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Hacker News (16 Aug 2026)
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Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker
606 points • 249 comments • aug 16, 2026
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Claude: System Prompts
604 points • 245 comments • aug 16, 2026
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A third world engineer responds to ”RISC-V: They should have known better“
436 points • 231 comments • aug 16, 2026
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Research papers using "kidney disappointment" instead of "kidney failure"
379 points • 132 comments • aug 16, 2026
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Tell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers
378 points • 101 comments • aug 16, 2026
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Models Are Getting Dumber on Purpose
300 points • 165 comments • aug 16, 2026
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Stripe will reportedly acquire OpenRouter for $7B+
268 points • 184 comments • aug 16, 2026
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The AI Credit Resale Economy
261 points • 106 comments • aug 16, 2026
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Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to overthinking things
257 points • 108 comments • aug 16, 2026
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What happens when an LLM never sees material beyond fifth grade?
237 points • 205 comments • aug 16, 2026