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

LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices

Link: https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-local-devices.1391214.0.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49594878

How to get a free .arpa domain

Link: https://hawksley.dev/blog/get-free-arpa-domain
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49515558

Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982

Link: https://dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-64-released-september-1-1982/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49533497

Mold: A Massively Parallel Linker

Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.23228
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49455530

Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgvyy4x2mvo
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49397074

Scientists release biggest 2D map of the universe

Link: https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/08/10/scientists-release-biggest-2d-map-of-the-universe/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49392200

AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late

Link: https://annas-archive.gl/blog/physical-destruction.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49383026

Stop eating Lady Gaga's Oreos

Link: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/stop-eating-lady-gagas-oreos
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49379253

fx :Tiny, open, native coding agent.

Link: https://fx.sh
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353339

Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk

Link: https://theconversation.com/babies-born-under-sugar-rationing-grew-into-adults-with-lower-cancer-risk-289873
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49345843

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