Ancient Rome's version of Google Maps: how long to reach the beach

A digital tool lets users explore the Roman Empire’s road network and, using historical data, estimate how long journeys between cities took 2,000 years ago.

More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

Community updates make Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle more useful, with Tailscale SSH, proxy modes for KOReader, and full TUN mode on some devices. Plus: plugins for Kobo and Pocket Reader.

LearnVector – Andrew Ng's AI company building one‑to‑one learning experiences

A new AI company from Andrew Ng, with a $100M investment from Coursera — building one-to-one learning that stays with you until you've mastered new skills.

Transformer Transformer: A Unified Model for Motion-Conditioned Robot Co-Design

Transformer Transformer: A Unified Model for Motion-Conditioned Robot Co-design. Project website.

Teach yourself programming in ten years (1998)

Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9

Tips and tricks to help keep your Mac OS 9/Early Mac OS computers usable today. Software downloads, guides, hacks and news.

Hubble: Open-source notetaking app for you and your agents

Hubble.md

User Interfaces of the Demo Scene

ReFrame – The EPaper Camera

reFrame is an experimental camera with a color ePaper display. Designed to capture and display one photo at a time, making every frame memorable.

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Cracking Windows Open: Porting RADV to Win32

Delayed Gratification – Proud to Be 'Last to Breaking News'

Delayed Gratification is the world's first Slow Journalism magazine, a beautiful quarterly publication which is proud to be 'Last to Breaking News'.

Kimi K3 Architecture Overview and Notes

Short architecture note on Kimi K3, including LatentMoE, Kimi Delta Attention, Attention Residuals, NoPE, multimodality, and inference-efficiency choices.

SQLite in Production: Optimizing WAL Mode, Concurrency, and VFS Layers

Transitioning SQLite from a local development tool to a production-grade database requires a deep understanding of its internal mechanics. This article explores how to tune WAL mode, manage busy handlers, and leverage custom Virtual File System (VFS) layers to achieve ultra-low latency.

Substack writers, you need a website

Substack is convenient, but treat it as a distribution tool for your content. Your content should live on an independently owned website, which has a domain name you control and own. This way, you can secure long-term visibility and control over your digital presence on the Internet.

Hooray for the Sockets Interface

In 1983, BSD 4.2 introduced sockets, treating network communication like file I/O. This simplification sped UNIX adoption of shared protocols and services, marking a key turning point in modern networking.

Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript

A lightweight userscript that adds Hacker News discussions to any article. - twalichiewicz/HNewhere

Codex Security

SDKs and CLI for Codex Security. Contribute to openai/codex-security development by creating an account on GitHub.

60 Years Ago, a Submerged Submarine Circled the Globe for the First Time (2020)

Called Operation Sandblast, the underwater circumnavigation marked a turning point in undersea warfare.

Steel Bank Common Lisp version 2.6.7