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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:20) - Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data
• (01:43) - Live Nation illegally monopolized ticketing market, jury finds
• (03:07) - The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew
• (03:53) - Cybersecurity looks like proof of work now
• (05:31) - Cal.com is going closed source
• (07:04) - IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark
• (08:15) - Darkbloom – Private inference on idle Macs
• (09:36) - ChatGPT for Excel
• (10:55) - FSF trying to contact Google about spammer sending 10k+ mails from Gmail account
• (12:22) - CRISPR takes important step toward silencing Down syndrome’s extra chromosome
• (13:36) - Outro

Live Nation illegally monopolized ticketing market, jury finds
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-15/live-nation-illegally-monopolized-ticketing-market-jury-finds
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783713

The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew
https://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/en/menu/burger/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47785738

Cybersecurity looks like proof of work now
https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/04/14/cybersecurity-is-proof-of-work-now.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47769089

Cal.com is going closed source
https://cal.com/blog/cal-com-goes-closed-source-why
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47780456

IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark
https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html?yzh=28197
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47777894

Darkbloom – Private inference on idle Macs
https://darkbloom.dev
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47788542

ChatGPT for Excel
https://chatgpt.com/apps/spreadsheets/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47785397

FSF trying to contact Google about spammer sending 10k+ mails from Gmail account
https://daedal.io/@thomzane/116410863009847575
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47788424

CRISPR takes important step toward silencing Down syndrome’s extra chromosome
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-crispr-bold-silencing-syndrome-extra.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47781286

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:21) - Stop Flock
• (01:44) - Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive
• (03:11) - Claude Code Routines
• (04:52) - The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing
• (06:19) - The Orange Pi 6 Plus
• (07:50) - Let's talk space toilets
• (08:59) - A communist Apple II and fourteen years of not knowing what you're testing
• (11:01) - Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome
• (12:09) - 5NF and Database Design
• (13:26) - Fixing a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16
• (14:19) - Outro

Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/thousands-of-rare-concert-recordings-are-landing-on-the-internet-archive-listen-now/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47765604

Claude Code Routines
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/routines
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768133

The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/dangers-californias-legislation-censor-3d-printing
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47759420

The Orange Pi 6 Plus
https://taoofmac.com/space/reviews/2026/04/11/1900
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47732535

Let's talk space toilets
https://mceglowski.substack.com/p/lets-talk-space-toilets
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47758870

A communist Apple II and fourteen years of not knowing what you're testing
https://llama.gs/blog/index.php/2026/04/10/friday-archaeology-a-communist-apple-ii-and-fourteen-years-of-not-knowing-what-youre-testing/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724571

Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome
https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/chrome/skills-in-chrome/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768339

5NF and Database Design
https://kb.databasedesignbook.com/posts/5nf/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47767676

Fixing a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16
https://iczelia.net/posts/e16-20-year-old-bug/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774789

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them
• (02:11) - GitHub Stacked PRs
• (03:33) - DaVinci Resolve – Photo
• (04:58) - Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No on non-sports markets
• (05:53) - US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
• (07:07) - Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)
• (08:08) - A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”
• (09:45) - Android now stops you sharing your location in photos
• (11:27) - Building a CLI for all of Cloudflare
• (12:45) - Lean proved this program correct; then I found a bug
• (14:11) - Outro

GitHub Stacked PRs
https://github.github.com/gh-stack/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47757495

DaVinci Resolve – Photo
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/photo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760529

Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No on non-sports markets
https://github.com/sterlingcrispin/nothing-ever-happens
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47753472

US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/us-news/us-appeals-court-declares-158-year-old-home-distilling-ban-unconstitutional/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751781

Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)
https://hamvocke.com/blog/a-guide-to-customizing-your-tmux-conf/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47752819

A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”
https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/04/back-button-hijacking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760764

Android now stops you sharing your location in photos
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/android-now-stops-you-sharing-your-location-in-photos/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47750669

Building a CLI for all of Cloudflare
https://blog.cloudflare.com/cf-cli-local-explorer/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47753689

Lean proved this program correct; then I found a bug
https://kirancodes.me/posts/log-who-watches-the-watchers.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47759709

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:21) - Tell HN: Docker pull fails in Spain due to football Cloudflare block
• (01:43) - Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage
• (03:09) - Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024)
• (04:58) - Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023)
• (05:53) - DIY Soft Drinks
• (07:11) - Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play
• (08:15) - All elementary functions from a single binary operator
• (09:44) - The peril of laziness lost
• (10:48) - Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS
• (12:07) - Most people can't juggle one ball
• (13:03) - Outro

Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/45756
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47739260

Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024)
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/renewable-energy-solar-nepal-bhutan-iceland-b2533699.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47739313

Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023)
https://essays.johnloeber.com/p/4-bring-back-idiomatic-design
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47738827

DIY Soft Drinks
https://blinry.org/diy-soft-drinks/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47741701

Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play
https://bsky.app/profile/serenityforge.com/post/3mj3r4nbiws2t
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47743730

All elementary functions from a single binary operator
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21852
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47746610

The peril of laziness lost
https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/04/12/the-peril-of-laziness-lost/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47743628

Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS
https://boringbar.app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47742200

Most people can't juggle one ball
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jTGbKKGqs5EdyYoRc/most-people-can-t-juggle-one-ball
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702887

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:24) - Small models also found the vulnerabilities that Mythos found
• (01:56) - Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons
• (03:12) - How We Broke Top AI Agent Benchmarks: And What Comes Next
• (04:22) - Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D
• (05:23) - Optimal Strategy for Connect 4
• (07:03) - Cirrus Labs to join OpenAI
• (08:33) - Advanced Mac Substitute is an API-level reimplementation of 1980s-era Mac OS
• (09:59) - I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack
• (11:11) - 447 TB/cm² at zero retention energy – atomic-scale memory on fluorographane
• (12:31) - Surelock: Deadlock-Free Mutexes for Rust
• (14:34) - Outro

Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47727960

How We Broke Top AI Agent Benchmarks: And What Comes Next
https://rdi.berkeley.edu/blog/trustworthy-benchmarks-cont/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47733217

Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D
https://flight-viz.com/cockpit.html?lat=40.64&lon=-73.78&alt=3000&hdg=220&spd=130&cs=DAL123
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694064

Optimal Strategy for Connect 4
https://2swap.github.io/WeakC4/explanation/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695213

Cirrus Labs to join OpenAI
https://cirruslabs.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47730194

Advanced Mac Substitute is an API-level reimplementation of 1980s-era Mac OS
https://www.v68k.org/advanced-mac-substitute/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731506

I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack
https://stevehanov.ca/blog/how-i-run-multiple-10k-mrr-companies-on-a-20month-tech-stack
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47736555

447 TB/cm² at zero retention energy – atomic-scale memory on fluorographane
https://zenodo.org/records/19513269
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47733561

Surelock: Deadlock-Free Mutexes for Rust
https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/Blog/Surelock
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693559

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:23) - Artemis II safely splashes down
• (01:37) - Filing the corners off my MacBooks
• (02:42) - 1D Chess
• (03:55) - WireGuard makes new Windows release following Microsoft signing resolution
• (05:25) - Installing every* Firefox extension
• (06:59) - Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice
• (08:07) - Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers
• (09:35) - CPU-Z and HWMonitor compromised
• (10:48) - AI assistance when contributing to the Linux kernel
• (12:05) - Helium is hard to replace
• (13:19) - Outro

Filing the corners off my MacBooks
https://kentwalters.com/posts/corners/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724352

1D Chess
https://rowan441.github.io/1dchess/chess.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47719740

WireGuard makes new Windows release following Microsoft signing resolution
https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2026-April/009561.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47719942

Installing every* Firefox extension
https://jack.cab/blog/every-firefox-extension
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724118

Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice
https://github.com/Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47720419

Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr71lkzv49po
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47722333

CPU-Z and HWMonitor compromised
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/cpuid_site_hijacked/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47717847

AI assistance when contributing to the Linux kernel
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47721953

Helium is hard to replace
https://www.construction-physics.com/p/helium-is-hard-to-replace
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47719274

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Native Instant Space Switching on macOS
• (01:29) - How NASA built Artemis II’s fault-tolerant computer
• (02:43) - Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers
• (03:55) - Unfolder for Mac – A 3D model unfolding tool for creating papercraft
• (05:05) - RAM Has a Design Flaw from 1966. I Bypassed It [video]
• (06:24) - Charcuterie – Visual similarity Unicode explorer
• (07:27) - I still prefer MCP over skills
• (08:59) - PicoZ80 – Drop-In Z80 Replacement
• (10:15) - Research-Driven Agents: When an agent reads before it codes
• (11:30) - Instant 1.0, a backend for AI-coded apps
• (13:03) - Outro

How NASA built Artemis II’s fault-tolerant computer
https://cacm.acm.org/news/how-nasa-built-artemis-iis-fault-tolerant-computer/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47704804

Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers
https://colaptop.pages.dev/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47707477

Unfolder for Mac – A 3D model unfolding tool for creating papercraft
https://www.unfolder.app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706140

RAM Has a Design Flaw from 1966. I Bypassed It [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKbgulTp3FE
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47680005

Charcuterie – Visual similarity Unicode explorer
https://charcuterie.elastiq.ch/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709158

I still prefer MCP over skills
https://david.coffee/i-still-prefer-mcp-over-skills/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712718

PicoZ80 – Drop-In Z80 Replacement
https://eaw.app/picoz80/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708041

Research-Driven Agents: When an agent reads before it codes
https://blog.skypilot.co/research-driven-agents/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706141

Instant 1.0, a backend for AI-coded apps
https://www.instantdb.com/essays/architecture
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47707632

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:16) - Git commands I run before reading any code
• (01:24) - I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii
• (02:45) - LittleSnitch for Linux
• (04:24) - They're made out of meat (1991)
• (05:23) - ML promises to be profoundly weird
• (06:55) - Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
• (08:22) - Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?
• (09:39) - Understanding the Kalman filter with a simple radar example
• (10:58) - Muse Spark: Scaling towards personal superintelligence
• (12:20) - John Deere to pay $99M in right-to-repair settlement
• (13:47) - Outro

I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii
https://bryankeller.github.io/2026/04/08/porting-mac-os-x-nintendo-wii.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691730

LittleSnitch for Linux
https://obdev.at/products/littlesnitch-linux/index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47697870

They're made out of meat (1991)
http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47688678

ML promises to be profoundly weird
https://aphyr.com/posts/411-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689648

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/business/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-identity-adam-back.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47685320

Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47654062

Understanding the Kalman filter with a simple radar example
https://kalmanfilter.net
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693153

Muse Spark: Scaling towards personal superintelligence
https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-spark-msl/?_fb_noscript=1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47692043

John Deere to pay $99M in right-to-repair settlement
https://www.thedrive.com/news/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47696035