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Show HN: Am-I-vibing, detect agentic coding environments

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-20 12:07:41

Detect agentic coding environments and AI assistant tools. This library allows CLI tools and Node apps to detect when they're being executed by AI agents. This enables them to adapt by, for example, providing different output formats or logs. Installation Install as library: npm install am-i-vibing Run as CLI tool: npx am-i-vibing import { detectAgenticEnvironment } from "am-i-vibing" ; const result = detectAgenticEnvironment ( ) ; console . log ( `Detected: ${ result . name } ( ${ result

Topics: agent code environment result vibing

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Firefox-patch-bin, librewolf-fix-bin AUR packages contain malware

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-21 20:48:48

On the 16th of July, at around 8pm UTC+2, a malicious AUR package was uploaded to the AUR. Two other malicious packages were uploaded by the same user a few hours later. These packages were installing a script coming from the same GitHub repository that was identified as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT). The affected malicious packages are: - librewolf-fix-bin - firefox-patch-bin - zen-browser-patched-bin The Arch Linux team addressed the issue as soon as they became aware of the situation. As of to

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Permit for xAI’s data center blatantly violates Clean Air Act, NAACP says

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-26 04:20:18

xAI continues to face backlash over its Memphis data center, as the NAACP joined groups today appealing the issuance of a recently granted permit that the groups say will allow xAI to introduce major new sources of pollutants without warning at any time. The battle over the gas turbines powering xAI's data center began last April when thermal imaging seemed to show that the firm was lying about dozens of seemingly operational turbines that could be a major source of smog-causing pollution. By J

Topics: groups naacp schd turbines xai

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Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-27 17:15:04

Hackers are stashing malware in a place that’s largely out of the reach of most defenses—inside domain name system (DNS) records that map domain names to their corresponding numerical IP addresses. The practice allows malicious scripts and early-stage malware to fetch binary files without having to download them from suspicious sites or attach them to emails, where they frequently get quarantined by antivirus software. That’s because traffic for DNS lookups often goes largely unmonitored by man

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I powered my smartphone off-grid with this portable wind generator. Here's how

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-07-30 02:15:12

ZDNET's key takeaways The Shine Turbine kit is on sale for $279, while the Essentials Kit is on sale for $342. The kit includes everything you need to turn wind into electrical energy, and the turbine features a 12,000 mAh battery. There are limitations, which include the weight of the kit and the 40W of power it taps out at. View now at Shineturbine The Shine Turbine is on sale for $280, a $120 savings off its normal $400 price. You can also get the Shine Essentials kit on sale for $342. I

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Evidence Grows That Tripping on Shrooms Might Increase Your Lifespan

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-30 11:03:03

Image by JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images Studies In a new study, scientists have uncovered evidence that magic mushrooms just might be an effective anti-aging treatment. Published in the Nature Partnering Journal Aging, a new paper by researchers at Emory and Baylor's medical schools suggests that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms — there are a range of species that produce it, but the best known is probably Pisolocybe cubensis — might extend the lifespans of both mi

Topics: aging mice psilocybin psychedelic study

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Gigabyte motherboards vulnerable to UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-07-31 08:30:32

Dozens of Gigabyte motherboard models run on UEFI firmware vulnerable to security issues that allow planting bootkit malware that is invisible to the operating system and can survive reinstalls. The vulnerabilities could allow attackers with local or remote admin permissions to execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode (SMM), an environment isolated from the operating system (OS) and with more privileges on the machine. Mechanisms running code below the OS have low-level hardware access

Topics: binarly firmware gigabyte security vulnerabilities

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Self-imposed ban – a lightweight bash script to block commands

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-28 10:28:53

Self-imposed ban A lightweight Bash script to help you block yourself from using time-wasting or distracting commands until a specified date with optional reasons and friendly reminders. Perfect for developers and terminal junkies trying to reclaim their focus. Install Simply download the ban script into your ~/bin directory or any directory in your $PATH and make it executable. mkdir -p ~ /bin curl -o ~ /bin/ban https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alex-moon/ban/refs/heads/main/ban chmod +x ~

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Binding Application in Idris

news.ycombinator.com Andre Videla 2025-07-29 02:08:14

I’ve recently implemented binding application as a language feature in Idris. This feature allows writing types such as Dependent pairs in a more ergonomic way without relying on special compiler magic. Or rather, the compiler magic is made available to everyone. This post is a collection of uses for this feature. This feature is not publicly available yet, but I intend to make it available in the near future. What is it? Binding syntax and binding-application is an idea I had a couple of yea

Topics: binding orn predicate type xs

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Show HN: BinaryRPC – Lightweight WebSocket-based RPC framework in modern C++

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-01 01:32:12

BinaryRPC 🧭 Motivation While working at my company, I had previously developed a WebSocket server prototype in Java. However, over time, we started to experience performance issues. This led me to turn to C++, a language that offers more speed and low-level system control. Through my research, I discovered that uWebSockets was one of the best options in terms of performance, so I began developing with this library. However, since uWebSockets is a very "core" library, I had to handle many deta

Topics: app binaryrpc session std string

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The best Amazon Prime Day deals you can still shop

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2025-07-31 23:53:07

If you don’t need a robot vacuum that can sweep your baseboards or empty its own bin, theis on sale at Amazon and Walmart for $139.99 ($140 off), which is one of its better prices to date. The entry-level robovac isn’t the smartest option available, but it’s at least aware enough not to bump into walls or tumble over stairs. The 11S Max offers good carpet and hard surface cleaning with relative quietness, too, and its 600ml bin is roomy enough to go through several cleanings before it needs to b

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The best robot vacuum deals to pick up before Prime Day ends

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-08-01 03:23:54

If you don’t need a robot vacuum that can sweep your baseboards or empty its own bin, theis on sale at Amazon and Walmart for $139.99 ($140 off), which is one of its better prices to date. The entry-level robovac isn’t the smartest option available, but it’s at least aware enough not to bump into walls or tumble over stairs. The 11S Max offers good carpet and hard surface cleaning with relative quietness, too, and its 600ml bin is roomy enough to go through several cleanings before it needs to b

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Robinhood is up 160% this year, but several obstacles are ahead

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-08-01 08:18:37

Robinhood stock hit an all-time high Friday as the financial services platform continued to rip higher this year, along with bitcoin and other crypto stocks. Robinhood, up more than 160% in 2025, hit an intraday high above $101 before pulling back and closing slightly lower. The reversal came after a Bloomberg report that JPMorgan plans to start charging fintechs for access to customer bank data, a move that could raise costs across the industry. For fintech firms that rely on thin margins to

Topics: cost crypto customers high robinhood

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Medium’s CEO explains what it took to stop losing $2.6M monthly

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-02 04:32:53

Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine announced on Friday that the publishing platform has remained profitable since August of last year, when it first achieved this milestone. In a post, Stubblebine detailed what it took to achieve this goal, which involved a combination of product changes, an investor restructuring, renegotiated loans, unloading office space, layoffs, and other difficult cost-cutting measures. His post offers a deep dive into what it takes for a startup to achieve a turnaround and the

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Yamlfmt: An extensible command line tool or library to format YAML files

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-31 12:13:20

yamlfmt yamlfmt is an extensible command line tool or library to format yaml files. Goals Create a command line yaml formatting tool that is easy to distribute (single binary) Make it simple to extend with new custom formatters Enable alternative use as a library, providing a foundation for users to create a tool that meets specific needs Maintainers This tool is not yet officially supported by Google. It is currently maintained solely by @braydonk, and unless something changes primarily

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Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland's coast is a breakthrough

news.ycombinator.com Mcdermott Is A Reporter On The Associated Press Climate 2025-08-04 19:23:46

Submerged in about 40 meters (44 yards) of water off Scotland’s coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides for electricity — a durability mark that demonstrates the technology’s commercial viability. Keeping a large, or grid-scale, turbine in place in the harsh sea environment that long is a record that helps pave the way for bigger tidal energy farms and makes it far more appealing to investors, according to the trade association Ocean Energy

Topics: energy meygen said tidal turbines

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I replaced my solar panels with wind power generators at home - here's my verdict after 6 months

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-08-05 04:20:00

ZDNET's key takeaways A Shine Turbine kit, which includes a turbine, stand, guy lines, and pegs, costs $399, while the Essentials Kit, which adds a few more bits such as a wind speed meter, costs $488 -- though both are on sale right now The kit includes everything you need to turn wind into electrical energy, and the turbine features a 12,000 mAh battery There are limitations, which include the weight of the kit and the limited power it generates, 40 Watts. View now at Shineturbine The Shine

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Judge Finds Tesla Has Failed to Deliver Full Self-Driving, Needs to Issue Refund

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-06 04:38:59

After a year of fighting out his case in arbitration, a Tesla owner successfully forced Elon Musk's EV maker to reimburse him the $10,000 he paid for the company's misleadingly-called "Full Self-Driving" driver assistance package, Electrek reports. For over a decade now, Musk has made yearly promises that Teslas will be capable of driving themselves. But the software, even after all these years, still requires users to be able to take over control at any time, making it no more than a middle-o

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Robinhood CEO downplays OpenAI concerns on tokenized stock structure

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-08-09 20:25:32

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says it's not "entirely relevant" that the trading platform's so-called tokenized shares of OpenAI and SpaceX aren't technically equity in the companies. It comes after OpenAI raised concerns about the product, which is designed to give users in the European Union exposure to various U.S. stocks — including private companies, which are less liquid than publicly listed firms. OpenAI last week warned that Robinhood's stock tokens do not represent equity in the company an

Topics: concerns equity openai robinhood transfer

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Artist in Residence on a Satellite

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-08 12:15:13

On February 3, 2024, at 11:06 a.m., the first Chinese art satellite, "SCA-1" (The first satellite of the Star Chain of Arts Project), was successfully launched into orbit near the sea area of Yangjiang, Guangdong, using the Long March 3B carrier rocket. The satellite's solar panels deployed normally, and the initial telemetry is normal. Among the thousands of satellites now orbiting above us, including scientific, meteorological, communication, and military satellites, there was a missing catego

Topics: art bing satellite space technology

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Robinhood stock tokens face scrutiny in the European Union after OpenAI warning

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-08-11 20:37:40

Lithuania's central bank on Monday said it has contacted Robinhood seeking clarifications over its tokenized equities after OpenAI raised concerns over the product last week. "We have contacted Robinhood and are awaiting clarifications regarding the structure of OpenAI and SpaceX stock tokens as well as the related consumer communication," Bank of Lithuania spokesman Giedrius Šniukas told CNBC via email. "Only after receiving and evaluating this information will we be able to assess the legali

Topics: bank contacted information lithuania robinhood

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I ditched my solar panels with wind power generators at home - my verdict after 6 months

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-08-12 15:00:15

ZDNET's key takeaways A Shine Turbine kit, which includes a turbine, stand, guy lines, and pegs, costs $399, while the Essentials Kit, which adds a few more bits such as a wind speed meter, costs $488 -- though both are on sale right now The kit includes everything you need to turn wind into electrical energy, and the turbine features a 12,000 mAh battery There are limitations, which include the weight of the kit and the limited power it generates, 40 Watts. View now at Shineturbine The Shine

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Show HN: A Language Server Implementation for SystemD Unit Files

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-12 11:57:25

A Language Server Protocol (LSP) implementation for systemd unit files, providing editing support with syntax highlighting, diagnostics, autocompletion, and documentation. Features Core Language Server Features Syntax Analysis - Complete parsing of systemd unit file structure - Complete parsing of systemd unit file structure Diagnostics - Error detection and validation for sections, directives, directive fields and warnings for non-conventional configurations - Error detection and validatio

Topics: binary lsp server systemd unit

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Robinhood Wants to Redo Wall Street on the Blockchain

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-12 09:27:24

Robinhood, the company behind one of the most popular trading apps for everyday investors, just revealed a sweeping new vision for the future of finance. And its bold plan seems to leave traditional Wall Street institutions behind. The company announced a daring set of new products this week from Cannes, France. These offerings are designed to move traditional financial assets, like company stocks, investment funds (ETFs), and even complex trading tools called derivatives, entirely onto the blo

Topics: assets blockchain crypto digital robinhood

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OpenAI Warns You Not to Buy Its Fake Stock

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-14 11:55:34

OpenAI has a message for anyone who thinks they’re about to cash in on the AI boom by buying a new “OpenAI token” on Robinhood: Don’t. But in a chaotic turn, Elon Musk just suggested that even the company’s real equity might be an illusion. The maker of ChatGPT, in a rare public warning posted on X (formerly Twitter), disavowed any involvement with crypto-like financial products claiming to offer a piece of its business. “These ‘OpenAI tokens’ are not OpenAI equity,” the company wrote. “We did

Topics: company equity openai robinhood tokens

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Owning a Piece of ChatGPT Was Already Messy. Then Elon Musk Made It Weirder

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-15 12:55:34

OpenAI has a message for anyone who thinks they’re about to cash in on the AI boom by buying a new “OpenAI token” on Robinhood: Don’t. But in a chaotic turn, Elon Musk just suggested that even the company’s real equity might be an illusion. The maker of ChatGPT, in a rare public warning posted on X (formerly Twitter), disavowed any involvement with crypto-like financial products claiming to offer a piece of its business. “These ‘OpenAI tokens’ are not OpenAI equity,” the company wrote. “We did

Topics: company equity openai robinhood tokens

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Y Combinator alum launched a new $34M fund dedicated to YC startups, backed by Garry Tan

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-08-15 20:00:00

Investing in Y Combinator startups can lead to significant returns to investors. “If you look at the data: 6% of YC companies become unicorns, and of that 6% a quarter become decacorns,” Kulveer Taggar told TechCrunch. Taggar is a two-time YC alum best known for founding Zeus Living, a property management startup that raised over $150 million in funding. Taggar is so confident in the continuing return potential offered by the famed accelerator that he established Phosphor Capital, a venture fi

Topics: combinator phosphor taggar yc zeus

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See the First Breathtaking Celestial Images From the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-15 23:17:04

A sneak preview of the first batch of deep space imagery from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile made its way to news sites and social media last week, followed by a livestream event. "(The Rubin Observatory is) going to build the greatest time-lapse movie of the cosmos ever made," the observatory said in a post. The observatory is named for the American scientist widely credited for finding some of the first evidence of dark matter, with the project being funded by the National Scienc

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xAI data center gets air permit to run 15 turbines, but imaging shows 24 on site

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-16 04:34:41

After months of backlash over alleged pollution concerns, xAI has finally secured an air permit covering some of the methane gas turbines powering its Colossus supercomputer data center in Memphis, Tennessee. On Wednesday, the Shelby County Health Department granted xAI an air permit that allows it to power 15 gas turbines while adhering to a range of restrictions designed to minimize emissions. Expiring on January 2, 2027, the permit requires xAI to install and operate the best available contr

Topics: department health permit turbines xai

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OpenAI disavows online broker Robinhood's sale of 'OpenAI tokens'

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-16 16:00:33

'We did not partner with Robinhood, were not involved in this and do not endorse it.' OpenAI has condemned online brokerage firm Robinhood's sale of "OpenAI tokens," saying they will not give consumers stock in the company. "We did not partner with Robinhood, were not involved in this, and do not endorse it," the company said in a post on X, adding that the tokens are not equity and that it did not give approval for any transfer. The statement addresses a recent move by Robinhood to provide Eu

Topics: investors openai private robinhood tokens

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Show HN: Am-I-vibing, detect agentic coding environments

Firefox-patch-bin, librewolf-fix-bin AUR packages contain malware

Permit for xAI’s data center blatantly violates Clean Air Act, NAACP says

Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records

I powered my smartphone off-grid with this portable wind generator. Here's how

Evidence Grows That Tripping on Shrooms Might Increase Your Lifespan

Gigabyte motherboards vulnerable to UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot

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The best robot vacuum deals to pick up before Prime Day ends

Robinhood is up 160% this year, but several obstacles are ahead

Medium’s CEO explains what it took to stop losing $2.6M monthly

Yamlfmt: An extensible command line tool or library to format YAML files

Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland's coast is a breakthrough

I replaced my solar panels with wind power generators at home - here's my verdict after 6 months

Judge Finds Tesla Has Failed to Deliver Full Self-Driving, Needs to Issue Refund

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Artist in Residence on a Satellite

Robinhood stock tokens face scrutiny in the European Union after OpenAI warning

I ditched my solar panels with wind power generators at home - my verdict after 6 months

Show HN: A Language Server Implementation for SystemD Unit Files

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See the First Breathtaking Celestial Images From the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

xAI data center gets air permit to run 15 turbines, but imaging shows 24 on site

OpenAI disavows online broker Robinhood's sale of 'OpenAI tokens'

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