9.28.26 | Google's oddities, Nvidia stock worth a billion dollars, Ember-1

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 28, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - When did Google get so weird?

(01:38) - Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock

(02:59) - Ember-1

(04:30) - Show HN: Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi

(05:43) - Don't couple your Go code to GitHub

(07:11) - In an $80 motel room, a discovery to shed light on the origins of life

(08:24) - Self-Hosting on the Dark Web

(09:26) - Replacing the old battery on rechargeable bike lights

(10:33) - The state of SIMD in Rust in 2026

(11:58) - Writing Efficient C++ Code (2013)

(13:12) - Outro

When did Google get so weird? https://sancho.bearblog.dev/google-weird/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49870367Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock https://colo.to/nvidia-stock-narrative.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872723 Ember-1 https://fireworks.ai/blog/ember-1 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49868830 Show HN: Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi https://loficities.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49869574 Don't couple your Go code to GitHub https://iain.rocks/blog/dont-couple-your-go-code-to-github https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49868404 In an $80 motel room, a discovery to shed light on the origins of life https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/science/motel-science-discovery.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49866951 Self-Hosting on the Dark Web https://david.alvarezrosa.com/posts/self-hosting-on-the-dark-web/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49870295 Replacing the old battery on rechargeable bike lights https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/09/27/replacing-the-old-battery-on-rechargeable-bike-lights/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49866515 The state of SIMD in Rust in 2026 https://shnatsel.github.io/state-of-simd-rust-2026/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49844629 Writing Efficient C++ Code (2013) https://asawicki.info/articles/writing_efficient_cpp_code.php https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49849409