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Post #232363 2.18K Sep 16, 2026, 22:44 UTC

Backups Aren't Simple
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filipovski.net Backups aren't simple Aleksandar Filipovski, 2026-09-16

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Post #232362 2.26K Sep 16, 2026, 22:25 UTC

Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hardcoded creds
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micahflee Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials This morning, DDoSecrets published an exciting new dataset: Filesystem images of the partitions from an in-use Flock ALPR camera. 404 Media and Wired published a joint investigation into it. I downloaded the dataset and am now thoroughly nerd-sniped. Hackers…

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Post #232361 2.48K Sep 16, 2026, 22:19 UTC

Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust
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NVIDIA Technical Blog Introducing CUDA Rust: Two Tracks for Writing GPU Kernels In September 2026, NVIDIA announced it is leaning into native GPU programming in Rust. CUDA C++ and CUDA Python are mature, enterprise-grade toolchains, and NVIDIA will be growing and maturing CUDA…

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Post #232360 2.26K Sep 16, 2026, 21:40 UTC

A coffee shop owner used AI to make a menu poster. Then came the angry DMs
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Business Insider A coffee shop owner used AI to make a menu poster. Then came the angry DMs. A Buffalo coffee shop's fall menu went viral for all the wrong reasons. Its owner apologized for using AI but also urged "kindness and respect."

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Post #232359 2.26K Sep 16, 2026, 21:38 UTC

Anatomy of a Texture
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agentlien.github.io Anatomy of a Texture A step-by-step guide to modern texture memory layout

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Post #232358 2.28K Sep 16, 2026, 21:19 UTC

Breaking the 1.58-bit Barrier for Ternary LLMs
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arXiv.org Breaking the 1.58-bit Barrier for Ternary LLMs Ternary Large Language Models (LLM) store every weight as one of three symbols $\{-1,0,+1\}$, so the cost of a ternary model is conventionally referenced to the information-theoretic $\log_2 3...

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Post #232357 2.29K Sep 16, 2026, 21:06 UTC

macOS 27 Golden Gate: The Ars Technica Review
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Ars Technica macOS 27 Golden Gate: The Ars Technica review It's both a "Snow Leopard update" and a major leap for Apple Intelligence.

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Post #232356 2.25K Sep 16, 2026, 20:57 UTC

Tell HN: An inside view of Montana's new biotech law
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Post #232355 2.37K Sep 16, 2026, 20:42 UTC

Xiami Mimo 2.6 Live Training Dashboard
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Xiaomi mimo-v2.6 RL Training metrics of the mimo-v2.6-pro and mimo-v2.6-flash reinforcement-learning runs, live from the trainer's logs.

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Post #232354 2.39K Sep 16, 2026, 20:24 UTC

How good are frontier models at physics?
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arXiv.org How Good Are Frontier Models at Physics? Expert Re-Grading Reveals... Low reported scores on leading physics benchmarks, including those featured in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (2026), suggest that frontier language models still struggle with advanced...

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Post #232353 2.32K Sep 16, 2026, 20:21 UTC

I sent Google proof of a bot farm. They called it "normal user behavior."
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Dayzle I sent Google proof of a bot farm. They called it "normal user behavior." — Dayzle Google suspended our ads over a handful of accidental clicks its own bug caused, then reviewed a bot farm that took my ad money and found nothing wrong.

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Post #232352 2.24K Sep 16, 2026, 19:38 UTC

Fed hikes rates as inflation worries push up bond yields
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Post #232351 2.39K Sep 16, 2026, 19:24 UTC

Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres
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Rohan Bansal Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres ...or how to make Qwen learn query optimization via agentic reinforcement learning

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Post #232350 2.26K Sep 16, 2026, 19:12 UTC

Accurate Models of AMD Matrix Cores
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arXiv.org Accurate Models of AMD Matrix Cores Matrix multipliers available on recent GPUs do not conform with the IEEE 754 floating point standard. Features of matrix multipliers differ across vendors and architectures of the same vendor,...

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Post #232349 2.28K Sep 16, 2026, 19:12 UTC

GitHub Is Having Trouble Counting Things
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Post #232348 3.32K Sep 16, 2026, 19:10 UTC

Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ads
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Post #232347 2.26K Sep 16, 2026, 19:08 UTC

Show HN: Friday – Self-hosted persistent memory for AI coding agents (MCP)
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GitHub GitHub - itskie/friday: ⚡ The open-source persistent cognitive memory layer for AI coding agents. Stop your Cursor, Claude & Copilot… ⚡ The open-source persistent cognitive memory layer for AI coding agents. Stop your Cursor, Claude & Copilot from having amnesia. - itskie/friday

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Post #232346 2.34K Sep 16, 2026, 18:51 UTC

We've created the first vectorized Quicksort
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Googleblog Vectorized and performance-portable Quicksort We're sharing open source code that can sort arrays of numbers about ten times as fast as the C++ std::sort

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Post #232345 3.28K Sep 16, 2026, 18:28 UTC

ER visits for gambling disorders doubled after expanded online gambling market
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temertymedicine.utoronto.ca Emergency room visits for gambling disorders nearly doubled after expanded online gambling market ER visits for gambling disorders doubled after single-event sports betting was legalized and Ontario's online gambling market expanded.

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Post #232344 2.45K Sep 16, 2026, 18:04 UTC

The DeepMind Institute
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DeepMind Institute Bold, well-evidenced thinking on AGI from the lab that pioneered the field. Read the latest essays from the DeepMind Institute.

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