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Project Blinkenlights

https://blinkenlights.de/en/
13•doener•39m ago

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zahlman•34m ago
> Stereoscope — Toronto 2008, City Hall: two towers, one matrix (96×32 pixels, 16 greyscales).

Oh man, I think I remember that.

Animats•25m ago
Downtown Shenzhen is rigged for that.

For a while, the SF Bay Bridge was. I once went to an Autodesk event in SF where the guy behind it was controlling the lights from his laptop.

jolt42•19m ago
Is this still well recognized?

ACHTUNG! ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENSPEEPERS! DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKEN. IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS. ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.

bradrn•7m ago
Yes! I know it! (And I’m not old at all.) I saw it at, as I recall, a model train exhibition when I was very young, and I found it so hilarious I’ve never forgotten it. In fact I was quite surprised when I eventually learned it was a well-known thing, considerably older than I am.
unprovable•17m ago
It's been so long since I last saw this. Stalwart of the internet.
karim79•5m ago
I think it got the HN kiss of death. We need a new page about how to avoid this. Basic scaling skills I tells ya.

Massachusetts hits data centers with new clean power rules

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/massachusetts-hits-data-centers-with-new-clean-power-rules/
1•cdrnsf•35s ago•0 comments

The Beginning of the End of History

https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-history
1•lermontov•1m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Clone any voice from a short audio clip and generate speech

http://npm.im/clone-voice
1•init0•5m ago•0 comments

Most angels follow poorly their angel portfolio

https://olivecapital.vc:443/angelo/
1•rphgrc•7m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Lots of sign ups but people not completing onboarding

1•lucgagan•7m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Which LLMs are best suited for prose?

2•thatxliner•8m ago•1 comments

Houthis used Anthropic to develop guided weapons

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/11/rebels-used-anthropics-ai-bot-develop-guided...
2•Alien1Being•10m ago•0 comments

UK Police to crack down on face coverings at protests

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8zrz42yxko
2•a2fz•10m ago•0 comments

Altimeter's Gerstner blasts researchers voicing AI extinction warnings

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/11/altimeters-gerstner-blasts-researchers-voicing-ai-extinction-warn...
1•cramer4next•10m ago•0 comments

Dreamcast Development Links

1•hefner1456•11m ago•0 comments

Houthis used Anthropic AI to build ballistic missiles

https://www.ft.com/content/8310cf56-ce60-4e6e-8254-5bb470e9a880
2•Alien1Being•12m ago•0 comments

Bernie Sanders AI Bill Threatens Developers with 20-Year Jail Terms

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/bernie-sanders-introduces-a-bill-in-sena...
1•delichon•14m ago•0 comments

UN calls for global fund to address AI capacity gaps in developing nations

https://www.un.org/digital-emerging-technologies/content/secretary-general-calls-global-fund-addr...
2•neutron5083•14m ago•0 comments

Salesforce Completes Acquisition of Intercom (Fin)

https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2026/09/10/salesforce-completes-acquisition-of-fin...
3•XCSme•15m ago•1 comments

Useful Things Agents Can Do That Are Not Writing Code

https://elijahpotter.dev/articles/useful-things-agents-can-do-that-are-not-writing-code
1•chilipepperhott•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Bypassing Transformer Softmax via Static Contraction

https://github.com/PJHkorea/jax-softmax-bypass
1•PJHkorea•17m ago•0 comments

Adversaries Using Claude AI to Target Americans and Develop Missiles

https://www.twz.com/news-features/adversaries-using-claude-ai-to-target-americans-and-develop-mis...
1•xoxxala•18m ago•0 comments

Devin Fusion

https://cognition.com/blog/local-fusion
1•samyok•23m ago•0 comments

They do think AI might kill everyone

https://www.seangoedecke.com/they-really-do-think-ai-might-kill-everyone/
2•vladmashk•24m ago•0 comments

Awesome-agentic-payments – A curated list of tools for agentic payments/commerce

https://github.com/bitrefill/awesome-agentic-payments
1•peter_d_sherman•31m ago•0 comments

How to Write an Effective Software Design Document

https://refactoringenglish.com/excerpts/write-an-effective-design-doc/
3•redbell•32m ago•0 comments

Anthropic released a CLI to evaluate skills and plugins

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-evals
3•edonadei•34m ago•1 comments

QueryBrew: System-Agnostic SQL-to-SQL Query Optimization [pdf]

https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol19/p4494-schmidt.pdf
3•matt_d•37m ago•0 comments

Project Blinkenlights

https://blinkenlights.de/en/
13•doener•39m ago•6 comments

Good Alternative to the Cloud

https://github.com/DeploCloud/deplo
2•idradev•39m ago•0 comments

Neom: The Largest Megaproject Collapsed [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbB3vFfiaVU
3•handfuloflight•39m ago•1 comments

Gov Newsom Signs Student-Backed Digital Literacy Bills Alongside Misguided Bans

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/governor-newsom-signs-student-backed-digital-literacy-bills...
5•hn_acker•39m ago•2 comments

Cold TAKE: Amazon's New Encryption Method Still Doesn't Deliver Real Privacy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/cold-take-amazons-new-encryption-method-still-doesnt-delive...
2•hn_acker•41m ago•0 comments

Dave Ditzel's keynote/AMA on Esperanto's odyssey [video]

https://blog.aifoundry.org/p/dave-ditzels-keynoteama-on-esperantos
2•sxzygz•42m ago•0 comments

What Is Your P(doom)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P(doom)
4•consumer451•43m ago•1 comments