top 50% hacker news stories for 2026-08-31

Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

https://webiterate.dev/google-removed-extensions-ublock-origin-108/

1 month ago

761 upvotes – 621 comments

Playa Phone

https://playaphone.com/

1 month ago

751 upvotes – 234 comments

I turned my security cameras into an automatic bird identification system

https://jasontucker.blog/how-i-turned-my-security-cameras-into-an-automatic-bird-identification-system-with-birdnet-go/

1 month ago

1 change
628 upvotes – 172 comments

OpenShot 4.0 – Open-source video editor

https://www.openshot.org/blog/2026/08/30/openshot-40-record-edit-color-like-never-before/

1 month ago

1 change
603 upvotes – 140 comments

Apple caught off guard by AI demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/30/apple-unexpected-mac-mini-and-studio-demand/

1 month ago

1 change
501 upvotes – 595 comments

I think the military commissary's freezers were hacked

https://signalandsilence.substack.com/p/i-think-someone-hacked-the-commissary

1 month ago

1 change
401 upvotes – 239 comments

A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city in one HTML file [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YtygAx_C6A

1 month ago

1 change
401 upvotes – 65 comments

Breaking Claude Code Opus 5 Auto Mode

https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2026/breaking-claude-code-opus-5-and-automode/

1 month ago

399 upvotes – 121 comments

A 12TB Steam “teraleak” spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/08/a-12tb-steam-teraleak-spills-more-than-a-decade-of-lost-pc-gaming-history/

1 month ago

1 change
388 upvotes – 106 comments

Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination

https://datacolada.org/138

1 month ago

365 upvotes – 277 comments

Understanding ChatGPT Work

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/30/understanding-chatgpt-work/

1 month ago

351 upvotes – 197 comments

Run macOS Software on Linux

https://www.darlinghq.org/

1 month ago

296 upvotes – 94 comments

Reverse Engineering Unknown File Formats with ImHex

https://werwolv.net/posts/file_format_reverse_engineering/

1 month ago

256 upvotes – 51 comments

ChatGPT Work Tool and Skill Reference

https://codex-tool-reference.simonw.chatgpt.site/

1 month ago

245 upvotes – 63 comments

RavynOS: Pre-alpha open-source OS based on Darwin, FreeBSD, Apple open-source

https://ravynos.com/

1 month ago

1 change
239 upvotes – 139 comments

Holden's Lightning Flight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden%27s_Lightning_flight

1 month ago

234 upvotes – 53 comments

uv: Deduplicate all files in the wheel cache

https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/21327

1 month ago

★ 89.5k Rust Apache-2.0
231 upvotes – 121 comments

Internet centralization and the original sin of NAT

https://dreamstation.systems/personal/ntppost.html

1 month ago

229 upvotes – 183 comments

P99 0 ms* autocomplete for 240M domain names

https://ruurtjan.com/articles/p99-0ms-autocomplete-for-240-million-domain-names

1 month ago

225 upvotes – 88 comments

Tmp.0ut Volume 5

https://tmpout.sh/5/

1 month ago

216 upvotes – 42 comments

A Selection of Los Alamos Rolodex Business Cards

https://clui.org/collections/los-alamos-business-cards/selection-cards

1 month ago

207 upvotes – 54 comments

How an MIT research project became the Julia programming language

https://news.mit.edu/2026/how-mit-research-project-became-global-programming-language-0831

1 month ago

1 change
207 upvotes – 125 comments

Transfer files over an Ethernet patch cable

https://maurycyz.com/misc/etherfiles/

1 month ago

197 upvotes – 184 comments

Agent memory as a file format

https://calpaterson.com/memoryfields.html

1 month ago

1 change
191 upvotes – 96 comments

A CVE Dispute

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/06/24/a-cve-dispute/

1 month ago

190 upvotes – 54 comments

How to get a free .arpa domain

https://hawksley.dev/blog/get-free-arpa-domain

1 month ago

172 upvotes – 16 comments

Konrad Zuse Museum shutting down due to lack of funding

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Zuse-Computer-Museum-ZCOM-in-Hoyerswerda-faces-closure-11344513.html

1 month ago

3 changes
167 upvotes – 81 comments

ReactOS 0.4.16

https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-0416-released/

1 month ago

156 upvotes – 44 comments

The safest job from AI may be writing

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-safest-job-from-ai-may-be-writing.html

1 month ago

1 change
153 upvotes – 211 comments

OpenClaw 2.0, Accidentally

https://openclaw.ai/blog/openclaw-2-accidentally

1 month ago

148 upvotes – 175 comments

You Know Who Hates AI? Insurance Claims Adjusters

https://www.wired.com/story/insurance-claims-adjusters-really-hate-ai/

1 month ago

138 upvotes – 138 comments

Has early Scratch experience led to fulfilling careers?

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2094450188911845827

1 month ago

1 change
123 upvotes – 99 comments

We are rebuilding Monica

https://www.monicahq.com/en/blog/we-are-rebuilding-monica/

1 month ago

1 change
122 upvotes – 95 comments

The Computer Museum of America reclamation project

https://computer-museum.org/wp/

1 month ago

115 upvotes – 43 comments

Develop Cross-Platform CLI and GUI Tools with Tcl/Tk

https://cgicoffee.com/blog/2026/04/tcl-tk-develop-cross-platform-cli-gui-tools-tutorial-guide

1 month ago

112 upvotes – 60 comments

Malleable software = solid bases and custom code

https://www.mdubakov.me/malleable-software-solid-bases-custom-code/

1 month ago

111 upvotes – 33 comments

Rakuten Kobo returns to U.S. retail as sales double

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/101053-rakuten-kobo-re-enters-u-s-retail-as-sales-double.html

1 month ago

3 changes
108 upvotes – 118 comments

UC Berkeley indefinitely suspends international student work authorizations

https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/after-second-ice-threat-uc-berkeley-indefinitely-suspends-international-student-work-authorizations/article_0e9ae0c0-dd4d-4455-a25b-e8be7b47e350.html

1 month ago

105 upvotes – 84 comments

Why do I lose my passion and want to do nothing?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505014

1 month ago

101 upvotes – 88 comments

Fish bad, sugar good, and other medieval ideas about food

https://lithub.com/fish-bad-sugar-good-and-other-medieval-ideas-about-food/

1 month ago

2 changes
99 upvotes – 79 comments

Apache Iggy, a message streaming platform in Rust, graduates to an Apache TLP

https://iggy.apache.org/blogs/2026/08/24/apache-iggy-top-level-project-tlp-graduation/

1 month ago

98 upvotes – 30 comments

You Rename My Lake – I Move My Hosting

https://www.olafalders.com/2026/08/31/you-rename-my-lake-i-move-my-hosting/

1 month ago

96 upvotes – 75 comments

Study: Blue light impairs the eye's ability to distinguish fine detail most

https://research.uga.edu/news/blue-light-has-a-surprising-effect-on-your-eyes-study-finds/

1 month ago

91 upvotes – 59 comments

C++26: Standard Library Hardening Experiments

https://www.cppstories.com/2026/hardening-experiments/

1 month ago

91 upvotes – 53 comments

Student teacher arrested for private Snapchat message

https://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-school

1 month ago

88 upvotes – 87 comments

Omarchy: 1Password and 37signals become Distinguished Corporate Patrons

https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/1password-and-37signals-become-distinguished-corporate-patrons/

1 month ago

87 upvotes – 135 comments

Discontinuation of third level domain registrations for the .name TLD [pdf]

https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/consensus-policies/rsep-2026013-name-request-15-04-2026-en.pdf

1 month ago

86 upvotes – 60 comments

Intrusive linked lists (2019)

https://www.data-structures-in-practice.com/intrusive-linked-lists/

1 month ago

1 change
84 upvotes – 77 comments

You probably own this 7-Eleven (and that's why it looks so sad)

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/you-probably-own-this-7-eleven

1 month ago

79 upvotes – 95 comments

Flock Safety's controversial CEO just got a taste of his own medicine

https://www.neowin.net/news/the-ceo-of-americas-biggest-surveillance-network-just-got-a-taste-of-his-own-medicine/

1 month ago

78 upvotes – 56 comments

Kids These Days

https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/p/kids-these-days

1 month ago

76 upvotes – 100 comments

The Snow/Leavis ‘two cultures’ clash

https://aeon.co/essays/at-the-heart-of-the-snow-leavis-two-cultures-clash

1 month ago

1 change
74 upvotes – 54 comments

'Stunning' percolation proof solves decades-old puzzle about phase transitions

https://www.quantamagazine.org/stunning-percolation-proof-solves-decades-old-puzzle-about-phase-transitions-20260831/

1 month ago

74 upvotes – 29 comments

I attended the State of the Map conference

https://povesham.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/state-of-the-map-2026-openstreetmap-conference/

1 month ago

2 changes
70 upvotes – 4 comments

Top Web Design Styles of 1993

https://contemporary-home-computing.org/prof-dr-style/

1 month ago

68 upvotes – 14 comments

1960s theory that Stonehenge was a prehistoric computer

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260828-the-startling-1960s-theory-that-stonehenge-was-a-prehistoric-computer

1 month ago

1 change
67 upvotes – 68 comments

Claude Code reduces it's weekly limit by 17% – compared to today

https://twitter.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2093742322525810912

1 month ago

67 upvotes – 52 comments

SK Hynix CEO sees memory chip shortage lasting until 2030

https://www.sammyfans.com/2026/08/29/sk-hynix-ceo-sees-memory-chip-shortage-lasting-until-2030/

1 month ago

67 upvotes – 82 comments

Yen weakens past ¥160 per dollar, eroding intervention gains

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/29/markets/yen-160-dollar-intervention/

1 month ago

64 upvotes – 68 comments

My experience has nuance, yours is a data point

https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/nuance-for-me-none-for-you/

1 month ago

1 change
63 upvotes – 46 comments

Since it was stripped of planetary status, Pluto’s defenders have been fighting

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/31/forbidden-planet-was-plutos-2006-demotion-a-big-mistake

1 month ago

1 change
63 upvotes – 242 comments

Meta Security Researcher's AI Agent Accidentally Deleted Her Emails

https://au.pcmag.com/ai/116091/meta-security-researchers-ai-agent-accidentally-deleted-her-emails

1 month ago

60 upvotes – 61 comments

Parque Arqueológico do Solstício

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque_Arqueol%C3%B3gico_do_Solst%C3%ADcio

1 month ago

1 change
60 upvotes – 19 comments

Marx, Keynes, and AI

https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/marx-keynes-and-ai

1 month ago

1 change
59 upvotes – 99 comments

AI-written code is still your code

https://martiansoftware.com/articles/ai-written-code-is-still-yours

1 month ago

1 change
59 upvotes – 93 comments

Launch HN: Almanac (YC S26) – AI that knows your company

https://usealmanac.com/

1 month ago

59 upvotes – 48 comments

Salad Theory

https://saladtheory.github.io/

1 month ago

58 upvotes – 59 comments

Mental Health Workers Say Algorithmic Triage Is Hurting Patients

https://capitalandmain.com/mental-health-workers-say-algorithmic-triage-is-hurting-patients

1 month ago

57 upvotes – 19 comments

The Lost Art of Carrying Loads

https://www.carryology.com/insights/the-lost-art-of-carrying-loads/

1 month ago

56 upvotes – 41 comments
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