HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business 43 58 22d +33m gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo-says-making-war-crimes-constitutional-would-be-good-for-business-2000695162 1Acme, a brief history of one of the protocols which has changed the Internet 86 144 22d +7m blog.brocas.org/2025/12/01/ACME-a-brief-history-of-one-of-the-protocols-which-has-changed-the-Internet-Security 2Show HN: Microlandia, a brutally honest city builder 23 135 22d +5h microlandia.city 3Show HN: FastLanes based integer compression in Zig 7 12 25d +2d github.com/steelcake/zint 4Solving the Partridge square packing problem using MiniZinc 3 15 28d +6d zayenz.se/blog/post/partridge-packing 5Greeting Vocalizations in Domestic Cats Are More Frequent with Male Caregivers 69 86 22d +36m onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eth.70033 68086 Microcode Browser 3 145 22d +52m nand2mario.github.io/posts/2025/8086_microcode_browser 7Checked-size array parameters in C 53 107 22d +1h lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1046840/3eb9029084cc9e1e 8Cross-Compiling Common Lisp to WASM 4 75 27d +5d turtleware.eu/posts/Common-Lisp-and-WebAssembly.html 9Show HN: I built a dashboard to compare mortgage rates across 120 credit unions 128 379 22d +57m finfam.app/blog/credit-union-mortgages 10Chips for the Rest of Us 21 59 22d +35m engineering.nyu.edu/about/unconventional-engineer/chips-for-us 11Agentic Development Environment by JetBrains 64 72 22d +27m air.dev 12The only winning move is not to play 24 64 22d +2h gregg.io/the-only-winning-move 13No room for error – A case study of Gleam in production at Uncover 1 10 22d +1h gleam.run/case-studies/uncover 14Formally verifying Advent of Code using Dijkstra's program construction 8 55 22d +1h haripm.com/blog/aoc-day-3-without-thinking 15Teaching an LLM a Niche Diagraming Language 3 28 22d +1h huy.rocks/everyday/12-01-2025-ai-teaching-an-llm-a-niche-diagraming-language 16The case of the 500-mile email (2002) 2 10 22d +4m ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html 17Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business 386 750 22d +1h investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business 18R packages for data science 23 45 29d +7d tidyverse.org 19Everyone in Seattle hates AI 1049 945 22d +11m jonready.com/blog/posts/everyone-in-seattle-hates-ai.html 20Lie groups are crucial to some of the most fundamental theories in physics 57 170 22d +24m quantamagazine.org/what-are-lie-groups-20251203 21Valve reveals it’s the architect behind a push to bring Windows games to Arm 825 948 23d +22h theverge.com/report/820656/valve-interview-arm-gaming-steamos-pierre-loup-griffais 22'Carspreading' is on the rise – and not everyone is happy about it 25 44 22d +23m bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7vdvl2531o 23Ghostty is now non-profit 283 1313 22d +19m mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-non-profit 24Satellite captures the first detailed look at a giant tsunami 4 74 22d +6h earth.com/news/satellite-captures-the-first-detailed-look-at-a-giant-tsunami 25Boston's subway system replacing 1890s-era wooden catenary system 63 47 24d +2d mbta.com/news/2025-11-18/mbta-announces-december-service-changes 26Private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November 1 10 22d +6m adpemploymentreport.com 27TSA's New $45 Fee at U.S. Airports Unfairly Punishes Families in the Fine Print 46 15 22d +4m thetravel.com/new-tsa-45-usd-fee-for-americans-without-real-id-or-passport-penalizes-families-the-most 28Stop talking 60 56 22d +10m gurkan.in/2025/12/stop-talking 29The Rise of AI Denialism 23 26 22d +10m bigthink.com/the-present/the-rise-of-ai-denialism 30Prompt Injection via Poetry 35 89 22d +12m wired.com/story/poems-can-trick-ai-into-helping-you-make-a-nuclear-weapon 31Show HN: Fresh – A new terminal editor built in Rust 142 177 22d +3h sinelaw.github.io/fresh 32Reverse engineering a $1B Legal AI tool exposed 100k+ confidential files 284 805 22d +11m alexschapiro.com/security/vulnerability/2025/12/02/filevine-api-100k 33Launch HN: Phind 3 (YC S22) – Every answer is a mini-app 92 136 22d +1m 34Shrinking While Linking 8 28 25d +3d tweag.io/blog/2025-11-27-shrinking-static-libs 351D Conway's Life glider found, 3.7B cells long 212 519 22d +6m conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?&p=222136#p222136 36Critical Security Vulnerability in React Server Components 6 69 22d +1h react.dev/blog/2025/12/03/critical-security-vulnerability-in-react-server-components 37Steam Deck lead reveals Valve is funding ARM compatibility of Windows games 15 297 22d +4m frvr.com/blog/news/steam-deck-lead-reveals-valve-is-funding-arm-compatibility-of-windows-games-to-expand-pc-gaming-and-release-ultraportables-in-the-future 38Rocketable (YC W25) is hiring a founding engineer to automate software companies 0 1 22d +21s ycombinator.com/companies/rocketable/jobs/CArgzmX-founding-engineer-automation-platform 39Universal-tbxi-patchset: Mac OS New World ROM patchset to boot System 7.5 2 36 27d +4d github.com/Wack0/universal-tbxi-patchset 40RCE Vulnerability in React and Next.js 254 606 22d +39m github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-9qr9-h5gf-34mp 41VA staff flag dangerous errors in Oracle-built electronic health record 41 101 22d +56m washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/12/03/veterans-administration-va-hospitals-health 42Critical RCE Vulnerabilities in React and Next.js 77 133 22d +15m wiz.io/blog/critical-vulnerability-in-react-cve-2025-55182 43MinIO is now in maintenance-mode 315 498 22d +16m github.com/minio/minio/commit/27742d469462e1561c776f88ca7a1f26816d69e2 44Are we repeating the telecoms crash with AI datacenters? 191 237 22d +4h martinalderson.com/posts/are-we-really-repeating-the-telecoms-crash-with-ai-datacenters 45How to Synthesize a House Loop 99 258 28d +5d loopmaster.xyz/tutorials/how-to-synthesize-a-house-loop 46Why are my headphones buzzing whenever I run my game? 141 222 22d +5m alexene.dev/2025/12/03/Why-do-my-headphones-buzz-when-i-run-my-game.html 47GSWT: Gaussian Splatting Wang Tiles 25 117 22d +41m yunfan.zone/gswt_webpage 48Microsoft lowers AI software growth targets 97 129 22d +1m finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-lowers-ai-software-sales-141531121.html 49Mapping the US healthcare system’s financial flows 168 178 22d +21m healthisotherpeople.substack.com/p/an-abominable-creature 50Optimizations in C++ compilers: a practical journey 1 38 27d +4d queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3372264 51“Captain Gains” on Capitol Hill 550 824 22d +13m nber.org/papers/w34524 52Mission Critical Advanced Scheduling (ALAP/ASAP) System 7 25 27d +5d github.com/rodmena-limited/scriptplan 53Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB 278 431 22d +2m tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/helldivers-2-install-size-slashed-from-154gb-to-just-23gb-85-percent-reduction-accomplished-by-de-duplicating-game-data-an-optimization-for-older-mechanical-hard-drives 54India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphones 67 204 22d +2h bbc.com/news/articles/clydg2re4d1o 55A Look at Rust from 2012 88 152 30d +7d purplesyringa.moe/blog/a-look-at-rust-from-2012 56The "Mad Men" in 4K on HBO Max Debacle 168 399 22d +41m fxrant.blogspot.comhttp:///2025/12/the-mad-men-in-4k-on-hbo-max-debacle.html 57You can't fool the optimizer 173 263 22d +9m xania.org/202512/03-more-adding-integers 58The Algorithm That Exposed the AI Industry's Circular Financing Scheme 4 36 22d +41m substack.com/home/post/p-179453867 59Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races OpenAI to go public 303 365 22d +2h ft.com/content/3254fa30-5bdb-4c30-8560-7cd7ebbefc5f 60Mathematics is hard for mathematicians to understand too 142 134 28d +5d science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec9014 61I made maps that show time instead of space [video] 4 19 29d +6d youtube.com/watch?v=rC2VQ-oyDG0 62Trying Out C++26 Executors 28 59 28d +5d mropert.github.io/2025/11/21/trying_out_stdexec 63Codeberg is down 45 69 22d +20m status.codeberg.org/status/codeberg 64The writing is on the wall for handwriting recognition 112 188 29d +6d newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-writing-is-on-the-wall-for-handwriting-recognition 65Researchers Find Microbe Capable of Producing Oxygen from Martian Soil 41 103 22d +1h scienceclock.com/microbe-that-could-turn-martian-dust-into-oxygen 66Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service 605 1049 22d +18m theregister.com/2025/12/02/zig_quits_github_microsoft_ai_obsession 67Accepting US car standards would risk European lives 722 849 22d +22m etsc.eu/accepting-us-car-standards-would-risk-european-lives-warn-cities-and-civil-society 68What, if anything, is universal to music cognition? (2024) 37 45 30d +7d nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01800-9 69Super fast aggregations in PostgreSQL 19 30 224 29d +7d cybertec-postgresql.com/en/super-fast-aggregations-in-postgresql-19 70AI Is Breaking the Moral Foundation of Modern Society 190 110 22d +25m eyeofthesquid.com/ai-is-breaking-the-moral-foundation-of-modern-society-a145d471694f 71Quad9 DOH HTTP/1.1 Retirement, December 15, 2025 61 101 22d +27m quad9.net/news/blog/doh-http-1-1-retirement 72Sending DMARC reports is somewhat hazardous 29 76 22d +1h utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/spam/DMARCSendingReportsProblems 73Interview with RollerCoaster Tycoon's Creator, Chris Sawyer (2024) 54 290 22d +1h medium.com/atari-club/interview-with-rollercoaster-tycoons-creator-chris-sawyer-684a0efb0f13 74All Sources of DirectX 12 Documentation 17 33 29d +7d asawicki.info/news_1794_all_sources_of_directx_12_documentation 75Japanese game devs face font dilemma as license increases from $380 to $20k 202 335 23d +37m gamesindustry.biz/japanese-devs-face-font-licensing-dilemma-as-leading-provider-increases-annual-plan-price-from-380-to-20000 76AI agents break rules under everyday pressure 168 279 28d +5d spectrum.ieee.org/ai-agents-safety 77Understanding ECDSA 21 99 22d +8m avidthinker.github.io/2025/11/28/understanding-ecdsa 78Counter Galois Onion: Improved encryption for Tor circuit traffic 31 103 30d +7d blog.torproject.org/introducing-cgo 79Load ZX Spectrum – first Museum dedicated to our first personal computer 36 68 29d +6d loadzx.com/en 80Kohler Can Access Pictures from "End-to-End Encrypted" Toilet Camera 218 232 23d +15m varlogsimon.leaflet.pub/3m6zrw6k2bs2p?interactionDrawer=quotes 81StutterZero: Speech Conversion for Stuttering Transcription and Correction 5 26 30d +6d arxiv.org/abs/2510.18938 82Zenroom – No-code cryptographic virtual machine 4 14 26d +3d zenroom.org 83 More... 2025.12.02