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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 17, 2025.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Anthropic’s paper smells like bullshit (01:31) - Open-source Zig book (02:35) - Heretic: Automatic censorship removal for language models (03:49) - I have recordings proving Coinbase knew about breach months before disclosure (04:53) - Supercookie: Browser Fingerprinting via Favicon (2021) (05:57) - Dark Pattern Games (07:01) - Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000) (07:53) - The fate of "small" open source (09:10) - I finally understand Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnels (10:13) - A file format uncracked for 20 years (11:23) - Outro Anthropic’s paper smells like bullshithttps://djnn.sh/posts/anthropic-s-paper-smells-like-bullshit/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944296Open-source Zig bookhttps://www.zigbook.nethttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947810Heretic: Automatic censorship removal for language modelshttps://github.com/p-e-w/heretichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45945587I have recordings proving Coinbase knew about breach months before disclosurehttps://jonathanclark.com/posts/coinbase-breach-timeline.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45948058Supercookie: Browser Fingerprinting via Favicon (2021)https://github.com/jonasstrehle/supercookiehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947770Dark Pattern Gameshttps://www.darkpattern.gameshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947761Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)https://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htmhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45949326The fate of "small" open sourcehttps://nolanlawson.com/2025/11/16/the-fate-of-small-open-source/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947639I finally understand Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnelshttps://david.coffee/cloudflare-zero-trust-tunnelshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45946865A file format uncracked for 20 yearshttps://landaire.net/a-file-format-uncracked-for-20-years/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45837259 What is Hacker News Highlights? Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.