10.18.26 | DeepSeek releases v4.1 Flash, Solar surpasses nuclear globally, Bleached corals thrive touching neighbours

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 18, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:17) - DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017

(01:34) - Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time

(02:39) - Bleached corals thrive within days when touching healthy neighbour

(03:41) - Pele – Mermaid diagrams as themeable SVG

(04:44) - Furifont, a Japanese font that shows furigana

(05:46) - Gold is now the top U.S. export

(06:48) - Making chicken transparent using Dorito dust

(07:43) - Show HN: Llmspeed – feel how fast a local LLM runs before you buy the hardware

(08:38) - NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rather than licensing

(09:33) - Dam removals are bringing fish back across the northeastern United States

(10:37) - Outro

DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017 https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129045Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/29/solar-surpasses-nuclear-power-globally-for-first-time/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50131256 Bleached corals thrive within days when touching healthy neighbour https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03266-x https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50126253 Pele – Mermaid diagrams as themeable SVG https://pele.run/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50132193 Furifont, a Japanese font that shows furigana https://furifont.antfu.me/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50100994 Gold is now the top U.S. export https://www.numismaticnews.net/gold-now-top-u-s-export https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50132870 Making chicken transparent using Dorito dust https://chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com/p/making-chicken-transparent-using https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50131213 Show HN: Llmspeed – feel how fast a local LLM runs before you buy the hardware https://llmspeed.dev/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50127979 NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rather than licensing https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/new-york-rep-announces-game-ownership-bill-that-would-require-consumer-ownership-rather-than-sale-of-licenses-would-also-require-publishers-to-keep-the-game-functional-after-support-ends https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136536 Dam removals are bringing fish back across the northeastern United States https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dam-removals-are-bringing-fish-back-across-the-northeastern-united-states-striking-down-one-tiny-barrier-at-a-time-180989679/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50126312