Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 7, 2025.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:16) - GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches
  • (01:29) - Tiny Core Linux: a 23 MB Linux distro with graphical desktop
  • (02:38) - Using LLMs at Oxide
  • (03:57) - Kilauea erupts, destroying webcam [video]
  • (04:53) - Z-Image: Powerful and highly efficient image generation model with 6B parameters
  • (05:54) - Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015)
  • (07:06) - Autism's confusing cousins
  • (08:19) - Perl's decline was cultural
  • (09:31) - HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
  • (10:41) - The unexpected effectiveness of one-shot decompilation with Claude
  • (11:48) - Outro

GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115647408229616018
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46173407

Tiny Core Linux: a 23 MB Linux distro with graphical desktop
http://www.tinycorelinux.net/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46173547

Using LLMs at Oxide
https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46178347

Kilauea erupts, destroying webcam [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK2N99BDw7A
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46177645

Z-Image: Powerful and highly efficient image generation model with 6B parameters
https://github.com/Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46095817

Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015)
https://anders.unix.se/2015/12/10/screenshots-from-developers--2002-vs.-2015/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46176905

Autism's confusing cousins
https://www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/autisms-confusing-cousins
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46172443

Perl's decline was cultural
https://www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/perls-decline-was-cultural-not-technical
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46175112

HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
https://info.arxiv.org/about/accessible_HTML.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46173825

The unexpected effectiveness of one-shot decompilation with Claude
https://blog.chrislewis.au/the-unexpected-effectiveness-of-one-shot-decompilation-with-claude/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46080498

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