Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 4, 2025.

The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42910910

El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender
https://ticotimes.net/2025/02/02/el-salvador-abandons-bitcoin-as-legal-tender-after-failed-experiment
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42925210

Httptap: View HTTP/HTTPS requests made by any Linux program
https://github.com/monasticacademy/httptap
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42919909

Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living
https://www.videotoflip.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42918902

I Wrote a WebAssembly VM in C
https://irreducible.io/blog/my-wasm-interpreter/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42918524

AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/02/ai-systems-with-unacceptable-risk-are-now-banned-in-the-eu/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42916849

AMD: Microcode Signature Verification Vulnerability
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-4xq7-4mgh-gp6w
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42920921

Developer Philosophy
https://qntm.org/devphilo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42920285

Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-31/pdf/2025-02116.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42925712

He went to jail for stealing someone's identity, but it was his all along
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/iowa-identity-theft-sentencing.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42918644