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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 26, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025) (01:38) - Never buy a .online domain (03:19) - Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules (05:00) - Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer (06:06) - Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective (07:37) - Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown (08:32) - Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance (09:47) - Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMs (11:19) - RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs (12:50) - The Om Programming Language (14:04) - Outro Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)https://therecord.media/denmark-digital-agency-microsoft-digital-independencehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47149701Never buy a .online domainhttps://www.0xsid.com/blog/online-tld-is-painhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47151233Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the ruleshttps://trufflesecurity.com/blog/google-api-keys-werent-secrets-but-then-gemini-changed-the-ruleshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47156925Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineerhttps://spectrum.ieee.org/jimi-hendrix-systems-engineerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157224Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effectivehttps://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-united-states-needs-fewer-bus-stops/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47153798Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdownhttps://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/01/21/notepad-and-paint-updates-begin-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47154399Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillancehttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/tech-companies-shouldnt-be-bullied-doing-surveillancehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160226Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMshttps://simonlermen.substack.com/p/large-scale-online-deanonymizationhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139716RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCshttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/ram-now-represents-35-percent-of-bill-of-materials-for-hp-pcs/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161160The Om Programming Languagehttps://www.om-language.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47154971 What is Hacker News Highlights? Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.