top 10 hacker news stories for today

The Git Commands I Run Before Reading Any Code

https://piechowski.io/post/git-commands-before-reading-code/

9 hours ago

1317 upvotes – 294 comments

Veracrypt Project Update

https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/general/thread/9620d7a4b3/

11 hours ago

936 upvotes – 330 comments

I Ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii

https://bryankeller.github.io/2026/04/08/porting-mac-os-x-nintendo-wii.html

3 hours ago

553 upvotes – 109 comments

US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

https://www.cnet.com/home/security/when-flock-comes-to-town-why-cities-are-axing-the-controversial-surveillance-technology/

6 hours ago

465 upvotes – 254 comments

Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones

https://www.skoda-storyboard.com/en/skoda-world/skoda-duobell-a-bicycle-bell-that-outsmarts-even-smart-headphones/

9 hours ago

381 upvotes – 459 comments

OpenAI says its new model GPT-2 is too dangerous to release (2019)

https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/openai-gpt2-text-generating-algorithm-ai-dangerous.html

16 hours ago

367 upvotes – 110 comments

Razor1911 [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw4W9V57SKs&t=5716s

13 hours ago

314 upvotes – 105 comments

I've Sold Out

https://mariozechner.at/posts/2026-04-08-ive-sold-out/

9 hours ago

271 upvotes – 167 comments

Protect Your Shed

https://dylanbutler.dev/blog/protect-your-shed/

15 hours ago

270 upvotes – 72 comments

Microsoft Abruptly Terminates VeraCrypt Account, Halting Windows Updates

https://www.404media.co/microsoft-abruptly-terminates-veracrypt-account-halting-windows-updates/

4 hours ago

265 upvotes – 84 comments
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