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  1. 9 HRS AGO

    2.28.26 | "We Will Not Be Divided," comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and OpenAI's deployment with Dept. of War on classified network

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 28, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:16) - We Will Not Be Divided (01:30) - Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (02:53) - OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network (04:15) - A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification (05:55) - OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation (07:37) - A better streams API is possible for JavaScript (09:00) - Can you reverse engineer our neural network? (10:36) - Croatia declared free of landmines after 31 years (11:36) - NASA announces overhaul of Artemis program amid safety concerns, delays (13:07) - A Chinese official’s use of ChatGPT revealed an intimidation operation (13:54) - Outro We Will Not Be Dividedhttps://notdivided.orghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47188473Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegsethhttps://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-comments-secretary-warhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47188697 OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified networkhttps://twitter.com/sama/status/2027578652477821175https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189650 A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verificationhttps://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181208 OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuationhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/openai-raises-110b-in-one-of-the-largest-private-funding-rounds-in-history/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181211 A better streams API is possible for JavaScripthttps://blog.cloudflare.com/a-better-web-streams-api/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47180569 Can you reverse engineer our neural network?https://blog.janestreet.com/can-you-reverse-engineer-our-neural-network/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47146487 Croatia declared free of landmines after 31 yearshttps://glashrvatske.hrt.hr/en/domestic/croatia-declared-free-of-landmines-after-31-years-12593533https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189535 NASA announces overhaul of Artemis program amid safety concerns, delayshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-artemis-moon-program-overhaul/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182483 A Chinese official’s use of ChatGPT revealed an intimidation operationhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/politics/chatgpt-china-intimidation-operationhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181944

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  2. 1 DAY AGO

    2.27.26 | Dario Amodei discusses Department of War talks, Block experiences layoffs, Claude Code selects options

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 27, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War (01:41) - Layoffs at Block (03:03) - What Claude Code chooses (04:25) - AirSnitch: Demystifying and breaking client isolation in Wi-Fi networks [pdf] (05:58) - What does " 2>&1 " mean? (07:13) - I baked a pie every day for a year (08:31) - The Hunt for Dark Breakfast (09:45) - BuildKit: Docker's Hidden Gem That Can Build Almost Anything (11:08) - OsmAnd’s Faster Offline Navigation (2025) (12:34) - Outro Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of Warhttps://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-warhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47173121Layoffs at Blockhttps://twitter.com/jack/status/2027129697092731343https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47172119 What Claude Code chooseshttps://amplifying.ai/research/claude-code-pickshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47169757 AirSnitch: Demystifying and breaking client isolation in Wi-Fi networks [pdf]https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/2026-f1282-paper.pdfhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47167763 What does " 2>&1 " mean?https://stackoverflow.com/questions/818255/what-does-21-meanhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47171233 I baked a pie every day for a yearhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/feb/22/a-new-start-after-60-i-baked-a-pie-every-day-for-a-year-and-it-changed-my-lifehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47128645 The Hunt for Dark Breakfasthttps://moultano.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/the-hunt-for-dark-breakfast/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47176257 BuildKit: Docker's Hidden Gem That Can Build Almost Anythinghttps://tuananh.net/2026/02/25/buildkit-docker-hidden-gem/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47166264 OsmAnd’s Faster Offline Navigation (2025)https://osmand.net/blog/fast-routing/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47170157

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  3. 2 DAYS AGO

    2.26.26 | Danish government agency plans to stop using Microsoft software, advice against purchasing .online domains, and Google API keys became sensitive after Gemini's rule change

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 26, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025) (01:38) - Never buy a .online domain (03:19) - Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules (05:00) - Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer (06:06) - Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective (07:37) - Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown (08:32) - Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance (09:47) - Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMs (11:19) - RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs (12:50) - The Om Programming Language (14:04) - Outro Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)https://therecord.media/denmark-digital-agency-microsoft-digital-independencehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47149701Never buy a .online domainhttps://www.0xsid.com/blog/online-tld-is-painhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47151233 Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the ruleshttps://trufflesecurity.com/blog/google-api-keys-werent-secrets-but-then-gemini-changed-the-ruleshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47156925 Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineerhttps://spectrum.ieee.org/jimi-hendrix-systems-engineerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157224 Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effectivehttps://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-united-states-needs-fewer-bus-stops/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47153798 Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdownhttps://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/01/21/notepad-and-paint-updates-begin-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47154399 Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillancehttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/tech-companies-shouldnt-be-bullied-doing-surveillancehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160226 Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMshttps://simonlermen.substack.com/p/large-scale-online-deanonymizationhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139716 RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCshttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/ram-now-represents-35-percent-of-bill-of-materials-for-hp-pcs/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161160 The Om Programming Languagehttps://www.om-language.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47154971

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  4. 3 DAYS AGO

    2.25.26 | Helping dog vibe code games, Mac mini production in Houston, 10-year-old's Disneyland roller coaster pitch

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 25, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:23) - I'm helping my dog vibe code games (01:57) - Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston (03:23) - I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978 (04:37) - Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economy (06:08) - Pi – A minimal terminal coding harness (07:35) - Nearby Glasses (09:02) - We installed a single turnstile to feel secure (10:28) - Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge (12:05) - Hacking an old Kindle to display bus arrival times (13:14) - Show HN: Moonshine Open-Weights STT models – higher accuracy than WhisperLargev3 (14:33) - Outro I'm helping my dog vibe code gameshttps://www.calebleak.com/posts/dog-game/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139675Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houstonhttps://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/apple-accelerates-us-manufacturing-with-mac-mini-production/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47143152 I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978https://wordglyph.xyz/one-piece-at-a-timehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47136604 Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economyhttps://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/amazon-busted-for-widespread-pricehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47145907 Pi – A minimal terminal coding harnesshttps://pi.devhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47143754 Nearby Glasseshttps://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasseshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47140042 We installed a single turnstile to feel securehttps://idiallo.com/blog/installed-single-turnstile-for-security-theaterhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114678 Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledgehttps://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47145963 Hacking an old Kindle to display bus arrival timeshttps://www.mariannefeng.com/portfolio/kindle/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47141797 Show HN: Moonshine Open-Weights STT models – higher accuracy than WhisperLargev3https://github.com/moonshine-ai/moonshinehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47143755

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  5. 4 DAYS AGO

    2.24.26 | Age verification risks data, Ladybird uses Rust and AI, AI creates Wi-Fi driver for old MacBook

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 24, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:21) - The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection (01:51) - Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI (03:22) - FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for me (05:00) - Terence Tao, at 8 years old (1984) [pdf] (06:16) - Show HN: PgDog – Scale Postgres without changing the app (07:53) - Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements (09:28) - Blood test boosts Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy to 94.5%, clinical study shows (10:46) - A simple web we own (12:25) - “Car Wash” test with 53 models (14:03) - Hetzner Prices increase 30-40% (15:12) - Outro The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protectionhttps://spectrum.ieee.org/age-verificationhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47122715Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AIhttps://ladybird.org/posts/adopting-rust/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120899 FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for mehttps://vladimir.varank.in/notes/2026/02/freebsd-brcmfmac/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47129361 Terence Tao, at 8 years old (1984) [pdf]https://gwern.net/doc/iq/high/smpy/1984-clements.pdfhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47123689 Show HN: PgDog – Scale Postgres without changing the apphttps://github.com/pgdogdev/pgdoghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47123631 Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancementshttps://serverhost.com/blog/firefox-148-launches-with-exciting-ai-kill-switch-feature-and-more-enhancements/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47133313 Blood test boosts Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy to 94.5%, clinical study showshttps://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-blood-boosts-alzheimer-diagnosis-accuracy.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47132388 A simple web we ownhttps://rsdoiel.github.io/blog/2026/02/21/a_simple_web_we_own.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47124149 “Car Wash” test with 53 modelshttps://opper.ai/blog/car-wash-testhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47128138 Hetzner Prices increase 30-40%https://docs.hetzner.com/general/infrastructure-and-availability/price-adjustment/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120145

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  6. 5 DAYS AGO

    2.23.26 | Taalas "prints" LLM onto chip, Gamedate revives dead multiplayer games, baby chicks exhibit bouba-kiki effect

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 23, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:17) - How Taalas “prints” LLM onto a chip? (01:43) - Gamedate – A site to revive dead multiplayer games (02:46) - Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chicks (03:44) - Japanese Woodblock Print Search (04:36) - Two Bits Are Better Than One: making bloom filters 2x more accurate (05:53) - Attention Media ≠ Social Networks (07:12) - A Botnet Accidentally Destroyed I2P (08:27) - Back to FreeBSD: Part 1 (09:47) - Coccinelle: Source-to-source transformation tool (10:51) - What Is a Database Transaction? (11:59) - Outro How Taalas “prints” LLM onto a chip?https://www.anuragk.com/blog/posts/Taalas.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47103661Gamedate – A site to revive dead multiplayer gameshttps://gamedate.org/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47096167 Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chickshttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq7188https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47105198 Japanese Woodblock Print Searchhttps://ukiyo-e.org/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47107781 Two Bits Are Better Than One: making bloom filters 2x more accuratehttps://floedb.ai/blog/two-bits-are-better-than-one-making-bloom-filters-2x-more-accuratehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47046070 Attention Media ≠ Social Networkshttps://susam.net/attention-media-vs-social-networks.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110515 A Botnet Accidentally Destroyed I2Phttps://www.sambent.com/a-botnet-accidentally-destroyed-i2p-the-full-story/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106985 Back to FreeBSD: Part 1https://hypha.pub/back-to-freebsd-part-1https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47108989 Coccinelle: Source-to-source transformation toolhttps://github.com/coccinelle/coccinellehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47098669 What Is a Database Transaction?https://planetscale.com/blog/database-transactionshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110473

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  7. 6 DAYS AGO

    2.22.26 | Using Claude Code for planning, understanding historical English, and integrating claws with LLM agents

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 22, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:23) - How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution (02:01) - How far back in time can you understand English? (03:37) - Claws are now a new layer on top of LLM agents (05:06) - Show HN: Llama 3.1 70B on a single RTX 3090 via NVMe-to-GPU bypassing the CPU (06:45) - CXMT has been offering DDR4 chips at about half the prevailing market rate (08:01) - Parse, Don't Validate and Type-Driven Design in Rust (09:46) - EDuke32 – Duke Nukem 3D (Open-Source) (11:01) - zclaw: personal AI assistant in under 888 KB, running on an ESP32 (12:19) - Permacomputing (13:33) - Outro How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and executionhttps://boristane.com/blog/how-i-use-claude-code/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106686How far back in time can you understand English?https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-englishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47061614 Claws are now a new layer on top of LLM agentshttps://twitter.com/karpathy/status/2024987174077432126https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47096253 Show HN: Llama 3.1 70B on a single RTX 3090 via NVMe-to-GPU bypassing the CPUhttps://github.com/xaskasdf/ntransformerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104667 CXMT has been offering DDR4 chips at about half the prevailing market ratehttps://www.koreaherald.com/article/10679206https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47101171 Parse, Don't Validate and Type-Driven Design in Rusthttps://www.harudagondi.space/blog/parse-dont-validate-and-type-driven-design-in-rust/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47103931 EDuke32 – Duke Nukem 3D (Open-Source)https://www.eduke32.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104185 zclaw: personal AI assistant in under 888 KB, running on an ESP32https://github.com/tnm/zclawhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47100232 Permacomputinghttps://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/permacomputing.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47046858

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  8. 21 FEB

    2.21.26 | Keep Android Open, Trump tariffs struck down, Facebook is cooked

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 21, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:17) - Keep Android Open (01:58) - Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court (03:25) - Facebook is cooked (05:07) - The path to ubiquitous AI (17k tokens/sec) (06:41) - Ggml.ai joins Hugging Face to ensure the long-term progress of Local AI (07:58) - I found a Vulnerability. They found a Lawyer (09:34) - Turn Dependabot off (11:10) - Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links (12:22) - Every company building your AI assistant is now an ad company (13:49) - CERN rebuilt the original browser from 1989 (2019) (14:47) - Outro Keep Android Openhttps://f-droid.org/2026/02/20/twif.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091419Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Courthttps://www.bbc.com/news/live/c0l9r67drg7thttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47089213 Facebook is cookedhttps://pilk.website/3/facebook-is-absolutely-cookedhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091748 The path to ubiquitous AI (17k tokens/sec)https://taalas.com/the-path-to-ubiquitous-ai/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47086181 Ggml.ai joins Hugging Face to ensure the long-term progress of Local AIhttps://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/discussions/19759https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47088037 I found a Vulnerability. They found a Lawyerhttps://dixken.de/blog/i-found-a-vulnerability-they-found-a-lawyerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092578 Turn Dependabot offhttps://words.filippo.io/dependabot/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47094192 Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive linkshttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-after-site-executed-ddos-and-altered-web-captures/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092006 Every company building your AI assistant is now an ad companyhttps://juno-labs.com/blogs/every-company-building-your-ai-assistant-is-an-ad-companyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092203 CERN rebuilt the original browser from 1989 (2019)https://worldwideweb.cern.chhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095429

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