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Joanna Stern
Personal blog · thenewthings.com/paiculture
Joanna Stern writes The New Things, a personal blog at thenewthings.com about ai and culture. Since 2026, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “I paid someone to hack my Meta glasses”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this site for posts on Meta AI glasses, including hacking them and disabling their LED indicator, and on a fake Israeli think tank apparently made to mislead AI chatbots. Comments only cite the posts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- I paid someone to hack my Meta glasses2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-06-08
What Hacker News says?
The LEDs can be disabled with a hardware mod. https://thenewthings.com/p/i-paid-someone-to-hack-my-meta-gl...
Comment linking /p/i-paid-someone-to-hack-my-meta-glasses
on “German advocacy group lodges criminal complaint over Meta AI glasses”Submitted Mark Zuckerberg Interview as a story · 2 points
HN discussionOf course they are. It’s everywhere, especially thr online retailers these days. [1] Thankfully the resources at our local libraries are a) selected by a combination of librarian curation and public demand, b) often published before 2022, c) heavy things printed on paper or stored in a database and unlikely to suddenly change their content or disappear overnight when a new news cycle breaks. Written works aren’t nec…
Comment linking /p/apple-big-ai-book-slop-problem
on “Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots”Submitted I paid someone to hack my Meta glasses as a story · 1 points
HN discussion