{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"11.18.25 | Synth for daughter, Rebecca Heineman dies, Core Devices steals work","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/660f23ea\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":695,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 18, 2025.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nShow HN: I built a synth for my daughter\nhttps://bitsnpieces.dev/posts/a-synth-for-my-daughter/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45900425\nRebecca Heineman has died\nhttps://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/legendary-game-designer-programmer-space-invaders-champion-and-lgbtq-trailblazer-rebecca-heineman-has-died/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45960368\nCore Devices keeps stealing our work\nhttps://rebble.io/2025/11/17/core-devices-keeps-stealing-our-work.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45960893\nMy stages of learning to be a socially normal person\nhttps://sashachapin.substack.com/p/my-six-stages-of-learning-to-be-a\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45937302\nWindows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders\nhttps://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/18/windows-11-to-add-an-ai-agent-that-runs-in-background-with-access-to-personal-folders-warns-of-security-risk/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45959795\nAstrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun\nhttps://www.iflscience.com/the-fall-of-icarus-you-have-never-seen-an-astrophotography-picture-like-this-81570\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944158\nAzure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresses\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-aisuru-botnet-used-500-000-ips-in-15-tbps-azure-ddos-attack/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45955900\nFreeMDU: Open-source Miele appliance diagnostic tools\nhttps://github.com/medusalix/FreeMDU\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45953452\nProject Gemini\nhttps://geminiprotocol.net/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45954640\nWeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model\nhttps://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/weathernext-2/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45954210","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}