Trending 2026-09-16: Hacker News, Reddit, Google Trends

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Hacker News

50 items
  1. 1
    Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera
    437 points · 208 comments
  2. 2
    Vectorized and performance-portable Quicksort (2022)
    160 points · 25 comments
  3. 3
    Training Text-to-Image Models 3.6× Faster
    24 points · 1 comments
  4. 4
    WalShadow: Sub-second Postgres replication to ClickHouse from physical WAL
    33 points · 5 comments
  5. 5
    Anecdotally, programmers dislike "reduce"
    70 points · 123 comments
  6. 6
    Performance Improvements in .NET 11
    118 points · 20 comments
  7. 7
    Reversing Factorio's RNG
    108 points · 11 comments
  8. 8
    Mistral X Mozilla: Private, Multilingual AI Browsing
    515 points · 182 comments
  9. 9
    Accurate Models of AMD Matrix Cores
    49 points · 6 comments
  10. 10
    Anatomy of a Texture
    68 points · 12 comments
  11. 11
    The engineering behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve
    38 points · 3 comments
  12. 12
    Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
    2043 points · 236 comments
  13. 13
    Australia says it could follow Canada in forging deeper ties with EU
    27 points · 2 comments
  14. 14
    How good are frontier models at physics?
    58 points · 25 comments
  15. 15
    Dream-RSI: Recursive Self-Improvement through Evolving Worlds
    176 points · 49 comments
  16. 16
    OpenSpec – A lightweight and configurable AI spec framework
    15 points · 1 comments
  17. 17
    Japan's book scene is moving from bookstores to libraries
    68 points · 25 comments
  18. 18
    Reverse-engineered Jev-like model
    46 points · 7 comments
  19. 19
    AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran
    166 points · 137 comments
  20. 20
    Backups Aren't Simple
    28 points · 9 comments
  21. 21
    Small programming tricks
    352 points · 173 comments
  22. 22
    Xiaomi Mimo 2.6 live post-training dashboard
    188 points · 51 comments
  23. 23
    Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust
    94 points · 36 comments
  24. 24
    Breaking the 1.58-bit Barrier for Ternary LLMs
    101 points · 8 comments
  25. 25
    Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres
    334 points · 64 comments
  26. 26
    Why Does the Universe Expand?
    9 points · 1 comments
  27. 27
    Destroy After Reading: photocopiers,cheap paper and DIY gave metal it's look
    5 points · 0 comments
  28. 28
    I replaced my brown-noise browser tab with a menu bar app
    8 points · 0 comments
  29. 29
    The DeepMind Institute
    120 points · 41 comments
  30. 30
    macOS 27 Golden Gate – Review
    87 points · 91 comments
  31. 31
    Tell the speakers that you liked their talks
    260 points · 73 comments
  32. 32
    The Siberian Ice Maiden and the Scythian World
    44 points · 4 comments
  33. 33
    Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hardcoded creds
    21 points · 2 comments
  34. 34
    A warning about 'model welfare'
    174 points · 464 comments
  35. 35
    Show HN: Restarted – a 2026 remake of the classic 2015 startup generator
    13 points · 3 comments
  36. 36
    Show HN: AttaLambda: a language where types and data are made of untyped lambdas
    28 points · 0 comments
  37. 37
    Kyber (YC W23) Is Hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer
    1 points · 0 comments
  38. 38
    How big are factorials?
    70 points · 30 comments
  39. 39
    Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude
    173 points · 182 comments
  40. 40
    Randomized query complexity can beat certificate complexity
    3 points · 0 comments
  41. 41
    Tell HN: An inside view of Montana's new biotech law
    26 points · 5 comments
  42. 42
    Why a fast-growing German AI startup is moving its parent company from the US
    37 points · 12 comments
  43. 43
    The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week
    326 points · 314 comments
  44. 44
    Learning Programming in an Age of LLMs
    218 points · 167 comments
  45. 45
    A coffee shop owner used AI to make a menu poster. Then came the angry DMs
    40 points · 111 comments
  46. 46
    ER visits for gambling disorders doubled after expanded online gambling market
    127 points · 108 comments
  47. 47
    Show HN: How Stale Is Your AI? Release age and training cutoff for 20 models
    64 points · 42 comments
  48. 48
    Can we stop with the uptime percentages?
    112 points · 93 comments
  49. 49
    Data Broker Radaris Loses Domains in Privacy Fight
    5 points · 1 comments
  50. 50
    Barndoor acquires Diaphora, creators of open-source workflow runtime Frags
    5 points · 0 comments

Reddit

50 items
  1. 1
    Tucker Carlson claims Trump gave direct order for Epstein files ‘cover up’r/politics
  2. 2
    North Texas Station out of Diesel.
    r/mildlyinfuriating
  3. 3
    This is factsr/SipsTea
  4. 4
    Labor for thee, not for me
    r/BikiniBottomTwitter
  5. 5
    Trump Supporters Say We Have “Zero Empathy” for American Farmers
    r/LeopardsAteMyFarm
  6. 6
    Macklemore pledges his $1m Ed Sheeran tour salary to Palestiner/news
  7. 7
    Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World Season 4 • Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 4 - Episode 17 discussionr/anime
  8. 8
    They really believe he’s gonna send anyone a single penny 😂
    r/stupidpeoplefacebook
  9. 9
    Don't be silentr/comics
  10. 10
    54 year old live streamer claims I made thousands of dollars by posting him on this subreddit yestarday. Labels me a thief and calls for my arrest.r/LivestreamFail
  11. 11
    Lena Dunham has welcomed her first child with husband Luis Felber via Surrogater/popculturechat
  12. 12
    That didn’t go as planned. Poor girl.
    r/WatchPeopleDieInside
  13. 13
    Canada invited to become EU’s first ‘associate member’ as Trump trade war intensifiesr/worldnews
  14. 14
    Oh, yeah!
    r/DangerousNightsCrew
  15. 15
    Thousands of Ed Sheeran Tickets Remain Unsold for Singer's Tour, With Prices Down to $65 Onliner/Music
  16. 16
    I'd like to give away a *free* LED Slipmat Prototype if anyone is interestedr/vinyl
  17. 17
    My GF got me arrested by accident.r/BoyDinnerDiaries
  18. 18
    Macklemore releases new statement saying his earnings from Ed Sheeran’s The Loop Tour will be donated to Palestinian organisationsr/Fauxmoi
  19. 19
    Hey, look! Another reason to hate cops!r/dashcams
  20. 20
    She was simply too cool for any of these guys.r/TikTokDiscuss
  21. 21
    Casually smoking crack by the police station
    r/mildlyinfuriating
  22. 22
    NBC news helicopter crashes during live shot of bus crash in Los Angeles.
    r/interestingasfuck
  23. 23
    What 9/11 fact should people be more aware of?r/AskReddit
  24. 24
    Titler/videogames
  25. 25
    Macklemore says he will donate $1 million of his net earnings from Ed Sheeran's "LOOP Tour" to six organizations supporting the Palestinian-peopler/Music
  26. 26
    Once the cop heard dash cam he knew he messed upr/dashcams
  27. 27
    Evolutionsr/memes
  28. 28
    New statement from Macklemorer/fantanoforever
  29. 29
    Please! Someone! (oc)r/comics
  30. 30
    meirlr/meirl
  31. 31
    Surgeons should start saying “no”r/SipsTea
  32. 32
    Oh heck yes. Can’t wait for blanket cloak season!
    r/justgalsbeingchicks
  33. 33
    Ah yes, he left the Superman role of the massive DCEU franchise because of his principles and not because the franchise itself collapsed.r/okbuddycinephile
  34. 34
    Is it?r/SipsTea
  35. 35
    A Chinese company demonstrated its new solar panel-cleaning drone by washing a dog.
    r/Damnthatsinteresting
  36. 36
    A donated EVGA RTX 2080 arrives for our gaming project in Yemenr/pcmasterrace
  37. 37
    Ran into an ex and she had an interesting story for me.r/BoyDinnerDiaries
  38. 38
    The start of the Max vs 100 racer/formula1
  39. 39
    House Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth Impeachment - Republicans are sending members of Congress home early to avoid a vote on the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.r/politics
  40. 40
    your ex sends you this. your 4th emoji is your reaction.r/funComunitty
  41. 41
    Spain’s minister accidentally poured water into a cup holder instead of a glass and couldn’t stop laughing about it.
    r/interestingasfuck
  42. 42
    The U.S. Geological Survey shows what visitors leave behind in Yellowstone National Park
    r/Damnthatsinteresting
  43. 43
    What should I name herr/NameThisThing
  44. 44
    This New Jersey man flies drones every night to find lost pets for free. He’s already reunited over 122 familiesr/BeAmazed
  45. 45
    My left eyebrow and lashes turned white.
    r/mildlyinteresting
  46. 46
    Imagine you are Ed Sheeran’s PR and you’ve just watched all his opening and supporting acts drop out. What do you do now?r/AskReddit
  47. 47
    why tf does banner need 7 PhDs? what are they even in?r/Marvel
  48. 48
    TIL that there are millions to hundreds of millions of Giant Squid (Architeuthis Dux) living in Earth's Oceans. We know this because of the sheer amount of Giant Squid found in the stomachs of Sperm Whales requires a breeding population to be at least that large to have reproductive sustainability.r/todayilearned
  49. 49
    Ed Sheeran branded ‘coward’ as treasure trove of receipts resurfaces after response to Macklemorer/Music
  50. 50
    Trump’s “completely packed arena” during his speech at the midterms (OC)r/pics

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