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4.12.26 | Small models reveal vulnerabilities, Pardonned.com is a US pardons database, and top AI benchmarks were surpassed


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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 12, 2026.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:24) - Small models also found the vulnerabilities that Mythos found
  • (01:56) - Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons
  • (03:12) - How We Broke Top AI Agent Benchmarks: And What Comes Next
  • (04:22) - Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D
  • (05:23) - Optimal Strategy for Connect 4
  • (07:03) - Cirrus Labs to join OpenAI
  • (08:33) - Advanced Mac Substitute is an API-level reimplementation of 1980s-era Mac OS
  • (09:59) - I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack
  • (11:11) - 447 TB/cm² at zero retention energy – atomic-scale memory on fluorographane
  • (12:31) - Surelock: Deadlock-Free Mutexes for Rust
  • (14:34) - Outro

  • Small models also found the vulnerabilities that Mythos found
    https://aisle.com/blog/ai-cybersecurity-after-mythos-the-jagged-frontier
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47732020

    Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47727960

    How We Broke Top AI Agent Benchmarks: And What Comes Next
    https://rdi.berkeley.edu/blog/trustworthy-benchmarks-cont/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47733217

    Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D
    https://flight-viz.com/cockpit.html?lat=40.64&lon=-73.78&alt=3000&hdg=220&spd=130&cs=DAL123
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694064

    Optimal Strategy for Connect 4
    https://2swap.github.io/WeakC4/explanation/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695213

    Cirrus Labs to join OpenAI
    https://cirruslabs.org/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47730194

    Advanced Mac Substitute is an API-level reimplementation of 1980s-era Mac OS
    https://www.v68k.org/advanced-mac-substitute/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731506

    I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack
    https://stevehanov.ca/blog/how-i-run-multiple-10k-mrr-companies-on-a-20month-tech-stack
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47736555

    447 TB/cm² at zero retention energy – atomic-scale memory on fluorographane
    https://zenodo.org/records/19513269
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47733561

    Surelock: Deadlock-Free Mutexes for Rust
    https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/Blog/Surelock
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693559

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