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Asking Qwen3.5-9B, running on 16GB VRAM, to exploit old Windows machines

https://thepatrickfisher.com/blog/computers/series-vibe-coding-sec-scan/00-vibe-coding-security-part-1-5/
1•sqeak•1h ago

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sqeak•1h ago
Just testing the limits of what a local model can do with only 16GB of VRAM. Figured I'd just go crazy and let it play inside Kali and target some old operating systems. Go easy on me, it's my first post and I'm always trying to learn and share my friends!
JojoFatsani•1h ago
I mean, it’s neat but I guess I was expecting that you’d have it attempt novel exploits. Eg ones that were not probably somewhere in the training corpus.

The Observer Effect – Abelian Probability Theory

https://lcsig.github.io/Observer-Effect/
1•lcsig•1m ago•0 comments

Can jarrah forests be recovered after bauxite mining?

https://particle.scitech.org.au/earth-water/can-jarrah-forests-be-recovered-after-bauxite-mining/
1•defrost•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: VT Code – Rust TUI coding agent with multi-provider support

https://github.com/vinhnx/VTCode
1•vinhnx•3m ago•0 comments

Musk Drops Fraud Claims Against OpenAI, Altman Ahead of Trial

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-25/musk-drops-fraud-claims-against-openai-altman-...
1•dancric•4m ago•0 comments

2026 Hugo Nominees

https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2026-hugo-awards/
1•zmj•9m ago•0 comments

Midori Browser with 11.7 has arrived

https://astian.org/midori-en/awesome-midori-11-7-with-vpn-has-arrived/
1•ponchale•19m ago•0 comments

Conspiracy about missing/dead scientists from online forums to the White House

https://apnews.com/article/scientists-missing-dead-conspiracy-theories-c046ce6d0a004e6a3e1971ff76...
2•EA-3167•20m ago•1 comments

AI Socratic – The Latest in AI of April 2026

https://aisocratic.org/blog/ai-socratic-april-2026
1•feulf•20m ago•1 comments

Why the Washington Post Lost in Virginia

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/22/2026/why-the-washington-post-lost-in-virginia
1•lando2319•29m ago•0 comments

BugBash'26 Keynote

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/04/bugbash26-keynote.html
1•zdw•33m ago•0 comments

ICLR 2026 Outstanding Papers

https://blog.iclr.cc/2026/04/23/announcing-the-iclr-2026-outstanding-papers/
1•matt_d•34m ago•0 comments

Kapton Tape

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapton
2•lorenzohess•35m ago•0 comments

I am trying to collect a robotics community to learn robotics from scratch

https://v0-haptal-zero-to-working-robot.vercel.app/
1•aaravbedi•35m ago•1 comments

Two Big Loan Defaults Add to Pain in Private-Credit Funds

https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/two-big-loan-defaults-add-to-pain-in-private-credit-funds-b...
1•petethomas•37m ago•0 comments

The Coding Assistant Breakdown: More Tokens Please

https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/the-coding-assistant-breakdown-more
2•swolpers•37m ago•0 comments

The Last of the Lost Generation

https://porticoquarterly.com/book/the-last-of-the-lost-generation/
1•benbreen•38m ago•0 comments

AI written, edited or 'polished' books are being sold

https://theconversation.com/thousands-of-ai-written-edited-or-polished-books-are-being-sold-an-ee...
1•teleforce•38m ago•0 comments

Farewell ISDN, Ham Radio and Old Network Drivers: Linus Merges 138k LOC Removal

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Removes-Old-Net
4•voxadam•40m ago•0 comments

2 Men claimed a record by driving an old 3-wheel car length of Africa

https://apnews.com/article/adventure-car-africa-record-reliant-robin-0328f6a9dbcb407d539fe7aabf23...
2•gnabgib•40m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Are We Destroying Earth?

3•vednig•42m ago•1 comments

Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10358-1
2•wslh•43m ago•0 comments

German cabinet approves 3-month IP address retention

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/germany-merz-surveillance-ip-tracking-berli...
2•ExpertAdvisor01•54m ago•1 comments

GCC Establishes Working Group to Decide on AI/LLM Policy

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Working-Group-AI-Policy
1•breve•1h ago•0 comments

How Hard Is It to Open a File?

https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/how-hard-is-it-to-open-a-file/
1•vinhnx•1h ago•0 comments

Hotels are slashing World Cup rates as FIFA cancels rooms

https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/fifa-world-cup-hotels-rates-tourism-slump
6•vrganj•1h ago•6 comments

Open VSX Sleeper Extensions Linked to GlassWorm Show New Malware Activations

https://socket.dev/blog/73-open-vsx-sleeper-extensions-glassworm
1•salkahfi•1h ago•0 comments

FilamentPHP MCP Server

https://github.com/suwi-lanji/filamentphp-mcp
1•bumi-kitan•1h ago•0 comments

Devin for Terminal

https://devin.ai/terminal
1•nickzana•1h ago•0 comments

The Bizarre Biology of Bdelloid Rotifers

https://biologicalrecording.co.uk/2025/09/23/bdelloid-rotifers/
2•thunderbong•1h ago•0 comments

SpaceX Starship Documentary – Test Like You Fly

https://www.spacex.com/content/starship/test-like-you-fly
1•d_silin•1h ago•0 comments