Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 9, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:18) - We found a bug in Go's ARM64 compiler
• (01:23) - A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator
• (02:43) - One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill
• (03:53) - SEC approves Texas Stock Exchange, first new US integrated exchange in decades
• (05:05) - Discord says 70k users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach
• (06:17) - California enacts law enabling people to universally opt out of data sharing
• (07:19) - After 2 decades of tinkering, MAME cracks the Hyper Neo Geo 64
• (08:32) - A few things to know before stealing my 914 (2022)
• (09:32) - OpenAI, Nvidia fuel $1T AI market with web of circular deals
• (10:46) - Kurt Got Got
• (11:52) - Outro

We found a bug in Go's ARM64 compiler
https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-we-found-a-bug-in-gos-arm64-compiler/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45516000

A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator
https://larslofgren.com/codesmith-reddit-reputation-attack/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45521920

One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill
https://www.politico.eu/article/one-man-spam-campaign-ravages-eu-chat-control-bill-fight-chat-control/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45514433

SEC approves Texas Stock Exchange, first new US integrated exchange in decades
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/sec-approves-texas-stock-exchange-txse/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45474301

Discord says 70k users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach
https://www.theverge.com/news/797051/discord-government-ids-leaked-data-breach
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45521738

California enacts law enabling people to universally opt out of data sharing
https://therecord.media/california-signs-law-opt-out-browsers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45523033

After 2 decades of tinkering, MAME cracks the Hyper Neo Geo 64
https://www.readonlymemo.com/mame-hyper-neo-geo-support-sound-emulation/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45516968

A few things to know before stealing my 914 (2022)
https://www.hagerty.com/media/advice/a-few-things-to-know-before-you-steal-my-914/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45519575

OpenAI, Nvidia fuel $1T AI market with web of circular deals
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-07/openai-s-nvidia-amd-deals-boost-1-trillion-ai-boom-with-circular-deals
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45521629

Kurt Got Got
https://fly.io/blog/kurt-got-got/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45520615