Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 16, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:21) - I’m joining OpenAI
• (01:26) - EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
• (02:44) - Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest reveal the severity of U.S. surveillance state
• (03:51) - I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?
• (04:52) - Modern CSS Code Snippets: Stop writing CSS like it's 2015
• (06:06) - LT6502: A 6502-based homebrew laptop
• (07:06) - Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championship
• (08:17) - Editor's Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations
• (09:30) - Gwtar: A static efficient single-file HTML format
• (10:46) - Audio is the one area small labs are winning
• (11:49) - Outro

I’m joining OpenAI
https://steipete.me/posts/2026/openclaw
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47028013

EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-eu-rules-stop-destruction-unsold-clothes-and-shoes-2026-02-09_en
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025378

Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest reveal the severity of U.S. surveillance state
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/amazons-ring-and-googles-nest-unwittingly
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47023238

I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?
https://mastodon.world/@knowmadd/116072773118828295
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47031580

Modern CSS Code Snippets: Stop writing CSS like it's 2015
https://modern-css.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025851

LT6502: A 6502-based homebrew laptop
https://github.com/TechPaula/LT6502
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025399

Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championship
https://www.fide.com/magnus-carlsen-wins-2026-fide-freestyle-world-championship/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47028227

Editor's Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations
https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47026071

Gwtar: A static efficient single-file HTML format
https://gwern.net/gwtar
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024506

Audio is the one area small labs are winning
https://www.amplifypartners.com/blog-posts/arming-the-rebels-with-gpus-gradium-kyutai-and-audio-ai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46999285