We need 3rd party Training-Run Assessments
Training-run assessments conducted by a 3rd party should become a standard part of frontier AI safety.By a Training-Run Assessment, or TRA, I mean an in-depth analysis…
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Is Intrinsic Motivation a Viable PhD Topic in 2026? [D]
I started a PhD in CS about a year an a half ago. Generally speaking my topic is on intrinsic motivation (more commonly people refer to…
Autonomous flying umbrella follows and shields users from rain and sunlight
Article URL: https://www.designboom.com/technology/autonomous-flying-umbrella-follows-users-rain-sunlight-i-build-stuff-01-13-2026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48795174 Points: 13 # Comments: 3
Train and run transformers directly on Apple's Neural Engine
Article URL: https://github.com/christopherkarani/Espresso Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794803 Points: 14 # Comments: 3
Why DMARC's new "NP" tag can fail with DNSSEC
Article URL: https://dmarcwise.io/blog/dmarc-np-incompatibility-with-dnssec Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794788 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership
Article URL: https://popcar.bearblog.dev/its-about-ownership/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794750 Points: 33 # Comments: 15
Solar rail could become common in Europe after successful trial in Switzerland
Article URL: https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/05/italy-could-be-the-next-country-to-build-a-solar-railway-after-switzerlands-successful-tri Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794704 Points: 9 # Comments: 3
I built Kivarro, an open-source Rust/Tauri local LLM inference workbench. Looking for r/LocalLLaMA testers.
Hey r/LocalLLaMA, I’m the creator of Kivarro. It’s an open-source local model inference workbench built with Rust/Tauri, focused on running GGUF models locally with llama.cpp, profile…
Harry Potter and the Rules of Quidditch
Ron's face pulled into a scowl. "If you don't like Quidditch, you don't have to make fun of it!""If you can't criticise, you can't optimise. I'm…
Organic Maps
Article URL: https://organicmaps.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794446 Points: 77 # Comments: 16
Qwen 3.6 27B – VLLM Performance Benchmark Results (BF16, FP8, NVFP4)
Sharing some testing of Qwen 3.6 27B using VLLM across the popular quants on my development system. I used llama benchy to generate the results, then…
is LM Link just too uncooked/experimental?
Newbie here. Setup LM Studio with Gemma and QWen, setup a local SearXNG container, verified that it works in the browser, linked LM Studio and the…
Run Windows 2000 on a DEC Alpha with a new es40 fork
Article URL: https://raymii.org/s/blog/Run_Windows_2000_for_Dec_Alpha_on_a_new_es40_fork.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794302 Points: 18 # Comments: 2
Phosh 0.56.0
Article URL: https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.56.0/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794179 Points: 19 # Comments: 1
The Engineer in the Half-Space
Article URL: https://yusufaytas.com/the-engineer-in-the-half-space Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48793716 Points: 19 # Comments: 1
Show HN: KiCad in the Browser
KiCad, a PCB EDA suite is now working in a browser, you can try it at the link, there's a demo project or you can bring…
Cannabis Users Face Substantially Higher Risk of Heart Attack
Article URL: https://www.acc.org/about-acc/press-releases/2025/03/17/15/35/cannabis-users-face-substantially-higher-risk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48793492 Points: 7 # Comments: 3
Is machine learning research worth it for now? [D]
I am a scientist who just applied machine learning to my research (JEPA/Representation/Geometric branch) and it did wonder! Allowed me to see so many papers that…
Introduction to Compilers and Language Design
Article URL: https://dthain.github.io/books/compiler/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48793454 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
EU Council forces Chat Control via fast-track
Article URL: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Chat-Control-1-0-EU-Council-forces-messenger-scans-via-fast-track-11353659.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48793393 Points: 69 # Comments: 13
Using llama.cpp with pi
A lot of people have their own setups using pi with llama.cpp. I have my own so thought I'll share. This is the extension I and…
Spain's cadastre API is SOAP from 2003, so I built a JSON wrapper (+MCP)
Article URL: https://prediohq.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48793298 Points: 10 # Comments: 2
Question regarding Xournal++ and software 4 taking university notes during class [D]
Hi. I have a question, could this plan and pipeline work?. I will be attending university master's classes on AI (thankfully got accepted a few days…
Pi square is nearly 10
Article URL: https://mihai.page/pi-square-is-10/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48793073 Points: 24 # Comments: 16