10.5.26 | Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next RTX 4090 at 100T/s, turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 for disk space, improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage

Hacker News Highlights · Oct 5, 2026 · 13m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 5, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:20) - Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next (125B) on consumer hardware (RTX 4090) at 100T/s

(01:41) - Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back

(02:58) - Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage

(04:48) - What is going on with ceiling fans

(05:58) - A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE

(07:06) - Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch

(08:18) -…