{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"5.14.26 | Linux gaming speeds up, free *.city.state.us domains in 2025, twin brothers erase 96 government databases","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/af88545a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":853,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 14, 2026.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nLinux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features\nhttps://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gaming-is-getting-faster-because-windows-apis-are-becoming-linux-kernel-features/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087887\nSetting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)\nhttps://fredchan.org/blog/locality-domains-guide/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48122635\nTwin brothers wipe 96 government databases minutes after being fired\nhttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/drop-database-what-not-to-do-after-losing-an-it-job/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48115438\nA History of IDEs at Google\nhttps://laurent.le-brun.eu/blog/a-history-of-ides-at-google\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48073979\nPrinceton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent\nhttps://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026/05/princeton-news-adpol-proctoring-in-person-examinations-passed-faculty-133-years-precedent\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48126848\nThe Emacsification of Software\nhttps://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/05/12/emacsification/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118727\nClaude for Small Business\nhttps://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-for-small-business\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48130950\nScorched Earth 2000 – Web\nhttp://www.scorch2000.com/web/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48129694\nReverting the incremental GC in Python 3.14 and 3.15\nhttps://discuss.python.org/t/reverting-the-incremental-gc-in-python-3-14-and-3-15/107014\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48077924\nMacBook Neo Deep Dive: Benchmarks, Wafer Economics, and the 8GB Gamble\nhttps://www.jdhodges.com/blog/macbook-neo-benchmarks-analysis/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48125617","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}