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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 18, 2025.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:17) - Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter (01:24) - Rebecca Heineman has died (02:31) - Core Devices keeps stealing our work (03:38) - My stages of learning to be a socially normal person (04:33) - Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders (05:51) - Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun (06:59) - Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresses (08:13) - FreeMDU: Open-source Miele appliance diagnostic tools (09:15) - Project Gemini (10:19) - WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model (11:29) - Outro Show HN: I built a synth for my daughterhttps://bitsnpieces.dev/posts/a-synth-for-my-daughter/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45900425Rebecca Heineman has diedhttps://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/legendary-game-designer-programmer-space-invaders-champion-and-lgbtq-trailblazer-rebecca-heineman-has-died/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45960368Core Devices keeps stealing our workhttps://rebble.io/2025/11/17/core-devices-keeps-stealing-our-work.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45960893My stages of learning to be a socially normal personhttps://sashachapin.substack.com/p/my-six-stages-of-learning-to-be-ahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45937302Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal foldershttps://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/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45959795Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sunhttps://www.iflscience.com/the-fall-of-icarus-you-have-never-seen-an-astrophotography-picture-like-this-81570https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944158Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresseshttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-aisuru-botnet-used-500-000-ips-in-15-tbps-azure-ddos-attack/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45955900FreeMDU: Open-source Miele appliance diagnostic toolshttps://github.com/medusalix/FreeMDUhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45953452Project Geminihttps://geminiprotocol.net/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45954640WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting modelhttps://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/weathernext-2/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45954210 What is Hacker News Highlights? Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.