Hacker News Highlights

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

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:20) - A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size
• (01:43) - Python 3.14 is here. How fast is it?
• (02:44) - My first contribution to Linux
• (03:42) - Show HN: I built a web framework in C
• (04:48) - Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot
• (05:57) - Show HN: I've built a tiny hand-held keyboard
• (06:52) - Subway Builder: A realistic subway simulation game
• (07:54) - LLMs are mortally terrified of exceptions
• (09:09) - Nobel Peace Prize 2025: María Corina Machado
• (10:17) - A built-in 'off switch' to stop persistent pain
• (11:25) - Outro

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size
https://www.anthropic.com/research/small-samples-poison
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45529587

Python 3.14 is here. How fast is it?
https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/python-3-14-is-here-how-fast-is-it
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45524702

My first contribution to Linux
https://vkoskiv.com/first-linux-patch/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45490652

Show HN: I built a web framework in C
https://github.com/ashtonjamesd/lavandula
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45526890

Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot
https://www.figure.ai/news/introducing-figure-03
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45527402

Show HN: I've built a tiny hand-held keyboard
https://github.com/mafik/keyer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45529393

Subway Builder: A realistic subway simulation game
https://www.subwaybuilder.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45530744

LLMs are mortally terrified of exceptions
https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1976077806443569355
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45530486

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: María Corina Machado
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2025/summary/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45536700

A built-in 'off switch' to stop persistent pain
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/select-neurons-brainstem-may-hold-key-treating-chronic-pain
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45532685