Hacker News Daily — September 1, 2026
30 stories · September 1, 2026
In this issue
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Fastpotify
fastpotify.rocks · 786 points · Discussion
Fastpotify Spotify, native and fast A lightweight Spotify client with local playback, library access, and Spotify Connect controls for Linux, macOS, and Windows. ⚡ Lightweight A native binary with no…
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AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link
github.com · 761 points · Discussion
Last updated: 2026-08-29; Google Ticket Number: #9-2777000041594 TL;DR: What we need From Google: clarification on whether an IRS 501(c)(6) determination satisfies "tax exempt donations". From…
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Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1
anthropic.com · 648 points · Discussion
What's new in Claude Fable 5.1 – https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-n... System Card: https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/0339e6a7c5c7b87f5c07798616dc32...
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I trained a small transformer in 1.5hrs and it beats many LLMs
mvakde.github.io · 486 points · Discussion
I trained a small transformer from scratch in 1.5hrs on a 5090 Beats many LLMs, and scores the same as TRM/HRM This is an upgrade to my previous model Faster, better, cheaper and still open source.…
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Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users
gitlab.com · 415 points · Discussion
Aurora Store returns a “&$Server busy, please try again later.” error when trying to install an application <!--- - Please read Troubleshooting and FAQs on the project's website before writing an…
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American Airlines mechanic Azriel “Al” Blackman has died
simpleflying.com · 352 points · Discussion
Published Jul 28, 2026, 2:58 PM EDT Experienced ICAO English Language Proficiency Instructor for pilots and ATCOs and conference interpreter who is passionate about facilitating effective…
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Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI
pcgamer.com · 173 points · Discussion
(Image credit: Getty Images - JASON REDMOND/AFP) The game industry is—to use the lightest possible language—in an interesting spot. While videogames are as profitable as ever on paper, we've had a few…
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How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?
danluu.com · 155 points · Discussion
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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)
155 points · Discussion
Please state the location and include REMOTE for remote work, REMOTE (US) or similar if the country is restricted, and ONSITE when remote work is not an option. Please only post if you personally are…
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Ambient CSS v3 – Blender meets CSS
ambientcss.vercel.app · 150 points · Discussion
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The creator of Jujutsu has joined ERSC
ersc.io · 127 points · Discussion
East River Source Control Names Jujutsu Creator Martin von Zweigbergk Chief Technology Officer by East River Source Control NEW YORK (September 1, 2026), FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE East River Source…
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Show HN: Running 104GB Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on 48GB Mac with at ~12 tok/s
github.com · 105 points · Discussion
I built slotstream, a way to run Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 4-bit on a low-memory mac starting from 16GB, a 125B parameter model that would need 100GB+ memory/RAM, thanks to expert-offloading/ssd-streaming.…
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Movie Scene Map – 13,312 films, series, games, anime and manga
moviescenemap.com · 98 points · Discussion
The interactive map of where films and television were actually shot Movie Scene Map is a free interactive map of 15,535 real filming locations in 166 countries: the studios, castles, streets and…
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Io_uring Without Readahead
frn.sh · 97 points · Discussion
Someone opened a PR to implement readahead in Turso. It was a throwaway implementation, but a good excuse to measure io_uring and understand more about it. Turso has two backends. syscall uses…
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We are rebuilding Monica
monicahq.com · 91 points · Discussion
We are rebuilding Monica from scratch, and this new series will document how. This is the first article in a series called Building Monica. I want to use this series to document the process of…
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Atlas: A World Model for Spatial Intelligence
worldlabs.ai · 84 points · Discussion
World models generate, reconstruct, and simulate any possible world. They understand how worlds appear, behave, and evolve so that we can render imagined worlds for creative users, simulate the real…
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Launch HN: Nori Robotics (YC S26) – A low-cost humanoid robot for development
norirobotics.com · 81 points · Discussion
Hey HN, I’m Antonio from Nori Robotics ( https://norirobotics.com ). We build a $1,688 bimanual mobile robot in San Francisco for robotics developers and researchers. I started working on Nori while…
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The ChatGPT/Codex app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice
simonwillison.net · 80 points · Discussion
1st September 2026 I was poking around in my ~/.cache/ folder using OmniDiskSweeper when I spotted something interesting. The OpenAI Codex desktop app (since rebranded to just ChatGPT) has 1.7GB of…
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Dr. Melvin Scheinman: 40th Anniversary of Catheter Ablation
ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu · 56 points · Discussion
Dr. Melvin Scheinman Photo credit: Marco Sanchez, UCSF Forty years ago, patients with abnormal heart rhythms had few treatment options: frequently ineffective medications, or open-heart…
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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)
48 points · Discussion
Share your information if you are looking for work. Please use this format: Location: Remote: Willing to relocate: Technologies: Résumé/CV: Email: Please only post if you are personally looking for…
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Magic eye tube
en.wikipedia.org · 44 points · Discussion
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia EM34 tuning eye EM84 tuning indicator A magic eye tube or tuning indicator, in technical literature called an electron-ray indicator tube, [ 1 ] is a vacuum tube…
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Apple reveals 'shocking evidence' from ex-employee's MacBook in OpenAI suit
9to5mac.com · 36 points · Discussion
Apple has filed a new document in its ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI as it continues to push for expedited discovery. In today’s filing, Apple says that it has new “shocking evidence” based on early…
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Physically Immutable Optical Archive Libraries
savartus.com · 29 points · Discussion
Physically Immutable Optical Archive Libraries Secure Storage for Long-Term Data Preservation Benefits: Secure EMP-proof and impervious to most disasters, viruses, or malware, optical discs leverage…
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Refurbishing a Tektronix TDS7104 Oscilloscope
tomverbeure.github.io · 28 points · Discussion
Introduction The TDS7104 Common Failures Make an Image of the Hard Drive CR2032 Backup Battery Replacement and Display Brightness Do NOT Remove the Front Panel Scope Disassembly A Failed Attempt at…
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How bicycle coaster brakes work (2018)
dougbarnesauthor.com · 23 points · Discussion
I can see a puzzled look suddenly come over the young woman’s face as she picks out a cruiser bicycle to ride at the C and O Canal Bicycle Loan program at Great Falls, Maryland. She sheepishly asks,…
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Dyson Launches Toothbrush
dyson.com · 16 points · Discussion
¹ From assessment of publicly available market data conducted up to June 2026. Toothbrush in Brush and Auto-jet mode. ² In a clinical study of 204 participants, conducted over six weeks, brushing…
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Specifications Don't Exist (2025)
galois.com · 16 points · Discussion
This article is a companion piece to What Works (and Doesn't) Selling Formal Methods. It began life as part of a talk I gave in late 2024. Some things are difficult, and some things are merely…
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I used Fable to rewrite 65kLoC of Go in Rust. It cost $400
iurii.net · 10 points · Discussion
September 1, 2026 · 3 min I kept joking that I would have learned Rust a long time ago, but C++ money is not enough for a decent fursuit. Moreover, I'm bald, so I cannot simply dye my hair blue. But…
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Show HN: Newton's Orchard – Browser-based space/gravity playground
newtonsorchard.app · 4 points · Discussion
Hi HN! My son spent a lot of time in 5th grade playing with the 2-dimensional PhET gravity/space sims[1]. His STEM class uses it, and he was playing with it at home, and has been looking for more. I…
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Quill (YC W20) Is Hiring a Fullstack SWE
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