10.16.26 | Muse Spark Open, Clean neural networks, Skeuomorphic Wayland Linux desktop

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 16, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - Muse Spark Open

(01:24) - Neural networks are clean

(02:50) - Wayland desktop for Linux with skeuomorphic design

(03:48) - What I self-host

(05:12) - Jev meets the Trolley Problem

(06:13) - Someone on Torrent Sites Kept Fucking with My Sonarr

(07:19) - Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting 'thank-you gifts' from birds [video]

(08:07) - Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites: experts

(09:13) - New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syncing

(10:19) - Outro

Muse Spark Open https://research.meta.ai/blog/muse-spark-open https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50107379Neural networks are clean https://already-clean.goodfire.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50105647 Wayland desktop for Linux with skeuomorphic design https://github.com/fyzugx/DEsk https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50103338 What I self-host https://viceconsole.fyi/blog/2026/10/10/what-i-self-host/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50109715 Jev meets the Trolley Problem https://zachlandes.com/trolley-problem/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50106023 Someone on Torrent Sites Kept Fucking with My Sonarr https://thereallo.dev/blog/someone-on-torrent-sites-kept-fucking-with-my-sonarr-setup https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50108872 Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting 'thank-you gifts' from birds [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjNpfz4UzqU https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50065859 Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites: experts https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/metas-new-commercial-terms-will-allow-the-scraping-of-news-sites-legal-experts-say/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111852 New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syncing https://support.withings.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/51887047154577-Unacceptable-Apple-Health-Sync-is-now-behind-a-99-year-paywall-for-new-accounts https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50109375