3.12.26 | Avoid AI-generated comments, JavaScript time fix took nine years, WebAssembly aims for first-class status

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 12, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:20) - Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans
• (01:38) - Temporal: The 9-year journey to fix time in JavaScript
• (03:10) - Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web
• (04:36) - The MacBook Neo
• (05:58) - BitNet: Inference framework for 1-bit LLMs
• (07:31) - I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job
• (08:51) - Google closes deal to acquire Wiz
• (10:19) - Show HN: s@: decentralized social networking over static sites
• (11:43) - Entities enabling scientific fraud at scale (2025)
• (12:50) - Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS
• (14:13) - Outro

Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079

Temporal: The 9-year journey to fix time in JavaScript
https://bloomberg.github.io/js-blog/post/temporal/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47336989

Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/making-webassembly-a-first-class-language-on-the-web/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47331811

The MacBook Neo
https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/the_macbook_neo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47334293

BitNet: Inference framework for 1-bit LLMs
https://github.com/microsoft/BitNet
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47334694

I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job
https://www.theverge.com/featured-video/892850/i-was-interviewed-by-an-ai-bot-for-a-job
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47339164

Google closes deal to acquire Wiz
https://www.wiz.io/blog/google-closes-deal-to-acquire-wiz
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47336476

Show HN: s@: decentralized social networking over static sites
http://satproto.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47344548

Entities enabling scientific fraud at scale (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2420092122
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47335349

Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS
https://sitespy.app
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47337607