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GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/36134-grapheneos-user-reported-to-authorities-for-using-grapheneos
132•Cider9986•1h ago•48 comments

Zig Zen Update

https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/commit/621844bde551ee1a9b8142d7d146d1fa804247a2
27•tosh•1h ago•8 comments

How LLMs work

https://www.0xkato.xyz/how-llms-actually-work/
358•0xkato•2d ago•102 comments

The intracies of modern camera lens repair (2024)

https://salvagedcircuitry.com/sigma-45mm.html
171•transistor-man•9h ago•59 comments

S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/sp-500-blocks-fast-spacex-entry-wont-waive-rule-for-u...
456•maltalex•5h ago•152 comments

Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight

https://acoup.blog/2026/06/05/collections-pre-modern-armies-for-worldbuilders-part-i-why-they-fight/
73•gostsamo•6h ago•20 comments

Social Cache Busting

https://www.autodidacts.io/social-cache-busting/
34•surprisetalk•3d ago•7 comments

New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without waste

https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/what-is-desalination-definition-ocean-water-704732/
370•speckx•18h ago•158 comments

Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4g44ew3g1kt
396•janpot•19h ago•250 comments

pg_durable: Microsoft open sources in-database durable execution

https://github.com/microsoft/pg_durable
400•coffeemug•18h ago•89 comments

Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?

336•andrehacker•1d ago•635 comments

The back cover of C++: The Language raises questions not answered by front cover

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260605-01/?p=112391
95•paulmooreparks•6h ago•28 comments

Raytracing Geometries in 3D Rendering

https://andeplane.github.io/Raytracing/
7•kvakkefly•2d ago•1 comments

Gemma 4 QAT models: Optimizing compression for mobile and laptop efficiency

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/quantization-aware-training-gem...
350•theanonymousone•17h ago•108 comments

Did Claude increase bugs in rsync?

https://alexispurslane.github.io/rsync-analysis/
414•logicprog•21h ago•430 comments

Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows

https://mouseless.click
530•riddley•2d ago•215 comments

Ten Years of Franz

https://meetfranz.com/blog/ten-years-of-franz
32•tosh•3d ago•25 comments

Lockdown Mode

https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001061-lockdown-mode
58•berlianta•6h ago•26 comments

Exact UNORM8 to Float

https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2024/11/06/exact-unorm8-to-float/
4•firephox•3d ago•0 comments

The perils of UUID primary keys in SQLite

https://andersmurphy.com/2026/06/05/the-perils-of-uuid-primary-keys-in-sqlite.html
90•emschwartz•10h ago•48 comments

My Agent Skill for Test-Driven Development

https://www.saturnci.com/my-agent-skill-for-test-driven-development.html
176•laxmena•1d ago•77 comments

Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen

https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/06/04/govuk-goes-dutch-on-payments-as-it-dumps-str...
451•toomuchtodo•17h ago•160 comments

Nine Ways to Do Inheritance in Rust, a Language Without Inheritance

https://medium.com/@carlmkadie/nine-ways-to-do-inheritance-in-rust-a-language-without-inheritance...
45•pjmlp•2d ago•7 comments

Conventional Commits encourages focus on the wrong things

https://sumnerevans.com/posts/software-engineering/stop-using-conventional-commits/
310•jsve•18h ago•232 comments

Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?

158•Ekami•7h ago•275 comments

Tracing a powerful GNSS interference source over Europe

https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.03673
397•mimorigasaka•1d ago•206 comments

The Quiet Numbers Station: Decoding Nineteen Years of GPS Cryptography

https://www.benthamsgaze.org/2026/06/02/the-quiet-numbers-station-decoding-nineteen-years-of-gps-...
87•lordgilman•21h ago•70 comments

Azure Linux Desktop

https://www.boxofcables.dev/azure-linux-desktop-a-build-2026-mashup-of-wslc-winui-reactor-and-azu...
4•haydenbarnes•2h ago•1 comments

India's surprise baby bust

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/06/04/indias-surprise-baby-bust-is-a-warning-to-the-world
181•hakonbogen•19h ago•778 comments

Transformers are inherently succinct

https://openreview.net/pdf?id=Yxz92UuPLQ
122•brandonb•15h ago•36 comments
Open in hackernews

Raytracing Geometries in 3D Rendering

https://andeplane.github.io/Raytracing/
6•kvakkefly•2d ago

Comments

kvakkefly•2d ago
At Cognite, we render large CAD models and have been using this technique (billboarding) to render large volumes of geometries. Created this page for a visit by math elites who wanted to work on some cool problems!

If you are able to render many torus efficiently in the shader, let me know!