Iran Hunts Starlink Users In Web Blackout!

Jeff Bezos Upended the Washington Post

Key Points

• Bezos urged executive editor Matt Murray to remain and lead a newsroom overhaul.
• Plan: halve the newsroom budget, double productivity, protect investigative reporting.
• The intervention changed the Post’s direction and internal power balance.

The Passion of Will Self

Key Points

• Will Self’s stem‑cell transplant led to chronic GvHD with severe, ongoing symptoms.
• His new novel is a sequel depicting a fictionalized death from blood cancer at age 64.
• The article recalls his 2000s UK media prominence and combative political commentary.

The Appalling Stupidity of Spotify's AI DJ

Key Points

• Spotify’s metadata and search are designed around pop music, causing structural problems for classical works.
• Classical compositions often consist of multiple movements that Spotify presents as separate, unordered “songs.”
• Spotify’s AI DJ is introduced as a potential fix, but the article suggests underlying metadata issues remain unresolved.

The enshittification of Amazon paperback books

Key Points

• Author observes more Amazon orders arriving as print-on-demand paperbacks.
• PoD copies showed lower-quality cover and typesetting versus standard editions.
• Examples include Russell’s and Jack London’s works marked as printed by Amazon in France and Italy.

Slicing Bezier Surfaces

Key Points

• Cubic Bezier subdivision is implemented via repeated linear interpolation of control points.
• Surface slicing is controlled by width (horizontal) and fall (vertical) parameters.
• Each iteration yields a new surface patch with updated dimensions and control points.

A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning

Key Points

• Classification is framed via a housing example using elevation and price per square foot as features.
• Decision trees select split points to create purer branches, balancing false positives and negatives.
• Training proceeds recursively, repeating splits on subsets to improve class separation.

$96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

Key Points

• ESP32 + MPU6050 provide onboard guidance and stabilization for a 3D‑printed rocket.
• Launcher integrates GPS/compass/barometric sensors for orientation and telemetry.
• Design in Fusion 360 and simulation in OpenRocket; total hardware cost ≈ $96.

Examples for the tcpdump and dig man pages

Key Points

• Beginner-friendly examples added to tcpdump and dig man pages
• Maintainer-reviewed docs emphasize accuracy and useful usage patterns
• Custom Markdown-to-roff script enabled contributions without learning roff

Discovering Little Worlds (2020)

Key Points

• NOAA-15/18/19 images can be received at ~137.9 MHz with a simple V-dipole and decoding software.
• GOES-16’s geostationary signal is weaker and benefits from a high-gain grid antenna and SAW filtering.
• SDR tools (SDRSharp/CubicSDR) enable tuning from FM and police NFM to satellite signals with the same RTL-SDR dongle.

Generating All 32-Bit Primes (Part I)

Key Points

• Binary output format defined and SHA-256 provided for verification
• Trial division implementation with overflow-safe checks and complexity analysis
• Measured runtime ~24m20s; wheel factorization introduced for optimization

Show HN: Signet – Autonomous wildfire tracking from satellite and weather data

Key Points

• Tracks wildfire activity across the United States.
• Uses satellite detections, thermal imagery, and weather data.
• Positions itself as an autonomous monitoring platform.

IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80×24 display

Key Points

• IBM’s 3270 popularized 80×24; IBM’s dominance drove standardization.
• DEC VT100 used 80×24 and didn’t fit a 2K memory model, refuting common technical-origin claims.
• IBM PC added a line, making 80×25 a PC standard.

Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content

Key Points

• Pentagon expands oversight and sets new content limits for Stars and Stripes via a March 9 memo.
• Plan includes transition from print to digital and more uniformed staff outside the continental U.S.
• Press freedom advocates warn of risks to editorial independence despite stated autonomy.

A Theory of the World as run by large adult children

Key Points

• Pop-culture metaphor (Captain Underpants) used to critique juvenile themes in media and politics.
• Rhetorical extension of the metaphor to geopolitics and institutional framing (e.g., Department of Defense).
• Critique of IOC/FIFA and reference to U.S. prosecutions as evidence of corruption in sports governance.

100 hour gap between a vibecoded prototype and a working product

Key Points

• Rapid LLM-assisted prototyping contrasted with lengthy polishing to reach a production-ready app.
• Deliberate choice to handle infrastructure and design details led to significant iteration time.
• Edge-case testing exposed inconsistent image outputs, highlighting current limitations.

I'm 60 years old. Claude Code killed a passion

Key Points

• Author says AI tools like Claude Code reduced their coding passion.
• Frames impact as a journey-versus-destination shift in motivation.
• Concludes AI increases destinations while reducing the journey.

NetBlocks says Iran blackout enters day 16 as arrests target Starlink users

Key Points

• Iran’s internet blackout has reached day 16 (about 360 hours), per NetBlocks.
• Selected influencers reportedly retain whitelisted connectivity despite broad restrictions.
• State media report new arrests targeting Starlink users.

Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis

Key Points

• Hollywood enters Oscars weekend amid layoffs, production flight from California, and weaker theater attendance.
• The industry’s relevance is challenged by social media; AI is feared as a disruptive force in moviemaking.
• Warner Bros. Discovery is cited with two best picture contenders against this backdrop.

Small U.S. town, big company. Can it weather the tariff Blizzard? (Digi-Key)

Key Points

• DigiKey faces rising, shifting U.S. tariffs, paying ~$500M since 2018 with 25% of goods sourced from China.
• Recent policy moves: two 10% tariffs on Chinese goods, added steel/aluminum levies, and higher rates on China while pausing most others.
• Global, complex semiconductor supply chains complicate tariff compliance; local infrastructure grew alongside DigiKey’s expansion.

Brazil publishes a list of companies needing age verification, includes Ubuntu

Key Points

• ANPD extended the submission deadline to 13 February 2026.
• 37 companies were selected for monitoring under ECA Digital.
• The monitoring phase gathers information to assess compliance maturity and challenges.

Kniterate Notes

Key Points

• UAL-funded workshop trained students on Kniterate and its editor, building a 100-stitch cast-on template.
• Comparisons with knitout tools revealed key cast-on sequence differences affecting execution on Kniterate.
• Replicating Kniterate’s native cast-on in knitout outputs may improve machine reliability.

Glassworm Is Back: A New Wave of Invisible Unicode Attacks Hits Repositories

Key Points

• Glassworm’s March 2026 wave uses invisible Unicode to hide JS payloads across GitHub, npm, and VS Code.
• At least 151 GitHub repositories were affected; activity peaked March 3–9, 2026.
• Technique leverages PUA Unicode plus eval/Buffer.from; prior payloads pulled second-stage code via Solana.

The U.S. Mint dropped the olive branch from the dime

Key Points

• The U.S. Mint is issuing special 1776–2026 coin designs for the Semiquincentennial, including a new dime featuring an eagle with arrows and the motto “Liberty over Tyranny.”
• The article contrasts the new dime’s symbolism with the Great Seal’s traditional balance of an olive branch and arrows, historically representing peace and readiness for war.
• Five new quarter designs will depict milestones from the Mayflower Compact to the Gettysburg Address, selected through a process involving public input and advisory committees.

What makes Intel Optane stand out (2023)

Key Points

• Optane’s 3D XPoint delivers low latency and high endurance versus NAND SSDs.
• Intel stopped Optane innovation in 2022 but still sells SSD and PMem products.
• P5800X achieves up to 7.2 GB/s reads, 1.5M IOPS, and 100 DWPD.

The Official DR DOS Website

Key Points

• DR DOS 9.0 is a clean-room, from-scratch reimplementation aiming to be legally unencumbered.
• It includes core DOS utilities, the EDIT editor, and system tools like MEM and VER.
• Advanced features cover HEXDUMP, MOUSE driver support, REBOOT, and low-level PEEK/POKE/JMP.

Trust no one: are one-way trusts one way?

Key Points

• One-way AD trusts create interdomain trust accounts in the trusted forest.
• tdo_dump.py can extract TDO secrets from the trusting domain.
• Extracted TDO secrets can be used to authenticate into the trusted domain.

Show HN: GDSL – 800 line kernel: Lisp subset in 500, C subset in 1300

Key Points

• C subset compiler in ~1,500 lines on GDSL.
• Lisp compiler in ~500 lines using the same unmodified kernel.
• Sixteen months of groundwork enabled rapid language implementation.

UMD Scientists Create 'Smart Underwear' to Measure Human Flatulence

Key Points

• UMD’s Smart Underwear measures hydrogen in flatus continuously using electrochemical sensors.
• Study results show a higher average flatulence frequency (32/day) than previously reported estimates.
• Human Flatus Atlas will establish normal ranges and correlate flatulence with diet and microbiome.

Codegen Is Not Productivity

Key Points

• LLM-generated code volume is not equivalent to productivity.
• LOC is a poor metric and poorly correlates with key outcomes.
• Programming’s core work is readability and complexity management, not rapid code output.

Zipp 2001 Restoration

Key Points

• Custom rear dropouts add thru-axle and disc brake capability to the Zipp 2001.
• UDH chosen for hanger standardization and serviceability.
• Prototyping used 3D printing and 5-axis machining; final anodized parts made by PCBWay.

Learning Athletic Humanoid Tennis Skills from Imperfect Human Motion Data

Key Points

• LATENT learns tennis from imperfect motion fragments via correction and composition.
• Policy transfers to a Unitree G1 robot using robust sim-to-real designs.
• Real-world tests achieve consistent returns and multi-shot rallies.

The Webpage Has Instructions. The Agent Has Your Credentials

Key Points

• Real incident: poisoned GitHub issue caused an agent to exfiltrate private repo data via public PR.
• Measured risks remain despite mitigations: Operator 23% success; Agent Security Bench 84.30%.
• Vendors formalize threat models and mitigations; prompt injection is now a standard app-security concern.

Palantir defends its role in the kill chain: "We are proud of that"

Key Points

• Palantir defends its role in lethal military operations and cites deployments with U.S. forces, Ukraine, and Israel.
• Company says it is not involved in Israel’s “Gospel” or “Lavender” systems, per a response to a UN Special Rapporteur.
• Project Maven evolved into a unified “Maven Smart System” to accelerate targeting and decision workflows.

Separating the Wayland Compositor and Window Manager

Key Points

• River 0.4.0 splits the window manager from the compositor via a stable protocol.
• The protocol avoids per-frame and per-input-event roundtrips to maintain low latency.
• River handles rendering and low-level tasks; external window managers control policy.

Grandparents are glued to their phones, families are worried [video]

Key Points

• Interview examines whether concerns over seniors’ device use are warranted or projected anxieties.
• Discussion situates screen time within broader family relationships and intergenerational dynamics.
• Loneliness among older adults is highlighted as a key context for technology use.

C++26: The Oxford Variadic Comma

Key Points

• C++26 deprecates comma-less ellipsis parameters; use a comma before ....
• Motivation: align with C, avoid confusion with parameter packs and abbreviated templates.
• Deprecated code remains valid; fixes are mechanical and automatable.

Tech companies defeat bill as AI drains local water supplies

Key Points

• Evaporative cooling at Washington AI data centers consumes large volumes of freshwater.
• Data centers may become the Pacific Northwest’s largest electricity users, raising grid risks.
• A bill to require clean energy and demand reductions failed after industry lobbying.

The most brilliant move in corporate history?

Key Points

• Hyperscalers are projected to spend roughly $650 billion on AI data centers in 2025, using most of their operating cash flow and increasing debt.
• AI models are rapidly commoditizing, with lower-cost and open source models challenging the moat created by massive infrastructure investments.
• Apple avoids large AI capex by licensing Google’s Gemini and focusing on on-device AI via the M5 chip, while continuing substantial share buybacks.

In Memoriam: John W. Addison, my PhD advisor

Key Points

• John W. Addison’s mentorship and teaching in logic profoundly shaped the author’s research.
• An infinite-game approach, informed by Turing-machine perspectives and analogies to number theory, enabled advances on definability problems.
• Addison connected the author to leading logicians, enhancing exposure and academic development.

SuperTux 0.7.0

Key Points

• Major stable release 0.7.0 delivers extensive gameplay, visual, and story overhauls.
• New features include local multiplayer, revamped level editor, and new mechanics.
• Build/porting upgrades: move to SimpleSquirrel, CMake refactor, Android revival, Flatpak builds; save conversion notes provided.

Ask HN: How is AI-assisted coding going for you professionally?

Key Points

• Call for concrete professional experiences with AI-assisted coding.
• Requests details on tools used, successes, challenges, and resolutions.
• Seeks contextual data (stack, project type, team size, experience) to build a grounded March 2026 snapshot.

Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform

Key Points

• European-owned, EU-hosted office suite launches in The Hague with EU data compliance focus.
• Migration support from Microsoft 365/Google Workspace; pricing comparable to market alternatives.
• Invitation-based rollout now, with phased European expansion planned for Q2 2026.

AI Didn't Make Expertise Optional. It Made It More Valuable

Key Points

• AI coding tools amplify existing expertise, improving productivity for knowledgeable developers but accelerating mistakes for those without depth.
• A major risk is “speed without understanding,” where quickly shipped AI-generated code hides structural and security issues.
• In an AI era, crucial fundamentals are systems understanding, trade-off analysis, domain knowledge, and clear quality standards, rather than rote syntax memorization.

LLM Architecture Gallery

Key Points

• Aggregates LLM architecture panels and fact sheets from two key articles.
• Includes clickable figures and model-title links for detailed viewing and navigation.
• Provides an issue tracker for reporting errors and broken links.

Autoresearch Hub

Key Points

• 1,852 experiments tracked; 1,851 completed; 4 running; 0 queued.
• Join by running agent instructions in Claude Code on an H100-equipped machine.
• Current best validation score: 0.965377; extensive hyperparameter and architecture tuning logged.

Bus travel from Lima to Rio de Janeiro

Key Points

• Total journey: 3,816 miles, 117h46m of bus time, $354.38 in fares.
• Example leg: Asunción → São Paulo with Expreso Paraguay took 23:55 and cost $67.83.
• Notes on exchange rates in Bolivia, ease of finding buses, and safety on mountain routes.

Let your Coding Agent debug the browser session with Chrome DevTools MCP

Key Points

• Auto-connect lets coding agents attach to live Chrome sessions and DevTools contexts.
• Remote debugging must be enabled; Chrome M144 (Beta) and user permission are required.
• Existing connection methods remain supported; example setup and test provided.

//go:fix inline and the source-level inliner

Key Points

• Go 1.26’s go fix adds a source-level inliner for safe, automated API migrations.
• The //go:fix inline directive triggers inlining at call sites across client code.
• Example migration updates ioutil.ReadFile calls to os.ReadFile, adjusting imports automatically.

The 49MB Web Page

Key Points

• 49MB page load with 422 network requests on a NYT article page.
• Client-side ad auctions and heavy JavaScript burden the browser before content renders.
• Tracking beacons and redirects (NYT, DoubleClick, Casale Media) run alongside consent framework calls.

Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV

Key Points

• Animated Firefly series in early development with Collision33 and 20th Television Animation.
• Tara Butters and Marc Guggenheim attached as showrunners; script and concept art completed.
• Set between the 2002 TV run and 2005 film Serenity; project to be shopped to buyers soon.

Measure of Justice: Covering the Cerîde-I Adliye Covers (2017)

Key Points

• “Measure of Justice” reinterpreted 1920s Cerîde-i Adliye covers as motion graphics.
• Ten designers produced prints and videos from translated and vectorized archival materials.
• Deniz Cem Önduygu reworked the 56th issue cover showing 1926 Turkish prison statistics.

Chasing the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker (2023)

Key Points

• USFWS is close to ruling on whether the ivory-billed woodpecker is extinct, potentially removing protections.
• Bobby Harrison continues targeted searches in Arkansas after a recent video he believes shows the bird.
• The last widely accepted sighting was in 1944; the bird’s history shaped conservation efforts and ongoing scientific debate.

Stop Sloppypasta

Key Points

• “Sloppypasta” is defined as unreviewed LLM output pasted verbatim into work communications.
• It imposes validation work on recipients and can derail ongoing discussions.
• Examples (“Eager Beaver,” “OrAIcle”) show how generic AI text replaces context-specific, accountable input.

Canada's Bill C-22 Mandates Mass Metadata Surveillance of Canadians

Key Points

• Criminal Code amendments streamline and clarify access to subscriber, transmission, and tracking data.
• CSIS authorities and production order timelines are clarified under the CSIS Act.
• A new act requires electronic service providers to facilitate authorized lawful access requests.

Show HN: Lux – Drop-in Redis replacement in Rust. 5.6x faster, ~1MB Docker image

Key Points

• Lux scales to 10.5M ops/sec at pipeline depth 256, up to 5.59x faster than Redis.
• Drop-in RESP compatibility with existing Redis clients; 80+ commands supported.
• Tiny ~856KB Docker image and a $5/month managed Lux Cloud offering.

A new Bigfoot documentary helps explain our conspiracy-minded era

Key Points

• A 1966 Kodak reel appears to show a rehearsal for the 1967 Bigfoot film.
• The reel’s provenance traces to a Boeing film lab via a colleague of director Marq Evans.
• The documentary examines the personal and financial fallout surrounding Patterson’s footage.

Nasdaq's Shame

Key Points

• Nasdaq proposes a Nasdaq-100 “Fast Entry” for large IPOs, enabling inclusion after 15 trading days.
• Low-float stocks (<20% free float) would receive a 5x multiplier on free-float percentage for index weight.
• The article connects these proposals to SpaceX’s anticipated IPO and reported preference for near-immediate index inclusion.

Kangina

Key Points

• Traditional mud-and-straw kangina preserve grapes for up to six months via passive controlled-atmosphere storage.
• Construction and storage conditions—sun-baked halves, mud seal, cool and dry placement—are critical to success.
• A 2023 study ranks kangina alongside polystyrene foam boxes as highly effective grape storage options.

Type systems are leaky abstractions: the case of Map.take!/2

Key Points

• Map.take!/2 aims to raise when requested keys are missing, unlike Map.take/2.
• Typing Map.take!/2 precisely is hard; current signatures are too broad to capture key shapes.
• TypeScript’s keyof offers a way to encode key constraints and shape-accurate return types.

LLMs can be exhausting

Key Points

• Mental fatigue degrades prompt quality and LLM outcomes.
• Interrupting mid-generation leads to worse results with tools like Claude Code and Codex.
• Short, TDD-like feedback loops (under 5 minutes) improve reliability and focus.

Show HN: Open-source playground to red-team AI agents with exploits published

Key Points

• Community-driven challenges red-team live AI agents with fully visible system prompts.
• Winning jailbreak techniques are published to improve defenses and shared understanding.
• Open tech stack with server-side evaluation; supports local development via npm.

Show HN: Free OpenAI API Access with ChatGPT Account

Key Points

• Local OpenAI-compatible API via ChatGPT/Codex OAuth tokens (no API key required).
• Supports /v1/responses, /v1/chat/completions, /v1/models with streaming and tools.
• Unofficial project intended for personal, local use; user responsible for compliance.

Excel incorrectly assumes that the year 1900 is a leap year

Key Points

• Excel treats 1900 as a leap year due to Lotus 1-2-3 compatibility.
• Fixing it would shift dates by one day and break functions like WEEKDAY.
• Only WEEKDAY before March 1, 1900 is affected if left uncorrected; other leap years are handled correctly.

Bandit: A 32bit baremetal computer that runs Color Forth [video]

Key Points

• BANDIT is a 32-bit bare-metal computer running ColorForth.
• The creator describes the build as fully hand-crafted and provides a project link.
• The channel lists a prior related RP2040 ColorForth project video.

Cannabinoids remove plaque-forming Alzheimer's proteins from brain cells

Key Points

• THC reduced amyloid beta and inflammation in human neurons in vitro.
• The work is exploratory; clinical trials are needed for therapeutic evaluation.
• Endocannabinoid pathways may underlie observed neuroprotective effects.

The Linux Programming Interface as a university course text

Key Points

• TLPI is used in university courses on Linux/UNIX system programming.
• The author seeks detailed educator feedback to shape a future edition.
• Educators are asked to provide institution info, course details, usage status, and improvement suggestions.

White House administration set to be paid $10B for brokering TikTok deal

Key Points

• Investors will pay a $10bn fee to the Trump administration for a US-controlled TikTok, with $2.5bn already paid at closing.
• The fee is highly unusual and far larger than typical banker fees; JD Vance pegs TikTok US at ~$14bn, implying a ~70% take.
• TikTok continues US operations, with investors sharing profits with ByteDance under the agreement.

I'm Too Lazy to Check Datadog Every Morning, So I Made AI Do It

Key Points

• Datadog-CLAUDE integration via MCP with OAuth, configured through .mcp.json.
• Claude Code skill implements Gather, Classify, Fix, and Report phases with parallel agents.
• Cron triggers the non-interactive workflow on weekdays, producing a daily summary.

A Plain Anabaptist Story: The Hutterites

Key Points

• Anabaptist origins in Zurich (1525) and early persecution, including Felix Manz’s 1527 execution.
• Hutterite communal model founded in 1528 at Austerlitz; structured by Jakob Hutter into Bruderhofs.
• Moravian golden age (~1530–1590) followed by destruction (by 1622) and an 18th‑century revival sparked in 1755 at Alwinz.

What Is Agentic Engineering?

Key Points

• Agentic engineering uses execution-capable coding agents to iteratively achieve software goals.
• Code execution is the defining enabler; human guidance remains crucial for specification, tooling, and verification.
• A living guide will document enduring patterns and be updated as the field advances.

"How I write software with LLMs"

Key Points

• Recent models (e.g., Codex 5.2, Opus 4.6) enabled low-defect, large-scale code generation.
• Human oversight has shifted to architecture-level validation, with domain expertise critical.
• Example output: Stavrobot, a security-focused assistant alternative to OpenClaw.

An experiment to use GitHub Actions as a control plane for a PaaS

Key Points

• GitHub (via Actions and Issues) serves as the full control plane for deployments and alerts.
• Automatic TLS, observability (Loki/Promtail/Grafana), and per-app isolation are built-in.
• A three-step workflow (bootstrap, create from template, push with secrets) enables rapid self-hosted deployment.

AI tools are making me lose interest in CS fundamentals

Key Points

• Curiosity and adaptability outweigh deep focus on specific CS topics for day-to-day effectiveness.
• Modern abstractions reduce the need to implement core algorithms, but fundamentals still help when needed.
• AI hallucinations make CS fundamentals essential for validating and guiding AI-produced solutions.

Federal Right to Privacy Act – Draft legislation

Key Points

• Bans broad commercial surveillance and restricts data brokerage with opt-in consent.
• Limits government surveillance and data purchases, favoring local-first architectures.
• Introduces operational measures: email deletion, vehicle connectivity switches, 2FA/ID, TOTP digital plates, and camera security standards.

SpiceCrypt: A Python library for decrypting LTspice encrypted model files

Key Points

• Python-based tool and CLI to decrypt LTspice-encrypted files using a modified DES scheme.
• Supports uv-based installation, streaming decryption, and CRC-based verification values.
• Documents LTspice encrypted file structure and provides full technical details in SPECIFICATION.md.

Quillx is an open standard for disclosing AI involvement in software projects

Key Points

• Five-level authorship-based scale for disclosing AI involvement
• Badge and plain-text declaration options for README implementation
• CC0-licensed standard started by QAInsights with clear guiding principles

What Every Computer Scientist Should Know about Floating-Point Arithmetic [pdf]

Key Points

• Explains rounding error, ulps, relative error, guard digits, cancellation, and exact rounding.
• Details IEEE 754 formats, rounding methods, special quantities, and exception handling.
• Provides system design guidance on instruction sets, languages/compilers, and floating‑point exceptions.

Electric motor scaling laws and inertia in robot actuators

Key Points

• Reflected inertia scales with gear ratio squared and is pivotal for actuator design.
• A normalized, size-invariant motor FoM (mass- and radius-normalized) enables fair cross-size comparisons.
• Empirical data from TQ frameless motors validate the FoM while revealing end-effect deviations.

Lies I was told about collaborative editing, Part 2: Why we don't use Yjs

Key Points

• Shows a 40-line ProseMirror-based authority approach that matches CRDT behavior for sync and offline editing.
• Explains the version/steps authority protocol and client rebase flow, with an option for server-side rebasing.
• Argues CRDTs are unnecessary for most live-collab needs unless truly masterless peer-to-peer is required.