7.18.26 | AWS billing issues, HN support gratitude, Kaiser nurses concerns
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This episode recaps the top posts on Hacker News from July 18, 2026, covering topics like AWS billing issues, gratitude towards Hacker News, and concerns from Kaiser nurses regarding AI and workplace surveillance.
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 18, 2026. Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:20) - AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion (01:49) - Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work (03:12) - Kaiser nurses say AI, workplace surveillance are making their jobs, care worse (04:31) - First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star (05:59) - The state of open source AI (07:31) - Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark (09:15) - Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it) (10:37) - Learning a few things about running SQLite (11:59) - The Zilog Z80 has turned 50 (13:08) - FAA lets Boeing sign off on 737 MAX, 787 airworthiness certificates again (14:33) - Outro AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48945241 Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48949551 Kaiser nurses say AI, workplace surveillance are making their jobs, care worse…
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