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9.18.26 | Hister private search engine, Fujitsu's FUJITSU-MONAKA CPU, Astra for Law

Episode 605 Published 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Description
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 18, 2026.

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

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:16) - Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep
  • (01:24) - Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA
  • (02:54) - Astra for Law
  • (04:22) - Bend – A language that blocks AI mistakes via proof, on CPU and GPU
  • (05:37) - Bonsai 2 27B: Near-Lossless Compression in a 9x Smaller Footprint
  • (06:56) - Wax motor
  • (08:10) - A heap overflow and SSO misconfiguration to compromise OpenAI internal repos
  • (09:36) - Why I didn’t sign the Fields medallists’ letter
  • (11:19) - Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash
  • (12:40) - How to Write with an LLM
  • (14:04) - Outro

Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep
https://github.com/asciimoo/hister
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743097

Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA
https://global.fujitsu/en-global/pr/news/2026/09/14-02
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49715813

Astra for Law
https://openai.com/index/astra-for-law/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49745940

Bend – A language that blocks AI mistakes via proof, on CPU and GPU
https://bend-lang.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746163

Bonsai 2 27B: Near-Lossless Compression in a 9x Smaller Footprint
https://prismml.com/news/bonsai-2-27b
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746618

Wax motor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax_motor
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49726007

A heap overflow and SSO misconfiguration to compromise OpenAI internal repos
https://www.hacktron.ai/blog/hacking-openai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749656

Why I didn’t sign the Fields medallists’ letter
https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/why-i-didnt-sign-the-fields-medallists-letter/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738091

Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8-omni-flash
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747925

How to Write with an LLM
https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/09/17/how-to-write-with-an-llm/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747070

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