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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:18) - Ghostty 1.4
• (01:33) - US Government is hiding a secret court ruling about how it spies on Americans
• (02:36) - Genie 4
• (03:52) - Python's experimental JIT to be removed
• (04:53) - Survival LLM: AI assistant and emergency library that runs on your own computer
• (06:04) - New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6
• (07:07) - New iMac with M6
• (07:59) - Tailscale SSH: Investigation and remediation update
• (08:57) - Git for the US Code
• (10:00) - Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest
• (10:52) - Outro

US Government is hiding a secret court ruling about how it spies on Americans
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-government-is-hiding-a-secret-court-ruling-about-how-it-spies-on-americans/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259604

Genie 4
https://deepmind.google/blog/genie-4-a-new-generation-of-world-simulation/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261319

Python's experimental JIT to be removed
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1102102/0c00e4d550f25f8c/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257419

Survival LLM: AI assistant and emergency library that runs on your own computer
https://www.brangus.io/survival-llm
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50264853

New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6
https://www.apple.com/in/newsroom/2026/10/apple-introduces-the-new-14-inch-macbook-pro-with-m6/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261352

New iMac with M6
https://www.apple.com/imac/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50258538

Tailscale SSH: Investigation and remediation update
https://tailscale.com/ssh-investigation-update
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50264857

Git for the US Code
https://lexifina.com/blog/git-for-the-us-code
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50268380

Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/meet-the-2026-winner-of-nikons-small-world-photomicrography-contest/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234796

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Anthropic S-1
• (01:38) - Three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics
• (02:47) - Sebastian Raschka's from-scratch video course on building reasoning models
• (03:51) - The Exponential Time Hypothesis Is False [pdf]
• (04:54) - CSS-Tricks has a new owner
• (05:57) - Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11
• (07:01) - Websites Should Be Printable
• (07:59) - Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear
• (08:58) - Blaise Pascal invented fixed route public transport (2024)
• (09:47) - Type Server Protocol
• (10:44) - Outro

Three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics
https://openai.com/index/building-scientific-understanding-with-academic-communities/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251344

Sebastian Raschka's from-scratch video course on building reasoning models
https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/building-reasoning-models
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245138

The Exponential Time Hypothesis Is False [pdf]
https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Exponential-Time-Hypothesis-is-False-October-25-2026/paper.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251661

CSS-Tricks has a new owner
https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245831

Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11
https://blog.enlyth.com/posts/oldest-windows-gui-app-win-11/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248055

Websites Should Be Printable
https://brennenputh.me/blog/printable-websites/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241664

Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20261023-how-solar-became-bigger-than-nuclear
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245385

Blaise Pascal invented fixed route public transport (2024)
https://humantransit.org/2024/12/one-of-the-greatest-inventions-in-the-history-of-human-transport.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50200152

Type Server Protocol
https://github.com/microsoft/pylance-release/blob/main/docs/tsp/type-server-protocol.md
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248371

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis
• (01:27) - Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
• (02:23) - I refuse to accept a censored Internet. Join Me at FOSDEM 27
• (03:38) - Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
• (04:43) - OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?
• (05:58) - Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs
• (06:50) - IBM CEO says open weight models are now good and cheap on-prem
• (07:56) - Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997
• (08:43) - Why I Am a Programmer
• (09:35) - Amazon’s “digital pacifier” for toddlers
• (10:37) - Outro

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
https://imaginationlibrary.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234474

I refuse to accept a censored Internet. Join Me at FOSDEM 27
https://talkweb.eu/openweb/4558/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50233929

Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
https://theintercept.com/2026/10/01/oregon-police-misconduct-public-records-cost-fee/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234232

OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?
https://minimaxir.com/2026/10/cheap-llms/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50236102

Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs
https://charliegerard.dev/blog/overgrown-extension/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50197108

IBM CEO says open weight models are now good and cheap on-prem
https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/22/ibm-ceo-says-open-weight-models-are-now-irresistibly-good-and-cheap-on-prem/5304640
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238088

Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997
https://titleart.dvy.io/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238708

Why I Am a Programmer
https://www.alfie.wtf/programming/why-i-am-a-programmer.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50235017

Amazon’s “digital pacifier” for toddlers
https://oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/amazons-digital-pacifier-for-toddlers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185534