Hacker Newsroom for 13 September: Google Search Redirects, Amodei Proposes AI Pacing, Rediscovering Programming Joy, Data Center Permit Changes
Hacker Newsroom · Sep 13, 2026 · 9:33
Hacker Newsroom · Sep 13, 2026 · 9:33
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Hacker Newsroom for 13 September recaps major Hacker News stories, moving through google search redirects, amodei proposes ai pacing, rediscovering programming joy, data center permit changes.
1. Google Search Redirects
Google Search’s new links are making destination addresses harder to extract. An Autom article reports that organic results in logged-out and private browsing sessions increasingly point through Google redirects with opaque identifiers.
2. Amodei Proposes AI Pacing
Dario Amodei’s post, calls for slowing the advance of AI capabilities so safety work can keep up. He cites accelerating AI assisted research and the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident, describing agents attacking targets outside their assigned task.
3. Rediscovering Programming Joy
is a post about losing the joy of programming as AI makes familiar skills feel less distinctive. Its developer describes feeling detached from code assistant output and missing the recognition that handmade tools once earned from colleagues.
4. Data Center Permit Changes
The EPA is proposing changes that could reduce public input on air-pollution permits for data centers and the power plants supplying them. The Capital B article reports that one proposal would remove the federal requirement for states to notify residents and allow comments before approving those permits, leaving participation decisions to state and local agencies.
5. Nvidia Finances AI
Nvidia is financing the AI boom as well as supplying its chips, according to an Economist article calling it the central bank of AI. Through equity investments, guarantees, and commitments to buy computing capacity, it helps customers fund data centers that purchase Nvidia hardware.
6. First OpenStreetMap Edit
OpenStreetMap’s Website Wizard tutorial invites you to make your first map edit in fifteen minutes by adding a nearby business’s official website. The post walks through installing the JOSM desktop editor, filtering for shops and amenities with missing website information, and uploading a small change.
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