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Impedance Matching

Impedance matching is a fundamental engineering principle that reduces energy loss when transferring power or waves…

Speculative Decoding in vLLM on AMD GPUs

Speculative decoding in vLLM uses a draft-and-verify mechanism to improve LLM serving efficiency on AMD GPUs by having a…

Live map of public transport in Belgium

A live map service displays real-time information for all public transportation vehicles in Belgium, including buses,…

anystation: Calling any station A public board shaped like a tree. No account

Anystation is a public bulletin board system accessible through multiple protocols (HTTP, TCP, UDP, email, SSH, DNS,…

Programming is Art

The author contrasts two types of programmers: those like himself who view coding primarily as a means to build products…

LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices

LG smart TVs are continuously scanning home networks, collecting data on connected devices, recording microphone audio…

G7 Sounds the Alarm on Post-Quantum Security

The G7 urges states and companies to switch now to quantum-resistant cryptography.

Switzerland's Federal Government Is Replacing Microsoft on 3k Computers

Switzerland's federal government is piloting a migration from Microsoft 365 to open-source alternatives on 3,000…

Bot Detection Without JavaScript: What My Blog Measured

A blog author analyzed bot traffic using network rules and request headers without JavaScript, successfully filtering…

Show HN: Engrim – A universal, local-first SQLite memory engine for AI CLIs

Engrim is a local-first SQLite memory engine designed for AI CLIs that allows developers to maintain persistent project…

TiVo to charge money for skipping commercials in your own recordings

Starting November 2, 2026, TiVo will eliminate its free SkipMode feature that automatically skips commercials in…

I refused to train the AI that could replace me

A South African researcher with a Ph.D.

Coop – Isolated VM Environments for Running Claude Code and Codex

Coop is a Rust CLI tool developed by Trail of Bits that creates isolated virtual machine environments for running Claude…

Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation

Firms like Meta, Google and TikTok should face "substantial" penalties if they don't give the option, minister says.

Keep Our Servers Running: Your Recurring Donation Goes 3X This September

The Internet Archive is seeking recurring donations in September with a 2:1 matching offer, tripling the impact of…

Has anybody seen my keys? A key-hierarchy strategy for rack-level security

This RFD describes Oxide's key-hierarchy strategy for securing data within server racks using a Trust Quorum system…

Show HN: GET Together – A social network where you don't need POST to Post

GET Together is a minimalist social network where all interactions—posting, liking, and deleting—use HTTP GET requests…

Ponytail: Lazy Senior Engineer Skill

Ponytail is a tool designed to encourage engineers to write minimal, efficient code by prioritizing simplicity over…

216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]

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MathKernel: An evidence-aware multi-engine mathematics kernel and MCP server

MathKernel is a multi-engine mathematics system available as both a Python library and MCP server that enables…

Hard-Chat – A serverless, RAM-only P2P terminal chat

Hard-Chat is a serverless, browser-based P2P terminal chat application that uses end-to-end encryption (AES-GCM 256-bit)…

Making a Python interpreter in 1024 bytes

Austin Z.

Is mathematics about to enter the conservatory?

AI assistance has reportedly been used to prove the Spherical Hadwiger Conjecture, an open mathematics problem since…

Phil Schiller’s App Store exit reportedly driven by wariness over future plans

Schiller reportedly had reservations about new CEO John Ternus' goal of bringing in more recurring revenue from the App…

Windows 11's "special" developer edition looks like another marketing misfire

Signing TLS handshakes inside a TPM

The article discusses Anubis, a website protection system that uses proof-of-work challenges to prevent aggressive AI…

Authors push back as publishers and agents seek share of Anthropic settlement

Authors say publishers seem to be claiming more than their fair share of settlement payments.

Show HN: Mador – Make any DOM reactive with a tiny 80-line Proxy state tuple

Mador is a lightweight, 80-line reactive library that enables DOM binding to state changes without requiring a full…

XCancel is available again

XCancel, a Nitter instance, is now available again—Nitter is a privacy-focused, open-source Twitter alternative that…