Hacker News Digest - February 20, 2026

Stories marked "Not new today" appeared on one or more previous daily pages.

1. MuMu Player (NetEase) silently runs 17 reconnaissance commands every 30 minutes

gist.github.com | interpidused | 320 points | 144 comments | discussion

First seen: February 20, 2026 | Consecutive daily streak: 1 day

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2. Consistency diffusion language models: Up to 14x faster, no quality loss

together.ai | zagwdt | 217 points | 98 comments | discussion

First seen: February 20, 2026 | Consecutive daily streak: 1 day

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3. Gemini 3.1 Pro

blog.google | MallocVoidstar | 961 points | 910 comments | discussion

First seen: February 20, 2026 | Consecutive daily streak: 1 day

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4. An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Operator Came Forward

theshamblog.com | scottshambaugh | 534 points | 500 comments | discussion

First seen: February 20, 2026 | Consecutive daily streak: 1 day

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5. Mystery donor gives Japanese city $3.6M in gold bars to fix water system

bbc.com | tartoran | 150 points | 87 comments | discussion

First seen: February 20, 2026 | Consecutive daily streak: 1 day

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6. Defer available in gcc and clang Not new today

gustedt.wordpress.com | r4um | 258 points | 239 comments | discussion

First seen: February 17, 2026 | Consecutive daily streak: 4 days

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7. An ARM Homelab Server, or a Minisforum MS-R1 Review

sour.coffee | neelc | 126 points | 98 comments | discussion

First seen: February 20, 2026 | Consecutive daily streak: 1 day

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8. Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal

micasa.dev | cpcloud | 653 points | 215 comments | discussion

First seen: February 20, 2026 | Consecutive daily streak: 1 day

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9. Pi for Excel: AI sidebar add-in for Excel

github.com | rahimnathwani | 108 points | 29 comments | discussion

First seen: February 20, 2026 | Consecutive daily streak: 1 day

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10. A Famous Enigma: On Alexandre Kojève

clereviewofbooks.com | Caiero | 23 points | 0 comments | discussion

First seen: February 20, 2026 | Consecutive daily streak: 1 day

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