Hacker News Highlights

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

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Marble Fountain
• (01:23) - Montana becomes first state to enshrine 'right to compute' into law
• (02:30) - Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)
• (03:25) - XSLT RIP
• (04:23) - The Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra
• (05:25) - Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
• (06:22) - Drilling down on Uncle Sam's proposed TP-Link ban
• (07:37) - Sued by Nintendo
• (08:47) - The Principles of Diffusion Models
• (09:47) - Email verification protocol
• (10:45) - Outro

Marble Fountain
https://willmorrison.net/posts/marble-fountain/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866697

Montana becomes first state to enshrine 'right to compute' into law
https://montananewsroom.com/montana-becomes-first-state-to-enshrine-right-to-compute-into-law/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45865289

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45869146

XSLT RIP
https://xslt.rip/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45873434

The Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866224

Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-wFixuRVU
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45803601

Drilling down on Uncle Sam's proposed TP-Link ban
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/drilling-down-on-uncle-sams-proposed-tp-link-ban/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45867717

Sued by Nintendo
https://www.suedbynintendo.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45870675

The Principles of Diffusion Models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21890
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866572

Email verification protocol
https://github.com/WICG/email-verification-protocol
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45782192