Don’t Roll Your Own
Article URL: https://susam.net/do-not-roll-your-own.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48252192
Points: 6
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AMD (Xilinx) is Excluding Linux From the Free Tier For Its FPGA Dev Tool
Long-time Slashdot reader Sun writes:
AMD has announced a change to the way they are licensing Vivado, their FPGA development tool… Hidden between the lines of the announcement [of a new model starting with the 2026.1 release] is the change to the free of charge tier. AMD is adding more devices to be supported in this tier, … ⌘ Read more
CC-Wiki: Turn Claude Code sessions into a shareable knowledge base wiki
Article URL: https://github.com/tejpalv/cc-wiki
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48250126
Points: 4
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My Net Worth: Caroline Harvie-Teare, Venues Ōtautahi CEO
Caroline Harvie-Teare is a Cantabrian through and through. She grew up in Dunsandel, competed in the South Island horse-riding championships, and has spent much of her career serving the city she loves.
I grew up on a 2,500-acre (1,000ha) farm in Dunsandel for the first seven years of my life. Farm life’s pretty simple – it’s a pretty happy time. My dad built a really cool go-kart for my two older brother … ⌘ Read more
Reverse engineering circuitry in a Spacelab computer from 1980
Article URL: https://www.righto.com/2026/05/reverse-engineering-spacelab-computer.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248954
Points: 9
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Italy Cancels Boeing Pegasus Order, Shifting to Airbus A330 MRTT
Article URL: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/21/italy-moves-to-airbus-a330-tankers-in-major-nato-aligned-shift
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248775
Points: 15
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A large set of stable kernel updates
The 7.0.10,
6.18.33,
6.12.91,
6.6.141,
6.1.174,
5.15.208, and
5.10.257
stable kernel updates have all been released. The first four are huge
(the 7.0.10\
review version had … ⌘ Read more
On The
Article URL: https://benmyers.dev/blog/on-the-dl/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48247325
Points: 16
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I should have changed the key binding from Print to Shift+Print a long time ago to launch import and upload the screenshot to my server. I was constantly hitting that stupid key on accident when I actually wanted to press [AltGr].
If I only could map a key binding to slap these damn ThinkPad T15 keyboard layout designers at Lenovo remotely in the face. Seriously, who in their right mind puts Print (in German Druck) between AltGr and Ctrl at the bottom row to begin with?! Exactly. Nobody. What a horrible location.
Best Memorial Day Deals: Garmin, Birdfy, Branch (2026)
Memorial Day isn’t until Monday, but sales on our favorite gear are going on all weekend. ⌘ Read more
Best Early Memorial Day Mattress Deals: Helix, Saatva (2026)
It’s one of the best times of the year to buy a mattress, and deals on our favorite models are in full swing. ⌘ Read more
Is AI Profitable Yet?
Article URL: https://isaiprofitable.com/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48243863
Points: 4
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FreeBSD 15.1-RC1 Released: Fixes With Now Seeing More AI-Discovered Security Issues
In addition to the recent influx of Linux security vulnerabilities affecting Linux, FreeBSD has also begun receiving security reports via AI/LLM-driven discovery tools. FreeBSD 15.1-RC1 is out today ahead of the planned official release in June and it brings a handful of security fixes out of this new AI-driven security research space… ⌘ Read more
Shipping a Laptop to a Refugee Camp in Uganda
Article URL: https://notesbylex.com/shipping-a-laptop-to-a-refugee-camp-in-uganda
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48241997
Points: 7
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Memorial Day Tech Deals: Sony, Apple, Beats (2026)
Lots of our most-recommended headphones, power banks, and other gadgets are on sale for Memorial Day. ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.1 Merges AMD Dynamic EPP Fixes, Intel Bartlett Lake Scaling Fix
Merged today for Linux 7.1 was this week’s power management fixes with a few notable fixes for both AMD and Intel platforms… ⌘ Read more
E-hiking is here. You can tell by my 1,000-watt hips
By Nicole Nguyen
AI is entering the physical realm in a big way. Case in point: I spent Mother’s Day e-hiking with bionic leg boosters. ⌘ Read more
OpenCL 3.1.1 Released To Address A Possible Performance Regression
Released earlier this month was the OpenCL 3.1 specification with a focus on enhancing AI and HPC workloads for this long-time Khronos specification. Out today is OpenCL 3.1.1 as a point release with an emphasis on addressing a possible performance regression of OpenCL 3.1… ⌘ Read more
Samsung Chip Workers To Get $340,000 Average Bonus In AI Boom
Samsung is reportedly set to pay chip-division workers an average bonus of about $340,000 after reaching a tentative deal with its union, according to Bloomberg (paywalled). The deal ended a standoff that “could have cost the economy as much as 1 trillion won ($658 million) daily, with losses potentially multiplying to 100 trillion won ($68 billion) if in … ⌘ Read more
Security updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (firefox), Debian (chromium, nss, openvpn, and thunderbird), Fedora (cockpit, kernel, and linux-firmware), Oracle (gdk-pixbuf2, kernel, and libsndfile), SUSE (container-suseconnect, cpp-httplib, dnsmasq, firefox, glibc, GraphicsMagick, java-1_8_0-openj9, kernel, mozjs115, php8, python-urllib3, rekor, rootlesskit, rsync, tiff, ucode-intel, util-linux, and xz), and Ubuntu (bind9, bubblewrap, libarchive, linux-intel-iot-realtime, postgre … ⌘ Read more
Show HN: ShadowCat – file transfer through QR Codes in a Browser
Article URL: https://github.com/unprovable/ShadowCat
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234287
Points: 6
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Linux Sound Subsystem Also Seeing Many Fixes Driven By AI/LLMs
It’s not only the Linux networking subsystem where many fixes have been appearing – including several notable security fixes for local privilege escalation issues – leading to “craziness” from AI / LLMs. The Linux sound subsystem has also been seeing an uptick in activity with many “assisted-by” patches coming about in recent weeks… ⌘ Read more
赛博领鸡蛋：古墓丽影、纪念碑谷3 等6款游戏[5.22~5.28]
Epic 本周送出 2 款电脑游戏、1 款手机游戏，分别是《逃出百慕大》《古墓丽影1～3》以及口碑很好的手机游戏《纪念碑谷 3》，以及好几款 Steam 限免游戏。 《逃出百慕大》 这是一款带有轻度解谜元素的冒险游戏，玩家需要探索多个漂浮岛屿，通过寻找隐藏道具、破解机关以及收集能量核心来推进剧情。整 ⌘ Read more
NZ sharemarket down almost 4% year to date
The retirement village stocks stole the show as the New Zealand sharemarket ended a volatile week with a gain of nearly 1%.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index climbed strongly in the late afternoon and closed at 12,991.31, up 113.24 points or 0.88%. ⌘ Read more
30% Off Samsung Promo Code | May 2026
Save 30% or 10% with Samsung coupon codes, up to $1,000 on appliances, plus limited-time deals on the Galaxy Z Fold7, Flip7, and S25. ⌘ Read more
Today’s Linux Networking Fixes: “Craziness Continues With No End In Sight”
Driven by AI/LLM bots like Shashiko uncovering new issues within the Linux kernel source tree, including various security vulnerabilities like Dirty Frag, the mailing list has been wild with bug reports and fixes. Today’s networking fixes pull request for Linux 7.1 continues to highlight the ongoing craziness and fears that the worst may be yet to come… ⌘ Read more
‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says
Three firms will pay nearly $1 million for selling “Active Listening” technology that they claimed tapped people’s phones for advertising. The FTC alleges the “tech” was just pricey email lists. ⌘ Read more
Flipper One Could Be the Ultimate Linux Cyberdeck
BrianFagioli writes: Flipper Devices has finally revealed Flipper One, a Linux-powered cyberdeck that sounds less like a gadget and more like an attempt to rebuild portable ARM computing from the ground up. Unlike Flipper Zero, which focuses on offline protocols like RFID and Sub-1 GHz radio, Flipper One is all about networking, modular hardware, SDR experimentation, local … ⌘ Read more
AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center
Article URL: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iu4j537hox5huj4bwnwgub4z/post/3mmeysgcjbs2j
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48227773
Points: 12
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Lume Music app raises $1.34m
A group of Kiwi tech entrepreneurs, including Substack’s Hamish McKenzie, The Spinoff’s Duncan Greive and Tim Harper of Glorious, are behind a new music app.
Lume Music – trading as Lume – has already raised $1.34 million in a friends and family round. ⌘ Read more
Government puts $2.5m towards billion-dollar underground asset striking problem
The Government is putting $2.5 million towards a possibly $1.45 billion problem: the accidental damage of underground cables and pipes.
Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop announced on Thursday that work on a national underground asset … ⌘ Read more
Security updates for Thursday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (kernel, kernel-rt, and libsndfile), Debian (bind9, evince, firefox-esr, openjpeg2, pdns, and rsync), Fedora (erlang-cowlib, evince, expat, firefox, kernel, mingw-expat, mysql8.0, mysql8.4, nss, opencryptoki, pgadmin4, proftpd, python-django5, python-django6, python-dotenv, rsync, rust-nu, rustup, and strongswan), Oracle (nginx, nginx:1.24, ruby, ruby:3.3, and squid), Slackware (bind and rsync), SUSE (buildah, distribution, distributi … ⌘ Read more
11 Best Meal Delivery Services, Tested by an Ex-Restaurant Critic
Here are the best meal kits in 2026, including Martha Stewart’s delivery box, a GLP-1–supportive plan, and a budget-friendly option. ⌘ Read more
Österreich bei Schlusslichtern
Die am Donnerstag in Brüssel veröffentlichte Wirtschaftsprognose der EU-Kommission bietet düstere Aussichten: Für 2026 wird für die EU nur noch mit einem Wirtschaftswachstum von 1,1 Prozent gerechnet. Nur für Italien und Rumänien erwartet die EU-Kommission ein geringeres Wachstum als in Österreich. Die EU ist pessimistischer als das WIFO, dessen Prognose Grundlage des neuen Doppelbudgets ist. ⌘ Read more
SpaceX Reveals Its Finances For the First Time
SpaceX has revealed its financials for the first time as it prepares for a potentially massive IPO. The New York Times reports: SpaceX’s revenue soared to $18.7 billion in 2025, up 33 percent from a year earlier, the company disclosed in a filing required of firms that are seeking to go public. In the first three months of this year, revenue rose to $4.7 billion from $4.1 billion i … ⌘ Read more
chipStar 1.3 Released For Running HIP/CUDA Code On SPIR-V With OpenCL
A new release of chipStar is now available as the open-source tool for compiling and running HIP/CUDA code in a vendor-neutral manner with the SPIR-V intermediate representation on OpenCL or even Intel Level Zero as the run-time alternative. This is part of the ambitious effort to allow NVIDIA CUDA and AMD HIP code to ultimately run on alternative vendors with increasing levels of success… ⌘ Read more
NZ sharemarket rallies, up almost 1%
The New Zealand sharemarket rallied nearly 1% after the large block of Contact Energy shares was quickly snapped up, and US President Donald Trump indicated he was in the final stages of a peace deal with Iran.
Following another rebound on Wall Street, the S&P/NZX 50 Index climbed to 12,878.07, a gain of 117.04 points or 0.92%. ⌘ Read more
Hulu Promo Codes & Discounts: 20% Off in May
Students can get a Hulu plan for $1.99 per month. Get more details on this and other great deals below. ⌘ Read more
AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL To Be Initially Disabled-By-Default
One of the most exciting developments in recent times for the open-source AMDGPU kernel graphics driver is HDMI 2.1 FRL support for the AMDGPU driver along with Display Stream Compression support as they work toward providing full HDMI 2.1 support for this open-source AMD Radeon driver. The details how AMD managed to pull this feat off given prior resistance from the HDMI Forum remains to be confirmed, but it’s moving ahead and out today is the latest … ⌘ Read more
RHEL 10.2 Released With New AI Command Line Assistance
Red Hat has released RHEL 10.2 and 9.8 with new AI-assisted command-line tools. The releases also add updated developer toolchains such as Go 1.26, LLVM 21, Rust 1.92, Python 3.14, and PHP 8.4. Phoronix reports: Red Hat Enterprise Linux has introduced the goose command for power users. Goose is an optional CLI AI assistance with model context protocol (MCP) integrati … ⌘ Read more
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Aymeric Caron jugé pour injure contre Rachel Khan: «À quel moment je fais allusion à sa couleur de peau ou à sa religion?»
Le député apparenté LFI était jugé mardi 19 mai à Nanterre pour avoir associé Europe 1 à la radio Mille Collines, active pendant le génocide rwandais. En dénonçant des propos de Rachel Khan, qui s’opposait à un cessez-le-feu à Gaza, l’élu est accusé de l’avoir visée parce qu’elle est noire et de … ⌘ Read more
Security updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (kernel, libpng, nginx, nginx:1.24, ruby, and ruby:3.3), Debian (gnutls28 and linux-6.1), Fedora (dnsmasq, kernel, keylime-agent-rust, perl-Net-CIDR-Lite, python-pysam, python-urllib3, rust-cargo-vendor-filterer, rust-ingredients, rust-oo7-cli, rust-rpki, rust-sevctl, and rust-tealdeer), Mageia (bind), Oracle (bind, giflib, gimp:2.8, kernel, libpng, rsync, ruby, and vim), Slackware (haveged and mozilla), SUSE (cockpit, dnsmasq, e … ⌘ Read more
Valkey 9.1 Delivers More Performance & Enhanced Security
Valkey 9.1 released on Tuesday as the latest version of this popular fork of the Redis in-memory, key-value database… ⌘ Read more
NZ sharemarket whipsaws again, down over 1.6%
The normally stable energy sector stumbled after a large parcel of shares in Contact was put up for sale, and the New Zealand sharemarket fell more than 1.5% in a broad sell-off.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index was on a downward slide throughout the day and closed at 12,761.03, down 213.29 points or 1.64% – its lowest level in nearly seven weeks. ⌘ Read more
LG Promo Codes and Coupons for May 2026
Save 20% with an LG promo code today, plus up to $1,000 off appliances, 40% off bestselling TVs and monitors. ⌘ Read more
Duncan McFarlane named new Icehouse chair
Icehouse has announced the appointment of Duncan McFarlane as its new chair, succeeding David Downs.
McFarlane, the founder of Indevin Group, New Zealand’s largest wine producer and exporter, will assume his new role on June 1. ⌘ Read more
Plex Triples Lifetime Subscription Cost To $750
BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Plex is raising the price of a new Lifetime Plex Pass from $249.99 to $749.99 on July 1. That’s a $500 increase for media server software. Plex says it needs the money for “long-term development” and future features, but a lot of self-hosting folks are already wondering if this is basically a soft way of killing the Lifetime option with … ⌘ Read more
Ample Meats losses deepen as 2024 accounts finally filed
The Chinese-owned Taranaki meat processor that blamed its accountants for delayed financial statements deepened its loss in 2024 as revenue dropped, according to newly filed accounts.
Ample Group posted a loss of just over $1.9 million in the 12 months to the end of September 2024, compared with … ⌘ Read more
Classic 7 – 把 Windows 10 改造成 Windows 7，几乎 1:1 还原
Windows 7 已经成为历史，但直到今天，依旧有很多人怀念它。怀念半透明的 Aero 毛玻璃、圆角开始菜单、安静克制的界面风格。对不少人来说，那才是 Windows 最舒服、也最顺手的样子。 于是，有开发者决定不再怀念 Windows 7，而是直接把它“做回来”。 Classic 7 ̵ ⌘ Read more