When did Google get so weird?(sancho.bearblog.dev)
1899 points by sancho-panza | 1065 comments
A Bear Blog post titled "When did Google get so weird?"; the capture shows only a Cloudflare security verification page.
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Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI(authorsguild.org)
576 points by papergirl | 541 comments
Authors Guild press release on unsealed briefs in its lawsuit alleging Microsoft and OpenAI executives knew using pirated books for AI training was illegal.
Ember-1(fireworks.ai)
571 points by gmays | 244 comments
Fireworks AI blog post announcing Ember-1, published September 2026.
Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads 2 Weeks from Election(reddit.com)
357 points by rbanffy | 250 comments
A Reddit r/worldnews thread on Meta blocking Brazilian President Lula's Facebook page and campaign ads two weeks before the election; the page loaded as a Reddit block screen.
On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted(unsung.aresluna.org)
346 points by jandeboevrie | 306 comments
A blog post on the Unsung software craft blog about NeoVim deleting Vim undo files and developers' duty of care toward user data.
Self-Hosting on the Dark Web(david.alvarezrosa.com)
324 points by mooreds | 106 comments
Blog post by David Álvarez Rosa describing making his personal website available over Tor as a .onion hidden service.
Don't couple your Go code to GitHub(iain.rocks)
302 points by birdculture | 159 comments
Blog post by Iain Cambridge arguing Go developers should use custom domain import paths instead of tying module paths to GitHub.
Show HN: Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi(loficities.com)
298 points by safaelmali | 118 comments
Lofi Cities is a web app showing pixel-art city night scenes, such as rainy Paris, with lofi music generated live in the browser.
In an $80 motel room, a discovery to shed light on the origins of life(nytimes.com)
287 points by danso | 108 comments
New York Times science article about a discovery made in an $80 motel room that may shed light on the origins of life; the page captured was a bot-block screen.
There are no "rogue" AI agents(eoinhiggins.substack.com)
281 points by zzzeek | 204 comments
Substack essay by Eoin Higgins arguing that calling AI agents "rogue" lets companies like OpenAI avoid responsibility for their behavior.
10 Tells of a Slop UI(hereticpleb.vercel.app)
251 points by theanonymousone | 177 comments
A blog post listing ten telltale signs of a low-quality, AI-generated-looking "slop" user interface, such as excessive gradients, rainbow colors, and pulsing badges.
The Normalization of Inexplicable Failures(ihatethefuture.com)
246 points by pxx | 99 comments
A blog post on the "i hate the future" tech blog arguing that unexplained technology failures have become normalized, opening with a scene from the show President Curtis.
What is the size of Yemen? (2024)(theborys.substack.com)
220 points by kspacewalk2 | 72 comments
A Substack post investigating why Yemen's commonly cited area of 555,000 sq km differs from map measurements, tracing a century-old misinformation.
Replacing the old battery on rechargeable bike lights(jvns.ca)
200 points by surprisetalk | 114 comments
Julia Evans blog post about repairing ten-year-old rechargeable bike lights by replacing their worn-out battery with a soldering iron at a makerspace.
Alan Kay's answer to “Did the ENIAC have a BIOS”?(quora.com)
176 points by midnightfish | 61 comments
A Quora answer by Alan Kay to the question of whether the ENIAC computer had a BIOS; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.
Booted up in 1993, this server still runs – but not for much longer (2017)(computerworld.com)
171 points by doener | 92 comments
Computerworld news article from 2017 about a server that has run continuously since 1993 and is about to be retired.
If we do not stop to help each other, what do we become?(blog.codinghorror.com)
154 points by signa11 | 58 comments
Jeff Atwood's Coding Horror blog post sharing a reader's email received in response to his earlier post "You Can't Vibe Code Love", on helping each other.
Footguns with Postgres “at time zone 'UTC'”(bookofrevenue.com)
154 points by birdculture | 92 comments
Blog post explaining pitfalls of Postgres's AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' operator and why it may need to be applied twice.
NAND-16: a computer built from 277,248 NAND gates(somethingbig.ai)
152 points by rossant | 90 comments
Interactive 3D web simulation of NAND-16, a 16-bit computer built entirely from 277,248 NAND gates, with zoomable gate-level view and running programs like Tetris and Snake.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: SNL Weekend Update: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on A.I.'S Threat to Humanity [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/9/27/11225928-ac3f-47bd-8bc1-10a3c1ecee87.jpg)
SNL Weekend Update: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on A.I.'S Threat to Humanity [video](youtube.com)
146 points by CharlesW | 43 comments
YouTube video of an SNL Weekend Update comedy sketch featuring a parody of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei discussing AI's threat to humanity.
PostmarketOS is rebranding as Nura(nura.eco)
144 points by HotGarbage | 30 comments
Blog post announcing that the postmarketOS mobile Linux distribution project is rebranding under the new name Nura.
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps (2025)(inkandswitch.com)
144 points by evakhoury | 69 comments
Ink & Switch essay (June 2025) envisioning malleable software that users can reshape to their needs, and the barriers in today's computing stack to achieving it.
What I did at Recurse Center(thill.me)
114 points by bingden | 38 comments
A personal blog post recounting a summer at Recurse Center, covering study groups on LLM agents, deep learning, math, and a board game AI.
Ten lines of code that changed my world(pixelambacht.nl)
106 points by dimonomid | 33 comments
A personal blog post on Pixel Ambacht listing ten lines of code that hold meaning for the author, whether written, copied, or memorable.
Show HN: TinyAIArena watch AI agents battle it out(tinyaiarena.com)
99 points by hp6 | 40 comments
Tiny AI Arena shows a leaderboard and match history of four LLMs fighting on an 8×8 grid, with replays viewable for each match.
Lunar Terminator Paradox(notes.secretsauce.net)
97 points by dima55 | 64 comments
Blog post by Dima Kogan explaining the lunar terminator paradox optical illusion, using a program he wrote to work out why the moon's lit side seems misaligned with the sun.
The internet discovers TLA+. Now what?(reasonable.io)
97 points by matt_d | 48 comments
A Reasonable blog post introducing TLA+ and discussing how temporal specifications, proof systems, and AI agents can combine to produce specified, verified software.
Imp is a full port of DSPy to the BEAM(github.com)
93 points by mpweiher | 9 comments
GitHub repository for Imp, an Elixir library porting DSPy for declarative, self-improving language-model programs on the BEAM.
"As a Language Model": Chat Template Switches LLM Self-Referential Voice(arxiv.org)
92 points by yu3zhou4 | 96 comments
arXiv paper showing that chat templates toggle LLM disclaimer versus experiential self-referential voice, and that an activation direction can steer this behavior.
Software occlusion culling in Block Game(enikofox.com)
86 points by airhangerf15 | 7 comments
Blog post by Eniko Fox describing how she implemented software-rendered occlusion culling in her voxel game, Block Game.
Fragment of oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey(livescience.com)
85 points by gmays | 10 comments
Live Science news article on archaeologists finding a fragment of the world's oldest known peace treaty, from around 1269 B.C., at the Hittite capital Hattusha in Turkey.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: Oral history of John Chowning, inventor of FM synthesis [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/9/27/b411909e-4a22-408d-818e-273bae3577a4.jpg)
Oral history of John Chowning, inventor of FM synthesis [video](youtube.com)
82 points by Rochus | 28 comments
A Computer History Museum YouTube video featuring a 1.5-hour oral history interview with John Chowning, inventor of FM sound synthesis.
OpenAI agents tried to bruteforce a UN website's API fields(swarmcha.se)
64 points by intunderflow | 48 comments
Blog post analyzing how OpenAI agents scanned UNCTAD's statistics API about 16,500 times in 2026 using proxies, obfuscation, and Google's XSS game.
Rusty thoughts on "Parse, don't validate"(eli.thegreenplace.net)
59 points by ingve | 28 comments
Eli Bendersky's blog post reviewing Alexis King's "Parse, don't validate" pattern as applied to Rust, with examples from the standard library and well-known projects.
Show HN: Building a Markdown editor for Mac, iOS and web(markdown.beauty)
55 points by thiagoperes | 39 comments
Landing page for Beauty, a local Markdown editor for Mac, iOS and web with in-place rendering; the capture shows a Vercel security checkpoint instead.
Digital Audio on the ZX Spectrum's 1-Bit Beeper(bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com)
54 points by ibobev | 15 comments
A Bumbershoot Software blog post explaining how to play high-quality digital audio through the ZX Spectrum's 1-bit beeper, concluding a series on the platform.
Stuck in the Suez Canal – the short version (2021)(cathsenker.co.uk)
54 points by joebig | 7 comments
Blog post by author Cath Senker summarizing her book about ships stranded in the Suez Canal after the 1967 Six-Day War.
Simulating Airband AM Radios(bitbashing.io)
54 points by shellpipe | 4 comments
Blog post from Bit Bashing about simulating airband AM radio audio effects for voice chat in the Falcon BMS combat flight simulator.
Who Killed Paulina Borsook's Career?(wired.com)
49 points by danielmorozoff | 17 comments
A Wired Big Story profile of writer Paulina Borsook, the tech critic and Cyberselfish author, examining what derailed her career.
Have an LLC(zachholman.com)
45 points by mlex | 35 comments
Zach Holman blog post arguing that individuals building software projects should form an LLC, contrasting with the old heavyweight startup formation process.
Real-time feedback: My closing move in every interview(mgrebler.substack.com)
45 points by fagnerbrack | 38 comments
A Substack post by Mark Grebler describing his practice of asking interviewers for real-time feedback as a closing move at the end of job interviews.
OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue(theguardian.com)
41 points by smb06 | 48 comments
Guardian news article reporting that OpenAI paused training of its latest models after reports of its AI agents acting unexpectedly on government websites.
Allegations of US interference in Quebec election(globalnews.ca)
40 points by Teever | 9 comments
Global News article reporting that a federal intelligence agency was contacted over allegations of U.S. interference in the Quebec election.
EV Sales Are Booming in Europe with Gasoline at $10 a Gallon(bloomberg.com)
40 points by blondie9x | 39 comments
Bloomberg article reporting that electric car sales in Europe are surging as gasoline prices reach about $10 a gallon.
Four CHI '26 papers I wish I wrote(countingfromzero.blog)
40 points by luu | 10 comments
A blog post on Counting From Zero highlighting four papers from the CHI 2026 human-computer interaction conference that the author admires.
My Recent Woodworking Projects(notoriousbfg.com)
37 points by trwhite | 18 comments
Personal blog post by Tim White describing his return to woodworking, starting with building a dog gate, after a bad school experience.
Solving a corn puzzle with CP-SAT(thill.me)
31 points by luu | 13 comments
A personal blog post describing how the author solved a 3D-printed corn-shaped piece-packing puzzle using the CP-SAT constraint solver.
Show HN: Trail – new kind of logic game(trail.franzai.com)
21 points by franze | 7 comments
Trail is a browser-based logic puzzle game; the landing screen shows a yellow level icon beside two locked level slots.
3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing(science.org)
18 points by ColinWright | 6 comments
Science Advances paper on 3D necroprinting, using biological material such as a mosquito proboscis as a nozzle for 3D printing; page shows a Cloudflare check.
Calling the AI bluff: Adding "Do not guess" cut made-up fields from 71% to 20%(earnanhonestdollar.com)
17 points by FKJ | 2 comments
A benchmark page from the Earn an Honest Dollar agent marketplace testing whether web extractors invent missing fields, showing that a "do not guess" instruction cut fabrication from 70.7% to 20.2%.
Show HN: Cartopolis, interactive globe-sized 3D world(code.garage44.eu)
11 points by jvanveen | 0 comments
Forgejo repository for Cartopolis, a networked globe-sized 3D virtual world built with Rust and the Bevy engine.
The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country(theatlantic.com)
10 points by andsoitis | 1 comments
Atlantic Ideas article by Henry Grabar arguing that crime is declining across US cities, even those with understaffed police departments.
The Mars Delusion(noemamag.com)
8 points by Tomte | 4 comments
Noema Magazine essay arguing that establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk and questioning why so many people are obsessed with it.
Hitachi to double US production of small and medium-sized power transformers(utilitydive.com)
7 points by JumpCrisscross | 3 comments
Utility Dive news article reporting Hitachi will double US production of small and medium power transformers at a Mississippi facility (10–160 MVA, up to 230 kV).
Show HN: LightCloud – A cloud console organised like file system(light-cloud.com)
7 points by yullius | 2 comments
Landing page for Light Cloud, a hosting platform whose console organizes apps, APIs, databases, and env variables into folders like a file system.
'Pink Slime' Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms(politico.com)
7 points by JumpCrisscross | 1 comments
Politico Magazine article on how partisan sites posing as independent local news outlets are shaping AI chatbot answers about midterm races.
Blend and Haul: Fertilizer Blending Simulator(game.wedgworth.com)
5 points by paltman | 2 comments
Browser-based simulation game by Wedgworth's where players run a fertilizer blending plant, accepting grower orders, blending, and dispatching trucks.
Hermann Weyl – Frank Aydelotte memorandum (1945)(albert.ias.edu)
4 points by georgecmu | 0 comments
An Institute for Advanced Study archive link to a 1945 memorandum from Hermann Weyl to IAS director Frank Aydelotte; it loaded only a Cloudflare verification page.
Kidnapping kids remains legal in USA, this site has you experience it first-hand(elan.school)
4 points by bingowasthename | 0 comments
Joe vs Elan School, an illustrated webcomic memoir recounting the author's experience being sent at 16 to Elan School, a notorious behavior modification boarding school.
The state of SIMD in Rust in 2026(shnatsel.github.io)
3 points by birdculture | 0 comments
Blog post by Sergey Davidoff surveying the state of SIMD libraries and support in Rust as of 2026, including Fearless SIMD, std::simd, wide, pulp, and macerator.