HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order Solving Regex Crosswords with Z3 6 0 6d +6d blog.nelhage.com/post/regex-crosswords-z3 1Carl Bohland's Auto Wash Bowl (2019) 5 2 1h +26m vintag.es/2019/12/the-auto-wash-bowl.html 210M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea 140 57 6h +5h arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/suing-a-popular-youtuber-who-shimmed-a-130-lock-what-could-possibly-go-wrong 3Why Nigeria Accepted GMOs 8 15 1h +18m asimov.press/p/nigeria-crops 4Cisco opensourced MCP-Scanner for finding vulnerabilties in MCP server 20 4 1h +36m github.com/cisco-ai-defense/mcp-scanner 5Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform 11 0 8d +8d cnc.fandom.com/wiki/Computer_Assisted_Biologically_Augmented_Lifeform 6Show HN: Dlog – Journaling and AI coach that learns what drives well-being (Mac) 4 0 1h +27m dlog.pro 7Let the little guys in: A context sharing runtime for the personalised web 27 1 1h +9m arjun.md/little-guys 8Life next to 199 data centres 30 18 2h +44m bbc.com/news/articles/c93dnnxewdvo 9Write Express JS code that runs on Rust 4 5 2h +1h github.com/Shyam20001/rsjs 10fnox, a secret manager that pairs well with mise 55 5 2h +59m github.com/jdx/mise/discussions/6779 11Show HN: Git Auto Commit (GAC) – LLM-powered Git commit command line tool 14 15 1h +19m github.com/cellwebb/gac 12Avoid 2:00 and 3:00 am cron jobs (2013) 106 98 1h +15m endpointdev.com/blog/2013/04/avoid-200-and-300-am-cron-jobs 13JSON Query 44 27 2h +53m jsonquerylang.org 14Why Busy Beaver hunters fear the Antihydra 48 7 2h +19m benbrubaker.com/why-busy-beaver-hunters-fear-the-antihydra 15JetKVM – Control any computer remotely 115 73 2h +31m jetkvm.com 16Artificial Writing and Automated Detection [pdf] 21 12 1h +6m nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w34223/w34223.pdf 17Show HN: Erdos – open-source, AI data science IDE 24 14 2h +1h lotas.ai/erdos 18Sieve (YC X25) Is Hiring Engineers to build video datasets for frontier AI 1 0 1h +14s sievedata.com 19Eight Million Copies of Moby-Dick 16 6 4d +4d thevoltablog.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/nicolas-mugaveros-eight-million-copies-of-moby-dick-or-the-whale 20Claude for Excel 157 108 2h +15m claude.com/claude-for-excel 21It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts 600 299 3h +54m blog.pabloecortez.com/its-insulting-to-read-your-ai-generated-blog-post 22Ask HN: Is AWS Down Again? 65 25 2h +2m 23EntropyLong: Effective Long-Context Training via Predictive Uncertainty 10 0 4h +2h arxiv.org/abs/2510.02330 24Viral 'Free Potatoes' Post Cost This Farmer 150 Tons of Crops 67 47 5d +5d vice.com/en/article/viral-free-potatoes-post-cost-this-farmer-150-tons-of-crops 25Pyrex catalog from from 1938 with hand-drawn lab glassware [pdf] 181 40 3h +18m exhibitdb.cmog.org/opacimages/Images/Pyrex/Rakow_1000132877.pdf 26PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant program 247 159 3h +7m pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-funding-statement.html 27Microsoft in court for allegedly misleading Australians over 365 subscriptions 177 60 4h +9m accc.gov.au/media-release/microsoft-in-court-for-allegedly-misleading-millions-of-australians-over-microsoft-365-subscriptions 28OpenBSD C/C++ Toolchain in the Browser 26 8 3d +3d openbsd.llvm.moe 29More big companies bet they can still grow without hiring 54 64 4h +12m wsj.com/business/companies-hiring-jobs-ai-9ef675b6 30Amazon strategised about keeping water use secret 214 202 7h +2h source-material.org/amazon-leak-reveals-true-data-centres-water-usage-secret-plan 31Pre-emptive Z80 multitasking explainer 45 25 6h +1h github.com/bchiha/Ready-Z80/tree/main/29-Multitasking 32Isomorphic JS/TS Functions Orchestrator 13 2 7h +2h github.com/damianofalcioni/js-functions-orchestrator 33Unexpected patterns in historical astronomical observations 102 57 4d +3d su.se/english/news/unexpected-patterns-in-historical-astronomical-observations-1.855042 34Canada Set to Side with China on EVs 49 84 7h +41m thewirechina.com/2025/10/26/canada-set-to-side-with-china-on-evs 35Artifact (YC W25) is hiring engineers in NYC to build modern ECAD 1 0 6h +3s 36You are how you act 266 167 7h +14m boz.com/articles/you-are-how-you-act 37Corrosion 137 68 4d +4d fly.io/blog/corrosion 38Microsoft needs to open up more about its OpenAI dealings 237 156 7h +19m wsj.com/tech/ai/microsoft-needs-to-open-up-more-about-its-openai-dealings-59102de8 39SETL Programming Language 10 5 7h +23m en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETL 40Don't forget these tags to make HTML work like you expect 306 168 8h +1h blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/dont-forget-these-html-tags 41Should LLMs just treat text content as an image? 107 66 6d +6d seangoedecke.com/text-tokens-as-image-tokens 42WorldGrow: Generating Infinite 3D World 65 46 9h +48m github.com/world-grow/WorldGrow 43Rust cross-platform GPUI components 391 161 9h +33m github.com/longbridge/gpui-component 44Geoutil.com – Measure distances, areas, and convert geo data in the browser 113 18 6d +6d geoutil.com 45What happened to running what you wanted on your own machine? 341 223 10h +36m hackaday.com/2025/10/22/what-happened-to-running-what-you-wanted-on-your-own-machine 46The last European train that travels by sea 97 103 10h +21m bbc.com/travel/article/20251024-the-last-european-train-that-travels-by-sea 47Why JPEG XL ignoring bit depth is genius (and why AVIF can't pull it off) 93 58 10h +59m fractionalxperience.com/ux-ui-graphic-design-blog/why-jpeg-xl-ignoring-bit-depth-is-genius 48This World of Ours (2014) [pdf] 215 176 10h +29m usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf 49Gleescript – Bundle Gleam-on-Erlang project into an executable file 14 1 6d +6d github.com/lpil/gleescript 50Recall for Linux 483 189 11h +1h github.com/rolflobker/recall-for-linux 51[dead] 15 ? 11h +30m substack.com 52Show HN: Write Go code in JavaScript files 129 37 13h +2h npmjs.com/package/vite-plugin-use-golang 53Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics (2014) 98 41 14h +3h tgvaughan.github.io/sicm/toc.html 54Why I'm teaching kids to hack computers 213 96 5d +4d hacktivate.app/why-teach-kids-to-hack 55Tamper-Sensing Meshes Using Low-Cost, Embedded Time-Domain Reflectometry 30 3 4d +3d jaseg.de/blog/paper-sampling-mesh-monitor 56An overengineered solution to `sort | uniq -c` with 25x throughput (hist) 105 76 4d +4d github.com/noamteyssier/hist-rs 57Diphtheria, a once vanquished killer of children, is resurgent 55 87 13h +14m nytimes.com/2025/10/27/health/diptheria-somalia-vaccines.html 58The striking Swedish workers taking on carmaker Tesla 17 4 14h +25m bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9082q0jjo 59Searching for Charles Fourier in the ruins of a socialist utopia outside LA 30 1 8d +7d kubicki.org/letters/the-dogs-of-llano-del-rio-i 60However small, just start. From zero to hero 13 0 14h +30m theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/26/expert-motivation-tips-gym-to-do-list 61Severe performance penalty found in VSCode rendering loop 63 44 14h +29m github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/272155 62We're in the wrong moment 55 70 15h +30m ezrichards.github.io/posts/were-in-the-wrong-moment 63A Looking Glass Half Empty, Part 2: A Series of Unfortunate Events 26 0 6d +6d filfre.net/2025/10/a-looking-glass-half-empty-part-2-a-series-of-unfortunate-events 64Argentina's midterm election hands landslide win to Milei's libertarian overhaul 37 44 16h +41m cnbc.com/2025/10/27/argentinas-midterm-election-hands-landslide-win-to-mileis-libertarian-overhaul.html 65Termite farmers fine-tune their weed control 20 6 6d +5d arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/termite-farmers-fine-tune-their-weed-control 66Milei Wins Mandate for Free-Market Revolution in Argentina's Election 37 45 18h +54m wsj.com/world/americas/milei-wins-mandate-for-free-market-revolution-in-argentinas-election-3be65f38 67How I turned Zig into my favorite language to write network programs in 305 121 18h +1h lalinsky.com/2025/10/26/zio-async-io-for-zig.html 68Sphere Computer – The Innovative 1970s Computer Company Everyone Forgot 93 12 4d +3d sphere.computer 69ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media 288 342 18h +30m jacobin.com/2025/10/ice-zignal-surveillance-social-media 70We saved $500k per year by rolling our own "S3" 297 239 21h +4h engineering.nanit.com/how-we-saved-500-000-per-year-by-rolling-our-own-s3-6caec1ee1143 71Sandhill cranes have adopted a Canada gosling 146 37 5d +4d smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-sandhill-cranes-have-adopted-a-canadian-gosling-and-birders-have-flocked-to-watch-the-strange-family-180986828 72Microsoft 365 Copilot – Arbitrary Data Exfiltration via Mermaid Diagrams 204 44 20h +1h adamlogue.com/microsoft-365-copilot-arbitrary-data-exfiltration-via-mermaid-diagrams-fixed 73Are-we-fast-yet implementations in Oberon, C++, C, Pascal, Micron and Luon 86 21 19h +37m github.com/rochus-keller/Are-we-fast-yet 74Researchers demonstrate centimetre-level positioning using smartwatches 68 21 7d +6d otago.ac.nz/news/newsroom/researchers-demonstrate-centimetre-level-positioning-using-smartwatches 75Show HN: Helium Browser for Android with extensions support, based on Vanadium 60 27 20h +41m github.com/jqssun/android-helium-browser 76AI Mafia Network – An interactive visualization 104 9 20h +7m dipakwani.com/ai-mafia 77Poison, Poison Everywhere 288 192 20h +22m loeber.substack.com/p/29-poison-poison-everywhere 78The Apple Network Server Mac OS ROMs have resurfaced 47 4 20h +13m oldvcr.blogspot.comhttp:///2025/10/the-apple-network-server-macos-roms.html 79Ken Thompson recalls Unix's rowdy, lock-picking origins 238 56 1d +5h thenewstack.io/ken-thompson-recalls-unixs-rowdy-lock-picking-origins 80Galaxy XR, the first Android XR headset 26 21 5d +4d blog.google/products/android/samsung-galaxy-xr 81Resource use matters, but material footprints are a poor way to measure it 19 5 1d +7h ourworldindata.org/material-footprint-limitations 82Show HN: MyraOS – My 32-bit operating system in C and ASM (Hack Club project) 226 51 22h +53m github.com/dvir-biton/MyraOS 83System.LongBool 41 45 5d +4d docwiki.embarcadero.com/Libraries/Sydney/en/System.LongBool 84Smart Beds Helped Them Sleep on a Cloud. Then the Cloud Crashed 21 12 1d +1h nytimes.com/2025/10/24/business/amazon-aws-outage-eight-sleep-mattress.html 85NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center, c.1966 134 75 6d +5d flashbak.com/norad-cheyenne-mountain-combat-center-478804 86Louis Rossman: Politician calls constituents criminals with no right to privacy [video] 75 13 1d +1h youtube.com/watch?v=WJh31Mk7XE4 87Wren: A classy little scripting language 188 55 5d +4d wren.io 88Nvidia DGX Spark: When benchmark numbers meet production reality 146 108 1d +1h publish.obsidian.md/aixplore/Practical+Applications/dgx-lab-benchmarks-vs-reality-day-4 89Smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes 87 47 23h +25m theconversation.com/smartphones-manipulate-our-emotions-and-trigger-our-reflexes-no-wonder-were-addicted-265014 90A definition of AGI 287 471 1d +34m arxiv.org/abs/2510.18212 91Ask HN: Second generation of intro to software dev for 3rd graders 32 35 7d +6d 92Making the Electron Microscope 84 9 1d +1h asimov.press/p/electron-microscope 93Alzheimer's disrupts circadian rhythms of plaque-clearing brain cells 193 39 1d +33m medicine.washu.edu/news/alzheimers-disrupts-circadian-rhythms-of-plaque-clearing-brain-cells 94Show HN: FlashRecord – 2MB Python-native CLI screen recorder 18 7 1d +45m github.com/Flamehaven/FlashRecord 95Books by People – Defending Organic Literature in an AI World 117 113 1d +55m booksbypeople.org 96Validating your ideas on strangers (2017) 66 35 3d +2d jeremyaboyd.com/post/validating-your-ideas-on-strangers 97Ask HN: How to boost Gemini transcription accuracy for company names? 39 22 7d +6d 98Movie posters from Ghana in the 1980s and 90s 262 94 1d +36m utterlyinteresting.com/post/bizarre-movie-posters-from-africa-that-are-so-bad-they-re-good 99Myanmar military shuts down a major cybercrime center, detains over 2k people 180 55 1d +1h apnews.com/article/scam-centers-cybercrime-myanmar-a2c9fda85187121e51bd0efdf29c81da 100YouTube Just Ate TV. It's Only Getting Started 85 206 1d +2h hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/youtube-impact-tv-sports-late-night-comedy-shows-1236400353 101Text Depixelization 31 2 1d +7h github.com/spipm/Depixelization_poc 102[dead] 21 ? 1d +40m twitter.com 103Gambling Is Bad 11 1 1d +35m geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2025/10/24/gambling-is-bad.html 104[dead] 12 ? 6d +5d 105The FSF considers large language models 94 83 1d +50m lwn.net/Articles/1040888 106Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead with Ads in Maps App 99 129 1d +3m macrumors.com/2025/10/26/apple-moving-ahead-with-ads-in-maps 107World Simulator: Create and Play Interactive AI Worlds 27 25 6d +4d worldsimulator.ai 108Formal Reasoning [pdf] 139 29 1d +1h cs.ru.nl/~freek/courses/fr-2025/public/fr.pdf 109Let's Help NetBSD Cross the Finish Line Before 2025 Ends 395 225 1d +37m mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2025/10/26/msg033327.html 110A bug that taught me more about PyTorch than years of using it 437 80 4d +2d elanapearl.github.io/blog/2025/the-bug-that-taught-me-pytorch 111Feed the bots 286 190 1d +19m maurycyz.com/misc/the_cost_of_trash 112You already have a Git server 616 408 1d +1h maurycyz.com/misc/easy_git 113My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before 119 148 1d +32m shepherd.com/best-books/cult-sci-fi-and-fantasy-you-may-not-have-heard-of 114Downloadable movie posters from the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s 469 89 8d +7d hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll84/search 115Connect to a 1980s Atari BBS through the web 68 8 1d +1h southernamis.com/ataribbsconnect 116Any decent error message is a kind of oracle 27 23 7d +6d digitalseams.com/blog/any-decent-error-message-is-a-kind-of-oracle 117Eavesdropping on Internal Networks via Unencrypted Satellites 212 41 6d +5d satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu 118Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time 453 219 1d +57m adventofcode.com/2025/about#faq_num_days 119Writing a RISC-V Emulator in Rust 111 52 1d +1h book.rvemu.app 120LaserTweezer – Optical Trap 78 5 1d +1h gaudi.ch/GaudiLabs/?page_id=578 121Clojure Land – Discover open-source Clojure libraries and frameworks 174 45 1d +56m clojure.land 122Asbestosis 280 207 1d +33m diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/10/asbestosis.html 123What if tariffs? 233 252 1d +5m swatch.com/en-en/what-if-tariffs-so34z106/SO34Z106.html 124Cubical Quad Antennas and Margaret's Letter 17 6 5d +3d ei3lh.euhttp:///?p=88 125The Privacy Theater of Hashed PII 27 20 7d +6d matthodges.com/posts/2025-10-19-privacy-theater-pii-phone-numbers 126Bitmovin (YC S15) Is Hiring Engineering ICs and Managers in Europe 1 0 1d +7s bitmovin.com/careers 127Generalized K-Means Clustering 40 11 7d +5d github.com/derrickburns/generalized-kmeans-clustering 128Tsdown – The Elegant Bundler for Libraries 27 10 1d +2h tsdown.dev 129Auto Dark Mode for Windows 11 10 1d +1h github.com/AutoDarkMode/Windows-Auto-Night-Mode 130GenAI Image Editing Showdown 190 49 1d +1h genai-showdown.specr.net 131President Reagan's Radio Address to the Nation on Tarrifs, 1987 60 21 1d +2h youtube.com/watch?v=5t5QK03KXPc 132NextSilicon reveals new processor chip in challenge to Intel, AMD 151 50 4d +3d reuters.com/business/nextsilicon-reveals-new-processor-chip-challenge-intel-amd-2025-10-22 133Noam Chomsky Slams ŽIžek and Lacan: Empty 'Posturing' (2013) 8 2 1d +1h openculture.com/2013/06/noam_chomsky_slams_zizek_and_lacan_empty_posturing.html 134PCB Edge USB C Connector Library 165 81 1d +28m github.com/AnasMalas/pcb-edge-usb-c 135Ubios: China's Alternative to UEFI 31 17 3d +2d pbxscience.com/ubios-chinas-alternative-to-uefi-and-the-new-era-of-firmware-standards 136Why the New Leisure Class Enjoys Activism and Philanthropy 15 7 1d +1h letter.palladiummag.com/p/early-article-why-the-new-leisure 137Pico-Banana-400k 386 62 1d +5m github.com/apple/pico-banana-400k 138A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool 670 478 1d +8m nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2025/20251022en?brid=vscAjql9kZL1FfGE7TYHVw#en57996:~:text=TRANSPORT%20OF%20CONTAMINATED%20PERSON%20OFFSITE 139I'm drowning in AI features I never asked for and I hate it 336 221 1d +25m makeuseof.com/ai-features-being-rammed-down-our-throats 140Broadcom AFBR-S20: High-Performance Miniature Spectrometer Product Brief [pdf] 9 1 8d +6d docs.broadcom.com/docs/AFBR-S20xx-PB 141Sora might have a 'pervert' problem on its hands 44 88 1d +30m businessinsider.com/sora-video-openai-fetish-content-my-face-problem-2025-10 142 More... 2025.10.25