hcker.news — day · exclude: AI

Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'

2026-09-17T13:30:37Z

274 points by witweb | 339 comments

Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwly7vkke4jxo
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49740507
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49740507

The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities

2026-09-17T13:12:28Z

234 points by pseudolus | 402 comments

Article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/21/the-american-religion-of-self-storage-facilities
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49740260
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49740260

More than 100k people in Japan are now aged 100 or older

2026-09-17T20:33:00Z

199 points by karakoram | 238 comments

Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmzezj5e18xxo
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49746117
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746117

OpenJev

2026-09-18T09:42:22Z

178 points by ilreb | 97 comments

Article: https://openjev.com/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49752041
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752041

The scourge of x86 emulation

2026-09-18T04:09:48Z

175 points by dagmx | 35 comments

Article: https://fex-emu.com/Scourge-of-emulation/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49750094
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49750094

Rate limits on GitLab.com are changing

2026-09-17T15:33:54Z

168 points by darkwater | 122 comments

Article: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/rate-limit-change-2026/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49742353
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742353

CrowdSec Source Code Leak

2026-09-17T15:34:01Z

154 points by eccgecko | 49 comments

Article: https://www.crowdsec.net/blog/crowdsec-statement-source-code-exposure
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49742355
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742355

I hate you Microsoft

2026-09-17T21:41:48Z

140 points by henriquenunez | 75 comments

Article: https://henriquenunez.eu/posts/you_did_it_again_ms/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49746986
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746986

Flet 1.0 – Build cross-platform apps in Python

2026-09-17T20:44:28Z

135 points by absqueued | 67 comments

Article: https://flet.dev/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49746290
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746290

Whoisinspace.com/

2026-09-17T15:59:37Z

134 points by Egg-Man | 77 comments

Article: https://whoisinspace.com
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49742714
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742714

The most important product decision is what you don't build

2026-09-17T20:52:36Z

121 points by ChrisArchitect | 41 comments

Article: https://liamnugent.me/posts/what-you-dont-build/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49746407
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746407

Waymo in Singapore

2026-09-18T03:49:24Z

112 points by ramanan | 129 comments

Article: https://waymo.com/waymo-in-singapore/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49749981
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749981

Ask HN: How to recover Google auth after phone stolen?

2026-09-17T16:17:28Z

104 points by keymasta | 112 comments

Article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742976
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49742976
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742976

How Uber Protects Against Retry Storms

2026-09-17T21:14:32Z

102 points by iscmt | 45 comments

Article: https://www.uber.com/us/en/blog/protecting-against-retry-storms/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49746628
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746628

Vinix – A modern operating system written in V

2026-09-17T15:40:19Z

100 points by hggh | 63 comments

Article: https://vinix-os.org/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49742439
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742439

Pre-Greek: The lost language hidden within Ancient Greek

2026-09-18T03:04:38Z

97 points by axiologist | 43 comments

Article: https://linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/pre-greek/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49749771
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749771

Show HN: I built a new version of my fun spatial 3D online meeting app

2026-09-17T12:57:09Z

96 points by pawelwentpawel | 52 comments

Article: https://flat.social
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49740047
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49740047

Show HN: Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup

2026-09-17T20:48:04Z

82 points by Capira | 39 comments

Article: https://snapdrop.me
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49746346
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746346

Don't Just Say Hello

2026-09-17T19:16:46Z

72 points by ninju | 53 comments

Article: https://nohello.net/en/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49745266
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49745266

Telstra outage: The night a network decided the year was 2006

2026-09-18T01:05:03Z

68 points by TMWNN | 29 comments

Article: https://www.netnod.se/blog/telstra-outage-night-network-decided-year-was-2006
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49748957
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748957

T. Rex Had a Body Temperature of 97°F

2026-09-17T17:13:42Z

63 points by marojejian | 112 comments

Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/science/trex-dinosaur-temperature-warm-blooded.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49743691
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743691

Minimal Phone 2

2026-09-18T02:00:25Z

56 points by nashashmi | 51 comments

Article: https://minimalcompany.com/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49749369
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749369

Pentagon weighs pulling nearly a third of U.S. forces from Europe

2026-09-18T02:14:47Z

55 points by consumer451 | 42 comments

Article: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-weighs-pulling-nearly-third-us-forces-europe-rcna597722
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49749462
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749462

Goose Programming Language

2026-09-18T01:04:54Z

51 points by bobbydigitales | 63 comments

Article: https://github.com/aardappel/goose/tree/master
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49748954
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748954

How SpaceX Streamlined the Raptor Engine

2026-09-17T21:14:19Z

50 points by JumpCrisscross | 2 comments

Article: https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-spacex-streamlined-the-raptor
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49746626
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746626

Ask A Monk – A digital wilderness for thoughts with no immediate answer

2026-09-18T01:34:08Z

49 points by 13613288957 | 27 comments

Article: https://askamonk.online
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49749171
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749171

U.S. Strike on Iranian School May Have Been War Crime, U.N. Report Says

2026-09-17T22:22:43Z

47 points by vinni2 | 12 comments

Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/world/asia/us-iran-school-strike-report.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49747491
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747491

Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites

2026-09-18T02:38:33Z

41 points by mmh0000 | 10 comments

Article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/republican-bill-would-order-isps-dns-providers-and-vpns-to-block-piracy-sites/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49749616
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749616

Google illegally retains customer data,and I am taking legal action against them

2026-09-18T10:18:20Z

40 points by Bitu79 | 6 comments

Article: https://medium.com/@istokovicsgyorgy79/google-illegally-retains-customer-data-and-i-am-taking-legal-action-against-them-7da0cf95941c
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49752279
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752279

BYD looking to build 5-minute EV charging network in Canada

2026-09-17T18:23:48Z

38 points by toomuchtodo | 19 comments

Article: https://driving.ca/auto-news/industry/byd-china-ev-megawatt-flash-charger-network-canada
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49744606
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49744606

Why Arab armies don't win wars

2026-09-17T13:55:36Z

38 points by Tomte | 19 comments

Article: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-arab-armies-dont-win-wars/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49740816
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49740816

Don't Make Job Referrals Public

2026-09-17T18:16:38Z

36 points by elashri | 14 comments

Article: https://blog.melashri.net/micro/public-job-referral/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49744530
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49744530

Inside ZCode: Silently Uploading Your Git History to the Cloud

2026-09-18T06:11:17Z

33 points by csmantle | 3 comments

Article: https://blog.ferstar.org/en/posts/zcode-silent-workspace-snapshot-upload/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49750694
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49750694

Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Chairman, Names Son to Replace Him

2026-09-18T11:01:44Z

31 points by saimiam | 14 comments

Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/business/warren-buffett-berkshire-chairman.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49752614
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752614

The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years

2026-09-17T18:31:56Z

28 points by ohjeez | 4 comments

Article: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/meet-the-first-new-cat-species-discovered-in-100-years
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49744704
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49744704

Warez: The Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy Culture

2026-09-18T02:56:48Z

26 points by succinct_ideas | 2 comments

Article: https://archive.org/details/b904a8eb-9c98-4bb1-bf25-3cb9d075b157
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49749724
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749724

Computer Reset, Dallas

2026-09-17T20:50:03Z

25 points by ibobev | 11 comments

Article: https://dfarq.homeip.net/computer-reset-dallas/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49746371
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746371

So, I didn't Use My Phone for 5 Days

2026-09-17T12:51:54Z

24 points by zazuke | 10 comments

Article: https://karunpal.substack.com/p/so-i-didnt-use-my-phone-for-5-days
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49740000
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49740000

Code Scans

2026-09-18T03:00:40Z

23 points by geoffbp | 6 comments

Article: https://devin.ai/blog/introducing-code-scans
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49749744
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749744

Ubuntu 26.10 Moves cp, mv and rm Over To Rust Coreutils For 100% Transition

2026-09-18T01:59:42Z

23 points by thunderbong | 1 comments

Article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Completes-Rust-Coreutils
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49749363
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749363

Be alert: targeted attacks on prominent Rustaceans

2026-09-17T18:15:49Z

21 points by foresto | 5 comments

Article: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/09/17/targeted-attacks/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49744514
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49744514

Taco Bell Programming (2010)

2026-09-17T13:22:46Z

19 points by olexsmir | 4 comments

Article: https://widgetsandshit.com/teddziuba/2010/10/taco-bell-programming.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49740402
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49740402

KIDS Act

2026-09-17T19:06:30Z

18 points by Betelbuddy | 4 comments

Article: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/kids-act
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49745136
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49745136

AWS now supports spend limits

2026-09-18T01:59:16Z

18 points by xyos | 2 comments

Article: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/create-spend-limit.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49749357
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749357

New evidence for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tomb

2026-09-17T15:58:31Z

18 points by rndsignals | 1 comments

Article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02621-2
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49742697
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742697

German court rules Meta liable for fake ads on Instagram, Facebook

2026-09-17T14:11:28Z

18 points by tartoran | 0 comments

Article: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/german-court-rules-meta-liable-fake-ads-instagram-facebook-2026-09-17/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49741044
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49741044

Why Germany Is Building an Ark for U.S. Climate Data

2026-09-17T16:05:47Z

17 points by Brajeshwar | 6 comments

Article: https://e360.yale.edu/features/germany-us-climate-data
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49742802
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742802

GrapheneOS accuses Google of gatekeeping Android 17 features and security fixes

2026-09-18T00:26:17Z

16 points by vilasa | 1 comments

Article: https://www.androidauthority.com/grapheneos-android-17-qpr1-security-patches-comments-3712218/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49748684
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748684

Victory Appeals Court Rejects Expansive New Copyright Claim

2026-09-17T15:59:12Z

15 points by hn_acker | 8 comments

Article: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/victory-appeals-court-rejects-expansive-new-copyright-claim
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49742706
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742706

Paramount to Leave California Amid Antitrust Battle, Stalled Warner Bros Merger

2026-09-17T14:06:22Z

15 points by thunderbong | 2 comments

Article: https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-leaving-california-merger-lawsuit-1237105417/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49740967
hn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49740967