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The Wholesale Plagiarism of Obscure Sorrows

ridesisapis — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:05:31 +0000

Article URL: https://waxy.org/2026/06/the-wholesale-plagiarism-of-obscure-sorrows/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48611411

Points: 226

# Comments: 82

VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate'

iamnothere — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:14:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/vpn-ban-update-uk-households-34141063

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48609385

Points: 244

# Comments: 255

CSSQuake

msalsas — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:49:53 +0000

Article URL: https://cssquake.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48608223

Points: 381

# Comments: 85

I Stored a Website in a Favicon

theanonymousone — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:33:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.timwehrle.de/blog/i-stored-a-website-in-a-favicon/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48606619

Points: 275

# Comments: 94

Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can't Show You

moultano — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:36:49 +0000

Article URL: https://moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/where-to-find-the-colors-your-screen-cant-show-you/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48606140

Points: 392

# Comments: 105

Hey, n00b, we didn't hire you to complete tasks

rrvsh — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:11:07 +0000

Article URL: https://newsletter.kentbeck.com/p/hey-n00b-we-didnt-hire-you-to-complete

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48604851

Points: 205

# Comments: 121

Americans express unease over SpaceX's influence on retirement savings

ValentineC — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:45:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/19/spacex-retirement-savings-elon-musk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48604186

Points: 240

# Comments: 135

Think of the children: How to force real ID for all internet traffic (2023)

Bender — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:19:57 +0000

Article URL: https://nochan.net/b/Internet-Crap/20230829-Think-Of-The-Children/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48602817

Points: 221

# Comments: 160

Amazon drops Sam Altman movie after announcing OpenAI partnership

theanonymousone — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:03:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/sam-altman-biopic-amazon-openai-deal-b2999321.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48602639

Points: 201

# Comments: 69

Bobby Prince, composer for Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D, has died

pgrote — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:35:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.legacy.com/legacy/robert-bobby-prince-lll

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48602352

Points: 446

# Comments: 51

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good

Michelangelo11 — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:00:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01947-1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48601286

Points: 235

# Comments: 312

A new bill takes aim at government pressure to silence lawful online speech

hn_acker — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:34:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/new-bill-takes-aim-government-pressure-silence-lawful-online-speech

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600950

Points: 293

# Comments: 138

Court Records Should Be Free

hn_acker — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:34:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/court-records-should-be-free

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600946

Points: 469

# Comments: 125

Google workspace threatening to block Firefox access

birdculture — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:30:49 +0000

Article URL: https://tales.fromprod.com/2026/169/google-workspace-threatening-to-block-firefox.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600345

Points: 517

# Comments: 173

Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics

ck2 — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:28:20 +0000

Article URL: https://startupfortune.com/hyundai-takes-full-control-of-boston-dynamics-as-softbank-exits-for-325-million/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600312

Points: 921

# Comments: 387

GPT-5.5 hallucinates 3x more than MIT-licensed GLM-5.2

oshrimpton — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:11:25 +0000

Article URL: https://arrowtsx.dev/bigger-models/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600167

Points: 458

# Comments: 227

AI Engineer Claims to Have Cracked Linear A

Kosturdistan — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:04:42 +0000

Article URL: https://aiclambake.com/clamtakes/linear-a/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600107

Points: 434

# Comments: 172

Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school

ilreb — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:03:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/norway-imposes-near-ban-ai-elementary-school-2026-06-19/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600093

Points: 774

# Comments: 553

There are no instances in ATProto

danabramov — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:10:02 +0000

Article URL: https://overreacted.io/there-are-no-instances-in-atproto/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599515

Points: 515

# Comments: 294

How many of the 170k English words do you know?

abnry — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:51:36 +0000

Article URL: https://vocabowl-870366514258.us-west1.run.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48598586

Points: 467

# Comments: 539