5.27.26 | Spain blocks prediction markets, worst job interview experience, interesting modern pixel fonts

6.4.26 | Gemma 4 12B is a unified multimodal model, Elixir v1.20 is now gradually typed, and They’re made out of weights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 4, 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) - Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal model * (01:58) - Elixir v1.20: Now a gradually typed language * (03:24) - They’re made out of weights * (04:53) - I was recently diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis * (06:17) - Uber's $1,500/month AI limit is a useful signal for AI tool pricing * (08:05) - Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang * (09:32) - DaVinci Resolve 21 * (11:04) - Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes * (12:45) - PlayStation Architecture * (13:50) - ESP32-S31 * (15:15) - Outro Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal model https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/introducing-gemma-4-12b/ [https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/introducing-gemma-4-12b/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385906 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385906] Elixir v1.20: Now a gradually typed language https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2026/06/03/elixir-v1-20-0-released/ [https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2026/06/03/elixir-v1-20-0-released/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48388324 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48388324] They’re made out of weights https://maxleiter.com/blog/weights [https://maxleiter.com/blog/weights] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48391611 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48391611] I was recently diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis https://burntsushi.net/encephalitis/ [https://burntsushi.net/encephalitis/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384355 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384355] Uber's $1,500/month AI limit is a useful signal for AI tool pricing https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/3/uber-caps-usage/ [https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/3/uber-caps-usage/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383056 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383056] Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/ [https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48387270 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48387270] DaVinci Resolve 21 https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/whatsnew [https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/whatsnew] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384482 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384482] Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/academics/failing-grades-soar-as-professors-see-greater-ai-usage-dwindling-math-skills-in-uc-berkeley/article_16fad0bf-02cb-4b8c-8d88-888ffd9f8608.html [https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/academics/failing-grades-soar-as-professors-see-greater-ai-usage-dwindling-math-skills-in-uc-berkeley/article_16fad0bf-02cb-4b8c-8d88-888ffd9f8608.html] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48392004 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48392004] PlayStation Architecture https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/playstation/ [https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/playstation/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48382142 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48382142] ESP32-S31 https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32-s31 [https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32-s31] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385965 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385965]

6.3.26 | Gmail criticized user, MAI-Code-1-Flash, GitHub token theft via VSCode bug

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 3, 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) - Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left * (01:35) - MAI-Code-1-Flash * (03:08) - 1-Click GitHub Token Stealing via a VSCode Bug * (04:26) - CT scans of BYD car parts * (05:37) - Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux * (06:55) - AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study * (08:23) - My thoughts after using Clojure for about a month * (09:43) - HP re-releases classic computer science calculator: The HP-16C * (10:54) - How we index images for RAG * (12:20) - Pluto.jl 1.0 release – reactive notebook for Julia * (13:37) - Outro Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left https://moddedbear.com/gmail-thinks-im-stupid-so-i-left [https://moddedbear.com/gmail-thinks-im-stupid-so-i-left] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375016 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375016] MAI-Code-1-Flash https://microsoft.ai/news/introducingmai-code-1-flash/ [https://microsoft.ai/news/introducingmai-code-1-flash/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374466 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374466] 1-Click GitHub Token Stealing via a VSCode Bug https://blog.ammaraskar.com/github-token-stealing/ [https://blog.ammaraskar.com/github-token-stealing/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48371562 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48371562] CT scans of BYD car parts https://www.lumafield.com/scan-of-the-month/byd [https://www.lumafield.com/scan-of-the-month/byd] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375824 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375824] Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux https://github.com/c0dejedi/nbd-vram [https://github.com/c0dejedi/nbd-vram] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48377404 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48377404] AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study https://law.stanford.edu/press/ai-outperforms-law-professors-in-stanford-law-study/ [https://law.stanford.edu/press/ai-outperforms-law-professors-in-stanford-law-study/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48377761 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48377761] My thoughts after using Clojure for about a month https://www.acdw.net/clojure/ [https://www.acdw.net/clojure/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375393 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375393] HP re-releases classic computer science calculator: The HP-16C https://hpcalcs.com/product/hp-16c-collectors-edition/ [https://hpcalcs.com/product/hp-16c-collectors-edition/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374685 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374685] How we index images for RAG https://www.kapa.ai/blog/how-we-index-images-for-rag [https://www.kapa.ai/blog/how-we-index-images-for-rag] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48372239 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48372239] Pluto.jl 1.0 release – reactive notebook for Julia https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-1-0-release/137296 [https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-1-0-release/137296] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48377496 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48377496]

6.2.26 | Instagram exploit, Language Modeling course, Stanford AI agent guidelines

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 2, 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) - The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I've seen * (01:29) - CS336: Language Modeling from Scratch * (02:59) - AI Agent Guidelines for CS336 at Stanford * (04:06) - Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI? * (05:34) - Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet? * (07:12) - OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now available on AWS * (08:33) - macOS needs its grid back * (09:35) - Should you normalize RGB values by 255 or 256? * (11:05) - Chipotlai Max * (12:10) - What appear to be biochemical processes may be a natural feature of geology * (13:35) - Outro The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I've seen https://www.0xsid.com/blog/meta-account-takeover-fiasco [https://www.0xsid.com/blog/meta-account-takeover-fiasco] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359102 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359102] CS336: Language Modeling from Scratch https://cs336.stanford.edu/ [https://cs336.stanford.edu/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357075 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357075] AI Agent Guidelines for CS336 at Stanford https://github.com/stanford-cs336/assignment1-basics/blob/main/CLAUDE.md [https://github.com/stanford-cs336/assignment1-basics/blob/main/CLAUDE.md] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359232 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359232] Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI? https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/06/01/can-the-stockmarket-swallow-anthropic-spacex-and-openai [https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/06/01/can-the-stockmarket-swallow-anthropic-spacex-and-openai] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48364055 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48364055] Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet? https://mullvad.net/en/blog/age-verification-for-social-media-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-a-free-internet [https://mullvad.net/en/blog/age-verification-for-social-media-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-a-free-internet] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363882 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363882] OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now available on AWS https://openai.com/index/openai-frontier-models-and-codex-are-now-available-on-aws/ [https://openai.com/index/openai-frontier-models-and-codex-are-now-available-on-aws/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363132 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363132] macOS needs its grid back https://blog.hopefullyuseful.com/blog/macos-needs-its-grid-back/ [https://blog.hopefullyuseful.com/blog/macos-needs-its-grid-back/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48364800 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48364800] Should you normalize RGB values by 255 or 256? https://30fps.net/pages/255-vs-256-division/ [https://30fps.net/pages/255-vs-256-division/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360054 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360054] Chipotlai Max https://github.com/cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max [https://github.com/cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363765 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363765] What appear to be biochemical processes may be a natural feature of geology https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-dirt-that-refused-to-die-20260601/ [https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-dirt-that-refused-to-die-20260601/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357905 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357905]

6.1.26 | Cloudflare Turnstile requires fingerprintable WebGL, the Website Specification, Dav2d

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 1, 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 * (00:14) - Cloudflare Turnstile requiring fingerprintable WebGL * (01:05) - The Website Specification * (02:22) - Dav2d * (03:40) - 1-Bit Bonsai Image 4B Image Generation for Local Devices * (05:09) - United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert * (06:41) - London's Free Roof Terraces * (08:16) - Chuwi Minibook X * (09:25) - ChatGPT for Google Sheets exfiltrates workbooks * (10:38) - A 10 year old Xeon is all you need * (12:02) - Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions * (13:30) - Outro Cloudflare Turnstile requiring fingerprintable WebGL https://hacktivis.me/articles/cloudflare-turnstile-webgl-fingerprinting [https://hacktivis.me/articles/cloudflare-turnstile-webgl-fingerprinting] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345840 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345840] The Website Specification https://specification.website/ [https://specification.website/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343683 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343683] Dav2d https://jbkempf.com/blog/2026/dav2d/ [https://jbkempf.com/blog/2026/dav2d/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48344961 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48344961] 1-Bit Bonsai Image 4B Image Generation for Local Devices https://prismml.com/news/bonsai-image-4b [https://prismml.com/news/bonsai-image-4b] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48346257 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48346257] United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-767-returns-newark-bluetooth-name-alert/ [https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-767-returns-newark-bluetooth-name-alert/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345248 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345248] London's Free Roof Terraces https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/05/londons-free-roof-terraces.html [https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/05/londons-free-roof-terraces.html] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343714 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343714] Chuwi Minibook X https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2026/05/28/chuwi-minibook-x/ [https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2026/05/28/chuwi-minibook-x/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48350598 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48350598] ChatGPT for Google Sheets exfiltrates workbooks https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/gpt-for-google-sheets-data-exfiltration [https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/gpt-for-google-sheets-data-exfiltration] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48349487 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48349487] A 10 year old Xeon is all you need https://point.free/blog/gemma-4-on-a-2016-xeon/ [https://point.free/blog/gemma-4-on-a-2016-xeon/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48353348 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48353348] Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/meta-officially-launches-instagram-facebook-and-whatsapp-subscriptions-with-more-to-come-including-ai-plans/ [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/meta-officially-launches-instagram-facebook-and-whatsapp-subscriptions-with-more-to-come-including-ai-plans/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48347354 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48347354]

5.31.26 | Microsoft Office Mac conversions, domain expertise, OpenRouter raises $113M

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 31, 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) - Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion * (01:44) - Domain expertise has always been the real moat * (03:17) - OpenRouter raises $113M Series B * (04:41) - Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team * (06:24) - I found a seashell in the middle of the desert * (07:33) - Accenture to acquire Ookla * (09:01) - Voxel Space (2017) * (10:07) - Shantell Sans (2023) * (11:20) - The AV2 Video Standard Has Released (Final v1.0 Specification) * (12:48) - Zig ELF Linker Improvements Devlog * (14:14) - Outro Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Microsoft_Office_2019_and_2021_for_Mac_view-only_conversion_(2026) [https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Microsoft_Office_2019_and_2021_for_Mac_view-only_conversion_(2026)] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341578 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341578] Domain expertise has always been the real moat https://www.brethorsting.com/blog/2026/05/domain-expertise-has-always-been-the-real-moat/ [https://www.brethorsting.com/blog/2026/05/domain-expertise-has-always-been-the-real-moat/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340411 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340411] OpenRouter raises $113M Series B https://openrouter.ai/announcements/series-b [https://openrouter.ai/announcements/series-b] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48338660 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48338660] Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team https://github.com/kristapsdz/openrsync [https://github.com/kristapsdz/openrsync] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334854 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334854] I found a seashell in the middle of the desert https://github.com/Hawzen/I-found-a-seashell-in-the-middle-of-the-desert#i-found-a-seashell-in-the-middle-of-the-desert [https://github.com/Hawzen/I-found-a-seashell-in-the-middle-of-the-desert#i-found-a-seashell-in-the-middle-of-the-desert] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48318402 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48318402] Accenture to acquire Ookla https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/accenture-to-acquire-ookla-to-strengthen-network-intelligence-and-experience-with-data-and-ai-for-enterprises [https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/accenture-to-acquire-ookla-to-strengthen-network-intelligence-and-experience-with-data-and-ai-for-enterprises] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48337987 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48337987] Voxel Space (2017) https://s-macke.github.io/VoxelSpace/ [https://s-macke.github.io/VoxelSpace/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48336564 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48336564] Shantell Sans (2023) https://shantellsans.com/process [https://shantellsans.com/process] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341062 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341062] The AV2 Video Standard Has Released (Final v1.0 Specification) https://av2.aomedia.org [https://av2.aomedia.org] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340910 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340910] Zig ELF Linker Improvements Devlog https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-05-30 [https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-05-30] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48338673 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48338673]