{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"10.28.25 | YouTuber sued for lock shimming, PSF withdraws $1.5M grant proposal, Claude for Excel","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e451121d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":756,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 28, 2025.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\n10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea\nhttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/suing-a-popular-youtuber-who-shimmed-a-130-lock-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45720376\nPSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant program\nhttps://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-funding-statement.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45721904\nClaude for Excel\nhttps://www.claude.com/claude-for-excel\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45722639\nJetKVM – Control any computer remotely\nhttps://jetkvm.com/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45723159\nPyrex catalog from from 1938 with hand-drawn lab glassware [pdf]\nhttps://exhibitdb.cmog.org/opacimages/Images/Pyrex/Rakow_1000132877.pdf\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45721801\nSimplify your code: Functional core, imperative shell\nhttps://testing.googleblog.com/2025/10/simplify-your-code-functional-core.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45701901\nEasy RISC-V\nhttps://dramforever.github.io/easyriscv/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45726192\nOpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/openai-says-over-a-million-people-talk-to-chatgpt-about-suicide-weekly/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45727060\nWhy Busy Beaver hunters fear the Antihydra\nhttps://benbrubaker.com/why-busy-beaver-hunters-fear-the-antihydra/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45723359\nStudy finds growing social circles may fuel polarization\nhttps://phys.org/news/2025-10-friends-division-social-circles-fuel.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45725009","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}