Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 23, 2025.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - Google flags Immich sites as dangerous
  • (01:33) - Scripts I wrote that I use all the time
  • (02:31) - Accessing Max Verstappen's passport and PII through FIA bugs
  • (03:39) - Willow quantum chip demonstrates verifiable quantum advantage on hardware
  • (04:58) - JMAP for Calendars, Contacts and Files Now in Stalwart
  • (06:16) - I see a future in jj
  • (07:22) - VST3 audio plugin format is now MIT
  • (08:22) - Ovi: Twin backbone cross-modal fusion for audio-video generation
  • (09:28) - Karpathy on DeepSeek-OCR paper: Are pixels better inputs to LLMs than text?
  • (10:41) - Rivian's TM-B electric bike
  • (11:58) - Outro

Google flags Immich sites as dangerous
https://immich.app/blog/google-flags-immich-as-dangerous
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45675015

Scripts I wrote that I use all the time
https://evanhahn.com/scripts-i-wrote-that-i-use-all-the-time/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45670052

Accessing Max Verstappen's passport and PII through FIA bugs
https://ian.sh/fia
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45673130

Willow quantum chip demonstrates verifiable quantum advantage on hardware
https://blog.google/technology/research/quantum-echoes-willow-verifiable-quantum-advantage/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45670443

JMAP for Calendars, Contacts and Files Now in Stalwart
https://stalw.art/blog/jmap-collaboration/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45672336

I see a future in jj
https://steveklabnik.com/writing/i-see-a-future-in-jj/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45672280

VST3 audio plugin format is now MIT
https://forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-3-8-0-sdk-released/1011988
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45678549

Ovi: Twin backbone cross-modal fusion for audio-video generation
https://github.com/character-ai/Ovi
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45674166

Karpathy on DeepSeek-OCR paper: Are pixels better inputs to LLMs than text?
https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1980397031542989305
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45658928

Rivian's TM-B electric bike
https://www.theverge.com/news/804157/rivian-tm-b-electric-bike-price-specs-helmet-quad
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45672844

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Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.