{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"12.24.25 | Fabrice Bellard's MicroQuickJS released, Epstein file redactions undone, X-ray Python library finds bad redactions","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f14b176f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":709,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 24, 2025.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nFabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS\nhttps://github.com/bellard/mquickjs/blob/main/README.md\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367224\nSome Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/23/epstein-unredacted-files-social-media\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46368946\nX-ray: a Python library for finding bad redactions in PDF documents\nhttps://github.com/freelawproject/x-ray\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46369923\nWe replaced H.264 streaming with JPEG screenshots (and it worked better)\nhttps://blog.helix.ml/p/we-mass-deployed-15-year-old-screen\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367475\nWhat makes you senior\nhttps://terriblesoftware.org/2025/11/25/what-actually-makes-you-senior/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46327692\nLua 5.5\nhttps://lua.org/versions.html#5.5\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46354674\nUnifi Travel Router\nhttps://blog.ui.com/article/travel-in-style-unifi-style-unifi-travel-router\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46371135\nTexas app store age verification law blocked by federal judge\nhttps://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/23/texas-app-store-law-blocked/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46370012\nPerfect Software – Software for an Audience of One\nhttps://outofdesk.netlify.app/blog/perfect-software\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334206\nFifty problems with standard web APIs in 2025\nhttps://zerotrickpony.com/articles/browser-bugs/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46309007","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}