Top Hacker News Stories – September 28, 2026 (Summarized)

Recent discussions on Hacker News highlight significant developments in technology and research. Ember-1, a notable project, received 77 points and 26 comments, reflecting ongoing interest in space exploration. Meanwhile, a post titled "When did Google get so weird?" garnered 830 points and 442 comments, indicating widespread curiosity about Google's evolving corporate culture. Additionally, a study revealed that US pesticide products contain 485 chemicals linked to breast cancer, raising concerns about public health and regulatory oversight.

#10

The state of SIMD in Rust in 2026

102 pts, 21 comments

102 points · 21 comments · Add your take →

#11

TabPFN and TabICL vs. tuned XGBoost: the model that doesn't train won 14/14

12 pts, 5 comments

12 points · 5 comments · Add your take →

#12

Self-Hosting on the Dark Web

72 pts, 23 comments

72 points · 23 comments · Add your take →

#13

Don't couple your Go code to GitHub

13 pts, 4 comments

13 points · 4 comments · Add your take →

#14

Guitar amp and effects pedal built on the Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06

3 pts, 0 comments

3 points · 0 comments · Add your take →

#15

Deterministic Concurrency [video]

13 pts, 0 comments

13 points · 0 comments · Add your take →

#16

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Top Hacker News Stories – September 28, 2026 (Summarized)

Thinking Fast and Slow in AI: The Role of Metacognition

Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock

Ember-1

When did Google get so weird?

Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps (2025)

Was Silent Reading Unusual During Augustine's Time?

Alan Kay's answer to “Did the ENIAC have a BIOS”?

There is more to code review than (automatable) detection

Functional Mechanical Sympathy [video]

The state of SIMD in Rust in 2026

TabPFN and TabICL vs. tuned XGBoost: the model that doesn't train won 14/14

Self-Hosting on the Dark Web

Don't couple your Go code to GitHub

Guitar amp and effects pedal built on the Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06

Deterministic Concurrency [video]

Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi

Imp is a full port of DSPy to the BEAM

What I did at Recurse Center

In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life

Reading’s Bayeux Tapestry

Replacing the old battery on rechargeable bike lights

John Coltrane Centenary's – Impulse Records Release the Legendary Tiberi Tapes

Oral history of John Chowning, inventor of FM synthesis [video]

Writing Efficient C++ Code

Lunar Terminator Paradox

The Cartesian Hand: In-Hand Manipulation with All-Linear Fingers

A New Experiment Meta-Strategy

Fakecloud: Local AWS cloud emulator for integration tests

Video CDs Break Windows Explorer

Fragment of oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey

42x faster prompt lookup drafting in llama.cpp

Improving site performance by shipping more CSS

Packing Binary Is Fun

S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past

Self-parking car using genetic algorithm (2021)

As A.I. Makes Law Firms More Efficient, Clients Ask: 'Where's My Discount?'

TinyAIArena watch AI agents battle it out

Behold the pawpaw, the tropical 'alien banana' that grows right here in Canada

The Normalization of Inexplicable Failures

Fool's Expertise

C's Flexible Integer Sizes Were Not a Design Mistake

KICKI: a DECsystem1060

Calling the AI bluff: Adding "Do not guess" cut made-up claims from 71% to 20%

"They had no concept of a duty of care to their users."

Rusty thoughts on "Parse, don't validate"

Minecraft beat Minecraft after 2B years

Nissan's third generation e-POWER powertrain

Flip Fluid on Flip Dots

Luarocks.org remote code execution exploit

The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country

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