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This episode recaps the top posts on Hacker News from May 1, 2026, covering topics like data collection policies, nuclear decommissioning in Belgium, and software vulnerabilities.

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 1, 2026. Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw" (01:40) - Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants (03:04) - Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle? (04:34) - How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt] (05:41) - For Linux kernel vulnerabilities, there is no heads-up to distributions (07:03) - How an oil refinery works (08:14) - Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library (10:03) - Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey (11:37) - You can beat the binary search (13:21) - I built a Game Boy emulator in F# (15:00) - Outro Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw" https://twitter.com/theo/status/2049645973350363168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47963204 Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants https://dpa-international.com/general-news/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:260430-930-14717/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961319 Can I disable all data…

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