Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 2, 2026.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:17) - Ti-84 Evo
  • (01:39) - New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming
  • (02:58) - Ask.com has closed
  • (04:13) - Why does it take so long to release black fan versions?
  • (05:10) - Artemis II Photo Timeline
  • (06:16) - Apocalypse Early Warning System
  • (07:32) - I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
  • (08:47) - Lib0xc: A set of C standard library-adjacent APIs for safer systems programming
  • (10:13) - Eka’s robotic claw feels like we're approaching a ChatGPT moment
  • (11:35) - A report on burnout in open source software communities (2025) [pdf]
  • (12:46) - Outro

Ti-84 Evo
https://education.ti.com/en/products/calculators/graphing-calculators/ti-84-evo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47979583

New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/its-possible-to-learn-in-our-sleep-should-we
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47977748

Ask.com has closed
https://www.ask.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47983226

Why does it take so long to release black fan versions?
https://www.noctua.at/en/expertise/blog/how-can-it-take-so-long-to-release-black-fan-versions
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47983352

Artemis II Photo Timeline
https://artemistimeline.com/#artemis-ii-walkout-nhq202604010003
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47954394

Apocalypse Early Warning System
https://ews.kylemcdonald.net/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47976566

I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47975676

Lib0xc: A set of C standard library-adjacent APIs for safer systems programming
https://github.com/microsoft/lib0xc
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47978834

Eka’s robotic claw feels like we're approaching a ChatGPT moment
https://www.wired.com/story/when-robots-have-their-chatgpt-moment-remember-these-pincers/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47955789

A report on burnout in open source software communities (2025) [pdf]
https://mirandaheath.website/static/oss_burnout_report_mh_25.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47981669

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Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.