Hacker News Highlights4 Nov 2025

11.4.25 | Critique of PGVector, AI's early development phase, mastering Arthur Whitney's C for intelligence

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 4, 2025.

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

(00:00) - Intro
(00:21) - The Case Against PGVector
(01:33) - AI's Dial-Up Era
(02:37) - Learning to read Arthur Whitney's C to become smart (2024)
(03:47) - A visualization of the RGB space covered by named colors
(04:45) - WebAssembly (WASM) arch support for the Linux kernel
(05:52) - Things you can do with diodes
(06:43) - First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)
(07:53) - State of Terminal Emulators in 2025: The Errant Champions
(09:09) - You can't cURL a Border
(10:16) - When stick figures fought
(11:12) - Outro

The Case Against PGVector
https://alex-jacobs.com/posts/the-case-against-pgvector/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45798479

AI's Dial-Up Era
https://www.wreflection.com/p/ai-dial-up-era
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45804377

Learning to read Arthur Whitney's C to become smart (2024)
https://needleful.net/blog/2024/01/arthur_whitney.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45800777

A visualization of the RGB space covered by named colors
https://codepen.io/meodai/full/zdgXJj/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45748816

WebAssembly (WASM) arch support for the Linux kernel
https://github.com/joelseverin/linux-wasm
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45783074

Things you can do with diodes
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/things-you-can-do-with-diodes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45805900

First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)
https://louisville.edu/medicine/news/first-ever-recording-of-a-dying-human-brain-shows-waves-similar-to-memory-flashbacks
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45796421

State of Terminal Emulators in 2025: The Errant Champions
https://www.jeffquast.com/post/state-of-terminal-emulation-2025/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45799478

You can't cURL a Border
https://drobinin.com/posts/you-cant-curl-a-border/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45806263

When stick figures fought
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick-figures-fought
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45806348

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9.10.26 | iPhone Duo, Shopify acquires Tailwind, Visa and Mastercard card networks

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 10, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - iPhone Duo (01:55) ...

10 Sep 13min

9.9.26 | Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, AlphaGenome Atlas human DNA map, house built for LAN parties 2024

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 9, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:14) - On the Navier–Stokes...

9 Sep 12min

9.8.26 | LG Spy TVs problem, Mistral raises €3B, Jellyfin 12.0

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 8, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - 216M Spy TVs – The L...

8 Sep 14min

9.7.26 | Nitter and XCancel resume service, Keep Our Servers Running, Asahi Linux on M3

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 7, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Nitter and XCancel r...

7 Sep 13min

9.6.26 | Nitter has more instances, German rocket reaches orbit from Europe, Chrome exempts Google from data settings

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 6, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - Nitter has more work...

6 Sep 13min

9.5.26 | OpenAI agent message board, Fermat's Last Theorem formalized, Chromium sandbox RCE exploited

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 5, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Discovery of a new O...

5 Sep 13min

9.4.26 | .name Termination, GPT-6 Astra, Any Human Ever life selection

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 4, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - .name Termination (0...

4 Sep 14min

9.3.26 | Gemini 3.8 Flash and Cyber, Muse Spark 1.3, opt out of training data

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 3, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Gemini 3.8 Flash and...

3 Sep 13min