Hacker News for Jan 29, 2026

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Today's topics:
-Speed-of-light email bug
-New ESA weather sounder images
-Supplements versus antidepressants debate
-EV reliability from TÜV data
-Tech layoffs and cheap-money hangover
-Apple fees hit Patreon creators
-Mermaid diagrams as SVG or ASCII
-Maine’s Lobster Lady remembered

-https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/meteosat_third_generation/Europe_s_next-generation_weather_satellite_sends_back_first_images
-https://blog.ncase.me/on-depression/
-https://www.autoevolution.com/news/tuev-report-2026-tesla-model-y-has-the-worst-reliability-among-all-20222023-cars-261596.html
-https://bayramovanar.substack.com/p/tech-market-is-fucked-up
-https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/28/patreon-apple-tax/
-https://github.com/lukilabs/beautiful-mermaid
-https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles
-https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/28/maine-lobster-lady-dies-aged-105


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