HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order The Optics and Image Processing Behind Fundus Cameras 1 14 14d +5d youtube.com/watch?v=EvTolqbCHXo 1Instacart director says she was fired for Democratic congressional campaign 15 45 9d +35m washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/15/instacart-congress-campaign-democrat 2JetBlue flight averts mid-air collision with US Air Force jet 316 374 9d +18m reuters.com/world/americas/jetblue-flight-averts-mid-air-collision-with-us-air-force-jet-2025-12-15 3Nature's many attempts to evolve a Nostr 165 200 14d +4d newsletter.squishy.computer/p/natures-many-attempts-to-evolve-a 4A quarter of US-trained scientists eventually leave 171 154 9d +2h arxiv.org/abs/2512.11146 5Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices 154 584 9d +1h thebignewsletter.com/p/secret-documents-show-pepsi-and-walmart 6Economics of Orbital vs. Terrestrial Data Centers 268 189 9d +32m andrewmccalip.com/space-datacenters 7nowindows 6 19 9d +3m fefe.dehttp://www./nowindows 8Killed by Google 3 7 9d +7m killedbygoogle.com 9Fix HDMI-CEC weirdness with a Raspberry Pi and a $7 cable 140 279 9d +34m johnlian.net/posts/hdmi-cec 10I used Claude Code to write a piano web app 14 22 9d +1h jcurcioconsulting.com/posts/how-i-used-claude-code-to-write-a-piano-web-app 11Stephen Miller's Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State 25 51 9d +9m newrepublic.com/article/204191/stephen-miller-maga-terror-state-dark-plot 12Ford kills the All-Electric F-150 882 437 9d +6m wired.com/story/ford-kills-electric-f-150-lightning-for-hybrid 13“Are you the one?” is free money 115 479 13d +3d blog.owenlacey.dev/posts/are-you-the-one-is-free-money 14We are discontinuing the dark web report 56 162 9d +6h support.google.com/websearch/answer/16767242?hl=en 15The appropriate amount of effort is zero 117 205 9d +1h expandingawareness.org/blog/the-appropriate-amount-of-effort-is-zero 16A kernel bug froze my machine: Debugging an async-profiler deadlock 18 115 9d +22m questdb.com/blog/async-profiler-kernel-bug 17Liquid-rust: Liquid templating for Rust 12 22 15d +5d github.com/cobalt-org/liquid-rust 18Taiwan may restart nuclear power plant in 2028, minister says 19 39 9d +9m energyconnects.com/news/utilities/2025/december/taiwan-may-restart-nuclear-power-plant-in-2028-minister-says 19Upcoming Changes to Let's Encrypt Certificates 316 317 9d +37m community.letsencrypt.org/t/upcoming-changes-to-let-s-encrypt-certificates/243873 20We are discontinuing the dark web report 2 50 9d +8m support.google.com/websearch/answer/16767242?hl=en 21US TikTok investors in limbo as deal set to be delayed again 150 169 12d +2d bbc.com/news/articles/cp34442z25ko 22“Super secure” messaging app leaks everyone's phone number 299 619 9d +15m ericdaigle.ca/posts/super-secure-maga-messaging-app-leaks-everyones-phone-number 23In Defense of Matlab Code 164 143 12d +2d runmat.org/blog/in-defense-of-matlab-whiteboard-style-code 24We architected an edge caching layer to eliminate cold starts 28 35 9d +3h mintlify.com/blog/page-speed-improvements 25Umbrel – Personal Cloud 122 217 9d +6m umbrel.com 26Chafa: Terminal Graphics for the 21st Century 33 218 9d +1h hpjansson.org/chafa 27Essential Semiconductor Physics [pdf] 12 221 11d +2d nanohub.org/resources/43623/download/Essential_Semiconductor_Physics.pdf 28United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure 100 98 9d +7m liveandletsfly.com/united-airlines-777-200-future 29Problems with D-Bus on the Linux desktop 314 326 9d +16m blog.vaxry.net/articles/2025-dbusSucks 30Australia's social media ban was pushed by ad agency focused on gambling ads 23 97 9d +43m techdirt.com/2025/12/15/australias-social-media-ban-was-pushed-by-ad-agency-focused-on-gambling-ads-it-didnt-want-banned 31Show HN: I designed my own 3D printer motherboard 40 126 18d +9d github.com/KaiPereira/Cheetah-MX4-Mini 32Make images smaller using best-in-class codecs, right in the browser 20 48 18d +9d github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/squoosh 33Show HN: 100 Million splats, a whole town, rendered in M2 MacBook Air 42 81 9d +32m twitter.com/AKurian001/status/1986979144014701026 34Break up bad companies; replace bad union bosses 107 72 9d +25m pluralistic.net/2025/12/15/class-war-labor-peace 35Former CIA spy: agency's tools can takeover your phone, TV, and even your car 68 96 9d +40m currentindia.com/channels/timesofindia/toi-world/yes-they-can-former-cia-spy-warns-agencys-tools-can-takeover-your-phone-tv-and-even-your-car 36US Tech Force 296 220 9d +5m techforce.gov 37Finnix 17 42 17d +7d en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnix 38Even in a Populist Moment, Democrats Are Split on the Problem of Corporate Power 42 30 9d +28m thebignewsletter.com/p/even-in-a-populist-moment-democrats 39Cosmic-ray bath in a past supernova gives birth to Earth-like planets 38 99 9d +19m science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx7892 40Podcast industry under siege as AI bots flood airways with programs 6 15 9d +30m slashdot.org/story/25/12/14/2110234/podcast-industry-under-siege-as-ai-bots-flood-airways-with-thousands-of-programs 41The Google Search homepage adds a 'plus' menu 0 11 9d +5m 9to5google.com/2025/12/15/google-search-plus-menu 42Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial 473 436 9d +10m bbc.com/news/articles/cp844kjj37vo 43[dead] ? 12 9d +4m bbc.com 44P-computers can solve spin-glass problems faster than quantum systems 27 80 17d +7d news.ucsb.edu/2025/022239/new-ucsb-research-shows-p-computers-can-solve-spin-glass-problems-faster-quantum 45$50 PlanetScale Metal Is GA for Postgres 69 134 9d +6m planetscale.com/blog/50-dollar-planetscale-metal-is-ga-for-postgres 46Ask HN: Is building a calm, non-gamified learning app a mistake? 121 86 9d +19m 47We put Flock under surveillance: Go make them behave differently [video] 57 136 9d +41m youtube.com/watch?v=W420BOqga_s 48Samsung may end SATA SSD production soon 113 108 9d +43m techradar.com/computing/storage-backup/looking-for-a-cheap-ssd-dont-wait-samsung-could-stop-producing-budget-models-soon 49FBI Wanted List: Fraudulent Remote IT Workers from DPRK 14 45 9d +1h fbi.gov/wanted/cyber/fraudulent-remote-it-workers-from-dprk 50Speech and Language Processing (3rd ed. draft) 13 64 17d +7d web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3 51MIT Missing Semester 2026 66 91 9d +2h missing.csail.mit.edu/2026 52Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a deadly pesticide 341 448 9d +22m mlive.com/news/2025/12/thousands-of-us-farmers-have-parkinsons-they-blame-a-deadly-pesticide.html 53It seems that OpenAI is scraping [certificate transparency] logs 108 212 9d +1h benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/Gxy2qrCkn1Y327Y6D3 54Carrier Landing in Top Gun for the NES 162 378 9d +21m relaxing.run/blag/posts/top-gun-landing 55We are not here to make code 18 37 12d +2d todepond.com/go/we-are-not-here-to-make-code 56Wall Street sees AI bubble coming and is betting on what pops it 71 50 9d +38m bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-14/wall-street-sees-an-ai-bubble-forming-and-is-gaming-what-pops-it 57DNA Learning Center: Mechanism of Replication 3D Animation 21 71 17d +7d dnalc.cshl.edu/resources/3d/04-mechanism-of-replication-advanced.html 58Largest U.S. recycling project to extend landfill life for Virginia residents 61 36 9d +1h ampsortation.com/articles/largest-us-recycling-project-spsa 59I'm Kenyan. I don't write like ChatGPT, ChatGPT writes like me 501 783 9d +17m marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt 60Invader: Where to Spot the 8-Bit Street Art in London 22 65 18d +8d londonist.com/london/art-and-photography/invader-where-to-spot-the-8-bit-street-art-in-london 61Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry 46 70 9d +1h bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forced-to-use-ai-until-the 62Optery (YC W22) Hiring CISO, Release Manager, Tech Lead (Node), Full Stack Eng 0 1 9d +12s optery.com/careers 63The Java Ring: A Wearable Computer (1998) 38 49 14d +4d nngroup.com/articles/javaring-wearable-computer 64Avoid UUID Version 4 Primary Keys in Postgres 424 375 9d +34m andyatkinson.com/avoid-uuid-version-4-primary-keys 65A trip through the Graphics Pipeline (2011) 5 37 13d +3d fgiesen.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline-2011-index 66English vocabulary test – how many words do you know? 23 23 10d +1h myvocab.info/en 67$5 whale listening hydrophone making workshop 40 103 13d +3d exclav.es/2025/08/03/dinacon-2025-passive-acoustic-listening 68Common Rust Lifetime Misconceptions 78 134 10d +2h github.com/pretzelhammer/rust-blog/blob/master/posts/common-rust-lifetime-misconceptions.md 69Risk of acute kidney injury and mortality in patients vaccinated for Covid-19 3 14 10d +44m medsci.org/v22p4483.htm 70The History of Xerox 31 73 13d +3d abortretry.fail/p/the-history-of-xerox 71Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space, orbital data centers 30 15 10d +1h cnbc.com/2025/12/10/nvidia-backed-starcloud-trains-first-ai-model-in-space-orbital-data-centers.html 72SVG Fullstack Website 2 16 10d +1h github.com/icitry/SVGWebsite 73Rob Reiner has died 238 324 10d +2h hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rob-reiner-dead-harry-met-sally-princess-bride-all-in-family-1236450387 74Why proteins fold and how GPUs help us fold 35 74 10d +24m aval.bearblog.dev/nvidiaproteins 75Unscii 57 317 10d +2h viznut.fihttp:///unscii 76Rob Reiner has died 2 33 10d +34m rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/rob-reiner-ldead-obituary-1235483876 77The Problem of Teaching Physics in Latin America (1963) 121 102 10d +8h calteches.library.caltech.edu/46/2/LatinAmerica.htm 78The Whole App is a Blob 96 161 10d +1h drobinin.com/posts/the-whole-app-is-a-blob 79How well do you know C++ auto type deduction? 154 91 15d +5d volatileint.dev/posts/auto-type-deduction-gauntlet 80Adafruit: Arduino’s Rules Are ‘Incompatible With Open Source’ 248 432 10d +10h thenewstack.io/adafruit-arduinos-rules-are-incompatible-with-open-source 81Read Something Wonderful 33 188 10d +29m readsomethingwonderful.com 82John Varley has died 66 172 10d +1h floggingbabel.blogspot.comhttp:///2025/12/john-varley-1947-2025.html 83Arborium: Tree-sitter code highlighting with Native and WASM targets 45 228 10d +25m arborium.bearcove.eu 84The Generative AI Industry Is Fraudulent, Immoral and Dangerous 5 13 10d +25m dianne.skoll.ca/writings/ai-is-bad 85Metacode: The new standard for machine-readable comments for Python 7 22 16d +6d github.com/pomponchik/metacode 86SoundCloud has banned VPN access 207 291 10d +22m old.reddit.com/r/SoundCloudMusic/comments/1pltd19/soundcloud_just_banned_vpn_access 87Younger Futhorc (ᛡᛟᛝᛖᚱ᛬ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ) 7 36 15d +4d omniglot.com/conscripts/youngerfuthorc.htm 88Mom and daughter find stranger in trunk of Waymo 20 55 10d +52m abc7.com/post/los-angeles-viral-video-mom-daughter-find-stranger-trunk-waymo-macarthur-park/18286019 89Show HN: I Ching simulator with accurate Yarrow Stalk probabilities 62 61 10d +16h castiching.com 90Show HN: Dograh – an OSS Vapi alternative to quickly build and test voice agents 10 14 16d +6d github.com/dograh-hq/dograh 91Microsoft AI 17 17 10d +1h microsoft.ai 92[dead] ? 16 10d +13m signal1996.net 93A fictional interview with Frances Allen 17 27 10d +54m voxmeditantis.com/2025/12/13/frances-elizabeth-allen-the-woman-who-made-code-run-fast-and-was-forgotten-because-it-worked 94SPhotonix – 360TB into 5-inch glass disc with femtosecond laser 27 49 10d +37m tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/sphotonix-pushes-5d-glass-storage-toward-data-center-pilots 95Microsoft Copilot AI Comes to LG TVs, and Can't Be Deleted 313 299 10d +46m techpowerup.com/344075/microsoft-copilot-ai-comes-to-lg-tvs-and-cant-be-deleted 96CapROS: Capability-Based Reliable Operating System 59 111 10d +33m capros.org 97Checkpointing the Message Processing 0 14 16d +6d event-driven.io/en/checkpointing_message_processing 98Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges 799 660 10d +9m news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/robot-vacuum-roomba-maker-files-for-bankruptcy-after-35-years 99Generative Optogenetics 18 54 10d +1h darpa.mil/research/programs/go 100If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? 987 583 10d +19m english.elpais.com/technology/2025-11-30/if-ai-replaces-workers-should-it-also-pay-taxes.html 101Scam Compounds Become Targets in Thai-Cambodian Border War 6 16 10d +58m wsj.com/world/asia/scam-compounds-become-targets-in-thai-cambodian-border-war-7fbfe575 102Our emotional pain became a product 15 39 10d +20m theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/14/trauma-mental-health 103AI agents are starting to eat SaaS 383 401 10d +22m martinalderson.com/posts/ai-agents-are-starting-to-eat-saas 104An attempt to articulate Forth's practical strengths and eternal usefulness 64 83 17d +6d im-just-lee.ing/forth-why-cb234c03.txt 105 More... 2025.12.14