HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order NYC Telecom Raid: What's Up with Those Weird SIM Banks? 156 203 3mo +22m tedium.co/2025/09/23/secret-service-raid-sim-bank-telecom-hardware 1A vibrator helped me debug a motorcycle brake light system 54 127 3mo +3d bikesafe.me/blogs/news/how-a-vibrator-helped-me-debug-a-motorcycle-brake-light-system 2Fake ycombinatoor / y-comblnator using GitHub issues for contact 2 5 3mo +8m github.com/ycombinatoor/ycombinator-co/issues 3Kitty – GPU based terminal emulator 78 97 3mo +3d sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty 4GitHub Y Combinator phishing attack 6 13 3mo +7m github.com/ycombiinator/ycombinator-co/issues 5AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers 1 27 3mo +1h technologyreview.com/2025/09/23/1123897/ai-models-are-using-material-from-retracted-scientific-papers 6Podman Desktop celebrates 3M downloads 78 235 3mo +1h podman-desktop.io/blog/3-million 7Show HN: Ggc – A Git CLI tool written in Go with interactive UI 1 40 3mo +3d github.com/bmf-san/ggc/releases/tag/v6.0.0 8Context Engineering for AI Agents: Lessons 4 120 3mo +23m manus.im/blog/Context-Engineering-for-AI-Agents-Lessons-from-Building-Manus 9Preventing IoT Edge Device Cloning 6 9 3mo +4m embedded.com/preventing-iot-device-cloning 10From Rust to reality: The hidden journey of fetch_max 59 254 3mo +9m questdb.com/blog/rust-fetch-max-compiler-journey 11Qwen3-VL 159 429 3mo +19m qwen.ai/blog?id=99f0335c4ad9ff6153e517418d48535ab6d8afef&from=research.latest-advancements-list 12I'm leaving Ruby Central 118 202 3mo +29m gist.github.com/simi/349d881d16d3d86947945615a47c60ca 13Is life a form of computation? 139 213 3mo +13m thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-life-a-form-of-computation 14Triple Buffering in Rendering APIs 3 42 3mo +3d 4rknova.com//blog/2025/09/12/triple-buffering 15Musings on Generative AI 1 14 3mo +1h leejo.github.io/2025/09/23/gaps 16YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content 830 366 3mo +31m businessinsider.com/youtube-reinstate-channels-banned-over-covid-content-policies-2025-9 17Apple A19 SoC die shot 66 142 3mo +1h chipwise.tech/our-portfolio/apple-a19-dieshot 18Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children 23 81 3mo +37m priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2025/nr-c_250923 19Is Fortran better than Python for teaching basics of numerical linear algebra? 123 104 3mo +41m loiseaujc.github.io/posts/blog-title/fortran_vs_python.html 20Show HN: The Blots Programming Language 11 54 3mo +3d blots-lang.org 21consumed.today 46 223 3mo +40m consumed.today 22Denmark wants to push through Chat Control 188 283 3mo +26m netzpolitik.org/2025/internes-protokoll-daenemark-will-chatkontrolle-durchdruecken 23How to draw construction equipment for kids 77 143 3mo +14m alyssarosenberg.substack.com/p/how-to-draw-construction-equipment 24The Great American Travel Book: The book that helped revive a genre 0 24 3mo +2d theamericanscholar.org/the-great-american-travel-book 25Find SF parking cops 465 834 3mo +22m walzr.com/sf-parking 26Markov chains are the original language models 169 445 3mo +3d elijahpotter.dev/articles/markov_chains_are_the_original_language_models 27Always Invite Anna 173 1085 3mo +2h sharif.io/anna-alexei 28Android users can now use conversational editing in Google Photos 132 131 3mo +17m blog.google/products/photos/android-conversational-editing-google-photos 29Getting AI to work in complex codebases 407 494 3mo +2h github.com/humanlayer/advanced-context-engineering-for-coding-agents/blob/main/ace-fca.md 30Libghostty is coming 262 810 3mo +3h mitchellh.com/writing/libghostty-is-coming 31Thundering herd problem: Preventing the stampede 20 49 3mo +17h distributed-computing-musings.com/2025/08/thundering-herd-problem-preventing-the-stampede 32Imagining a language without booleans 63 57 3mo +18h justinpombrio.net/2025/09/22/imagining-a-language-without-booleans.html 33Smooth weighted round-robin balancing 3 28 3mo +3d github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/52327e0627f49dbda1e8db695e63a4b0af4448b1 34U.S. Secret Service disrupts telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N 2 41 3mo +22m cbsnews.com/news/u-s-secret-service-disrupts-telecom-network-threatened-new-york-city-u-n-general-assembly 35Nintendo Alerted After DHS Uses Pokémon to Promote ICE Raids 22 42 3mo +13m thedailybeast.com/nintendo-alerted-after-dhs-uses-pokemon-to-promote-ice-raids-tearing-families-apart 36Grindr outage reports coincide with Kirk memorial service in Arizona 21 16 3mo +1h pride.com/culture/charlie-kirk-grindr-outage 37Show HN: FlyCode – Recover Stripe payments by automatically using backup cards 37 19 3mo +41m 38From MCP to shell: MCP auth flaws enable RCE in Claude Code, Gemini CLI and more 40 147 3mo +1h verialabs.com/blog/from-mcp-to-shell 39FDA takes action to make a treatment available for autism symptoms 122 52 3mo +7m fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-takes-action-make-treatment-available-autism-symptoms 40Are elites meritocratic and efficiency-seeking? Evidence from MBA students 73 102 3mo +30m arxiv.org/abs/2503.15443 41If you are reading this obituary, it looks like I'm dead 73 162 3mo +5m framinghamsource.com/index.php/2025/09/22/linda-m-brossi-murphy 42Linux Compose Key Sequences (2007) 11 30 3mo +3d math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas/Linux_Compose_Key_Sequences.html 43Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover 403 586 3mo +24m joel.drapper.me/p/rubygems-takeover 44Show HN: Open-source AI data generator (now hosted) 0 39 3mo +1h metabase.com/ai-data-generator 45[dead] ? 19 3mo +22m insideinvestigator.org 46OpenDataLoader-PDF: An open source tool for structured PDF parsing 27 108 3mo +1h github.com/opendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf 47Show HN: Kekkai – a simple, fast file integrity monitoring tool in Go 16 57 3mo +18m github.com/catatsuy/kekkai 48Zip Code Map of the United States 93 93 3mo +7m engaging-data.com/us-zip-code-map 49Launch HN: Strata (YC X25) – One MCP server for AI to handle thousands of tools 65 131 3mo +32s 50Row-level transformations in Postgres CDC using Lua 0 18 3mo +2d blog.peerdb.io/row-level-transformations-in-postgres-cdc-using-lua 51x402 — An open protocol for internet-native payments 147 227 3mo +35m x402.org 52US Secret Service dismantles imminent telecommunications threat NY tristate area 2 44 3mo +2h secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2025/09/us-secret-service-dismantles-imminent-telecommunications-threat-new-york 53AI won't use as much electricity as we are told (2024) 115 65 3mo +1h johnquigginblog.substack.com/p/ai-wont-use-as-much-electricity-as 54State of AI-assisted software development 73 93 3mo +26m blog.google/technology/developers/dora-report-2025 55Agents turn simple keyword search into compelling search experiences 32 66 3mo +11m softwaredoug.com/blog/2025/09/22/reasoning-agents-need-bad-search 56US authorities seize illicit electronics in New York during UN General Assembly 3 20 3mo +35m reuters.com/world/us/us-authorities-seize-illicit-electronics-new-york-area-during-un-general-2025-09-23 57Abundant Intelligence 128 87 3mo +31m blog.samaltman.com/abundant-intelligence 58OrangePi 5 Ultra Review: An ARM64 SBC Powerhouse 33 61 3mo +22m boilingsteam.com/orange-pi-5-ultra-review 59[dead] ? 21 3mo +12m apnews.com 60Secret Service takes down network that could have crippled New York cell service 3 35 3mo +5m theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/23/secret-service-new-york-network 61Restrictions on house sharing by unrelated roommates 387 309 3mo +12m marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/08/the-war-on-roommates-why-is-sharing-a-house-illegal.html 62MrBeast Failed to Disclose Ads and Improperly Collected Children's Data 174 334 3mo +11m bbbprograms.org/media/newsroom/decisions/mrbeast-feastables 63The Secret Service found 300 servers capable of crippling NYC's cell system 4 50 3mo +1h cnn.com/2025/09/23/us/swatting-investigation-server-network-discovered 64Obscure feature + obscure feature + obscure feature = compiler bug 10 33 3mo +2d antithesis.com/blog/2025/compiler_bug 65[dead] ? 4 3mo +21m unherd.com 66[dead] ? 6 3mo +3m twitter.com 67Zig feels more practical than Rust for real-world CLI tools 397 203 3mo +27m dayvster.com/blog/why-zig-feels-more-practical-than-rust-for-real-world-cli-tools 68Getting More Strategic 30 181 3mo +18m cate.blog/2025/09/23/getting-more-strategic 69Forking Styled Components 7 32 3mo +3d github.com/sanity-io/styled-components-last-resort/blob/main/README.md 70Trump's new visa fees spur offshoring talks, hiring turmoil 96 64 3mo +32m reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/silicon-valley-hiring-turmoil-after-new-h-1b-visa-fees-move-spurs-offshoring-2025-09-23 71Does Acetaminophen During Pregnancy Increase Autism Risk? A Look at the Evidence 13 6 3mo +2h braxfordjournal.com/1505 72Mesh: I tried Htmx, then ditched it 174 245 3mo +27m ajmoon.com/posts/mesh-i-tried-htmx-then-ditched-it 73Awash in revisionist histories about Apple's web efforts, a look at the evidence 48 39 3mo +4h infrequently.org/2025/09/cupertinos-comforting-myths 74Zinc (YC W14) Is Hiring a Senior Back End Engineer (NYC) 0 1 3mo +14s app.dover.com/apply/Zinc/4d32fdb9-c3e6-4f84-a4a2-12c80018fe8f/?rs=76643084 75Show HN: Run Qwen3-Next-80B on 8GB GPU at 1tok/2s throughput 17 119 3mo +3d github.com/Mega4alik/ollm 76Cache of devices capable of crashing cell network is found in NYC 294 296 3mo +12m nytimes.com/2025/09/23/us/politics/secret-service-sim-cards-servers-un.html 77Sampling and structured outputs in LLMs 92 232 3mo +49m parthsareen.com/blog.html#sampling.md 78Europe's EV sales surge 26% in 2025 while Tesla faces decline 185 65 3mo +44m notebookcheck.net/Europe-s-EV-sales-surge-26-in-2025-while-Tesla-faces-decline.1121077.0.html 79[dead] ? 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