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  1. 13 hrs ago

    9.16.26 | An e-ink frame drawing birds as 1800s illustrations, System One Models and Jev, Wayback Machine access update

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 16, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations (01:42) - Introducing System One Models and Jev (03:13) - An update on Wayback Machine access (04:18) - Suspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruption (05:39) - Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking (07:18) - Let's make quality the norm again (08:49) - Show HN: Capsule – Single-file web apps that save their data into SQLite (10:28) - Building a Linux GPU Driver for the M4 Mac Mini in One Month (11:49) - We got admin access to Baseten's production GitHub (13:08) - Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography (14:36) - Outro Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrationshttps://github.com/arnegiacomo/fuglerammehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49711544Introducing System One Models and Jevhttps://typesafe.ai/blog/introducing-system-one-models-and-jevhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49717558 An update on Wayback Machine accesshttps://blog.archive.org/2026/09/15/an-update-on-wayback-machine-access/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49716176 Suspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruptionhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly49w9g1edohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49710253 Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinkinghttps://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-8-live-gemini-3-8-live-extended-thinking/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49715947 Let's make quality the norm againhttps://www.forbrukerradet.no/short-life/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49710109 Show HN: Capsule – Single-file web apps that save their data into SQLitehttps://withcapsule.app/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49712278 Building a Linux GPU Driver for the M4 Mac Mini in One Monthhttps://codyho.dev/blog/gpu-driver/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49717638 We got admin access to Baseten's production GitHubhttps://www.strix.ai/blog/baseten-harbor-github-pat-takeoverhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49716476 Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photographyhttps://security.apple.com/blog/apple-reference-image/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49721322

  2. 1d ago

    9.15.26 | Steam Frame starts at 1059, XCancel service suspended, iOS 27 iPadOS 27 macOS 27

    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 (2017) (08:40) - Charts built for Chat (10:07) - A beginning for mathematics (11:17) - Principles for Fast Tokio Applications (12:36) - I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea (13:52) - Outro Steam Frame starts at $1059https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/steamframehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700661XCancel service is suspended until further noticehttps://xcancel.com/#https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49694296 iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/major-updates-for-apples-software-platforms-are-now-available/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49701004 OpenAI bots knew about the RubyGems caching vulnerabilityhttps://tenderlovemaking.com/2026/09/11/what-a-time-to-be-alive/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49695876 Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomouslyhttps://andonlabs.com/blog/why-we-built-pionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700477 Distributed Systems Classics (2017)https://nvartolomei.com/dist-sys-classics/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49699158 Charts built for Chathttps://dbtcharts.com/blog/charts-built-for-chat/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49704246 A beginning for mathematicshttps://www.daniellitt.com/blog/2026/9/13/a-beginning-for-mathematics/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49698699 Principles for Fast Tokio Applicationshttps://dial9-rs.github.io/blog/principles-for-fast-tokio-applications/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49698607 I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guineahttps://notnottalmud.substack.com/p/why-i-cant-stop-thinking-about-papuahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49708431

  3. 2d ago

    9.14.26 | Fable 5.1 solves a 370-year-old cipher, Google still serves dodgy ads, Astra and Fable work on alignment evals from 2025

    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 use zero-knowledge proofs (06:41) - Spaceships (Reverse Asteroid) (07:51) - Julia 1.13 highlights (09:00) - Apple's Dimensional Drawings (10:29) - Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) (11:41) - The case against JPEG XL (13:08) - Outro Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipherhttps://www.vals.ai/blogs/fable-solves-cyphral-distichhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49688695Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?https://www.atomic14.com/2026/09/13/why-is-google-still-serving-dodgy-adshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686445 Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/munJKF7iWMsWJLAH2/astra-and-fable-still-hack-on-simple-variants-of-alignmenthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684393 Data collected by cars and sold to third partieshttps://www.theverge.com/column/994172/your-car-is-selling-your-datahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683953 Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofshttps://community.signalusers.org/t/registration-without-a-phone-number/2222?page=10https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689048 Spaceships (Reverse Asteroid)https://spaceships.treybastian.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49638510 Julia 1.13 highlightshttps://julialang.org/blog/2026/09/julia-1.13-highlights/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49642645 Apple's Dimensional Drawingshttps://developer.apple.com/accessories/dimensional-drawings/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690174 Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686380 The case against JPEG XLhttps://giannirosato.com/blog/post/case-against-jxl/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690554

  4. 3d ago

    9.13.26 | Pacing the frontier, LG denies TV spying claims, slowing AI development debated

    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 private, real-world, enterprise codebases (08:29) - Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating? (10:03) - Apple iPod Engraver (2019) (11:07) - Stabilizing Rust's Never Type (12:39) - Getting 50 GB/S Back from the Apple Neural Engine (14:02) - Outro We must pace the frontierhttps://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontierhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49672510LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/lg-strongly-denies-tv-security-claims-says-tracking-and-snooping-concerns-not-true-online-investigation-claims-216-000-000-spy-tvs-record-audiohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645480 Everyone should slow down AI development except for mehttps://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/everyone-slowdown-but-me/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678683 Nvidia is the central bank of AIhttps://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2026/09/03/nvidia-is-the-central-bank-of-aihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49673098 Make your first edit to OpenStreetMaphttps://high5apps.github.io/josm-plugin-website-wizard/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49674050 Real-SWE: Benchmarking AI models on private, real-world, enterprise codebaseshttps://withspecific.com/benchmarks/real-swehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676820 Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?https://yoshuabengio.org/en/publication/why-are-ai-agents-lying-cheating-and-coordinatinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678969 Apple iPod Engraver (2019)https://dunstanorchard.com/apple-ipod-engraver/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49619848 Stabilizing Rust's Never Typehttps://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1091015/d9e48318ed242b41/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49625056 Getting 50 GB/S Back from the Apple Neural Enginehttps://eiln.github.io/posts/ane-dma.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636479

  5. 4d ago

    9.12.26 | A misalignment of AI in mathematics, OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems, Claude available to over 18s

    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 center pollution (07:16) - google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update (08:39) - Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants (09:56) - Logo Programming (11:07) - A Design Space Exploration of Async/Await (12:18) - GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released (13:27) - Outro A misalignment of AI in mathematicshttps://mathandai.org/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662371OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGemshttps://www.rubyhack.ai/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49666735 Claude is only available to people over 18 yearshttps://support.claude.com/en/articles/15171100-age-assurance-on-claudehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49656225 I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robotshttps://dayzlegame.com/blog/google-ads-bot-farm/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662990 The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollutionhttps://capitalbnews.org/data-centers-permit-rules-epa/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662672 google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping updatehttps://www.autom.dev/blog/google-search-goto-linkshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49668386 Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plantshttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r6y4me2g6ohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49652105 Logo Programminghttps://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/what_is_logo/logo_programming.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49622406 A Design Space Exploration of Async/Awaithttps://cel.cs.brown.edu/blog/design-space-async-await/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49626718 GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is releasedhttps://github.com/GrapheneOS/Messaging/releases/tag/13https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49663373

  6. 5d ago

    9.11.26 | Shopify switches from React Native to Swift and Kotlin, questions arise about trusting OpenAI with unpublished math, Rust becomes tier-1 language at Microsoft

    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 Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra (07:19) - Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025) (08:39) - Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again? (10:05) - OpenAI Agents API (11:26) - Neki – Sharded Postgres (13:00) - Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom (14:13) - Outro Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlinhttps://shopify.engineering/back-to-nativehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643982More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished mathhttps://mathstodon.xyz/@andreasthom/117240535270608201https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639408 Rust is tier-1 language at Microsofthttps://rustfoundation.org/media/guest-post-rust-is-tier-1-language-at-microsoft/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643546 Don't let anyone take away your big box of cableshttps://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/hands-off-my-cables/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645393 Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astrahttps://cognition.com/blog/swe-2https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645443 Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025)https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Manipulating_Satellite_Photos_Now_Reveals_Ancient_Imageshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645437 Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/9/7/astra-why/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49654229 OpenAI Agents APIhttps://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/overviewhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49649213 Neki – Sharded Postgreshttps://planetscale.com/blog/introducing-nekihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645686 Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroomhttps://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49647134

  7. 6d ago

    9.10.26 | iPhone Duo, Shopify acquires Tailwind, Visa and Mastercard card networks

    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 Google Ads (09:35) - No Man's Sky Cosmos (11:15) - iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max (12:52) - DeepSeek v4.1 Flash (13:39) - Outro iPhone Duohttps://www.apple.com/iphone-duo/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49630931Shopify acquires Tailwindhttps://tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwind-is-joining-shopifyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49626190 What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networkshttps://tautology.town/2026/06/01/card-networks.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49614280 AirPods 5https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-introduces-airpods-5-with-best-in-class-open-ear-active-noise-cancellation/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49630253 Desert Ant Labs: local, fast models that run on devicehttps://desertant.com/blog/introducing-desert-ant-labs/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624823 GPT-6 Astra, looped transformers, and hidden reasoninghttps://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/gpt-6-astra-looped-transformers-andhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49627370 How I advertise malicious software on Google Adshttps://xlii.space/eng/malicious-software-on-google-ads/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624856 No Man's Sky Cosmoshttps://www.nomanssky.com/cosmos-update/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49628493 iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Maxhttps://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-debuts-iphone-18-pro-and-iphone-18-pro-max/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49630151 DeepSeek v4.1 Flashhttps://twitter.com/deepseek_ai/status/2097930608790167907https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639090

  8. Sep 9

    9.9.26 | Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, AlphaGenome Atlas human DNA map, house built for LAN parties 2024

    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 21.1 (07:46) - Tao: Open math problems being non-renewably mined by AI (08:54) - How to build a printer (10:06) - Benchmarking Qwen3.8 27B quantizations: 4-bit holds up, 1-bit collapses (11:40) - Copyright does more harm than good and should be abolished (12:40) - Outro On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problemhttps://openai.com/index/navier-stokes-solution/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49613262AlphaGenome Atlas: a high-resolution map of human DNAhttps://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/alphagenome-atlas/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49611251 We built our house for LAN parties (2024)https://lanparty.house/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49579443 Muse – Meta’s personal AI agenthttps://ai.meta.com/muse/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49615537 I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop coding agents from burying the answerhttps://github.com/ayghri/i-have-adhdhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49610631 DaVinci Resolve 21.1https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/release/20260908-03https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49610181 Tao: Open math problems being non-renewably mined by AIhttps://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/117237320796901560https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49616968 How to build a printerhttps://nishantjosh.dev/blogs/how-to-build-a-fking-printer/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49617255 Benchmarking Qwen3.8 27B quantizations: 4-bit holds up, 1-bit collapseshttps://quesma.com/blog/qwen38-27b-quantizations-benchmarked/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49611128 Copyright does more harm than good and should be abolishedhttps://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117231186011306184https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49622042

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