Hey buddy,

Man, Saturday's Hacker News was pretty wild. Lemme quickly hit you with the highlights:

VS Code Pulls a Fast One with Copilot

Dude, check this out: Apparently, VS Code is now silently sticking 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into your commit messages, even if you didn't even use Copilot! And get this, it doesn't even show up in the UI before you commit, so you can't remove it. People are *pissed* about this. The comments are full of folks calling it 'unforgivable marketing copy' and a bunch of developers are just straight-up ditching VS Code for NeoVim because of it. Crazy, right? Like, who asked for that?

Here's the link if you wanna see the drama: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

The Mystery of the Black Fans

Remember those super good, but kinda ugly, brown Noctua PC fans? There was this whole blog post from them explaining why it took them *so long* to finally release black versions. Turns out, it's way more complicated than just painting them. They had to deal with material science, tiny manufacturing tolerances, and even how the color affects the fan's acoustics so it doesn't get noisier. Super nerdy, but I kinda appreciate them explaining all that detail.

Read their explanation here: Why does it take so long to release black fan versions?

Ask.com Bites the Dust

Oh, and remember Ask.com? Like, Ask Jeeves from back in the day? Well, it's finally officially shut down. Kinda end of an era, even if nobody really used it anymore. One funny thing someone in the comments pointed out is that the current 'closed' page on their site looks totally AI-generated. A bit ironic, huh?

The final curtain call: Ask.com has closed

NetHack is Back, Baby!

Speaking of old school, NetHack just dropped version 5.0.0 after what feels like a million years! People are absolutely stoked. It's one of those classic roguelikes that's all about pure, rich gameplay, not fancy graphics or marketing. The comments section is a trip down memory lane, with people talking about its incredibly long development history and how much has actually changed, even if the version numbers barely moved for decades.

Check out the release notes: NetHack 5.0.0

AI Resumes vs. AI Recruiters

Here's a kinda scary one: A new study suggests that AI hiring tools might actually prefer resumes that were written by *other* AIs. So, if you're looking for a job, you might literally have to fight AI with AI! Someone in the comments mentioned they tried feeding their own human-written resume into an LLM to make it 'more professional,' and it just spat out a ton of bullet points. Makes you wonder if we're all just going to be talking to bots soon.

The paper: AI Self-preferencing in Alg