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1. Gemma: New Open Models Total comment counts : 64 Summary Google has introduced Gemma, a new generation of open models for developers and researchers to build AI responsibly. These lightweight models are built from the same research and technology used to create Gemini models and are designed to be safe, reliable, and adhere to Google’s AI Principles. Gemma models surpass larger models on key benchmarks while maintaining rigorous standards for responsible outputs....

1. Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames Total comment counts : 61 Summary Signal is making changes to enhance privacy for users. By default, your phone number will no longer be visible to everyone you chat with on Signal. People who have your number saved in their contacts will still be able to see it. Additionally, you can now create a unique username to use on Signal instead of sharing your phone number....

1. Show HN: htmz – a low power tool for HTML Total comment counts : 57 Summary The article discusses htmz, a minimalist HTML microframework that allows users to create modular web user interfaces using plain HTML. htmz enables the swapping of page fragments using vanilla HTML code, updating only the relevant portion of the page instead of reloading the whole page. It is inspired by htmx, Comet, and other similar web application architectures....

1. Wddbfs – Mount a SQLite database as a filesystem Total comment counts : 14 Summary The article discusses the hesitation of using a sqlite database for prototyping projects and suggests using a filesystem instead. The author introduces a utility called wddbfs that allows users to mount a sqlite database as a WebDAV filesystem. This allows the database to be accessed using tools that work with a standard filesystem, such as terminals, file managers, and text editors....

1. Considerations for a long-running Raspberry Pi Total comment counts : 72 Summary This article is part of a series on improving the reliability of Raspberry Pi devices. The author shares their experiences and solutions for various issues that can occur with Raspberry Pis and how they have addressed them. They also provide tips on monitoring, particularly using Uptime Kuma. The author advises against disabling journaling for the Pi’s filesystem as it may increase the risk of filesystem corruption....

1. My sixth year as a bootstrapped founder Total comment counts : 51 Summary The article discusses the author’s journey as a bootstrapped founder and the success of their product, TinyPilot. After several failed businesses, TinyPilot became popular and generated $997k in revenue in 2023, with a $236k profit. The author attributes the success to stronger sales and changes in manufacturing and design costs. They also share how they sustained themselves during the early years through savings and dividend income....

1. Sora: Creating video from text Total comment counts : 201 Summary The article introduces Sora, an AI model developed by OpenAI that can generate realistic and imaginative scenes based on text instructions. Sora aims to understand and simulate the physical world in motion, with the goal of assisting people in solving real-world problems that require interaction. The model is capable of generating videos up to one minute long while maintaining visual quality and adhering to the user’s prompt....

1. European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-end encryption Total comment counts : 26 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary The article discusses a court ruling on the legality of requiring messaging providers to decrypt end-to-end encrypted (E2E) communications. The court held that such a requirement is a disproportionate interference with the right to privacy. The court considered the wide-scale impact of weakening E2E encryption and suggested alternative solutions to decryption without compromising protective mechanisms....

1. Is something bugging you? Total comment counts : 71 Summary The article discusses why a startup remained in stealth mode for over five years before releasing its product. The startup wanted to build something great before releasing it and was fortunate enough to attract talent, customers, and investors during this period. The article also mentions the startup’s previous company, FoundationDB, and how the new product, Antithesis, is a continuation of that story....

1. AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It’s now open-source Total comment counts : 36 Summary The article discusses an effort by AMD to make it easier for developers to port codebases targeting NVIDIA’s CUDA API to run on AMD’s ROCm stack. This effort involves creating a drop-in replacement at the library level so that many CUDA applications can run on AMD GPUs without the need to modify the source code....