2. Show HN: Minigraf – An embedded, bi-temporal graph database in Rust (github.com)
Embedded graph memory for AI agents, mobile apps, and the browser. - project-minigraf/minigraf
3. Safe Optimistic Lock Coupling (databasearchitects.blogspot.com)
5. Florida woman arrested for allegedly making threats in an AI chat (www.theverge.com)
As reported by the Gulf Coast News network, Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot flagged a conversation with 30-year-old Carli Michelle Heller after she allegedly made violent threats toward the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Human reviewers then viewed the messages and reported them to police, the report says.
[Link: Bonita Springs woman accused of using AI to make violent threats against Lee County Sheriff's Office | https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/florida-woman-arrest-ai-threat-sheriff-lee-county/73968592 | WBBH]
[Link: Bonita Springs woman accused of using AI to make violent threats against Lee County Sheriff's Office | https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/florida-woman-arrest-ai-threat-sheriff-lee-county/73968592 | WBBH]
6. Show HN: Pumpkins.sh – claim, carve, and display a pumpkin to the world (pumpkins.sh)
A million pumpkins under a Halloween moon. Claim a pumpkin, carve it, and leave it glowing for everyone.
7. People are asking ChatGPT to help them decide how to vote in the midterms (www.npr.org)
Voters are already voting in the midterms. This year, some voters are trying something new to get ready for the election: asking AI to help research their ballot and even decide who to vote for.
8. The era of software quality, or the era of ostriches? (blogs.gnome.org)
Humans are bad at writing secure code, and GNOME developers are no exception. GNOME is primarily written using unsafe programming languages where simple mistakes in our code lead to devastating consequences for our users, and we make these mistakes all the time. No matter how much we try, GNOME developers will fail write secure code...
9. A third way of using Linux (hisvirusness.com)
10. WSL containers is now generally available – Windows Developer Blog (blogs.windows.com)
WSL is central to our commitment to making Windows the best place to build, run and manage Linux workloads. As AI, cloud-native development, containers, and open-source ecosystems continue to converge on Linux, more developers are choosing to perform
11. Altman: The world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of AI (www.politico.com)
13. Jonathan Haidt: AI Is the 'Neutron Bomb for Education' [video] (www.youtube.com)
Long before he became famous as the author of The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt was a social psychologist whose work revolutionized the field. In this e...
14. Anthropic wants your thoughts on AI (www.anthropic.com)
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
15. Show HN: Steve Jobs died 15 years ago today. I built an interactive tribute (thankyousteve.org)
Fifteen years on, fall through the screens Steve Jobs made, hear his voice, and light a candle.
16. A tribute to one of the best games on the Atari 2600 (plicerin.github.io)
A browser port of Carol Shaw
17. Questions for Believers in AI Consciousness (endsdontjustifythemeans.com)
19. "No Vendor Lock-In" Is Code for "No Product" (ferran.sh)
We used to judge models on cost per million tokens. Cost per task is the number I trust.
20. Hot Flashing Guide Rev. 2.0 (2004) (archive.techarp.com)
22. The logic of gambling undergirds everything coming out of Silicon Valley (www.nytimes.com)
23. AI doesn't need 'superintelligence' or evil intent to start a nuclear war (thebulletin.org)
24. Accept 'bad things' in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman (www.theguardian.com)
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
25. Show HN: CoIsland – A local Mac app that monitors your dev tools and alerts you (coisland.app)
CoIsland watches your whole engineering stack from your Mac, shows only what needs you, and hands the work to an AI agent.
27. Show HN: SoldStack – sold prices API for secondhand clothes (soldstack.fly.dev)
What did it actually sell for? One API call returns clean sold comps for resale items with median price, days to sell, net payout after fees and a buy or pass verdict. Poshmark live today.
28. Kagi Ends Orion Browser Development for Linux, Will Open-Source It (linuxiac.com)
Kagi ends development of Orion Browser for Linux and Windows, with plans to open-source both versions and hand them over to the community.
29. Show HN: A Walkable O'Neill Cylinder in the Browser (islandthree.world)
An explorable O
30. Earth Tipped on Its Side During the Age of Dinosaurs–and Not Just Once (gizmodo.com)
When Earth tips over to restore its rotational balance, sea levels shift around the globe—episodes scientists have now traced to the age of dinosaurs.