HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order Enchanting Imposters 1 8 72d +2d daily.jstor.org/enchanting-imposters 1Original C64 Lode Runner Source Code 28 82 70d +15m github.com/Piddewitt/Loderunner 2Designing EventQL, an Event Query Language 15 27 70d +2h docs.eventsourcingdb.io/blog/2025/10/20/designing-eventql-an-event-query-language 3The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) 8 68 76d +6d cancerimagingarchive.net 4Duke Nukem: Zero Hour N64 ROM Reverse-Engineering Project Hits 100% 101 232 70d +1h github.com/Gillou68310/DukeNukemZeroHour 5[dead] ? 17 70d +4m theguardian.com 6Deterministic multithreading is hard (2024) 13 113 71d +12h factorio.com/blog/post/fff-415 7Show HN: 18yo first iOS app: blocks distracting apps and unlocks with QR/barcode 11 30 70d +9m apps.apple.com/us/app/recode-screen-time-control/id6752352978 8Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid 163 122 70d +5m forum.f-droid.org/t/nsfw-flag-incorrectly-added-to-bible-and-quran-apps/33401 9Novo Nordisk's Canadian Mistake 227 422 70d +34m science.org/content/blog-post/novo-nordisk-s-canadian-mistake 10Ask HN: Those who applied to the OpenAI Grove program, did you ever hear back? 7 23 70d +9m 11Redis Backplane for Hubots 7 13 76d +5d github.com/hubot-friends/hubot-redis-backplane 12Show HN: Browser-based PDF form fields detection (YOLO-based) 3 25 70d +4h commonforms.simplepdf.com 13The White House is already one of the most blocked accounts on Bluesky 42 76 70d +1h techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/the-white-house-is-already-one-of-the-most-blocked-accounts-on-bluesky 14The working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn't see in the movies 86 127 77d +7d theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/12/move-over-alan-turing-meet-the-working-class-hero-of-bletchley-park-you-didnt-see-in-the-movies 15Why We Need Arabic Language Models 10 33 70d +10m natureasia.com/en/nmiddleeast/article/10.1038/nmiddleeast.2025.142 16What Unix pipelines got right and how we can do better 19 18 70d +1m programmingsimplicity.substack.com/p/what-unix-pipelines-got-right-and 17Could the XZ backdoor been detected with better Git/Deb packaging practices? 108 117 70d +2h optimizedbyotto.com/post/xz-backdoor-debian-git-detection 18United MAX Hit by Falling Object at 36,000 Feet 223 400 70d +1h avbrief.com/united-max-hit-by-falling-object-at-36000-feet 19Dosbian: Boot to DOSBox on Raspberry Pi 69 162 70d +8m cmaiolino.wordpress.com/dosbian 20US Government Uptime Monitor 72 215 70d +13m usa-status.com 21The AI bubble is 17 times bigger than the dot-com bust 93 47 70d +48m cnn.com/2025/10/18/business/ai-bubble-analyst-nightcap 22Better SRGB to Greyscale Conversion 11 26 75d +4d 30fps.net/pages/better-srgb-to-greyscale 23Compare Single Board Computers 81 219 70d +51m sbc.compare 24Ask HN: What are people doing to get off of VMware? 162 187 70d +46m 25The Spilhaus Projection: A world map according to fish 18 147 78d +7d southernwoodenboatsailing.com/news/the-spilhaus-projection-a-world-map-according-to-fish 26Criticizing Immigration Laws Is Not Racist 0 18 70d +8m maximepeabody.com/blog/immigration-in-canada 27Scheme Reports at Fifty 25 65 70d +2h crumbles.blog/posts/2025-10-18-scheme-reports-at-fifty.html 28GNU Octave Meets JupyterLite: Compute Anywhere, Anytime 42 176 70d +1h blog.jupyter.org/gnu-octave-meets-jupyterlite-compute-anywhere-anytime-8b033afbbcdc 29Show HN: Notepad.exe – macOS editor for Swift and Python (now Linux runtime) 50 41 70d +1h notepadexe.com 30I wish SSDs gave you CPU performance style metrics about their activity 54 91 70d +24m utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SSDWritePerfMetricsWish 31The Trinary Dream Endures 72 47 70d +15m robinsloan.com/lab/trinary-dream 32Doing well in your courses: Andrej's advice for success (2013) 196 666 70d +39m cs.stanford.edu/people/karpathy/advice.html 33Infisical (YC W23) Is Hiring Full Stack Engineers 0 1 70d +7s ycombinator.com/companies/infisical/jobs/0gY2Da1-full-stack-engineer-global 34Windows 11 25H2 October Update Bug Renders Recovery Environment Unusable 116 147 70d +39m techpowerup.com/342032/windows-11-25h2-october-update-bug-renders-recovery-environment-unusable 35Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum 161 159 70d +13m apnews.com/article/france-louvre-museum-robbery-a3687f330a43e0aaff68c732c4b2585b 36When Pollution Spikes in Southeast Asia, Rainfall Shifts from Land to Sea 1 22 70d +8m e360.yale.edu/digest/southeast-asia-aerosols-rainfall?asds 37Judge says body cameras for Chicago officers "was not a suggestion" 26 55 70d +2m cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-homeland-security-federal-agents-chicago-body-cameras 38How Senior Engineers Lose Trust 52 26 70d +14m tahahussain.substack.com/p/how-senior-engineers-lose-trust 39Comparing the power consumption of a 30 year old refrigerator to a new one 227 214 76d +5d ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/10/14/fridge-power-consumption 40RFCs: Blueprints of the Internet 91 118 70d +52m ackreq.github.io/posts/what-are-rfcs 41The Spherical Cows of Programming 46 31 70d +34m programmingsimplicity.substack.com/p/the-spherical-cows-of-programming 42The macOS LC_COLLATE hunt: Or why does sort order differently on macOS and Linux (2020) 22 96 70d +2h blog.zhimingwang.org/macos-lc_collate-hunt 43ISP Blocking of No-IP's Dynamic DNS Enters Week 2 16 50 70d +1h torrentfreak.com/isp-blocking-of-no-ips-dynamic-dns-enters-week-2-251019 44Feed me up, Scotty – custom RSS feed generation using CSS selectors 8 50 70d +2h feed-me-up-scotty.vincenttunru.com 45With deadline looming 4 of 9 universities reject Trumps pact to remake higher ed 134 116 70d +18m arstechnica.com/culture/2025/10/with-deadline-looming-4-of-9-universities-reject-trumps-compact-to-remake-higher-ed 46The zipper is getting its first major upgrade in 100 years 143 123 70d +14m wired.com/story/the-zipper-is-getting-its-first-major-upgrade-in-100-years 47Coffee liberated her life, then she used it to liberate the lives of other women 3 10 70d +19m npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/10/17/g-s1-93574/coffee-transformed-her-life-women-village-uganda-entrepreneur 48Show HN: Pyversity – Fast Result Diversification for Retrieval and RAG 11 83 70d +54m github.com/Pringled/pyversity 49Why an abundance of choice is not the same as freedom 108 151 70d +7m aeon.co/essays/why-an-abundance-of-choice-is-not-the-same-as-freedom 50Websites Are for Humans 26 52 70d +10m marcus-obst.de/blog/websites-are-for-humans 51Xubuntu.org Might Be Compromised 156 362 70d +7m old.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1oa4549/xubuntuorg_might_be_compromised 52How to Assemble an Electric Heating Element from Scratch 69 109 70d +43m solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/10/how-to-build-an-electric-heating-element-from-scratch 53Replacement.ai 668 989 70d +16m replacement.ai 54Immix: A Mark-Region Garbage Collector (2008) [pdf] 0 13 76d +5d steveblackburn.org/pubs/papers/immix-pldi-2008.pdf 55Abandoned land drives dangerous heat in Houston, study finds 159 157 70d +15m stories.tamu.edu/news/2025/10/07/abandoned-land-drives-dangerous-heat-in-houston-texas-am-study-finds 56Improving PixelMelt's Kindle Web Deobfuscator 17 99 70d +1h shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/improving-pixelmelts-kindle-web-deobfuscator 57A Tower on Billionaires' Row Is Full of Cracks. Who's to Blame? 85 104 70d +46m nytimes.com/2025/10/19/nyregion/432-park-avenue-condo-tower.html 58Lost Jack Kerouac story found among assassinated mafia boss' belongings 76 101 75d +4d sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/lost-jack-kerouac-chapter-found-mafia-boss-estate-21098566.php 59OpenAI researcher announced GPT-5 math breakthrough that never happened 234 425 71d +1h the-decoder.com/leading-openai-researcher-announced-a-gpt-5-math-breakthrough-that-never-happened 60Pebble is officially back on iOS and Android 16 112 70d +35m twitter.com/ericmigi/status/1979576965494710564 61What Happened in 2007? 79 116 71d +1h whathappenedin2007.com 62Uber will offer gig work like AI data labeling to drivers while not on the road 104 77 70d +20m cnbc.com/2025/10/16/uber-will-offer-us-drivers-more-gig-work-including-ai-data-labeling.html 63Police Break Up Lego Theft Ring, Recovering Hundreds of Beheaded Figurines 28 41 71d +46m nytimes.com/2025/10/18/us/lego-theft-california-arrest.html 64BQN "Macros" with •Decompose (2023) 6 24 79d +8d saltysylvi.github.io/blog/bqn-macros.html 65Show HN: Duck-UI – Browser-Based SQL IDE for DuckDB 59 211 71d +21m demo.duckui.com 66How one of the longest dinosaur trackways in the world was uncovered in the UK 17 62 76d +5d bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-5f8c77b0-92bc-40f2-bf21-6793abbe5ffe 67The case for the return of fine-tuning 81 165 71d +1h welovesota.com/article/the-case-for-the-return-of-fine-tuning 68Did Space Debris Hit A United Flight Over The Rockies Thursday? 55 36 71d +27m viewfromthewing.com/did-space-debris-hit-a-united-flight-over-the-rockies-thursday-heres-what-we-know-so-far 69Jupyter Collaboration has a history slider 16 57 77d +6d blog.jupyter.org/exploring-a-documents-timeline-in-jupyterlab-6084f96db263 70Show HN: A better Hacker News front end 77 38 71d +1h hakkernieuws.vercel.app/top 71Show HN: Newcomer Ranking – Alternative to GitHub Trending for New Repos 21 18 71d +57m git-stars.org/ranking/newcomers 72The optimistic case for protein foundation model companies 0 18 78d +7d owlposting.com/p/the-optimistic-case-for-protein-foundation-193 73Space junk falls on Western Australian minesite 14 58 71d +30m abc.net.au/news/2025-10-19/wa-space-debris-reentry-investigation/105909612 74GoFundMe CEO: economy is so bad his customers crowdfund to pay for groceries 92 93 71d +2h finance.yahoo.com/news/gofundme-ceo-says-economy-bad-182843671.html 75Caveat Prompter 8 12 76d +5d surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/10/12/caveat-promptor 76Why do Stanford math professors still use chalk? (2021) 51 30 77d +6d stanforddaily.com/2021/10/17/why-do-stanford-math-professors-still-use-chalk 77Soft multistable magnetic-responsive metamaterials 0 7 74d +3d science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu3749 78The traffickers are winning the war on drugs 29 35 71d +17m economist.com/briefing/2025/10/16/the-traffickers-are-winning-the-war-on-drugs 79The Accountability Problem 60 144 71d +1h jamesshore.com/v2/blog/2025/the-accountability-problem 80How sober should a writer be? 58 43 80d +8d yalereview.org/article/crosley-how-sober-should-a-writer-be 81How does Turbo listen for Turbo Streams 9 89 76d +5d ducktypelabs.com/how-does-turbo-listen-for-turbo-streams 82Friendship Begins at Home 94 165 71d +1h 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2025/10/friendship-begins-at-home.html 83I ended my relationship because AI told me to 22 12 71d +1h jetwilliams.com/from-prayers-to-prompts 84Using Pegs in Janet 7 55 71d +1h articles.inqk.net/2020/09/19/how-to-use-pegs-in-janet.html 85EQ: A video about all forms of equalizers 76 259 72d +15h youtube.com/watch?v=CLAt95PrwL4 86The Rise and Fall of the Powdered Wig (2020) 36 26 79d +7d battlefields.org/learn/head-tilting-history/rise-and-fall-powdered-wig 87Bevy TLDR – Game development with Bevy summarized 18 56 71d +1h taintedcoders.com/bevy/tldr 88GoGoGrandparent (YC S16) Is Hiring Back End and Full-Stack Engineers 0 1 71d +16s 89Moonlander.BAS 16 56 77d +6d basic-code.bearblog.dev/moonlander 90 More... 2025.10.18