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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 16, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:21) - I’m joining OpenAI (01:26) - EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear (02:44) - Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest reveal the severity of U.S. surveillance state (03:51) - I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive? (04:52) - Modern CSS Code Snippets: Stop writing CSS like it's 2015 (06:06) - LT6502: A 6502-based homebrew laptop (07:06) - Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championship (08:17) - Editor's Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations (09:30) - Gwtar: A static efficient single-file HTML format (10:46) - Audio is the one area small labs are winning (11:49) - Outro I’m joining OpenAIhttps://steipete.me/posts/2026/openclawhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47028013EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwearhttps://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-eu-rules-stop-destruction-unsold-clothes-and-shoes-2026-02-09_enhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025378Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest reveal the severity of U.S. surveillance statehttps://greenwald.substack.com/p/amazons-ring-and-googles-nest-unwittinglyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47023238I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?https://mastodon.world/@knowmadd/116072773118828295https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47031580Modern CSS Code Snippets: Stop writing CSS like it's 2015https://modern-css.comhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025851LT6502: A 6502-based homebrew laptophttps://github.com/TechPaula/LT6502https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025399Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championshiphttps://www.fide.com/magnus-carlsen-wins-2026-fide-freestyle-world-championship/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47028227Editor's Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotationshttps://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47026071Gwtar: A static efficient single-file HTML formathttps://gwern.net/gwtarhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024506Audio is the one area small labs are winninghttps://www.amplifypartners.com/blog-posts/arming-the-rebels-with-gpus-gradium-kyutai-and-audio-aihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46999285 What is Hacker News Highlights? Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.