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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50151036
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Jensen Huang admits an affair

Monday, November 9, 2026 • Duration 13:16

Nvidia's Jensen Huang admits an affair as his board opens an investigation, plus a queue for AI brain fry, drugmakers doubting AI cures, the case for quadrillion-parameter models, and Android 16 on a keypad phone for the blind.

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:46) 1. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair
(02:01) 1. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair: HN comments
(03:45) 2. How I Fight AI Brain Fry
(04:42) 2. How I Fight AI Brain Fry: HN comments
(05:47) 3. Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker CEOs Aren't Buying It
(07:06) 3. Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker CEOs Aren't Buying It: HN comments
(08:06) 4. Quadrillion-parameter transformers and how to train them
(09:10) 4. Quadrillion-parameter transformers and how to train them: HN comments
(10:13) 5. Porting Android 16 to my blind mother's keypad phone
(11:47) 5. Porting Android 16 to my blind mother's keypad phone: HN comments
(12:30) Wrap-up

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Goldman pulls Claude Code from traders

Sunday, November 8, 2026 • Duration 11:28

Goldman Sachs takes Claude Code away from most of its traders and bankers weeks before helping take Anthropic public, and OpenAI's smaller funding round lands. Plus Outlook.com quietly bouncing mail without DMARC, writing as a way to think, and a UK push for abuse-image blocking on every phone.

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:43) 1. Goldman Sachs Is Pulling Claude Code from Its Bankers and Traders
(01:36) 1. Goldman Sachs Is Pulling Claude Code from Its Bankers and Traders: HN comments
(02:46) 2. OpenAI raises $11B at a $1.25T valuation
(03:35) 2. OpenAI raises $11B at a $1.25T valuation: HN comments
(05:11) 3. Outlook.com Is Quietly Rejecting Email from Domains Without DMARC(06:09) 3. Outlook.com Is Quietly Rejecting Email from Domains Without DMARC: HN comments(06:58) 4. Writing as a thinking tool(08:14) 4. Writing as a thinking tool: HN comments(08:54) 5. UK House of Lords to propose mandatory CSAM detection software on smartphones(09:57) 5. UK House of Lords to propose mandatory CSAM detection software on smartphones: HN comments(10:43) Wrap-up

Person of Interest's Machine, 15 years on

Sunday, November 8, 2026 • Duration 11:01

A viewer finds a fifteen-year-old drama about an all-seeing AI suddenly close to reality, a Tesla critic blames a product drought on JB Straubel's exit, and a call for one agent memory format. Plus a 284-billion-parameter DeepSeek model on a 64 GB machine, and why managers stuck past their competence turn dangerous.

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:45) 1. Person of Interest
(01:20) 1. Person of Interest: HN comments
(02:22) 2. Tesla Hasn't Had a Successful New Product Launch Since JB Straubel Stepped Down
(03:25) 2. Tesla Hasn't Had a Successful New Product Launch Since JB Straubel Stepped Down: HN comments
(04:37) 3. Agent memory needs its OpenTelemetry moment
(05:46) 3. Agent memory needs its OpenTelemetry moment: HN comments
(06:44) 4. Llama-modchip: 284B DeepSeek on 64GB RAM, no GPU
(07:41) 4. Llama-modchip: 284B DeepSeek on 64GB RAM, no GPU: HN comments
(08:37) 5. Petered(09:39) 5. Petered: HN comments(10:13) Wrap-up

GitHub down, status page green

Sunday, November 8, 2026 • Duration 11:14

GitHub's downloads time out for hours while its status page stays green, and a century of crash data puts the AI sell-off in context. Plus a lean Rust WhatsApp client, brain-wave headsets training AI on users' recordings, and Dirac's trick for making any number from four 2s.

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:44) 1. GitHub Down Again?
(01:49) 1. GitHub Down Again?: HN comments
(03:21) 2. The AI sell-off compared to well-known stock market crashes
(04:06) 2. The AI sell-off compared to well-known stock market crashes: HN comments
(04:57) 3. ZapFast: A fast, native WhatsApp client in Rust and egui
(05:47) 3. ZapFast: A fast, native WhatsApp client in Rust and egui: HN comments
(06:39) 4. Consumer brain wave headsets threaten privacy
(07:43) 4. Consumer brain wave headsets threaten privacy: HN comments
(08:24) 5. Making any integer with four 2s(09:41) 5. Making any integer with four 2s: HN comments(10:25) Wrap-up

Why one developer left Claude Code

Sunday, November 8, 2026 • Duration 11:32

A developer trades Claude Code for the open-source Pi, GitHub previews a slimmer pull request page, and an emoji writer looks to ancient scribes. Plus an eight-dollar Linux board from 2022 and a tiny Terry Pratchett study.

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:41) 1. Goodbye Claude, Hello Pi
(01:55) 1. Goodbye Claude, Hello Pi: HN comments
(03:19) 2. GitHub's new pull request overview page in public preview
(04:17) 2. GitHub's new pull request overview page in public preview: HN comments
(05:04) 3. What do the next 4,000 emoji look like?
(06:28) 3. What do the next 4,000 emoji look like?: HN comments
(07:24) 4. The $8 Linux computer (2022)
(08:32) 4. The $8 Linux computer (2022): HN comments
(09:01) 5. Terry Pratchett's study
(10:16) 5. Terry Pratchett's study: HN comments
(10:49) Wrap-up

Typos in a Booker-shortlisted novel

Sunday, November 8, 2026 • Duration 12:24

A critic blames a careless Typo Generation for the errors in a Booker-shortlisted second edition, and a free tool puts every coding project in its own virtual machine. Plus a honeypot posing as a supermarket fridge controller, why Heisenberg's last reactor could never work, and notes from San Marino.

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:48) 1. The typo generation is damaging literature
(02:01) 1. The typo generation is damaging literature: HN comments
(03:12) 2. Devvm.dev: One VM for every project
(04:18) 2. Devvm.dev: One VM for every project: HN comments
(04:59) 3. Show HN: Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller
(06:17) 3. Show HN: Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller: HN comments
(07:15) 4. Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed
(08:33) 4. Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed: HN comments(09:26) 5. Notes on San Marino(10:40) 5. Notes on San Marino: HN comments(11:35) Wrap-up

Discord's Rust app wins the race

Sunday, November 8, 2026 • Duration 13:39

Discord's Rust app beats its Electron one from a cold start, Claude Code's saved approvals leak passwords to GitHub, a tweaked benchmark catches models coding to the test, a homelab on a ten-dollar stick, and how long microbes can wait.

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:49) 1. Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord just showed why
(01:56) 1. Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord just showed why: HN comments
(03:31) 2. Claude Code's "Don't Ask Again" exposes passwords in 1,122 public GitHub files
(04:41) 2. Claude Code's "Don't Ask Again" exposes passwords in 1,122 public GitHub files: HN comments
(06:24) 3. MaxxBench: "Nice DeepSWE score. But is it true?"
(07:48) 3. MaxxBench: "Nice DeepSWE score. But is it true?": HN comments(08:35) 4. What I run on my $10 USD OpenStick homelab(09:42) 4. What I run on my $10 USD OpenStick homelab: HN comments(10:35) 5. How Long Can Life Wait?(11:54) 5. How Long Can Life Wait?: HN comments(12:43) Wrap-up

Apple's hidden list of unswipeable phrases

Saturday, November 7, 2026 • Duration 12:04

A researcher decodes the iPhone keyboard's hidden list of phrases it won't suggest, and a Microsoft AI research group ends. Plus Turbo Pascal 7, GitHub's new Git storage, and getting family onto XMPP or Matrix.

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:49) 1. Apple's grey list: Words and phrases your iPhone won't help you spell
(02:00) 1. Apple's grey list: Words and phrases your iPhone won't help you spell: HN comments
(03:08) 2. The end of Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers group
(04:24) 2. The end of Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers group: HN comments
(05:42) 3. They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7
(06:55) 3. They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7: HN comments
(07:48) 4. GitHub's new Git storage architecture(08:47) 4. GitHub's new Git storage architecture: HN comments(09:37) 5. Ask HN: How did you convince family and friends to join your XMPP/Matrix server?(10:23) 5. Ask HN: How did you convince family and friends to join your XMPP/Matrix server?: HN comments(11:21) Wrap-up

Need for Speed Underground 2, online

Saturday, November 7, 2026 • Duration 12:43

Fans put a 2004 Need for Speed game online in the browser, and three researchers explain how volunteers built Linux and Wikipedia. Plus Google's gas-powered Wyoming data center, Anthropic's dreaming agents, and a law firm that runs on free software.

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:46) 1. Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser
(01:41) 1. Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser: HN comments
(02:44) 2. From Linux to Wikipedia: How Volunteers Build the Internet
(03:55) 2. From Linux to Wikipedia: How Volunteers Build the Internet: HN comments
(05:36) 3. Google has acquired Crusoe's data center site in southeast Wyoming
(06:38) 3. Google has acquired Crusoe's data center site in southeast Wyoming: HN comments
(07:39) 4. The Components of Agent Memory
(09:10) 4. The Components of Agent Memory: HN comments(10:01) 5. Running a law firm on Free software(11:03) 5. Running a law firm on Free software: HN comments(11:53) Wrap-up

Upload your RAM to Sam Altman

Saturday, November 7, 2026 • Duration 11:23

A joke site offers to upload your spare RAM to Sam Altman, and researchers find every recent Mac quietly scores who in your life is family. Plus ancient DNA and the Goths, the RealPage rent settlements, and where Ozempic-style drugs are being tested next.

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:42) 1. Upload Your RAM
(01:42) 1. Upload Your RAM: HN comments
(02:44) 2. Every Mac comes with an undocumented family member classifier
(03:53) 2. Every Mac comes with an undocumented family member classifier: HN comments
(04:46) 3. A barbarian tribe's mythic origin story is true, ancient DNA reveals
(06:09) 3. A barbarian tribe's mythic origin story is true, ancient DNA reveals: HN comments
(06:55) 4. RealPage rent-pricing case wraps with nearly $360M to renters
(07:46) 4. RealPage rent-pricing case wraps with nearly $360M to renters: HN comments(08:32) 5. Ozempic-style drugs now in trials for heart failure, addiction and even aging(09:53) 5. Ozempic-style drugs now in trials for heart failure, addiction and even aging: HN comments(10:30) Wrap-up

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