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HN @hnws.bsky.social · 6m

Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year
L: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/11/0238213/microsofts-onedrive-begins-testing-face-recognizing-ai-for-photos-for-some-preview-users
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45551504
posted on 2025.10.11 at 14:36:51 (c=2, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 6m

Discord hack shows risks of online age checks
L: https://news.sky.com/story/discord-hack-shows-dangers-of-online-age-checks-as-internet-policing-hopes-put-to-the-test-13447618
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45551893
posted on 2025.10.11 at 15:22:03 (c=0, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 46m

People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads
L: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/people-regret-buying-amazon-smart-displays-after-being-bombarded-with-ads/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45551081
posted on 2025.10.11 at 13:41:45 (c=1, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 51m

Apple Designs a Virtual Knob
L: https://jherrm.github.io/knobs/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45506748
posted on 2025.10.07 at 14:19:37 (c=1, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 1h

Apple Postpones Jessica Chastain Thriller 'The Savant' Amid Current Events
L: https://deadline.com/2025/09/the-savant-jessica-chastain-postponed-apple-1236553658/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45551370
posted on 2025.10.11 at 14:19:49 (c=1, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 1h

Tennessee Man Arrested, Gets $2M Bond for Posting Facebook Meme
L: https://reason.com/2025/10/10/tennessee-man-arrested-gets-2-million-bond-for-posting-facebook-meme/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45551352
posted on 2025.10.11 at 14:17:10 (c=0, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 1h

Show HN: Gnokestation Is an Ultra Lightweight Web Desktop Environment
L: https://gnokestation.netlify.app
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45551006
posted on 2025.10.11 at 13:32:10 (c=1, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 1h

Crypto-Current (2021)
L: https://zerophilosophy.substack.com/p/crypto-current
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45489329
posted on 2025.10.06 at 05:08:03 (c=1, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 2h

Wilson's Algorithm
L: https://cruzgodar.com/applets/wilsons-algorithm/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45549017
posted on 2025.10.11 at 09:35:00 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 2h

delightful-commons – curated lists of free software
L: https://codeberg.org/socialcoding/delightful-commons
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45549902
posted on 2025.10.11 at 11:29:50 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 2h

The Controversial Hinge Dating App Hack Going Viral
L: https://www.thecut.com/article/how-to-hack-hinge-rose-jail.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45550102
posted on 2025.10.11 at 11:52:24 (c=2, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 2h

The Case Against 30-Year Mortgages
L: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-case-against-30-year-mortgages-0cbd6d56
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45550544
posted on 2025.10.11 at 12:42:19 (c=1, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 2h

Testing two 18 TB white label SATA hard drives from datablocks.dev
L: https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/10/06/datablocks-white-label-drives/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45489497
posted on 2025.10.06 at 05:36:08 (c=0, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 2h

GNU Health
L: https://www.gnuhealth.org/about-us.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45550049
posted on 2025.10.11 at 11:47:22 (c=1, p=11)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 3h

Microsoft Amplifier
L: https://github.com/microsoft/amplifier
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45549848
posted on 2025.10.11 at 11:19:54 (c=0, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 3h

How to Check for Overlapping Intervals
L: https://zayenz.se/blog/post/how-to-check-for-overlapping-intervals/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45549888
posted on 2025.10.11 at 11:26:31 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 3h

Vibing a Non-Trivial Ghostty Feature
L: https://mitchellh.com/writing/non-trivial-vibing
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45549434
posted on 2025.10.11 at 10:31:15 (c=0, p=11)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 3h

Firefox is the best mobile browser
L: https://kelvinjps.com/blog/firefox-best-mobile-browser/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45549308
posted on 2025.10.11 at 10:12:02 (c=1, p=7)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 3h

Building a JavaScript Runtime from Scratch using C
L: https://devlogs.xyz/blog/building-a-javaScript-runtime
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45509636
posted on 2025.10.07 at 18:18:14 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 4h

Nue 2.0 Beta released! The Unix of the web
L: https://nuejs.org/blog/2.0/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45549422
posted on 2025.10.11 at 10:29:11 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 4h

Kitagawa, who found a use for the useless, wins the Nobel Prize
L: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16081940
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45549118
posted on 2025.10.11 at 09:46:53 (c=0, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 4h

Tech megacaps lose $770B in value as Nasdaq suffers steepest drop since April
L: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/tech-megacaps-market-cap-mag-7.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45549456
posted on 2025.10.11 at 10:33:22 (c=1, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 4h

A Library for Fish Sounds
L: https://nautil.us/a-library-for-fish-sounds-1239697/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45502590
posted on 2025.10.07 at 09:05:26 (c=0, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 4h

Does anyone remember websites?
L: http://tttthis.com/rememberwebsites.php/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45549524
posted on 2025.10.11 at 10:42:04 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 5h

Europe's most dangerous cities according to citizens
L: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-europes-most-dangerous-cities-according-to-citizens/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45548866
posted on 2025.10.11 at 09:07:48 (c=1, p=4)