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Hacker News (17 Aug 2026)
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Incident with Github.com
684 points • 487 comments • aug 17, 2026
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GitHub down again? no PR access
283 points • 99 comments • aug 17, 2026
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The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding
266 points • 155 comments • aug 17, 2026
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A Preview of DuckDB v2.0
252 points • 33 comments • aug 17, 2026
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GIMP Development Update
244 points • 221 comments • aug 17, 2026
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1T and 114k Lives a Year, Yale Study
227 points • 285 comments • aug 17, 2026
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Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub
223 points • 136 comments • aug 17, 2026
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The Life and Death of Direct File [pdf]
203 points • 108 comments • aug 17, 2026
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GPT 5.6 Sol is the best "vision" model OpenAI ever released
199 points • 104 comments • aug 17, 2026
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Linear algebra done right
197 points • 70 comments • aug 17, 2026