Hacker News Highlights3 Nov 2025

11.3.25 | Throwing good parties, URLs as state containers, djb's notes on Fil-C

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 3, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro
(00:22) - Facts about throwing good parties
(01:26) - URLs are state containers
(02:29) - Notes by djb on using Fil-C
(03:38) - Backpropagation is a leaky abstraction (2016)
(04:47) - Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again
(05:59) - Tongyi DeepResearch – open-source 30B MoE Model that rivals OpenAI DeepResearch
(07:06) - Paris had a moving sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison film captured it (2020)
(08:10) - Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength
(09:24) - Why don't you use dependent types?
(10:37) - X.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland
(11:44) - Outro

Facts about throwing good parties
https://www.atvbt.com/21-facts-about-throwing-good-parties/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45794032

URLs are state containers
https://alfy.blog/2025/10/31/your-url-is-your-state.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45789474

Notes by djb on using Fil-C
https://cr.yp.to/2025/fil-c.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45788040

Backpropagation is a leaky abstraction (2016)
https://karpathy.medium.com/yes-you-should-understand-backprop-e2f06eab496b
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45787993

Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again
https://jsteuernagel.de/posts/using-freebsd-to-make-self-hosting-fun-again/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45789424

Tongyi DeepResearch – open-source 30B MoE Model that rivals OpenAI DeepResearch
https://tongyi-agent.github.io/blog/introducing-tongyi-deep-research/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45789602

Paris had a moving sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison film captured it (2020)
https://www.openculture.com/2020/03/paris-had-a-moving-sidewalk-in-1900.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45793466

Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength
https://nickvsnetworking.com/simple-trick-to-increase-coverage-lying-to-users-about-signal-strength/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45795036

Why don't you use dependent types?
https://lawrencecpaulson.github.io//2025/11/02/Why-not-dependent.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790827

X.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2025-October/003635.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790015

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