Hey buddy,

Man, you won't believe some of the stuff popping up on Hacker News today. Just wanted to give you a quick rundown.

LinkedIn's Identity Check & Privacy

First up, there's this big post about someone who went through LinkedIn's identity verification. Apparently, they had to hand over a bunch of government ID stuff. The article at thelocalstack.eu goes into all the details.

People in the comments are freaking out, saying that KYC (Know Your Customer) data is like, the most dangerous thing to leak right now, even worse than credit cards or passwords. Someone had a cool tip: use a unique email for every service so you can easily track who leaked your data if it ever gets out. Pretty smart, right?

Old School Security Clearance Forms

Then there was this hilarious one: "What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)" from milk.com. It's full of wild stuff people actually put down back in the day. Apparently, that whole "wall-o-shame" site is a goldmine for these kinds of stories. One commenter mentioned how funny it is that investigators sometimes ask about official government postings as if they don't know the government sent you there themselves!

Claude AI: Why Electron?

Big tech debate going on about Claude, the AI app, being built with Electron. The article on dbreunig.com questions why they didn't go native. The comments are totally split. Some folks are saying Electron apps like Discord and Slack are buggy and people are always looking for alternatives. But then others are like, "Who cares? Most users don't even notice or care, just look at Excel!"

Karpathy's "Claws" - New AI Buzzword?

Andrej Karpathy is apparently talking about something new called "Claws," which he says is a new layer on top of LLM agents. There was a tweet about it from his Twitter. The comments section is pretty skeptical, with a lot of people calling it the "2026 version of 'blog'" – basically, a new name for something that didn't need one, or just a lot of hype. Sounds like people are getting tired of all the new AI buzzwords already.

AI UBlock Blacklist - Blocking the Bots

Someone made an "AI uBlock Blacklist" on GitHub to block AI-generated content. Pretty cool idea if you're tired of seeing that stuff everywhere. Interestingly, the comments veered off into a discussion about whether terms like "blacklist" and "whitelist" are inclusive and if we should use different words. Always a debate to be had!

Acme Weather: Dark Sky Successor?

Good news for weather app fanatics: there's a new one called Acme Weather, introduced on their blog. People are really hoping it can fill the void left by Dark Sky. The discussion got into the economics of weather data, with folks saying the underlying API data isn't free, which is why good weather apps often need subscriptions.

EU Mandates Replaceable Batteries

Finally, remember that EU law from 2023 mandating replaceable batteries by 2027? It popped up again, linked to the official EU site. There's a big debate in the comments about whether this is actually going to be good for consumers, or if it'll just make devices bulkier or lead to worse battery tech. Some people were reminiscing about the good old days when you could just pop out your phone battery.

Alright, gotta run! Talk later!