news, !paper 2026-08-17

719 Incident with Github.com / githubstatus.com / 2

714 A Preview of DuckDB v2.0 / duckdb.org / 131

640 Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub / news.ycombinator.com / 430

560 Incident with Github.com [resolved] / githubstatus.com / 975

424 AI-Generated GitHub Copilot “Autofix” Allowed Compromise of Snowflake's Jira / wiz.io / 156

365 GPT 5.6 Sol is the best "vision" model OpenAI ever released / blog.roboflow.com / 170

337 How to disable or avoid intrusive AI / librarian.net / 197

290 GitHub down again? no PR access / news.ycombinator.com / 2

276 Linear algebra done right / linear.axler.net / 114

264 GIMP Development Update / gimp.org / 255

261 Apple's App Tracking Transparency treated its own apps better than rivals / bundeskartellamt.de / 98

250 On AI regulation and messaging / twitter.com/DarioAmodei / 544

166 We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility / 404media.co / 319

166 Show HN: Desktopcolors.com – A museum for solid background colors of classic OS / desktopcolors.com / 74

145 People are worried about America's solvency / ft.com / 210

123 Self hosted email continues to steeply decline / labs.ripe.net / 176

122 Mexico crackdown on coastal development / yucatanmagazine.com / 31

120 How to put 170 atoms in an atom / signoregalilei.com / 26

115 Buyer cancels showing after Deflock shows two cameras utilized by the HOA / twitter.com/lydiakauppi / 165

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