HN Top 10 — August 30, 2026
Today’s Top 10 on Hacker News
1. Longest Straight Line Paths on Water or Land on the Earth (2018)
⭐ 59 💬 13 👤 joebig 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Longest Straight Line Paths on Water or Land on the Earth (2018)” on Hacker News. Submitted by joebig. Links to content on arxiv.org.
2. Arbitrary code execution in QubesOS via copy-to-VM error reporting backchannel
⭐ 35 💬 8 👤 vntok 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Arbitrary code execution in QubesOS via copy-to-VM error reporting backchannel” on Hacker News. Submitted by vntok. Links to content on qubes-os.org.
3. Spark: Sparklines in your shell
⭐ 14 💬 1 👤 hskimse 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Spark: Sparklines in your shell” on Hacker News. Submitted by hskimse. Links to content on git.zx2c4.com.
4. Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
⭐ 74 💬 36 👤 defrost 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private” on Hacker News. Submitted by defrost. Links to content on theregister.com.
5. Everyone Should Build Their Own Network Stack
⭐ 8 💬 1 👤 uneven9434 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Everyone Should Build Their Own Network Stack” on Hacker News. Submitted by uneven9434. Links to content on blog.lyc8503.net.
6. RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython
⭐ 179 💬 37 👤 lumpa 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython” on Hacker News. Submitted by lumpa. Links to content on blog.python.org.
7. Xcena and Samsung’s Near Memory Compute CXL Device
⭐ 14 💬 1 👤 klelatti 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Xcena and Samsung’s Near Memory Compute CXL Device” on Hacker News. Submitted by klelatti. Links to content on chipsandcheese.com.
8. Hy4 preview
⭐ 312 💬 191 👤 shenli3514 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Hy4 preview” on Hacker News. Submitted by shenli3514. Links to content on tencent.com.
9. FreeCORE TrueNAS Core – Continued
⭐ 106 💬 62 👤 sashk 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “FreeCORE TrueNAS Core – Continued” on Hacker News. Submitted by sashk. Links to content on freecore.org.
10. California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law
⭐ 317 💬 138 👤 shscs911 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law” on Hacker News. Submitted by shscs911. Links to content on tomshardware.com.