Mar 2, 2025 | Unhinged video wall of Chromebooks, challenges in building a jet engine, o1, o3, and Sonnet 3.7 hallucinations

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 2, 2025.

The most unhinged video wall, made out of Chromebooks
https://varun.ch/posts/videowall/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43221697

Why it's so hard to build a jet engine
https://www.construction-physics.com/p/why-its-so-hard-to-build-a-jet-engine
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43212952

Making o1, o3, and Sonnet 3.7 hallucinate for everyone
https://bengarcia.dev/making-o1-o3-and-sonnet-3-7-hallucinate-for-everyone
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43222027

The early days of Linux (2023)
https://lwn.net/Articles/928581/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43225686

Show HN: Berlin Swapfest – Electronics flea market
https://www.swapfest.berlin/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43223718

Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice
https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43227881

Show HN: I made a website where you can create your own "Life in Weeks" timeline
https://lifeweeks.app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43183635

What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowid's trip reports
https://themicrodose.substack.com/p/what-do-people-see-when-theyre-tripping
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43171007

Maestro – Next generation mobile UI automation
https://github.com/mobile-dev-inc/Maestro
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43174453

How Flash games shaped the video game industry (2020)
https://www.flashgamehistory.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43225560

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