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13:58

9.15.26 | Steam Frame starts at 1059, XCancel service...

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2026/09/15

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 15, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:18) - Steam Frame starts at $1059 (01:41) - XCancel service is suspended until further notice (03:09) - iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 (04:44) - OpenAI bots knew about the RubyGems caching vulnerability (06:05) - Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomously (07:36) - Distributed Systems Classics

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13:19

9.14.26 | Fable 5.1 solves a 370-year-old cipher,...

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2026/09/14

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 14, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:17) - Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher (01:34) - Why is Google still serving dodgy ads? (02:53) - Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025 (04:17) - Data collected by cars and sold to third parties (05:37) - Registration without a phone number on Signal will

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14:07

9.13.26 | Pacing the frontier, LG denies TV spying...

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2026/09/13

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 13, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:18) - We must pace the frontier (01:36) - LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true' (03:17) - Everyone should slow down AI development except for me (04:39) - Nvidia is the central bank of AI (05:58) - Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap (07:05) - Real-SWE: Benchmarking AI models on

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13:32

9.12.26 | A misalignment of AI in mathematics, OpenAI...

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2026/09/12

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 12, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:20) - A misalignment of AI in mathematics (01:49) - OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems (03:29) - Claude is only available to people over 18 years (04:45) - I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots (05:57) - The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data

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14:18

9.11.26 | Shopify switches from React Native to Swift...

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2026/09/11

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 11, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:18) - Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin (01:38) - More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math (03:12) - Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft (04:27) - Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables (05:48) - Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling

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13:45

9.10.26 | iPhone Duo, Shopify acquires Tailwind, Visa...

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2026/09/10

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 10, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:16) - iPhone Duo (01:55) - Shopify acquires Tailwind (03:11) - What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks (04:18) - AirPods 5 (05:50) - Desert Ant Labs: local, fast models that run on device (07:02) - GPT-6 Astra, looped transformers, and hidden reasoning (08:33) - How I advertise malicious software on

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12:45

9.9.26 | Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem,...

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2026/09/09

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 9, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:14) - On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem (01:50) - AlphaGenome Atlas: a high-resolution map of human DNA (02:53) - We built our house for LAN parties (2024) (04:08) - Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent (05:27) - I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop coding agents from burying the answer (07:00) - DaVinci Resolve

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14:41

9.8.26 | LG Spy TVs problem, Mistral raises €3B,...

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2026/09/08

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 8, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - 216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video] (01:39) - Mistral raises €3B (03:03) - Jellyfin 12.0 (04:25) - I've factored the RSA keys of a Certificate Authority from the 90s (05:51) - WeatherNext 3 (07:12) - Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880–2026) (08:22) - Navier-Stokes – Tristan

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13:08

9.7.26 | Nitter and XCancel resume service, Keep Our...

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2026/09/07

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 7, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:19) - Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice (01:44) - Keep Our Servers Running (02:40) - Asahi Linux on M3 (04:03) - An Alien Mind (05:07) - GrapheneOS Overhauled Default Apps and Secure Clipboard (06:38) - It took a year to ship WebAssembly in Anubis (07:46) - Making a Python interpreter in 1024

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13:43

9.6.26 | Nitter has more instances, German rocket...

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2026/09/06

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 6, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:15) - Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns (01:27) - Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil (03:02) - Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings (04:11) - Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone (05:30) - The revolt of the

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13:33

9.5.26 | OpenAI agent message board, Fermat's Last...

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2026/09/05

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 5, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:18) - Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board (01:56) - Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem (03:15) - Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions (04:33) - Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread (06:05) - Shutting down our public encrypted DNS (07:23) - Show HN: Open-Source eInk

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14:28

9.4.26 | .name Termination, GPT-6 Astra, Any Human...

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2026/09/04

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 4, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:19) - .name Termination (01:46) - GPT-6 Astra (03:33) - Any Human Ever – One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived (04:50) - Qwen 3.8 27B available on Cerebras at 1500 tokens/s (06:06) - The browser's main thread is expensive (07:32) - The largest electric aircraft just flew [video] (08:57) - Go grandmaster

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13:57

9.3.26 | Gemini 3.8 Flash and Cyber, Muse Spark 1.3,...

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2026/09/03

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 3, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:19) - Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber (02:05) - Muse Spark 1.3 (03:25) - Can I opt out of my input or output data being used for training? (04:38) - Three sites made 215,128 “best software” pages for AI. Perplexity cites them (06:12) - Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business (07:39) - Biggest dark matter

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13:25

9.2.26 | Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, Ed...

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2026/09/02

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 2, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:19) - Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 (02:02) - How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? (03:21) - Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS (04:37) - The ChatGPT/Codex app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice (06:04) - Ambient CSS v3 – Blender meets CSS (07:03) - Movie Scene Map – 13,312 films,

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12:55

9.1.26 | Playa Phone, bird identification system from...

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2026/09/01

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 1, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:19) - Playa Phone (01:23) - I turned my security cameras into an automatic bird identification system (02:38) - Terence Tao explains 6 essential mathematical concepts [video] (03:44) - Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates (05:07) - Apple caught off guard by AI demand for Mac Mini and Mac

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13:23

8.31.26 | Creepy crawlies, careful word choice, Haiku...

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2026/08/31

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 31, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Creepy Crawlies (02:06) - “I just chose words carefully” (03:19) - Haiku R1/beta6 has been released (04:27) - Hacking IKEA Furniture (05:39) - Arbitrary code execution in QubesOS via copy-to-VM error reporting backchannel (07:02) - Understanding ChatGPT Work (08:29) - It takes 5 cloud services to hear my

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13:43

8.30.26 | Tether enables messaging on Linux, EVE...

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2026/08/30

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 30, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux (01:54) - EVE Online moves to Python 3 (03:07) - Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras (04:33) - California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law (06:09) - Hy4 preview (07:38) - Glacier Mice (08:53) - Bug

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13:36

8.29.26 | GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven,...

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2026/08/29

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 29, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven (01:46) - GLM-5.3 is now open-weight (02:54) - Htmx 4.0 (03:54) - U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective (05:16) - Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX (06:39) - Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions (07:44) - Just the rumour of a bug

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13:44

8.28.26 | Saving memory through DNS cache...

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2026/08/28

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 28, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:19) - Saving 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1's DNS cache (01:36) - Microduck (02:48) - Small Models Have Arrived (04:17) - 507 Mechanical Movements (05:13) - Show HN: The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude (06:30) - The turbulent AI era is here (07:42) - Gemini-3.5-Transcribe (09:18) - Gemini Omni 1.1

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14:04

8.27.26 | Nvidia acquires Hugging Face,...

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2026/08/27

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 27, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:19) - Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B (01:31) - GLM-5.3-Flash (02:48) - CEO fired developers to make room for AI. Developers create open source AI CEO (04:01) - Tailcat – Like netcat, but over Tailscale’s data plane (05:27) - U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications (06:49) - Twitter

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