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Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers

https://nanolathe.gg
28•jttnr•39m ago•10 comments

Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]

https://teorth.github.io/tao-web/slides/math-2-0-caltech-2026.pdf
157•Anon84•5h ago•193 comments

How to Build Wealth as a Career Person

https://asheradeniyi.com/2026/04/10/how-to-build-wealth-as-a-career-person/
43•doppp•2h ago•31 comments

apsw: Another Python SQLite Wrapper

https://github.com/rogerbinns/apsw
19•tosh•1h ago•5 comments

The tilde in your PATH may not be your HOME

https://disconnect3d.pl//2026/10/02/dont-put-tilde-in-your-path/
161•arusekk•6h ago•95 comments

LineageOS 24.0

https://lineageos.org/Changelog-32/
341•timschumi•12h ago•127 comments

How I reverse engineered a commercial spatial audio effect

http://epestr.com/blog/reverse-engineering-a-commercial-spatial-audio-effect/
40•epestr•3h ago•15 comments

Valen's Memory Safety: A New Kind of Borrow Checking

https://verdagon.dev/blog/valen-group-borrowing
98•verdagon•6h ago•42 comments

I paid people to try and follow my README

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/i-paid-people-to-try-and-follow-my-readme/
310•edent•6h ago•165 comments

Akhetonics Photonic Computing: 1,000x Faster CPUs

https://medium.com/@timventura/akhetonics-photonic-computing-1-000x-faster-cpus-b9e91c470079
18•peter_d_sherman•3d ago•4 comments

I'm sorry, but you still have to think

https://itsallaboutthebit.com/i-am-sorry-but-you-still-have-to-think/
159•drogus•4h ago•57 comments

Show HN: BetterWispr – Free, open-source dictation for Mac

https://betterwispr.com/
92•kartik017•6h ago•64 comments

The RAM shortage is bringing back DDR4

https://www.theverge.com/games/1009140/ram-shortage-intel-amd-ddr4-comeback
213•1potato•1d ago•200 comments

NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect

https://www.nyc.gov/main/click-to-cancel
12•gregsadetsky•42m ago•0 comments

A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/a-cray-1-supercomputer-replica-from-30-obsolete-mac-minis/
26•pseudolus•1d ago•11 comments

2D Vehicles

https://patkerr.co.uk/2d-vehicles/
592•Michelangelo11•4d ago•113 comments

Weave (YC W25) is hiring ML, AI, product, & design engineers

https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/weave-os
1•adchurch•6h ago

Nitter: Update Oct 10th seeking funding and legal help

https://nitter.net
360•ForHackernews•8h ago•170 comments

We're unlocking the biggest mysteries of the clitoris

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/were-finally-unlocking-the-biggest-mysteries-of-the-c...
22•Vaslo•47m ago•2 comments

3rd Yandex Cloud Data Center Was Hit

https://status.yandex.cloud/en/incidents/2136
447•defly•11h ago•542 comments

A city-building game in which the city would prefer you didn't

https://housing.over.pizza/
497•JumpCrisscross•22h ago•165 comments

Build your own decision model

https://nishtahir.com/build-your-own-decision-model/
432•softwaredoug•19h ago•97 comments

IRCv3

https://ircv3.net/
259•basilikum•8h ago•236 comments

The Lightbulb Computer

https://lightbulbcomputer.com/
558•oskarth•1d ago•93 comments

YouTuber builds 'Flock-like' camera to track police vehicles, gets police visit

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/canadian-youtuber-builds-flock-like-cam...
46•ljf•1h ago•17 comments

Playgrnd – tiny tools for making weird, beautiful things

https://www.playgrnd.tools/
6•eustoria•2h ago•0 comments

Bot traffic from Yandex

https://radar.cloudflare.com/bots/as13238?dateRange=7d
546•walrus01•8h ago•208 comments

Documents add to evidence in climate deception case against ExxonMobil

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07102026/exxonmobil-climate-deception-new-evidence/
343•gumby•4h ago•180 comments

Plumbers, chains, and famous painters: The history of the pipe operator in R

http://adolfoalvarez.cl/blog/2021-09-16-plumbers-chains-and-famous-painters-the-history-of-the-pi...
36•sinnsro•2d ago•2 comments

Rat's Register Allocator

https://hexrat.cc/pages/blog/2026_10_07
51•mpweiher•1d ago•3 comments
Open in hackernews

YouTuber builds 'Flock-like' camera to track police vehicles, gets police visit

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/canadian-youtuber-builds-flock-like-camera-to-exclusively-track-police-vehicles-officers-visit-his-home-to-express-privacy-concerns
43•ljf•1h ago

Comments

bjorn_identity•55m ago
Citizens sometime commit crime. The Police justify indiscriminate gathering of evidence preemptively against all citizens using Flock based on the rationale that when a crime does end up being committed, the evidence will already be gathered.

Well, guess what? Police also commit crime. The same justification applies. If Flock is justified, this is justified.

yolp5•54m ago
> Well, guess what? Police also commit crime. The same justification applies. If Flock is justified, this is justified.

In fantasy land maybe, in reality power determines justification.

Razengan•27m ago
Even taking the imbalance of guns and armor into account, citizens have more power, if they just realize it.

Millions against, what, a couple hundred thousands?

It's just that nobody wants to be the cannon fodder at the front that gets mowed down before the millions trample the thousands..

uoaei•25m ago
Well, no. Your statement is isomorphic to "might makes right".

Power determines rationalization. Justification is a moral question.

ahf8Aithaex7Nai•6m ago
> in reality power determines justification

In fantasy land maybe, reality is more complex than can be summed up in a barroom cliché.

Razengan•30m ago
Every law that lets police and politicians spy on citizens should have a corollary that lets citizens spy on police and politicians.
ljf•28m ago
I've often thought about a number plate reading dashcam app for citizens that would warn you of dangerous drivers around you, let people flag the cars they want to call out. Moderation would be a nightmare though, but I thought you could have to submit some sort of proof (recorded from. The dashcam) but that just increases the moderation overhead... Of course AI could be help and hinder.
razster•19m ago
You could allow the user to flag it and keep the alerts to only them. They would get the alert, they could add notes of what happened so when that plate shows again they will know. Maybe build it so that you can add friends to a group and share plate details. It's GOLD Jerry!

But yeah moderation would be a nightmare still - I could see a ton of ways to abuse this. Criminals will figure it out as a source to track individuals, placing themselves in their known travel path, setup satellite spots to alert, that way for example if they're casing the joint they could have alerts when then individual is coming back.

Great, now ppl are going to make this app and use it for bad, see what you did.

andy_ppp•6m ago
Yeah you can’t even trust video any more, I’m not sure if there’s anything you can do with people who want to game the system.
cs02rm0•22m ago
I really detest the way surveillance seems to just increase without any democratic mandate.
ihuman•19m ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50026555
HelloUsername•18m ago
Discussed yesterday: "YouTuber Says Cops Visited Him After He Built a Flock-Style Camera to Track Cops (gizmodo.com)" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50026555 356 comments
ChrisArchitect•5m ago
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50026555