Innovation, AI & Digital Frontier
Lookstasty.As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.Blog moderation policy.
Article URL:https://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2026/09/Can-Guitar-Frets-Perform-Multiplication.htmlComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571047Points: 12# Comments: 0
In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test.
Tetris knockoff 'Build the Wall' is one of six new games hosted on the White House website, and The Tetris Company is not happy.
Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.
Now comes the harder sell: Convincing customers and merchants to trust AI with purchases
Audacity 4 has been in the works for some time, and had its own mini controversy last year when an unfortunate redesigned logo started making the rounds. The final version of the new icon isn't nearly...
Article URL:https://www.phillyvoice.com/christmas-village-booths-ada-compliance/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571038Points: 8# Comments: 5
"It’s long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people’s lives."
Article URL:https://news.gallup.com/poll/713933/record-high-say-government-corruption-widespread.aspxComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570772Points: 31# Comments: 7
Article URL:https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-85046Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570669Points: 54# Comments: 11
Article URL:https://nravic.com/blog/images/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570597Points: 4# Comments: 0
Article URL:https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-6-astraComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570545Points: 43# Comments: 21
Article URL:https://www.jeremykun.com/2026/09/04/updates-on-heir-homomorphic-encryption/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570328Points: 10# Comments: 0
Article URL:https://vondra.me/posts/some-more-thoughts-on-random-page-cost/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570189Points: 6# Comments: 0
Article URL:https://cceckman.com/writing/household-laser-cuts/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569983Points: 7# Comments: 0
Article URL:https://www.statichost.eu/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569896Points: 66# Comments: 17
Article URL:https://kallus.org/blog/dummit_and_foote.htmlComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569748Points: 50# Comments: 28
Article URL:https://madpsy.uk/how-to-create-a-tor-exit-node/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569702Points: 6# Comments: 0
Article URL:https://quad9.net/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569663Points: 13# Comments: 2