Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 29, 2025.

xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1905731750275510312
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509923

I asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car
https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/28/i-drove-300-miles-in-rural-virginia-then-asked-police-to-send-me-their-public-surveillance-footage-of-my-car-heres-what-i-learned/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43504413

We hacked Gemini's Python sandbox and leaked its source code (at least some)
https://www.landh.tech/blog/20250327-we-hacked-gemini-source-code/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43508418

How to write blog posts that developers read
https://refactoringenglish.com/chapters/write-blog-posts-developers-read/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43503872

Xee: A Modern XPath and XSLT Engine in Rust
https://blog.startifact.com/posts/xee/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43502291

iCloud Mail has DNS misconfigured?
https://www.mail-tester.com/test-p3tdhnk3o
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43511464

Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account
https://infosec.exchange/@wdormann/114242475168860209
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43512660

OpenWrt Two Approval
https://openwrt.org/voting/2025-02-12-openwrt-two
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43512495

Digital Echoes and Unquiet Minds
https://www.chrbutler.com/digital-echoes-and-unquiet-minds
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509548

The Real Book (2021)
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-real-book/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43507404