top 20 hacker news stories for 2025-08-31

We should have the ability to run any code we want on hardware we own

https://hugotunius.se/2025/08/31/what-every-argument-about-sideloading-gets-wrong.html

2 months ago

2071 upvotes – 1203 comments

“This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone”

https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/79371/this-telegram-must-be-closely-paraphrased-before-being-communicated-to-anyone

2 months ago

775 upvotes – 135 comments

Eternal Struggle

https://yoavg.github.io/eternal/

2 months ago

680 upvotes – 136 comments

Notes on Managing ADHD

https://borretti.me/article/notes-on-managing-adhd

2 months ago

633 upvotes – 329 comments

Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now' [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEKlIV_70E

2 months ago

565 upvotes – 570 comments

Jujutsu for everyone

https://jj-for-everyone.github.io/

2 months ago

442 upvotes – 411 comments

Use One Big Server (2022)

https://specbranch.com/posts/one-big-server/

2 months ago

350 upvotes – 323 comments

Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?

https://algassert.com/post/2500

2 months ago

340 upvotes – 197 comments

My phone is an ereader now

https://www.davepagurek.com/blog/minimal-phone/

2 months ago

332 upvotes – 118 comments

Nintendo Switch 2 Dock USB-C Compatibility

https://www.lttlabs.com/blog/2025/08/30/nintendo-switch-2-dock

2 months ago

298 upvotes – 193 comments

Git Diagramming "The Weave"

https://daverupert.com/2025/08/git-diagramming-the-weave/

2 months ago

282 upvotes – 76 comments

FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself criticizing vaccines

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/fda-official-youtube-videos

2 months ago

269 upvotes – 156 comments

Lewis and Clark marked their trail with laxatives

https://offbeatoregon.com/2501d1006d_biliousPills-686.077.html

2 months ago

240 upvotes – 94 comments

I Don't Have Spotify

https://idonthavespotify.sjdonado.com/

2 months ago

234 upvotes – 132 comments

When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire

https://oikofuge.com/sun-sets-on-british-empire/

2 months ago

233 upvotes – 342 comments

What to do with C++ modules?

https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/08/we-need-to-seriously-think-about-what.html

2 months ago

226 upvotes – 261 comments

Survey: a third of senior developers say over half their code is AI-generated

https://www.fastly.com/blog/senior-developers-ship-more-ai-code

2 months ago

215 upvotes – 376 comments

Run a legal LTE network at home for $100

https://lantian.pub/en/article/modify-computer/legal-lte-network-at-home-for-100-bucks.lantian/

2 months ago

166 upvotes – 26 comments

Reverse engineering Solos smart glasses

https://jfloren.net/b/2025/8/28/0

2 months ago

166 upvotes – 28 comments

A Linux version of the Procmon Sysinternals tool

https://github.com/microsoft/ProcMon-for-Linux

2 months ago

166 upvotes – 47 comments
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