Hey buddy,

Man, you wouldn't believe the stuff popping up on Hacker News today, Friday. Just skimming through real quick while I got a sec.

Cool Pilot Stuff

Okay, first off, some airline pilot built this seriously cool interactive map/globe thingy showing all his flights. Like, everywhere he's flown. Super neat visualization.

People in the comments were digging it, suggesting he could maybe even make it into a paid tool. Someone else mentioned how geophysical survey planes use similar tracking for calibration flights, which is kinda random but cool. And the pilot himself jumped in saying he has notes for memorable flights but some are too private to show directly, which makes sense.

Old Tech, New Trick?

Then there's this weird one about XSLT – remember that old XML transformation language? Someone's trying to pitch it as a "zero-config build system" for the web now.

The comments are kinda split. Some people are nostalgic, talking about using similar stuff way back. Others are like, "uh, needs JSON support!" or mentioning "XXSLT" which apparently fixes some old problems? Someone made a good point though, that using this means your website could just be raw data that the browser transforms, which is kinda cool for flexibility.

Big Legal News

Switching gears completely, there's a big one about the US Supreme Court limiting federal judges' power to block Trump's orders. Sounds like it's about national injunctions – basically, one judge stopping something nationwide.

Comments are pretty heated, lots of legal talk about standing and birthright citizenship. Someone in the comments mentioned that national injunctions are a relatively new thing and this ruling might just be the court pushing back on judges overstepping, which is an interesting take.

AI Running a Shop?

Anthropic, the AI company, did this thing called "Project Vend" where they tried to see if their AI, Claude, could run a small shop. Like, handle orders and stuff.

The comments are pretty skeptical, man. Someone flat out called it "kool aid" and "snake oil." Another person compared it to those failed "AI agent" experiments, saying it's just not trained for that kind of complex, real-world interaction. Seems like the tech isn't quite there yet for AI to just run a business on its own.

Webb Telescope Magic

Good news from space! The James Webb Space Telescope got its first direct image of an exoplanet. That's always awesome to see!

Funny thing in the comments though, someone corrected the title saying it's *not* actually the first direct image from Webb, and linked to an earlier article. So maybe the headline is a little off, but still, seeing an actual planet image from that far away is wild.

Aging Science

There was this article about biomolecular shifts happening in our 40s and 60s. Basically, the science shows our bodies change in big ways around those ages.

Comments had some personal stories, like someone in their mid-40s saying they're in the best shape of their life because they work hard at it (diet, exercise). Others were more critical of the study itself, saying these kinds of "omics" papers can sometimes hand-wave the data analysis, which is something to keep in mind I guess.

Deepfakes Law in Denmark

Finally, Denmark is trying something interesting to fight deepfakes. They're proposing giving people copyright over their own features – like their face or voice – specifically for deepfakes.

Comments point out that many EU countries already have a "right to likeness" law, but this Denmark thing is aimed specifically at *artificial* creations. Someone also brought up a weird tangent about race-based blurring related to regulations, which was a bit confusing but shows how complicated this stuff gets.

Alright, gotta run. Just wanted to give you the heads-up on some of the interesting finds today. Talk later!