1. Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock (colo.to)

A first-person account of a 1993 NVIDIA stock option grant, a decades-later discovery of a vesting discrepancy, and how the statute of limitations settled it.

A former employee recounts their experience with a stock option grant from Nvidia in 1993, detailing a surprising vesting error discovered years later and the legal implications of the statute of limitations. The story highlights the complexities of stock options and their long-term consequences.

3. Claude Sonnet 5.5 (www.anthropic.com)

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is a clear upgrade over Claude Sonnet 5, runs 30%+ faster, and costs up to 30% less for most work.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 offers significant performance improvements with over 30% increased speed and reduced costs for various tasks compared to its predecessor. This makes it an attractive option for users looking to enhance efficiency while saving money.

4. Pirating the Pirates (mubi.com)

Notes from the underground of film preservation.

The piece sheds light on the hidden world of film preservation, highlighting the efforts and challenges faced by those working to save lost or forgotten cinema. It offers a unique perspective on the intersection of piracy and preservation in the film industry.

5. It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs (calnewport.com)

Over the last several months, the two leading frontier AI labs have shown some brazen behavior. It started with a series of​ carefully planned announcements​ ... Read more

Concerns are rising over the conduct of top AI labs, particularly regarding their strategic announcements and transparency. The article examines the implications of their actions and the need for closer scrutiny.

6. Jeff – Jev-compatible 0.8B decision models, trained at home, ~30 ms (github.com)

Fine-tunes of Qwen3.5 and Gemma 4 for zero-shot classification - firelex/jeff

Firelex has released fine-tuned models, Jeff, based on Qwen3.5 and Gemma 4, designed for efficient zero-shot classification with a decision-making speed of around 30 milliseconds. This development could enhance real-time applications in various AI tasks.

8. Definitely not Windows (Win 11 parody) (definitelynotwindows.com)

The operating system Microsoft definitely did not make. An interactive parody of Windows 11, Microsoft 365, Copilot, updates, ads, and subscriptions.

Experience a humorous take on Windows 11 with an interactive parody that pokes fun at Microsoft’s features like Copilot, constant updates, and subscription models. It’s a lighthearted way to reflect on the quirks of modern operating systems.

11. The problem is not the AI code, but nobody knows anything anymore (www.ssp.sh)

If we think Is writing code dead, and AI is generating all codebases, I still think the bigger problem is people or full teams not knowing anything anymore about the system...

The article argues that the real issue isn’t AI-generated code but rather a lack of understanding among developers about the systems they’re working with. It highlights concerns about diminishing technical knowledge in teams as reliance on AI increases.

14. Self-Hosting on the Dark Web (david.alvarezrosa.com)

This site is now reachable over Tor as a hidden service, at a .onion address that resolves only inside the Tor network. Tor relays and encrypts your traffic as …

Learn how to set up a hidden service on the Tor network, allowing you to self-host your site securely and maintain privacy. This guide covers the steps to access and configure your .onion address effectively.

15. Parley: Federated, decentralised chat that speaks plain IRC (git.mills.io)

Federated, decentralised chat that speaks plain IRC. Run your own instance for your domain; talk to anyone as user@domain from irssi or any IRC client.

Parley offers a federated and decentralized chat solution that uses standard IRC protocols. Users can host their own instances and communicate using their own domain, making it a flexible option for those familiar with IRC clients.

16. World Labs Is Joining AMD (www.worldlabs.ai)

Accelerating the future of AI research and compute

World Labs is partnering with AMD to enhance artificial intelligence research and computing capabilities. The collaboration aims to push the boundaries of AI technology and its applications.

18. Does Reddit have an astroturfing problem? What the data suggests (www.petervijeh.com)

In 51,129 comments from six knife subreddits, the 5% most brand-heavy accounts wrote 11.3% of the brand mentions in buying threads, against 7.9% expected by chance. For one brand it is 31% against 8%. The full Reddit histories of those accounts are 4.5 years old and spread over 66 subreddits, the same as a comparison group, so the data shows concentration and not who paid for it.

Analysis of over 51,000 comments from knife-related subreddits reveals that a small percentage of accounts are disproportionately influencing brand discussions, raising questions about potential astroturfing. The data indicates significant discrepancies in brand mentions, suggesting that some users may be promoting brands more aggressively than expected.

19. Hijacking the PS5's RTMP Stream (yashgarg.dev)

The long way around to screen sharing.

A new method has emerged for sharing gameplay from the PS5 by hijacking its RTMP stream, offering an alternative to traditional screen sharing techniques. This approach may appeal to gamers looking for creative ways to broadcast their sessions.

20. MicroLLM Lab – Try 7 tiny LLM's in the browser (stateofutopia.com)

Run Q4 small language models entirely in the browser with WebGPU. Chat, benchmark, and compare PetitGPT, SmolLM2, and friends on-device.

Experiment with seven compact language models directly in your browser, using WebGPU for enhanced performance. Chat and benchmark models like PetitGPT and SmolLM2 to see how they stack up against each other.

21. So long Google, and thanks for all the nudes (lecaro.me)

The play store does not run on my old devices, this led me accidentally experience some joy while using Android.

A user reflects on their unexpected enjoyment of Android after facing limitations with the Google Play Store on older devices. The piece highlights the surprising perks of using a less conventional approach to the operating system.

22. Show HN: HN.watch – Videos of all Hacker News posts (hn.watch)

The Hacker News front page, with a short video explainer for every story.

HN.watch transforms Hacker News posts into on-the-fly explainer videos using an integrated LLM. This innovative platform allows users to engage with content in a more visual and dynamic way, making it a unique resource for learning and discovery.

23. Nvidia wants to put a watchdog chip next to every AI agent (madrobot.blog)

Nvidia’s Open Agent Safety Platform uses OpenShell software and a Sentry chip watchdog to trace AI agents and cut them off within milliseconds.

Nvidia’s new Open Agent Safety Platform aims to enhance AI safety by integrating a watchdog chip that monitors AI agents in real-time, enabling rapid intervention if necessary. This technology could significantly improve the reliability of AI systems in critical applications.

24. Show HN: Destroy Any Website with Stickman (destroy.spritefusion.com)

Type an address, break everything. Any website becomes a destructible pixel-art level, solo or with friends.

Transform any website into a pixel-art destruction game that you can play alone or with friends. Just enter a URL and watch as it turns into a chaotic playground.

25. Prompting Claude Opus 5.5 (platform.claude.com)

Behavioral differences from Claude Opus 5 and the prompting and harness patterns that address them: effort calibration, thinking behavior in API integrations and chat, progress updates, unattended and multiagent tasks, safeguard refusals, frontend design, complex visual inputs, multi-app workflows, and pasted text in user messages.

Claude Opus 5.5 introduces significant behavioral changes compared to its predecessor, focusing on improved prompting techniques and handling of multiagent tasks. The article details how these updates enhance API integrations, visual input processing, and user experience in chat environments.

26. Musk, the Movie (bleeckerstreetmedia.com)

An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur” who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.

The piece offers a critical perspective on Elon Musk’s persona as a celebrated inventor-entrepreneur, highlighting his significant impact on global affairs and technology. Readers will gain insights into the complexities of his influence beyond the public image.

27. Thinking Fast and Slow in AI: The Role of Metacognition (arxiv.org)

AI systems have seen dramatic advancement in recent years, bringing many applications that pervade our everyday life. However, we are still mostly seeing instances of narrow AI: many of these recent developments are typically focused on a very limited set of competencies and goals, e.g., image interpretation, natural language processing, classification, prediction, and many others. Moreover, while these successes can be accredited to improved algorithms and techniques, they are also tightly linked to the availability of huge datasets and computational power. State-of-the-art AI still lacks many capabilities that would naturally be included in a notion of (human) intelligence.
We argue that a better study of the mechanisms that allow humans to have these capabilities can help us understand how to imbue AI systems with these competencies. We focus especially on D. Kahneman's theory of thinking fast and slow, and we propose a multi-agent AI architecture where incoming problems are solved by either system 1 (or "fast") agents, that react by exploiting only past experience, or by system 2 (or "slow") agents, that are deliberately activated when there is the need to reason and search for optimal solutions beyond what is expected from the system 1 agent. Both kinds of agents are supported by a model of the world, containing domain knowledge about the environment, and a model of "self", containing information about past actions of the system and solvers' skills.

Advancements in AI are impressive, but much of the progress remains confined to narrow applications. The article discusses how metacognition could play a crucial role in overcoming these limitations and enhancing AI’s capabilities.

28. 12,000-year-old Göbeklitepe burials explain scattered bones (archaeologymag.com)

Two intact Göbeklitepe burials help explain how human bones became scattered through the site's monumental buildings.

Recent findings from Göbeklitepe reveal two intact burials that shed light on the mystery of why human bones are found scattered across its ancient structures. This research provides new insights into the burial practices of early humans at this archaeological site.

29. 37,500 border drawings: a map of the world as people remember it (www.habibicode.org)

Every border anyone has drawn playing Borderline, on an empty map. The only line nobody drew is the coastline.

A collection of 37,500 hand-drawn borders from the game Borderline offers a unique perspective on how people visualize the world. Notably, the coastlines remain untouched, highlighting the diverse interpretations of land and boundaries.

30. Footguns with Postgres "at time zone 'UTC'" (bookofrevenue.com)

And why you may need to repeat AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' twice.





SUMMARY










* AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' converts the data type from timestamptz to timestamp (example).
* Now you are inadvertently using the timestamp without time zone (aka timestamp) data type, which is markedly discouraged.
* There are tons of footguns with timestamp.
* For example, the equality of timestamp and timestamptz will always be false.
* Adding a month with + INTERVAL '1 months' is timezone-dependent. If your product

Using the AT TIME ZONE ‘UTC’ command in Postgres can lead to unexpected behavior, particularly when it converts timestamps in ways that may not be immediately clear. This piece highlights common pitfalls and explains why you might need to apply the command twice to avoid complications with data types.

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