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Hacker News on Monday, 1 September 2025

Stories posted this day, by points. Rank history starts with the October 2026 rebuild.

Screenshot of bsky.app: Google AI Overview made up an elaborate story about me

Google AI Overview made up an elaborate story about me (bsky.app)

566 points by jsheard 1 year ago | 230 comments

Bluesky post by Benn Jordan showing Google's AI Overview fabricating a story that he released a video titled 'I Was Wrong About Israel' after a trip there.

google-ai-overview ai-hallucination generative-ai misinformation

Screenshot of herman.bearblog.dev: Bear is now source-available

Bear is now source-available (herman.bearblog.dev)

497 points by neoromantique 1 year ago | 439 comments

Herman's blog post announcing that Bear blogging platform is moving from the MIT license to a source-available license after competitors forked the code.

bear-blog source-available mit-license software-licensing

Screenshot of 4rknova.com: Implementing a Foil Sticker Effect

Implementing a Foil Sticker Effect (4rknova.com)

463 points by ibobev 1 year ago | 46 comments

Blog post by Nikos Papadopoulos explaining how to build a custom Three.js shader that recreates an iridescent foil sticker effect with vertex deformation and procedural flakes.

threejs shaders glsl computer-graphics

Screenshot of youtube.com: Patrick Winston: How to Speak (2018) [video]

Patrick Winston: How to Speak (2018) [video](youtube.com)

397 points by tosh 1 year ago | 72 comments

YouTube video of MIT professor Patrick Winston's 2018 lecture on how to speak and present effectively; the capture shows a reCAPTCHA page instead.

public-speaking patrick-winston mit lecture

Screenshot of radar.cloudflare.com: Cloudflare Radar: AI Insights

Cloudflare Radar: AI Insights (radar.cloudflare.com)

365 points by tosh 1 year ago | 126 comments

Cloudflare Radar's AI Insights dashboard showing traffic trends from AI bots and crawlers, filterable by industry and crawl purpose.

cloudflare-radar ai-crawlers bot-traffic web-scraping

Screenshot of businessinsider.com: Amazon has mostly sat out the AI talent war

Amazon has mostly sat out the AI talent war (businessinsider.com)

346 points by ripe 1 year ago | 618 comments

Business Insider exclusive on an internal Amazon document explaining why the company has largely stayed out of the competition for AI talent.

amazon ai-talent hiring big-tech

Screenshot of lwn.net: The future of 32-bit support in the kernel

The future of 32-bit support in the kernel (lwn.net)

248 points by binarycrusader 1 year ago | 263 comments

Screenshot of blog.cocoapods.org: CocoaPods trunk read-only plan

CocoaPods trunk read-only plan (blog.cocoapods.org)

239 points by matharmin 1 year ago | 110 comments

Screenshot of Hacker News post: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025)

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025)

233 points by whoishiring 1 year ago | 214 comments

Screenshot of marc.info: Raspberry Pi 5 support (OpenBSD)

Raspberry Pi 5 support (OpenBSD)(marc.info)

210 points by brynet 1 year ago | 34 comments

Screenshot of arxiv.org: Adaptive LLM routing under budget constraints

Adaptive LLM routing under budget constraints (arxiv.org)

190 points by tdchaitanya 1 year ago | 76 comments

Screenshot of old.reddit.com: The time picker on the iPhone's alarm app isn't circular, it's just a long list

The time picker on the iPhone's alarm app isn't circular, it's just a long list (old.reddit.com)

189 points by oidar 1 year ago | 67 comments

Screenshot of oscarcunningham.com: Minesweeper thermodynamics

Minesweeper thermodynamics (oscarcunningham.com)

180 points by robinhouston 1 year ago | 58 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Rasterizer: A GPU-accelerated 2D vector graphics engine in ~4k LOC

Rasterizer: A GPU-accelerated 2D vector graphics engine in ~4k LOC (github.com)

139 points by mindbrix 1 year ago | 52 comments

Screenshot of supermemo.com: Effective learning: Rules of formulating knowledge (1999)

Effective learning: Rules of formulating knowledge (1999)(supermemo.com)

131 points by swatson741 1 year ago | 28 comments

Screenshot of daemonology.net: Thoughts on (Amazonian) leadership

Thoughts on (Amazonian) leadership (daemonology.net)

130 points by stock_toaster 1 year ago | 104 comments

Screenshot of worldofinteriors.com: One of Britain's largest stocks of second-hand books ever amassed

One of Britain's largest stocks of second-hand books ever amassed (worldofinteriors.com)

127 points by diaphanous 1 year ago | 48 comments

Screenshot of danybittel.ch: AR Fluid Simulation Demo

AR Fluid Simulation Demo (danybittel.ch)

127 points by danybittel 1 year ago | 26 comments

Screenshot of acquired.fm: Steve Ballmer Interview

Steve Ballmer Interview (acquired.fm)

123 points by naves 1 year ago | 160 comments

Screenshot of blog.tdhttt.com: I should have loved electrical engineering

I should have loved electrical engineering (blog.tdhttt.com)

114 points by tdhttt 1 year ago | 102 comments

Screenshot of bassi.li: I Miss Using Em Dashes

I Miss Using Em Dashes (bassi.li)

112 points by Mikajis 1 year ago | 105 comments

Screenshot of anthropic.com: Detecting and countering misuse of AI

Detecting and countering misuse of AI (anthropic.com)

105 points by indigodaddy 1 year ago | 113 comments

Screenshot of radar.cloudflare.com: Search engine referral report for 2025 Q2

Search engine referral report for 2025 Q2 (radar.cloudflare.com)

103 points by vgeek 1 year ago | 43 comments

Screenshot of blog.firedrake.org: OSMAnd vs. Organic Maps

OSMAnd vs. Organic Maps (blog.firedrake.org)

99 points by icheyne 1 year ago | 57 comments

Screenshot of howtogrow.substack.com: The buyer-pull and seller-push theories of sales

The buyer-pull and seller-push theories of sales (howtogrow.substack.com)

94 points by jmvldz 1 year ago | 50 comments

Screenshot of cognition.ai: Don't Build Multi-Agents

Don't Build Multi-Agents (cognition.ai)

91 points by JnBrymn 1 year ago | 67 comments

Screenshot of Hacker News post: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025)

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025)

87 points by whoishiring 1 year ago | 185 comments

Screenshot of lichess.org: What Is Complexity in Chess?

What Is Complexity in Chess?(lichess.org)

86 points by fzliu 1 year ago | 60 comments

Screenshot of animationobsessive.substack.com: The Hand-Drawn Hits That Hollywood Isn't Making

The Hand-Drawn Hits That Hollywood Isn't Making (animationobsessive.substack.com)

85 points by gyomu 1 year ago | 73 comments

Screenshot of nationalgrid.com: UK's largest battery storage facility at Tilbury substation

UK's largest battery storage facility at Tilbury substation (nationalgrid.com)

85 points by zeristor 1 year ago | 103 comments

Screenshot of waitingforfriday.com: Vetinari's Clock (2011)

Vetinari's Clock (2011)(waitingforfriday.com)

84 points by Rygian 1 year ago | 24 comments

Screenshot of youtube.com: A programmable display using microfluidics [video]

A programmable display using microfluidics [video](youtube.com)

76 points by kvnhn 1 year ago | 5 comments

Screenshot of science.org: AI enters the grant game, picking winners

AI enters the grant game, picking winners (science.org)

73 points by JeanKage 1 year ago | 49 comments

Screenshot of imrannazar.com: De-Googling TOTP Authenticator Codes

De-Googling TOTP Authenticator Codes (imrannazar.com)

68 points by Two9A 1 year ago | 110 comments

Screenshot of cloud.disroot.org: Use Bayes rule to mechanically solve probability riddles

Use Bayes rule to mechanically solve probability riddles (cloud.disroot.org)

67 points by zaik 1 year ago | 28 comments

Screenshot of destel.dev: Preserving Order in Concurrent Go Apps: Three Approaches Compared

Preserving Order in Concurrent Go Apps: Three Approaches Compared (destel.dev)

66 points by destel 1 year ago | 21 comments

Screenshot of martindemaine.org: Tetris is NP-hard even with O(1) rows or columns (2020) [pdf]

Tetris is NP-hard even with O(1) rows or columns (2020) [pdf](martindemaine.org)

65 points by isaacfrond 1 year ago | 14 comments

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Lessons from building an AI data analyst (pedronasc.com)

56 points by pedromnasc 1 year ago | 9 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Thunk: Build Rust program to support Windows XP, Vista and more

Thunk: Build Rust program to support Windows XP, Vista and more (github.com)

55 points by chirsz 1 year ago | 19 comments

Screenshot of grechin.org: Git for Music – Using Version Control for Music Production (2023)

Git for Music – Using Version Control for Music Production (2023)(grechin.org)

51 points by sixthDot 1 year ago | 39 comments

Screenshot of hemath.dev: Say Bye with JavaScript Beacon

Say Bye with JavaScript Beacon (hemath.dev)

50 points by moebrowne 1 year ago | 39 comments

Screenshot of theswiftdev.com: Type-safe and user-friendly error handling in Swift 6

Type-safe and user-friendly error handling in Swift 6 (theswiftdev.com)

47 points by TheWiggles 1 year ago | 21 comments

Screenshot of nicole.express: A Unique, High-Tech (Family) Computer

A Unique, High-Tech (Family) Computer (nicole.express)

45 points by zdw 1 year ago | 7 comments

Screenshot of blog.scaramuzza.me: The car is not the future: On the myth of motorized freedom

The car is not the future: On the myth of motorized freedom (blog.scaramuzza.me)

43 points by electricant 1 year ago | 27 comments

Screenshot of blog.jutty.dev: Half an year on Alpine: just musl aside

Half an year on Alpine: just musl aside (blog.jutty.dev)

41 points by zdw 1 year ago | 13 comments

Screenshot of en.wikipedia.org: 16-inch softball

16-inch softball (en.wikipedia.org)

41 points by PopAlongKid 1 year ago | 32 comments

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Unix Conspiracy (1991)(catb.org)

40 points by gjsman-1000 1 year ago | 5 comments

Screenshot of arxiv.org: Towards Memory Specialization: A Case for Long-Term and Short-Term RAM

Towards Memory Specialization: A Case for Long-Term and Short-Term RAM (arxiv.org)

39 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 24 comments

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Show HN: AfriTales – Discover the Magic of African Storytelling (afritales.org)

39 points by ggap 1 year ago | 20 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Zfsbackrest: Pgbackrest style encrypted backups for ZFS filesystems

Zfsbackrest: Pgbackrest style encrypted backups for ZFS filesystems (github.com)

37 points by sphericalkat 1 year ago | 4 comments

Screenshot of Hacker News post: Ask HN: Do custom ROMs exist for electric cars, for example Teslas?

Ask HN: Do custom ROMs exist for electric cars, for example Teslas?

33 points by j1000 1 year ago | 24 comments

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Show HN: woomarks, transfer your Pocket links to this app or self-host it (woomarks.com)

31 points by earlyriser 1 year ago | 1 comments

Screenshot of desertmountaineer.com: Desert Graves (2021)

Desert Graves (2021)(desertmountaineer.com)

30 points by cut3 1 year ago | 4 comments

Screenshot of chipsandcheese.com: Liquid Cooling Exhibits

Liquid Cooling Exhibits (chipsandcheese.com)

30 points by ryandotsmith 1 year ago | 0 comments

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Substack just killed the creator economy (mail.bigdeskenergy.com)

28 points by pulisse 1 year ago | 14 comments

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What happens when 10k AI agents are left to self-govern in a virtual world?(aivilization.ai)

28 points by saratsai 1 year ago | 19 comments

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Tell HN: Use "-f**k" to kill Google AI Overview

27 points by camillomiller 1 year ago | 15 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Show HN: We built an open-source alternative to expensive pair programming apps

Show HN: We built an open-source alternative to expensive pair programming apps (github.com)

26 points by konsalexee 1 year ago | 9 comments

Screenshot of johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com)

25 points by chmaynard 1 year ago | 3 comments

Screenshot of arenamag.com: The Diffusion Dilemma

The Diffusion Dilemma (arenamag.com)

24 points by mavelikara 1 year ago | 7 comments