DTF:HN for March 25, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for March 25, 2026. Featuring: Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars, False claims in a widely-cited paper. No corrections. No consequences, ARC-AGI-3, The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos, My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary, and more. Stories covered: 1. Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars https://bugs.xdavidhu.me/tesla/2026/03/23/running-tesla-model-3s-computer-on-my-desk-using-parts-from-crashed-cars/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47523330 2. False claims in a widely-cited paper. No corrections. No consequences https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/03/24/false-claims-in-a-published-no-corrections-no-consequences-welcome-to-the-business-school/?unapproved=2412259&moderation-hash=80fae7fdc82aee50eb3cb14cd8c0b080#comment-2412259 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47525378 3. ARC-AGI-3 https://arcprize.org/arc-agi/3 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47521150 4. The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos https://fightchatcontrol.eu/?foo=bar HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47522709 5. My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary https://rpastro.square.site/s/stories/phm HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47477873 6. Earthquake scientists reveal how overplowing weakens soil at experimental farm https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/03/19/earthquake-scientists-reveal-how-overplowing-weakens-soil-at-experimental-farm/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47517606 7. 90% of Claude-linked output going to GitHub repos w <2 stars https://www.claudescode.dev/?window=since_launch HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47521157 8. My DIY FPGA board can run Quake II https://blog.mikhe.ch/quake2-on-fpga/part4.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47483286 9. Supreme Court Sides with Cox in Copyright Fight over Pirated Music https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/supreme-court-cox-music-copyright.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47518281 10. Apple randomly closes bug reports unless you "verify" the bug remains unfixed https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/3/11.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47521876