Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 3, 2025.

Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads
https://timsh.org/tracking-myself-down-through-in-app-ads/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42909921

Introducing deep research
https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42913251

Waydroid – Android in a Linux container
https://waydro.id/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42911042

Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42909166

Show HN: ESP32 RC Cars
https://github.com/mattsroufe/esp32_rc_cars
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42901007

Show HN: Lume – OS lightweight CLI for MacOS and Linux VMs on Apple Silicon
https://github.com/trycua/lume
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42908061

Reverse-engineering and analysis of SanDisk High Endurance microSDXC card (2020)
https://ripitapart.com/2020/07/16/reverse-engineering-and-analysis-of-sandisk-high-endurance-microsdxc-card/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42907766

Analyzing the codebase of Caffeine, a high performance caching library
https://adriacabeza.github.io/2024/07/12/caffeine-cache.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42907488

Costa Rican supermarket wins trademark battle against Nintendo
https://ticotimes.net/2025/01/30/david-vs-goliath-costa-rican-super-mario-defeats-nintendo-in-court
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42911842

Don't make fun of renowned author Dan Brown (2013)
https://onehundredpages.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/dont-make-fun-of-renowned-dan-brown/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912133