Top Hacker News Stories - April 5, 2026

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    Talk like caveman (github.com)
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    Lisette a little language inspired by Rust that compiles to Go
    Lisette a little language inspired by Rust that compiles to Go (lisette.run)
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    The threat is comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing (ergosphere.blog)
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    Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1
    Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1 (github.com)
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    Aegis – open-source FPGA silicon
    Aegis – open-source FPGA silicon (github.com)
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    GabeN Is Shitting Yacht Money into Flatpak and You're Still Arguing Init Systems (s3kshun8.games)
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    I used AI. It worked. I hated it
    I used AI. It worked. I hated it (taggart-tech.com)
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    What if the browser built the UI for you?
    What if the browser built the UI for you? (jonno.nz)
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    Show HN: OsintRadar – Curated directory for osint tools
    Show HN: OsintRadar – Curated directory for osint tools (osintradar.com)
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    Dynamics of (Not) Being Perceived: Grief and Relief After Leaving Social Media
    Dynamics of (Not) Being Perceived: Grief and Relief After Leaving Social Media (networkcultures.org)
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    US forces locate and evacuate downed airman in Iran
    US forces locate and evacuate downed airman in Iran (foxnews.com)
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    Unverified: What Practitioners Post About OCR, Agents, and Tables
    Unverified: What Practitioners Post About OCR, Agents, and Tables (idp-software.com)
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    Applying machine learning to identify unrecognized Covid-19 deaths in the US
    Applying machine learning to identify unrecognized Covid-19 deaths in the US (science.org)
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    U.S. Rescues Officer from Downed Fighter Jet in Iran
    U.S. Rescues Officer from Downed Fighter Jet in Iran (nytimes.com)
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    'Everyone now kind of sounds the same': How AI is changing college classes
    'Everyone now kind of sounds the same': How AI is changing college classes (cnn.com)
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    In Hungary, the First Post-Reality Political Campaign
    In Hungary, the First Post-Reality Political Campaign (theatlantic.com)
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    An AI bot invited me to its party in Manchester. It was a pretty good night
    An AI bot invited me to its party in Manchester. It was a pretty good night (theguardian.com)
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    Simpson's paradox demonstrates how counterintuitive statistics can be
    Simpson's paradox demonstrates how counterintuitive statistics can be (scientificamerican.com)
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    Spain has the biggest concentration of greenhouses
    Spain has the biggest concentration of greenhouses (theguardian.com)
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    I Give Up on Neovim (bittich.be)
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    What Teens Are Doing with Role-Playing Chatbots
    What Teens Are Doing with Role-Playing Chatbots (nytimes.com)
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    High meat consumption linked to lower dementia risk in genetic risk group
    High meat consumption linked to lower dementia risk in genetic risk group (news.ki.se)
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    Ask HN: Vibe Coding over Easter? (news.ycombinator.com)
  24. 24.
    Show HN: White Border
    Show HN: White Border (awhiteborder.com)
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    LinkedIn scans for 6k Chrome extensions, collects data
    LinkedIn scans for 6k Chrome extensions, collects data (bleepingcomputer.com)
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    Skills to construct and read docs following the progressive exposure principle (news.ycombinator.com)
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    The SimCity Planning Commission Handbook (2024) (thomas-huehn.com)
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    Qwen 3.6 Free
    Qwen 3.6 Free (openrouter.ai)
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    AGI won't automate most jobs–because they're not worth the trouble
    AGI won't automate most jobs–because they're not worth the trouble (fortune.com)
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    How Plausible Is 'Project Hail Mary'? Astrophysicists Have Thoughts
    How Plausible Is 'Project Hail Mary'? Astrophysicists Have Thoughts (nytimes.com)