top 20 hacker news stories for 2025-12-06

GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115647408229616018

2 months ago

793 upvotes – 452 comments

4 billion if statements (2023)

https://andreasjhkarlsson.github.io//jekyll/update/2023/12/27/4-billion-if-statements.html

2 months ago

638 upvotes – 176 comments

Kilauea erupts, destroying webcam [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK2N99BDw7A

2 months ago

589 upvotes – 132 comments

Schizophrenia sufferer mistakes smart fridge ad for psychotic episode

https://old.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1pc7999/my_schizophrenic_sister_hospitalised_herself/

2 months ago

543 upvotes – 502 comments

Tiny Core Linux: a 23 MB Linux distro with graphical desktop

http://www.tinycorelinux.net/

2 months ago

527 upvotes – 243 comments

How I discovered a hidden microphone on a Chinese NanoKVM

https://telefoncek.si/2025/02/2025-02-10-hidden-microphone-on-nanokvm/

2 months ago

465 upvotes – 129 comments

Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015)

https://anders.unix.se/2015/12/10/screenshots-from-developers--2002-vs.-2015/

2 months ago

462 upvotes – 243 comments

The past was not that cute

https://juliawise.net/the-past-was-not-that-cute/

2 months ago

431 upvotes – 537 comments

YouTube caught making AI-edits to videos and adding misleading AI summaries

https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/bj1qbwcklg

2 months ago

417 upvotes – 232 comments

Perl's decline was cultural

https://www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/perls-decline-was-cultural-not-technical

2 months ago

395 upvotes – 453 comments

Autism's confusing cousins

https://www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/autisms-confusing-cousins

2 months ago

353 upvotes – 317 comments

Sam Altman’s DRAM Deal

https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-altman-s-dirty-dram-deal

2 months ago

338 upvotes – 237 comments

Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

https://haveibeenflocked.com/

2 months ago

314 upvotes – 236 comments

HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)

https://info.arxiv.org/about/accessible_HTML.html

2 months ago

262 upvotes – 139 comments

OMSCS Open Courseware

https://sites.gatech.edu/omscsopencourseware/

2 months ago

237 upvotes – 103 comments

Wolfram Compute Services

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2025/12/instant-supercompute-launching-wolfram-compute-services/

2 months ago

230 upvotes – 136 comments

Coffee linked to slower biological ageing among those with severe mental illness

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/coffee-linked-to-slower-biological-ageing-among-those-with-severe-mental-illness-up-to-a-limit

2 months ago

204 upvotes – 137 comments

Touching the Elephant – TPUs

https://considerthebulldog.com/tte-tpu/

2 months ago

199 upvotes – 63 comments

PalmOS on FisherPrice Pixter Toy

https://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=27.%20rePalm#pixter

2 months ago

195 upvotes – 29 comments

VCMI: An open-source engine for Heroes III

https://vcmi.eu/

2 months ago

191 upvotes – 27 comments
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