HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order Are-we-fast-yet implementations in Oberon, C++, C, Pascal, Micron and Luon 25 89 44d +37m github.com/rochus-keller/Are-we-fast-yet 1Researchers demonstrate centimetre-level positioning using smartwatches 22 73 51d +6d otago.ac.nz/news/newsroom/researchers-demonstrate-centimetre-level-positioning-using-smartwatches 2Show HN: Helium Browser for Android with extensions support, based on Vanadium 29 62 44d +41m github.com/jqssun/android-helium-browser 3AI Mafia Network – An interactive visualization 9 107 44d +7m dipakwani.com/ai-mafia 4Poison, Poison Everywhere 207 318 44d +22m loeber.substack.com/p/29-poison-poison-everywhere 5The Apple Network Server Mac OS ROMs have resurfaced 5 49 44d +13m oldvcr.blogspot.comhttp:///2025/10/the-apple-network-server-macos-roms.html 6Ken Thompson recalls Unix's rowdy, lock-picking origins 69 256 45d +5h thenewstack.io/ken-thompson-recalls-unixs-rowdy-lock-picking-origins 7Galaxy XR, the first Android XR headset 21 27 49d +4d blog.google/products/android/samsung-galaxy-xr 8Resource use matters, but material footprints are a poor way to measure it 5 20 45d +7h ourworldindata.org/material-footprint-limitations 9Show HN: MyraOS – My 32-bit operating system in C and ASM (Hack Club project) 54 241 44d +53m github.com/dvir-biton/MyraOS 10System.LongBool 50 41 49d +4d docwiki.embarcadero.com/Libraries/Sydney/en/System.LongBool 11Smart Beds Helped Them Sleep on a Cloud. Then the Cloud Crashed 13 22 45d +1h nytimes.com/2025/10/24/business/amazon-aws-outage-eight-sleep-mattress.html 12NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center, c.1966 76 141 50d +5d flashbak.com/norad-cheyenne-mountain-combat-center-478804 13Louis Rossman: Politician calls constituents criminals with no right to privacy [video] 14 77 45d +1h youtube.com/watch?v=WJh31Mk7XE4 14Wren: A classy little scripting language 63 196 49d +4d wren.io 15Nvidia DGX Spark: When benchmark numbers meet production reality 116 150 45d +1h publish.obsidian.md/aixplore/Practical+Applications/dgx-lab-benchmarks-vs-reality-day-4 16Smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes 145 195 45d +25m theconversation.com/smartphones-manipulate-our-emotions-and-trigger-our-reflexes-no-wonder-were-addicted-265014 17A definition of AGI 503 302 45d +34m arxiv.org/abs/2510.18212 18Ask HN: Second generation of intro to software dev for 3rd graders 35 33 51d +6d 19Making the Electron Microscope 9 92 45d +1h asimov.press/p/electron-microscope 20Alzheimer's disrupts circadian rhythms of plaque-clearing brain cells 41 199 45d +33m medicine.washu.edu/news/alzheimers-disrupts-circadian-rhythms-of-plaque-clearing-brain-cells 21Show HN: FlashRecord – 2MB Python-native CLI screen recorder 7 19 45d +45m github.com/Flamehaven/FlashRecord 22Books by People – Defending Organic Literature in an AI World 126 123 45d +55m booksbypeople.org 23Validating your ideas on strangers (2017) 35 66 47d +2d jeremyaboyd.com/post/validating-your-ideas-on-strangers 24Ask HN: How to boost Gemini transcription accuracy for company names? 22 42 51d +6d 25Movie posters from Ghana in the 1980s and 90s 94 266 45d +36m utterlyinteresting.com/post/bizarre-movie-posters-from-africa-that-are-so-bad-they-re-good 26Myanmar military shuts down a major cybercrime center, detains over 2k people 55 182 45d +1h apnews.com/article/scam-centers-cybercrime-myanmar-a2c9fda85187121e51bd0efdf29c81da 27YouTube Just Ate TV. It's Only Getting Started 221 91 45d +2h hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/youtube-impact-tv-sports-late-night-comedy-shows-1236400353 28Text Depixelization 3 32 45d +7h github.com/spipm/Depixelization_poc 29[dead] ? 21 45d +40m twitter.com 30Gambling Is Bad 1 11 45d +35m geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2025/10/24/gambling-is-bad.html 31[dead] ? 12 50d +5d 32The FSF considers large language models 85 96 45d +50m lwn.net/Articles/1040888 33Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead with Ads in Maps App 135 102 45d +3m macrumors.com/2025/10/26/apple-moving-ahead-with-ads-in-maps 34World Simulator: Create and Play Interactive AI Worlds 25 27 50d +4d worldsimulator.ai 35Formal Reasoning [pdf] 31 145 45d +1h cs.ru.nl/~freek/courses/fr-2025/public/fr.pdf 36Let's Help NetBSD Cross the Finish Line Before 2025 Ends 235 400 45d +37m mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2025/10/26/msg033327.html 37A bug that taught me more about PyTorch than years of using it 80 455 48d +2d elanapearl.github.io/blog/2025/the-bug-that-taught-me-pytorch 38Feed the bots 200 299 45d +19m maurycyz.com/misc/the_cost_of_trash 39You already have a Git server 425 636 45d +1h maurycyz.com/misc/easy_git 40My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before 170 139 45d +32m shepherd.com/best-books/cult-sci-fi-and-fantasy-you-may-not-have-heard-of 41Downloadable movie posters from the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s 89 478 52d +7d hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll84/search 42Connect to a 1980s Atari BBS through the web 9 70 45d +1h southernamis.com/ataribbsconnect 43Any decent error message is a kind of oracle 23 29 51d +6d digitalseams.com/blog/any-decent-error-message-is-a-kind-of-oracle 44Eavesdropping on Internal Networks via Unencrypted Satellites 46 215 50d +5d satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu 45Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time 219 471 45d +57m adventofcode.com/2025/about#faq_num_days 46Writing a RISC-V Emulator in Rust 54 119 45d +1h book.rvemu.app 47LaserTweezer – Optical Trap 5 78 45d +1h gaudi.ch/GaudiLabs/?page_id=578 48Clojure Land – Discover open-source Clojure libraries and frameworks 48 180 45d +56m clojure.land 49Asbestosis 218 283 45d +33m diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/10/asbestosis.html 50What if tariffs? 263 239 45d +5m swatch.com/en-en/what-if-tariffs-so34z106/SO34Z106.html 51Cubical Quad Antennas and Margaret's Letter 6 17 49d +3d ei3lh.euhttp:///?p=88 52The Privacy Theater of Hashed PII 26 27 51d +6d matthodges.com/posts/2025-10-19-privacy-theater-pii-phone-numbers 53Bitmovin (YC S15) Is Hiring Engineering ICs and Managers in Europe 0 1 45d +7s bitmovin.com/careers 54Generalized K-Means Clustering 12 41 51d +5d github.com/derrickburns/generalized-kmeans-clustering 55Tsdown – The Elegant Bundler for Libraries 10 28 45d +2h tsdown.dev 56Auto Dark Mode for Windows 10 12 45d +1h github.com/AutoDarkMode/Windows-Auto-Night-Mode 57GenAI Image Editing Showdown 51 197 45d +1h genai-showdown.specr.net 58President Reagan's Radio Address to the Nation on Tarrifs, 1987 21 60 45d +2h youtube.com/watch?v=5t5QK03KXPc 59NextSilicon reveals new processor chip in challenge to Intel, AMD 51 154 48d +3d reuters.com/business/nextsilicon-reveals-new-processor-chip-challenge-intel-amd-2025-10-22 60Noam Chomsky Slams ŽIžek and Lacan: Empty 'Posturing' (2013) 2 8 45d +1h openculture.com/2013/06/noam_chomsky_slams_zizek_and_lacan_empty_posturing.html 61PCB Edge USB C Connector Library 84 166 45d +28m github.com/AnasMalas/pcb-edge-usb-c 62Ubios: China's Alternative to UEFI 18 33 47d +2d pbxscience.com/ubios-chinas-alternative-to-uefi-and-the-new-era-of-firmware-standards 63Why the New Leisure Class Enjoys Activism and Philanthropy 7 15 45d +1h letter.palladiummag.com/p/early-article-why-the-new-leisure 64Pico-Banana-400k 64 390 45d +5m github.com/apple/pico-banana-400k 65A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool 499 681 45d +8m nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2025/20251022en?brid=vscAjql9kZL1FfGE7TYHVw#en57996:~:text=TRANSPORT%20OF%20CONTAMINATED%20PERSON%20OFFSITE 66I'm drowning in AI features I never asked for and I hate it 224 342 45d +25m makeuseof.com/ai-features-being-rammed-down-our-throats 67Broadcom AFBR-S20: High-Performance Miniature Spectrometer Product Brief [pdf] 1 9 52d +6d docs.broadcom.com/docs/AFBR-S20xx-PB 68Sora might have a 'pervert' problem on its hands 89 44 45d +30m businessinsider.com/sora-video-openai-fetish-content-my-face-problem-2025-10 69 More... 2025.10.25