Notices by Hacker News 100 (hn100@social.lansky.name)

AirTag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI

Link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/hidden-airtag-reveals-amazon-is-trashing-rare-books-to-train-ai/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336050

A Spectre Is Haunting Unicode

Link: https://www.dampfkraft.com/ghost-characters.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310926

Coin-sized device can hack a Boeing 737

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/this-coin-sized-device-can-hack-a-boeing-737/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49282951

Show HN: Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin tones

Link: https://toneyalexander.github.io/inclusive-color-space/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49170165

Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermit Release in 15 Years

Link: https://changelog.complete.org/archives/44456-celebrating-45-years-of-kermit-with-the-first-new-c-kermit-release-in-15-years-and-working-with-a-decades-old-c-codebase
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49158474

My personal AI benchmark: "Generate an SVG of a frog with a Habsburg jaw."

Link: https://frogs.vaguespac.es/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49147622

Linux on ESP32

Link: https://github.com/GrieferPig/esp32-s31-linux
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49087499

How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023)

Link: https://openrss.org/blog/how-google-helped-destroy-adoption-of-rss-feeds
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49136821

GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search

Link: https://www.pcmag.com/news/grapheneos-defends-data-wiping-function-that-blocked-us-border-search
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49085236

Alien World Chemistry Found Inside Meteorite That Struck New Jersey Home

Link: https://www.seti.org/news/alien-world-chemistry-found-inside-meteorite/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49053708

Designing an Ethernet Switch ASIC

Link: https://essenceia.github.io/projects/ethernet_switch_asic/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48985182

Firefox Containers Preview

Link: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-containers-preview/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48995409

Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs

Link: https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015635

'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

Link: https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/vpns-are-lawful-technical-tools-says-eu-court-in-landmark-anne-frank-copyright-ruling
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48997221

SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions

Link: https://mort.coffee/home/sqlite-editions/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928135

The Graph That Should Be Front-Page News

Link: https://www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/the-graph-that-should-be-front-page-news
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48888331

Nvidia, CoreWeave, and Nebius: Inside the Circular Financing of the GPU Boom

Link: https://io-fund.com/ai-stocks/nvidia-coreweave-nebius-circular-financing-gpu-boom
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873836

Why developers are ditching GitHub for Codeberg and self-hosting alternatives

Link: https://www.howtogeek.com/why-developers-are-ditching-github-for-codeberg-and-self-hosting-alternatives/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48842611

PlayStation can delete all your digital games after 3 years of inactivity (EU)

Link: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1783340582
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834919

Jellyfish can heal wounds in minutes. Scientists want their secrets

Link: https://www.mbl.edu/news/jellyfish-can-heal-wounds-minutes-scientists-want-their-secrets
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48789712