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“Bypassing” specialization in Rust

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-14 23:26:22

"Bypassing" specialization in Rust or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Function Pointers I've spent nearly a year developing and refining my own FAT driver in Rust. For much of the last six months, I had to put the project on hold due to school commitments. However, I'm back now, especially since this project has become my most-starred repository on GitHub. During that journey, I (almost) learned how FAT and filesystems in general work behind-the-scenes and in my attempts to navigate the

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Open-Source BCI Platform with Mobile SDK for Rapid Neurotech Prototyping

news.ycombinator.com Ildar Rakhmatulin 2026-01-14 12:25:42

Choose an area of interest and we will send you notifications of new preprints at your preferred frequency.

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Will the Fear of Being Confused for AI Mean That We Will Now Write Differently?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-18 12:03:33

by David Beer Could there be anything more insulting for a writer than someone assuming that their writing is an output of generative artificial intelligence? The mere possibility of being confused for a neural network is enough to make any creative shudder. When it happens, and it will happen, it will inevitably sting. By implication, being mistaken for AI is to be told that your writing is so basic, so predictable, so formulaic, so replicable, so obvious, so neat, so staid, so emotionless, s

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I tried vibe coding in BASIC and it didn't go well

news.ycombinator.com Paul Lefebvre 2026-01-13 22:14:42

With the rise of LLM systems (or “AI” as they are annoyingly called), the term “vibe coding” is all the rage recently. Vibe coding is when you rely almost entirely on these “AI” system to write your code for you via a series of drawn-out conversations. Putting on my cranky old man hat, I find most of it rather frustrating. Now I’m not some retro-sycophant who refuses to use modern tools. I’ve been a software professional for over 30 years at this point and I’ve used lots of tools throughout the

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The Big LLM Architecture Comparison

news.ycombinator.com Sebastian Raschka 2026-01-18 12:56:01

It has been seven years since the original GPT architecture was developed. At first glance, looking back at GPT-2 (2019) and forward to DeepSeek-V3 and Llama 4 (2024-2025), one might be surprised at how structurally similar these models still are. Sure, positional embeddings have evolved from absolute to rotational (RoPE), Multi-Head Attention has largely given way to Grouped-Query Attention, and the more efficient SwiGLU has replaced activation functions like GELU. But beneath these minor refi

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Async I/O on Linux in databases

news.ycombinator.com Jeremy Tregunna 2026-01-18 12:20:02

I've been working on a complex multi-model database for a few weeks now, and recently I took time to simplify and test out an idea I had on a simple key-value database. I started with the basics: A hash table in memory, a simple append-only log for persistence and durability, and the classic fsync() call after every write to the log for durability. It worked, but wasn't as fast as it could be. In Kevo, that's the approach I use, but in Klay (not public yet, but will be open sourced when ready)

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Best Portable Projector for Movies and Gaming Anywhere in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-18 09:00:00

How portable do you really need? Pretty much every projector is "portable" to some degree. Many of the projectors on the best projector list, for example, are small enough to fit in a backpack. They might fill that backpack, but that's their size. If you just want something for the occasional movie night, one of those would be significantly brighter and create a better image. Generally speaking, the smaller the projector, the dimmer it is. How much battery do you need? Most portable projectors

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The Catholic Church Reportedly Called in an Exorcist to Deal With "Yeti Cult" Running Bizarre Blood Rituals at Archdiocese of Denver

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-18 03:30:52

What started as a routine weekend getaway for seminarians from the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in 2024 took a hard turn into the surreal. The archdiocese of Denver confirmed that an exorcist was called in after a bizarre series of events involving a ceremonial dagger, a mysterious blood oath, and a man in a yeti costume. As first reported in an extensive investigation by The Pillar, a publication covering the Catholic church, the incident is causing controversy and raising questions a

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"Bypassing" Specialization in Rust or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love F

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-15 05:26:22

"Bypassing" specialization in Rust or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Function Pointers I've spent nearly a year developing and refining my own FAT driver in Rust. For much of the last six months, I had to put the project on hold due to school commitments. However, I'm back now, especially since this project has become my most-starred repository on GitHub. During that journey, I (almost) learned how FAT and filesystems in general work behind-the-scenes and in my attempts to navigate the

Topics: filesystem function read self specialization

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I tried Vibe coding in BASIC and it didn't go well

news.ycombinator.com Paul Lefebvre 2026-01-14 04:14:42

With the rise of LLM systems (or “AI” as they are annoyingly called), the term “vibe coding” is all the rage recently. Vibe coding is when you rely almost entirely on these “AI” system to write your code for you via a series of drawn-out conversations. Putting on my cranky old man hat, I find most of it rather frustrating. Now I’m not some retro-sycophant who refuses to use modern tools. I’ve been a software professional for over 30 years at this point and I’ve used lots of tools throughout the

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What to read this weekend: When the world spins out of control

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-18 14:14:22

I'm still chipping away at my summer reading backlog over here, and this week finally made it to Alex Foster's Circular Motion, which came out in May. And, wow, I wasn't quite ready for the emotional journey this one took me on. It's set in a near future — people ride OneWheels and going viral on social media is still a thing some strive for — where the megacompany CWC has created an extreme form of high-speed travel that allows people to zip across the world in no time flat. But, it soon become

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Threat actors downgrade FIDO2 MFA auth in PoisonSeed phishing attack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-18 09:41:49

A PoisonSeed phishing campaign is bypassing FIDO2 security key protections by abusing the cross-device sign-in feature in WebAuthn to trick users into approving login authentication requests from fake company portals. The PoisonSeed threat actors are known to employ large-volume phishing attacks for financial fraud. In the past, distributing emails containing crypto seed phrases used to drain cryptocurrency wallets. In the recent phishing attack observed by Expel, the PoisonSeed threat actors

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How we tracked down a Go 1.24 memory regression

news.ycombinator.com Nayef Ghattas 2026-01-16 03:02:41

When Go 1.24 was released in early 2025, we were eager to roll it out across our services. The headline feature—the new Swiss Tables map implementation—promised reduced CPU and memory overhead. Our story begins while the new version was being rolled out internally. Shortly after deploying it to one of our data-processing services, we noticed an unexpected memory usage increase: We observed the same pattern, a ~20% increase in memory usage, across multiple environments before pausing the rollou

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Rethinking CLI interfaces for AI

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-18 08:58:42

We need to augment our command line tools and design APIs so they can be better used by LLM Agents. The designs are inadequate for LLMs as they are now – especially if you're constrained by the tiny context windows available with local models. Agent APIs Like many developers, I’ve been dipping my toes into LLM agents. I’ve done my fair share of vibe coding, but also I’ve been playing around with using LLMs to automate reverse engineering tasks mostly using mrexodia’s IDA Pro MCP , including ex

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Local LLMs versus offline Wikipedia

news.ycombinator.com Evan Hahn 2026-01-18 08:49:02

Two days ago, MIT Technology review published “How to run an LLM on your laptop”. It opens with an anecdote about using offline LLMs in an apocalypse scenario. “‘It’s like having a weird, condensed, faulty version of Wikipedia, so I can help reboot society with the help of my little USB stick,’ [Simon Willison] says.” This made me wonder: how do the sizes of local LLMs compare to the size of offline Wikipedia downloads? I compared some models from the Ollama library to various downloads on Kiw

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Marvel’s Ultimate Universe Is Approaching Its Endgame

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-18 10:50:17

Since its launch at the top of 2024, Ultimate Marvel has been working toward a finish line that’s soon approaching. Days ago, Marvel teased the alt-universe’s first proper event, Ultimate Endgame kicking off in December. In the comics, the Maker—the evil version of Reed Richards from the original Ultimate Marvel books—made this new universe with the specific intent of leaving it without any heroes to stop his oppressive regime. Since his imprisonment, various heroes have emerged and have been e

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 20, #770

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-18 12:00:05

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. James Bond fans, one of the spy's favorite things is the subject of the blue category. Have fun with that. Today's NYT Connections puzzle could be tough. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go th

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 20, #300

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-18 12:00:07

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Football fans should cruise through today's Connections: Sports Edition. The purple category isn't too challenging. I figured that one out first for a change. Check out our hints and the answers for today's game. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl S

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Scientists Say That Uranus Appears to Have a Girlfriend

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-18 10:00:39

When checking out Uranus, scientists discovered something exciting: that the planet appears to have a long-term... well, call it a situationship. In a new, yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper flagged by Universe Today, an international group of researchers detailed finding a so-called "Centaur" — a small, icy and rocky body that sits between Uranus and Neptune and is designated as a minor planet — that appears to have been keeping up with Uranus in a delicate cosmic dance for thousands or even millio

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For-Profit Hospital Chain Reportedly Left Patient Lying in Pool of His Own Blood

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-18 11:30:41

Image by Getty / Futurism For-profit rehabilitation hospitals are booming in the United States, but their rapid growth is leaving patient safety far behind. The US post-acute care industry, which deals with rehab and long-term care facilities, was worth an estimated $483 billion in 2024, and is expected to grow to over $785 billion by 2034. On paper, it's easy to assume all that business potential would translate to quality care. Unfortunately, for thousands of patients across the country, th

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Doctors Say Ozempic Is Wildly Effective at Helping Addicts Beat Cravings

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-18 12:15:42

Image by Getty / Futurism Rx/Medicines Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy already had a lengthening laundry list of physical health benefits, but now they're increasingly showing promise as treatments for neuropsychological conditions as well. Specifically, one of the most intriguing potential uses for these GLP-1 drugs is in addiction treatment, for vices ranging from alcohol to opioids to stimulants to gambling. And it's gaining momentum: as STAT News reports, one posh Pennsylvania rehabilitation

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After ditching Spotify for a week, I now understand why readers love YouTube Music

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-18 08:00:16

Andy Walker / Android Authority A few weeks ago, I ran an Open Thread asking readers why they prefer using YouTube Music over many available alternatives, including my service of choice, Spotify. It would be an understatement to say that it received a flurry of comments and strong opinions from our community questioning my views. With just under 400 replies at the time of this writing, not to mention the big win for Google’s streaming service in the accompanying poll, it’s clear that I was perh

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Apple @ Work: Device management migration arrives with iOS 26 and macOS 26

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2026-01-18 10:00:00

Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage, and protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost. Request your EXTENDED TRIAL today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work w

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Popular npm linter packages hijacked via phishing to drop malware

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-18 09:51:22

Popular JavaScript libraries were hijacked this week and turned into malware droppers, in a supply chain attack achieved via targeted phishing and credential theft. The npm package eslint-config-prettier, downloaded over 30 million times weekly, was compromised after its maintainer fell victim to a phishing attack. Other packages, namely eslint-plugin-prettier, synckit, @pkgr/core, and napi-postinstall from the same maintainer, were also targeted. The attacker(s) used stolen credentials to pub

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North America's Oldest Known Pterosaur

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-13 22:02:06

A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America’s oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs and were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight. In a paper published today, July 7, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers led by paleontologist Ben Kligman, a Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, present the fossilized jawbone of the new species and describe the sea gu

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I avoid using LLMs as a publisher and writer

news.ycombinator.com Tomáš Baránek 2026-01-18 06:51:59

Now for my more detailed arguments. Reason 1: I don’t want to become cognitively lazy In a recent study by MIT researchers (Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt When Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task) demonstrated using LLMs when writing essays reduces the originality of the resulting work. More notably, when measured using an EEG, LLMs also diminish brain connectivity compared to when participants were allowed to use only their brains or a search engine. People who

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Brain Scans Reveal Why Waking Up Is Sometimes Such a Difficult Experience

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2026-01-18 09:00:12

Want to wake up feeling great? The secret might not be so simple as a multi-step nighttime routine, early bedtime, or a no-device rule. A new study suggests that how we fall asleep and how we wake up the next day may not be so similar as we once thought. Neuroscientists tracked 20 people’s brain activity as they woke up from sleep—sometimes naturally, sometimes by setting off an alarm—recording more than 1,000 awakenings in total. They found a pattern of neural activity signaled waking, but tha

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Early ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Reactions Say It’s…Well, Y’know,

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-18 11:30:23

We’re less than a full week away from Fantastic Four: First Steps, and Marvel’s already gone and let early watchers give their thoughts on the film. That’s nothing terribly new, save for these thoughts come ahead of the film’s Hollywood premiere on Monday night, when they were originally meant to drop. But it’s not without reason, as the impressions are quite glowing, even moreso than last weekend’s Superman or Thunderbolts* from a few months ago. Check out the impressions from critics and influ

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Mapping the Margins: The Internet's Invisible Hand in Reproductive Care

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-18 08:00:00

We don’t often think about the internet as being good for our health. In fact, “internet” and “health” are primarily related in a negative context in online spaces -- we’re getting too much screen time, we’re “chronically” online, etc. It may come as a surprise, but access to the internet is commonly recognized as a "super" determinant of health. Limited internet access has been linked to high mortality rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, and having the internet in easy reach means we can stay

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I Tested the Inmotion V9 EUC, and It's Easily One of the Best Choices for Beginners

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-18 08:00:07

Table of Contents I Tested the Inmotion V9 EUC, and It's Easily One of the Best Choices for Beginners The Inmotion V9 is among the best grab-and-go electric unicycles (EUCs) available that I've tested. I say that as someone who's been riding wheels for years now and prefers them to e-bikes. They're not for everyone, but thanks to the V9's size, security features, focus on rider safety and reliable battery risk reduction, it's a fantastic option if you're ready to leave handlebars behind. Plus,

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“Bypassing” specialization in Rust

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Best Portable Projector for Movies and Gaming Anywhere in 2025

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Marvel’s Ultimate Universe Is Approaching Its Endgame

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