Hacker News Highlights17 Aug 2025

8.17.25 | Compiler bug affects Solidity, OpenBSD's speed requires program adjustment, CIA's heart attack gun incident

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 17, 2025.

(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidity
(01:36) - OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself
(02:44) - When the CIA got away with building a heart attack gun
(03:47) - US F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals US$600M deal for Swedish Gripen jets
(04:54) - Bullfrog in the Dungeon
(06:04) - The Future of Large Files in Git Is Git
(07:11) - Is air travel getting worse?
(08:16) - Launch HN: Embedder (YC S25) – Claude code for embedded software
(09:19) - An interactive guide to sensor fusion with quaternions
(10:23) - I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer
(11:30) - Outro

Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidity
https://osec.io/blog/2025-08-11-compiler-bug-causes-compiler-bug/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44872584

OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself
https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/is-OpenBSD-10x-faster-than-Linux
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915824

When the CIA got away with building a heart attack gun
https://wisewolfmedia.substack.com/p/the-investigation-that-should-have
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44911412

US F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals US$600M deal for Swedish Gripen jets
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3320828/us-f-16s-lose-out-thai-air-force-seals-us600-million-deal-swedish-gripen-jets
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44917308

Bullfrog in the Dungeon
https://www.filfre.net/2025/08/bullfrog-in-the-dungeon/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44914149

The Future of Large Files in Git Is Git
https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2025/08/15/git-lfs/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44916783

Is air travel getting worse?
https://www.maximum-progress.com/p/is-air-travel-getting-worse
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44911941

Launch HN: Embedder (YC S25) – Claude code for embedded software
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915206

An interactive guide to sensor fusion with quaternions
https://quaternion.cafe/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44912727

I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer
https://drobinin.com/posts/how-i-accidentally-became-puregyms-unofficial-apple-wallet-developer/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44910865

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8.26.26 | Dolly Parton has died, Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra, Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 26, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - Dolly Parton has di...

26 Aug 14min

8.25.26 | Europe harming makers, Xiaomi's CPU performance, MS Paint and Photos watermarking

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 25, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - How Europe is killi...

25 Aug 13min

8.24.26 | Reading to improve writing, Python thinking, Texas student's AI hack whistleblower

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 24, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:17) - To become a better ...

24 Aug 13min

8.23.26 | Canada matches US tariffs, Scrap from 2006, ElevenLabs TwelveLabs ThirteenLabs

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 23, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - Canada will match U...

23 Aug 12min

8.22.26 | Kagi adds setting for paywalled links, citizen faces felony charges for deleting phone data at US Border, Felony Bench

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 22, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - Kagi added a settin...

22 Aug 14min

8.21.26 | Aaron Swartz prosecution, AliExpress WebAudio fingerprinting, HTML capabilities

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 21, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Aaron Swartz was pr...

21 Aug 14min

8.20.26 | A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare, OpenRouter is joining Stripe, Go 1.27

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 20, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - A joke domain purch...

20 Aug 13min

8.19.26 | Amazon tax, universal health coverage saves lives and money, memory prices spike

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 19, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - The Amazon tax (01:...

19 Aug 13min