{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"12.9.25 | Icons in menus, AI progress steady, IBM acquires Confluent","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/29778f17\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":742,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 9, 2025.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nIcons in Menus Everywhere – Send Help\nhttps://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-in-menus/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196688\nHorses: AI progress is steady. Human equivalence is sudden\nhttps://andyljones.com/posts/horses.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46199723\nIBM to acquire Confluent\nhttps://www.confluent.io/blog/ibm-to-acquire-confluent/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46192130\nMicrosoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices\nhttps://office365itpros.com/2025/12/08/microsoft-365-pricing-increase/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46192186\nJepsen: NATS 2.12.1\nhttps://jepsen.io/analyses/nats-2.12.1\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196105\nParamount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros\nhttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/paramount-skydance-hostile-bid-wbd-netflix.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46192459\nStrong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued\nhttps://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20251209_02/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46192846\nLet's put Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle\nhttps://tailscale.com/blog/tailscale-jailbroken-kindle\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46194337\nThe universal weight subspace hypothesis\nhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05117\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46199623\nHas the cost of building software dropped 90%?\nhttps://martinalderson.com/posts/has-the-cost-of-software-just-dropped-90-percent/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196228","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}