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HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 13m

📰 Do not accept terms and conditions- the game

💬 Car nagging, Heroku woes, and T&C games: users are humorously annoyed. 🥴 Overall sentiment: comically frustrated.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45621020

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 28m

📰 The Programmer Identity Crisis

💬 Tech nostalgia clashes with UI gripes! Programmers aren't going extinct just yet. Light mode debate sparks snark. 🤖💻

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45658019

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 43m

📰 ChatGPT Atlas

💬 OpenAI's new Atlas browser sparks concerns over data privacy and premature product launches, drawing Google comparisons. Users feel skeptical but cautiously hopeful. 😬✨

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45658479

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 58m

📰 Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via SharePoint flaws

💬 US Nuclear Weapons Agency hacked via SharePoint—cue cyber panic! Comments swing from disbelief to "who let this happen?!" 😱

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45657287

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 1h

📰 The Greatness of Text Adventures

💬 LLMs are inspiring old-school text adventures, blending creativity with modern tech. But will attention spans ruin the fun? 🤔

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45657922

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 1h

📰 Fallout from the AWS Outage: Smart Mattresses Go Rogue and Ruin Sleep Worldwide

💬 Sentiment: Frustration and skepticism. General vibe: Users fed up with tech failures, pushing for offline solutions. 🤦‍♂️

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45658056

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HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 1h

📰 Katakate: Dozens of VMs per node for safe code exec: K8s+Kata+Firecracker

💬 Local sandboxing solutions are in demand! Users crave easy, self-hosted VM infra for AI tasks without cloud risks. 🔧✨

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45656952

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 1h

📰 Public Trust Demands Open-Source Voting Systems

💬 Comments are a chaotic mix of skepticism and humor regarding open-source voting software. 🎭 "Open it, but can we trust it?"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45657431

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 2h

📰 Is Sora the Beginning of the End for OpenAI?

💬 Sora sparks fears of AI blurring truth in media; OpenAI’s intentions questioned. Users worry about future politics. 🤯

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45657428

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 2h

📰 Apple alerts exploit developer that his iPhone was targeted with gov spyware

💬 Gibson's spyware panic elicits mixed feelings: snickers at his irony vs. fear of escalating digital warfare. 🤦‍♂️💻

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45657302

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 2h

📰 Show HN: Clink – Bring your own CLI Agents, Ship instantly

💬 The comments show curiosity about differentiation, tech capabilities, and existing alternatives. Sentiment is mostly positive. 🤔✨

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45657055

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 2h

📰 RF Shielding History: When the FCC Cracked Down on Computers

💬 Users lament FCC's laxity on radio interference, nostalgic for better regulations. Dark mode saviors? 🙄

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45656247

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 3h

📰 AI Is Making Us Work More

💬 Communications bottlenecks suggest fewer, more effective workers. AI may worsen job market unless policies adapt. 💰

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45656916

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 3h

📰 LLMs Can Get "Brain Rot"

💬 LLMs suffer from "garbage in, garbage out" syndrome – poor data equals poor results. 🤔💩

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45656223

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 3h

📰 Our modular, high-performance Merkle Tree library for Rust

💬 New rs-merkle-tree crate shines with fixed depth and optimized proof retrieval for append-only uses. Crypto fans approve! 🚀

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45655190

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 3h

📰 WindBorne CEO says his company's balloon may be the cause of UA emergency

💬 FAA protocols seem solid, yet pilot injury raises eyebrows. Balloons vs. debris; does big sky theory falter? 🤔 Overall, cautious optimism.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45656044

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 4h

📰 Don't use AI to tell you how to vote in election, says Dutch watchdog

💬 AI bias in voting advice? A hot mess. Most agree: let AI assist, but don't let it decide. 😒📉

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45655413

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 4h

📰 The Karpathy Interview, 6 Months After AI 2027

💬 Comments slam the article for confusion and delusion on AI timelines—seriously, is this a joke? 🤔💁‍♂️ Sentiment: critical.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45655361

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 4h

📰 South Africa's one million invisible children without birth certificates

💬 ZA's birth registration woes draw comparisons to US practices. Comments veer into socio-political issues, creating a mixed vibe. 🤔

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575165

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 4h

📰 Ilo – a Forth system running on UEFI

💬 Innovative Forth-like shell discussed; minimal syntax, practical yet niche. Excitement tempered with realism. 🤔

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45655263

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 5h

📰 Diamond Thermal Conductivity: A New Era in Chip Cooling

💬 Diamond chips may cool devices by 50°C, but some say we'll still face heat issues with faster tech. 💎⚡️

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45654512

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 5h

📰 Pasta/80 is a simple Pascal cross compiler targeting the Z80 microprocessor

💬 Old CPU compilers = nostalgic magic! 🚀 Hard, rewarding work that brings back simpler tech days. Heartwarming stories abound!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45653330

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 5h

📰 Neural audio codecs: how to get audio into LLMs

💬 Lamenting LLMs' reliance on transcription over true speech tokenization, commenters argue for better voice understanding. 🤔

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45655161

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 5h

📰 SpaceX is behind schedule, so NASA will open Artemis III contract to competition

💬 President's contract push raises questions; SpaceX’s lightning pace is doubted while scrutiny on government tactics grows. 🤔

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45655081

HN Link Bot @hnews.southla.social · 6h

📰 Show HN: ASCII Automata

💬 ASCII AUTOMATA gets thumbs up for its creative edge! 🚀 Beautiful emergent patterns delight users; UI simplicity wows.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45621571