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Hacker News (09 Aug 2026)

  1. Mea Culpa – Dark Hours

    518 points • 237 comments • aug 09, 2026

  2. Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was a Correct Rejection

    316 points • 60 comments • aug 09, 2026

  3. Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM

    291 points • 248 comments • aug 09, 2026

  4. How I use LLMs to learn complex topics

    255 points • 141 comments • aug 09, 2026

  5. Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy

    222 points • 178 comments • aug 09, 2026

  6. The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in 11 years (2011)

    195 points • 94 comments • aug 09, 2026

  7. Tom Stanton's supersonic trebuchet breaks sound barrier with gravity alone

    189 points • 64 comments • aug 09, 2026

  8. Analyzing data from Silicon Valley ventures and founders prosecuted for fraud

    177 points • 82 comments • aug 09, 2026

  9. There Are Magic Hexagons of Every Order

    176 points • 28 comments • aug 09, 2026

  10. Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults (2023)

    171 points • 199 comments • aug 09, 2026