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naruhodo··on A list of 1,325 AI assisted repositories, mined from GitHub
So that this list can be added to the list of lists.
naruhodo··on OpenLogi
There’s also Piper[1], which I’ve been using for my Logitech G502 wireless gaming mouse. It predates the AI era.

[1] https://github.com/libratbag/piper

naruhodo··on Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models
This[1]:

> This has the potential to begin a new era of personal empowerment where individuals can use this powerful new capability to reach their full potential, pursue their interests, and improve their lives and the world more than ever before.

Plus this[2]:

> Since 2019, thousands of deceptive advertisements on Facebook have used the likeness of the highly prominent businessman to promote scams, racking up thousands of victims, according to the suit.

> The billionaire's legal team argues that Meta's artificial intelligence tools optimised and personalised fraudulent ads before distributing them, thereby making Meta an active participant, rather than a mere intermediary.

Make for a fun juxtaposition today.

[1] https://www.meta.com/thefutureisforeveryone/

[2] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/andrew-forrest-meta-s...

naruhodo··on Neutrino-1 8B
I have the same question.

I get that it’s designed to run on a CPU, big GPU or MacBook (although the way that was phrased confused me at first).

I’m struggling with what a “decoder-only” model is good for.

naruhodo··on "Please just use plain English, I don't understand what you're saying."
I wonder if this is a "loan idiom" from a non-English-speaking culture.

> Det är ingen ko på isen – “There’s no cow on the ice” (Sweden)

https://bigthink.com/high-culture/idioms-around-the-world/

naruhodo··on Eliminating Go bounds checks with unsafe
I like reading articles like this, but as per usual, I also find these articles frustrating to read because they don't specify calling conventions[0] (which are many and varied) - particularly the allocation of arguments to registers and the stack frame.

Articles about GoLang assembly language[1] are particularly vexing because the instruction parameters are bass-ackwards - source, destination - like AT&T syntax, but register references are missing their % sigil and so appear to be MASM-style[2].

Authors blogging from deep inside some technical tent should take pity on readers who are not so deeply in the tent and offer a brief primer on assumed knowledge.

Any mistakes in the above should be viewed as confirmation of my confusion.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_calling_conventions

[1] https://go.dev/doc/asm#x86

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_assembly_language

naruhodo··on Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)
Who's your sugar guy? I can get you a deal...
naruhodo··on OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router
I'm trying hard but to take offence.
naruhodo··on EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0
It's a push by oligarchs to establish total surveillance and control of the masses to protect themselves from the coming environmental (climate change) and economic (mass unemployment) collapses.

In a functioning democracy, the masses would demand higher taxes on the wealthy to fund social support. The oligarchy has already bought out democracy in the US and other places to ensure that doesn't happen. So to keep the masses in line, a system of totalitarian oppression is required.

naruhodo··on Tenda firmware (multiple versions) contains hidden authentication backdoor
His point is that in security, the opposite applies. The supposed "incompetence" is just plausible deniability for a malicious act.
naruhodo··on OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router
> Note that recent (2025-10) batches of the OpenWrt One have an M.2 slot with a detached post at the 2230 position and the shipped product contains no way to attach the post.

The implications of this are going over my head (and TFA should explain it better). I gather that 2230 is a form factor 22x30mm and there's also a 2280 M.2 SSD form factor.

Is this just saying that there's a missing mounting post? So it wobbles? You can't use a certain form factor?

naruhodo··on Fines doubled as teens outsmart Australia's world-first social media ban
The standard answers* are using a (free, exploitative) VPN or tricking image-based age verification. You know, rocket surgery according to Australian politicians.

* Source: am Australian and annoyed enough to follow reporting and discussions.

naruhodo··on WASM on the JVM Ships Under the Bytecode Alliance
The use case appears to be Java applications that rely on native libraries. Instead of a Java rewrite or using JNI or similar, Endive gives a new deployment model for native libraries (whether the language is garbage-collected or has manual memory-management) as a regular JAR file [1]:

> You didn't install a native binary. You didn't configure JNI. You didn't cross-compile anything for your target platform. It just works, because the Wasm module is hiding inside a regular JAR on your classpath.

> WebAssembly changes this equation. Take a proven C or Rust library, compile it to Wasm, and run it within JVM boundaries. You keep everything the JVM gives you: guaranteed memory safety, fault isolation, platform independence, advanced JIT, observability, and the "write once, run anywhere" promise. The Wasm module becomes just another artifact inside your JAR, an implementation detail that your users never need to think about.

And from TFA[2]:

> The previous article focused on wrapping C and Rust libraries. Those languages compile to Wasm straightforwardly because they manage their own memory. But a growing number of languages target the WasmGC proposal instead: Kotlin/Wasm, Dart, and others. Google Sheets already runs its Java-based calculation engine through WasmGC in production. Endive passes the full WasmGC spec testsuite

[1] https://foojay.io/today/a-new-generation-of-java-libraries-i...

[2] https://foojay.io/today/endive-1-0-wasm/

naruhodo··on Countries are competing to see which can carry out mass surveillance the best
I think the basket_horse comment is referring to the US government.
naruhodo··on Anthropic requires 30 day data retention for Fable and Mythos
Thank you. That completes the picture for me.
naruhodo··on Anthropic requires 30 day data retention for Fable and Mythos
Finally I can automate my paranoia and relax.
naruhodo··on Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains ground
> It's not like we treat math as a charity project for eccentrics who like blackboards.

Love it! XD

I agree, and I think, as with physics, mathematical research produces building blocks whose utility won't be realised until later.

naruhodo··on Malicious npm packages detected across Red Hat Cloud Services
> but if you have a loved one who just needs a one click fix, these can likely save them from the next attack.

I'm not letting gam gams anywhere near that shit. She can continue writing her own apps in assembly language - it's good for her brain health!

naruhodo··on Grok Build
Let’s just say that it only does light-themed UIs.
naruhodo··on Show HN: The Hanging Sculptures of the Xiaoxitian
Works in Firefox 150.0.3 (64-bit) on Linux.
naruhodo··on AI, "Humanity", and Dr. Manhattan Syndrome: A Communications Intervention
It’s one of those “you criticise society and yet you participate in society… curious” critiques. Also, I saw some AI detector flagging Bible passages as 97% AI generated. It doesn’t inspire confidence.
naruhodo··on 1024000^2 Blocks, 2B2T Minecraft Server World Download Project, and Discoveries
> A search for vertical 5x5 obsidian/crying obsidian pinwheels was also made, and only 1258 were found, with only 613 within a 25k radius of spawn. There were many more than this in December of 2025, so this is either a sign of other players removing them, or the owner(s) of 2b2t worldediting them all out at some point.

I did Nazi that coming.

naruhodo··on Fecal transplants for autism deliver success in clinical trials (2019)
Anecdata, but in my experience, my cognitive difficulties respond very positively to commonly recommended dietary supplements for cognitive disorders such as ADHD - particularly vitamin D3 and omega 3. Zinc and magnesium... not so much.

I have IBS - which could lead to nutrient deficiencies - and I've passed the initial pre-screen gate for ADHD assessment (coming soon). I also suspect autism, but the reward to cost ratio for assessment of that doesn't thrill me at the moment.

A different gut microbiome might simply be a way to solve nutrient deficiencies.

naruhodo··on The Third Hard Problem
For me, the canonical example is organising images in folders vs tags.
naruhodo··on A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10
I don't agree, and I'd like to understand your point of view.

To me, asking if a function has something wrong with it is just a very basic code review - something that should happen with every function. A competent, security conscious engineer would respond the same way as the model, unsurprisingly, since the model is... modelling competence.

naruhodo··on Cannabis and driving? Studies reveal big risks
It's not unexpected that infrequent users are more impacted by acute use.

The article doesn't quantify accident risk, from what I can see.

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), however, actually has quantified the relative change in accident risk. [1]

The table in the linked document (N/A = not available):

                Crash Risk   Culpability
    Alcohol (BAC = 0.02) 1.03–1.19 1.36
    Alcohol (BAC = 0.05) 1.38–1.75 2.19
    Alcohol (BAC = 0.08) 2.69–2.92 3.63
    Cannabis 1.11–1.42 1.20–1.42
    Antidepressants 1.35–1.40 N/A
    Antihistamines 1.12 N/A
    Benzodiazepines and Z-hypnotics 1.17–2.30 1.41
    Opiates 1.68–2.29 1.47
In Australia, the legal limit for Blood Alcohol Concentration when driving is 0.05. We are subject to roadside drug testing that checks for alcohol, methamphetamine, cannabis and cocaine. But not benzos, opiates or depressants, AFAIK. In almost all Australian states and territories, having a cannabis prescription is not a valid legal defence against loss of licence when a roadside test detects cannabis metabolites. The tests do not indicate impairment, only past use within the last few days. The Australian political class actively resists changing the law to be fair to medicinal cannabis patients.

If the system was really fair, it would perform a field sobriety test to prove impairment. Recognising that cannabis use only increases crash risk by the same amount as a legal BAC would be a good start.

[1] https://www1.racgp.org.au/getattachment/ef4cc327-723b-42c9-b...

naruhodo··on GM just laid off IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills
Irony detected, but it's 2026, so nobody can be sure.
naruhodo··on Incident Report: CVE-2024-YIKES
Weak sauce.

curl | sudo dd of=/dev/sda

naruhodo··on France moves to break encrypted messaging
Prop 13, for those who don't know...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_California_Proposition_13

naruhodo··on US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos
It didn't pan out though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001

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