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  • 6.29.26 | GLM 5.2 outperforms Claude, age verification leads to speech attribution, HackerRank ATS scores vary
    Jun 29 2026
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 29, 2026.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
    • (00:17) - GLM 5.2 beats Claude in our benchmarks
    • (01:48) - Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribution of speech
    • (03:16) - HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88
    • (04:36) - The KIDS Act would require age checks to get online
    • (05:49) - I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI
    • (07:25) - Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown
    • (08:43) - Librepods: AirPods liberated
    • (09:59) - 5k menus from the New York Public Library’s Buttolph Collection (1880-1920)
    • (11:00) - Historical memory prices 1960-2026
    • (12:17) - Show HN: Zanagrams
    • (13:12) - Outro

    GLM 5.2 beats Claude in our benchmarks
    https://semgrep.dev/blog/2026/we-have-mythos-at-home-glm-52-beats-claude-in-our-cyber-benchmarks/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48709670

    Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribution of speech
    https://nonogra.ph/age-verification-is-just-a-precursor-to-attribution-of-speech-06-29-2026
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48714529

    HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88
    https://danunparsed.com/p/hackerrank-open-source-ats
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48713832

    The KIDS Act would require age checks to get online
    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/kids-act-would-require-age-checks-get-online
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48706560

    I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI
    https://antoine.fi/mri-analysis-using-claude-code-opus
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708941

    Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown
    https://english.elpais.com/education/2026-06-28/ai-fraud-at-brown-university-academic-integrity-is-at-risk.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708991

    Librepods: AirPods liberated
    https://github.com/librepods-org/librepods
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48710232

    5k menus from the New York Public Library’s Buttolph Collection (1880-1920)
    https://pudding.cool/2026/06/menu-story/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48707763

    Historical memory prices 1960-2026
    https://dam.stanford.edu/memory-prices.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48710092

    Show HN: Zanagrams
    https://zanagrams.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708182

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    13 mins
  • 6.28.26 | Anonymous GitHub account releases undisclosed 0-days, OpenRA, Fintech Engineering Handbook
    Jun 28 2026
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 28, 2026.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
    • (00:16) - Anonymous GitHub account mass-dropping undisclosed 0-days
    • (01:40) - OpenRA
    • (02:57) - Fintech Engineering Handbook
    • (04:19) - The case for physical media ownership
    • (05:37) - Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep
    • (06:38) - The best response to AI slop and online noise is from Robin Williams
    • (08:00) - Suspicious Discontinuities (2020)
    • (09:11) - Turn your site into a place people can bump into each other
    • (10:28) - Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models
    • (11:51) - AI learns the “dark art” of RFIC design
    • (13:09) - Outro

    Anonymous GitHub account mass-dropping undisclosed 0-days
    https://github.com/bikini/exploitarium
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698617

    OpenRA
    https://www.openra.net/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48697560

    Fintech Engineering Handbook
    https://w.pitula.me/fintech-engineering-handbook/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48696982

    The case for physical media ownership
    https://dervis.de/physical/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48697335

    Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep
    https://www.marfapublicradio.org/podcast/marfa-public-radio-puts-you-to-sleep
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48703759

    The best response to AI slop and online noise is from Robin Williams
    https://jayacunzo.com/blog/your-move-chief
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48703452

    Suspicious Discontinuities (2020)
    https://danluu.com/discontinuities/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698151

    Turn your site into a place people can bump into each other
    https://cauenapier.com/blog/townsquare_release/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48699928

    Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models
    https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/27/asian-ai-startups-launch-mythos-like-models-as-anthropics-export-ban-drags-on/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48697958

    AI learns the “dark art” of RFIC design
    https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-radio-chip-design
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48660021

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    13 mins
  • 6.27.26 | Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol, U.S. allows Anthropic to release Mythos AI, We can still stop California's 3D printer surveillance scheme
    Jun 27 2026
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 27, 2026.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
    • (00:19) - Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: a next-generation model
    • (01:31) - U.S. allows Anthropic to release Mythos AI to ‘trusted’ US organizations
    • (02:59) - We can still stop California's 3D printer surveillance scheme
    • (04:11) - Om
    • (05:13) - MicroVMs: Run isolated sandboxes with full lifecycle control
    • (06:50) - Ultrasound imaging of the brain
    • (08:10) - Why does kinetic energy increase quadratically, not linearly, with speed? (2011)
    • (09:20) - The gap between open weights LLMs and closed source LLMs
    • (10:44) - Outro

    Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: a next-generation model
    https://openai.com/index/previewing-gpt-5-6-sol/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48689028

    U.S. allows Anthropic to release Mythos AI to ‘trusted’ US organizations
    https://www.semafor.com/article/06/27/2026/us-releases-powerful-anthropic-model-mythos-to-some-us-companies
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48692995

    We can still stop California's 3D printer surveillance scheme
    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/we-can-still-stop-californias-3d-printer-surveillance-scheme
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48692051

    Om
    https://daringfireball.net/2026/06/om
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48693391

    MicroVMs: Run isolated sandboxes with full lifecycle control
    https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/run-isolated-sandboxes-with-full-lifecycle-control-aws-lambda-introduces-microvms/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642510

    Ultrasound imaging of the brain
    https://alephneuro.com/blog/ultrasound-brain
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48685558

    Why does kinetic energy increase quadratically, not linearly, with speed? (2011)
    https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/535/why-does-kinetic-energy-increase-quadratically-not-linearly-with-speed
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48692946

    The gap between open weights LLMs and closed source LLMs
    https://blog.doubleword.ai/frontier-os-llm
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48692058

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    11 mins
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