Home

The article discusses Facebook's recent struggles, including declining user engagement, revenue challenges, and the company's rebranding efforts as Meta. It highlights the challenges Facebook faces in adapting to changing market conditions and user preferences.

The article discusses a researcher who found a vulnerability in a company's software and reported it, only to be met with a legal threat from the company. It highlights the challenges researchers can face when trying to responsibly disclose security issues.

Related:

Archive.today is directing a DDoS attack against my blog - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46843805 - Feb 2026 (168 comments)

Ask HN: Weird archive.today behavior? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46624740 - Jan 2026 (69 comments)

The article discusses Dependabot, a tool that automatically opens pull requests to update dependencies in software projects, helping to keep them secure and up-to-date. It covers how Dependabot works, the benefits it provides, and some considerations for using it effectively.

The article discusses the growing trend of people across the United States dismantling security systems, CCTV cameras, and other surveillance infrastructure, often citing concerns over privacy and government overreach as the driving factors behind these actions.

The article argues that companies building AI assistants are essentially advertising companies, as their primary goal is to collect user data and serve targeted ads, rather than provide a genuinely helpful and ethical AI experience.

The article showcases a collection of scans from the OpenScan Gallery, featuring a variety of 3D models and digital artworks created using open-source scanning technologies and tools. It highlights the diverse range of applications and creative potential of accessible scanning solutions.

The FCC has asked television stations to air more pro-America programming, such as daily recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance, raising concerns about potential government interference in media content.

The article discusses the benefits of pursuing AI side projects, including the opportunity to explore new technologies, build a portfolio, and potentially monetize your work. It provides practical tips for getting started, such as identifying interesting problems, leveraging open-source tools, and focusing on projects that align with your interests and skills.

The article explores using a behavior model to autonomously test the video game 'Super Mario' without human intervention. It discusses the development of an AI agent that can navigate and complete levels in the game, analyzing the challenges and insights gained from this approach to video game testing.

The article discusses a theory proposed by Chris Dixon, a partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, that technological innovation tends to follow a cyclical pattern of new breakthroughs followed by incremental improvements, and argues that this pattern is evident in the current state of the technology industry.

Microsoft announces major leadership changes, with Phil Spencer retiring, Sarah Bond leaving, and Matt Booty being promoted as the new head of Microsoft's AI efforts. Asha Sharma is named the new Xbox boss, overseeing the gaming division.

The daughter of a man detained in the US expresses no sympathy for her father, stating that he chose to break the law and must face the consequences of his actions.

The article argues that the United States is on the brink of a major war with China, driven by an increasingly aggressive and confrontational US foreign policy towards China. It suggests that the risk of a military conflict between the two superpowers is growing due to escalating tensions over issues like Taiwan and the South China Sea.

The article discusses a vulnerability found in the Visual Studio Code extension system that could allow malicious extensions to escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the host system. It outlines the technical details of the vulnerability and the recommended steps for users to mitigate the risk.

The comic satirizes the tendency of researchers to exaggerate the significance of their findings, highlighting the importance of maintaining a critical and balanced perspective when interpreting scientific results.

The article discusses how the Australian politician Bondi bragged about forcing Facebook to censor speech, and is now facing a lawsuit for his actions. It highlights the challenges around balancing free speech and content moderation on social media platforms.

The article discusses the lawsuit between Google and ScrapeBox, in which Google filed a motion to dismiss the case. It provides an overview of the key points in the lawsuit, including ScrapeBox's argument that Google's actions violate antitrust laws and their stance that they have the right to access public information.

The article describes a project to create a custom OpenWrt firmware that integrates Debian Linux, allowing users to run Debian applications and services on their OpenWrt-based network devices, providing more flexibility and functionality compared to standard OpenWrt.

There's LLM Council and similar tools, but they use predefined model lineups. This one is different in a few ways that mattered to me:

*Bring your own models.* Mix Ollama (local), OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, Google — or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint — in whatever combination you want. A council of DeepSeek-R1 + llama2-uncensored + mistral-nemo is a very different deliberation than GPT-4o + Claude + Gemini.

*Zero server, zero account, zero storage.* The app is purely static. API calls go directly from your browser to providers. Nothing touches a backend. No tokens, no sessions, no analytics. Your API keys never leave your machine.

*Runs on your own hardware.* If you have Ollama, you can run an entire council locally for free. I use a 5-member all-Ollama setup on an RTX 2070 (8GB VRAM) — sequential requests, slow, but completely private.

The deliberation process is 3 stages: 1. All members answer independently 2. Each member critiques anonymized responses from the others 3. A designated Chairman synthesizes a final verdict

A few things I found genuinely interesting: - Reasoning models (DeepSeek-R1, QwQ) emit <think> blocks mid-stream. Stripping these while showing a " Thinking…" indicator keeps the UX clean without losing answer quality. - The Contrarian persona on an uncensored model produces meaningfully different critiques than a safety-tuned model playing the same role. - Peer review across models catches blind spots that a single model arguing with itself won't surface.

GitHub: https://github.com/prijak/Ai-council.git