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New best story on Hacker News: Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades

Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades 392 by ValentineC | 242 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Honey's Dieselgate: Detecting and tricking testers

Honey's Dieselgate: Detecting and tricking testers 364 by AkshatJ27 | 159 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service

FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service 373 by birdculture | 87 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame

Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame 428 by haunter | 172 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US and “debanked”

Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US and “debanked” 387 by lifeisstillgood | 394 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Go away Python

Go away Python 379 by baalimago | 345 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: 22 GB of Hacker News in SQLite

Show HN: 22 GB of Hacker News in SQLite 391 by keepamovin | 136 comments on Hacker News. Community, All the HN belong to you. This is an archive of hacker news that fits in your browser. When I made HN Made of Primes I realized I could probably do this offline sqlite/wasm thing with the whole GBs of archive. The whole dataset. So I tried it, and this is it. Have Hacker News on your device. Go to this repo ( https://ift.tt/KBEYX9c ): you can download it. Big Query -> ETL -> npx serve docs - that's it. 20 years of HN arguments and beauty, can be yours forever. So they'll never die. Ever. It's the unkillable static archive of HN and it's your hands. That's my Year End gift to you all. Thank you for a wonderful year, have happy and wonderful 2026. make something of it.

New best story on Hacker News: Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings

Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings 377 by 1970-01-01 | 664 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise

As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise 307 by geox | 489 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google is dead. Where do we go now?

Google is dead. Where do we go now? 354 by tomjuggler | 322 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Fathers’ choices may be packaged and passed down in sperm RNA

Fathers’ choices may be packaged and passed down in sperm RNA 310 by vismit2000 | 187 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder

GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder 436 by haunter | 246 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: What an unprocessed photo looks like

What an unprocessed photo looks like 424 by zdw | 113 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Ez FFmpeg – Video editing in plain English

Show HN: Ez FFmpeg – Video editing in plain English 397 by josharsh | 191 comments on Hacker News. I built a CLI tool that lets you do common video/audio operations without remembering ffmpeg syntax. Instead of: ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf "fps=15,scale=480:-1:flags=lanczos" -loop 0 output.gif You write: ff convert video.mp4 to gif More examples: ff compress video.mp4 to 10mb ff trim video.mp4 from 0:30 to 1:00 ff extract audio from video.mp4 ff resize video.mp4 to 720p ff speed up video.mp4 by 2x ff reverse video.mp4 There are similar tools that use LLMs (wtffmpeg, llmpeg, ai-ffmpeg-cli), but they require API keys, cost money, and have latency. Ez FFmpeg is different: - No AI – just regex pattern matching - Instant – no API calls - Free – no tokens - Offline – works without internet It handles ~20 common operations that cover 90% of what developers actually do with ffmpeg. For edge cases, you still need ffmpeg directly. Interactive mode (just type ff) shows media files in you...

New best story on Hacker News: Gpg.fail

Gpg.fail 422 by todsacerdoti | 267 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How we lost communication to entertainment

How we lost communication to entertainment 474 by 8organicbits | 234 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Nvidia's $20B antitrust loophole

Nvidia's $20B antitrust loophole 434 by ossa-ma | 134 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Exe.dev

Exe.dev 426 by achairapart | 279 comments on Hacker News. https://ift.tt/wYalx5r https://ift.tt/TY2eKfj https://ift.tt/cike1JC

New best story on Hacker News: Floor796

Floor796 451 by krtkush | 58 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott's Glucose Monitors

Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott's Glucose Monitors 413 by pabs3 | 136 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How uv got so fast

How uv got so fast 421 by zdw | 146 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Rob Pike Goes Nuclear over GenAI

Rob Pike Goes Nuclear over GenAI 452 by signa11 | 18 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out

Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out 484 by birdculture | 265 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

I sell onions on the Internet (2019) 353 by sogen | 104 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Fabrice Bellard: Biography (2009) [pdf]

Fabrice Bellard: Biography (2009) [pdf] 343 by lioeters | 119 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed in animal models? Study

Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed in animal models? Study 380 by thunderbong | 81 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator

Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator 388 by hugs | 110 comments on Hacker News. i started the selenium project 21 years ago. vibium is what i'd build if i started over today with ai agents in mind. go binary under the hood (handles browser, bidi, mcp) but devs never see it. just npm install vibium. python/java coming. for claude code: claude mcp add vibium -- npx -y vibium v1 ships today. ama.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal

Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal 325 by samsep10l | 111 comments on Hacker News. Hi HN I built CineCLI — a cross-platform terminal app to browse movies, view details, and open torrents directly in your system torrent client. Features: - Search movies from the terminal - Rich UI with ratings, runtime, genres - Interactive & non-interactive modes - Magnet handling via system default client - Linux/macOS/Windows support - No ads, no tracking GitHub: https://ift.tt/TCy1PGk PyPI: https://ift.tt/FL3WPYc Would love feedback from terminal + Python folks

New best story on Hacker News: Instant database clones with PostgreSQL 18

Instant database clones with PostgreSQL 18 415 by radimm | 160 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Meta is using the Linux scheduler designed for Valve's Steam Deck on its servers

Meta is using the Linux scheduler designed for Valve's Steam Deck on its servers 409 by yellow_lead | 195 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS

Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS 454 by Aissen | 152 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GLM-4.7: Advancing the Coding Capability

GLM-4.7: Advancing the Coding Capability 405 by pretext | 217 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves

Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves 402 by chaps | 349 comments on Hacker News. Archive Link: https://ift.tt/89HhKRj Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-uiUlHTo – This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers

New best story on Hacker News: US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified 402 by rbanffy | 329 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: If you don't design your career, someone else will (2014)

If you don't design your career, someone else will (2014) 351 by TheAlchemist | 197 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: CO2 batteries that store grid energy take off globally

CO2 batteries that store grid energy take off globally 341 by rbanffy | 285 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025

Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025 429 by seinvak | 158 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone

I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone 423 by firefoxd | 389 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mullvad VPN: "This is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt."

Mullvad VPN: "This is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt." 393 by janandonly | 119 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Logging Sucks

Logging Sucks 444 by FlorinSays | 150 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: NTP at NIST Boulder Has Lost Power

NTP at NIST Boulder Has Lost Power 381 by lpage | 175 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips

How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips 459 by artninja1988 | 589 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters

Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters 588 by ibobev | 127 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GotaTun – Mullvad's WireGuard Implementation in Rust

GotaTun – Mullvad's WireGuard Implementation in Rust 572 by km | 121 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks

Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks 548 by captn3m0 | 281 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Are Apple gift cards safe to redeem?

Are Apple gift cards safe to redeem? 539 by tosh | 460 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: We pwned X, Vercel, Cursor, and Discord through a supply-chain attack

We pwned X, Vercel, Cursor, and Discord through a supply-chain attack 523 by hackermondev | 205 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Classical statues were not painted horribly

Classical statues were not painted horribly 499 by bensouthwood | 246 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: No AI* Here – A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter

No AI* Here – A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter 549 by MrAlex94 | 320 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: HN was down

Tell HN: HN was down 579 by uyzstvqs | 312 comments on Hacker News. - HN errored on all authenticated requests with 502 Bad Gateway. It did still respond to a limited amount of unauthenticated requests with presumably cached pages, which did not get updated. The last post on /newest claimed "0 minutes ago", but was actually much older (1:32:57 PM GMT) and not the newest post. - This status page actually identified the outage: https://ift.tt/ct1RDOS - Pages by Hund and Statuspal did not show the outage. - The last post before the outage was https://ift.tt/j59Z6Le (1:39:59 PM GMT). The last comment was https://ift.tt/B8asKPW (1:41:54 PM GMT). - There was an average of ~4 seconds per comment just prior to the outage. Based on this, HN likely went down at 1:41:58 PM GMT.

New best story on Hacker News: Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo

Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo 583 by recvonline | 883 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is 'one of the dumbest ideas'

AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is 'one of the dumbest ideas' 706 by birdculture | 395 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed

Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed 644 by meetpateltech | 296 comments on Hacker News. Docs: https://ift.tt/Yc74apt Developer Blog: https://ift.tt/jubGKoW... Model Card [pdf]: https://ift.tt/ZeREuKS Gemini 3 Flash in Search AI mode: https://ift.tt/hlt24UZ... Deepmind Page: https://ift.tt/ZKmHLzD

New best story on Hacker News: No Graphics API

No Graphics API 455 by ryandrake | 83 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Pricing Changes for GitHub Actions

Pricing Changes for GitHub Actions 484 by kevin-david | 560 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: alpr.watch

alpr.watch 487 by theamk | 239 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I'm Kenyan. I don't write like ChatGPT, ChatGPT writes like me

I'm Kenyan. I don't write like ChatGPT, ChatGPT writes like me 395 by florian_s | 265 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a deadly pesticide

Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a deadly pesticide 341 by bikenaga | 253 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial

Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial 364 by onemoresoop | 312 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model

I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model 281 by zdw | 111 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order

Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order 277 by t-3 | 60 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Linux Sandboxes and Fil-C

Linux Sandboxes and Fil-C 314 by pizlonator | 115 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GNU Unifont

GNU Unifont 325 by remywang | 73 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Tor Project is switching to Rust

The Tor Project is switching to Rust 343 by giuliomagnifico | 254 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: SQLite JSON at full index speed using generated columns

SQLite JSON at full index speed using generated columns 354 by upmostly | 106 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help

Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help 461 by parisidau | 205 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: macOS 26.2 enables fast AI clusters with RDMA over Thunderbolt

macOS 26.2 enables fast AI clusters with RDMA over Thunderbolt 379 by guiand | 204 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after court win in iOS payments case

Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after court win in iOS payments case 367 by nobody9999 | 256 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google de-indexed Bear Blog and I don't know why

Google de-indexed Bear Blog and I don't know why 370 by nafnlj | 157 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I got an Nvidia GH200 server for €7.5k on Reddit and converted it to a desktop

I got an Nvidia GH200 server for €7.5k on Reddit and converted it to a desktop 352 by dnhkng | 98 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: iPhone Typos? It's Not Just You – The iOS Keyboard Is Broken [video]

iPhone Typos? It's Not Just You – The iOS Keyboard Is Broken [video] 409 by walterbell | 300 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GPT-5.2

GPT-5.2 401 by atgctg | 295 comments on Hacker News. https://ift.tt/EFdAhfS System card: https://ift.tt/k8SaNrB...

New best story on Hacker News: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri 374 by italophil | 645 comments on Hacker News. https://ift.tt/3JemdgO

New best story on Hacker News: Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration

Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration 684 by speckx | 268 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux

Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux 621 by OsrsNeedsf2P | 341 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban

Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban 581 by chirau | 943 comments on Hacker News. https://ift.tt/OwA0UiB https://ift.tt/lN9r3ju https://ift.tt/GZv72if... ( https://ift.tt/TeCWc4I )

New best story on Hacker News: Size of Life

Size of Life 624 by eatonphil | 106 comments on Hacker News.

French First Lady’s Insult Against Feminist Protesters Prompts Outcry

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https://ift.tt/Yzv25eJ Indecency, Obscenity and Profanity, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Women's Rights, Comedy and Humor, Sex Crimes, First Ladies (US) By Ségolène Le Stradic from NYT World https://ift.tt/Wh53noR via IFTTT

Trump Stands in the Middle as Netflix and Paramount Vie for a Megadeal

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https://ift.tt/5AD7Jas Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Media, United States Politics and Government By Michael M. Grynbaum from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2qbC9M7 via IFTTT

New best story on Hacker News: Over fifty new hallucinations in ICLR 2026 submissions

Over fifty new hallucinations in ICLR 2026 submissions 388 by puttycat | 268 comments on Hacker News.

At Alvin Ailey, a Caribbean Folk Tale Inspires a Dance About Love

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https://ift.tt/VDlTGdH Dancing By Gia Kourlas from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/q7cmvzW via IFTTT

Venezuela’s Nobel Winner Will Go to Norway for Peace Prize, Official Says

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https://ift.tt/ZyJ0obu International Relations, Politics and Government, United States International Relations, Awards, Decorations and Honors By Simon Romero and Henrik Pryser Libell from NYT World https://ift.tt/AZonkYN via IFTTT

Lots of Oil, Little Production: What to Know About Venezuelan Energy

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https://ift.tt/3WQpywf Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Nationalization of Industry, United States Politics and Government, United States International Relations, Offshore Drilling and Exploration, Production, Assets, Frozen, Natural Gas, Embargoes and Sanctions By Rebecca F. Elliott and Lazaro Gamio from NYT Business https://ift.tt/fh9IbGs via IFTTT

Ciara Takes Center Stage At a Night of Dancing

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https://ift.tt/LAPGdZk Dancing, Music By Sarah Bahr and Lanna Apisukh from NYT Style https://ift.tt/2k51zKD via IFTTT

Stakes High, Europe Races to Save Its Financing Plan for Ukraine

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https://ift.tt/xnJ5RqQ Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Assets, Frozen, internal-open-access-from-nl By Jeanna Smialek from NYT World https://ift.tt/e2SlWUf via IFTTT

New best story on Hacker News: Anthropic acquires Bun

Anthropic acquires Bun 582 by ryanvogel | 269 comments on Hacker News.

Hegseth Under Scrutiny in Lethal Boat Strikes

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https://ift.tt/8bsyHTD United States Politics and Government, United States Defense and Military Forces, Targeted Killings, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, Ships and Shipping By Unknown Author from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/ksS86el via IFTTT

Russian Launch Site Mishap Shows Perilous State of Storied Space Program

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https://ift.tt/H5vVCeK Space and Astronomy, International Space Station, Soyuz Project By Kenneth Chang from NYT Science https://ift.tt/YwTKqBe via IFTTT