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DeepSeek-V4-Flash means LLM steering is interesting again

Brajeshwar — Sat, 16 May 2026 14:58:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.seangoedecke.com/steering-vectors/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48160807

Points: 129

# Comments: 48

A Meta employee gets real about the horror of working there

forrestbrazeal — Sat, 16 May 2026 12:19:46 +0000

Article URL: https://sfstandard.com/pacific-standard-time/2026/05/15/meta-employee-gets-real-horror-working-right-now/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159528

Points: 84

# Comments: 81

SANA-WM, a 2.6B open-source world model for 1-minute 720p video

mjgil — Sat, 16 May 2026 12:06:21 +0000

Article URL: https://nvlabs.github.io/Sana/WM/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159445

Points: 229

# Comments: 95

Europe built sovereign clouds to escape US control. Forgot about the processors

beardyw — Sat, 16 May 2026 11:43:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/05/16/europe-built-sovereign-clouds-to-escape-us-control-then-forgot-about-the-processors/5237735

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159282

Points: 105

# Comments: 108

Accelerando (2005)

eamag — Sat, 16 May 2026 11:36:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando/accelerando.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159241

Points: 166

# Comments: 88

OpenClaw Creator Spent $1.3M on OpenAI Tokens in 30 Days

eamag — Sat, 16 May 2026 11:34:04 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/steipete/status/2055346265869721905

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159227

Points: 103

# Comments: 120

Fecal transplants for autism deliver success in clinical trials

breve — Sat, 16 May 2026 09:27:59 +0000

Article URL: https://refractor.io/adhd-autism/fecal-transplants-for-autism-delivers-success-in-clinical-trials/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158494

Points: 227

# Comments: 168

Moving away from Tailwind, and learning to structure my CSS

mpweiher — Sat, 16 May 2026 09:14:26 +0000

Article URL: https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/05/15/moving-away-from-tailwind--and-learning-to-structure-my-css-/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158400

Points: 276

# Comments: 177

Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

_____k — Sat, 16 May 2026 08:34:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/01/where-to-buy-a-non-apple-non-google-smartphone/5219681

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158130

Points: 187

# Comments: 155

Someone Shared a Real Monet Painting as AI and Asked for Critiques

ZeljkoS — Sat, 16 May 2026 08:30:51 +0000

Article URL: https://petapixel.com/2026/05/14/someone-shared-a-real-monet-painting-as-ai-and-asked-for-critiques/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158110

Points: 51

# Comments: 59

We've made the world too complicated

James72689 — Sat, 16 May 2026 08:25:17 +0000

Article URL: https://user8.bearblog.dev/the-world-is-too-complicated/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158065

Points: 67

# Comments: 87

Frontier AI has broken the open CTF format

frays — Sat, 16 May 2026 07:01:55 +0000

Article URL: https://kabir.au/blog/the-ctf-scene-is-dead

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157559

Points: 277

# Comments: 248

California's Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants

zingerlio — Sat, 16 May 2026 03:42:30 +0000

Article URL: https://zolairenergy.com/californias-battery-array-is-as-powerful-as-12-nuclear-power-plants-heres-whats-on-the-horizon/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156628

Points: 43

# Comments: 67

'No way to prevent this,' says only package manager where this regularly happens

alligatorplum — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:36:02 +0000

Article URL: https://kevinpatel.xyz/posts/no-way-to-prevent-this/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155690

Points: 397

# Comments: 197

NYT and vaping: How to lie by saying only true things (2022)

Ariarule — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:15:53 +0000

Article URL: https://gwern.net/vaping

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155555

Points: 106

# Comments: 63

The main thing about P2P meth is that there's so much of it (2021)

tomjakubowski — Fri, 15 May 2026 23:37:32 +0000

Article URL: https://dynomight.net/p2p-meth/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155324

Points: 175

# Comments: 205

SQL patterns I use to catch transaction fraud

redbell — Fri, 15 May 2026 23:22:30 +0000

Article URL: https://analytics.fixelsmith.com/posts/sql-fraud-patterns/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155212

Points: 296

# Comments: 123

London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time

Cider9986 — Fri, 15 May 2026 20:28:44 +0000

Article URL: https://reclaimthenet.org/london-police-deploy-facial-recognition-at-protest-for-first-time

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48153400

Points: 161

# Comments: 140

I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis

reasonableklout — Fri, 15 May 2026 20:26:47 +0000

https://xcancel.com/mitchellh/status/2055380239711457578

https://hachyderm.io/@mitchellh/116580433508108130

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48153379

Points: 1731

# Comments: 941

Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California

Lihh27 — Fri, 15 May 2026 19:48:48 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/05/bill-to-keep-online-games-playable-clears-key-hurdle-in-california/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152994

Points: 554

# Comments: 374

Meta to receive $3.3B in tax breaks for its $10B Louisiana data center

logickkk1 — Fri, 15 May 2026 19:32:34 +0000

Article URL: https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/meta-data-center-tax-break-hyperion-louisiana/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152825

Points: 188

# Comments: 172

ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline

cmsparks — Fri, 15 May 2026 19:07:08 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/baseballot/status/2055309076209492208

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152553

Points: 366

# Comments: 163

Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'

drob518 — Fri, 15 May 2026 18:00:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis-after-able-drive-into-standing-water.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151767

Points: 202

# Comments: 196

U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app

tencentshill — Fri, 15 May 2026 17:28:24 +0000

Article URL: https://macdailynews.com/2026/05/15/u-s-doj-demands-apple-and-google-unmask-over-100000-users-of-popular-car-tinkering-app-in-emissions-crackdown/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151383

Points: 454

# Comments: 322

Bun Rust rewrite: "codebase fails basic miri checks, allows for UB in safe rust"

ndiddy — Fri, 15 May 2026 16:51:25 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/30719

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150900

Points: 453

# Comments: 324

Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better

JSeiko — Fri, 15 May 2026 16:15:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150431

Points: 1094

# Comments: 240

I love Linux, but I can't quit Windows

speckx — Fri, 15 May 2026 16:13:53 +0000

Article URL: https://jpain.io/i-love-linux-but-i-cant-quit-windows/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150414

Points: 83

# Comments: 166

A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10

happyhardcore — Fri, 15 May 2026 13:39:54 +0000

Article URL: https://projectzero.google/2026/05/pixel-10-exploit.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148460

Points: 421

# Comments: 223

Amazon workers under pressure to up their AI usage are making up tasks

hackernj — Fri, 15 May 2026 13:28:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.fastcompany.com/91541586/amazon-workers-pressured-to-up-ai-use-extraneous-tasks