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Transcribe your aunts post cards with Gemini 3 Pro

https://leserli.ch/ocr/
1•nielstron•1m ago•0 comments

.72% Variance Lance

1•mav5431•2m ago•0 comments

ReKindle – web-based operating system designed specifically for E-ink devices

https://rekindle.ink
1•JSLegendDev•4m ago•0 comments

Encrypt It

https://encryptitalready.org/
1•u1hcw9nx•4m ago•0 comments

NextMatch – 5-minute video speed dating to reduce ghosting

https://nextmatchdating.netlify.app/
1•Halinani8•5m ago•1 comments

Personalizing esketamine treatment in TRD and TRBD

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1736114
1•PaulHoule•6m ago•0 comments

SpaceKit.xyz – a browser‑native VM for decentralized compute

https://spacekit.xyz
1•astorrivera•7m ago•1 comments

NotebookLM: The AI that only learns from you

https://byandrev.dev/en/blog/what-is-notebooklm
1•byandrev•7m ago•1 comments

Show HN: An open-source starter kit for developing with Postgres and ClickHouse

https://github.com/ClickHouse/postgres-clickhouse-stack
1•saisrirampur•8m ago•0 comments

Game Boy Advance d-pad capacitor measurements

https://gekkio.fi/blog/2026/game-boy-advance-d-pad-capacitor-measurements/
1•todsacerdoti•8m ago•0 comments

South Korean crypto firm accidentally sends $44B in bitcoins to users

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/crypto-firm-accidentally-sends-44-billion-bitcoins-use...
2•layer8•9m ago•0 comments

Apache Poison Fountain

https://gist.github.com/jwakely/a511a5cab5eb36d088ecd1659fcee1d5
1•atomic128•11m ago•1 comments

Web.whatsapp.com appears to be having issues syncing and sending messages

http://web.whatsapp.com
1•sabujp•11m ago•2 comments

Google in Your Terminal

https://gogcli.sh/
1•johlo•13m ago•0 comments

Shannon: Claude Code for Pen Testing: #1 on Github today

https://github.com/KeygraphHQ/shannon
1•hendler•13m ago•0 comments

Anthropic: Latest Claude model finds more than 500 vulnerabilities

https://www.scworld.com/news/anthropic-latest-claude-model-finds-more-than-500-vulnerabilities
2•Bender•18m ago•0 comments

Brooklyn cemetery plans human composting option, stirring interest and debate

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/brooklyn-green-wood-cemetery-human-composting/
1•geox•18m ago•0 comments

Why the 'Strivers' Are Right

https://greyenlightenment.com/2026/02/03/the-strivers-were-right-all-along/
1•paulpauper•19m ago•0 comments

Brain Dumps as a Literary Form

https://davegriffith.substack.com/p/brain-dumps-as-a-literary-form
1•gmays•19m ago•0 comments

Agentic Coding and the Problem of Oracles

https://epkconsulting.substack.com/p/agentic-coding-and-the-problem-of
1•qingsworkshop•20m ago•0 comments

Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user wallets

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/malicious-packages-for-dydx-cryptocurrency-exchange-empt...
1•Bender•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a <400ms latency voice agent that runs on a 4gb vram GTX 1650"

https://github.com/pheonix-delta/axiom-voice-agent
1•shubham-coder•21m ago•0 comments

Penisgate erupts at Olympics; scandal exposes risks of bulking your bulge

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/penisgate-erupts-at-olympics-scandal-exposes-risks-of-bulk...
4•Bender•21m ago•0 comments

Arcan Explained: A browser for different webs

https://arcan-fe.com/2026/01/26/arcan-explained-a-browser-for-different-webs/
1•fanf2•23m ago•0 comments

What did we learn from the AI Village in 2025?

https://theaidigest.org/village/blog/what-we-learned-2025
1•mrkO99•23m ago•0 comments

An open replacement for the IBM 3174 Establishment Controller

https://github.com/lowobservable/oec
1•bri3d•26m ago•0 comments

The P in PGP isn't for pain: encrypting emails in the browser

https://ckardaris.github.io/blog/2026/02/07/encrypted-email.html
2•ckardaris•28m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Mirror Parliament where users vote on top of politicians and draft laws

https://github.com/fokdelafons/lustra
1•fokdelafons•28m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Opus 4.6 ignoring instructions, how to use 4.5 in Claude Code instead?

1•Chance-Device•30m ago•0 comments

We Mourn Our Craft

https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/
2•ColinWright•32m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Ask HN: Is the Y Combinator GitHub bot real or scam?

6•a1o•4mo ago
Got this weird message from a GitHub bot

—-

Next step: To confirm your preliminary registration and secure eligibility, please verify your wallet through Y Combinator. This step ensures fairness, safeguards against Sybil attacks, and does not require personal information. The process takes less than a minute: simply connect your wallet and sign a verification message.

Important: A refundable deposit is required for authorization. The full amount will be returned once verification is complete.

—-

Is this a real thing or a scam? I have never got a ycombinator message on GitHub and have been on GitHub for more than ten years.

Edit: Ok, I rechecked and it looks too scammy. Going to block this with the “this is a scam” assumption.

Comments

leakycap•4mo ago
That one is a scam. The real GitHub bot will ask for Google Play giftcards.
a1o•4mo ago
I mean it looks totally a scam but I was nevertheless curious about it.
leakycap•4mo ago
My friends often get scam texts and forward them to me to ask me if they're a scam, even though they 1) aren't expecting whatever it is, and 2) it is obviously a scam.

I guess it's human nature to want to check, even when it's for sure obviously a scam.

Bender•4mo ago
Scam, see [1]

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45352610

a1o•4mo ago
Thank you!
knightbenax•4mo ago
A big scam. You can see it in the url. An l replaces the i in y-combinator and it's not an official url

https://y-comblnator.com/apply