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121. Automating rootless Docker host updates with Ansible
A personal code notes blog
122. The Lions Operating System
The Lions Operating System # LionsOS is currently undergoing active research and development, it does not have a concrete verification story yet. It is not expected for LionsOS to be stable at this time, but it is available for others to experiment with. LionsOS is an operating system based on the seL4 microkernel with the goal of making the achievements of seL4 accessible. That is, to provide performance, security, and reliability.
123. 73% of AI startups are just prompt engineering
I reverse-engineered 200 funded AI startups. 73% are just OpenAI/Claude wrappers. The $47M company running on $1,200/month in API costs. Network logs included.
124. Blue Origin reveals variant of New Glenn rocket that is taller than a Saturn V
The nine-engine variant can carry larger payloads and more closely matches the capabilities of SpaceX's largest rocket, Starship.
125. 'We're basically pushers': Staff at Meta compared their platforms to drugs
126. Homeschooling Hits Record Numbers
Last academic year, homeschooling grew at nearly three times the average rate it did during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research.
127. Olmo 3: Charting a path through the model flow to lead open-source AI
Our new flagship Olmo 3 model family empowers the open source community with not only state-of-the-art open models, but the entire model flow and full traceability back to training data.
128. Dark Mode Sucks
129. Show HN: My hobby OS that runs Minecraft
130. Hilbert space: treating functions as vectors
131. LAPD Helicopter Tracker with Real-Time Operating Costs
Track LAPD police helicopters in real-time and see how much taxpayer money is being spent. Live aviation monitoring showing active flights, hourly costs, and total expenditure of Los Angeles Police Department air support.
132. Childhood Friends, Not Moms, Shape Attachment Styles Most
Childhood Friends, Not Moms, Shape Attachment Styles Most: A new study upends conventional wisdom about how we relate to those closest to us.
133. CUDA Ontology
CUDA’s terminology carries significant overloading: the word “CUDA” itself refers to at least five distinct concepts, “driver” …
134. 3D printing with unconventional vase mode
Using vase mode for fun and profit
135. Why top firms paradoxically fire good workers
Elite firms’ culture of employee turnover isn’t arbitrary but a rational way to signal talent and boost profits, a new study finds.
136. You Can Now Make PS2 Games in JavaScript
I recently discovered that you could make PS2 games in JavaScript.
137. TSA to charge $18 fee for travelers without Real ID or passport
138. Make product worse, get money
It’s so easy
139. Stem cell therapy helps AMD patients see again
A first-of-its-kind trial is testing adult stem cell transplants for advanced dry macular degeneration. Early results show the treatment is safe and can significantly improve vision, even in severely affected patients. Participants gained measurable sight improvements in the treated eye. Researchers are now monitoring higher-dose groups as the therapy advances toward later trial phases.
140. Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws
The European Commission has proposed changes weakening EU privacy legislation and delaying parts of the AI Act to make the bloc more competitive globally.
141. Take a Look the First Musical Robot
142. Arduino Terms of Service and Privacy Policy update: setting the record straight
143. Mind-reading devices can now predict preconscious thoughts: is it time to worry?
Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the privacy and autonomy of people who use neurotechnology. Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the privacy and autonomy of people who use neurotechnology.
144. How to Stay Sane in a World That Rewards Insanity
Is There Still a Return on Being Reasonable?
145. Gemini 3 Pro Preview Live in AI Studio
146. How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA
Nicolas Guillou has been sanctioned by the USA as a judge of the International Criminal Court. He notices the effects primarily in the digital realm.
147. FAWK: LLMs can write a language interpreter
After reading the book The AWK Programming Language (recommended!), I was planning to try AWK out on this year’s Advent of Code. Having some time off from work this week, I tried to implement one of the problems in it to get some practice, set up my tooling, see how hard AWK would be, and… I found I’m FP-pilled.
148. CBP is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with suspicious travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
149. Shop Sans is a typeface for curved text paths
Shop Sans is a typeface for setting text on circles and curved text paths. Its ‘Curve’ variable font enables adjustments to optimize details for bending type smoothly with an adjustable radius. The normal non-curved variant can also be used in standard settings. The design channels a general workaday feeling from 20th-century commercial and industrial lettering that is blunt and plainspoken but not sterile. Designed by Nick Sherman (https://nicksherman.com/) at HEX Projects (https://hex.xyz/).
150. Is Matrix Multiplication Ugly?
A few weeks ago I was minding my own business, peacefully reading a well-written and informative article about artificial intelligence, when I was ambushed by a passage in the article that aroused my pique. That’s one of the pitfalls of knowing too much about a topic a journalist is discussing; journalists often make mistakes that…