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An open replacement for the IBM 3174 Establishment Controller

https://github.com/lowobservable/oec
1•bri3d•2m ago•0 comments

The P in PGP isn't for pain: encrypting emails in the browser

https://ckardaris.github.io/blog/2026/02/07/encrypted-email.html
2•ckardaris•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Mirror Parliament where users vote on top of politicians and draft laws

https://github.com/fokdelafons/lustra
1•fokdelafons•4m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Opus 4.6 ignoring instructions, how to use 4.5 in Claude Code instead?

1•Chance-Device•6m ago•0 comments

We Mourn Our Craft

https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/
1•ColinWright•9m ago•0 comments

Jim Fan calls pixels the ultimate motor controller

https://robotsandstartups.substack.com/p/humanoids-platform-urdf-kitchen-nvidias
1•robotlaunch•12m ago•0 comments

Exploring a Modern SMTPE 2110 Broadcast Truck with My Dad

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/exploring-a-modern-smpte-2110-broadcast-truck-with-my-dad/
1•HotGarbage•12m ago•0 comments

AI UX Playground: Real-world examples of AI interaction design

https://www.aiuxplayground.com/
1•javiercr•13m ago•0 comments

The Field Guide to Design Futures

https://designfutures.guide/
1•andyjohnson0•14m ago•0 comments

The Other Leverage in Software and AI

https://tomtunguz.com/the-other-leverage-in-software-and-ai/
1•gmays•16m ago•0 comments

AUR malware scanner written in Rust

https://github.com/Sohimaster/traur
3•sohimaster•18m ago•1 comments

Free FFmpeg API [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RAuSVa4MLI
3•harshalone•18m ago•1 comments

Are AI agents ready for the workplace? A new benchmark raises doubts

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/are-ai-agents-ready-for-the-workplace-a-new-benchmark-raises-do...
2•PaulHoule•23m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI Watermark and Stego Scanner

https://ulrischa.github.io/AIWatermarkDetector/
1•ulrischa•23m ago•0 comments

Clarity vs. complexity: the invisible work of subtraction

https://www.alexscamp.com/p/clarity-vs-complexity-the-invisible
1•dovhyi•24m ago•0 comments

Solid-State Freezer Needs No Refrigerants

https://spectrum.ieee.org/subzero-elastocaloric-cooling
2•Brajeshwar•25m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Will LLMs/AI Decrease Human Intelligence and Make Expertise a Commodity?

1•mc-0•26m ago•1 comments

From Zero to Hero: A Brief Introduction to Spring Boot

https://jcob-sikorski.github.io/me/writing/from-zero-to-hello-world-spring-boot
1•jcob_sikorski•26m ago•1 comments

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and person close to Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower
10•c420•27m ago•1 comments

How to Fake a Robotics Result

https://itcanthink.substack.com/p/how-to-fake-a-robotics-result
1•ai_critic•27m ago•0 comments

It's time for the world to boycott the US

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/2/5/its-time-for-the-world-to-boycott-the-us
3•HotGarbage•27m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Semantic Search for terminal commands in the Browser (No Back end)

https://jslambda.github.io/tldr-vsearch/
1•jslambda•28m ago•1 comments

The AI CEO Experiment

https://yukicapital.com/blog/the-ai-ceo-experiment/
2•romainsimon•29m ago•0 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
5•surprisetalk•33m ago•1 comments

MS-DOS game copy protection and cracks

https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/game_cracks.php
4•TheCraiggers•34m ago•0 comments

Updates on GNU/Hurd progress [video]

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/7FZXHF-updates_on_gnuhurd_progress_rump_drivers_64bit_smp_...
2•birdculture•35m ago•0 comments

Epstein took a photo of his 2015 dinner with Zuckerberg and Musk

https://xcancel.com/search?f=tweets&q=davenewworld_2%2Fstatus%2F2020128223850316274
14•doener•35m ago•2 comments

MyFlames: View MySQL execution plans as interactive FlameGraphs and BarCharts

https://github.com/vgrippa/myflames
1•tanelpoder•36m ago•0 comments

Show HN: LLM of Babel

https://clairefro.github.io/llm-of-babel/
1•marjipan200•36m ago•0 comments

A modern iperf3 alternative with a live TUI, multi-client server, QUIC support

https://github.com/lance0/xfr
3•tanelpoder•38m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

EasyOS – An experimental Linux distribution (2025)

https://easyos.org/about/how-and-why-easyos-is-different.html
39•peter_d_sherman•4mo ago

Comments

suprjami•4mo ago
> home-baked container implementation

> everything runs as root

EasyOS - An experiment in speedrunning a CVE

gradientsrneat•4mo ago
Running a script as root which contains `rm -rf --no-preserve-root /` isn't really a CVE. It's like saying the lock was broken but you left the front door wide open. To Puppy/EasyOS's credit, at least the web browser doesn't run as root by default. But that's not saying much.
adastra22•4mo ago
The think the emphasis is on the first part: homebuilt container implementation. Running as root in a container is only safe if you trust the security of the containerization system.
burnt-resistor•4mo ago
Nawh, it's running with scissors, chainsaws, and nitroglycerin vials.
hxorr•4mo ago
I especially like this:

GUIs for everything

The objective is that everything in Easy be configured by simple GUIs, without having to fiddle about on the commandline. This includes management of SFS files, BootManager, VersionControl, EasyContainers, pup_event, BluePup, EasyShare., MSCW (Multiple Sound Card Wizard), EasyApps, EasySetup and EasyJWM.

Imustaskforhelp•4mo ago
This looks really really fascinating.

I have recently been playing with tiny core linux and puppylinux was also on my list but I really like tinycore linux and have been using it as a study os of sorts just installing a pdf manager and curl and lets say I want to send some files from my pc to that vm I just use something like piping-server

It runs on a nix os which I just do nix-shell -p quickemu to quickly install quickemu and then do quickemu --vm tinycorelinux.conf as an example and then I just do it as a fullscreen and I get a lot of benefits out of this and I can also save things etc. too and its tce is really fascinating too and if I really want to lock down the system, I can always remove the terminal and the app installer (Just two applications) to essentially lock it down...

I might create a piping-server gui app maybe using lua/godot lol as having curl right now with a package manager can make me use the terminal ,sometimes I just start tinkering with the tce and trying to run java in it just for fun lol

I really like puppyos's gui style with the epdf-viewer. Its so good to study in it and yeah a good reminder to study on it again :)

cylinder714•4mo ago
Barry Kauler is brilliant, but as he's the main driver behind the project, I worry that the bus factor for EasyOS is 1.