{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"5.14.25 | Older hardware viable with software optimization, GNU Screen has multiple security issues, Branch Privilege Injection exploits race conditions","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/366bd447\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":772,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 14, 2025.\nThe world could run on older hardware if software optimization was a priority\nhttps://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1922100771392520710\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43971464\nMultiple security issues in GNU Screen\nhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43971716\nBranch Privilege Injection: Exploiting branch predictor race conditions\nhttps://comsec.ethz.ch/research/microarch/branch-privilege-injection/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43974891\nThe great displacement is already well underway?\nhttps://shawnfromportland.substack.com/p/the-great-displacement-is-already\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43963434\nGoogle is building its own DeX: First look at Android's Desktop Mode\nhttps://www.androidauthority.com/android-desktop-mode-leak-3550321/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43973395\nPDF to Text, a challenging problem\nhttps://www.marginalia.nu/log/a_119_pdf/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43973721\nFlattening Rust’s learning curve\nhttps://corrode.dev/blog/flattening-rusts-learning-curve/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43978435\nBus stops here: Shanghai lets riders design their own routes\nhttps://www.sixthtone.com/news/1017072\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43980845\nType-constrained code generation with language models\nhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09246\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43978357\nLaunch HN: Miyagi (YC W25) turns YouTube videos into online, interactive courses\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43972425","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}