Hacker News Highlights5 Dec 2025

12.5.25 | Cloudflare outage, Stanford students' disability claims, elites influencing mass preferences with AI

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 5, 2025.

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

(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Cloudflare is down
(01:23) - Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're disabled?
(02:44) - How elites could shape mass preferences as AI reduces persuasion costs
(03:59) - I ignore the spotlight as a staff engineer
(05:14) - Transparent leadership beats servant leadership
(06:24) - Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig
(07:29) - Multivox: Volumetric Display
(08:32) - BMW PHEV: Safety fuse replacement is extremely expensive
(09:52) - Fighting the age-gated internet
(11:02) - Outro

Cloudflare is down
https://www.cloudflare.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158191

Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're disabled?
https://reason.com/2025/12/04/why-are-38-percent-of-stanford-students-saying-theyre-disabled/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46150715

How elites could shape mass preferences as AI reduces persuasion costs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04047
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46145180

I ignore the spotlight as a staff engineer
https://lalitm.com/software-engineering-outside-the-spotlight/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46146451

Transparent leadership beats servant leadership
https://entropicthoughts.com/transparent-leadership-beats-servant-leadership
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46147540

Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig
https://sinclairtarget.com/blog/2025/08/thoughts-on-go-vs.-rust-vs.-zig/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46153466

Multivox: Volumetric Display
https://github.com/AncientJames/multivox
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46149813

BMW PHEV: Safety fuse replacement is extremely expensive
https://evclinic.eu/2025/12/04/2021-phev-bmw-ibmucp-21f37e-post-crash-recovery-when-eu-engineering-becomes-a-synonym-for-unrepairable-generating-waste/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46155619

Fighting the age-gated internet
https://www.wired.com/story/age-verification-is-sweeping-the-us-activists-are-fighting-back/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46147493

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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

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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