Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 26, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)
• (01:38) - Never buy a .online domain
• (03:19) - Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules
• (05:00) - Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer
• (06:06) - Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective
• (07:37) - Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown
• (08:32) - Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance
• (09:47) - Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMs
• (11:19) - RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs
• (12:50) - The Om Programming Language
• (14:04) - Outro

Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)
https://therecord.media/denmark-digital-agency-microsoft-digital-independence
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47149701

Never buy a .online domain
https://www.0xsid.com/blog/online-tld-is-pain
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47151233

Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules
https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/google-api-keys-werent-secrets-but-then-gemini-changed-the-rules
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47156925

Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer
https://spectrum.ieee.org/jimi-hendrix-systems-engineer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157224

Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-united-states-needs-fewer-bus-stops/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47153798

Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/01/21/notepad-and-paint-updates-begin-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47154399

Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/tech-companies-shouldnt-be-bullied-doing-surveillance
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160226

Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMs
https://simonlermen.substack.com/p/large-scale-online-deanonymization
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139716

RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/ram-now-represents-35-percent-of-bill-of-materials-for-hp-pcs/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161160

The Om Programming Language
https://www.om-language.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47154971