Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 3, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns
https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-data-privacy-concerns-workers-say-we-see-everything
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225130

“Microslop” filtered in the official Microsoft Copilot Discord server
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/02/microsoft-gets-tired-of-microslop-bans-the-word-on-its-discord-then-locks-the-server-after-backlash/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47216047

British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-adopting-year-round-daylight-time-9.7111657
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223620

Show HN: I built a sub-500ms latency voice agent from scratch
https://www.ntik.me/posts/voice-agent
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224295

New iPad Air, powered by M4
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-the-new-ipad-air-powered-by-m4/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218175

Inside the M4 Apple Neural Engine, Part 1: Reverse Engineering
https://maderix.substack.com/p/inside-the-m4-apple-neural-engine
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47208573

Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ars-technica-fires-reporter-ai-quotes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47226608

First in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe: study
https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/first-ever-in-utero-stem-cell-therapy-for-fetal-spina-bifida-repair-is-safe-study-finds/2026/02
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218743

iPhone 17e
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-iphone-17e/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218084

Show HN: Govbase – Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts
https://govbase.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47220809

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 2, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Ghostty – Terminal Emulator
https://ghostty.org/docs
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47206009

Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation
https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47214645

Decision trees – the unreasonable power of nested decision rules
https://mlu-explain.github.io/decision-tree/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47204964

When does MCP make sense vs CLI?
https://ejholmes.github.io/2026/02/28/mcp-is-dead-long-live-the-cli.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47208398

WebMCP is available for early preview
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/webmcp-epp
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47211249

Microgpt explained interactively
https://growingswe.com/blog/microgpt
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205208

If AI writes code, should the session be part of the commit?
https://github.com/mandel-macaque/memento
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47212355

Everett shuts down Flock camera network after judge rules footage public record
https://www.wltx.com/article/news/nation-world/281-53d8693e-77a4-42ad-86e4-3426a30d25ae
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47213764

Flightradar24 for Ships
https://atlas.flexport.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205637

Tove Jansson's criticized illustrations of The Hobbit (2023)
https://tovejansson.com/hobbit-tolkien/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182284

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 1, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Microgpt
http://karpathy.github.io/2026/02/12/microgpt/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47202708

We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk
https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/2027846016423321831
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47200420

The happiest I've ever been
https://ben-mini.com/2026/the-happiest-ive-ever-been
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161759

Obsidian Sync now has a headless client
https://help.obsidian.md/sync/headless
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47197267

MCP server that reduces Claude Code context consumption by 98%
https://mksg.lu/blog/context-mode
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47193064

Qwen3.5 122B and 35B models offer Sonnet 4.5 performance on local computers
https://venturebeat.com/technology/alibabas-new-open-source-qwen3-5-medium-models-offer-sonnet-4-5-performance
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47199781

Our Agreement with the Department of War
https://openai.com/index/our-agreement-with-the-department-of-war
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47199948

Woxi: Wolfram Mathematica Reimplementation in Rust
https://github.com/ad-si/Woxi
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47155526

The Windows 95 user interface: A case study in usability engineering (1996)
https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/238386.238611
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47200904

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/28/1123499337/iran-israel-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-killed
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47200879

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 28, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

We Will Not Be Divided
https://notdivided.org
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47188473

Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-comments-secretary-war
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47188697

OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network
https://twitter.com/sama/status/2027578652477821175
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189650

A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification
https://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 valuation
https://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 JavaScript
https://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 years
https://glashrvatske.hrt.hr/en/domestic/croatia-declared-free-of-landmines-after-31-years-12593533
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189535

NASA announces overhaul of Artemis program amid safety concerns, delays
https://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 operation
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/politics/chatgpt-china-intimidation-operation
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181944

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 27, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47173121

Layoffs at Block
https://twitter.com/jack/status/2027129697092731343
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47172119

What Claude Code chooses
https://amplifying.ai/research/claude-code-picks
https://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.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47167763

What does " 2>&1 " mean?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/818255/what-does-21-mean
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47171233

I baked a pie every day for a year
https://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-life
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47128645

The Hunt for Dark Breakfast
https://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 Anything
https://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

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 26, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)
https://therecord.media/denmark-digital-agency-microsoft-digital-independence
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47149701

Never buy a .online domain
https://www.0xsid.com/blog/online-tld-is-pain
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47151233

Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules
https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/google-api-keys-werent-secrets-but-then-gemini-changed-the-rules
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47156925

Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer
https://spectrum.ieee.org/jimi-hendrix-systems-engineer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157224

Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-united-states-needs-fewer-bus-stops/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47153798

Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown
https://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 surveillance
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/tech-companies-shouldnt-be-bullied-doing-surveillance
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160226

Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMs
https://simonlermen.substack.com/p/large-scale-online-deanonymization
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139716

RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs
https://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 Language
https://www.om-language.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47154971

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 25, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

I'm helping my dog vibe code games
https://www.calebleak.com/posts/dog-game/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139675

Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston
https://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 1978
https://wordglyph.xyz/one-piece-at-a-time
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47136604

Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economy
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/amazon-busted-for-widespread-price
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47145907

Pi – A minimal terminal coding harness
https://pi.dev
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47143754

Nearby Glasses
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47140042

We installed a single turnstile to feel secure
https://idiallo.com/blog/installed-single-turnstile-for-security-theater
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114678

Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge
https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47145963

Hacking an old Kindle to display bus arrival times
https://www.mariannefeng.com/portfolio/kindle/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47141797

Show HN: Moonshine Open-Weights STT models – higher accuracy than WhisperLargev3
https://github.com/moonshine-ai/moonshine
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47143755

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 24, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection
https://spectrum.ieee.org/age-verification
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47122715

Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI
https://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 me
https://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.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47123689

Show HN: PgDog – Scale Postgres without changing the app
https://github.com/pgdogdev/pgdog
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47123631

Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements
https://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 shows
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-blood-boosts-alzheimer-diagnosis-accuracy.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47132388

A simple web we own
https://rsdoiel.github.io/blog/2026/02/21/a_simple_web_we_own.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47124149

“Car Wash” test with 53 models
https://opper.ai/blog/car-wash-test
https://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

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 23, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

How Taalas “prints” LLM onto a chip?
https://www.anuragk.com/blog/posts/Taalas.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47103661

Gamedate – A site to revive dead multiplayer games
https://gamedate.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47096167

Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chicks
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq7188
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47105198

Japanese Woodblock Print Search
https://ukiyo-e.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47107781

Two Bits Are Better Than One: making bloom filters 2x more accurate
https://floedb.ai/blog/two-bits-are-better-than-one-making-bloom-filters-2x-more-accurate
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47046070

Attention Media ≠ Social Networks
https://susam.net/attention-media-vs-social-networks.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110515

A Botnet Accidentally Destroyed I2P
https://www.sambent.com/a-botnet-accidentally-destroyed-i2p-the-full-story/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106985

Back to FreeBSD: Part 1
https://hypha.pub/back-to-freebsd-part-1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47108989

Coccinelle: Source-to-source transformation tool
https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47098669

What Is a Database Transaction?
https://planetscale.com/blog/database-transactions
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110473

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 22, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution
https://boristane.com/blog/how-i-use-claude-code/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106686

How far back in time can you understand English?
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47061614

Claws are now a new layer on top of LLM agents
https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/2024987174077432126
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47096253

Show HN: Llama 3.1 70B on a single RTX 3090 via NVMe-to-GPU bypassing the CPU
https://github.com/xaskasdf/ntransformer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104667

CXMT has been offering DDR4 chips at about half the prevailing market rate
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10679206
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47101171

Parse, Don't Validate and Type-Driven Design in Rust
https://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 ESP32
https://github.com/tnm/zclaw
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47100232

Permacomputing
https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/permacomputing.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47046858