Notices by Hacker News 50 (hn50@social.lansky.name)

Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing

Link: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/dare_europe_risc_v_project/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43311091

How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app

Link: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/google_android/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43253167

#android #google

I struggled with Git, so I'm making a game to spare others the pain

Link: https://initialcommit.com/blog/im-making-a-git-game
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43230734

#git

Starlink to take over $2.4B contract to overhaul air traffic control comms

Link: https://www.theverge.com/news/620777/starlink-verizon-contract-faa-communication-musk
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43205435

Nigerians are building affordable alternatives to AWS and Google Cloud

Link: https://restofworld.org/2025/aws-google-cloud-nigeria-alternatives/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43195710

#google #aws

If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown

Link: https://p.migdal.pl/blog/2025/02/markdown-saves/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43137616

What's New in Emacs 30.1?

Link: https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/whats-new-in-emacs-301
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43158164

#emacs

It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds

Link: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-longer-base-your-government-and-society-on-us-clouds/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43150085

Brazilian ship sunk by WWII U-Boat located

Link: https://archaeology.org/news/2025/02/19/brazilian-ship-sunk-by-wwii-u-boat-located/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43113012

Florida insurers steered money to investors while claiming losses, study says

Link: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/02/22/florida-insurance-profits-desantis-regulation-investors-crisis/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43138786

NASA rover discovers liquid water 'ripples' carved into Mars rock

Link: https://www.livescience.com/space/mars/nasa-rover-discovers-liquid-water-ripples-carved-into-mars-rock-and-it-could-rewrite-the-red-planets-history
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43097295

Show HN: Live-updating version of the 'What a week, huh?' meme

Link: https://tintin.dlazaro.ca/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43086479

The Generative AI Con

Link: https://www.wheresyoured.at/longcon/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43085885

The European Vat Is Not a Discriminatory Tax Against US Exports

Link: https://taxfoundation.org/blog/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-eu-vat-discriminatory/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43062457

Court Documents Shed New Light on DOGE Activity at Treasury Department

Link: https://www.zetter-zeroday.com/court-documents-shed-new-light-on-doge-access-and-activity-at-treasury-department/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43036934

jj: a Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful

Link: https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43021515

#git

To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell

Link: https://www.myteslaexperience.com/2025-02-01/to-buy-a-tesla-mode-3-only-to-end-up-in-hell
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42998024

Persistent packages on Steam Deck using Nix

Link: https://chrastecky.dev/gaming/persistent-packages-on-steam-deck-using-nix
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42992345

Asahi Linux Lead Developer Hector Martin Resigns from Linux Kernel

Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/2/7/9
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42972062

#linux

Meta torrented & seeded 81.7 TB dataset containing copyrighted data

Link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42971446