top 10 hacker news stories for 2025-08-30

Cognitive load is what matters

https://github.com/zakirullin/cognitive-load

2 days ago

1482 upvotes – 513 comments

Are we decentralized yet?

https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/

2 days ago

475 upvotes – 266 comments

Six months into tariffs, businesses have no idea how to price anything

https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/trump-tariff-business-price-impact-37b630c8

2 days ago

447 upvotes – 630 comments

You Have to Feel It

https://mitchellh.com/writing/feel-it

2 days ago

366 upvotes – 149 comments

Show HN: Hacker News em dash user leaderboard pre-ChatGPT

https://www.gally.net/miscellaneous/hn-em-dash-user-leaderboard.html

2 days ago

359 upvotes – 261 comments

Nokia’s legendary font makes for a great user interface font

https://www.osnews.com/story/143222/it-turns-out-nokias-legendary-font-makes-for-a-great-general-user-interface-font/

2 days ago

322 upvotes – 105 comments

FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned 'nearly every American'

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/fbi_cyber_cop_salt_typhoon/

2 days ago

290 upvotes – 182 comments

Agent Client Protocol (ACP)

https://agentclientprotocol.com/overview/introduction

2 days ago

273 upvotes – 92 comments

Hardening Firefox – a checklist for improved browser privacy

https://andrewmarder.net/firefox/

2 days ago

265 upvotes – 140 comments

Why Romania excels in international Olympiads

https://www.palladiummag.com/2025/08/29/why-romania-excels-in-international-olympiads/

3 days ago

230 upvotes – 239 comments
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