Episodes

  • 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
  • 6.26.26 | Herculaneum scroll read for first time, Om Malik has died, internet era threatens privacy
    Jun 26 2026
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 26, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
    • (00:19) - An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
    • (01:38) - Om Malik has died
    • (02:42) - The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy
    • (04:07) - Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads
    • (05:37) - Oxide computer 3D rack guided tour
    • (06:51) - Hey Nico, you didn't vibe code your data room but stole it from Papermark
    • (08:16) - IBM debuts sub-1 nanometer chip technology
    • (09:56) - Show HN: Chess-Inspired Roguelike
    • (11:04) - Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
    • (12:21) - Apple to skip high-end M6 Mac chips in favor of AI-focused M7 line
    • (13:38) - Outro

    An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
    https://scrollprize.org/firstscroll
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675179

    Om Malik has died
    https://om.co/2026/06/24/1966-2026/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48678852

    The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy
    https://expression.fire.org/p/the-papers-please-era-of-the-internet
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679608

    Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads
    https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/apple-raises-prices-macbooks-ipads-memory-costs-skyrocket-2026-06-25/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48672732

    Oxide computer 3D rack guided tour
    https://explorer.oxide.computer/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48631450

    Hey Nico, you didn't vibe code your data room but stole it from Papermark
    https://twitter.com/mfts0/status/2070080422482977095
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48672328

    IBM debuts sub-1 nanometer chip technology
    https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-06-25-ibm-debuts-worlds-first-sub-1-nanometer-chip-technology
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48674967

    Show HN: Chess-Inspired Roguelike
    https://princechazz.com
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48616304

    Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
    https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675435

    Apple to skip high-end M6 Mac chips in favor of AI-focused M7 line
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-25/apple-to-skip-high-end-m6-mac-chips-to-launch-m7-pro-m7-max-m7-ultra-instead?embedded-checkout=true
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48676795

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    14 mins
  • 6.25.26 | OpenAI unveils first custom chip built by Broadcom, Anthropic alleges Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI capabilities, RubyLLM offers Ruby framework for major AI providers
    Jun 25 2026
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 25, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
    • (00:19) - OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom
    • (01:40) - Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities
    • (03:31) - RubyLLM: A Ruby framework for all major AI providers
    • (05:05) - Krea 2: SOTA open-weights 12B image model
    • (06:19) - 45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero
    • (07:36) - A Practical Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding
    • (08:44) - Half-Life 2 in a Browser
    • (09:37) - The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader
    • (10:51) - Blogging can just be stating the obvious
    • (12:02) - GLM-5.2 is a step change for open agents
    • (13:14) - Outro

    OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom
    https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/24/openai-unveils-its-first-custom-chip-built-by-broadcom/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48663324

    Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities
    https://www.reuters.com/world/china/anthropic-says-alibaba-illicitly-extracted-claude-ai-model-capabilities-2026-06-24/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48664814

    RubyLLM: A Ruby framework for all major AI providers
    https://rubyllm.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48660711

    Krea 2: SOTA open-weights 12B image model
    https://www.krea.ai/blog/krea-2-technical-report
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48646659

    45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero
    https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/liquid-cooling-ai-factories/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48660178

    A Practical Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding
    https://labs.iximiuz.com/tutorials/ssh-tunnels
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48606222

    Half-Life 2 in a Browser
    https://hl2.slqnt.dev/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48669534

    The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader
    https://blog.omgmog.net/post/xteink-x4-e-ink-reader/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48662381

    Blogging can just be stating the obvious
    https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/blogging-stating-the-obvious/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48666927

    GLM-5.2 is a step change for open agents
    https://www.interconnects.ai/p/glm-52-is-the-step-change-for-open
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48639840

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    13 mins
  • 6.24.26 | FUTO Swipe new swipe typing model, former Google employee fired for creating Google workspace CLI, Jerry's Map
    Jun 24 2026
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 24, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
    • (00:22) - FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model
    • (01:48) - Fired by Google for creating the Google workspace CLI
    • (03:02) - Jerry's Map
    • (04:12) - In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words
    • (05:26) - Show HN: TikZ Editor – WYSIWYG editor for figures in LaTeX
    • (06:42) - Printing Gaussian Splats
    • (07:48) - The worthlessness of Vitamin D is mildly exaggerated
    • (09:12) - Vulnerability reports are not special anymore
    • (10:36) - Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak
    • (11:59) - Swift Package Index joins Apple
    • (13:03) - Outro

    FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model
    https://swipe.futo.tech/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48648619

    Fired by Google for creating the Google workspace CLI
    https://twitter.com/JPoehnelt/status/2069482265953087602
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48649011

    Jerry's Map
    http://www.jerrysmap.com/the-map
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48649435

    In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words
    https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260622-00/?p=112451
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48648959

    Show HN: TikZ Editor – WYSIWYG editor for figures in LaTeX
    https://tikz.dev/editor/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48645437

    Printing Gaussian Splats
    https://www.patreon.com/DanyBittel/posts/printing-splats-161333338
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48618481

    The worthlessness of Vitamin D is mildly exaggerated
    https://dynomight.net/vitamin-d/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48647486

    Vulnerability reports are not special anymore
    https://words.filippo.io/vuln-reports/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48653216

    Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak
    https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pauses-employee-tracking-program-following-internal-security-breach/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48653575

    Swift Package Index joins Apple
    https://swiftpackageindex.com/blog/swift-package-index-joins-apple
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48648779

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    13 mins
  • 6.23.26 | Steam Machine launch, police using flock surveillance, Canada plans nuclear reactors
    Jun 23 2026
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 23, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
    • (00:12) - Steam Machine launches today
    • (01:44) - Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed
    • (02:58) - Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040
    • (04:22) - GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally
    • (05:48) - Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators
    • (07:10) - My Mathematical Regression
    • (08:42) - Moebius: 0.2B image inpainting model with 10B-level performance
    • (10:03) - VibeThinker: 3B param model that beats Opus 4.5 on reasoning with novel SFT+GRPO
    • (11:17) - Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site
    • (12:18) - Show HN: Oak – Git alternative designed for agents
    • (13:27) - Outro

    Steam Machine launches today
    https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/685257114654870245
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48632884

    Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed
    https://ipvm.com/reports/police-chiefs-track
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48634694

    Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-nuclear-strategy-9.7244509
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48634585

    GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally
    https://unsloth.ai/docs/models/glm-5.2
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48636377

    Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators
    https://www.wsj.com/business/media/polymarket-social-media-bets-prediction-market-441cdeb5?st=HhTZY2
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614715

    My Mathematical Regression
    https://blog.dahl.dev/posts/my-mathematical-regression/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48597221

    Moebius: 0.2B image inpainting model with 10B-level performance
    https://hustvl.github.io/Moebius/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48630171

    VibeThinker: 3B param model that beats Opus 4.5 on reasoning with novel SFT+GRPO
    https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.16140
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48639240

    Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site
    https://puzzlelair.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48629213

    Show HN: Oak – Git alternative designed for agents
    https://oak.space/oak/oak
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48631726

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    14 mins
  • 6.22.26 | Identity verification on Claude, old job possibly fraud-dependent, Deno Desktop
    Jun 22 2026
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 22, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
    • (00:16) - Identity verification on Claude
    • (01:47) - Did my old job only exist because of fraud?
    • (03:17) - Deno Desktop
    • (04:59) - Apertus – Open Foundation Model for Sovereign AI
    • (06:26) - Help I accidentally a wigglegram
    • (07:40) - There is minimal downside to switching to open models
    • (09:05) - Everything is logarithms
    • (10:19) - JSON-LD explained for personal websites
    • (11:39) - GLM 5.2 vs. Opus
    • (13:11) - The minimum viable unit of saleable software
    • (14:47) - Outro

    Identity verification on Claude
    https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14328960-identity-verification-on-claude
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48618455

    Did my old job only exist because of fraud?
    https://david.newgas.net/did-my-old-job-only-exist-because-of-fraud/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622867

    Deno Desktop
    https://docs.deno.com/runtime/desktop/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48626137

    Apertus – Open Foundation Model for Sovereign AI
    https://apertvs.ai/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622778

    Help I accidentally a wigglegram
    https://lmao.center/blog/wiggle-accidents/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48605561

    There is minimal downside to switching to open models
    https://www.marble.onl/posts/cancel_claude.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622518

    Everything is logarithms
    https://alexkritchevsky.com/2026/05/25/everything-is-logarithms.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622626

    JSON-LD explained for personal websites
    https://hawksley.dev/blog/json-ld-explained-for-personal-websites/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48621517

    GLM 5.2 vs. Opus
    https://techstackups.com/comparisons/glm-5.2-vs-opus/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48626866

    The minimum viable unit of saleable software
    https://brandur.org/minimum-viable-unit
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48620342

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    15 mins