Jan 27, 2025 | Wayland vs. X11 latency, Microsoft 365 Copilot disaster, Kansas tuberculosis outbreak

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 27, 2025.

Hard numbers in the Wayland vs. X11 input latency discussion
https://mort.coffee/home/wayland-input-latency/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42831509

The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a disaster
https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/work-life/the-microsoft-365-copilot-launch-was-a-total-disaster/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42831281

Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s
https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/government/2025/01/24/kansas-tuberculosis-outbreak-is-largest-in-recorded-history-in-u-s/77881467007/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42835183

Marginalia – A search engine that prioritizes non-commercial content
https://marginalia-search.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42836405

Show HN: DeepSeek My User Agent
https://www.jasonthorsness.com/20
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42834648

Openhaystack: Build 'AirTags' – track Bluetooth devices via Apple's network
https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42835772

Astronomers delete asteroid because it turned out to be Tesla Roadster
https://www.astronomy.com/science/astronomers-just-deleted-an-asteroid-because-it-turned-out-to-be-elon-musks-tesla-roadster/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42834043

Using generative AI as part of historical research: three case studies
https://resobscura.substack.com/p/the-leading-ai-models-are-now-very
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42798649

Qwen2.5-1M: Deploy your own Qwen with context length up to 1M tokens
https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen2.5-1m/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42831769

Lessons in creating family photos that people want to keep (2018)
https://estherschindler.medium.com/the-old-family-photos-project-lessons-in-creating-family-photos-that-people-want-to-keep-ea3909129943
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42835282