This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 18, 2026.

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(00:30): jQuery 4
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664755&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(01:59): Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky "Helicopter" music video
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46670024&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(03:28): Iconify: Library of Open Source Icons
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665411&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(04:57): Predicting OpenAI's ad strategy
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46668021&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(06:26): Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands,Norway,Sweden,UK
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46669025&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(07:55): A Social Filesystem
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665839&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(09:24): Command-line Tools can be 235x Faster than your Hadoop Cluster (2014)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666085&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(10:54): Erdos 281 solved with ChatGPT 5.2 Pro
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664631&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(12:23): The Nobel Prize and the Laureate Are Inseparable
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46669404&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(13:52): Police Invested Millions in Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software Won't Say How Used
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46672150&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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January 18th, 2026 | jQuery 4

Hacker News Recap