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- 1Developer squeezes a language model into a 512-byte boot sector●Show HN: A language model that lives in a boot sector All the ideas came from the boot sector demo scene where people ha
A developer has demonstrated a neural network small enough to live entirely inside a PC's 512-byte boot sector, inspired by the demo scene tradition of fitting chess games, BASIC interpreters and even a C compiler into that tiny space. Instead of conventional code, the program generates its output through a compact model. Tech communities are praising the project as a striking throwback to extreme size-coding craft.
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A lightweight Tiny Basic interpreter for Arduino is drawing attention among hobbyists and embedded developers. The project lets users run Basic programs directly on Arduino microcontrollers, echoing the early home-computing era when Basic was the standard entry point to programming. Developers are discussing its practicality for teaching, quick prototyping, and retro-computing experiments on constrained hardware.
- 3Physicists simulate a tiny universe where time emerges without a clock▼Physicists created a tiny universe and watched time emerge without a clock
Physicists have created a tiny simulated universe in which time appears to emerge on its own, without any external clock defining it. The finding is drawing attention because it touches one of the deepest questions in physics: whether time is a fundamental feature of reality or something that arises from more basic processes. Details of the experiment and its methods remain limited in the available reporting.
- 4The Sun Holds Almost All the Solar System's Mass▼One Star, Almost All the Mass. A Cosmic Surprise A small observation with enormous implications. An Unexpected Compariso
Astronomy writers are highlighting a striking fact about our cosmic neighbourhood: while Jupiter dwarfs every other planet, the Sun outweighs it more than 1,000 times over, holding roughly 99.8% of the solar system's total mass. The comparison is being shared as a perspective-shifting reminder of how tiny everything else is beside our star, turning a basic figure into a source of genuine wonder.