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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 20, 2025.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws
  • (01:29) - Meta Segment Anything Model 3
  • (02:42) - The patent office is about to make bad patents untouchable
  • (04:02) - Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable
  • (05:06) - Building more with GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
  • (06:08) - AI is a front for consolidation of resources and power
  • (07:16) - Loose wire leads to blackout, contact with Francis Scott Key bridge
  • (08:22) - Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp
  • (09:33) - How to stay sane in a world that rewards insanity
  • (10:42) - Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System
  • (11:42) - Outro

Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws
https://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45980117

Meta Segment Anything Model 3
https://ai.meta.com/sam3/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45982073

The patent office is about to make bad patents untouchable
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/patent-office-about-make-bad-patents-untouchable
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985890

Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable
https://www.theverge.com/tech/823337/switching-linux-gaming-desktop-cachyos
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985506

Building more with GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-1-codex-max/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45982649

AI is a front for consolidation of resources and power
https://www.chrbutler.com/what-ai-is-really-for
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45983700

Loose wire leads to blackout, contact with Francis Scott Key bridge
https://www.ntsb.gov:443/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20251118.aspx
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45984659

Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp
https://www.univie.ac.at/en/news/detail/forscherinnen-entdecken-grosse-sicherheitsluecke-in-whatsapp
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985036

How to stay sane in a world that rewards insanity
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/how-to-stay-sane-in-a-world-that-rewards-insanity
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45980106

Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System
https://www.amoses.dev/blog/wifi-location/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985867

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