{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"8.21.25 | Spherical helix visualization, anime catgirls blocking Linux kernel access, Zedless fork prioritizing privacy and local-first","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a634d297\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":717,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 21, 2025.\nShow HN: I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization\nhttps://visualrambling.space/moving-objects-in-3d/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44962066\nWhy are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?\nhttps://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/anubis.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44962529\nZedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first\nhttps://github.com/zedless-editor/zed\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44964916\nSequoia backs Zed\nhttps://zed.dev/blog/sequoia-backs-zed\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44961172\nGemma 3 270M re-implemented in pure PyTorch for local tinkering\nhttps://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch/tree/main/ch05/12_gemma3\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44962059\nCode review can be better\nhttps://tigerbeetle.com/blog/2025-08-04-code-review-can-be-better/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44967469\nAn Update on Pytype\nhttps://github.com/google/pytype\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44963724\nIntroduction to AT Protocol\nhttps://mackuba.eu/2025/08/20/introduction-to-atproto/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44965233\nD4d4\nhttps://www.nmichaels.org/musings/d4d4/d4d4/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44932401\nHome Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts\nhttps://petapixel.com/2025/08/20/home-depot-sued-for-secretly-using-facial-recognition-technology-on-self-checkout-cameras/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44962771","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}