Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 13, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:14) - Steam Machine
• (01:25) - Steam Frame
• (02:31) - Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support
• (03:48) - Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without verification
• (04:57) - The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia
• (06:00) - Project Euler
• (07:01) - GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT
• (08:10) - Fighting the New York Times' invasion of user privacy
• (09:15) - Valve is about to win the console generation
• (10:30) - Learn Prolog Now
• (11:40) - Outro

Steam Machine
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45903404

Steam Frame
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframe
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45903325

Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15012
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45898407

Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without verification
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-developer-verification-early.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45908938

The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/business/last-penny-minted
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45901904

Project Euler
https://projecteuler.net
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45902898

GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT
https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-1/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45904551

Fighting the New York Times' invasion of user privacy
https://openai.com/index/fighting-nyt-user-privacy-invasion
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45900370

Valve is about to win the console generation
https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/valve-is-about-to-win-the-console-generation/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45908464

Learn Prolog Now
https://lpn.swi-prolog.org/lpnpage.php?pageid=top
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45900978