{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"8.17.25 | Compiler bug affects Solidity, OpenBSD's speed requires program adjustment, CIA's heart attack gun incident","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/530f02ef\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":696,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 17, 2025.\nCompiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidity\nhttps://osec.io/blog/2025-08-11-compiler-bug-causes-compiler-bug/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44872584\nOpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself\nhttps://flak.tedunangst.com/post/is-OpenBSD-10x-faster-than-Linux\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915824\nWhen the CIA got away with building a heart attack gun\nhttps://wisewolfmedia.substack.com/p/the-investigation-that-should-have\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44911412\nUS F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals US$600M deal for Swedish Gripen jets\nhttps://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3320828/us-f-16s-lose-out-thai-air-force-seals-us600-million-deal-swedish-gripen-jets\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44917308\nBullfrog in the Dungeon\nhttps://www.filfre.net/2025/08/bullfrog-in-the-dungeon/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44914149\nThe Future of Large Files in Git Is Git\nhttps://tylercipriani.com/blog/2025/08/15/git-lfs/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44916783\nIs air travel getting worse?\nhttps://www.maximum-progress.com/p/is-air-travel-getting-worse\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44911941\nLaunch HN: Embedder (YC S25) – Claude code for embedded software\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915206\nAn interactive guide to sensor fusion with quaternions\nhttps://quaternion.cafe/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44912727\nI accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer\nhttps://drobinin.com/posts/how-i-accidentally-became-puregyms-unofficial-apple-wallet-developer/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44910865","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}