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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9.1.26 | Playa Phone, bird identification system from security cameras, Terence Tao explains six essential mathematical concepts

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 1, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Playa Phone (01:23) ...

1 Sep 12min

8.31.26 | Creepy crawlies, careful word choice, Haiku R1/beta6 release

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 31, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Creepy Crawlies (02...

31 Aug 13min

8.30.26 | Tether enables messaging on Linux, EVE Online transitions to Python 3, lawmakers fund Flock cameras with car insurance increase

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 30, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - Tether: iMessage, S...

30 Aug 13min

8.29.26 | GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven, GLM-5.3 is now open-weight, Htmx 4.0

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 29, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - GUIs should be full...

29 Aug 13min

8.28.26 | Saving memory through DNS cache optimization, Microduck, emergence of small models

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 28, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Saving 100 terabyte...

28 Aug 13min

8.27.26 | Nvidia acquires Hugging Face, GLM-5.3-Flash, CEO fires developers for AI progress

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 27, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Nvidia agrees to ac...

27 Aug 14min

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