Episode Details

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 16, 2026.

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

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:18) - I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis
• (02:06) - Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better
• (03:14) - Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California
• (04:30) - A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10
• (06:25) - SQL patterns I use to catch transaction fraud
• (07:35) - The sigmoids won't save you
• (08:52) - Image-blaster: Creates 3D environments, SFX, and meshes from a single image
• (10:07) - Frontier AI has broken the open CTF format
• (11:49) - The main thing about P2P meth is that there's so much of it (2021)
• (13:11) - The bird eye was pushed to an evolutionary extreme
• (14:38) - Outro

I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis
https://twitter.com/mitchellh/status/2055380239711457578
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48153379

Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better
https://www.gutenberg.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150431

Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/05/bill-to-keep-online-games-playable-clears-key-hurdle-in-california/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152994

A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10
https://projectzero.google/2026/05/pixel-10-exploit.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148460

SQL patterns I use to catch transaction fraud
https://analytics.fixelsmith.com/posts/sql-fraud-patterns/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155212

The sigmoids won't save you
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-sigmoids-wont-save-you
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147021

Image-blaster: Creates 3D environments, SFX, and meshes from a single image
https://github.com/neilsonnn/image-blaster
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150069

Frontier AI has broken the open CTF format
https://kabir.au/blog/the-ctf-scene-is-dead
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157559

The main thing about P2P meth is that there's so much of it (2021)
https://dynomight.net/p2p-meth/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155324

The bird eye was pushed to an evolutionary extreme
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-bird-eye-was-pushed-to-an-evolutionary-extreme-20260513/
https://news.ycombinator