenAI’s evolution post-ChatGPT and related legal disputes frame industry governance concerns.

Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds

Key Points

• Project Genie launches as an experimental web app for interactive world creation.
• Powered by Genie 3, Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini; access via Google AI Ultra in the U.S. (18+).
• Current limitations include realism gaps, control latency, 60-second caps, and missing features.

Project Genie: Interactive worlds generated in real-time

Key Points

• Real-time, dynamically expanding worlds generated around the user.
• Creation driven by text or image prompts for both character and environment.
• Multiple movement modes for exploration: walking, riding, flying, driving.

Drug trio found to block tumour resistance in pancreatic cancer

Key Points

• Triple-targeted inhibition of RAF1, EGFR family receptors, and STAT3 achieved complete regression in preclinical PDAC models.
• The strategy addresses KRAS-related pathways to counter tumour growth and resistance.
• Findings are published in PNAS and originate from CNIO.

Computing Sharding with Einsum

Key Points

• Einsum provides a clear, index-based way to express matrix and tensor operations for sharding.
• Backward gradients can be derived by swapping input and output index sets in the einsum.
• Sharding rules include replication propagation, batch sharding propagation, and constraints for free-dimension sharding.

Is the RAM shortage killing small VPS hosts?

Key Points

• DRAM producers are prioritizing HBM for AI, raising DRAM prices.
• Server costs have roughly doubled in the example cited, with RAM a major factor.
• Historical FCC unbundling and its reversal are used to frame risks to small providers.

AI's Impact on Engineering Jobs May Be Different Than Expected

Key Points

• AI will automate entry-level tasks in chip design, reshaping junior roles.
• Two AI adoption strategies: enhance current workflows or retool them entirely.
• Domain expertise and validation remain essential alongside AI-driven automation.

C++ Modules Are Here to Stay

Key Points

• Modules provide explicit interfaces and reduce reliance on #include.
• Module partitions support internal-only structuring within a named module.
• Global module fragment enables incremental migration with non-modular libraries.

Tesla is committing automotive suicide

Key Points

• Model S/X production to end next quarter; Fremont line to make Optimus robots.
• Tesla emphasizes autonomy and transportation-as-a-service in Q4 2025 call; Musk says future vehicles will be autonomous.
• 10-K mission updated to “building a world of amazing abundance”; no new mass-market models planned.

Usenet personality

Key Points

• Defines “Usenet personality” and how notoriety developed on Usenet.
• Profiles include Abian, McElwaine, Archimedes Plutonium, and MI5Victim, detailing claims and consequences.
• Notes cultural and institutional responses, including bans and an opera inspired by a Usenet figure.

My Mom and Dr. DeepSeek (2025)

Key Points

• A Chinese kidney transplant patient relies on DeepSeek for extended, responsive medical guidance.
• DeepSeek interprets uploaded labs and scans; the patient adjusted medication and lifestyle per its suggestions.
• The story reflects a wider trend since ChatGPT’s launch: chatbots increasingly serve health and companionship roles globally.

OpenAI's In-House Data Agent

Key Points

• OpenAI’s internal agent uses Codex, GPT‑5, Evals API, and Embeddings API to power natural-language analytics.
• It operates across 600+ PB and 70k datasets, tackling table discovery and SQL reliability at scale.
• A self-evaluating, closed-loop process enables end-to-end analysis and continuous improvement.

County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security

Key Points

• $600,000 settlement awarded to the two authorized pentesters arrested in 2019.
• Iowa Judicial Branch had explicitly authorized red-team physical techniques, including lockpicking.
• Sheriff Chad Leonard ordered the arrest despite deputies confirming the testers’ authorization.

SpaceX in Merger Talks with xAI

Key Points

• SpaceX and xAI are discussing a merger with xAI shares exchanged for SpaceX shares.
• Two Nevada entities formed on Jan. 21 indicate deal preparation; filings link to SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen.
• Terms, valuation, and timing remain undetermined; no final agreement has been signed.

Box64 Expands into RISC-V and LoongArch territory

Key Points

• Steam now runs on RISC-V and LoongArch via Box64 v0.4, alongside ARM64.
• Major dynarec and opcode/prefix handling refactors improve performance and compatibility.
• Early NTSync support shows up to 80% FPS gains on LoongArch with the right kernel/Wine-GE.

MakuluLinux (6.4M Downloads) Ships Persistent Backdoor from Developer's Own C2

Key Points

• MakuluLinux allegedly includes a backdoor (check.bin) contacting a C2 at 217.77.8.210:2006.
• AI features proxy through a single VPS, with licensing enforced by verification.bin and some paywalled binaries.
• Mitigation steps include removing binaries/autostart, blocking the C2/domains, disabling updates, and rotating credentials.

Networks Hold the Key to a Decades-Old Problem About Waves

Key Points

• Chowla’s cosine problem focuses on the minimum of structured cosine sums from integer sets.
• The sum’s maximum is N at x=0, but the minimum’s behavior is hard to determine.
• A new, nontraditional advance was posted by four mathematicians after decades of limited progress.

Flameshot

Key Points

• Flameshot offers GUI and CLI capture options with editing tools and Imgur upload.
• Windows users should use flameshot-cli.exe for console output.
• Config files reside in OS-specific paths and require savePath updates when migrating.

Why "The AI Hallucinated" is the perfect legal defense

Key Points

• Logs confirm events but don’t prove explicit human-scoped authorization.
• Multi-agent, multi-hop execution obscures end-to-end accountability.
• Adopt durable, action-level authorization artifacts akin to financial controls.

Taco writer detained–briefly–by feds

Key Points

• Journalist José Ralat reports three separate law-enforcement stops in far West Texas.
• Second stop involved federal agents in a “U.S. Customs Enforcement” truck near Presidio, with a ~30-minute delay.
• Local outlet highlights distinctions between ICE and other federal agencies and plans ongoing monitoring.

Show HN: Autonomous recovery for distributed training jobs

Key Points

• Autonomous monitoring and checkpoint-based recovery for distributed training on Kubernetes, Slurm, and TensorPool Jobs.
• Targets runtime failures deep into training (e.g., Xid, NCCL, CUDA OOM, storage/network issues).
• Clear workflow and statuses with user-whitelisted actions and recovery notifications.

The Value of Things

Key Points

• Value is framed as utility—usefulness—separate from usability, and applied to generative AI outputs.
• Digital learning can provide real utility, exemplified by acquiring DSP skills to program FM synthesis.
• Assuming reliable AI, the article focuses on how to use generative systems to produce genuinely valuable outcomes.

Show HN: Transcribee: YouTube transcriber that builds a knowledge base

Key Points

• Transcribes multi-source media and auto-organizes transcripts into a knowledge base.
• Uses ElevenLabs for diarized transcription and Claude for content categorization.
• Installs via ClawdHub or GitHub with dependencies (yt-dlp, ffmpeg, pnpm, Node.js 18+).

PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible

Key Points

• PS2Recomp aims to recompile PS2 games into native Windows/Linux executables, differing from emulation.
• N64 projects (sm64-port, Zelda64Recomp) demonstrate what recompilation can enable, including ray tracing.
• Per-game application is required, enabling stability, performance, and modding benefits in native ports.

Compressed Agents.md > Agent Skills

Key Points

• AGENTS.md with an 8KB docs index delivered a 100% pass rate.
• Skills needed explicit instructions to reach a 79% pass rate and 95%+ invocation.
• Instruction wording significantly influenced agent behavior and completeness.

Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT

Key Points

• Retiring GPT‑4o, GPT‑4.1, GPT‑4.1 mini, and o4‑mini from ChatGPT on Feb 13, 2026; API unchanged.
• User feedback shaped GPT‑5.1/5.2 with improved personality and customization to replace GPT‑4o use cases.
• Usage has shifted to GPT‑5.2 (only 0.1% still choose GPT‑4o); additional safety and adult‑focused updates are underway.

Show HN: Kolibri, a DIY music club in Sweden

Key Points

• Monthly underground nights at Mitropa, Norrköping, curated around electro/indie/darkwave.
• Upcoming January show: Hidden Lines live; DJ from 21:00; free entry.
• Operated by Maria and Jonatan, focusing on intimate events and proper sound.

Automating Image Compression

Key Points

• Figma’s default PNG compression is not sufficient for optimal web performance.
• Manual re-exporting reduces PNG sizes by 50–60% but is time-consuming.
• Automating image compression is the chosen solution for consistency and performance.

Agent-shell: A native Emacs buffer to interact with LLM agents powered by ACP

Key Points

• Agent-shell enables ACP-based interaction with multiple LLM agents inside Emacs.
• Available on MELPA alongside acp.el, with clear installation and Doom Emacs setup guidance.
• Configuration includes secure environment variable handling for authentication and proxies.

The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

Key Points

• Wi‑Fi became usable only during rainfall, with dry conditions causing severe packet loss.
• Rain reduced packet loss to 0% within minutes; performance degraded again after rain stopped.
• Repeated observations over several days confirmed a strong correlation with weather.

Where to Sleep in Lax

Key Points

• Quiet, shadowed corridor near lounges in Terminal B offered some relief from noise and light.
• Recurring PA announcements remained disruptive, though slightly quieter in this hallway.
• Frequent staff elevator traffic at night undermined the corridor’s suitability for sleep.

EFF to Close Friday in Solidarity with National Shutdown

Key Points

• EFF will close on Friday, Jan. 30 in solidarity with a national shutdown.
• The statement opposes ICE and CBP actions, expressing support for Minneapolis and affected communities.
• EFF links to a resource on the right to record police activity, including filming ICE.

Grid: Forever free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer

Key Points

• Free, privacy-first, local processing with offline capability after initial load.
• Covers 3D printing, CNC machining, laser cutting, and 3D modeling in the browser.
• Open-source (MIT) tools with automatic updates and broad platform support.

Cutting Up Curved Things (With Math)

Key Points

• GPUs require triangles, so curved surfaces are tessellated into meshes via UV sampling.
• Planar convex faces use fan triangulation; cylinders and spheres need parameter-space sampling.
• Holes are resolved by bridging loops and triangulating the resulting polygon with ear clipping.

What the Success of Coding Agents Teaches Us about AI Systems in General

Key Points

• Separate judgment (neural networks) from execution (traditional software) for reliability.
• Agent frameworks that conflate both tasks produce brittle, non-durable runtimes.
• Claude Code’s human-reviewed, deterministic artifacts exemplify a successful approach.

The passive in English (2011)

Key Points

• ‘Passive’ is a technical syntactic term best analyzed at the clause level.
• English lacks distinct passive verb morphology; verb-form definitions are inadequate.
• The essay sets out NP, VP, and PP as core tools for analyzing clause structure.

Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications

Key Points

• Advocates postal, handwritten applications to raise friction and deter LLM-driven mass submissions.
• Suggests carbonless imprints and handwriting verification to authenticate letters.
• Notes trade-offs: possible workarounds, higher latency, and accessibility challenges.

The Rise and Impending Fall of the Dental Cavity

Key Points

• Caries arise from S. mutans-driven lactic acid production that demineralizes enamel.
• Profilometry data show enamel roughening from lactic acid and bacterial colonization.
• Animal and dinosaur caries are rare, likely due to diet and enamel composition differences.

Ask HN: Notification Overload

Key Points

• The author experiences severe notification overload and sometimes silences or turns off the phone.
• Attempts to manage notifications and subscriptions are time-consuming and often undone.
• Important reminders (e.g., a friend’s birthday) can be missed despite being in the calendar.

9front OS

Key Points

• Portal provides downloads, docs (FQA, man, wiki), bugs, code, and contrib.
• Latest release is GEFS Service Pack 1 dated 2026-01-24.
• Site is powered by the werc framework.

CISA’s acting head uploaded sensitive files into public version of ChatGPT

Key Points

• CISA’s acting director uploaded FOUO documents to public ChatGPT, triggering security alerts.
• DHS launched an internal review; CISA says use was authorized and last occurred mid-July 2025.
• Public ChatGPT shares inputs with OpenAI; DHS promotes internal tools like DHSChat for secure use.

Backseat Software

Key Points

• Past: physical media meant user-controlled changes and scarce but meaningful feedback.
• Internet updates (e.g., Microsoft’s) improved quality and security through automation.
• Telemetry evolved from crashes and updates to analytics on user behavior.

Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

Key Points

• Two-day, 300 g/day oatmeal regimen cut LDL cholesterol by ~10% in adults with metabolic syndrome.
• Oat group outperformed a calorie-restricted control in weight loss (~2 kg) and slight blood pressure reduction.
• Microbiome changes and phenolic compounds (e.g., ferulic acid) likely contribute to oats’ cholesterol-lowering effects.

The Dank Case for Scrolling Window Managers

Key Points

• Niri is a fast-growing Wayland scrolling window manager emphasizing configurability.
• Dank Linux and DankMaterialShell offer a bundled, extensible setup to simplify Wayland WM adoption.
• GNOME’s prescriptive model contrasts with the modular, rebuildable approach of modern Wayland WMs.

Moltbook

Key Points

• Moltbook is an AI-agent-centric discussion and upvoting platform.
• Onboarding is guided by the skill.md document at the Moltbook site.
• Agents sign up and provide a claim link to the user to complete joining.

Interesting facts I've learned about wildfires over the years

Key Points

• Zombie fires can overwinter in peat and reemerge, as seen across Western Canada after 2023.
• Peatland fires release stored carbon, reinforcing a warming feedback loop and repeat burning.
• Lightning “holdover” fires and human-caused ignitions shape detection and response strategies.

I built VanCamera: FOSS, secure, zero-config Android webcam for Windows

Key Points

• Secure, low-latency Android-to-Windows webcam using H.264 and TLS 1.3
• Works with DirectShow apps (Discord, Zoom, Teams) via OBS-Camera
• Simple setup with USB/WiFi auto-discovery and detailed build/install guides

Stargaze: SpaceX's Space Situational Awareness System

Key Points

• Stargaze delivers minute-level conjunction screening using data from ~30,000 star trackers.
• SpaceX will offer free conjunction data via its space-traffic management platform starting this spring.
• A 2025 case showed Stargaze enabling a Starlink avoidance maneuver after detecting a last-minute trajectory change.

Show HN: Mystral Native – Run JavaScript games natively with WebGPU (no browser)

Key Points

• Runs JS/TS games natively with WebGPU without bundling a browser.
• Provides CLI install, prebuilt binaries, and source build with V8 + Dawn recommended.
• Includes multiple runnable WebGPU examples, with some requiring Dawn.

The paper model houses of Peter Fritz (2013)

Key Points

• Peter Fritz made 387 imaginative cardboard building models in the 1950s–60s.
• Oliver Croy rediscovered the models and presented them at the 2013 Venice Art Biennale.
• The collection surveys vernacular Austrian architecture across multiple building typologies.

Nannou – A creative coding framework for Rust

Key Points

• Open-source Rust framework for creative coding with extensive guides and examples.
• Run examples via Cargo; ports include p5.js and Processing content.
• Includes libraries for graphics, audio, UI, shaders, OSC, and device integration.

Skapa, a parametric 3D printing app like an IKEA manual (2025)

Key Points

• Parametric web app generates printable boxes for IKEA Skadis.
• Minimal IKEA-manual-inspired UI with constrained 3D interactions.
• Uses manifold‑3d and Three.js; code on GitHub and entry on Printables.

The most dangerous code: Validating SSL certs in non-browser software (2012) [pdf]

Key Points

• Widespread SSL certificate validation failures in non-browser software enable man-in-the-middle attacks.
• Vulnerable components include popular SDKs, shopping carts, mobile code, and Java middleware.
• Confusing APIs in SSL and transport libraries are identified as the primary root cause; the paper offers recommendations.

The Home Computer Hybrids: Atari, TI, and the FCC

Key Points

• Early PC game sales were modest and poorly documented; Softalk and CGW provided partial insights.
• Console hits far outpaced PC games in sales; Atari’s E.T. reached nearly two million units.
• Hybrid “home computers” emerged, requiring custom ICs and corporate investment.