10.4.26 | Bob Cringely obituary, budget caps for everything, Valve's Timur Kristóf improves AMD GPUs on Linux

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 4, 2026.

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

(00:00) - Intro
(00:16) - Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died
(01:18) - We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything
(02:42) - The work by Valve's Timur Kristóf on improving old AMD GPUs on Linux
(04:16) - Hole Punch: Sling your spaceship around gravitational fields
(05:08) - So you think you could be an electrician?
(06:25) - I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken
(07:48) - Treachery in the Rodin Museum 3D scan verdict
(09:11) - Celebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney donated to him as a teenager
(10:30) - Agents don't need memory, they need documentation
(11:47) - FTL: A new operating system for clouds
(12:54) - Outro

Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49949438

We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/default-hard-budget-caps/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49949235

The work by Valve's Timur Kristóf on improving old AMD GPUs on Linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDC-2026-Valve-Timur-AMDGPU
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49946895

Hole Punch: Sling your spaceship around gravitational fields
https://notoriousbfg.com/hole-punch/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49946393

So you think you could be an electrician?
https://asteriskmag.com/issues/15/so-you-think-you-could-be-an-electrician
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49910462

I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/openai-safety-team-resignation/688881/?gift=v5U_UzUTothfWXsPxtvNVAh7esWToMRD6XnbXmc5WgA
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49944227

Treachery in the Rodin Museum 3D scan verdict
https://cosmowenman.substack.com/p/rodin-museum-3d-scan-verdict
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49946355

Celebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney donated to him as a teenager
https://www.whec.com/top-news/webster-man-celebrating-the-100th-birthday-of-the-kidney-his-mom-donated-to-him-as-a-teenager/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49923873

Agents don't need memory, they need documentation
https://liao.gg/blog/agents-dont-need-memory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49945933

FTL: A new operating system for clouds
https://ftl-os.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49944912

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