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Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake"
Probation for man who used stolen logins and posted private info on social media.
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A simplified model of Fil-C
Article URL: https://www.corsix.org/content/simplified-model-of-fil-c Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47810872 Points: 20 # Comments: 0
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Arc Prize Foundation (YC W26) Is Hiring a Platform Engineer for ARC-AGI-4
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/arc-prize-foundation/jobs/AKZRZDN-platform-engineer-benchmark-lead Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47810507 Points: 0 # Comments: 0
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Tesla tells HW3 owner to 'be patient' after 7 years of waiting for FSD
Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/04/17/tesla-hw3-owners-be-patient-7-years-fsd/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47809347 Points: 96 # Comments: 61
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Even "cat readme.txt" is not safe
Article URL: https://blog.calif.io/p/mad-bugs-even-cat-readmetxt-is-not Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47809190 Points: 19 # Comments: 10
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All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gunpowder (2018)
Article URL: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/The_toxic_side_of_the_Moon Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47808913 Points: 167 # Comments: 87
I'm spending 3 months coding the old way
Article URL: https://miguelconner.substack.com/p/im-coding-by-hand Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47807583 Points: 52 # Comments: 40
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Measuring Claude 4.7's tokenizer costs
Article URL: https://www.claudecodecamp.com/p/i-measured-claude-4-7-s-new-tokenizer-here-s-what-it-costs-you Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47807006 Points: 486 # Comments: 323
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Man who hacked US Supreme Court filing system sentenced to probation
Nicholas Moore hacked into three U.S. government networks using stolen credentials, and then bragged about it and posted victims' personal data on Instagram under the handle @ihackedthegovernment.
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Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges
Returning backers a16z and Thrive are expected to lead the round.
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‘Tokenmaxxing’ is making developers less productive than they think
There's a lot more code — but it's a lot more expensive and requires a lot more rewriting.
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Trump picks qualified, normal health leader to head CDC; experts still cautious
She's well qualified but will need to navigate RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda.
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$25,000 buys plenty of used EVs: Here are some options
Is $20,000–$25,000 a sweet spot for secondhand electric cars? We think so.
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Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction
Data centers face construction delays and energy bottleneck as resistance grows.
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All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gunpowder
Article URL: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/The_toxic_side_of_the_Moon Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47808913 Points: 96 # Comments: 52