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Hacker News (20 Aug 2026)
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Don't paste the AI, please
980 points • 530 comments • aug 20, 2026
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AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint
805 points • 272 comments • aug 20, 2026
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Show HN: I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device
456 points • 102 comments • aug 20, 2026
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Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence
394 points • 67 comments • aug 20, 2026
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Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload
341 points • 336 comments • aug 20, 2026
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Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)
334 points • 127 comments • aug 20, 2026
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Turns are Better than Radians (2022)
329 points • 197 comments • aug 20, 2026
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CIA funding helped keep NeXT afloat in the 80s
290 points • 185 comments • aug 20, 2026
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Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study
270 points • 102 comments • aug 20, 2026
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Bun 1.4
214 points • 131 comments • aug 20, 2026