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3.11.26 | Tony Hoare has died, Meta acquires Moltbook, Yann LeCun raises $1B for physical-world AI

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 11, 2026.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Tony Hoare has died
(01:20) - Meta acquires Moltbook
(02:49) - Yann LeCun raises $1B to build AI that understands the physical world
(04:21) - Create value for others and don’t worry about the returns
(05:42) - Agents that run while I sleep
(07:17) - Debian decides not to decide on AI-generated contributions
(08:36) - Cloudflare crawl endpoint
(09:48) - U+237C ⍼ Is Azimuth
(11:02) - Universal vaccine against respiratory infections and allergens
(12:10) - RISC-V Is Sloooow
(13:30) - Outro

Tony Hoare has died
https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/03/tony-hoare-1934-2026.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47324054

Meta acquires Moltbook
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/meta-facebook-moltbook-agent-social-network
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47323900

Yann LeCun raises $1B to build AI that understands the physical world
https://www.wired.com/story/yann-lecun-raises-dollar1-billion-to-build-ai-that-understands-the-physical-world/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47320600

Create value for others and don’t worry about the returns
https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/03/11/running-69-agents.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47332074

Agents that run while I sleep
https://www.claudecodecamp.com/p/i-m-building-agents-that-run-while-i-sleep
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47327559

Debian decides not to decide on AI-generated contributions
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1061544/125f911834966dd0/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47324087

Cloudflare crawl endpoint
https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-03-10-br-crawl-endpoint/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47329557

U+237C ⍼ Is Azimuth
https://ionathan.ch/2026/02/16/angzarr.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47329605

Universal vaccine against respiratory infections and allergens
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/02/universal-vaccine.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47329608

RISC-V Is Sloooow
https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2026/03/10/risc-v-is-sloooow/
https://news.yco

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