Hacker News for Nov 16, 2025
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Today's Hacker News Topics
- 01
Auto-decensoring LLMs with Heretic
— Auto-decensoring LLMs with Heretic - 02
Questioning AI-espionage claims
— Questioning AI-espionage claims - 03
Trusting Trust compiler backdoor
— Trusting Trust compiler backdoor - 04
Rust-based JavaScript engine
— Rust-based JavaScript engine - 05
De Bruijn numerals insights
— De Bruijn numerals insights - 06
GC ideas for document diffs
— GC ideas for document diffs - 07
FPGA IBM PC-XT build
— FPGA IBM PC-XT build - 08
LibrePods unlocks AirPods
— LibrePods unlocks AirPods - 09
Self-hosting vs scraping bots
— Self-hosting vs scraping bots - 10
Iran’s cloud seeding push
— Iran’s cloud seeding push