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Bunny DNS drops all query fees, offering free DNS hosting for up to 500 domains.
Appreciation for Bunny service, but some note $1 minimum means DNS isn't truly free.
OpenAI unveiled Jalapeño, its first custom inference chip made with Broadcom.
Broadcom's play as TPU-style partner for OpenAI drew comparison to its Google deal.
Founding a company in Germany cost €9,600 over 152 days, and the founder still cannot send an invoice.
The thread splits: founder's complex structure is self-inflicted, but Germany's bureaucracy remains too slow.
Anthropic accused Alibaba of illicitly extracting Claude AI model capabilities via distillation.
Thread splits between performative scaremongering and a genuine attempt to justify export controls.
Carmack reflects on Quake's technical overambition and regrets pushing his team too hard.
Commenters validate Carmack's regrets on overwork, with some noting tech leaders rarely learn this lesson.
A web-based port of Half-Life 2 runs in the browser via WASM.
Split on legality: some see clear infringement, others say Valve tolerates it.
RubyLLM offers a single Ruby framework unifying 12 major AI providers.
Praise for RubyLLM's elegance and usability, with detailed author responses on its parameters and upcoming 2.0 release.
NVIDIA's 45°C liquid cooling eliminates fans and cuts data center water use to near zero.
Two camps: those welcoming efficiency gains, and those warning of local heat and noise impacts.
State the obvious in a blog post, even if nobody else is saying it.
Obvious posts have value due to the curse of knowledge and new audiences.
Extraordinary counterterrorism powers eroded rule of law and enabled authoritarian drift in America.
Strong consensus that post-9/11 powers permanently eroded civil liberties, with a minority noting contextual fear.
A £40 e-ink reader the size of a phone, improved by custom firmware.
Owners agree the X4's size and openness make it an excellent pocket reader, despite a few trade-offs versus the X3.
Slate starts its base electric pickup truck at $24,950.
Praise for affordable bare-bones EV truck; concerns about pedestrian safety from hood design.
Firmware turning a Raspberry Pi Pico W into a driverless USB Wi-Fi adapter via CDC-NCM.
Praise for the build and diagrams, with caveats on LLM reliability.
Nub is a Rust-based Node.js toolkit that augments Node with TypeScript, faster script running, and package management.
Positive reception for a Node augmentation toolkit, with discussion of compatibility, performance benchmarks, and debate over fixing vs. forking Node's flaws.
The NSA lost access to Anthropic's AI tool Mythos amid a dispute over user verification requirements.
Debate centers on whether the NSA's loss of access is real or a cover story for existing clandestine access.
Cloudflare now lets all customers create and manage their own OAuth apps for delegated API access.
Debate over whether OAuth for infrastructure access is needed or secure, with camps favoring delegated tokens versus simpler API keys.
AI-generated pull request spam on OpenClaw mirrors early 2000s email spam patterns.
Two camps: AI PRs as selfish branding vs genuine but misguided help
Copying others' work is a skill that accelerates learning and value creation.
Split on whether copying is a valid learning tool or disrespectful theft.
Reid Hoffman calls xAI a 'complete train wreck' and says SpaceX is not an AI company.
Hoffman's credibility splits commenters; many agree SpaceX is overvalued on AI hype.
Google introduces a built-in computer use tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash.
Split between those calling computer use a terrible hack, and those praising it for versatile automation.