Hacker News Daily — July 26, 2026
30 stories · July 26, 2026
In this issue
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Kill The Cookie Banner
killthecookiebanner.eu · 659 points · Discussion
Stop the tracking circus. Tired of misleading cookie banners? The EU Commission has finally proposed a solution: set your privacy preferences in the browser once, and never see another banner.…
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A shell colon does nothing. Use it anyway
refp.se · 368 points · Discussion
I've written more shell scripts than I can count, but I still stumble upon tricks that honestly blow my mind far too often than I care to admit. Latest thing that blew my head clean off? The shell…
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GrapheneOS protections against data extraction from locked devices
discuss.grapheneos.org · 332 points · Discussion
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Google Discloses $94.1B in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% Stake
wsj.com · 289 points · Discussion
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Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy
swag.htmx.org · 249 points · Discussion
$35.93 CAD HTMX 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy® platform! Experience the power of HTMX, now on your favorite portable handheld. Four levels of…
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London Gatwick has launched a robotic airport parking service
aerospaceglobalnews.com · 248 points · Discussion
London Gatwick has become the first UK airport to introduce robotic parking, allowing passengers to leave their car in a private drop-off cabin. Autonomous robots park it in a secure storage area and…
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The Strongest El Niño Ever
theclimatebrink.com · 162 points · Discussion
I’m generally pretty measured in how I discuss climate data. There has been only one time in recent years when I was truly shocked: when global temperatures came in for September 2023 at a full 0.5C…
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Go Analysis Framework: modular static analysis by go team
pkg.go.dev · 158 points · Discussion
Package analysis defines the interface between a modular static analysis and an analysis driver program. Background ¶ A static analysis is a function that inspects a package of Go code and reports a…
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I learned PCB design, 3D printing and C just to listen to music
pentaton.app · 142 points · Discussion
Marton @ Jul 12, 2026 I always liked to see and touch the cover artwork of the CDs and LPs I bought in the past, but in the end the convenience of digital streaming won me over and I accepted no (or…
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Design is compromise
stephango.com · 135 points · Discussion
When did the word “compromise” become vilified? Compromise is neither good nor bad, it’s something we do every day. It’s decision making. Prioritizing. Deciding that one thing is more important than…
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What's Under Your Feet in New York City?
practical.engineering · 130 points · Discussion
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] New York City is unlike any other city in the United States. It’s the most densely populated area in the country by far,…
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Rethinking legal education in the AI era
law.uchicago.edu · 129 points · Discussion
Overview Artificial Intelligence is already impacting higher education and the legal profession, and the pace of change appears only to be accelerating. It is thus critical for us to use this moment…
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The relay market powering token resellers and fraud
vectoral.com · 120 points · Discussion
← Home All posts threat-research llm-security June 28, 2026 Matt Lenhard 9 min read My Story I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about token fraud, a problem I first stumbled upon while working as a…
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Some more things about Django I've been enjoying
jvns.ca · 104 points · Discussion
Hello! I’m on a funny journey right now where I’m trying to learn how to make websites in a sort of 2010 style, where I have an SQL database and render some HTML on the backend. It’s kind of an…
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Show HN: Reverse Minesweeper
sunflowersgame.com · 98 points · Discussion
Difficulty tuning Medium: min subset deductions 2 A Medium grid must force at least this many two-clue subset moves. Raise for meatier Mediums. Hard: min overlap deductions 2 A Hard grid must force at…
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Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS
beyondloom.com · 98 points · Discussion
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The New AI Superpowers: Focus and Followthrough
rickmanelius.com · 90 points · Discussion
Conventional wisdom is that burnout is caused (solely) by overwork. So logically, if AI can help us complete tasks 2-100x faster than before, we should be UNDERWORKED and experiencing ZERO burnout,…
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Jimothy the raccoon has a rare spinal condition. Here's what that means
popsci.com · 78 points · Discussion
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and…
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Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone
grego.site · 67 points · Discussion
26/07/2026 ThinkPad T480 can be used as a fully featured mobile phone, supporting calls, SMS and mobile data. Here is a video of me receiving a phone call on mine (with the 25 year edition keyboard):…
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Show HN: CheapSecurity – Lightweight, Self-Hosted CCTV for Linux SBCs
github.com · 67 points · Discussion
This project provides a lightweight, self-hosted CCTV solution designed for Linux-based single-board computers (SBCs) and standard USB webcams. It offers an affordable, privacy-focused alternative for…
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What does GitHub's security team even do?
orchidfiles.com · 53 points · Discussion
Right now, there are currently thousands of repositories on GitHub distributing malware. Any of you can find these repositories, and you don’t need any special knowledge to do so. All you have to do…
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How to Block Some of the Bots
nochan.net · 46 points · Discussion
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Introduction to Data-Oriented Design [pdf]
gamedevs.org · 42 points · Discussion
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How to Write English Prose
thelampmagazine.com · 35 points · Discussion
The Ideals There are few if any passages in the works of Sir Thomas Browne that I do not find thoroughly delightful; but two afford me particularly intense pleasure. One is the opening paragraph from…
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It's not empowering to hand off the details
davidnicholaswilliams.com · 27 points · Discussion
In a lot of meetings and need a system to keep track of key points and actions week to week? Check out Docket, an active note-taking system for thinkers who want to use their own brain (not AI) to…
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Using sed to make indexes for books (1997)
pement.org · 27 points · Discussion
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Building the Grace Cathedral experience
blog.playcanvas.com · 16 points · Discussion
Grace Cathedral is a San Francisco landmark on Nob Hill. After seeing Vincent Woo's high-quality capture of the cathedral and its surrounding streets as 3D Gaussian splats, we jumped at the chance to…
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Sum of Cubes via Difference Tables
leancrew.com · 15 points · Discussion
Next post Previous post July 19, 2026 at 9:07 PM by Dr. Drang Yesterday I watched the most recent Numberphile video, in which Ben Sparks explains a few finite series and the equations that simplify…
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How to organize 3 acquired companies into one coherent website
littlelanguagemodels.com · 13 points · Discussion
Company A has acquired Company B, C, and D. How do we organize their sites, for multiple products with different audiences, while making it easy to find relevant product information and quickly…
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Conway's Game of Life, in real life
lcamtuf.coredump.cx · 12 points · Discussion
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