top 10 hacker news stories for 2026-05-02

VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/310226

1 month ago

★ 184.7kTypeScriptMIT
1510 upvotes – 850 comments

Why does it take so long to release black fan versions?

https://www.noctua.at/en/expertise/blog/how-can-it-take-so-long-to-release-black-fan-versions

1 month ago

778 upvotes – 300 comments

Videolan Dav2d

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav2d

1 month ago

618 upvotes – 191 comments

Do_not_track

https://donottrack.sh/

1 month ago

545 upvotes – 167 comments

NetHack 5.0.0

https://nethack.org/v500/release.html

1 month ago

525 upvotes – 180 comments

This Month in Ladybird - April 2026

https://ladybird.org/newsletter/2026-04-30/

1 month ago

506 upvotes – 150 comments

Ask Jeeves Shut Down

https://www.ask.com/

1 month ago

477 upvotes – 240 comments

Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS

https://www.david-smith.org/blog/2026/04/29/maps-on-watchos/

1 month ago

455 upvotes – 120 comments

LLMs consistently pick resumes they generate over ones by humans or other models

https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00462

1 month ago

333 upvotes – 178 comments

California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clypjx3rg2go

1 month ago

325 upvotes – 358 comments
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