3.10.26 | Ireland closes coal plant, building procedural hex map, questioning legality versus legitimacy with AI and copyleft erosion

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

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:17) - Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (2025)
• (02:06) - Building a Procedural Hex Map with Wave Function Collapse
• (03:42) - Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft
• (05:31) - Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional
• (07:05) - OpenAI is walking away from expanding its Stargate data center with Oracle
• (08:30) - JSLinux Now Supports x86_64
• (09:50) - Two Years of Emacs Solo
• (11:09) - No, it doesn't cost Anthropic $5k per Claude Code user
• (12:51) - DARPA’s new X-76
• (14:05) - Show HN: Remotely use my guitar tuner
• (15:05) - Outro

Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (2025)
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/20/ireland-coal-free-ends-coal-power-generation-moneypoint/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47307055

Building a Procedural Hex Map with Wave Function Collapse
https://felixturner.github.io/hex-map-wfc/article/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47311815

Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft
https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47310160

Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional
https://cbs12.com/news/local/florida-news-judge-rules-red-light-camera-tickets-unconstitutional
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47312090

OpenAI is walking away from expanding its Stargate data center with Oracle
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/oracle-is-building-yesterdays-data-centers-with-tomorrows-debt.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47315128

JSLinux Now Supports x86_64
https://bellard.org/jslinux/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47311484

Two Years of Emacs Solo
https://www.rahuljuliato.com/posts/emacs-solo-two-years
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317616

No, it doesn't cost Anthropic $5k per Claude Code user
https://martinalderson.com/posts/no-it-doesnt-cost-anthropic-5k-per-claude-code-user/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317132

DARPA’s new X-76
https://www.darpa.mil/news/2026/darpa-new-x-76-speed-of-jet-freedom-of-helicopter
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47311669

Show HN: Remotely use my guitar tuner
https://realtuner.online/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47280654