{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"6.7.25 | Tax code causing tech layoffs, Meta's invasive AI feed concerns, GitLab backup time reduced significantly","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/03499654\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":668,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 7, 2025.\nThe time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs\nhttps://qz.com/tech-layoffs-tax-code-trump-section-174-microsoft-meta-1851783502\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44180533\nMeta: Shut down your invasive AI Discover feed\nhttps://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/campaigns/meta-shut-down-your-invasive-ai-discover-feed-now/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44201872\nHow we decreased GitLab repo backup times from 48 hours to 41 minutes\nhttps://about.gitlab.com/blog/2025/06/05/how-we-decreased-gitlab-repo-backup-times-from-48-hours-to-41-minutes/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44201975\nResearchers develop ‘transparent paper’ as alternative to plastics\nhttps://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/science-nature/technology/20250605-259501/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44205282\nA year of funded FreeBSD development\nhttps://www.daemonology.net/blog/2025-06-06-A-year-of-funded-FreeBSD.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44204224\nFalsehoods programmers believe about aviation\nhttps://flightaware.engineering/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-aviation/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44205590\nA masochist's guide to web development\nhttps://sebastiano.tronto.net/blog/2025-06-06-webdev/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44200895\nOdyc.js – A tiny JavaScript library for narrative games\nhttps://odyc.dev\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44200866\nThe Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Limitations of Reasoning LLMs [pdf]\nhttps://ml-site.cdn-apple.com/papers/the-illusion-of-thinking.pdf\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44203562\nSandia turns on brain-like storage-free supercomputer\nhttps://blocksandfiles.com/2025/06/06/sandia-turns-on-brain-like-storage-free-supercomputer/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44201812","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4nmCVUJ5pUFbIsTy4mvxtFFdN3d3RgMGSU08kiDg2ac/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NWYy/MGY3NDk0MDRhZjdh/MzljNmM4MTE4YzU0/MDNlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}