10.5.26 | Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next RTX 4090 at 100T/s, turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 for disk space, improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 5, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:20) - Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next (125B) on consumer hardware (RTX 4090) at 100T/s
• (01:41) - Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back
• (02:58) - Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage
• (04:48) - What is going on with ceiling fans
• (05:58) - A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE
• (07:06) - Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch
• (08:18) - Denmark Data Breach Exposes 8.8M People's Personal Data
• (09:40) - Show HN: Glashütte Trash Clock – A 30-minute pendulum clock made from trash
• (10:48) - We ported the original Doom to SQL
• (12:21) - The Tao of Backup
• (13:22) - Outro

Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next (125B) on consumer hardware (RTX 4090) at 100T/s
https://github.com/Niko1221/Strata
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49953495

Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back
https://github.com/omlahore/RemoveMacAI
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49957116

Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage
https://www.1011now.com/2026/09/30/more-questions-than-answers-about-lincolns-google-data-center-water-electricity-usage/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49957068

What is going on with ceiling fans
https://mcmansionhell.com/post/829127919552151552/what-is-going-on-with-ceiling-fans
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49917536

A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE
https://wieslawsoltes.github.io/VB6/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956681

Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/horrible-totally-unacceptable-powerless-f1-drivers-frustrated-by-bahrain-f1-software-glitch/10861968/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49959869

Denmark Data Breach Exposes 8.8M People's Personal Data
https://www.cpr.dk/cpr-nyt/nyhedsarkiv/2026/okt/omfattende-uautoriseret-adgang-til-borgeres-cpr-oplysninger
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962012

Show HN: Glashütte Trash Clock – A 30-minute pendulum clock made from trash
https://niklasroy.com/gtc/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49930439

We ported the original Doom to SQL
https://cedardb.com/blog/sqldoom/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49948300

The Tao of Backup
http://www.taobackup.com/index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49932236