8.30.26 | Tether enables messaging on Linux, EVE Online transitions to Python 3, lawmakers fund Flock cameras with car insurance increase

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 30, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux (01:54) - EVE Online moves to Python 3 (03:07) - Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras (04:33) - California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law (06:09) - Hy4 preview (07:38) - Glacier Mice (08:53) - Bug Blindness (09:49) - SQLite as a Document Database (2020) (11:14) - Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (12:36) - RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython (13:38) - Outro Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linuxhttps://zackbartel.com/blog/2026/08/tether/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49415386EVE Online moves to Python 3https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/the-move-to-python-3-beginshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49433328Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock camerashttps://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/28/texas-flock-cameras-auto-insurance-fee-mvcpa-grants/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494182California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification lawhttps://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49495372Hy4 previewhttps://www.tencent.com/tencent-releases-and-open-sources-tencent-hy4-preview/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49492632Glacier Micehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_micehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424320Bug Blindnesshttps://danluu.com/bug-blind/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494520SQLite as a Document Database (2020)https://dgl.cx/2020/06/sqlite-json-supporthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49426995Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescopehttps://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490870RISC-V is now officially supported by CPythonhttps://blog.python.org/2026/08/riscv-now-officially-supported/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49425252