AI/ML Lobste.rs

Convolutional Neural Networks in APL (2019)

A technical implementation of Convolutional Neural Networks using the APL language, demonstrating the array-oriented programming paradigm.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

My self-hosted setup: 10" rack at home + Hetzner AX-102, site-to-site, WireGuard-only, and ~930 firewall rules

A detailed overview of a hybrid home and cloud self-hosted infrastructure featuring OPNsense, WireGuard and a high-density firewall rule set.

Software Engineering Hacker News

A QNX-inspired operating system with selectable kernels

A project focused on creating a QNX-inspired operating system that allows users to select different kernels.

AI/ML Hacker News

Knowledge Distillation of Black-Box Large Language Models

Research and methods for performing knowledge distillation on large language models where the internal weights are inaccessible (black-box).

Other Hacker News

Xonaly – Canada's Independent Search Engine

An introduction to Xonaly, a search engine developed independently in Canada.

Other Hacker News

The food science behind designing an ice cream

A deep dive into the food science and engineering principles used to design ice cream.

Hardware/Chips Hackaday

Reachy Mini Desktop Robot Gets All-local, Conversational AI

Hugging Face's Reachy Mini desktop robot now supports fully local, conversational AI for human interaction experiments.

Software Engineering Hacker News

POSIX Is Not a Shell

A technical discussion clarifying that POSIX is a set of standards for operating system interfaces, not a shell language itself.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Unfathomable bugs #10: The Broken Windows Build

A detailed retrospective on a complex and 'unfathomable' bug involving a broken Windows build process.

AI/ML Hacker News

Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown

A professor at Brown University reports widespread use of AI tools for cheating on an exam.

Hardware/Chips Hacker News

The Excavator That Digs to a Line It Cannot See – Mobility and Field Robotics

An exploration of mobility and field robotics focusing on an excavator's ability to dig based on predefined lines without visual confirmation.

Other Hacker News

British Origami: the 1955 exhibition by Akira Yoshizawa

A look back at a 1955 origami exhibition by Akira Yoshizawa.

Other TechCrunch

California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1

California implements a new law to regulate the volume of streaming advertisements.

AI/ML The Verge

China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity

China's Zhipu AI released GLM-5.2, an open-weight model that reportedly rivals US models in cybersecurity and bug-finding capabilities.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Build System Improvements, Centralized Overview, etc

Discussion regarding improvements to build systems and providing a centralized overview of the process.

Other Lobste.rs

Modeling the COVID-19 Outbreak with J

A project using the J programming language to model the spread of COVID-19.

Other Hacker News

Staying Awake (2008)

A discussion thread regarding a 2008 piece titled 'Staying Awake'.

AI/ML Hacker News

Do LLMs pass the mirror test?

An exploration of whether Large Language Models (LLMs) can pass the 'mirror test', a benchmark for self-awareness.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

I built a self-hosted phone-to-server photo, videos backup

Introduction of HostAnywhere, a simplified self-hosted backup solution for photos, videos, and contacts across multiple platforms.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Custom CSS for Homepage Dashboard not working

A user seeking help with custom CSS not persisting in their Homepage Dashboard installation on Proxmox.