top 20 hacker news stories for 2025-12-15

I'm Kenyan. I don't write like ChatGPT, ChatGPT writes like me

https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt

8 months ago

Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/robot-vacuum-roomba-maker-files-for-bankruptcy-after-35-years

8 months ago

“Super secure” messaging app leaks everyone's phone number

https://ericdaigle.ca/posts/super-secure-maga-messaging-app-leaks-everyones-phone-number/

8 months ago

Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/secret-documents-show-pepsi-and-walmart

8 months ago

If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?

https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-11-30/if-ai-replaces-workers-should-it-also-pay-taxes.html

8 months ago

Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a deadly pesticide

https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/12/thousands-of-us-farmers-have-parkinsons-they-blame-a-deadly-pesticide.html

8 months ago

Ford kills the All-Electric F-150

https://www.wired.com/story/ford-kills-electric-f-150-lightning-for-hybrid/

8 months ago

Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp844kjj37vo

8 months ago

Carrier Landing in Top Gun for the NES

https://relaxing.run/blag/posts/top-gun-landing/

8 months ago

JetBlue flight averts mid-air collision with US Air Force jet

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/jetblue-flight-averts-mid-air-collision-with-us-air-force-jet-2025-12-15/

8 months ago

Avoid UUID Version 4 Primary Keys in Postgres

https://andyatkinson.com/avoid-uuid-version-4-primary-keys

8 months ago

Problems with D-Bus on the Linux desktop

https://blog.vaxry.net/articles/2025-dbusSucks

8 months ago

Rob Reiner has died

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rob-reiner-dead-harry-met-sally-princess-bride-all-in-family-1236450387/

8 months ago

Upcoming Changes to Let's Encrypt Certificates

https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/upcoming-changes-to-let-s-encrypt-certificates/243873

8 months ago

Unscii

http://viznut.fi/unscii/

8 months ago

Microsoft Copilot AI Comes to LG TVs, and Can't Be Deleted

https://www.techpowerup.com/344075/microsoft-copilot-ai-comes-to-lg-tvs-and-cant-be-deleted

8 months ago

SoundCloud has banned VPN access

https://old.reddit.com/r/SoundCloudMusic/comments/1pltd19/soundcloud_just_banned_vpn_access/

8 months ago

Fix HDMI-CEC weirdness with a Raspberry Pi and a $7 cable

https://johnlian.net/posts/hdmi-cec/

8 months ago

Working quickly is more important than it seems (2015)

https://jsomers.net/blog/speed-matters

8 months ago

Nvidia Nemotron 3 Family of Models

https://research.nvidia.com/labs/nemotron/Nemotron-3/

8 months ago