5.1.26 | Claude Code's policy on "OpenClaw," Belgium halts nuclear decommissioning, and vehicle data collection removal options

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 1, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:18) - Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"
• (01:40) - Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants
• (03:04) - Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?
• (04:34) - How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]
• (05:41) - For Linux kernel vulnerabilities, there is no heads-up to distributions
• (07:03) - How an oil refinery works
• (08:14) - Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library
• (10:03) - Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey
• (11:37) - You can beat the binary search
• (13:21) - I built a Game Boy emulator in F#
• (15:00) - Outro

Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"
https://twitter.com/theo/status/2049645973350363168
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47963204

Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants
https://dpa-international.com/general-news/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:260430-930-14717/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961319

Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?
https://rivian.com/support/article/can-i-disable-all-data-collection-from-my-vehicle
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967786

How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-whistleblower-who-uncovered-the-nsas-big-brother-machine/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965060

For Linux kernel vulnerabilities, there is no heads-up to distributions
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/10
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965108

How an oil refinery works
https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-an-oil-refinery-works
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47962548

Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library
https://semgrep.dev/blog/2026/malicious-dependency-in-pytorch-lightning-used-for-ai-training/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47964617

Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey
https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/i-can-never-talk-to-an-ai-anonymously
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47951295

You can beat the binary search
https://lemire.me/blog/2026/04/27/you-can-beat-the-binary-search/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47924912

I built a Game Boy emulator in F#
https://nickkossolapov.github.io/fame-boy/building-a-game-boy-emulator-in-fsharp/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965503