10.12.26 | Passkeys are a trap, Total Annihilation modernized, LLM capability understanding gap widens

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 12, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:16) - Passkeys are a trap

(01:20) - Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers

(02:29) - The gap in shared understanding of LLM capability is widening

(03:47) - NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect

(04:50) - Fingerprints are the new cookies

(06:00) - Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]

(07:22) - Deloitte falsified documents to evade tax on Abramovich's wealth

(08:34) - So, you’d like to sell your print issues of The Onion?

(09:24) - Cartographers of North Korea (2019)

(10:18) - Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly?

(11:34) - Outro

Passkeys are a trap https://nonfunctional.substack.com/p/passkeys-are-a-trap-do-not-use-them https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50048312Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers https://nanolathe.gg https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50045984 The gap in shared understanding of LLM capability is widening https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/2109361546505966046 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50047422 NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect https://www.nyc.gov/main/click-to-cancel https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50045946 Fingerprints are the new cookies https://royfish.dev/fingerprints-are-the-new-cookies https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50048642 Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf] https://teorth.github.io/tao-web/slides/math-2-0-caltech-2026.pdf https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50043026 Deloitte falsified documents to evade tax on Abramovich's wealth https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c64g1l5389kvo https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50054207 So, you’d like to sell your print issues of The Onion? https://theonion.com/archivehunt/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50047055 Cartographers of North Korea (2019) https://cartographers-nk.wonyoung.so/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50047091 Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly? https://amosbbatto.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/linux-phones-alternative/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50051530