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Google is illegaly cutting forest to build data centers

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/06/google-datacentres-finland-temporary-halt-environmental-impact-assessment
46•heyimada•1h ago

Comments

andsoitis•1h ago
Google’s web page about the Muhos data center referenced in the article: https://datacenters.google/locations/muhos/
ncr100•54m ago
> Google said in a statement “we understand the concerns” and that it had “fallen short of our own high standards”.

Apple said the same rhetorical non-apology apologetically, recently... about something??

iamarobot•19m ago
I think it was their Siri. Apple Intelligence lags a lot behind competitors, and back during WWDC last year Craig made an announcement about how "Siri had fallen short of expectations".
functionmouse•42m ago
> Google said in a statement "Whadd'ya gonna do about it, little worm? Gonna vote for someone who will stop us? HAHAHAHA"
tombert•37m ago
When should we expect our corporate overlords to block out the sun just to fuck with us? [1]

[1] https://youtu.be/L3LbxDZRgA4

thayne•21m ago
> it would consider enforcement proceedings and a fine

Oh man they are going to consider a fine, that would probably be barely an inconvenience to google.

Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers

https://nanolathe.gg
322•jttnr•6h ago•138 comments

Cartographers of North Korea

https://cartographers-nk.wonyoung.so/
159•edent•4h ago•27 comments

Whatever became of holography? (2011)

https://www.americanscientist.org/article/whatever-became-of-holography
7•cainxinth•16m ago•0 comments

Recursive self-improvement through collective intelligence

https://pub.sakana.ai/mass/
32•hardmaru•1h ago•6 comments

The gap in shared understanding of LLM capability is widening

https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/2109361546505966046
186•albertzeyer•3h ago•287 comments

Google Data Centers around the world

https://datacenters.google/locations/
29•andsoitis•1h ago•20 comments

So, You’d Like To Sell Your Print Issues Of The Onion?

https://theonion.com/archivehunt/
227•mooreds•4h ago•29 comments

Fingerprints Are the New Cookies

https://royfish.dev/fingerprints-are-the-new-cookies
26•royfish•1h ago•6 comments

Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]

https://teorth.github.io/tao-web/slides/math-2-0-caltech-2026.pdf
300•Anon84•10h ago•356 comments

Chapter 1 of Ways of Seeing by John Berger

https://www.ways-of-seeing.com/ch1
63•rafael859•5h ago•10 comments

Passkeys are a trap. Do not use them

https://nonfunctional.substack.com/p/passkeys-are-a-trap-do-not-use-them
159•laurex•2h ago•77 comments

Ask HN: Do you want a router that has DD-WRT pre-installed?

8•Ixander•21h ago•3 comments

A Remote Employee Refused 160 Webcam Photos a Day. Her Employer Fired Her

https://www.inc.com/chloe-rosenberg/a-remote-employee-refused-160-webcam-photos-a-day-her-employe...
116•bhrlady•3h ago•76 comments

IRCv3

https://ircv3.net/
337•basilikum•13h ago•288 comments

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

https://www.nyc.gov/main/click-to-cancel
317•gregsadetsky•6h ago•151 comments

Google is illegaly cutting forest to build data centers

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/06/google-datacentres-finland-temporary-halt-envi...
46•heyimada•1h ago•6 comments

I guess I'm using WebP now?

https://anderegg.ca/2026/10/08/i-guess-im-using-webp-now
60•Brajeshwar•2d ago•65 comments

Safe SIMD in Rust, even on the inside

https://shnatsel.github.io/safe-simd-in-rust-even-on-the-inside/
22•ravenical•1d ago•1 comments

The tilde in your PATH may not be your HOME

https://disconnect3d.pl//2026/10/02/dont-put-tilde-in-your-path/
202•arusekk•11h ago•140 comments

500B tokens later: Letting AI agents decompile a first-person shooter

https://momo5502.com/posts/2026-10-09-game-decompilation/
140•davikr•22h ago•103 comments

FlowCE: Calculus on your TI-84 Plus CE

https://tommyb3ll.github.io/FlowCE/
21•jgx0•1d ago•7 comments

apsw: Another Python SQLite Wrapper

https://github.com/rogerbinns/apsw
52•tosh•7h ago•13 comments

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

https://betterwispr.com/
140•kartik017•12h ago•90 comments

How I reverse engineered a commercial spatial audio effect

http://epestr.com/blog/reverse-engineering-a-commercial-spatial-audio-effect/
89•epestr•8h ago•31 comments

JulianFlux: Electrodynamic vector retrieval and causal routing for AI

https://github.com/julianjohnson-web/julianflux-research
5•julianflux•1h ago•0 comments

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Vex in NixOS

https://blog.kammel.dev/post/nixos_vex/
43•datosh•4h ago•1 comments

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

https://verdagon.dev/blog/valen-group-borrowing
131•verdagon•12h ago•80 comments

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

https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/weave-os
1•adchurch•12h ago

Cbirds: A flock of birds in your terminal

https://github.com/clainstone/cbirds
16•epestr•1d ago•11 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/
62•pseudolus•1d ago•27 comments