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Hacker News

hnrss.org14 items
• VibeThinker▲ 93

VibeThinker: 3B param model that beats Opus 4.5 on reasoning with novel SFT+GRPO

This technical report introduces VibeThinker-3B, a compact dense model with 3B parameters developed to investigate how far verifiable reasoning can be pushed within a strictly small-model regime. Building upon the Spectrum-to-Signal post-training paradigm, we systematically enhance the model through an optimized pipeline that includes curriculum-based supervised fine-tuning, multi-domain reinforcement learning, and offline self-distillation. Experimental evaluations demonstrate that VibeThinker-3B achieves frontier-level performance on highly demanding verifiable tasks. Specifically, it attains a score of 94.3…

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• Swell Joe▲ 69

Will It Mythos?

OK, so Mythos finds really challenging security bugs, right? That’s why it’s cordoned off from the hoi polloi, to protect the world from such a powerful finder of exploits. I am skeptical…

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• Unsloth▲ 292

GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally

Run the new GLM-5.2 model by Z.ai on local hardware!

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• Ultralytics▲ 21

Ultralytics YOLO26: Unified Real-Time End-to-End Vision Models

Real-time vision demands models that are accurate, efficient, and simple to deploy across diverse hardware. The YOLO family has become widely deployed for this reason, yet most YOLO…

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• IPVM▲ 461

Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed

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• CBC▲ 410

Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040

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• Arun▲ 150

Japanese symbols that speak without words

I look at the Japanese symbols that carry meaning entirely on their own.

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• Open Culture▲ 130

1,700 free online courses from top universities

Take online courses from the world’s top universities for free. Below, you will find 1,700 free online courses from universities like Yale, MIT, Harvard, Oxford and more. Note: This page…

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• Mr. Market▲ 123

Job application asked for my SAT scores

Yesterday I was looking at YC jobs to see if there were any interesting small startups hiring in my area (while I otherwise love my current fully-remote j...

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• Roboflow▲ 44

An Introduction to YOLO26

YOLO26 brings faster CPU inference, small-object accuracy, and edge optimization to the YOLO family. See how it stacks up against today’s leading computer vision models.

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• Y Combinator117d ago

Kyber (YC W23) Is Hiring a Head of Engineering

At Kyber, we're building the next-generation document platform for enterprises. Today, our AI-native solution transforms regulatory document workflows, enabling insurance claims…

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HN — Best of the Week

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• N/A▲ 1378

Steam Machine launches today

All the details on how to sign up, plus some background on how we got here.

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• N/A▲ 700

Never Give Them Your Face

They are not verifying your age. They are building a permanent identity checkpoint over public life. Here is why to refuse.

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• Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrant▲ 451

Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed

Documented LPR misuse by police chiefs exposes a gap only judicial oversight can close.

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• N/A▲ 761

Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation

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• N/A▲ 289

Jobs and Software Is Fucked

Or how I decided to scream into the void about how awful the job market is. I'm still in a very sour mood after the latest rounds of interviews but ultimatel...

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• GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally▲ 282

GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally

Run the new GLM-5.2 model by Z.ai on local hardware!

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• GLM 5.2 vs. Opus▲ 494

GLM 5.2 vs. Opus

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• N/A▲ 215

Nearly half of LG smart TV apps contain residential proxy SDKs

Spur scanned 6,038 LG and Samsung smart TV apps and found 2,058 with residential proxy SDKs, exposing privacy and home network risks.

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