Hacker Newsroom for 05 May recaps major Hacker News stories, moving through gym socializing, gamestop bids ebay, deepclaude loop, fake notepad.

1. Gym Socializing

The next story is Talking to Strangers at the Gym, a month-long experiment in overcoming social anxiety by approaching one person a day to see whether a commercial gym can become a real place to make friends. The post walks through the author's opening lines, the mix of awkward and surprisingly warm encounters, and the small follow-ups that turned into casual hellos or occasional friendships.

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2. GameStop Bids Ebay

The next story is GameStop's surprise $55. 5 billion takeover offer for eBay, a cash-and-stock bid that would put Ryan Cohen in charge of the combined company.

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3. DeepClaude Loop

The next project is DeepClaude, a wrapper that keeps Claude Code's autonomous agent loop but swaps in DeepSeek V4 Pro, OpenRouter, Fireworks, or another Anthropic-compatible backend. The README says it preserves the usual coding workflow like file edits, bash, git, and subagents, while cutting the cost of running the same agent loop.

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4. Fake Notepad

The next story is about a fake Notepad++ for Mac that used the project name and even the maintainer's identity to look official, making the deception feel especially brazen. The article says the site had no real connection to Notepad++, had already misled people and media, and needed to be taken down and rebranded.

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5. Buy Spirit Air

The next story is Let's Buy Spirit Air, a website pitching a customer-owned Spirit 2. 0 airline and asking for pledges to back a buyout.

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6. EU Phone Batteries

The next story is about the EU making removable smartphone batteries mandatory starting in 2027, with exceptions for very durable batteries and a few specialized devices. The post lays out the replacement rules, the five-year spare-parts requirement, and the new battery passport meant to improve repairability and recycling.

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That's it for today, I hope this is going to help you build some cool things.