2.10.26 | Discord mandates face scan or ID, Sky color explanation, $3.88 Walmart clock converted to ESP8266 Wi-Fi clock

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

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro
(00:17) - Why is the sky blue?
(01:21) - Converting a $3.88 analog clock from Walmart into a ESP8266-based Wi-Fi clock
(02:40) - Another GitHub outage in the same day
(03:43) - Frontier AI agents violate ethical constraints 30–50% of time, pressured by KPIs
(05:02) - Sandboxels
(06:03) - Hard-braking events as indicators of road segment crash risk
(07:12) - Discord Alternatives, Ranked
(08:14) - Rust implementation of Mistral's Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime runs in your browser
(09:17) - Outro

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945663

Why is the sky blue?
https://explainers.blog/posts/why-is-the-sky-blue/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46946401

Converting a $3.88 analog clock from Walmart into a ESP8266-based Wi-Fi clock
https://github.com/jim11662418/ESP8266_WiFi_Analog_Clock
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46947096

Another GitHub outage in the same day
https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/lcw3tg2f6zsd
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46949452

Frontier AI agents violate ethical constraints 30–50% of time, pressured by KPIs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20798
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46954920

Sandboxels
https://neal.fun/sandboxels/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46946308

Hard-braking events as indicators of road segment crash risk
https://research.google/blog/hard-braking-events-as-indicators-of-road-segment-crash-risk/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46947777

Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46937696

Discord Alternatives, Ranked
https://taggart-tech.com/discord-alternatives/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46949564

Rust implementation of Mistral's Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime runs in your browser
https://github.com/TrevorS/voxtral-mini-realtime-rs
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46954136

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 28, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Saving 100 terabyte...

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 27, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Nvidia agrees to ac...

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8.26.26 | Dolly Parton has died, Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra, Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 26, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - Dolly Parton has di...

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8.25.26 | Europe harming makers, Xiaomi's CPU performance, MS Paint and Photos watermarking

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 25, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - How Europe is killi...

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8.24.26 | Reading to improve writing, Python thinking, Texas student's AI hack whistleblower

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8.23.26 | Canada matches US tariffs, Scrap from 2006, ElevenLabs TwelveLabs ThirteenLabs

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 23, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - Canada will match U...

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8.22.26 | Kagi adds setting for paywalled links, citizen faces felony charges for deleting phone data at US Border, Felony Bench

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 22, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - Kagi added a settin...

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8.21.26 | Aaron Swartz prosecution, AliExpress WebAudio fingerprinting, HTML capabilities

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 21, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Aaron Swartz was pr...

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