11.7.25 | FBI investigates archive.is owner, Kimi K2 Thinking is a trillion-parameter model, write an agent

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 7, 2025.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - FBI tries to unmask owner of archive.is
  • (01:34) - Kimi K2 Thinking, a SOTA open-source trillion-parameter reasoning model
  • (02:37) - You should write an agent
  • (03:45) - Two billion email addresses were exposed
  • (04:49) - Show HN: I scraped 3B Goodreads reviews to train a better recommendation model
  • (05:50) - Open Source Implementation of Apple's Private Compute Cloud
  • (06:55) - Game design is simple
  • (07:53) - Leaving Meta and PyTorch
  • (08:59) - A Fond Farewell
  • (09:57) - Eating stinging nettles
  • (10:58) - Outro

FBI tries to unmask owner of archive.is
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Archive-today-FBI-Demands-Data-from-Provider-Tucows-11066346.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836826

Kimi K2 Thinking, a SOTA open-source trillion-parameter reasoning model
https://moonshotai.github.io/Kimi-K2/thinking.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836070

You should write an agent
https://fly.io/blog/everyone-write-an-agent/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45840088

Two billion email addresses were exposed
https://www.troyhunt.com/2-billion-email-addresses-were-exposed-and-we-indexed-them-all-in-have-i-been-pwned/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45839901

Show HN: I scraped 3B Goodreads reviews to train a better recommendation model
https://book.sv
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45825733

Open Source Implementation of Apple's Private Compute Cloud
https://github.com/openpcc/openpcc
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45824243

Game design is simple
https://www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/game-design-is-simple-actually/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45841262

Leaving Meta and PyTorch
https://soumith.ch/blog/2025-11-06-leaving-meta-and-pytorch.md.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45843948

A Fond Farewell
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewell-from-farmers-almanac
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45843146

Eating stinging nettles
https://rachel.blog/2018/04/29/eating-stinging-nettles/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45834254
11.7.25 | FBI investigates archive.is owner, Kimi K2 Thinking is a trillion-parameter model, write an agent
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