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Hacker News (21 Aug 2026)

  1. AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late

    358 points • 265 comments • aug 21, 2026

  2. Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, the US intervened

    241 points • 126 comments • aug 21, 2026

  3. Copyright does not protect AI-generated content in EU

    177 points • 187 comments • aug 21, 2026

  4. Codex on AWS bedrock bug causing 10x charges

    138 points • 53 comments • aug 21, 2026

  5. DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp

    136 points • 30 comments • aug 21, 2026

  6. The Lost Treasure of Sid Meier's Pirates

    130 points • 61 comments • aug 21, 2026

  7. We Rebuilt the Linux MicroVM Stack on Apple Silicon

    104 points • 50 comments • aug 21, 2026

  8. It is a sign of the times that Amazon gets to call this fair use

    103 points • 79 comments • aug 21, 2026

  9. There's no such thing as a small software team anymore

    82 points • 131 comments • aug 21, 2026

  10. Small, native web tricks worth remembering

    68 points • 17 comments • aug 21, 2026