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Why LLM APIs Shouldn't Ship UTF-8", "Stop Wasting Bandwidth on LLM Text APIs

https://github.com/wdunn001/codec
2•Zombwaffle•53m ago

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oofbey•26m ago
The README claims that it costs 50-100 bytes per token when rendered to UTF8 text and wrapped in JSON. Citation needed please? JSON can be inefficient if you have lots of keys or use pretty whitespace. But UTF8 is very efficient. I don’t see it.

Second Circuit Sidesteps "Server Test" in Embedded Video Copyright

https://natlawreview.com/article/second-circuit-sidesteps-server-test-embedded-video-copyright-ru...
1•petethomas•2m ago•0 comments

Some deaf children are hearing again because of a new gene therapy

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/487590/gene-therapy-crispr-deafness-food-and-drug-administration
1•yanis_t•3m ago•0 comments

A game-changer for good health? Scientists believe 'we are when we eat'

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/05/game-changer-good-health-scientists-we-are-...
1•akbarnama•3m ago•0 comments

Can language models rebuild programs from scratch?

https://programbench.com
1•beau•5m ago•1 comments

American History X was a hit but ego blew my career, says director

https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/tony-kaye-edward-norton-american-history-x-zbwcg7chq
1•petethomas•8m ago•0 comments

The guide to RL environments: building and scaling them in the LLM era

https://huggingface.co/spaces/AdithyaSK/rl-environments-guide
1•babelfish•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Cargo-affect – Plan affected Rust workspace tests from a Git diff

https://github.com/lightsofapollo/cargo-affect
1•lightsofapollo•15m ago•0 comments

Pennsylvania sues Character.AI over claims chatbot posed as doctor

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5812861/characterai-chatbot-medical-advice-pennsylvania-lawsuit
1•geox•22m ago•0 comments

Math Behind "AI Will Replace Engineers" Is Embarrassingly Wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItSLny8on5I
1•amcorvi•23m ago•0 comments

ReMarkable Paper Pure with Marker

https://www.aucklanddutyfree.co.nz/remarkable-paper-pure-with-marker.html
1•hboon•24m ago•0 comments

Carbon pollution is making food less nutritious and risking health of billions

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2026/carbon-pollution-diluting-key...
2•JeanKage•25m ago•0 comments

Apple settles lawsuit admitting Apple Intelligence isn't here yet

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/apple-settles-lawsuit-over-late-siri-ai-features-250-mil...
2•oofbey•29m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I Built a Retro Survival RPG in Vanilla JavaScript

1•jasonkester•29m ago•0 comments

Behavior-Oriented Concurrency for Python

https://microsoft.github.io/bocpy/
2•mpweiher•30m ago•0 comments

Attackers are cashing in on fresh 'CopyFail' Linux flaw

https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/05/cisa_sounds_the_alarm_on/
2•pjmlp•41m ago•0 comments

The Schneider float32 byte order isn't in the spec, and other Modbus surprises

https://gist.github.com/PhilYeh1212/227a35b12236f1f37dfea0405b12be2b
2•PhilYeh75•44m ago•0 comments

Generative UI Browser

https://github.com/manupareekk/generative-ui-browser
1•manupareek•46m ago•0 comments

You built the product. Now test if people want it

https://www.viral.ad/
2•cjdesignstudio•49m ago•0 comments

Knitting Bullshit

https://katedaviesdesigns.com/2026/04/29/knitting-bullshit/
3•ColinEberhardt•51m ago•0 comments

Why LLM APIs Shouldn't Ship UTF-8", "Stop Wasting Bandwidth on LLM Text APIs

https://github.com/wdunn001/codec
2•Zombwaffle•53m ago•1 comments

CLI2API: Turn Your Claude Subscription into an OpenAI-Compatible API

https://github.com/zhusq20/CLI2API
1•zsqzz•53m ago•0 comments

An ode to swapping computer warez in the 80s

https://suno.com/song/79267d82-c558-4981-a7e5-3b0a7939dea9
1•JPolka•54m ago•2 comments

Software Development Job Postings on Indeed in the United States

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE
1•stefap2•55m ago•0 comments

Pyramid of the Capitalist System (1911)

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/pyramid-of-the-capitalist-system/
3•prismatic•55m ago•0 comments

Show HN: App that marks each hour of your day as yours or lost to your phone

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oh-my-hours/id6760450002
1•yarsanich•55m ago•0 comments

OpenAI favors more flexible datacenter deals

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-has-effectively-abandon...
1•gmays•55m ago•0 comments

Detection of an atmosphere on a trans-Neptunian object beyond Pluto

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02846-1
1•tobr•57m ago•0 comments

Verification Test – Please Ignore

1•zhoykn•1h ago•0 comments

Inventing Cyrillic

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/inventing-cyrillic
4•lermontov•1h ago•0 comments

The Trail of Jeremiah

https://theamericanscholar.org/on-the-trail-of-jeremiah/
2•samclemens•1h ago•0 comments