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Ask HN: How do you keep up with HN these days?

simonebrunozzi — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:59:12 +0000

In the last 2-3 years, mostly because of AI, keeping up with interesting articles on HN has become harder and harder.

How do you deal with it? Besides the simple solution of simply ignoring interesting stuff more and more.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49308059

Points: 31

# Comments: 55

The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

rdl — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:18:44 +0000

Article URL: https://conic.al/writing/the-other-sean-byrne-doesnt-exist/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49307592

Points: 120

# Comments: 48

Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake – 68 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia

Bender — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:14:05 +0000

Article URL: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tkt2/executive

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49306577

Points: 190

# Comments: 45

The Ploopy A+ Trackball Is Here

big_toast — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:55:31 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.ploopy.co/the-aplus-is-finally-here-499

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49306443

Points: 100

# Comments: 47

NSA and IETF, Part 9

libroot — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:54:01 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.cr.yp.to/20260814-update.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49306432

Points: 48

# Comments: 54

Jane Street suffers $15B hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness

bobstax — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:40:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/47dd5308-dd17-404a-a615-61046defd697

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49305927

Points: 120

# Comments: 91

The case for overhauling American science

andsoitis — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:11:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/08/13/the-case-for-overhauling-american-science

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49305708

Points: 55

# Comments: 57

Stop sending me huge PRs; a rant

trezm — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:48:15 +0000

Article URL: https://getsmall.xyz/post/cmstjfl9l000if70ljmpzr4va

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49305558

Points: 115

# Comments: 82

RISC-V: They should have known better

kaycebasques — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:38:34 +0000

Article URL: https://dmitry.gr/?r=06.%20Thoughts&proj=12.%20RV

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49305492

Points: 163

# Comments: 162

Going Dark, and the era of law enforcement hacking

vslira — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:52:44 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/08/14/everything-is-about-to-go-dark/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49304447

Points: 332

# Comments: 146

Study links coffee consumption to metabolic health and sex hormones

_____k — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:46:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.oulu.fi/en/news/study-links-coffee-consumption-metabolic-health-and-sex-hormones

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49304368

Points: 67

# Comments: 63

Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row, found dead

artninja1988 — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:51:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j1ye6n30no

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303774

Points: 82

# Comments: 63

CEO who fired 900 people on Zoom just before Christmas wants his job back

pseudolus — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:36:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/14/business/vishal-garg-better-ceo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303592

Points: 103

# Comments: 82

Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

DemiGuru — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:03:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3212428/firefox-is-now-the-last-major-browser-that-still-supports-ublock-origin.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303202

Points: 945

# Comments: 353

Count Binface receives over a quarter of votes in Clacton by-election

tcp_handshaker — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:45:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce97mm3vvemo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49301260

Points: 442

# Comments: 359

Maximizing the value of your Claude Code sessions

twapi — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:15:21 +0000

Article URL: https://claude.com/blog/maximizing-the-value-of-your-claude-code-sessions

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300800

Points: 211

# Comments: 119

RustDesk now supports true unattended remote access on Wayland

rustdesk — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:12:52 +0000

Article URL: https://rustdesk.com/blog/unattended-remote-access-wayland/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300759

Points: 288

# Comments: 119

France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s

BlueBerry2001 — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:06:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/frances-top-court-rules-social-media-ban-curtails-freedom-expression-2026-08-14/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300671

Points: 220

# Comments: 158

Google is making private AI practical with homomorphic encryption

u1hcw9nx — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:43:10 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.google/security/how-google-is-making-private-ai-practical-with-homomorphic-encryption/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300314

Points: 380

# Comments: 220

Seven books I keep close because I love them

surprisetalk — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:03:26 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.plover.com/2026/08/02/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299675

Points: 346

# Comments: 158

Qwen 3.8 27B

erdaltoprak — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Article URL: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299605

Points: 1125

# Comments: 687

When Genius Fails: The Intellectual Arrogance of the AI Labs

gmays — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:34:49 +0000

Article URL: https://weightythoughts.com/p/when-genius-failsthe-intellectual

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299282

Points: 172

# Comments: 193

Every Fucking Website (2020)

doubletwoyou — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:31:08 +0000

Article URL: https://lxe.github.io/everywebsite/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299222

Points: 789

# Comments: 459

I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone

speckx — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:21:18 +0000

Article URL: https://heyjonny.dev/posts/rss-to-eink-newspaper/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299081

Points: 184

# Comments: 73

In Australia, a home battery boom has helped cut wholesale power prices

speckx — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:07:52 +0000

Article URL: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/australia-home-batteries

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298910

Points: 333

# Comments: 284

Cursor is now a part of SpaceX

billy_jones_75 — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:10:12 +0000

Article URL: https://cursor.com/blog/joining-spacex

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298211

Points: 98

# Comments: 109

Dear people who work at the airport

nivethan — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:23:22 +0000

Article URL: https://life-after-ssri.bearblog.dev/dear-people-who-work-at-the-airport/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49297801

Points: 200

# Comments: 250

The TEMU-Fication of Software, Digital Goods and Services

surprisetalk — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:51 +0000

Article URL: https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/the-temu-fication-of-software-digital-goods-services/