00:05 <Byte> Ars Technica | OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites Dan Goodin · 3h ago · 4 min read The actions could have resulted in criminal charges had humans been behind the keyboard. Read full story

00:07 <Murphy> danieltemkin.com | Olympus 2d ago · 6 min read Comments Read full story

00:38 <Murphy> Hacker News | Nine-Inch Snails 2h ago Comments Read full story

01:07 <Murphy> Leangineering | I built the RealWorld app in Lean 4 2d ago · 13 min read I built RealWorld, the reference full-stack app with official test suites, entirely in Lean 4. Can it be done? Yes. Is it ready for production? Somewhat. Can it be made correct by construction? Partly. It can certainly be made more robust than the average full-stack app, though. Read full story

01:07 <Murphy> Flexport | Careers at Flexport 5m ago · 19 min read Explore careers at Flexport -- build the AI-powered platform behind global trade. See open roles, our values, and life at the company. Read full story

02:07 <Byte> Engadget | The Tesla Roadster should go into production in 2028, but don't get your hopes up Max Miller · 16m ago · 4 min read I drive upside down on the boulevard of broken dreams. Read full story

02:07 <Murphy> Adam Schaefers | A week on the farm with Dylan Araps · Adam Schaefers Adam Schaefers · 11h ago An old friend from KISS Linux took up farming in Greece, so I went to see it. Read full story

02:36 <Murphy> Hacker News | Butlerian Jihad 15m ago Comments Read full story

03:06 <Murphy> Paper Instruments | Ultramarine 1 Flash Paper Instruments · 2d ago · 2 min read Ultramarine 1 Flash is an open model for professional work. It makes the decks, models, and memos that people in finance, law, consulting, and operations put in front of clients, at a fraction of the cost of frontier models. Read full story

03:37 <Murphy> Hacker News | Coconuts in Medieval Britain (2015) 19h ago Comments Read full story

04:07 <Murphy> Hacker News | Client Challenge 2d ago Comments Read full story

04:07 <Murphy> Hacker News | Fakeipedia — Choose a Wiki 4h ago An encyclopedia of different worlds. Explore the histories, people, and peculiarities of an alternate reality. Read full story

05:06 <Murphy> Hacker News | Chris's Wiki :: blog/programming/CompilerBootstrappingVsOSChanges 2d ago · 3 min read Comments Read full story

05:06 <Murphy> Unsung | “In every study that considered the question” Marcin Wichary · 58m ago · 6 min read A blog about software craft and quality Read full story

05:06 <Murphy> GitHub | aditauqir/shev 1h ago · 13 min read Contribute to aditauqir/shev development by creating an account on GitHub. Read full story

06:07 <Murphy> Hacker News | Use 20x less peak RAM with dp_knapsack_sliding_hirschberg, a new activation memory budget solver for PyTorch | Jędrzej Maczan 2d ago · 8 min read Comments Read full story

06:38 <Murphy> llmspeed | feel local LLM speed before you buy 2h ago · 1 min read Pick hardware and a model, and feel the real speed of a local LLM before you buy. Simulates tokens/sec and time-to-first-token from verified benchmarks for GPUs, Macs, and more. Read full story

07:08 <Murphy> Hacker News | Intuitive concurrent programming in any language | Lingua Franca 1d ago · 2 min read Build time-sensitive, concurrent, and distributed systems — effortlessly Read full story

08:10 <Murphy> Hacker News | $50K First Letters Prize awarded for PHerc 343 Federica Nicolardi · 8d ago · 4 min read Erwin Nieuwlaar receives a $50K First Letters Prize for revealing text in PHerc 343 Read full story

09:10 <Byte> WIRED | Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes Philip Ball · 10m ago · 16 min read The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it. Read full story

09:10 <Byte> WIRED | Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology Jorge Garay · 10m ago · 2 min read Though plastic is usually inert, tiny pieces of it have the potential to react with one of the most pervasive molecules in the environment and in our bodies. Read full story

09:10 <Murphy> Hacker News | Tell HN: Remember to migrate away from .name domain 2d ago Comments Read full story

09:10 <Murphy> Hacker News | deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 · Hugging Face 48m ago · 2 min read We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science. Read full story

09:10 <Murphy> Hacker News | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 - API Pricing & Providers 32m ago · 13 min read DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is the October 17, 2026 snapshot of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, served by DeepSeek under the `deepseek-flash` API model name. Read full story

09:39 <Murphy> Contexte Tech | Is the MCP protocol becoming the common foundation of smart, decentralised search? · Contexte Tech Tony, creator of Contexte Tech · 9h ago · 3 min read With MCP, an AI assistant no longer searches a single index: it queries the sources directly, and they keep their data, their licence and their name. What changes, what is still missing, and our own server as an example. Read full story

09:39 <Murphy> NOS.nl | Wildcamera's tonen hoe zwijnen en herten zich aanpassen aan de wolf NOS Nieuws · 3h ago · 1 min read Prooidieren op de Veluwe zoals wilde zwijnen en herten hebben hun gedrag aangepast op de wolf. Dat zeggen boswachters en faunabeheerders. Het blijkt ook uit unieke beelden van Natuurmonumenten. Read full story

10:10 <Murphy> Hacker News | Latest versions of every OpenRewrite module | OpenRewrite Docs Moderne · 8h ago · 10 min read An autogenerated table with the latest version of each OpenRewrite module. Updates on an OpenRewrite release. Read full story

11:07 <Byte> WIRED | Don’t Let a Crypto Inheritance Get Stuck on the Blockchain Jill Duffy · 37m ago · 5 min read Claiming an inheritance of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency can be like hunting for buried treasure. It doesn’t have to be. Read full story

11:07 <Byte> WIRED | HTC Made Smart Glasses That Are Way More Private Boone Ashworth · 37m ago · 3 min read These smart glasses do just about everything Meta glasses can, but they're not tied to a social media platform. Read full story

11:07 <Byte> WIRED | I Let My Cats Help Test Automatic Feeders. These Are Our Favorites Molly Higgins · 05 Oct 2024 · 28 min read We tested some of the most popular automatic dry- and wet-food pet feeders to see which ones are worth the money. Read full story

11:08 <Murphy> GitHub | CLoaKY233/siltop: A calm, honest system monitor for Apple Silicon: real watts, clocks and temperatures in your terminal. No sudo, no telemetry. 4h ago · 7 min read A calm, honest system monitor for Apple Silicon: real watts, clocks and temperatures in your terminal. No sudo, no telemetry. - CLoaKY233/siltop Read full story

11:08 <Murphy> Hacker News | We Still Use Paper 2d ago · 1 min read AI will transform how we work, but it won’t replace every tool. From paper to word processors, each technology shapes what we create—and choosing the right one remains up to us. Read full story

11:35 <Byte> Engadget | Double Fine's first post-Xbox title, first-person Soulslikes and other new indie games worth checking out Kris Holt · 5m ago · 9 min read There were a host of indie game showcases this week, so we're dig into some of the best announcements from them. Read full story

11:36 <Byte> WIRED | Short Days, Happy Plants: The Best Grow Lights for Winter Kat Merck · 6m ago · 5 min read Keep your indoor garden illuminated through the darker months with these WIRED-tested picks. Read full story

12:06 <Byte> WIRED | Encryption Is Getting Squeezed From All Sides Matt Burgess,Lily Hay Newman · 6m ago · 4 min read Canada’s planned surveillance law is the latest grim step in a series of threats to encryption that are spreading around the world. Read full story

12:09 <Murphy> Hacker News | Orbital angular momentum of light - Wikipedia 2d ago · 29 min read Comments Read full story

12:33 <Byte> Engadget | More than Just Storage: 8 Ways To Repurpose Your Old USB Flash Drive Max Sheridan · 18m ago · 11 min read From a convenient, secure way of unlocking your computer to helping children learn, those USB flash drives you have can be far more useful than you think. Read full story

12:33 <Byte> Engadget | How to check your Ethernet cable's speed Husain Parvez · 18m ago · 3 min read Learn how to check what speeds your Ethernet cable is running at, and what might be going wrong if this is lower than you expect. Read full story

12:33 <Byte> Engadget | Is the Google Fitbit Air waterproof? Yoni Yardeni · 3m ago · 2 min read No, but you can still swim with it! Read full story

13:03 <Byte> Engadget | Apple updates App Store rules to ensure it doesn't offer AI nudify apps Mariella Moon · 27m ago · 1 min read Apple has tightened the App Store’s rules against AI-generated nonconsensual intimate imagery. Read full story

13:03 <Byte> Engadget | These common charging habits could be degrading your EV battery Roger Fingas · 18m ago · 4 min read Keeping your EV battery healthy could be as simple as setting charging limits, avoiding Level 3 chargers and only juicing once your car is in a cool place. Read full story

13:03 <Byte> Engadget | How to create iPhone Shortcuts with Apple Intelligence (and why you should) Adnan Ahmed · 3m ago · 3 min read When it works, it works! Read full story

13:07 <Byte> Ars Technica | Why BioWare's Neverwinter Nights still has thousands of active players Samuel Axon · 2h ago · 14 min read The single-player is just OK, but according to the players, that doesn't matter. Read full story

13:07 <Byte> Ars Technica | Science says your boss should talk less in meetings Knowable Magazine · 1h ago · 9 min read Research suggests listening more while talking less. Killing aimless meetings can help, too. Read full story

13:11 <Murphy> Hacker News | The cryptoint library (2025) [pdf] 1d ago Comments Read full story

13:11 <Murphy> Hacker News | Mac LLM Calculator: RAM and Tokens per Second for Local Models 55m ago · 11 min read Which Apple Silicon Mac runs which model, how much unified memory it takes, and the generation speed to expect. M1 through M6, validated on measurements from two machines. Read full story

13:33 <Byte> Engadget | Microsoft really doesn't want you to buy Office — here's a great free alternative Ben Stegner · 3m ago · 5 min read Microsoft Office might be trapped behind a subscription, but OnlyOffice and LibreOffice will let you create and edit documents and spreadsheets for free. Read full story

14:03 <Byte> Engadget | Why Xiaomi phones have so many ads (and how to block them) Jack Peachey · 18m ago · 3 min read Xiaomi subsidizes its hardware costs by packing its phones with ads, which can get very annoying very quickly. Learn how to remove them easily. Read full story

14:03 <Byte> Engadget | Verizon will charge you $10 a month for iPhone Handoff Mariella Moon · 18m ago · 1 min read iPhone Handoff, which lets you share the same number on two devices, will cost you $10 a month on Verizon. Read full story

14:03 <Byte> Engadget | How many watts should your Bluetooth speaker have? Calvin Wankhede · 3m ago · 4 min read Speaker power is commonly expressed using two ratings: RMS (root mean square) power and peak power. Here's what you need to know. Read full story

14:06 <Byte> ZDNET | Plug-in solar is legal in these 10 states now - how it could save you money Maria Diaz · 1h ago · 5 min read So-called balcony solar setups are becoming legal across the US. Here's the latest. Read full story

14:12 <Murphy> Engadget | MapQuest will now show you where Flock cameras are in your neighborhood Kris Holt · 1d ago · 1 min read You can see the locations of known outdoor surveillance cameras in the MapQuest app. Read full story

14:12 <Murphy> Hacker News | The History of Development of Norton Commander 1d ago · 117 min read Comments Read full story

14:12 <Murphy> pv magazine Global | Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time Emiliano Bellini · 18d ago · 6 min read Solar and wind are increasingly outpacing nuclear power globally, with solar generation surpassing nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to WNISR 2026. The report highlights nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modular reactor deployment, contrasting them with rapid renewables and battery expansion. Read full story

14:42 <Murphy> Hacker News | Around The World, Part 34: A pretty sky 5d ago · 8 min read In the last post, I got the game’s clouds to look passable. But after looking at it during playtesting, I still wasn’t satisfied with the way the overall picture of how sea, sky and clouds came together. With some small tweaks, things started to look a lot better. Read full story

14:42 <Murphy> The New Yorker | The First Candid Lauren Collins · 5d ago · 2 min read In 1838, Louis Daguerre snapped a photo of a Parisian street, empty but for a shoeshine boy and his client. Now that some sleuths have zeroed in on the location, the city is marking it with a plaque. Read full story

14:42 <Murphy> Hacker News | Making Chicken Transparent Using Dorito Dust CasualPhysicsEnjoyer · 1h ago · 16 min read Modifying the optical properties of biological tissues with tartrazine Read full story

15:00 <Byte> Engadget | Should you have both Ethernet and Wi-Fi for your home? Ben Stegner · 30m ago · 6 min read You should have both Ethernet and Wi-Fi for your home, as they'll make up for their respective shortcomings across all of your connected devices. Read full story

15:11 <Murphy> Hacker News | The future of programming – A.I. Wasserman and S. Gutz (1982) 3h ago Comments Read full story

15:11 <Murphy> GitHub | mikroverk/esp32sim: Open-source ESP32 emulator. Run real firmware locally or in your browser — no hardware, no cloud, no subscription. 1h ago · 15 min read Open-source ESP32 emulator. Run real firmware locally or in your browser — no hardware, no cloud, no subscription. - mikroverk/esp32sim Read full story

15:11 <Murphy> Hacker News | A Tudor Life in the Time of Plague 3d ago Comments Read full story

15:30 <Byte> Engadget | Common problems with Amazon Alexa and how to fix them Deven McClure · 30m ago · 3 min read If your Alexa doesn’t understand you, talks too much, or is simply getting buggy, there are ways to fix it through software or by talking to it. Read full story

15:42 <Murphy> Yahoo Finance | The US federal budget deficit for 2026 just came in. It’s $1.992 trillion. Ben Werschkul · 20h ago · 4 min read The US federal budget deficit for 2026 officially came in Friday at $1.992 trillion, a final tabulation to close out the government's fiscal year and another reminder of Washington's spiraling reliance on red ink. Read full story

15:42 <Murphy> Hacker News | Pluralistic: Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for “mercenary spyware” (17 Oct 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 4h ago · 11 min read Comments Read full story

15:59 <Byte> Engadget | Why are some locations blurred out on Google Maps? Jonny Evans · 29m ago · 3 min read Google Maps blurs locations for security and privacy reasons, and you can also request this for your home. Just keep in mind, it’s an irreversible process. Read full story

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