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Jeff – Jev-compatible 0.8B decision models, trained at home, ~30 ms

https://github.com/firelex/jeff
137•firelex•2h ago•36 comments

Pirating the Pirates

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/pirating-the-pirates
360•piotrgrabowski•6h ago•182 comments

MicroLLM Lab – Try 7 tiny LLM's in the browser

https://stateofutopia.com/experiments/microllmlab/
99•logicallee•3h ago•42 comments

12,000-year-old Göbeklitepe burials explain scattered bones

https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/gobeklitepe-burials-hundreds-of-scattered-bones/
47•yusufaytas•2d ago•7 comments

World Labs Is Joining AMD

https://www.worldlabs.ai/blog/amd-announcement
130•mfiguiere•2h ago•45 comments

Who should be held accountable when an AI Agent (accidentally) acts maliciously?

https://blog.greenpants.net/ai-accountability/
15•Greenpants•47m ago•11 comments

Scientists solve 1840s space weather mystery

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/scientists-solve-1840s-space-weather-mystery/
29•gumby•2h ago•21 comments

Hijacking the PS5's RTMP stream

https://yashgarg.dev/posts/hijacking-ps5-rtmp-stream/
166•ibobev•7h ago•54 comments

Joseph Szabo’s pictures of American adolescents

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-teen-portraits-that-captivated-sofia-coppola
66•prismatic•5h ago•33 comments

It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs

https://calnewport.com/its-time-to-investigate-the-ai-labs/
156•ibobev•3h ago•47 comments

Kids turned low-traffic NPR Spotify comments into a secret group chat

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/897/transcript
218•simonpure•7h ago•141 comments

Parley: Federated, decentralised chat that speaks plain IRC

https://git.mills.io/prologic/parley
285•davidcollantes•12h ago•146 comments

Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline

https://theintercept.com/2026/09/24/how-many-flock-devices-in-united-states-300000/
83•bookofjoe•1h ago•33 comments

Sonnet 5.5

https://www.anthropic.com/claude-sonnet-5-5
504•D2OQZG8l5BI1S06•4h ago•341 comments

Best of British Design

https://best-of-british-design.vercel.app/
43•ArisC•2h ago•21 comments

Cf: The Agentic CLI for the Cloudflare API

https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-cf-cli-launch/
93•macleos•7h ago•41 comments

What reversing, modernising old games tells us about the economic impact of AI

https://this.os.isfine.org/blog/posts/what-reverse-engineering-and-modernising-an-old-war-game-te...
24•keeda•1d ago•8 comments

Pacing the Frontier is not the actual goal for AI labs

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Nm4ewbYovtjq69dvH/pacing-the-frontier-is-not-the-actual-goal-for-...
61•brlewis•2h ago•52 comments

First Steps of the PLC Organization – Independent Public Ledger of Credentials

https://blog.plcred.org/3mwlphq42d227
32•embedding-shape•3h ago•18 comments

3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw9953
4•ColinWright•1d ago•0 comments

Nvidia wants to put a watchdog chip next to every AI agent

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/nvidia-releases.html
74•jonbaer•7h ago•123 comments

Launch HN: Vespper (YC F24) – SOTA Docx MCP

https://www.vespper.com/blog/launching-vespper-docx-mcp
29•topaztee•5h ago•8 comments

Show HN: Destroy Any Website with Stickman

https://destroy.spritefusion.com/
88•HugoDz•6h ago•25 comments

Who wrote Elizabeth I's most scathing letters?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-wrote-elizabeth-is-most-scathing-letters-new-research-...
31•benbreen•5h ago•18 comments

Does Reddit have an astroturfing problem? What the data suggests

https://www.petervijeh.com/projects/reddit-astroturf
62•p-s-v•9h ago•82 comments

What heraldry and Japanese mon can teach about visual-identity generators

https://benovermyer.com/blog/2026/09/japanese-vs-western-heraldry/
61•bovermyer•8h ago•19 comments

Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah

https://twitter.com/AliAbunimah/status/2103890594137309425
89•slowin•7h ago•34 comments

MongoDB CEO resigns to join Meta

https://www.reuters.com/technology/mongodb-ceo-desai-steps-down-lead-metas-enterprise-platform-20...
307•diek•7h ago•252 comments

GrapheneOS – When an app is slow

https://blog.wirelessmoves.com/2026/09/grapheneos-when-an-app-is-slow.html
74•speckx•4h ago•38 comments

When did Google get so weird?

https://sancho.bearblog.dev/google-weird/
1819•sancho-panza•1d ago•1018 comments
Open in hackernews

Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline

https://theintercept.com/2026/09/24/how-many-flock-devices-in-united-states-300000/
81•bookofjoe•1h ago

Comments

bookofjoe•1h ago
https://archive.ph/nEHf5
derbOac•1h ago
If Flock wants to be used by public services, it should be subject to maximum transparency. If you don't want your camera locations public, don't offer them to the public for their use.
rglover•1h ago
IMO, when they have to hide, that's the beginning of the end. Too many people are aware of the what/why now. And above all else, once the tables turn on elected officials and they realize they're under the same surveillance, I bet their tune will change (likely due to a public egg-on-face moment involving illegal or suspicious activity). If people keep the pressure on, this will be a "remember when" rather quickly.
FireBeyond•54m ago
Some of that is already happening, in DC of all places, where the DC Police Officer's Union is protesting against use of Flock by ... the DC Police (albeit Internal Affairs).

Something about "this technology is invasive and violates the right to privacy of our members"...

Cider9986•43m ago
Government officials should be highly transparent. Privacy for the people, transparency for the government.
awesome_dude•33m ago
There's a balance that needs to be struck, politicians are humans too
black6•29m ago
Not once they put themselves into the public sphere. They become chattel, bought and sold by special interests.
atmavatar•22m ago
Politicians are humans who knowingly choose to enter public office for the sake of exercising power, whether for altruistic or nefarious reasons (or some combination thereof).

The power is why politicians deserve greater scrutiny than the average person, and anyone who wants to keep their privacy intact can choose not to run for office. The loss of privacy (usually at the hands of the press) is already an implied cost of running for and holding office.

analog31•17m ago
I think there's a balance that needs to be struck, in proportion to actual power. A senator or cabinet member deserves more scrutiny than a small town city clerk. Also, there are private individuals who knowingly exercise more power than that clerk.
awesome_dude•13m ago
ortusdux•1h ago
Could the map's creator be held liable if Flock can demonstrate this map in particular was used to destroy cameras?
collabs•1h ago
In my uninformed opinion that would be a dangerous precedent if there is no proven collusion or conspiracy to act together. I anal though so I'll wait for people who know the law to respond.
moate•1h ago
Highly unlikely (but hey, anything's possible when you're flirting with an authoritarian regime). They would need to demonstrate that the map was made TO destroy cameras if to have real merit.
dylan604•26m ago
Can Google/Apple/et al be held liable if demonstrated that any criminal used maps in prep for any crime?
JKCalhoun•1h ago
I still want to see a driving game, perhaps using Google maps, where you try to get from point A to point B and not pass any Flock cameras.
nxobject•56m ago
That would make for a “fun” (if depressing) Glider environmental hazard.
pennomi•53m ago
I’m working on an OpenStreetMap-powered map generator in Godot, this would probably be quite easy to build.
AKSF_Ackermann•1h ago
I would like to point out that the website in question has a button to download the entire dataset. Probably would be a good idea to save a copy.
adolph•53m ago
Clickbait. The website proprietor received a 3rd party trademark infringement complaint. If people in the company would prefer the map to be offline, they are taking a very roundabout way of accomplishing it.

  On Thursday, Michael was notified that Doppel, which describes itself as an “AI-native social engineering defense platfom,” filed a trademark infringement complaint regarding his site, claiming to be working on Flock’s behalf. Doppel says that the site is using the trademark “FLOCK SAFETY” without authorization, which “may cause customer confusion / harm.” Doppel requested the site be taken down.
plorg•35m ago
>they are taking a very roundabout way of accomplishing it

  Doppel requested the site be taken down.
Actually that seems pretty direct.
adolph•12m ago
The article says it's a trademark dispute. A cease and desist letter is a normal part of the process.
moate•21m ago
The fact that they can't go to the court and say "It pisses me off that this guy is doing what he's doing" and instead have to, ya know, try a case based on the actual laws that exist, seems to be confusing you about what "direct legal action" is.
forshaper•53m ago
Axon and Motorola must be pretty satisfied with all this.
paimapi•44m ago
for what it's worth, the DeFlock maps also include Axon/Motorola cams. they pick up my city's custom implementation too so the anti-surveillance movement is really benefiting from this Flock-focused hate
forshaper•4m ago
worth something! I wasn't aware that they picked those up.
heliomattress•42m ago
flock CEO's last name is "Langley" ? you can't make this stuff up.
protocolture•6m ago
Jimmy CIA here to sell you a new security product.
NoboruWataya•35m ago
Interesting that the site is only available in the US. I wonder why that is.
bilekas•34m ago
I am starting a surveillance company in the US. I'll sell the data to anyone who wants. I'll put cameras up wherever I like, call it protection of the people, the police will enjoy it doing a lot of work for them and then I'll point cameras squarely at my competition, 24 hours a day, 365 a year, until they ask for regulations.

If anyone would like to kickstart let me know.

ejj28•3m ago
Y Combinator had no problem backing Flock, you should give them a try.
You are making a political statement there, does that not make you a politician?
dylan604•29m ago
I'm waiting to find out that Flock systems do not log the data when the plates are recognized as gov't issued plates.