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Hacker News on Friday, 22 August 2025

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Screenshot of ffmpeg.org: FFmpeg 8.0

FFmpeg 8.0 (ffmpeg.org)

913 points by gyan 1 year ago | 187 comments

FFmpeg project homepage news entry announcing the release of FFmpeg version 8.0.

ffmpeg video-encoding multimedia codecs

Screenshot of cnbc.com: Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City

Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City (cnbc.com)

531 points by achristmascarl 1 year ago | 500 comments

CNBC article reporting that Waymo received its first permit from NYC's Department of Transportation to test autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and Brooklyn with trained specialists.

waymo autonomous-vehicles self-driving-cars new-york-city

Screenshot of cnbc.com: U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel

U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel (cnbc.com)

516 points by givemeethekeys 1 year ago | 590 comments

CNBC news article reporting that the U.S. government has taken a 10% stake in Intel, per Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

intel us-government semiconductors trump-administration

Screenshot of blog.habets.se: Go is still not good

Go is still not good (blog.habets.se)

459 points by ustad 1 year ago | 583 comments

A personal blog post criticizing design flaws in the Go programming language, such as forced error variable scope, following the author's earlier critiques.

golang programming-languages language-design error-handling

Screenshot of blog.habets.se: Io_uring, kTLS and Rust for zero syscall HTTPS server

Io_uring, kTLS and Rust for zero syscall HTTPS server (blog.habets.se)

444 points by guntars 1 year ago | 138 comments

Blog post describing building an HTTPS web server in Rust using io_uring and kernel TLS to avoid system calls on the request path.

io-uring ktls rust linux

Screenshot of bbc.co.uk: 4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC

4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC (bbc.co.uk)

310 points by donpott 1 year ago | 328 comments

Screenshot of giuliomagnifico.blog: Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org

Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org (giuliomagnifico.blog)

280 points by giuliomagnifico 1 year ago | 289 comments

Screenshot of moq.dev: The first Media over QUIC CDN: Cloudflare

The first Media over QUIC CDN: Cloudflare (moq.dev)

277 points by kixelated 1 year ago | 110 comments

Screenshot of gwern.net: Everything is correlated (2014–23)

Everything is correlated (2014–23)(gwern.net)

244 points by gmays 1 year ago | 108 comments

Screenshot of terriblesoftware.org: All managers make mistakes; good managers acknowledge and repair

All managers make mistakes; good managers acknowledge and repair (terriblesoftware.org)

243 points by matheusml 1 year ago | 110 comments

Screenshot of labplot.org: LabPlot: Free, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis

LabPlot: Free, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis (labplot.org)

237 points by turrini 1 year ago | 37 comments

Screenshot of newscientist.com: Trees on city streets cope with drought by drinking from leaky pipes

Trees on city streets cope with drought by drinking from leaky pipes (newscientist.com)

224 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 115 comments

Screenshot of git.vuxu.org: Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor

Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor (git.vuxu.org)

222 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 83 comments

Screenshot of quantamagazine.org: Busy beaver hunters reach numbers that overwhelm ordinary math

Busy beaver hunters reach numbers that overwhelm ordinary math (quantamagazine.org)

213 points by defrost 1 year ago | 78 comments

Screenshot of catskull.net: What is going on right now?

What is going on right now?(catskull.net)

199 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 105 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Show HN: JavaScript-free (X)HTML Includes

Show HN: JavaScript-free (X)HTML Includes (github.com)

196 points by Evidlo 1 year ago | 104 comments

Screenshot of blog.cloudflare.com: Cloudflare incident on August 21, 2025

Cloudflare incident on August 21, 2025 (blog.cloudflare.com)

192 points by achalshah 1 year ago | 39 comments

Screenshot of techdirt.com: Computer fraud laws used to prosecute leaking air crash footage to CNN

Computer fraud laws used to prosecute leaking air crash footage to CNN (techdirt.com)

190 points by BallsInIt 1 year ago | 81 comments

Screenshot of bigdata.2minutestreaming.com: Why was Apache Kafka created?

Why was Apache Kafka created?(bigdata.2minutestreaming.com)

181 points by enether 1 year ago | 173 comments

Screenshot of wired.com: Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law

Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law (wired.com)

177 points by BallsInIt 1 year ago | 71 comments

Screenshot of efitz-thoughts.blogspot.com: My experience creating software with LLM coding agents – Part 2 (Tips)

My experience creating software with LLM coding agents – Part 2 (Tips)(efitz-thoughts.blogspot.com)

169 points by efitz 1 year ago | 83 comments

$Screenshot of hsivonen.fi: It’s not wrong that "\u{1F926}\u{1F3FC}\u200D\u2642\uFE0F".length == 7 (2019)$

It’s not wrong that "\u{1F926}\u{1F3FC}\u200D\u2642\uFE0F".length == 7 (2019)(hsivonen.fi)

167 points by program 1 year ago | 233 comments

Screenshot of cnbc.com: Texas Instruments’ new plants where Apple will make iPhone chips

Texas Instruments’ new plants where Apple will make iPhone chips (cnbc.com)

159 points by giuliomagnifico 1 year ago | 158 comments

Screenshot of insideclimatenews.org: The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables

The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables (insideclimatenews.org)

151 points by mooreds 1 year ago | 149 comments

Screenshot of blog.thunderbird.net: Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update

Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update (blog.thunderbird.net)

145 points by mnmalst 1 year ago | 43 comments

Screenshot of tulach.cc: The issue of anti-cheat on Linux (2024)

The issue of anti-cheat on Linux (2024)(tulach.cc)

134 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 244 comments

Screenshot of bloomberg.com: Mail Carriers Pause US Deliveries as Tariff Shift Sows Confusion

Mail Carriers Pause US Deliveries as Tariff Shift Sows Confusion (bloomberg.com)

131 points by voxadam 1 year ago | 83 comments

Screenshot of nkantar.com: Static sites with Python, uv, Caddy, and Docker

Static sites with Python, uv, Caddy, and Docker (nkantar.com)

130 points by indigodaddy 1 year ago | 78 comments

Screenshot of english.kyodonews.net: Popular Japanese smartphone games have introduced external payment systems

Popular Japanese smartphone games have introduced external payment systems (english.kyodonews.net)

129 points by anigbrowl 1 year ago | 73 comments

Screenshot of justin.searls.co: Sprinkling self-doubt on ChatGPT

Sprinkling self-doubt on ChatGPT (justin.searls.co)

129 points by ingve 1 year ago | 77 comments

Screenshot of bsky.social: Our Response to Mississippi's Age Assurance Law

Our Response to Mississippi's Age Assurance Law (bsky.social)

127 points by Kye 1 year ago | 95 comments

Screenshot of github.com: XSLT removal will break multiple government and regulatory sites

XSLT removal will break multiple government and regulatory sites (github.com)

122 points by colejohnson66 1 year ago | 75 comments

Screenshot of antithesis.com: Optimizing our way through Metroid

Optimizing our way through Metroid (antithesis.com)

122 points by eatonphil 1 year ago | 22 comments

Screenshot of arxiv.org: Making LLMs Cheaper and Better via Performance-Efficiency Optimized Routing

Making LLMs Cheaper and Better via Performance-Efficiency Optimized Routing (arxiv.org)

118 points by omarsar 1 year ago | 22 comments

Screenshot of promptql.io: Being “Confidently Wrong” is holding AI back

Being “Confidently Wrong” is holding AI back (promptql.io)

117 points by tango12 1 year ago | 182 comments

Screenshot of thoughtbot.com: Top Secret: Automatically filter sensitive information

Top Secret: Automatically filter sensitive information (thoughtbot.com)

115 points by thunderbong 1 year ago | 12 comments

Screenshot of sciencedaily.com: Scientists just found a protein that reverses brain aging

Scientists just found a protein that reverses brain aging (sciencedaily.com)

110 points by stevenjgarner 1 year ago | 55 comments

Screenshot of stochasticlifestyle.com: A guide to Gen AI / LLM vibecoding for expert programmers

A guide to Gen AI / LLM vibecoding for expert programmers (stochasticlifestyle.com)

105 points by ChrisRackauckas 1 year ago | 95 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Should the web platform adopt XSLT 3.0?

Should the web platform adopt XSLT 3.0?(github.com)

103 points by protomolecool 1 year ago | 68 comments

Screenshot of reprobate.site: Show HN: Game demo made with my homemade game engine

Show HN: Game demo made with my homemade game engine (reprobate.site)

87 points by delduca 1 year ago | 48 comments

Screenshot of shkspr.mobi: What about using rel="share-url" to expose sharing intents?

What about using rel="share-url" to expose sharing intents?(shkspr.mobi)

77 points by edent 1 year ago | 34 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Show HN: Clyp – Clipboard Manager for Linux

Show HN: Clyp – Clipboard Manager for Linux (github.com)

68 points by timeoperator 1 year ago | 38 comments

Screenshot of devenv.sh: Closing the Nix gap: From environments to packaged applications for rust

Closing the Nix gap: From environments to packaged applications for rust (devenv.sh)

67 points by domenkozar 1 year ago | 28 comments

Screenshot of marketsaintefficient.substack.com: Vibe Debugging: Enterprises' Up and Coming Nightmare

Vibe Debugging: Enterprises' Up and Coming Nightmare (marketsaintefficient.substack.com)

64 points by someoneloser 1 year ago | 56 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Glyn: Type-safe PubSub and Registry for Gleam actors with distributed clustering

Glyn: Type-safe PubSub and Registry for Gleam actors with distributed clustering (github.com)

63 points by TheWiggles 1 year ago | 10 comments

Screenshot of blog.cloudflare.com: Media over QUIC (MoQ): Refactoring the Internet's real-time media stack

Media over QUIC (MoQ): Refactoring the Internet's real-time media stack (blog.cloudflare.com)

63 points by englishm 1 year ago | 27 comments

Screenshot of lwn.net: The use of LLM assistants for kernel development

The use of LLM assistants for kernel development (lwn.net)

63 points by Bogdanp 1 year ago | 23 comments

Screenshot of meyerweb.com: Google Did Not Unilaterally Decide to Kill XSLT

Google Did Not Unilaterally Decide to Kill XSLT (meyerweb.com)

60 points by bkardell 1 year ago | 43 comments

Screenshot of ubicloud.com: Does MHz Still Matter?

Does MHz Still Matter?(ubicloud.com)

56 points by furkansahin 1 year ago | 38 comments

Screenshot of Hacker News post: Launch HN: BlankBio (YC S25) – Making RNA Programmable

Launch HN: BlankBio (YC S25) – Making RNA Programmable

52 points by antichronology 1 year ago | 25 comments

Screenshot of currentaffairs.org: Why the Internet Is Turning to Shit

Why the Internet Is Turning to Shit (currentaffairs.org)

48 points by Improvement 1 year ago | 33 comments

Screenshot of youtube.com: The Minecraft Code (2024) [video]

The Minecraft Code (2024) [video](youtube.com)

48 points by zichy 1 year ago | 63 comments

Screenshot of vldb.org: SSD-IQ: Uncovering the Hidden Side of SSD Performance [pdf]

SSD-IQ: Uncovering the Hidden Side of SSD Performance [pdf](vldb.org)

43 points by jandrewrogers 1 year ago | 16 comments

Screenshot of npr.org: From $479 to $2,800 a month for ACA health insurance next year

From $479 to $2,800 a month for ACA health insurance next year (npr.org)

42 points by laurex 1 year ago | 12 comments

Screenshot of jeffgeerling.com: Build Log: Macintosh Classic

Build Log: Macintosh Classic (jeffgeerling.com)

40 points by speckx 1 year ago | 14 comments

Screenshot of redsymbol.net: Bash Strict Mode (2014)

Bash Strict Mode (2014)(redsymbol.net)

39 points by dcminter 1 year ago | 38 comments

Screenshot of tampabay28.com: Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash

Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash (tampabay28.com)

35 points by bilsbie 1 year ago | 46 comments

Screenshot of Hacker News post: Launch HN: Inconvo (YC S23) – AI agents for customer-facing analytics

Launch HN: Inconvo (YC S23) – AI agents for customer-facing analytics

35 points by ogham 1 year ago | 21 comments

Screenshot of thezvi.wordpress.com: DeepSeek v3.1 is not having a moment

DeepSeek v3.1 is not having a moment (thezvi.wordpress.com)

33 points by speckx 1 year ago | 14 comments

Screenshot of process-one.net: Ejabberd 25.08

Ejabberd 25.08 (process-one.net)

32 points by neustradamus 1 year ago | 2 comments