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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

scScript for Linux

Article URL: https://scapplications.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338428 Points: 24 # Comments: 10

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

GPT-5.6 Sol Pricing Cut by 50%

Article URL: https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5.6-sol Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49337602 Points: 253 # Comments: 135

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

Github has been down consistently over the last few months - does it make sense to switch to alternatives? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331033 Points: 214 # Comments: 132

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Incident with Github.com

Just got this message: "No server is currently available to service your request. Sorry about that. Please try refreshing and contact us if the problem persists."Edit: at the time of posting there was not an incident on githubstatus.com. Now there is. https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0…

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Markets

The Guardian Aug 17, 2026

China’s economy showing signs that slowdown may be extending

Industrial output and retail sales slump in July after one of the country’s weakest quarterly growth rates everChina’s economy is showing signs of extending a slowdown with a slump in industrial output and retail sales in July, adding to pressure on Beijing to intervene with measures to support act…

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The Guardian Aug 17, 2026

Taylor demands Albanese repeal ‘cruel tax’ in return for NDIS bill support

Coalition leader tells Anthony Albanese that delaying change to budget measure is ‘unconscionable’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngus Taylor says the Coalition will only support the Albanese government’s proposed overhaul of the NDIS if it first removes the “widow tax” …

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Market Movers - NYSE/Nasdaq Aug 17, 2026

NASDAQ Market Movers — Top 5 Winners & Losers

WinnersLosers
HTFL $42.08 +35.70% UCTT $84.93 -8.59%
AAOI $150.28 +15.53% DUOL $132.83 -7.82%
WING $126.12 +10.73% XE $20.98 -7.72%
MXL $84.84 +10.68% WIX $74.13 -7.41%
VERA $31.63 +9.48% MNDY $87.52 -7.18%
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Market Movers - NYSE/Nasdaq Aug 17, 2026

NYSE Market Movers — Top 5 Winners & Losers

WinnersLosers
RDDT $178.09 +12.63% BLSH $24.39 -11.24%
STDN $13.31 +10.09% VIK $97.99 -7.65%
NU $15.23 +9.33% ASAN $9.14 -7.40%
EROC $16.72 +6.77% HUBS $224.14 -6.81%
AMR $166.05 +6.72% DOCS $24.80 -6.73%
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Federal Register - SEC Trading/Tokenization Aug 17, 2026

The Trade-Through Rule and Locked and Crossed Markets Provisions of Regulation NMS

[Filed 2026-06-17] The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission" or "SEC") is proposing amendments to Regulation NMS ("Regulation NMS") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"). The proposed amendments would rescind the trade-through rule for NMS stocks, the provision regarding locking and cr…

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Federal Register - SEC Trading/Tokenization Aug 17, 2026

Financial Data Transparency Act Joint Data Standards

[Filed 2026-06-25] The OCC, Board, FDIC, NCUA, CFPB, FHFA, CFTC, SEC, and Treasury are publishing a final joint rule to establish data standards to promote interoperability of financial regulatory data across these agencies. The standards established pursuant to this joint rule will later be considered for potential …

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Federal Register - SEC Trading/Tokenization Aug 17, 2026

Application of the Federal Securities Laws to Certain Types of Crypto Assets and Certain Transactions Involving Crypto Assets

[Filed 2026-03-23] The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission" or "SEC") issues herein an interpretation regarding the application of the Federal securities laws to certain types of crypto assets and certain transactions involving crypto assets. The references in this release to "we" and "our" are to the Com…

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The Guardian Aug 17, 2026

Ralph Carr in ‘living hell’ after being convicted of rape, Victorian court hears

Lawyer for the entertainment industry and AFL figure says his career is ‘destroyed’ following convictionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEntertainment industry and AFL figure Ralph Carr says he is in “living hell” and h…

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Repair Cafe – Fix Your Broken Items

Article URL: https://www.repaircafe.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339097 Points: 57 # Comments: 9

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

Article URL: https://timmarinin.net/2026/bluesky-screenshots/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338459 Points: 331 # Comments: 236

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full

Article URL: https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_shareware_cd/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338328 Points: 223 # Comments: 100

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Fairphone 6 and PostmarketOS working main camera

Article URL: https://catcrafts.net/posts/fairphone-6-postmarketos-working-main-camera Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338285 Points: 114 # Comments: 28

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

Article URL: https://www.rickmanelius.com/p/aidr-ai-didnt-read Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336573 Points: 711 # Comments: 454

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

An update on leaving Gmail for Fastmail

Article URL: https://moddedbear.com/an-update-on-leaving-gmail-for-fastmail/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334409 Points: 158 # Comments: 109

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Buy Your Friends Batteries

Article URL: https://domenkozar.com/2026/08/17/buy-your-friends-batteries/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49333932 Points: 3 # Comments: 2

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The Guardian Aug 17, 2026

Virgin Trains a step closer to running services to Europe in blow to Eurostar

Operator granted UK track access for as many as 20 daily return trains to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam from 2030Business live – latest updatesVirgin Trains has been granted track access by the rail regulator to enable it to run services between London and Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam from 2030, i…

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Sun Clock

Article URL: https://sunclock.net/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49333824 Points: 196 # Comments: 63

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The Guardian Aug 17, 2026

European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves

Vegetable and grain growers call for urgent action, warning of ‘catastrophic’ harvests due to continent-wide droughtSuccessive intense heatwaves and an increasingly severe, continent-wide drought have left many of Europe’s farmers in an “unprecedented” crisis, with vegetable and grain growers in pa…

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Launch HN: Speko (YC S26) – OpenRouter for Voice AI

Hi HN! I'm Bek, founder of Speko, a platform that finds an optimal combination of speech-to-text, LLM, and text-to-speech models, given your constraints, among all our public benchmarked options, and tells you why.Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no2LY2gRh-cTypical production voice agent is an…

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The Guardian Aug 17, 2026

Why rightwing critics are wrong to say the Australian super system is broken

Spending on aged pension will be stable for decades to come, experts argue, despite claims by Bragg and HansonGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIs Australia’s superannuation system “one of the biggest policy failures since federation”? Is “the whole system broken”?Australia…

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

The only known trebuchet casualty in history

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/meet-the-only-known-trebuchet-casualty-in-history/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331555 Points: 33 # Comments: 12

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Show HN: Saggar, a Mac terminal that keeps sessions and your attention organized

Hi HN, like many of you talented folk, I’ve been building more, faster than ever. I built Saggar after my terminal stopped feeling like a tool and started feeling like a tab-management problem. Let me know you think! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331551 Points: 13 # Comments:…

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

How to put 170 atoms in an atom

Article URL: https://signoregalilei.com/2026/08/02/how-to-put-170-atoms-in-an-atom/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331474 Points: 46 # Comments: 5

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Show HN: Learn Flags Quiz

Article URL: https://flagquizzes.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331288 Points: 17 # Comments: 7

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

How to disable or avoid intrusive AI

Article URL: https://www.librarian.net/notoai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331220 Points: 90 # Comments: 33

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

How to ship a database every day

Article URL: https://turbopuffer.com/blog/control-plane Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330978 Points: 34 # Comments: 2

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

A Preview of DuckDB v2.0

Article URL: https://duckdb.org/2026/08/17/duckdb-20-highlights Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330781 Points: 248 # Comments: 33

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Speeding Up the Plush Garbage Collector

Article URL: https://pointersgonewild.com/2026-08-17-speeding-up-the-plush-garbage-collector/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330246 Points: 9 # Comments: 0

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Show HN: Sokoban AI Solver

Article URL: https://mkornreich.me/projects/sokoban/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330215 Points: 43 # Comments: 31

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The Guardian Aug 17, 2026

Temperatures to fall across Europe as substantial rain heading for parts of UK

Temperatures could drop by more than 15C compared with last Thursday as cold front moves inRelief from the unrelenting heat is finally arriving this week across western Europe, with more unsettled conditions bringing the chance of rain. Temperatures are expected to fall back towards the seasonal no…

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Mexico crackdown on coastal development

Article URL: https://yucatanmagazine.com/mexico-crackdown-on-coastal-development/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49329583 Points: 77 # Comments: 16

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The Guardian Aug 17, 2026

Australian politics live: Labor pledges new ‘opt-out register’ for gambling ads; Hill says using super to buy a home gets ‘gold medal for stupidest policy’

Anika Wells has also confirmed Labor will clamp down on inducements and inducement advertising. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHume says housing the ‘best indicator of economic security’ in retirement over superThe deputy Liberal leader, Jane Hume…

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

AGI-64 Brings Sierra Adventures to the Commodore 64

Article URL: https://meanhamster.com/news/agi-64-brings-sierra-adventures-to-the-commodore-64 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49325714 Points: 37 # Comments: 4

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

Rhombus 1.1 is now available

Article URL: https://blog.racket-lang.org/2026/08/rhombus-v1.1.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49325384 Points: 38 # Comments: 13

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Hacker News Aug 17, 2026

The Life and Death of Direct File [pdf]

Article URL: https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/vinton_report_5.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49325185 Points: 132 # Comments: 54

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The Guardian Aug 17, 2026

Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo now deadliest in country’s history

At least 2,325 people have been killed, according to government data, surpassing the death toll from 2018-20 outbreakThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the deadliest in the country’s history with at least 2,325 people killed, according to government data, surpassing the t…

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