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Researchers Report Direct Edits to Neural-Network Weights An MIT CSAIL team reports early experiments in which GPT-6 Astra interpreted and modified neural-network weights without writing a training loop. In one Qwen test, the authors say a small weight change sharply improved math and instruction-following scores; the findings are preliminary. Rikiya Takehi and colleagues / MIT CSAIL Andrej Karpathy Builds a Video Library From Hacker News Recommendations HackerTube gathers 6,454 YouTube videos mentioned by Hacker News readers across nearly two decades. Karpathy describes using AI coding tools to build an alternative browsing experience, with its own recommendations and no user accounts. Screenshot via Andrej Karpathy PostgreSQL Developer Links Release Delay to AI-Found Bugs Robert Haas attributes the delayed release to a growing backlog of AI-assisted bug reports. He describes late feature reversions and the human review still required to turn suggested fixes into reliable code. Readers Search for a Television That Respects Their Privacy US boy names that became girl names and vice versa The linked article was unavailable during this update. This is the original Hacker News submission title; no article summary or image is included. An Archivist’s Plea: Save the Websites You Love After a longtime fan site vanished, a web archivist makes the case for personal backups. The post walks through capture and replay tools, with a disclosure that the author works for the company behind them. An Earlier Report Questions Ubuntu’s Kernel-Patch Delay In an October 31 article, freenode news reported that Ubuntu’s 22.04, 24.04 and 26.04 LTS releases still lacked kernels patched for CVE-2026-98432. This is the report’s account, not a fresh verification of Canonical’s current patch status. An Argument for Mathematics Beyond Individual Credit In a guest essay on Terence Tao’s blog, Karthik C. S., Amit Sahai and Jie Xue argue that mathematical work should be valued for the understanding it brings, not for outperforming other people or machines. They urge a less ego-centered response to AI’s role in research. Central Warsaw, Rebuilt One Voxel at a Time The project presents a three-dimensional model of central Warsaw assembled from OpenStreetMap, LiDAR and the city’s tree database, with a voxel resolution of one meter. Project preview / p.migdal.pl A Backstage Glimpse of the Windows 2000 Launch In a Microsoft blog recollection, the author describes slipping into an early rehearsal and learning that Patrick Stewart would host the Windows 2000 launch. A headset-wearing crew member stood in for the actor during the run-through.