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"As a Language Model": Chat Template Switches LLM Self-Referential Voice

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.25021 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49865343 Points: 14 # Comments: 0

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You Don’t Need to Pay for Distraction-Blocking Software

These free iOS and Android apps create the physical friction you need to put down your phone.

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The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet

Climate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people t...

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Show HN: LightCloud – A cloud console organised like file system

Hi HN, Light Cloud is a hosting platform where the unit of organisation is a folder. A folder holds everything project ...

Technology 6d ago

Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement

Improving mood and increasing longevity are just some of the unfounded claims about this substance circling around the â...

Technology 6d ago

Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes

By deactivating a gene, researchers were able to cause cells in the pancreatic ducts to produce insulin to regulate bloo...

Technology 6d ago

Rusty thoughts on "Parse, don't validate"

Article URL: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/rusty-thoughts-on-parse-dont-validate/ Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...

Technology 6d ago

Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads 2 Weeks from Election

Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1wr3id3/meta_blocks_president_lulas_facebook_page_and/ Comment...

Technology 6d ago

Show HN: Trail – new kind of logic game

Article URL: https://trail.franzai.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49864105 Points: 7 # Comment...

Technology 6d ago

OpenAI Feared "Optics" of what might appear on Hacker News

Article URL: https://authorsguild.org/news/ag-v-openai-top-execs-knew-mass-book-piracy-was-illegal/ Comments URL: https...

Technology 6d ago

The internet discovers TLA+. Now what?

Article URL: https://reasonable.io/blog/tla-tutorial/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863600 Point...

Technology 6d ago

If we do not stop to help each other, what do we become?

Article URL: https://blog.codinghorror.com/if-we-do-not-stop-to-help-each-other-what-do-we-become/ Comments URL: https:...

Technology 6d ago

What is the size of Yemen? (2024)

Article URL: https://theborys.substack.com/p/what-is-the-size-of-yemen Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology 6d ago

PNOE’s new face mask wants to make lab-grade breath testing a self-serve affair

PNOĒ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane's, is...

Technology 6d ago

Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India

The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in October.

Technology 6d ago

OpenAI agents tried to bruteforce a UN website's API fields

Article URL: https://swarmcha.se/posts/openai-unctad Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49862299 Points...

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Real-time feedback: My closing move in every interview

Article URL: https://mgrebler.substack.com/p/real-time-feedback-my-closing-move Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....

Technology 6d ago

Sousveillance

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousveillance Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49861992 Po...

Technology 6d ago

Claude Deleted 48k Files

Article URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20260920145334/https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1wl5cgo/code_just_de...

Technology 6d ago

OpenAI Codex agents go rogue and consumes USD 78,000 without authorization

My OpenAI CODEX account went rogue and from a simple request took the autonomous decision to launch 826 parallel agents...

Technology 1w ago

Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents

Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents. Now a federal jury in San Die...

Technology 1w ago

Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs

Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year p...

Technology 1w ago

TikTok agrees to pay at least $100M in Alabama settlement

TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million in a settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video platform mis...

Technology 1w ago

Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station

Article URL: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/welcome-to-the-medical-clinic-at-the-interplanetary-relay-stati...

Technology 1w ago

Faster prompt lookup drafting in llama.cpp

Article URL: https://jadidbourbaki.github.io/blog/prompt-lookup-llama-cpp/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

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Video CDs Break Windows Explorer

Article URL: https://clydesnotes.blogspot.com/2026/08/video-cds-break-windows-explorer.html Comments URL: https://news....

Technology 1w ago

Decap is the man behind the drums behind your favorite song

I don't think I'm going to hurt anyone's feelings by pointing out that Decap doesn't have the name recognition of Kendri...

Technology 1w ago

HomeBody: A humanoid that explores, remembers, and acts on its own

Article URL: https://tml.stanford.edu/homebody/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49859299 Points: 5 #...

Technology 1w ago

DeepSeek Elastic Compute (DSec)

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.22978 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49859112 Points: 6 # C...

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Meta says it will run ads for ‘Musk’ documentary after all

At least one social media company seems to be reversing its stance on whether it will accept advertising for Alex Gibney...