AI Titans Clash As Users Lose Patience!

Exploring Different Keyboard Sensing Technologies

Key Points

• Keyboard technologies are organized by sensing method: contact, optical, electro-magnetic, and capacitive.
• Buckling spring mechanisms couple a spring’s buckling with actuation, delivering clear feedback and durability.
• CT scan resources accompany each switch type to visualize internal designs.

High-Altitude Adventure with a DIY Pico Balloon

Key Points

• WSPR enables global tracking of low-power pico balloons without satellites.
• A Raspberry Pi Pico with a GPS/transmitter daughterboard and solar power forms a low-cost, lightweight payload.
• Regulatory and environmental constraints (ham license, FCC emissions, stratospheric cold) shape design choices.

Microsoft Has Killed Widgets Six Times. Here's Why They Keep Coming Back

Key Points

• Six Windows widget iterations faced distinct failures, driving ever-tighter containment.
• Today’s Widget Board uses Adaptive Cards and WinUI 3 with an overlay layout to address past issues.
• Persistent problems include developer API limits, poor discoverability, and monetization tensions.

The world is more equal than you think

Key Points

• Global inequality has declined during the 21st century despite high-profile wealth extremes.
• Average earners struggle to afford rent in most places examined, with only eight exceptions.
• Perceptions of rising hardship coexist with data indicating increasing global equality.

How watercolor brushes are made

Key Points

• Two essential watercolor brush types: round and flat.
• Round brushes have three variations affecting capacity and flexibility without altering pointing.
• Historical origins traced to Egypt and China; key references by Cennini and Jacques Turner.

Show HN: Ghidra MCP Server – 110 tools for AI-assisted reverse engineering

Key Points

• 110 MCP tools provide comprehensive binary analysis integrated with Ghidra.
• Batch operations and atomic transactions improve performance and reliability.
• Stdio and SSE transports enable flexible client connectivity; local server defaults apply.

The Mathematics of Tuning Systems

Key Points

• Western tuning systems traced from Pythagorean to equal temperament.
• Keyboard structure yields a 12-tone scale and octave doubling across 12 semitones.
• Historical evolution of accidentals from “musica ficta” to accepted flats/sharps.

Show HN: BPU – An embedded scheduler for stable UART pipelines

Key Points

• BPU stabilizes UART pipelines via per-tick byte budgets and event coalescing.
• The GitHub repo includes detailed design notes, diagrams, and execution logs.
• An ESP-IDF backend is under development to integrate BPU with ESP32.

Goblins: Distributed, Transactional Programming with Racket and Guile

Key Points

• Capability-based security with automatic local transactions for safe synchronous interactions.
• Asynchronous, network-transparent object communication across distributed systems.
• Support for Guile (v0.17.0) and Racket (v0.16.0), with docs and source available.

The €10 Mirror: Why Enterprise Security Looks Like a Kid's Toy

Key Points

• Media protection relied on a reversible single-byte XOR wrapper.
• The NFC cartridge acted only as an index selector, not a secure token.
• The system was modeled in under an hour using basic, non-invasive methods.

Broken Proofs and Broken Provers

Key Points

• Explicit assumptions and locales in Isabelle help prevent global context errors.
• Batch mode can catch multithreading-induced false successes via timeouts.
• Definitions don’t affect consistency but can mislead theorem meanings.

Anthropic Claude Max $200/mo: They claim 99% uptime, I calculated 84% Loss: $780

Key Points

• Official incidents totaled ~652 minutes Jan 20–Feb 3, yielding ~96.7% uptime.
• Author reports ~83% real usability due to performance and rate-limit issues.
• Estimated monthly loss: $784 (subscription value + productivity).

Your Job Isn't Disappearing. It's Shrinking Around You in Real Time

Key Points

• AI agents are automating many traditional knowledge-work tasks, shrinking job scopes.
• Three common adaptation strategies—tool mastery, deeper specialization, and soft skills—are assessed as ineffective.
• Companies adopt AI for immediate cost reductions, and retraining offers limited financial incentive.

The fax numbers of the beast, and other mathematical sports

Key Points

• OEIS originated from Neil Sloane’s 1964 research and moved online in 1996.
• The database now exceeds 250,000 entries with rich features per sequence.
• OEIS is widely used by professionals and recreational mathematicians.

I prefer to pass secrets between programs through standard input

Key Points

• Use stdin/stdout to pass secrets instead of command-line args or environment variables.
• Encode and define a minimal protocol for multi-item secret transfers.
• Pipe secrets across machines with SSH; integrate with programs using Bash process substitution or /dev/fd.

A sane but bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw

Key Points

• Automated messaging follow-ups and scheduling via periodic checks.
• Daily meeting summaries enhance preparation and punctuality.
• Price monitoring with photo-based criteria for listings.

Speculative Sampling Explained

Key Points

• Use min(1, p/q) to down-sample over-sampled tokens.
• Resample under-sampled tokens using the residual distribution r(x).
• The total rejection probability equals the residual’s normalization constant, ensuring recovery of p(x).

Old Insurance Maps – Georeferencing Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps on Modern Maps

Key Points

• Open, online workflow for georeferencing historical maps.
• Seamless mosaics created from multi-page Sanborn atlases.
• Primary source: Sanborn map collection at the Library of Congress.

Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025

Key Points

• Only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025 (provisional).
• Human cases occurred in Chad, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.
• Animal reservoirs persist, with cases in multiple countries, complicating eradication.

Cannabis usage in older adults linked to larger brain, better cognitive function

Key Points

• Greater lifetime cannabis use linked to larger regional brain volumes.
• Cannabis use associated with better performance in several cognitive domains.
• Study emphasizes regional brain measures and CB1 receptor-rich areas.

FBI Couldn't Get into WaPo Reporter's iPhone Because Lockdown Mode Enabled

Key Points

• FBI could not unlock the seized iPhone due to Lockdown Mode.
• Court records detail accessible vs. inaccessible devices and data after the January raid.
• Lockdown Mode is highlighted as an effective Apple security feature against third-party access.

Thatcher Effect – Optical Illusion and Explanation

Key Points

• The Thatcher effect shows inverted facial features on an upside-down face can appear normal.
• Documented by Peter Thompson in 1980; later research found monkeys also experience it.
• Interactive demo uses open-source tools and Photoshop; photos sourced from Wikipedia.

A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs

Key Points

• EFTA PDFs in Datasets 01–07 are correctly redacted with no recoverable text.
• A new DOJ DataSet 8.zip adds 10,593 PDFs; only cursory metadata checks were done.
• Older non-EFTA DOJ PDFs show ineffective black-box redactions enabling text recovery.

Attention at Constant Cost per Token via Symmetry-Aware Taylor Approximation

Key Points

• Computes self-attention with constant per-token cost via symmetry-aware Taylor approximation.
• Maps queries and keys to a minimal polynomial-kernel feature basis using feed-forward transformations.
• Implementation validated for correctness; enables unbounded token generation at modest fixed cost.

Coding Agent VMs on NixOS with Microvm.nix

Key Points

• Ephemeral VMs on NixOS using microvm.nix isolate coding agents from private data.
• Network setup uses a systemd-managed bridge with NAT through the host interface.
• Microvm integration via Nix flakes enables reproducible VM creation and management.

Voxtral Transcribe 2

Key Points

• Two models: Mini V2 (batch) and Realtime (live) with multilingual support and enterprise features.
• Realtime uses streaming architecture with sub-200ms latency and open weights under Apache 2.0.
• Mini V2 claims ~4% WER on FLEURS at $0.003/min, outperforming multiple competitors.

Tractor

Key Points

• 350W brushed DC motor with 36V Li-ion e-bike battery powers the tractor.
• Solid rear axle and pivoting front axle; rear disc brake is minimally effective.
• Custom TE20-style steering using angle grinder gears and PC-Max 3D-printed housing.

Converge (YC S23) Is Hiring Product Engineers (NYC, In-Person)

Key Points

• In-person NYC role: end-to-end product building with direct customer interaction.
• Traction and scale: >$1M ARR, 200+ brands, $4B orders/year, 20TB data/month, 10B interactions.
• Comp and stack: $175K–$240K salary, 0.6%–0.85% equity; React, Python, Postgres, Clickhouse.

The Voxel Is a Cutting-Edge Theater Experiment

Key Points

• Interactive facade with programmable lighting and speakers designed by Ziger/Snead and Bruce Willen.
• Free artist residencies with significant stage, lobby, and production space; no ticket revenue share.
• Funded by Figure 53, the software company founded by CEO Chris Ashworth in Baltimore.

Launching the Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

Key Points

• $21M donated to urgent needs; $50M pledged for long-term systemic change.
• GMI chosen over UBI to target families in generational poverty.
• Evidence cited (OpenResearch) shows cash assistance improves basic outcomes.

Fastmail Donates USD 10k to the Perl and Raku Foundation

Key Points

• Fastmail donated USD 10,000 to sustain Perl 5 core maintenance at TPRF.
• TPRF will re-open a USD 10,000 community grants program in 2026.
• Perl’s stable, backward-compatible upgrades are central to Fastmail’s support rationale.

Study: emotional support from social media found to reduce anxiety

Key Points

• Perceived social media emotional support correlates with reduced anxiety in young adults.
• Effects vary by personality traits and are stronger among females.
• The study is observational and cannot establish causality.

Claude Is a Space to Think

Key Points

• Claude will remain ad-free to preserve trust and user-first assistance.
• AI chats are often sensitive and open-ended, making ads incongruous and potentially harmful.
• Advertising incentives can misalign with the core helpfulness principle in Claude’s Constitution.

Steve Bannon Proposes Using ICE in Elections

Key Points

• Steve Bannon proposed ICE presence at polling places for the November 2026 midterms.
• Legal guidance cited says deploying federal agents to polls and voter intimidation are prohibited.
• Donald Trump urged Republicans to “take over” elections in up to 15 states.

Intel will start making GPUs

Key Points

• Intel will begin producing GPUs, announced by CEO Lip-Bu Tan at the Cisco AI Summit.
• Project leadership sits with Intel’s data center group under EVP GM Kevork Kechichian, with recent engineering hires including Eric Demers.
• The initiative is early-stage and will be guided by customer demand, entering a market led by Nvidia.

In Tehran

Key Points

• Reza Pahlavi’s call helped trigger large Tehran protests on 8 January.
• Security forces used tear gas and, per videos, live fire against crowds.
• Internet shutdowns hampered communication and ATM services amid unrest.

AI Is Killing B2B SaaS

Key Points

• Agentic AI and “vibe coding” enable rapid internal tool creation, challenging B2B SaaS reliance.
• Market signals (SaaS basket underperformance; HubSpot and Klaviyo declines) indicate sector pressure.
• Customers are demanding more flexible workflows; inability to meet them is causing churn and lost accounts.

The Great Unwind

Key Points

• Article’s core thesis: recent volatility stems from the yen carry trade unwinding.
• BOJ’s ZIRP/NIRP made the yen a global funding currency for leveraged investments.
• Simultaneous policy and price shifts are forcing asset sales and yen repurchases.

Building a 24-bit arcade CRT display adapter from scratch

Key Points

• Custom adapter targets 24-bit color and non-standard CRT resolutions.
• Uses RP2040 PIO to generate precise VGA RGB and sync signals.
• USB interface enables laptop compatibility, avoiding PCIe.

RS-SDK: Drive RuneScape with Claude Code

Key Points

• Open-source RS-SDK enables bot development via a TypeScript SDK and server emulator.
• Architecture requires botclient and gateway for SDK-to-server communication.
• Demo server is modified for faster testing; project is research-focused and not affiliated with Jagex.

Show HN: SymDerive – A functional, stateless symbolic math library

Key Points

• Functional, stateless, pipe-based symbolic math library built on Python stack
• Mathematica-like syntax to smooth transition for physicists and other users
• Modular extras and physics-focused tools (e.g., GR notation, Kramers-Kronig)

Claude Code's /Insights

Key Points

• Claude Code’s /insights generates usage reports with manager-like feedback.
• It offers practical suggestions (skills, agents, hooks) to structure AI workflows.
• Running /insights twice yielded similar reports with different emphasis, possibly influenced by recent activity.

Arcan-A12: Weaving a Different Web

Key Points

• Arcan’s afsrv_net and arcan-net leverage the A12 protocol to build an alternative web.
• Arcan’s architecture uses signed app packages and modular, privilege-separated components.
• Historical BBS practices inform the design goals around intimacy, curation, and discovery.

Yawning has an unexpected influence on the fluid inside your brain

Key Points

• Yawning couples CSF and venous outflow away from the brain, unlike deep breathing.
• Carotid arterial inflow rises by over one-third during yawning vs deep breathing.
• Individuals show distinct yawning signatures; mechanisms and CSF volume remain under study.

Why This Computer Scientist Says All Cryptocurrency Should "Die in a Fire"

Key Points

• Weaver argues cryptocurrencies are inefficient, ill-suited as currencies, and poorly distribute trust.
• He outlines four categories of risk: technical, economic, systemic, and societal.
• He explains crypto’s model: pseudonymous public ledger, no intermediaries, and mining to secure the system, contrasting it with regulated payment networks.

Claude Code for Infrastructure

Key Points

• Creates sandbox clones of production infrastructure for safe agent testing
• Generates IaC (e.g., Ansible Playbooks) after validated changes
• Emphasizes safety via sandboxing, ephemeral SSH certificates, and human approval gates

AI needs to augment rather than replace humans or the workplace is doomed

Key Points

• IMF urges regulation, reskilling, competition policy, and safety nets to manage AI’s labor impacts.
• Business leaders prioritize AI but report limited cost savings, per PwC’s UK survey.
• AI should augment rather than automate to mitigate job losses, according to research cited by Erik Brynjolfsson.

Women rejecting the hijab have doomed Iran's brutal regime

Key Points

• Women’s rejection of compulsory hijab intensified after Mahsa Amini’s 2022 death.
• The article reports alleged torture and IRGC intimidation during protests.
• It criticizes the BBC and broader media for amplifying regime narratives about foreign orchestration.

Mean People Fail (2014)

Key Points

• Meanness correlates with failure in startup contexts due to cognitive and strategic drawbacks.
• Mean leaders face a recruitment disadvantage with top talent, critical for startups.
• The shift toward non-zero-sum, idea-driven work makes benevolence more advantageous.

How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post

Key Points

• Bezos’s 2013 purchase and promise of a financial runway.
• Heavy losses in 2023–2024 led to buyouts and a mass layoff.
• Strategy shifts focus to politics and national security while cutting multiple sections.

Claude Code: connect to a local model when your quota runs out

Key Points

• Connect Claude Code to local models via LM Studio v0.4.1 using a local server and ANTHROPIC_* environment variables.
• Recommended local models: GLM-4.7-Flash (Z.AI) and Qwen3-Coder-Next; consider quantized variants for lower resource usage.
• Alternative: connect directly to llama.cpp; expect slower performance and some quality reduction.

2 in 5 Americans did not read a single book in 2025

Key Points

• 41% of Americans read no books in 2025; median books read is two.
• Audiobook market growth is strong (26.2% CAGR to $35.47B by 2030), while print remains resilient (783M U.S. units in 2024).
• UK youth reading enjoyment is at a 20-year low; U.S. literacy challenges remain significant.

Show HN: Interactive California Budget (By Claude Code)

Key Points

• A 5% one-time wealth tax has a theoretical maximum near $58B based on Forbes 2024 data.
• Migration elasticity from Young et al. (2016) suggests potential 10–25% billionaire exodus.
• Medi-Cal per-enrollee costs are rising despite a projected decline in caseloads.

Technocracy 2.0

Key Points

• 2025 White House dinner gathered Silicon Valley leaders to align investment with state priorities.
• Administration positions Silicon Valley as instrumental in the global AI race, citing Palantir and OpenAI.
• Historical technocracy context and Alex Karp’s advocacy frame the tech–state merger narrative.

Turn any website into a live, structured data feed

Key Points

• AI generates the initial extraction strategy, then the system uses CSS/DOM scraping for efficiency.
• Change detection relies on hashing, structural signatures, and semantic similarity to ignore layout noise.
• Updates are delivered via webhooks, enabling incremental data refreshes (e.g., for vector databases).

No More Hidden Changes: How MySQL 9.6 Transforms Foreign Key Management

Key Points

• Foreign key enforcement moves from InnoDB to the SQL engine in MySQL 9.6.
• All cascaded changes are now visible and recorded in binary logs, improving replication and analytics.
• Performance remains effectively unchanged, with preserved backward compatibility.

Show HN: EpsteIn – Search the Epstein files for your LinkedIn connections

Key Points

• Requires LinkedIn Connections.csv and Python 3.6+ to run.
• Generates an HTML report with excerpts and links to justice.gov PDFs.
• Uses exact full-name matching; common names may yield false positives.

The Singularity Is Always Near (2006)

Key Points

• The singularity concept is presented as a continuous illusion rather than a discrete event.
• Vernor Vinge’s scenario describes recursive AI self-improvement leading to an unknowable future beyond a threshold.
• Ray Kurzweil projects a machine intelligence crossover around 2040 and envisions mind preservation via advanced technologies.

Professors Are Being Watched: 'We've Never Seen This Much Surveillance'

Key Points

• Multiple states now require public, searchable posting of course syllabi.
• Texas has established an office to receive complaints about colleges and professors.
• High-profile incidents in Oklahoma and Texas led to instructor removal and firing after disputes and recordings.

We built a real-world benchmark for AI code review

Key Points

• Defect injection into real, merged PRs evaluates both correctness and best practices.
• Initial dataset spans 100 PRs with 580 issues for system-level realism.
• Qodo reports a 60.1% F1 score, outperforming seven other platforms; resources available on GitHub.

The Codex app is cool, and it illustrates the shift left of IDEs and coding GUIs

Key Points

• Codex is positioned as a UI for multi-agent, parallelized development using Git worktrees.
• The author’s workflow pairs Claude Code (terminal) with Codex for isolated, mergeable workstreams.
• The article outlines a shift from code-centric IDEs toward spec-first, orchestration-focused tools.

Remarkable Pro Colors

Key Points

• Custom palette and profile enable closer on-screen previews of reMarkable Pro colors.
• Profiling method uses DSLR photos, a white reference card, and a calibrated display.
• GIMP soft-proofing with a perceptual-mode profile offers practical, immediate feedback.

Data Poems

Key Points

• Curated visualizations span history, environment, language, trade, sports, mathematics, and phenomena.
• Time series include war casualties (1914–2025) and temperature anomalies (1880–2025); air quality is real-time.
• Geospatial and pattern-based works cover trade routes, phyllotaxis, aurora power, UFOs, and Bigfoot sightings.

Spotlighting the World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell

Key Points

• The World Factbook has been sunset by the CIA.
• It evolved from a 1962 classified publication to a widely used digital resource on CIA.gov by 1997.
• The Factbook hosted over 5,000 public-domain photos and served diverse user groups.

Show HN: Morph – Videos of AI testing your PR, embedded in GitHub

Key Points

• Glance auto-tests PR diffs and embeds video recordings and artifacts in GitHub PRs.
• Supports BYO browsers (Playwright, Puppeteer, Browserbase), major web frameworks, and CI systems.
• Morph suite adds Fast Apply, WarpGrep, MCP, Monitor, and an SDK with OpenAI/Anthropic/Vercel AI support.

Writing an optimizing tensor compiler from scratch

Key Points

• TensorFrost unifies shader-like programming with ML-oriented tensor algebra and autodiff.
• The project evolved from a small Unity use case into a full optimizing compiler over 14 months.
• Past OpenCL-based work (TensorCL) informed design decisions due to tooling and performance limitations.

Tell HN: Another round of Zendesk email spam

Key Points

• About 50 Zendesk-related emails were received in one day.
• Most were flagged as spam before reaching the inbox.
• The author describes Zendesk’s mailserver reputation as poor, implying deliverability issues.

Litestream Writable VFS

Key Points

• Sprites use Litestream for orchestration with per-organization SQLite databases on object storage.
• Sprite disks use JuiceFS and NVMe caching, with metadata stored in Litestream SQLite.
• Litestream VFS adds point-in-time queries from object storage and an optional read-write mode.

As Rocks May Think

Key Points

• Machines that can code and reason are used to automate end-to-end ML experiments.
• A standardized “/experiment” workflow creates, runs, logs, and reports experiments reproducibly.
• MuP/d‑muP parameterization and Ray enable scalable, parallelized training and hyperparameter tuning.

Sqldef: Idempotent schema management tool for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite

Key Points

• CLI tool that diffs two SQL schemas for migration management
• Uses standard SQL DDL and emphasizes idempotent operations
• Supports MySQL, MariaDB, TiDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and SQLite/SQLite3

Show HN: Bunqueue – Job queue for Bun using SQLite instead of Redis

Key Points

• Bunqueue uses SQLite for persistent, dependency-free job queuing in Bun.
• Supports Embedded and Server modes with BullMQ-compatible API.
• Offers extensive features including scheduling, retries, real-time events, and Prometheus metrics.

Mouthbreathing Machiavellis Dream of a Silicon Reich (2014)

Key Points

• A Google engineer’s White House petition sought a tech-led U.S. government with Eric Schmidt as “CEO of America.”
• The article profiles the neo-reactionary “Dark Enlightenment” movement and its anti-democratic positions.
• Mencius Moldbug (Curtis Yarvin) is identified and profiled as a key ideological influence.

Debian's Challenge When Its Developers Drift Away

Key Points

• Debian faces structural issues when volunteers go inactive without notice.
• Andreas Tille proposes lightweight mechanisms to surface availability changes.
• An automated MIA process would email flagged inactive contributors periodically.

OpenClaw Is What Apple Intelligence Should Have Been

Key Points

• OpenClaw is cited as driving Mac Mini purchases for headless AI automation.
• The article argues Apple Intelligence lacked full agentic computer control.
• Owning the agent API layer could create a strong moat via cross-device integration and network effects.

Lily Programming Language

Key Points

• Statically-typed language with a reference interpreter
• Hybrid memory management: reference counting with GC fallback
• Predefined ADTs Option and Result demonstrated via an RPN example

Sam Altman responds to Anthropic's "Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude" ads

Key Points

• OpenAI rejects the ad model depicted in Anthropic’s campaign.
• Paid ChatGPT tiers are ad-free; free access remains central to OpenAI’s strategy.
• Codex logged 500,000 app downloads shortly after launch, per Altman.

Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs

Key Points

• Pricing and launch dates are delayed due to component shortages, but first-half shipping goal remains.
• Steam Frame adds system-level foveated streaming; SteamOS browser expected to support streaming services.
• Steam Machine targets 4K 60 FPS with FSR, with ongoing work on HDMI VRR and ray tracing.

Secure erase for Samsung PM951 NVMe drive (2024)

Key Points

• NVMe secure erase should use nvme-cli (e.g., nvme format -s2 or nvme sanitize), not overwrite tools.
• USB-to-NVMe bridges may block NVMe admin commands; use native PCIe.
• Drive recognition succeeded under live Linux via native PCIe, with tool/version differences noted.

We Used To Build Things. What Happened?

Key Points

• Historic U.S. projects (Panama Canal, TVA, Moon landing) exemplify past capacity to build.
• Regulatory “vetocracy” and expanded NEPA reviews are cited as barriers to modern projects.
• An “abundance agenda” is proposed to address shortages by increasing supply across sectors.

Why More Companies Are Recognizing the Benefits of Keeping Older Employees

Key Points

• Older-worker staffing at B&Q increased profits and reduced turnover and absenteeism.
• BMW’s ergonomic adaptations for older workers delivered a 7% productivity gain.
• Age-inclusive benefits are framed as performance drivers amid demographic and AI-driven shifts.

Listen to Understand

Key Points

• Shift to an intentional listening mindset before conversations.
• Use focused listening techniques (attention, body language, eye contact, no phone).
• Apply open-ended questions to uncover facts, thoughts, and feelings.

Child prodigies rarely become elite performers

Key Points

• Child prodigy status seldom predicts elite adult performance.
• Early intensive training works but less reliably than assumed.
• Novak Djokovic exemplifies an exception, combining early start with sustained elite success.

Postgres Postmaster does not scale

Key Points

• Synchronized meeting starts cause extreme, sudden load spikes.
• PostgreSQL postmaster’s single-threaded loop can delay connections 10–15s under high churn.
• A Redis pub/sub-driven reproduction on EC2 replicated and isolated the bottleneck.

A few CPU hardware bugs

Key Points

• Intel CPUs have documented CPUID string misspellings, including “GenuineIotel” and “Intel(R) ore(TM) i5-1245U.”
• ITE Tech’s IT81202 RISC-V controller exhibits a pipeline bug affecting instructions after multiply, with a NOP-based workaround.
• Firmware or microcode may be responsible for some CPUID naming errors, as CPU name strings can be set outside the silicon.

An interactive version of Byrne's The Elements of Euclid (1847)

Key Points

• Interactive online reproduction of Byrne’s 1847 Euclid covering the first six books.
• Includes interactive diagrams, cross-references, and notes on design/typography.
• Offers posters and a puzzle of every geometric illustration (posters by Nicholas Rougeux).

ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for investigative use

Key Points

• ICE’s HSI issued an RFI to assess ad tech and big data services for investigative use.
• Focus on “Ad Tech compliant” location, device, IP, and behavioral data; interest in operational platform demos.
• Goal is leveraging commercial off-the-shelf platforms while considering privacy and regulatory constraints.

Sam Altman Responds to Anthropic Ad Campaign

Key Points

• Altman says Anthropic’s ads misrepresent OpenAI’s ad practices and emphasizes ad-free paid tiers.
• He claims large free ChatGPT usage (including in Texas) compared to Claude’s US user base.
• He reports 500,000 Codex app downloads since launch and highlights a builder-focused Super Bowl ad.

A tale of two flows: Metaflow and Kubeflow

Key Points

• Metaflow-to-Kubeflow bridge enables deploying Metaflow projects as Kubeflow Pipelines.
• Kubeflow provides a broad set of AI components (Trainer, Katib, KServe, Pipelines, etc.).
• Metaflow offers lifecycle-spanning APIs and integrates with AWS and Kubernetes.

Why S7 Scheme?

Key Points

• S7’s thread safety, small footprint, and BSD license make it suitable for embedding in Max.
• S7 blends Scheme and Common Lisp–style features, lacking hygienic macros.
• S74 adds optional convenience functions, auto-loaded and configurable.

When internal hostnames are leaked to the clown

Key Points

• Wildcard DNS trap exposed external TLS connections revealing the internal hostname via SNI.
• Telemetry to sentry.io included the internal hostname, leading to external connection attempts.
• Blocking sentry.io with Little Snitch mitigated further leakage from the NAS web UI.