Over 20 civil society, green, health bodies call for changes to key budget bill
Organizations want removal of proposed planning changes with environmental, health implications from catch-all Economic ...
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‘A collapsing system’: Experts and civil society say SAPS failures are fuelling fear, corruption and vigilante justice
As trust in South Africa's police service plummets to a record low, experts warn that the consequences are dire for the ...
Ask HN: Why I can't enable Chrome Gemini Nano on my MacBook with M1?
I am working on vibebrowser.app AI Browser Co-Pilot and would like to use Chrome Gemini Nano as one of the LLM providers. But I can't enable on my macbook with apple silicon m1. Did anyone manage to enable chrome built-in Google Gemini Nano on google-chrome@dev 145.0.7587.4 (Official Build) dev (arm64) Revision 2a90d317b564c7fcb6c9ecb15bf709e738074843-refs/branch-heads/7587@{#8}OS macOS Version 15.5 (Build 24F74)? It still doesn't work for me on Apple Silicon M1/16GB RA
I built a one-hotkey inline AI rewriting tool (and what went wrong)
I’ve been dogfooding a small writing helper I built called Rephrazo, and I thought it might be useful to share some implementation details and mistakes so far.The idea is simple: - highlight text where you’re writing - press a hotkey - get an AI paraphrase in a small popup - insert it back with one click The goal is to remove the “copy - open AI tool - paste - rewrite - paste back” loop for small edits.This post is about how I wired it up, what worked technically, and what didn’t.Constra
Show HN: A 12KB Deterministic AI Kernel for Robotics (bestbrain-core)
Hey HN!I'm tired of the ritual where we assume AI needs a GPU cluster and a prayer to avoid crashing.I built BESTBRAIN Core to prove that intelligence—real, deterministic, safe intelligence—can live in the "room at the bottom." This is a 12KB kernel designed for robotics where failure isn't an option.What it is: - 12KB decision kernel (10.7KB Python + 1.8KB JS wrapper) - 100% deterministic (same input → same output, always) - 0 crashes across 10,260+ tests - <1ms latency (
Show HN: attainable – The fastest and easiest way to design and deploy APIs
This began as a passion project and an opportunity to learn new tech.I've always experienced frustration developing APIs, especially the RESTful CRUD style of data APIs. It always felt like I was repeating the same patterns over and over again, and that was tedium I didn't want. A little over a year ago, I wanted to learn more about Go, Firecracker microVM, and Svelte and thought "Could I build an API framework that was just a simple description of resources? What would that look
Show HN: LinkPersona – Free LinkedIn audit tool that runs 100% in the browser
"Hi HN,I built this because I was frustrated that every "LinkedIn Optimizer" requires OAuth access or a PDF upload. I didn't want to send my personal data to a third-party server just to check my headline structure.LinkPersona is a static site (HTML/Tailwind/JS). All the analysis logic (regex for checking 'Role + Result + Metric' patterns, readability scores, etc.) happens client-side. No databases, no tracking pixels, no signup.It includes:Headline analyz
Show HN: AOSI Draft Reference Model for AI (Think OSI Model Not AI Model)
Enthusiast trying to forward innovation within the AI Community; The goal of AOSI is to create a common vocabulary, common terminology, and common functional roadmap for AI systems, so that developers, researchers, and organizations can communicate more clearly, design more reliably, and innovate faster; just like OSI did for Network Infrastructure. Just sharing with the community, hope this will add value to discussions!
Show HN: minfern – Type inference for JavaScript without transpilation
I wrote a type checker (minfern - https://github.com/sinelaw/minfern) for a subset of javascript with no transpilation. It accepts valid JS as input and allows a subset of JS code to pass the checking. There’s no transpilation or compilation needed. The input code can be run directly.Try it online at: https://sinelaw.github.io/minfern/It could be used for checking code targeting normal JS runtimes, or runtimes like mquickjs (though minfern is more strict b
Show HN: I built an open-source wallpaper gallery for GitHub repos
Hey HN,GitHub has hundreds of wallpaper repositories with thousands of images, but actually browsing them is painful. You either clone gigabytes locally or click through the file browser one by one.So I built WALL·E Gallery. Use existing collections or Paste a repo URL→ instant gallery.How it works: - Fetches repo tree via GitHub (no cloning) - Proxies thumbnails (~50KB instead of 10MB originals) - Works with private repos too (with GitHub token)Infinite scroll, search, dark mode, mobile frien
Ask HN: By what percentage has AI changed your output as a software engineer?
Compared to the era before AI coding tools (say, ~2 years ago), if you had to put a number on it, how much has your productivity as a SWE changed?I think about this a lot; am keen to hear what others' perceptions are. For me; the short answer: about 2x (i.e. 100% faster than pre LLMs). Long answer:When I thoroughly understand the domain (i.e. business logic and real world problem I'm solving), and am familiar with the tech stack, I'm about ~10x faster for the same or better code q
The New Generation Won't Type for You
As a very old millennial back in town for the Holidays, I recently watched my 8,9 and 10 year old nephews/nieces use TikTok in between saying "six seven" or "six seven four one". Every search was done using a voice command. They didn't type one time. Even for very very simple searches, they still chose to voice them, even when they could get much more precise by typing. If they didn't get the videos they wanted, they simply re-rolled until TikTok spat out somet
Show HN: Control Your Telegram with AI
I put together a small side project that lets me use AI to work with my own Telegram account — searching chats, summarizing long threads, and sending messages without opening the app.It’s not a product or a framework. I mostly built it because I’m in a lot of noisy Telegram groups and wanted a better way to answer questions like “what did we decide last week?” or “did anyone mention X recently?”The setup uses a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects Telegram to AI clients like Claude
What I learned building "comfortable" LED strip lighting
I built a small workspace lighting setup using LED strips and ended up learning more than I expected. On paper it was simple: stick a strip somewhere, add a diffuser, done. In practice, the stuff that mattered wasn’t the spec sheet—it was power delivery, optics, and human perception.A few notes that surprised me:Power planning > “just buy a bigger PSU.” Long runs behave like distributed loads. Voltage drop shows up as uneven brightness, and on RGB/RGBW it can show up as color shift (“whi
Pakistan, UAE agree on shared goals of peace, sustainable development
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held talks with President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Islamabad. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Asim Munir were present at the meeting.
COMMENTARY: Affordable policies that deliver astonishing returns
The sobering truth is that 2026 will mean fewer resources to do good. We have to stop pretending that we can afford to do ...
Development cooperation agreement marks new phase in UN-Iraq partnership
Better access to education, the protection of the environment and good governance are some of the areas in which the United ...
Silver Linings
Faculty share what the first week of adjusting to closed campuses and moving their course online during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Pharmacy Induced Toxicology And Healing Miracle Testimony - Dec 23 - 2025
Ok so let’s address the pending accusational response to this message from those who depend on the pharmaceutical drug dealer to keep them leashed to toxins. Oh that start is sure to invoke a response that might could resurrect the cancel culture. Am I against Doctors, nurses, hospitals, clinics, and such? No, by God we need them, but for who are they for if you are a reader, seer, and a doer of the word of God. Just who is this industry for? Is God behind the partially corrupt industry? Ah, bu
Triple Negative: Insights and Reflections - Book Discussion | Aarti Pathak | Prashant Pandey #San...
Aarti Pathak explains how ancient Indian wisdom through the Ramayana and Ayurveda became her lifeline during aggressive triple-negative breast cancer treatment. Learn how dedication, witness consciousness, and integrative medicine transformed her seven-month ordeal into a spiritual awakening. Aarti Pathak, the acclaimed author of the Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul series and the memoir "Triple Negative," shares her journey of losing her mother to COVID-19 and discovering her cancer diagnosis w