167: DTF:HN for June 16, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for June 16, 2026. Featuring: The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation, John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard, A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer, Getting Creative with Perlin Noise Fields, Iroh 1.0, and more.

Stories covered:

1. The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 0:43)
2. John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 4:01)
3. A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 7:44)
4. Getting Creative with Perlin Noise Fields
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 11:44)
5. Iroh 1.0
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 15:32)
6. Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 19:01)
7. Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding?
   (HN Discussion | 🎧 22:12)
8. Understanding the rationale behind a rule when trying to circumvent it
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 25:31)
9. TinyWind: A pixel pirate sailing game with real wind physics (380k+ kms sailed)
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 28:48)
10. Trinket.io shutting down, so we saved it and hosted it a trinket.strivemath.org
    (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 31:02)