Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 14, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:18) - NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy
• (01:25) - No science, no startups: The innovation engine we're switching off
• (02:35) - Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
• (03:53) - Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend
• (04:57) - Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users
• (05:58) - Don’t Look Up: Sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites [pdf]
• (07:13) - Smartphones and being present
• (08:19) - New York Times, AP, Newsmax and others say they won't sign new Pentagon rules
• (09:26) - JSON River – Parse JSON incrementally as it streams in
• (10:32) - Outro

NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy
https://github.com/karpathy/nanochat
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569350

No science, no startups: The innovation engine we're switching off
https://steveblank.com/2025/10/13/no-science-no-startups-the-unseen-engine-were-switching-off/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45567877

Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/dutch-government-takes-control-of-chinese-owned-chipmaker-nexperia.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45566644

Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/software-update-bricks-some-jeep-4xe-hybrids-over-the-weekend/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45568700

Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users
https://sqliteonline.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45567770

Don’t Look Up: Sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites [pdf]
https://satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontlookup_ccs25_fullpaper.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575391

Smartphones and being present
https://herman.bearblog.dev/being-present/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45568613

New York Times, AP, Newsmax and others say they won't sign new Pentagon rules
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-press-access-defense-department-rules-95878bce05096912887701eaa6d019c6
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575755

JSON River – Parse JSON incrementally as it streams in
https://github.com/rictic/jsonriver
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45518033