11.13.25 | Steam Machine, Steam Frame, Yt-dlp requires external JavaScript for YouTube support
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 13, 2025.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro
(00:14) - Steam Machine
(01:25) - Steam Frame
(02:31) - Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support
(03:48) - Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without verification
(04:57) - The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia
(06:00) - Project Euler
(07:01) - GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT
(08:10) - Fighting the New York Times' invasion of user privacy
(09:15) - Valve is about to win the console generation
(10:30) - Learn Prolog Now
(11:40) - Outro
Steam Machinehttps://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachinehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45903404Steam Framehttps://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45903325Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube supporthttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15012https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45898407Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without verificationhttps://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-developer-verification-early.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45908938The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphiahttps://www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/business/last-penny-mintedhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45901904Project Eulerhttps://projecteuler.nethttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45902898GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPThttps://openai.com/index/gpt-5-1/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45904551Fighting the New York Times' invasion of user privacyhttps://openai.com/index/fighting-nyt-user-privacy-invasionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45900370Valve is about to win the console generationhttps://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/valve-is-about-to-win-the-console-generation/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45908464Learn Prolog Nowhttps://lpn.swi-prolog.org/lpnpage.php?pageid=tophttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45900978
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11.12.25 | FFmpeg demands funding from Google, Laptops featuring stickers, X5.1 solar flare and G4 geomagnetic storm alert
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 12, 2025.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro
(00:20) - FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs
(01:40) - Laptops with Stickers
(02:32) - X5.1 solar flare, G4 geomagnetic storm watch
(03:39) - Yann LeCun to depart Meta and launch AI startup focused on 'world models'
(04:48) - The history of Casio watches
(05:55) - I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
(07:02) - Pikaday: A friendly guide to front-end date pickers
(08:11) - The terminal of the future
(09:17) - .NET MAUI is coming to Linux and the browser
(10:25) - A modern 35mm film scanner for home
(11:38) - Outro
FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugshttps://thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-google-fund-us-or-stop-sending-bugs/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45891016Laptops with Stickershttps://stickertop.art/main/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45789674X5.1 solar flare, G4 geomagnetic storm watchhttps://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/news/view/593/20251111-x5-1-solar-flare-g4-geomagnetic-storm-watch.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45893004Yann LeCun to depart Meta and launch AI startup focused on 'world models'https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/metas-chief-ai-scientist-yann-lecun-depart-and-launch-ai-start-focused-world-modelshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45897271The history of Casio watcheshttps://www.casio.com/us/watches/50th/Heritage/1970s/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45860552I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hourshttps://james.belchamber.com/articles/blood-pressure-monitor-reverse-engineering/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45893095Pikaday: A friendly guide to front-end date pickershttps://pikaday.dbushell.comhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45887957The terminal of the futurehttps://jyn.dev/the-terminal-of-the-futurehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45892191.NET MAUI is coming to Linux and the browserhttps://avaloniaui.net/blog/net-maui-is-coming-to-linux-and-the-browser-powered-by-avaloniahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45893986A modern 35mm film scanner for homehttps://www.soke.engineering/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45891907
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 11, 2025.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Unexpected things that are people
(01:24) - The 'Toy Story' You Remember
(02:21) - Time to start de-Appling
(03:29) - Unix v4 Tape Found
(04:34) - The lazy Git UI you didn't know you need
(05:41) - Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf]
(06:40) - Writing your own BEAM
(07:46) - Spatial intelligence is AI’s next frontier
(08:53) - Using Generative AI in Content Production
(10:02) - Outro
Unexpected things that are peoplehttps://bengoldhaber.substack.com/p/unexpected-things-that-are-peoplehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45877257The 'Toy Story' You Rememberhttps://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-story-you-rememberhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45883788Time to start de-Applinghttps://heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/time-to-start-de-appling/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45876598Unix v4 Tape Foundhttps://discuss.systems/@ricci/115504720054699983https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45840321The lazy Git UI you didn't know you needhttps://www.bwplotka.dev/2025/lazygit/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45878578Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf]https://berkshirehathaway.com/news/nov1025.pdfhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45882837Writing your own BEAMhttps://martin.janiczek.cz/2025/11/09/writing-your-own-beam.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45867828Spatial intelligence is AI’s next frontierhttps://drfeifei.substack.com/p/from-words-to-worlds-spatial-intelligencehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45880939Using Generative AI in Content Productionhttps://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/43393929218323-Using-Generative-AI-in-Content-Productionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879793
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11.10.25 | Marble Fountain, Montana enshrines 'right to compute', Ask HN: November 2025 projects
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 10, 2025.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - Marble Fountain
(01:23) - Montana becomes first state to enshrine 'right to compute' into law
(02:30) - Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)
(03:25) - XSLT RIP
(04:23) - The Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra
(05:25) - Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
(06:22) - Drilling down on Uncle Sam's proposed TP-Link ban
(07:37) - Sued by Nintendo
(08:47) - The Principles of Diffusion Models
(09:47) - Email verification protocol
(10:45) - Outro
Marble Fountainhttps://willmorrison.net/posts/marble-fountain/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866697Montana becomes first state to enshrine 'right to compute' into lawhttps://montananewsroom.com/montana-becomes-first-state-to-enshrine-right-to-compute-into-law/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45865289Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45869146XSLT RIPhttps://xslt.rip/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45873434The Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstrahttps://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866224Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-wFixuRVUhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45803601Drilling down on Uncle Sam's proposed TP-Link banhttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/drilling-down-on-uncle-sams-proposed-tp-link-ban/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45867717Sued by Nintendohttps://www.suedbynintendo.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45870675The Principles of Diffusion Modelshttps://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21890https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866572Email verification protocolhttps://github.com/WICG/email-verification-protocolhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45782192
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11.9.25 | AI evaluation weaknesses, I Am Mark Zuckerberg, Marko HTML-based language
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 9, 2025.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - Study identifies weaknesses in how AI systems are evaluated
(01:29) - I Am Mark Zuckerberg
(02:22) - Marko – A declarative, HTML‑based language
(03:30) - Ironclad – formally verified, real-time capable, Unix-like OS kernel
(04:43) - Largest cargo sailboat completes first Atlantic crossing
(05:58) - Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language
(06:54) - Avería: The Average Font (2011)
(07:56) - Open-source communications by bouncing signals off the Moon
(08:50) - Control structures in programming languages: from goto to algebraic effects
(09:57) - Cloudflare scrubs Aisuru botnet from top domains list
(11:03) - Outro
Study identifies weaknesses in how AI systems are evaluatedhttps://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/study-identifies-weaknesses-in-how-ai-systems-are-evaluated/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45856804I Am Mark Zuckerberghttps://iammarkzuckerberg.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45863360Marko – A declarative, HTML‑based languagehttps://markojs.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45858905Ironclad – formally verified, real-time capable, Unix-like OS kernelhttps://ironclad-os.org/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45860843Largest cargo sailboat completes first Atlantic crossinghttps://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/worlds-largest-cargo-sailboat-completes-historic-first-atlantic-crossing/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45859471Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Languagehttps://tabloid.vercel.app/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45862470Avería: The Average Font (2011)http://iotic.com/averia/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45859243Open-source communications by bouncing signals off the Moonhttps://open.space/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790672Control structures in programming languages: from goto to algebraic effectshttp://xavierleroy.org/control-structures/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45798068Cloudflare scrubs Aisuru botnet from top domains listhttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/cloudflare-scrubs-aisuru-botnet-from-top-domains-list/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45857836
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