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Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 20:38:11

Experience the Zen of making, hosting, and sharing great software in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file Build web apps like you're sculpting clay, not managing infrastructure. Modern web development forces you through layers of abstraction: config files, build steps, magic frameworks, deployment pipelines. Hyperclay returns to a simpler model: your app is a single HTML file you (and your clients) manipulate directly. Edit the file through its visual UI and it persists its own

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LLMs tell bad jokes because they avoid surprises

news.ycombinator.com Dan Fabulich 2025-11-13 21:53:12

LLMs generate slop because they avoid surprises by design LLMs suck at comedy, art, journalism, research, and science for the same fundamental reason Dan Fabulich 5 min read · 3 days ago 3 days ago -- Listen Share Have you ever asked an LLM to tell you a joke? They’re rarely funny at all; they never make you actually laugh. There’s a deep reason for this, and I think it has serious implications for the limitations of LLMs, not just in comedy, but in art, journalism, research, and science. Jo

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Show HN: unsafehttp – tiny web server from scratch in C, running on an orange pi

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 21:46:15

Unsafe HTTP unsafehttp is an extremely minimal HTTP server written in C from scratch, to practice C, *nix socket programming, and C compilation. It just served this webpage to you! Yes, that's a marquee tag. Backward-compatibility is a beautiful thing. You can find the source here. Hosting It's running on a tiny Orange Pi SBC in my office: There's no HTTP proxy between you, just a port-forward through my VPS. You're connect ing right to the socket that the code is accept ing on. Fun Stuff

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Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Study Canceled for 330K Members

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 00:50:07

Launched in July 2023, Yubin Archive's popularity stemmed from its mission to "eliminate educational inequality" by providing copies of educational material to less well-off students in South Korea. Operating via Telegram, Yubin Archive had grown to over 330,000 members when its operator was arrested on Tuesday. The Ministry of Culture and Sport says others involved will be tracked down and given lessons in copyright law. Piracy of movies, TV shows, music, games and similar content, purely for

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English Premier League Soccer: Livestream Brighton vs. Fulham From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-17 17:00:00

Brighton will look to build upon a solid first season under young boss Fabian Hürzeler as they kick off a new season at home against Fulham. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch English Premier League games as they happen, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. The Seagulls narrowly missed out on a European spot last term with an eighth-place finish, but will have to contend without key forward Joao Pedro fol

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This excellent Samsung Good Lock feature should come to all Android phones

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-17 23:00:32

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Say what you will about Samsung One UI, but it makes a strong argument for being one of the most feature-rich Android skins on the market. That’s in large part due to the company’s Good Lock suite of apps, which allows you to deeply customize various aspects of your phone. The latest Good Lock app is Display Assistant, which was released at the tail end of 2024. After recently downloading it, I’ve discovered a feature I’d love to see on all of my future Androi

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The Oura Ring Targets Perimenopausal and Pregnant Members With New and Upgraded Features

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-17 23:00:00

The Oura Ring upgraded its existing features to better assist you if you're pregnant or perimenopausal. Oura is well known for its holistic sleep and wellness insights and already supports pregnant individuals, but this upgrade improves its data insights. The Ring can now help you look at everything from the gestational stages, trends related to temperature, resting heart rate, heart rate variability and more. Oura's traditional data markers based on readiness, sleep, rest mode and recovery mod

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Best Adjustable Dumbbells for 2025: Fitness Expert Tested

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-18 00:00:00

CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. When creating your own home gym, investing in durable or smart fitness equipment is super important. Adjustable dumbbells should be part of your selections because they're practical and durable. If you don't have a good set, there's a chance you'll need to buy a new one sooner rather than later. It's a problem, as this Reddit dis

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Ozempic Users Can Now Workout With Apple Fitness Plus Through New Weight-Loss Partnership

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-18 00:00:00

If you're a FuturHealth member, you'll now have a free membership to Apple Fitness Plus as part of your program. It's Apple Fitness Plus’s first direct integration with a personalized GLP-1 weight-loss program. FuturHealth offers personalized weight-loss guidance and medications with the help of licensed dietitians and doctors. These include GLP-1 agonists such as semaglutide -- better known as Ozempic. It's partnered with Valisure, a tech company that provides independent quality assurance, to

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A brazen attack on air safety is underway — here’s what’s at stake

theverge.com Darryl Campbell 2025-11-17 23:00:00

At the end of July, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) convened a three-day public hearing to investigate January’s mid-air collision over Washington, DC that killed 67 people. After the hearing, two conclusions were inescapable. First, the disaster should have been prevented by existing safety rules. And second, the government regulators responsible for air safety have become hesitant to enforce those rules, especially when it means standing up to industry demands for more flights

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Tiny flyers levitate on the Sun's heat alone

news.ycombinator.com Tollefson 2025-11-15 04:11:57

Devices (artist’s illustration) kept aloft by sunlight could take sensors into an understudied layer of the atmosphere.Credit: Schafer et al. Nature (2025) Theory and mathematics said his device would fly. But Ben Schafer was still pleasantly surprised the first time he flipped a switch and watched the centimetre-square device his team had built levitate, if only for a moment before flipping over. It was a proof of concept for a design that has been published today in Nature1. One day, it migh

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Is air travel getting worse?

news.ycombinator.com Maxwell Tabarrok 2025-11-18 08:06:33

Over the past couple of years, bad personal experiences with delays, testimonies from friends, and news or reactions to air travel incidents seem to have become much more common. It’s difficult to tell if these extra anecdotes reflect a change in the true rate of airline accidents and delays or if they instead result from fluctuations in the human social layer where confirmation bias, saliency, and mimesis can draw our concern far out of proportion. Thus, I turn to the primary source data. Her

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Feast Your Eyes on the Lavish Backdrops of ‘Ne Zha II’

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-11-19 02:45:17

Ne Zha II has already carved out its place in animation history—this year alone, it shattered records to become the highest-grossing animated film as well as the eighth-highest-grossing film, full stop, of all time. Its reputation now precedes it as a global phenomenon, and with that momentum, A24 is set to debut the film’s English-language release—featuring Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh and anime favorite Aleks Le—in theaters and IMAX on August 22. But before the premiere, we’re unveiling

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Philips Hue accidentally reveals major product lineup ahead of launch

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-19 08:13:18

TL;DR Philips Hue briefly put up a page revealing a range of new smart lighting products on its website before taking the page down. The Festavia line is getting expanded with the addition of two new models: Festavia permanent lights and Festavia globe string lights. The company is also releasing a gradient strip light and a light bulb that uses 40% less power. Mistakes happen, and sometimes those errors lead to leaks of products we can look forward to. It looks like that’s exactly what happe

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Tell Google's new AI tool about your travel needs and it'll find flight deals for you now

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-11-19 08:13:00

Getty Images/George Pachantouris ZDNET's key takeaways You can describe travel ideas in natural language to Google's tool. Flight Deals surfaces affordable flight options to match your ideas. The tool will roll out in beta over the next week. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Google is bringing generative AI to the skies. On Thursday, the company announced Flight Deals, a new AI-powered feature within Google Flights

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Feast Your Eyes on the Lavish Backdrops of ‘Ne Zha 2’

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-11-19 08:45:17

Ne Zha 2 has already carved out its place in animation history—this year alone, it shattered records to become the highest-grossing animated film as well as the eighth-highest-grossing film, full stop, of all time. Its reputation now precedes it as a global phenomenon, and with that momentum, A24 is set to debut the film’s English-language release—featuring Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh and anime favorite Aleks Le—in theaters and IMAX on August 22. But before the premiere, we’re unveiling e

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Is Air Travel Getting Worse? More delays, fewer accidents, and lower prices

news.ycombinator.com Maxwell Tabarrok 2025-11-19 08:06:33

Over the past couple of years, bad personal experiences with delays, testimonies from friends, and news or reactions to air travel incidents seem to have become much more common. It’s difficult to tell if these extra anecdotes reflect a change in the true rate of airline accidents and delays or if they instead result from fluctuations in the human social layer where confirmation bias, saliency, and mimesis can draw our concern far out of proportion. Thus, I turn to the primary source data. Her

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HTTP/1.1 must die: the desync endgame

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-19 12:27:18

HTTP/1.1 must die: the desync endgame James Kettle Director of Research @albinowax Published: 06 August 2025 at 22:20 UTC Updated: 12 August 2025 at 09:50 UTC Abstract Upstream HTTP/1.1 is inherently insecure and regularly exposes millions of websites to hostile takeover. Six years of attempted mitigations have hidden the issue, but failed to fix it. This paper introduces several novel classes of HTTP desync attack capable of mass compromise of user credentials. These techniques are demo

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I went off-grid with this $200 Android phone, and the night vision superpowers came in clutch

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-11-19 16:53:00

Blackview BV7300 ZDNET's key takeaways This ruggedized smartphone has a huge battery, a massive 800-lumen flashlight, and a night vision camera. The massive battery does make the handset weigh a hefty 2 pounds. The display can be a bit washed out in bright sunlight. View now at Amazon Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. I remember when smartphones started using the built-in flash as a flashlight -- it was quite revolutio

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Deals 24GB M4 MacBook Pro $300 off, M4 Max Mac Studio $300 off, MacBook Air, iPad Air, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-11-19 22:46:10

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals is headlined by our giant lineup of weekend Apple deals. We are once again heading into the weekend with all-time low pricing on the M3 iPad Air lineup alongside deals on M4 MacBook Air, iPad mini 7, AirPods 4, and a whole lot more all rounded up for you right here. On top of that we have also spotted a rare discount on the most affordable 24GB M4 MacBook Pro you can buy at $300 off alongside even deeper deals on M4 Max Mac Studio models at $300 off. Everything

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Rocket Report: Ariane 6 beats Vulcan to third launch; China’s first drone ship

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-20 03:16:49

Welcome to Edition 8.06 of the Rocket Report! Two of the world's most storied rocket builders not named SpaceX achieved major successes this week. Arianespace's Ariane 6 rocket launched from French Guiana on its third flight Tuesday night with a European weather satellite. Less than 20 minutes later, United Launch Alliance's third Vulcan rocket lifted off from Florida on a US military mission. These are two of the three big rockets developed in the Western world that have made their orbital debu

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Is Germany on the Brink of Banning Ad Blockers?

news.ycombinator.com .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow 2025-11-20 08:20:03

Across the internet, users rely on browsers and extensions to shape how they experience the web: to protect their privacy, improve accessibility, block harmful or intrusive content, and take control over what they see. But a recent ruling from Germany’s Federal Supreme Court risks turning one of these essential tools, the ad blocker, into a copyright liability — and in doing so, threatens the broader principle of user choice online. Imagine you are watching television and you go to the kitchen

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Find Hub is working on a new way to quickly check your friends’ location (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-20 21:30:34

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR Google appears to be working on a home screen shortcut for users who are sharing their location with you in Find Hub. Right now, Google Maps already offers similar functionality. Bringing the option to the Find Hub reflects Google’s consolidation of tracking tools. Big things are in the works right now for the Find Hub on Android. Already this year we’ve seen it pick up this new name and add support for tracking people, and just over the past couple da

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Death and What Comes Next (2002)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 04:01:01

The L-Space Web Death and What Comes Next A Discworld short story By Terry Pratchett Copyright © Terry Pratchett 2002 When Death met the philosopher, the philosopher said, rather excitedly: "At this point, you realise, I'm both dead and not dead." There was a sigh from Death. Oh dear, one of those, he thought. This is going to be about quantum again. He hated dealing with philosophers. They always tried to wriggle out of it. "You see," said the philosopher, while Death, motionless, watched

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Tired of Those Constant Nighttime Pee Runs? Treat the Tinkles With These Tips

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-20 23:00:12

Few things ruin a good night's rest like having to get out of a warm, comfortable bed to use the bathroom. That quick trip can be enough to break up iyour sleep, and once it happens, falling back asleep is not always easy. But at the same time, you don't want to stay uncomfortable while trying to drift off. So what do you do? When it happens more than once in a single night, the impact can be even worse. Interrupted sleep leaves you groggy the next morning and can make it harder to get through

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Show HN: Understanding the Spatial Web Browser Engine

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 22:43:43

Understanding the Spatial Web Browser Engine 1. What Is a Spatial Web Browser? A Spatial Web Browser is a user agent that loads, interprets, and presents Web content (HTML, CSS, JS, WebGL/WebGPU, WebXR, media) directly inside a 3D coordinate space instead of flattening everything onto a 2D rectangular viewport. Every DOM element (text nodes, images, canvas, form controls, SVG, etc.) can be: Positioned, rotated, and scaled in world / XR reference spaces Layered with true depth ordering (n

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Scientists Say They’ve Found a Way to Vocalize the “Inner Voices” of People Who Can’t Speak

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-21 02:00:38

Image by Getty / Futurism Neuroscience/Brain Science New advances in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology may make speech for those who've lost the ability to do so easier than ever before. In a new, groundbreaking study published in the journal Cell, researchers from Stanford University claimed that they have found a way to decode the "inner speech" of those who can no longer vocalize, making it far less difficult to talk with friends and family than previous BCIs that required them to e

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Apple TV+ among ‘final contenders’ for MLB Sunday Night Baseball, playoff games

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-11-21 17:57:08

Apple TV+ currently offers baseball fans Friday night games, but it sounds like Apple may soon be able to up its MLB offerings for subscribers. The Athletic says MLB rights are down to either Apple or Peacock Andrew Marchand writes at The Athletic: Apple and NBC/Peacock appear to be the final contenders for the “Sunday Night Baseball” package and, presumably, [first-round] playoff games. Apple already pays $85 million annually for exclusive Friday doubleheaders. It is possible MLB could split

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Show HN: MCP Security Suite

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-21 17:01:33

MCP Security Suite 🛡️ Unified security framework for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers 📖 Quick Start Guide - Get up and running in 3 minutes! ⚠️ Important Note for Scanning This Project: This repository contains intentionally malicious test files in mcp_test_cases/ and tests/ directories to validate our detection capabilities. When scanning this project: To exclude test files : python3 mighty_mcp.py check . --profile production : To force fresh scan (bypass cache) : python3 mighty_mcp.py

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Taylor Swift Nearly Doubles Trump’s Podcast Ratings

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-11-21 22:05:16

Taylor Swift appeared last night on her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s, podcast to promote her upcoming 12th studio album, “The Life of a Show Girl,” and a lot of people tuned in. The premiere live stream of the two-hour New Heights podcast drew up to 1.3 million viewers in its first hour, Variety reported. That’s nearly double the 800,000 viewers who tuned in to watch Donald Trump’s appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience during its first hour last October, according to

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LLMs tell bad jokes because they avoid surprises

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Feast Your Eyes on the Lavish Backdrops of ‘Ne Zha II’

Philips Hue accidentally reveals major product lineup ahead of launch

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