{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"8.30.26 | Tether enables messaging on Linux, EVE Online transitions to Python 3, lawmakers fund Flock cameras with car insurance increase","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0718ed9b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":823,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 30, 2026.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nTether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux\nhttps://zackbartel.com/blog/2026/08/tether/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49415386\nEVE Online moves to Python 3\nhttps://www.eveonline.com/news/view/the-move-to-python-3-begins\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49433328\nLawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras\nhttps://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/28/texas-flock-cameras-auto-insurance-fee-mvcpa-grants/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494182\nCalifornia lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law\nhttps://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempt\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49495372\nHy4 preview\nhttps://www.tencent.com/tencent-releases-and-open-sources-tencent-hy4-preview/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49492632\nGlacier Mice\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_mice\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424320\nBug Blindness\nhttps://danluu.com/bug-blind/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494520\nSQLite as a Document Database (2020)\nhttps://dgl.cx/2020/06/sqlite-json-support\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49426995\nNancy Grace Roman Space Telescope\nhttps://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490870\nRISC-V is now officially supported by CPython\nhttps://blog.python.org/2026/08/riscv-now-officially-supported/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49425252","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4nmCVUJ5pUFbIsTy4mvxtFFdN3d3RgMGSU08kiDg2ac/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NWYy/MGY3NDk0MDRhZjdh/MzljNmM4MTE4YzU0/MDNlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}