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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 4, 2025.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:21) - The Case Against PGVector
  • (01:33) - AI's Dial-Up Era
  • (02:37) - Learning to read Arthur Whitney's C to become smart (2024)
  • (03:47) - A visualization of the RGB space covered by named colors
  • (04:45) - WebAssembly (WASM) arch support for the Linux kernel
  • (05:52) - Things you can do with diodes
  • (06:43) - First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)
  • (07:53) - State of Terminal Emulators in 2025: The Errant Champions
  • (09:09) - You can't cURL a Border
  • (10:16) - When stick figures fought
  • (11:12) - Outro

The Case Against PGVector
https://alex-jacobs.com/posts/the-case-against-pgvector/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45798479

AI's Dial-Up Era
https://www.wreflection.com/p/ai-dial-up-era
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45804377

Learning to read Arthur Whitney's C to become smart (2024)
https://needleful.net/blog/2024/01/arthur_whitney.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45800777

A visualization of the RGB space covered by named colors
https://codepen.io/meodai/full/zdgXJj/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45748816

WebAssembly (WASM) arch support for the Linux kernel
https://github.com/joelseverin/linux-wasm
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45783074

Things you can do with diodes
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/things-you-can-do-with-diodes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45805900

First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)
https://louisville.edu/medicine/news/first-ever-recording-of-a-dying-human-brain-shows-waves-similar-to-memory-flashbacks
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45796421

State of Terminal Emulators in 2025: The Errant Champions
https://www.jeffquast.com/post/state-of-terminal-emulation-2025/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45799478

You can't cURL a Border
https://drobinin.com/posts/you-cant-curl-a-border/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45806263

When stick figures fought
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick-figures-fought
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45806348

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