Hacker News Highlights23 Nov 2025

11.23.25 | Browser fingerprinting privacy issues, Inducing smells with ultrasound, Challenges in agent design

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 23, 2025.

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

(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting
(01:27) - We Induced Smells With Ultrasound
(02:31) - Agent design is still hard
(03:46) - Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege
(05:03) - China reaches energy milestone by "breeding" uranium from thorium
(06:21) - Show HN: Forty.News – Daily news, but on a 40-year delay
(07:17) - A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure
(08:16) - $1900 Bug Bounty to Fix the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IAX10H's Speakers on Linux
(09:26) - The realities of being a pop star
(10:31) - Kodak ran a nuclear device in its basement for decades
(11:39) - Outro

The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting
https://kevinboone.me/fingerprinting.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016249

We Induced Smells With Ultrasound
https://writetobrain.com/olfactory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46008332

Agent design is still hard
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/11/21/agents-are-hard/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46013935

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/meta-buried-causal-evidence-social-media-harm-us-court-filings-allege-2025-11-23/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46019817

China reaches energy milestone by "breeding" uranium from thorium
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3331312/china-reaches-energy-independence-milestone-breeding-uranium-thorium
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016639

Show HN: Forty.News – Daily news, but on a 40-year delay
https://forty.news
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46017175

A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure
https://sacbear.com/xfinity-wont-fix-internet/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46019685

$1900 Bug Bounty to Fix the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IAX10H's Speakers on Linux
https://github.com/nadimkobeissi/16iax10h-linux-sound-saga
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45940980

The realities of being a pop star
https://itscharlibb.substack.com/p/the-realities-of-being-a-pop-star
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016613

Kodak ran a nuclear device in its basement for decades
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a69147321/kodak-film-nuclear-reactor/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45938005

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6.14.26 | Banned noise infusion from Census Bureau, Every Frame Perfect, Amazon CEO's talks sparked crackdown on Anthropic models

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 14, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Noise infusion bann...

14 Juni 14min

6.13.26 | US government halts Fable 5 and Mythos 5, open source AI must prevail, CRISPR targets "undruggable" cancers

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 13, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - Statement on US gov...

13 Juni 14min

6.12.26 | Homebrew 6.0.0, human effort needed for attention, AI agent bankrupts operator scanning DN42

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 12, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - Show HN: Homebrew 6...

12 Juni 13min

6.11.26 | Building an HTML-first site doubled users overnight, πFS, Eric Ries, "The Lean Startup," "Incorruptible" AMA

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 11, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - Building an HTML-fi...

11 Juni 14min

6.10.26 | Claude Fable 5, old-school graphics, dependency on Claude Fable

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 10, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - Claude Fable 5 (02:...

10 Juni 15min

6.9.26 | Performative-UI, Apple’s new AI architecture with Google Gemini, Siri AI

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 9, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Show HN: Performativ...

9 Juni 12min

6.8.26 | LLMs threaten software careers, rebuilding after addiction and felony, Linear's speed explained

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 8, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - LLMs are eroding my ...

8 Juni 12min

6.7.26 | "Readers share 'oh shit' moments with GenAI, Meta confirms Instagram hacks via AI chatbot, Ntsc-rs offers open-source analog TV and VHS emulation."

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 7, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Ask HN: What was you...

7 Juni 14min