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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:24) - Small models also found the vulnerabilities that Mythos found
• (01:56) - Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons
• (03:12) - How We Broke Top AI Agent Benchmarks: And What Comes Next
• (04:22) - Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D
• (05:23) - Optimal Strategy for Connect 4
• (07:03) - Cirrus Labs to join OpenAI
• (08:33) - Advanced Mac Substitute is an API-level reimplementation of 1980s-era Mac OS
• (09:59) - I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack
• (11:11) - 447 TB/cm² at zero retention energy – atomic-scale memory on fluorographane
• (12:31) - Surelock: Deadlock-Free Mutexes for Rust
• (14:34) - Outro

Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47727960

How We Broke Top AI Agent Benchmarks: And What Comes Next
https://rdi.berkeley.edu/blog/trustworthy-benchmarks-cont/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47733217

Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D
https://flight-viz.com/cockpit.html?lat=40.64&lon=-73.78&alt=3000&hdg=220&spd=130&cs=DAL123
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694064

Optimal Strategy for Connect 4
https://2swap.github.io/WeakC4/explanation/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695213

Cirrus Labs to join OpenAI
https://cirruslabs.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47730194

Advanced Mac Substitute is an API-level reimplementation of 1980s-era Mac OS
https://www.v68k.org/advanced-mac-substitute/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731506

I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack
https://stevehanov.ca/blog/how-i-run-multiple-10k-mrr-companies-on-a-20month-tech-stack
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47736555

447 TB/cm² at zero retention energy – atomic-scale memory on fluorographane
https://zenodo.org/records/19513269
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47733561

Surelock: Deadlock-Free Mutexes for Rust
https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/Blog/Surelock
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693559

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:23) - Artemis II safely splashes down
• (01:37) - Filing the corners off my MacBooks
• (02:42) - 1D Chess
• (03:55) - WireGuard makes new Windows release following Microsoft signing resolution
• (05:25) - Installing every* Firefox extension
• (06:59) - Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice
• (08:07) - Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers
• (09:35) - CPU-Z and HWMonitor compromised
• (10:48) - AI assistance when contributing to the Linux kernel
• (12:05) - Helium is hard to replace
• (13:19) - Outro

Filing the corners off my MacBooks
https://kentwalters.com/posts/corners/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724352

1D Chess
https://rowan441.github.io/1dchess/chess.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47719740

WireGuard makes new Windows release following Microsoft signing resolution
https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2026-April/009561.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47719942

Installing every* Firefox extension
https://jack.cab/blog/every-firefox-extension
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724118

Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice
https://github.com/Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47720419

Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr71lkzv49po
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47722333

CPU-Z and HWMonitor compromised
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/cpuid_site_hijacked/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47717847

AI assistance when contributing to the Linux kernel
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47721953

Helium is hard to replace
https://www.construction-physics.com/p/helium-is-hard-to-replace
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47719274

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Native Instant Space Switching on macOS
• (01:29) - How NASA built Artemis II’s fault-tolerant computer
• (02:43) - Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers
• (03:55) - Unfolder for Mac – A 3D model unfolding tool for creating papercraft
• (05:05) - RAM Has a Design Flaw from 1966. I Bypassed It [video]
• (06:24) - Charcuterie – Visual similarity Unicode explorer
• (07:27) - I still prefer MCP over skills
• (08:59) - PicoZ80 – Drop-In Z80 Replacement
• (10:15) - Research-Driven Agents: When an agent reads before it codes
• (11:30) - Instant 1.0, a backend for AI-coded apps
• (13:03) - Outro

How NASA built Artemis II’s fault-tolerant computer
https://cacm.acm.org/news/how-nasa-built-artemis-iis-fault-tolerant-computer/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47704804

Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers
https://colaptop.pages.dev/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47707477

Unfolder for Mac – A 3D model unfolding tool for creating papercraft
https://www.unfolder.app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706140

RAM Has a Design Flaw from 1966. I Bypassed It [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKbgulTp3FE
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47680005

Charcuterie – Visual similarity Unicode explorer
https://charcuterie.elastiq.ch/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709158

I still prefer MCP over skills
https://david.coffee/i-still-prefer-mcp-over-skills/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712718

PicoZ80 – Drop-In Z80 Replacement
https://eaw.app/picoz80/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708041

Research-Driven Agents: When an agent reads before it codes
https://blog.skypilot.co/research-driven-agents/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706141

Instant 1.0, a backend for AI-coded apps
https://www.instantdb.com/essays/architecture
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47707632