Hacker News Highlights23 Nov 2025

11.23.25 | Browser fingerprinting privacy issues, Inducing smells with ultrasound, Challenges in agent design

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 23, 2025.

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

(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting
(01:27) - We Induced Smells With Ultrasound
(02:31) - Agent design is still hard
(03:46) - Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege
(05:03) - China reaches energy milestone by "breeding" uranium from thorium
(06:21) - Show HN: Forty.News – Daily news, but on a 40-year delay
(07:17) - A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure
(08:16) - $1900 Bug Bounty to Fix the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IAX10H's Speakers on Linux
(09:26) - The realities of being a pop star
(10:31) - Kodak ran a nuclear device in its basement for decades
(11:39) - Outro

The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting
https://kevinboone.me/fingerprinting.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016249

We Induced Smells With Ultrasound
https://writetobrain.com/olfactory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46008332

Agent design is still hard
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/11/21/agents-are-hard/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46013935

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/meta-buried-causal-evidence-social-media-harm-us-court-filings-allege-2025-11-23/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46019817

China reaches energy milestone by "breeding" uranium from thorium
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3331312/china-reaches-energy-independence-milestone-breeding-uranium-thorium
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016639

Show HN: Forty.News – Daily news, but on a 40-year delay
https://forty.news
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46017175

A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure
https://sacbear.com/xfinity-wont-fix-internet/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46019685

$1900 Bug Bounty to Fix the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IAX10H's Speakers on Linux
https://github.com/nadimkobeissi/16iax10h-linux-sound-saga
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45940980

The realities of being a pop star
https://itscharlibb.substack.com/p/the-realities-of-being-a-pop-star
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016613

Kodak ran a nuclear device in its basement for decades
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a69147321/kodak-film-nuclear-reactor/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45938005

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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