2.23.26 | Taalas "prints" LLM onto chip, Gamedate revives dead multiplayer games, baby chicks exhibit bouba-kiki effect

Hacker News Highlights · Feb 23, 2026 · 12m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 23, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:17) - How Taalas “prints” LLM onto a chip?

(01:43) - Gamedate – A site to revive dead multiplayer games

(02:46) - Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chicks

(03:44) - Japanese Woodblock Print Search

(04:36) - Two Bits Are Better Than One: making bloom filters 2x more accurate

(05:53) - Attention Media ≠ Social Networks

(07:12) - A Botnet Accidentally Destroyed I2P

(08:27) - Back to FreeBSD: Part 1

(09:47) -…