HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order Fascintern Media 1 7 1d +1h berjon.com/fascintern-media 1Ask HN: Why isn't there competition to LinkedIn yet? 55 54 1d +24m 2There Is No Future for Online Safety Without Privacy and Security 93 97 1d +21m itsfoss.com/news/alexander-linton-interview 3FPGAs Need a New Future 156 232 5d +3d allaboutcircuits.com/industry-articles/fpgas-need-a-new-future 4[dead] ? 14 1d +44m medium.com 5Lotusbail npm package found to be harvesting WhatsApp messages and contacts 211 321 1d +9m koi.ai/blog/npm-package-with-56k-downloads-malware-stealing-whatsapp-messages 6It's Always TCP_NODELAY 172 476 1d +1h brooker.co.za/blog/2024/05/09/nagle.html 7Tc – Theodore Calvin's language-agnostic testing framework 6 40 1d +12m github.com/ahoward/tc 8DOJ uploaded a 12-SEC video showing Epstein attempting suicide? [updated] 16 24 1d +13m twitter.com/rtwlz/status/2003211685650374823 9I'm tired of Hacker News slop 28 47 1d +14m blog.absurdpirate.com/im-tired-of-hacker-news-slop 10Show HN: It's Like Clay but in Google Sheets 6 9 5d +4d getvurge.com 11Is the golden age of Indie software over? 68 46 1d +37m successfulsoftware.net/2025/12/22/is-the-golden-age-of-indie-software-over 12In Pursuit of Clancy Sigal (2021) 7 21 1d +1h yalereview.org/article/in-pursuit-of-clancy-sigal 13Star Gauge: a Chinese reversible poem formed by a 29x29 grid of characters 0 15 8d +6d en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Gauge 14Feds demand compromise on Colorado River while states flounder 69 46 1d +25m nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/22/feds-demand-compromise-on-colorado-river-states-flounder-despite-water-shoratge 15Universal Reasoning Model (53.8% pass 1 ARC1 and 16.0% ARC 2) 28 126 1d +2h arxiv.org/abs/2512.14693 16How do SSDs change database design? 2 16 8d +6d brooker.co.za:443/blog/2025/12/15/database-for-ssd.html 17State regulators vote to keep utility profits high angering customers across CA 98 127 1d +1h latimes.com/environment/story/2025-12-18/state-regulators-vote-to-keep-utility-profits-high-angering-customers 18Vince Zampella, developer of Call of Duty and Battlefield has died 93 141 1d +14m comicbook.com/gaming/news/vince-zampella-developer-of-call-of-duty-and-battlefield-dead-at-55 19Hybrid Aerial Underwater Drone – Bachelor Project [video] 33 66 2d +11h youtube.com/watch?v=g7vmPFZrYAk 20Things I learnt about passkeys when building passkeybot 133 170 1d +1h enzom.dev/b/passkeys 21GLM-4.7: Advancing the Coding Capability 230 418 2d +1h z.ai/blog/glm-4.7 22The Garbage Collection Handbook 55 274 1d +14m gchandbook.org/index.html 23Ultrasound Cancer Treatment: Sound Waves Fight Tumors 96 336 1d +5m spectrum.ieee.org/ultrasound-cancer-treatment 24US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified 517 602 1d +11m arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/us-government-finds-new-excuse-to-stop-construction-of-offshore-wind 25The Rise of SQL:the second programming language everyone needs to know 133 154 6d +4d spectrum.ieee.org/the-rise-of-sql 26US destroying its reputation as a scientific leader – European science diplomat 176 178 1d +6m sciencebusiness.net/news/horizon-europe/us-demolishing-its-scientific-leadership-wrecking-ball-says-chief-eu-research 27The Illustrated Transformer 88 482 1d +7m jalammar.github.io/illustrated-transformer 28I know you didn't write this 140 106 2d +7m ammil.industries/i-know-you-didnt-write-this 29People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn't Open 4 18 2d +3m bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-12-22/tesla-door-safety-tied-to-at-least-15-auto-accident-deaths 30Let's write a toy UI library 24 107 8d +6d nakst.gitlab.io/tutorial/ui-part-1.html 31NIST was 5 μs off UTC after last week's power cut 154 333 2d +1h jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/nist-was-5-μs-utc-after-last-weeks-power-cut 32Your Supabase is public if you turn off RLS 64 111 2d +1h skilldeliver.com/your-supabase-is-public 33Mystery as YouTube creator's finance livestream appears on White House website 3 15 2d +1h apnews.com/article/white-house-website-youtube-livestream-88d79b896ca6e5ecea33f3bf3e5c9278 34Henge Finder 11 59 2d +23m hengefinder.rcdis.co/#learn 35AI Bathroom Monitors? Welcome to America's New Surveillance High Schools 132 94 2d +30s forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/12/16/ai-bathroom-monitors-welcome-to-americas-new-surveillance-high-schools 36Claude Code gets native LSP support 328 503 2d +1h github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md 37Show HN: An easy way of broadcasting radio around you (looking for feedback) 17 36 6d +4d github.com/dpipstudio/botwave 38Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves 469 795 2d +1h 404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves 39Spotify reportedly investigating Anna's Archive's scraping of their library 82 52 2d +31m billboard.com/business/streaming/spotify-music-library-leak-1236143970 40Benn Jordan – This Flock Camera Leak Is Like Netflix for Stalkers [video] 4 267 2d +1m youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-uiUlHTo 41Jimmy Lai Is a Martyr for Freedom 237 382 2d +24m reason.com/2025/12/19/jimmy-lai-is-a-martyr-for-freedom 42Uplane (YC F25) Is Hiring Founding Engineers (Full-Stack and AI) 0 1 2d +14s useparallel.com/uplane1/careers 43Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't work in tech? 138 61 2d +17m 44The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine 271 217 2d +32m nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/02/upshot/trump-science-funding-cuts.html 45US Administration halted largest Offshore Wind project in the U.S. 48 72 2d +14m cnbc.com/2025/12/22/trump-offshore-wind-cvow-dominion.html 46Toxic Fumes on Planes Blamed for Deaths of Pilots and Crew 20 43 2d +16m wsj.com/business/airlines/toxic-fumes-airplane-pilot-crew-death-739fa3bb 47Scaling LLMs to Larger Codebases 118 302 2d +27m blog.kierangill.xyz/oversight-and-guidance 48Ask HN: Why Did Python Win? 150 53 2d +10m 49Ask HN: My mother was scammed out of all her savings. What should I do? 63 128 2d +3h 50There's no such thing as a fake feather [video] 42 75 6d +3d youtube.com/watch?v=N5yV1Q9O6r4 51On the Existence, Impact, and Origin of Hallucination-Associated Neurons in LLMs 44 30 2d +3m arxiv.org/abs/2512.01797 52(Social) media manipulation in one image 52 51 2d +2m kerkour.com/social-media-manipulation 53[dead] ? 5 2d +22m youtube.com 54Italian Competition Authority Fines Apple $115M for Abusing Dominant Position 132 153 2d +2h en.agcm.it/en/media/press-releases/2025/12/A561 55Show HN: Jordle – Japanese Furigana Practice 3 11 8d +5d jordle.io 56The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300 181 278 2d +34m dfarq.homeip.net/the-biggest-crt-ever-made-sonys-pvm-4300 57Show HN: Netrinos – A keep it simple Mesh VPN for small teams 65 92 4d +2d netrinos.com 58BMW Patents Proprietary Screws That Only Dealerships Can Remove 117 90 2d +3h carbuzz.com/bmw-roundel-logo-screw-patent 59Debian's Git Transition 144 247 2d +4h diziet.dreamwidth.org/20436.html 60A year of vibes 124 191 2d +2h lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/12/22/a-year-of-vibes 61Decompiling the Synergy: Human–LLM Teaming in Reverse Engineering [pdf] 1 51 7d +4d zionbasque.com/files/papers/dec-synergy-study.pdf 62Europe gets serious about cutting digital umbilical chord with US big tech 15 43 2d +49m theregister.com/2025/12/22/europe_gets_serious_about_cutting 63Show HN: Backlog – a public repository of real work problems 28 111 2d +2h worldsbacklog.com 64Cartoon Network channel errors (1995 – 2025) 33 112 2d +2h cnas.fandom.com/wiki/Channel_Errors 65If you don't design your career, someone else will (2014) 250 436 2d +29m gregmckeown.com/if-you-dont-design-your-career-someone-else-will 66Well being in times of algorithms 65 72 2d +26m ssp.sh/blog/well-being-algorithms 67The ancient monuments saluting the winter solstice 95 199 2d +17m bbc.com/culture/article/20251219-the-ancient-monuments-saluting-the-winter-solstice 68Perl articles are being memory wiped from Wikipedia 51 43 2d +24m old.reddit.com/r/perl/comments/1psj81k/perlmonks_is_being_memory_wiped_on_https_and 69Israel could be bringing back the death penalty – but only for Palestinians 25 41 2d +13m cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-palestinian-death-penalty-9.7019609 70Engineering dogmas it's time to retire 52 31 6d +3d newsletter.manager.dev/p/5-engineering-dogmas-its-time-to 71I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersonated me 218 192 2d +1h eiratansey.com/2025/12/20/i-announced-my-divorce-on-instagram-and-then-ai-impersonated-me 72Inverse Parentheses 63 71 2d +11m kellett.im/a/inverse-parentheses 73Lightning: Real-time editing for tiled map data 4 25 8d +5d felt.com/blog/lightning-tiles 74Programming languages used for music 103 307 4d +1d timthompson.com/plum/cgi/showlist.cgi?sort=name&concise=yes 75How I protect my Forgejo instance from AI web crawlers 96 184 3d +17h her.esy.fun/posts/0031-how-i-protect-my-forgejo-instance-from-ai-web-crawlers/index.html 76QBasic64 Phoenix 4.3.0 Released 6 59 2d +12m qb64phoenix.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=4244 77Single-Pass Huffman Coding 4 30 8d +5d doisinkidney.com/posts/2018-02-17-single-pass-huffman.html 78Aliasing 34 96 8d +5d xania.org/202512/15-aliasing-in-general 79Cursed circuits #3: true mathematics 4 39 2d +1h lcamtuf.substack.com/p/cursed-circuits-3-true-mathematics 80Exploring Speculative JIT Compilation for Emacs Lisp with Java 2 39 5d +2d kyo.iroiro.party/en/posts/juicemacs-exploring-jit-for-elisp 81A middle-class family's only option: A $43,000 health insurance premium 93 42 2d +19m washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/21/obamacare-monopolies-subsidies 82Show HN: Rust/WASM lighting data toolkit – parses legacy formats, generates SVGs 5 51 2d +8h eulumdat.icu 83Luke Howard’s essay on the modification of clouds (1865) 0 11 3d +16h publicdomainreview.org/collection/essay-on-the-modification-of-clouds 84Webb observes exoplanet that may have an exotic helium and carbon atmosphere 43 139 5d +2d science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-observes-exoplanet-whose-composition-defies-explanation 85[dead] ? 5 3d +13h github.com 86Functional Flocking Quadtree in ClojureScript 12 103 8d +5d lbjgruppen.com/en/posts/flocking-quadtrees 87Build Android apps using Rust and Iced 84 172 2d +1h github.com/ibaryshnikov/android-iced-example 88A power outage in Colorado caused U.S. official time be 4.8 microseconds off 6 29 2d +15m npr.org/2025/12/21/nx-s1-5651317/colorado-us-official-time-microseconds-nist-clocks 89Kernighan's Lever 52 108 4d +2d linusakesson.net/programming/kernighans-lever/index.php 90Evolution by natural induction 2 27 4d +2d royalsocietypublishing.org/rsfs/article/15/6/20250025/366156/Evolution-by-natural-induction 9186Box v5.3 10 95 2d +31m 86box.net/2025/12/21/86box-v5-3.html 92Danish postal service to stop delivering letters 72 91 2d +12m theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/21/denmark-postnord-postal-delivery-letters-society 93Deliberate Internet Shutdowns 169 323 6d +3d schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/deliberate-internet-shutdowns.html 94Frozen Waymos backed up San Francisco traffic during a widespread power outage 3 20 2d +27m theverge.com/news/848843/waymo-san-francisco-power-outage 95I wish people were more public 116 140 2d +1h borretti.me/article/i-wish-people-were-more-public 96ONNX Runtime and CoreML May Silently Convert Your Model to FP16 15 97 2d +34m ym2132.github.io/ONNX_MLProgram_NN_exploration 97Show HN: Mactop v2.0.0 1 29 2d +10m github.com/metaspartan/mactop 98Perron: A Static Site Generator for Ruby on Rails 2 18 5d +3d perron-site.statichost.page 99 More... 2025.12.21