HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order Is Northern Virginia still the least reliable AWS region? 76 100 7d +21m statusgator.com/blog/aws-least-reliable-region-in-2025 1Here you can find the contents of the Unix v4 tape ready for bootstrapping 2 32 10d +3d squoze.nethttp:///UNIX/v4/README 2Show HN: Claude Wrapped in the terminal, with a WASM raymarcher 1 15 7d +1h spader.zone/wrapped 3Texas app store age verification law blocked by federal judge 244 317 7d +51m macrumors.com/2025/12/23/texas-app-store-law-blocked 4Microspeak: North Star – The Old New Thing (2015) 10 26 7d +17m devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20151103-00/?p=91861 5I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off Live Plus 242 255 7d +25m pocket-lint.com/lg-tv-turn-off-live-plus 6X-ray: a Python library for finding bad redactions in PDF documents 121 695 7d +17m github.com/freelawproject/x-ray 7LAVD: Meta's New Default Scheduler [pdf] 1 27 7d +2h lpc.events/event/19/contributions/2099/attachments/1875/4020/lpc-2025-lavd-meta.pdf 8Fixed-Wing Runway Design 10 24 7d +1h wbdg.org/building/aviation/fixed-wing-runway-design 9Fifty problems with standard web APIs in 2025 99 201 13d +5d zerotrickpony.com/articles/browser-bugs 10Fuck You, I Won't Use Tailwind 41 48 7d +13m fuckyouiwontusetailwind.com 11HTTP Caching, a Refresher 31 175 7d +1h danburzo.ro/http-caching-refresher 12What makes you senior 189 397 11d +4d terriblesoftware.org/2025/11/25/what-actually-makes-you-senior 13Un-Redactor 52 55 7d +1h github.com/kvthweatt/unredactor 14Lua 5.5 130 385 8d +1d lua.org/versions.html#5.5 15Toad is a unified experience for AI in the terminal 77 229 8d +1d willmcgugan.github.io/toad-released 16iOS 26.2 lockscreen clock is slowly moving left 19 45 7d +27m twitter.com/ffaebi/status/2003548130936332519 17Help My c64 caught on fire 40 120 7d +1h c0de517e.com/026_c64fire.htm 18Perfect Software – Software for an Audience of One 95 206 10d +3d outofdesk.netlify.app/blog/perfect-software 19Terrence Malick's Disciples 27 97 7d +5m yalereview.org/article/bilge-ebiri-terrence-malick 20Volvo Centum is Dalton Maag's new typeface for Volvo 154 124 7d +38m wallpaper.com/design-interiors/corporate-design-branding/volvo-new-font-volvo-centum 21Space Math Academy 21 44 10d +3d space-math.academy 22An initial analysis of the discovered Unix V4 tape 4 89 7d +38m spinellis.gr/blog/20251223/?yc261223 23We replaced H.264 streaming with JPEG screenshots (and it worked better) 314 513 7d +26m blog.helix.ml/p/we-mass-deployed-15-year-old-screen 24Towards a secure peer-to-peer app platform for Clan 26 92 7d +46m clan.lol/blog/towards-app-platform-vmtech 25How did DOGE disrupt so much while saving so little? 194 315 7d +25m nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/politics/doge-musk-trump-analysis.html 26When irate product support customers demand to speak to Bill Gates 34 77 7d +1h devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20251223-00/?p=111896 27Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS 538 1433 7d +6m github.com/bellard/mquickjs/blob/main/README.md 28Meta is using the Linux scheduler designed for Valve's Steam Deck on its servers 385 690 7d +10m phoronix.com/news/Meta-SCX-LAVD-Steam-Deck-Server 29The Coffee Warehouse 51 52 11d +3d scopeofwork.net/the-coffee-warehouse 30Astrophotography Target Planner: Discover Hidden Nebulas 5 62 11d +3d astroimagery.com/techniques/imaging/astrophotography-target-planner 31Diary: Val McDermid, Deep Winter 1 13 12d +4d books.substack.com/p/diary-val-mcdermid-deep-winter 32Show HN: Yapi – FOSS terminal API client for power users 17 49 8d +1d yapi.run/blog/what-is-yapi 33Dancing around the rhythm space with Euclid 4 53 8d +1d pv.wtf/posts/euclidean-rhythms 34Stop Slopware 155 144 7d +25m stopslopware.net 35The last product to get cancelled 7 13 13d +5d ablg.io/blog/last-product-to-get-cancelled 36CBS 60 minutes on CECOT only aired in Canada 0 10 7d +5m archive.org/details/cecot-60mins 37Are We Loong Yet? 18 27 7d +5h areweloongyet.com/en 38Nearly 1 in 4 Americans think they have a personal social security account 46 28 7d +14m cato.org/blog/poll-nearly-1-4-americans-think-they-have-personal-social-security-account-3 39Deplatforming Backfired 42 34 7d +49m reason.com/2025/12/22/deplatforming-backfired 40Classical billiards can compute (2d billiard systems are Turing complete) 5 29 7d +4h arxiv.org/abs/2512.19156 41Test, don't just verify 138 197 7d +10m alperenkeles.com/posts/test-dont-verify 42Executorch: On-device AI across mobile, embedded and edge for PyTorch 18 120 12d +4d github.com/pytorch/executorch 43Postponed '60 Minutes' segment on Salvadoran prison is streamed by Canadian news 55 163 7d +21m nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cbs-news-el-salvador-cecot-prison-sharyn-alfonsi-bari-weiss-rcna250618 44Solving the Problems of HBM-on-Logic 4 18 13d +5d morethanmoore.substack.com/p/solving-the-problems-of-hbm-on-logic 45What Is (AI) Glaze? 23 24 7d +56m glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/what-is-glaze.html 46Font with Built-In Syntax Highlighting (2024) 36 151 7d +1h blog.glyphdrawing.club/font-with-built-in-syntax-highlighting 47Ryanair fined €256M over ‘abusive strategy’ to limit ticket sales by OTAs 267 255 7d +16m theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/23/ryanair-fined-limit-online-travel-agencies-ticket-sales-ota 48Gimp Source Code 19 24 7d +1h gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp 49Instant database clones with PostgreSQL 18 161 429 7d +2h boringsql.com/posts/instant-database-clones 5010 years bootstrapped: €6.5M revenue with a team of 13 129 321 7d +2h datocms.com/blog/a-look-back-at-2025 51Ask HN: What are the best engineering blogs with real-world depth? 127 440 7d +27m 52Show HN: I wrote a small lib to turn a USB gamepad into a Bluetooth one 44 26 14d +6d github.com/skorokithakis/bluetooth-gamepad 53Why were all stories about the '60 minutes' leak removed from HN? 27 37 7d +48m 54Carnap – A formal logic framework for Haskell 20 110 7d +34m carnap.io 55Adobe Photoshop 1.0 Source Code (1990) 153 437 12d +4d computerhistory.org/blog/adobe-photoshop-source-code 56[dead] ? 25 8d +8h bbc.com 57iOS 26.3 brings AirPods-like pairing to third-party devices in EU under DMA 310 319 7d +1h macrumors.com/2025/12/22/ios-26-3-dma-airpods-pairing 58A centennial look back at Edward Gorey's macabre art and guarded life 6 30 14d +6d washingtonpost.com/books/2025/12/13/edward-gorey-centennial-gregory-hischak-review 59Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal 106 339 7d +1h github.com/eyeblech/cinecli 60[dead] ? 13 7d +3m daringfireball.net 61[dead] ? 21 7d +12m cbc.ca 62The Polyglot NixOS 52 133 10d +2d x86.lol/generic/2025/12/19/polyglot.html 63[dead] ? 21 8d +26m hollywoodreporter.com 64Remove Black Color with Shaders 18 54 12d +4d yuanchuan.dev/remove-black-color-with-shaders 65The Duodecimal Bulletin, Vol. 55, No. 1, Year 1209 [pdf] 36 64 8d +3h dozenal.org/drupal/sites_bck/default/files/DuodecimalBulletinIssue551.pdf 66Archivists posted the 60 minutes CECOT segment Bari Weiss killed 11 245 8d +57m 404media.co/archivists-posted-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment-bari-weiss-killed 67FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign UAS and UAS Critical Components [pdf] 92 103 8d +30m docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-416839A1.pdf 68Plugins case study: mdBook preprocessors 13 22 12d +4d eli.thegreenplace.net/2025/plugins-case-study-mdbook-preprocessors 6960 Minutes: Cecot 10 167 8d +23m 70The 60 Minutes report that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband 43 160 8d +22m theverge.com/policy/849432/60-minutes-cecot-censored-canada-leak 71Diesel pollution particles impair lysosomal functions of iPSC-derived microglia 35 36 8d +29m sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025002181 72Show HN: Python SDK – forecasting with foundation time-series and tabular models 18 42 12d +4d github.com/S-FM/faim-python-client 73Local AI is driving the biggest change in laptops in decades 252 248 8d +2h spectrum.ieee.org/ai-models-locally 74Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT 15 235 8d +51m archive.org/details/60minutes-cecotsegment 75Snitch – A friendlier ss/netstat 101 329 8d +1h github.com/karol-broda/snitch 76Our New Sam Audio Model Transforms Audio Editing 64 164 14d +6d about.fb.com/news/2025/12/our-new-sam-audio-model-transforms-audio-editing 77NYC Spends $200 Million on Cell Service for School Chromebooks 52 36 8d +9m nysfocus.com/2025/12/22/eric-adams-school-chromebooks-contract 78Ask HN: How are most people converting HEIC to jpg? 47 18 11d +3d 79Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video] 546 1649 8d +7m archive.org/details/insidececot 80Satellites reveal heat leaking from largest US cryptocurrency mining center 161 161 8d +39m space.com/space-exploration/satellites/satellites-reveal-heat-leaking-from-largest-us-cryptocurrency-mining-center 81Show HN: C-compiler to compile TCC for live-bootstrap 23 67 13d +5d github.com/FransFaase/MES-replacement 82 More... 2025.12.22