Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 31, 2025.

JavaScript Temporal is coming
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/javascript-temporal-is-coming/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42876840

Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024
https://www.elitefourum.com/t/many-of-the-pokemon-playtest-cards-were-likely-printed-in-2024/52421
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42880704

Antiqua et Nova: Note on the relationship between AI and human intelligence
https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20250128_antiqua-et-nova_en.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42877709

California law enforcement misused state databases more than 7k times in 2023
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/california-police-misused-state-databases-more-7000-times-2023
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42880807

Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar
https://github.com/exelban/stats
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42881342

PCBs, copper pours, ground planes, and you
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/pcbs-ground-planes-and-you
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42874885

The story of my home made pipe organ (2000)
https://www.sentex.ca/~mwandel/organ/organ.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42831969

How Jane Street accidentally built a better build system for OCaml
https://blog.janestreet.com/how-we-accidentally-built-a-better-build-system-for-ocaml-index/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42881724

My Cat Mii
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/01/20/my-cat-mii/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42845129

Show HN: Audiocube – A 3D DAW for Spatial Audio
https://www.audiocube.app
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42877399