Hacker News on Monday, 27 October 2025

Stories posted this day, by points. Rank history starts with the October 2026 rebuild.

Screenshot of arstechnica.com: 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea

10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea (arstechnica.com)

1452 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 535 comments

Ars Technica article on a lock company suing a popular YouTuber who showed its $130 lock being opened with a shim, and the backlash that followed.

lockpicking physical-security youtube lawsuit

Screenshot of blog.pabloecortez.com: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts (blog.pabloecortez.com)

1121 points by speckx 1 year ago | 500 comments

Personal blog post arguing that publishing AI-generated blog posts is rude to readers and urging people to write in their own words.

ai-generated-content llm blogging writing

Screenshot of claude.com: Claude for Excel

Claude for Excel (claude.com)

653 points by meetpateltech 1 year ago | 445 comments

Anthropic's product page announcing a pilot of Claude for Excel, an AI assistant integrated into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.

claude anthropic microsoft-excel spreadsheets

Screenshot of pyfound.blogspot.com: PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant program

PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant program (pyfound.blogspot.com)

634 points by lumpa 1 year ago | 611 comments

Python Software Foundation blog post explaining why it withdrew a $1.5M proposal to the US NSF Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open Source Ecosystems grant program.

python-software-foundation python nsf government-funding

Screenshot of github.com: Recall for Linux

Recall for Linux (github.com)

470 points by anticensor 1 year ago | 186 comments

GitHub repository "recall-for-linux" claiming to bring Microsoft Recall to Linux, containing a license, README, and a .exe file.

microsoft-recall linux github satire

Screenshot of github.com: Rust cross-platform GPUI components

Rust cross-platform GPUI components (github.com)

466 points by xvilka 1 year ago | 201 comments

GitHub repository for gpui-component, a Rust library of UI components for building cross-platform desktop applications with GPUI.

rust gpui gui ui-components

Screenshot of blog.jim-nielsen.com: Tags to make HTML work like you expect

Tags to make HTML work like you expect (blog.jim-nielsen.com)

402 points by FromTheArchives 1 year ago | 212 comments

Blog post by Jim Nielsen listing the essential boilerplate HTML tags to include so a basic HTML file behaves as expected in browsers.

html doctype meta-viewport charset

Screenshot of dramforever.github.io: Easy RISC-V

Easy RISC-V (dramforever.github.io)

367 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 70 comments

Easy RISC-V is an interactive tutorial on RISC-V assembly programming with an in-browser emulator, covering instructions, jumps, branches, and memory.

risc-v assembly tutorial emulator

Screenshot of jetkvm.com: JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

JetKVM – Control any computer remotely (jetkvm.com)

363 points by elashri 1 year ago | 196 comments

Product homepage for JetKVM, an open-source KVM-over-IP device for remotely controlling computers, funded via Kickstarter and now sold at retail.

jetkvm kvm-over-ip remote-access open-source-hardware

Screenshot of exhibitdb.cmog.org: Pyrex catalog from from 1938 with hand-drawn lab glassware [pdf]

Pyrex catalog from from 1938 with hand-drawn lab glassware [pdf](exhibitdb.cmog.org)

350 points by speckx 1 year ago | 71 comments

A scanned PDF of Corning Glass Works' 1938 Pyrex brand laboratory glassware catalog, featuring hand-drawn illustrations of lab equipment, hosted by the Corning Museum of Glass.

pyrex laboratory-glassware corning trade-catalogs