top 20 hacker news stories for 2025-12-21

The Going Dark initiative or ProtectEU is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt

https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/115742530333573065

8 months ago

Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025

https://hackernews-readings-613604506318.us-west1.run.app

8 months ago

A guide to local coding models

https://www.aiforswes.com/p/you-dont-need-to-spend-100mo-on-claude

8 months ago

Flock and Cyble Inc. weaponize “cybercrime” takedowns to silence critics

https://haveibeenflocked.com/news/cyble-downtime

8 months ago

Logging sucks

https://loggingsucks.com/

8 months ago

I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone

https://idiallo.com/byte-size/cant-update-to-windows-11-leave-me-alone

8 months ago

Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything

https://walletwallet.alen.ro/

8 months ago

Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players

https://gamingcouch.com

8 months ago

Ruby website redesigned

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/

8 months ago

CO2 batteries that store grid energy take off globally

https://spectrum.ieee.org/co2-battery-energy-storage

8 months ago

You’re not burnt out, you’re existentially starving

https://neilthanedar.com/youre-not-burnt-out-youre-existentially-starving/

8 months ago

Waymo halts service during S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams

https://missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-waymo-halts-service-blackout/

8 months ago

Autoland saves King Air, everyone reported safe

https://avbrief.com/autoland-saves-king-air-everyone-reported-safe/

8 months ago

Disney Imagineering Debuts Next-Generation Robotic Character, Olaf

https://disneyparksblog.com/disney-experiences/robotic-olaf-marks-new-era-of-disney-innovation/

8 months ago

Indoor tanning makes youthful skin much older on a genetic level

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/12/431206/indoor-tanning-makes-youthful-skin-much-older-genetic-level

8 months ago

Rue: Higher level than Rust, lower level than Go

https://rue-lang.dev/

8 months ago

Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks

https://metr.org/blog/2025-03-19-measuring-ai-ability-to-complete-long-tasks/

8 months ago

Ask HN: Resources to get better at outbound sales?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46346648

8 months ago

Coarse is better

https://borretti.me/article/coarse-is-better

8 months ago

How I protect my Forgejo instance from AI web crawlers

https://her.esy.fun/posts/0031-how-i-protect-my-forgejo-instance-from-ai-web-crawlers/index.html

8 months ago