{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"11.3.25 | Throwing good parties, URLs as state containers, djb's notes on Fil-C","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/980949b8\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":714,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 3, 2025.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nFacts about throwing good parties\nhttps://www.atvbt.com/21-facts-about-throwing-good-parties/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45794032\nURLs are state containers\nhttps://alfy.blog/2025/10/31/your-url-is-your-state.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45789474\nNotes by djb on using Fil-C\nhttps://cr.yp.to/2025/fil-c.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45788040\nBackpropagation is a leaky abstraction (2016)\nhttps://karpathy.medium.com/yes-you-should-understand-backprop-e2f06eab496b\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45787993\nUsing FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again\nhttps://jsteuernagel.de/posts/using-freebsd-to-make-self-hosting-fun-again/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45789424\nTongyi DeepResearch – open-source 30B MoE Model that rivals OpenAI DeepResearch\nhttps://tongyi-agent.github.io/blog/introducing-tongyi-deep-research/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45789602\nParis had a moving sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison film captured it (2020)\nhttps://www.openculture.com/2020/03/paris-had-a-moving-sidewalk-in-1900.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45793466\nSimple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength\nhttps://nickvsnetworking.com/simple-trick-to-increase-coverage-lying-to-users-about-signal-strength/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45795036\nWhy don't you use dependent types?\nhttps://lawrencecpaulson.github.io//2025/11/02/Why-not-dependent.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790827\nX.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland\nhttps://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2025-October/003635.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790015","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}