Ask HN: Fable hacked my piano, can I release the results?

I then asked Fable to compare it to the open source version I’d downloaded from Mutopia, which it promptly ripped apart. No sustain, zero rubato, upside down balance.Ok, what about the version I’d just bought?The PianoDisc versions are mp3s encoded with the right channel carrying MIDI to be played on the piano, and the left … Devamını oku

I’m a seeing-eye dog for a computer

I used to argue with people on the internet. After about six replies, you realize that you’re speaking to someone incapable of thought. This is a more pleasant experience than getting a LLM to do what you want. I write code for robots. Rather, it’s 2026, so these days I also tell LLMs to write … Devamını oku

The NX bit is not just about security

While I’m taking a short break from low-level programming, here’s a story by a friend of mine,Sonya, about debugging a seemingly impossible bug in ARM code. This bug hunting saga started several months ago. While developing a bare-metal hypervisor on ARM64 forpostmarketOS, I hit a strange bug: if I enabled theCTR_EL0intercept (which was the whole … Devamını oku

Ponytail: Lazy Senior Engineer Skill

// same behavior. 48 fewer lines. zero bugs in code that no longer exists. // medians across 12 feature tasks on a FastAPI + React repo.// validation, error handling, security and accessibility are never simplified away. // also OpenCode, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Kiro, Zed and more — 14+ agents.// full list in theREADME. Builds what … Devamını oku

Four Weeks of a Vegan Diet Alter Signs of Inflammation and Aging

Nutrition study involving 48 healthy adults / Researchers analyze more than 800,000 genetic loci / Evidence of changes in inflammatory processes, metabolism, and biological aging Just four weeks of dietary changes can already be reflected in epigenetic changes. This is shown by a study conducted bytheUniversity Center for Naturopathyat the Medical Center – University of … Devamını oku

Making a Python interpreter in 1024 bytes

To feel human, I write codeby handon the weekends. My latest challenge? Make a Python interpreter in5121024 bytes of good ole C code. Oh, and no macro shenanigans or library tomfoolery. I probably can’t fitallof the Python language into an interpreter that is only 1024 bytes of code. So what can I fit that willlooklike … Devamını oku

It took a year to ship WebAssembly in Anubis

Anubis could not load its JavaScript. The server may be overloaded. Please reload the page to try again. You are seeing this because the administrator of this website has set up Anubis to protect the server against the scourge of AI companies aggressively scraping websites. This can and does cause downtime for the websites, which … Devamını oku