Daily News Digest — Night Update

Night update, generated 2026-09-12.

14 new stories since Lunch.

Fuck it, make it anyway

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 489 points, 479 comments (discussion)

Look, folks. I'm an old man and pretty much out of the workforce at this point in my life. But what I see in these comments day, after day is rather pitiful. As your Uncle John, I'm going to give you a lecture: From the article: >I can’t really blame anyone who’s just gone along with things Whst ...

We must pace the frontier

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 316 points, 420 comments (discussion)

I like the idea of pacing the frontier, but while we’re talking about restrictions, I like restrictions of another sort more. Namely, restricting the use of AI in corporate environments so that it does not destroy the economy as it advances. The chance of getting broad agreement on “pacing” is fairl...

I made a build visualizer to understand Bun's compile times

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 24 points, 8 comments (discussion)

How Trail of Bits helps verify the integrity of Signal chats

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 13 points, 6 comments (discussion)

Linux Zoom Client Proactively Reads X11 Clipboard

Sources: Lobsters

LG Responds to TV Spying Allegations

Sources: Slashdot

Nvidia's Groq acquihire is on the DOJ's radar, but it's already too late

Sources: The Register

This Mac Is Open Source Hardware

Sources: Hackaday

IKEA made a mod for Skyrim [video]

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 480 points, 122 comments (discussion)

Scientists Create a New Form of Ice At 2,357 Degrees Celsius

Sources: Slashdot

Supercon is Nigh!

Sources: Hackaday

Base84 deserves a place in file names

Sources: Lobsters

Navier-Stokes Announcement

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 263 points, 208 comments (discussion)

Their rules PDF says they won't accept any solution until at least two years after publication in a qualifying outlet. This allows time for the mathematical community to review and accept new results. As the OpenAI proof hasn't been officially published yet, the clock hasn't started ticking.

Nvidia is the central bank of AI

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 221 points, 167 comments (discussion)

> worth around $5.4trn Note that the Fed has a $6.7tn balance sheet [1]. (This is a silly comparison. But still fun.) The real comparison: Nvidia's $500+ billion of investments and commitments [2] is substantially more than any easing the Fed has done in the same time [3]. Monetarily, Nvidia is crea...