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April 30, 2026

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Where the goblins came from (354 pts, 162 comments)

hacker-news HN 354pts

Craig Venter has died (185 pts, 33 comments)

hacker-news HN 185pts

Alignment whack-a-mole: Finetuning activates recall of copyrighted books in LLMs (83 pts, 45 comments)

hacker-news HN 83pts

Zed 1.0 (1715 pts, 554 comments)

hacker-news HN 1715pts

Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans (84 pts, 16 comments)

hacker-news HN 84pts

The Zig project's rationale for their firm anti-AI contribution policy (119 pts, 41 comments)

hacker-news HN 119pts