6.22.26 | Identity verification on Claude, old job possibly fraud-dependent, Deno Desktop

6.23.26 | Steam Machine launch, police using flock surveillance, Canada plans nuclear reactors

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 [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://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/685257114654870245] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48632884 [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://ipvm.com/reports/police-chiefs-track] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48634694 [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://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-nuclear-strategy-9.7244509] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48634585 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48634585] GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally https://unsloth.ai/docs/models/glm-5.2 [https://unsloth.ai/docs/models/glm-5.2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48636377 [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://www.wsj.com/business/media/polymarket-social-media-bets-prediction-market-441cdeb5?st=HhTZY2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614715 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614715] My Mathematical Regression https://blog.dahl.dev/posts/my-mathematical-regression/ [https://blog.dahl.dev/posts/my-mathematical-regression/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48597221 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48597221] Moebius: 0.2B image inpainting model with 10B-level performance https://hustvl.github.io/Moebius/ [https://hustvl.github.io/Moebius/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48630171 [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://arxiv.org/abs/2606.16140] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48639240 [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://puzzlelair.com/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48629213 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48629213] Show HN: Oak – Git alternative designed for agents https://oak.space/oak/oak [https://oak.space/oak/oak] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48631726 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48631726]

6.22.26 | Identity verification on Claude, old job possibly fraud-dependent, Deno Desktop

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 [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://support.claude.com/en/articles/14328960-identity-verification-on-claude] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48618455 [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://david.newgas.net/did-my-old-job-only-exist-because-of-fraud/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622867 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622867] Deno Desktop https://docs.deno.com/runtime/desktop/ [https://docs.deno.com/runtime/desktop/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48626137 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48626137] Apertus – Open Foundation Model for Sovereign AI https://apertvs.ai/ [https://apertvs.ai/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622778 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622778] Help I accidentally a wigglegram https://lmao.center/blog/wiggle-accidents/ [https://lmao.center/blog/wiggle-accidents/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48605561 [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://www.marble.onl/posts/cancel_claude.html] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622518 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622518] Everything is logarithms https://alexkritchevsky.com/2026/05/25/everything-is-logarithms.html [https://alexkritchevsky.com/2026/05/25/everything-is-logarithms.html] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622626 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622626] JSON-LD explained for personal websites https://hawksley.dev/blog/json-ld-explained-for-personal-websites/ [https://hawksley.dev/blog/json-ld-explained-for-personal-websites/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48621517 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48621517] GLM 5.2 vs. Opus https://techstackups.com/comparisons/glm-5.2-vs-opus/ [https://techstackups.com/comparisons/glm-5.2-vs-opus/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48626866 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48626866] The minimum viable unit of saleable software https://brandur.org/minimum-viable-unit [https://brandur.org/minimum-viable-unit] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48620342 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48620342]

6.21.26 | Loupe raises app permissions awareness SMPTE makes standards free F 15 Strike Eagle II reverse project seeks DOS test pilots

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 21, 2026. Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights [https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights] * (00:00) - Intro * (00:20) - Loupe – A iOS app that raises awareness about what native apps can see * (01:38) - SMPTE Makes Its Standards Freely Accessible * (03:09) - DOS Game "F-15 Strike Eagle II" reversing project needs DOS test pilots * (04:33) - Renting a sewing machine from the library * (05:51) - Developers don't understand CORS (2019) * (07:19) - Slow breathing modulates brain function and risk behavior * (08:32) - Your brain was never designed for this much bad news * (09:31) - Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years of work, 360 patches * (11:01) - Temporary Cloudflare accounts for AI agents * (12:05) - UHF X11: X11 Built for VisionOS and Apple Vision Pro * (13:23) - Outro Loupe – A iOS app that raises awareness about what native apps can see https://github.com/mysk-research/loupe [https://github.com/mysk-research/loupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48608645 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48608645] SMPTE Makes Its Standards Freely Accessible https://www.smpte.org/blog/smpte-makes-its-standards-freely-accessible-openingstandards-library-to-the-global-media-technology-community [https://www.smpte.org/blog/smpte-makes-its-standards-freely-accessible-openingstandards-library-to-the-global-media-technology-community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610827 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610827] DOS Game "F-15 Strike Eagle II" reversing project needs DOS test pilots https://neuviemeporte.github.io/f15-se2/2026/06/20/needyou.html [https://neuviemeporte.github.io/f15-se2/2026/06/20/needyou.html] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48609766 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48609766] Renting a sewing machine from the library https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260618-the-weird-and-wonderful-libraries-of-finland [https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260618-the-weird-and-wonderful-libraries-of-finland] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613755 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613755] Developers don't understand CORS (2019) https://fosterelli.co/developers-dont-understand-cors [https://fosterelli.co/developers-dont-understand-cors] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614844 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614844] Slow breathing modulates brain function and risk behavior https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(26)00339-9 [https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(26)00339-9] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613555 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613555] Your brain was never designed for this much bad news https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260614012006.htm [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260614012006.htm] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48615569 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48615569] Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years of work, 360 patches https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Drops-strncpy [https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Drops-strncpy] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48612943 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48612943] Temporary Cloudflare accounts for AI agents https://blog.cloudflare.com/temporary-accounts/ [https://blog.cloudflare.com/temporary-accounts/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48608394 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48608394] UHF X11: X11 Built for VisionOS and Apple Vision Pro https://www.lispm.net/apps/uhf-x11/ [https://www.lispm.net/apps/uhf-x11/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610853 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610853]

6.20.26 | Hyundai acquires Boston Dynamics, Norway nearly bans AI in elementary schools, Project Valhalla brings a decade of work to JDK 28

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 20, 2026. Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights [https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights] * (00:00) - Intro * (00:19) - Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics * (01:54) - Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school * (03:16) - Project Valhalla, Explained: How a Decade of Work Arrives in JDK 28 * (04:41) - There are no instances in ATProto * (06:11) - The AirPods Effect * (08:15) - Bobby Prince, composer for Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D, has died * (09:12) - How many of the 170k English words do you know? * (10:02) - Court Records Should Be Free * (11:22) - Ten years of ClickHouse in open source * (12:39) - Zen and the Art of Machine Learning Research * (13:55) - Outro Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics https://startupfortune.com/hyundai-takes-full-control-of-boston-dynamics-as-softbank-exits-for-325-million/ [https://startupfortune.com/hyundai-takes-full-control-of-boston-dynamics-as-softbank-exits-for-325-million/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600312 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600312] Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school https://www.reuters.com/technology/norway-imposes-near-ban-ai-elementary-school-2026-06-19/ [https://www.reuters.com/technology/norway-imposes-near-ban-ai-elementary-school-2026-06-19/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600093 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600093] Project Valhalla, Explained: How a Decade of Work Arrives in JDK 28 https://www.jvm-weekly.com/p/project-valhalla-explained-how-a [https://www.jvm-weekly.com/p/project-valhalla-explained-how-a] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48595511 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48595511] There are no instances in ATProto https://overreacted.io/there-are-no-instances-in-atproto/ [https://overreacted.io/there-are-no-instances-in-atproto/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599515 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599515] The AirPods Effect https://www.theescapenewsletter.com/p/the-airpods-effect [https://www.theescapenewsletter.com/p/the-airpods-effect] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48592832 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48592832] Bobby Prince, composer for Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D, has died https://www.legacy.com/legacy/robert-bobby-prince-lll [https://www.legacy.com/legacy/robert-bobby-prince-lll] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48602352 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48602352] How many of the 170k English words do you know? https://vocabowl-870366514258.us-west1.run.app/ [https://vocabowl-870366514258.us-west1.run.app/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48598586 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48598586] Court Records Should Be Free https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/court-records-should-be-free [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/court-records-should-be-free] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600946 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600946] Ten years of ClickHouse in open source https://clickhouse.com/blog/open-source-10 [https://clickhouse.com/blog/open-source-10] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546890 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546890] Zen and the Art of Machine Learning Research https://blog.jxmo.io/p/zen-and-the-art-of-machine-learning [https://blog.jxmo.io/p/zen-and-the-art-of-machine-learning] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549118 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549118]

6.19.26 | Ten thousand GitHub repositories with malware, Git offers more than .gitignore for ignoring files, CS 6120 online course on advanced compilers

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 19, 2026. Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights [https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights] * (00:00) - Intro * (00:17) - I found 10k GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware * (01:56) - .gitignore Isn't the only way to ignore files in Git * (03:07) - CS 6120: Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course (2020) * (04:23) - Show HN: Are You in the Weights? * (05:30) - Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS * (07:07) - Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at lower cost * (08:23) - Modos Color Monitor Pushes E-Paper Displays Further * (09:51) - W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty * (11:19) - DuckDB Internals: Why Is DuckDB Fast? (Part 1) * (13:01) - To study how chips work, MIT researchers built their own operating system * (14:09) - Outro I found 10k GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware https://orchidfiles.com/github-repositories-distributing-malware/ [https://orchidfiles.com/github-repositories-distributing-malware/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583928 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583928] .gitignore Isn't the only way to ignore files in Git https://nelson.cloud/.gitignore-isnt-the-only-way-to-ignore-files-in-git/ [https://nelson.cloud/.gitignore-isnt-the-only-way-to-ignore-files-in-git/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583356 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583356] CS 6120: Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course (2020) https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6120/2025fa/self-guided/ [https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6120/2025fa/self-guided/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583606 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583606] Show HN: Are You in the Weights? https://www.intheweights.com/ [https://www.intheweights.com/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48591348 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48591348] Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS https://blog.ui.com/article/introducing-enterprise-nas [https://blog.ui.com/article/introducing-enterprise-nas] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585866 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585866] Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at lower cost https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/hospitals-and-universities-repurposing-drugs-at-90-lower-cost [https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/hospitals-and-universities-repurposing-drugs-at-90-lower-cost] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583386 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583386] Modos Color Monitor Pushes E-Paper Displays Further https://spectrum.ieee.org/modos-e-paper-monitor [https://spectrum.ieee.org/modos-e-paper-monitor] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583897 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583897] W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/ [https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584497 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584497] DuckDB Internals: Why Is DuckDB Fast? (Part 1) https://www.greybeam.ai/blog/duckdb-internals-part-1 [https://www.greybeam.ai/blog/duckdb-internals-part-1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48553388 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48553388] To study how chips work, MIT researchers built their own operating system https://news.mit.edu/2026/to-study-how-chips-really-work-mit-researchers-built-their-own-operating-system-0610 [https://news.mit.edu/2026/to-study-how-chips-really-work-mit-researchers-built-their-own-operating-system-0610] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543311 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543311]