11.20.25 | Europe relaxes GDPR and AI laws, Meta Segment Anything Model 3, patent office to protect bad patents
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 20, 2025.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws
(01:29) - Meta Segment Anything Model 3
(02:42) - The patent office is about to make bad patents untouchable
(04:02) - Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable
(05:06) - Building more with GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
(06:08) - AI is a front for consolidation of resources and power
(07:16) - Loose wire leads to blackout, contact with Francis Scott Key bridge
(08:22) - Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp
(09:33) - How to stay sane in a world that rewards insanity
(10:42) - Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System
(11:42) - Outro
Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI lawshttps://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45980117Meta Segment Anything Model 3https://ai.meta.com/sam3/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45982073The patent office is about to make bad patents untouchablehttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/patent-office-about-make-bad-patents-untouchablehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985890Gaming on Linux has never been more approachablehttps://www.theverge.com/tech/823337/switching-linux-gaming-desktop-cachyoshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985506Building more with GPT-5.1-Codex-Maxhttps://openai.com/index/gpt-5-1-codex-max/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45982649AI is a front for consolidation of resources and powerhttps://www.chrbutler.com/what-ai-is-really-forhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45983700Loose wire leads to blackout, contact with Francis Scott Key bridgehttps://www.ntsb.gov:443/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20251118.aspxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45984659Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApphttps://www.univie.ac.at/en/news/detail/forscherinnen-entdecken-grosse-sicherheitsluecke-in-whatsapphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985036How to stay sane in a world that rewards insanityhttps://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/how-to-stay-sane-in-a-world-that-rewards-insanityhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45980106Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning Systemhttps://www.amoses.dev/blog/wifi-location/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985867
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11.19.25 | Cloudflare issues, Gemini 3, Cloudflare November 18, 2025 outage post mortem
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 19, 2025.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro
(00:17) - Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues
(01:25) - Gemini 3
(02:28) - Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 post mortem
(03:44) - Google Antigravity
(04:55) - Blender 5.0
(05:48) - I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon
(06:51) - Pebble, Rebble, and a path forward
(08:02) - GitHub: Git operation failures
(08:56) - Google boss says AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
(10:15) - Gemini 3 Pro Model Card [pdf]
(11:26) - Outro
Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issueshttps://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8gmgl950y3h7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45963780Gemini 3https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45967211Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 post mortemhttps://blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45973709Google Antigravityhttps://antigravity.google/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45967814Blender 5.0https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-0/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45972519I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodonhttps://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45969909Pebble, Rebble, and a path forwardhttps://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-rebble-and-a-path-forward/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45969250GitHub: Git operation failureshttps://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/5q7nmlxz30skhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45971726Google boss says AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy7vrd8k4eohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45961886Gemini 3 Pro Model Card [pdf]https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/Model-Cards/Gemini-3-Pro-Model-Card.pdfhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45963670
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11.18.25 | Synth for daughter, Rebecca Heineman dies, Core Devices steals work
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 18, 2025.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro
(00:17) - Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter
(01:24) - Rebecca Heineman has died
(02:31) - Core Devices keeps stealing our work
(03:38) - My stages of learning to be a socially normal person
(04:33) - Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders
(05:51) - Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun
(06:59) - Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresses
(08:13) - FreeMDU: Open-source Miele appliance diagnostic tools
(09:15) - Project Gemini
(10:19) - WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model
(11:29) - Outro
Show HN: I built a synth for my daughterhttps://bitsnpieces.dev/posts/a-synth-for-my-daughter/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45900425Rebecca Heineman has diedhttps://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/legendary-game-designer-programmer-space-invaders-champion-and-lgbtq-trailblazer-rebecca-heineman-has-died/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45960368Core Devices keeps stealing our workhttps://rebble.io/2025/11/17/core-devices-keeps-stealing-our-work.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45960893My stages of learning to be a socially normal personhttps://sashachapin.substack.com/p/my-six-stages-of-learning-to-be-ahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45937302Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal foldershttps://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/18/windows-11-to-add-an-ai-agent-that-runs-in-background-with-access-to-personal-folders-warns-of-security-risk/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45959795Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sunhttps://www.iflscience.com/the-fall-of-icarus-you-have-never-seen-an-astrophotography-picture-like-this-81570https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944158Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresseshttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-aisuru-botnet-used-500-000-ips-in-15-tbps-azure-ddos-attack/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45955900FreeMDU: Open-source Miele appliance diagnostic toolshttps://github.com/medusalix/FreeMDUhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45953452Project Geminihttps://geminiprotocol.net/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45954640WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting modelhttps://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/weathernext-2/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45954210
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11.17.25 | Anthropic's paper criticized, Open-source Zig book released, Heretic removes censorship for language models
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 17, 2025.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Anthropic’s paper smells like bullshit
(01:31) - Open-source Zig book
(02:35) - Heretic: Automatic censorship removal for language models
(03:49) - I have recordings proving Coinbase knew about breach months before disclosure
(04:53) - Supercookie: Browser Fingerprinting via Favicon (2021)
(05:57) - Dark Pattern Games
(07:01) - Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)
(07:53) - The fate of "small" open source
(09:10) - I finally understand Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnels
(10:13) - A file format uncracked for 20 years
(11:23) - Outro
Anthropic’s paper smells like bullshithttps://djnn.sh/posts/anthropic-s-paper-smells-like-bullshit/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944296Open-source Zig bookhttps://www.zigbook.nethttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947810Heretic: Automatic censorship removal for language modelshttps://github.com/p-e-w/heretichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45945587I have recordings proving Coinbase knew about breach months before disclosurehttps://jonathanclark.com/posts/coinbase-breach-timeline.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45948058Supercookie: Browser Fingerprinting via Favicon (2021)https://github.com/jonasstrehle/supercookiehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947770Dark Pattern Gameshttps://www.darkpattern.gameshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947761Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)https://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htmhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45949326The fate of "small" open sourcehttps://nolanlawson.com/2025/11/16/the-fate-of-small-open-source/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947639I finally understand Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnelshttps://david.coffee/cloudflare-zero-trust-tunnelshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45946865A file format uncracked for 20 yearshttps://landaire.net/a-file-format-uncracked-for-20-years/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45837259
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11.16.25 | Investigation into Archive.today pressure, AirPods liberated from Apple, TCP as internet workhorse
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 16, 2025.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today
(01:34) - AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem
(02:42) - TCP, the workhorse of the internet
(03:47) - Things that aren't doing the thing
(04:48) - Nevada Governor's office covered up Boring Co safety violations
(06:03) - When UPS charged me a $684 tariff on $355 of vintage computer parts
(07:14) - Boa: A standard-conforming embeddable JavaScript engine written in Rust
(08:19) - IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs
(09:31) - Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729
(10:35) - When did people favor composition over inheritance?
(11:42) - Outro
Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.todayhttps://adguard-dns.io/en/blog/archive-today-adguard-dns-block-demand.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45936460AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystemhttps://github.com/kavishdevar/librepodshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941596TCP, the workhorse of the internethttps://cefboud.com/posts/tcp-deep-dive-internals/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45935503Things that aren't doing the thinghttps://strangestloop.io/essays/things-that-arent-doing-the-thinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45939431Nevada Governor's office covered up Boring Co safety violationshttps://fortune.com/2025/11/12/elon-musk-boring-company-tunnels-injuries-osha-citations-fines-rescinded-nevada-governor-office-documents-altered/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45939798When UPS charged me a $684 tariff on $355 of vintage computer partshttp://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/11/when-ups-charged-me-684-tariff-on-355.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941563Boa: A standard-conforming embeddable JavaScript engine written in Rusthttps://github.com/boa-dev/boahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45832051IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacshttps://codeberg.org/IDEmacs/IDEmacshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941835Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729https://borretti.me/article/linux-on-the-fujitsu-lifebook-u729https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45937989When did people favor composition over inheritance?https://www.sicpers.info/2025/11/when-did-people-favor-composition-over-inheritance/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45841095
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