Man, Thursday, October 2, 2025, had some interesting stuff pop up on Hacker News. I wanted to quickly fill you in on a few things that caught my eye.

Gaza Famine Report

First off, there was this really heavy piece from CNN about how Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized. They had these visuals showing the situation, and it was pretty impactful. As you can imagine, the comments section was *super* intense, a lot of back and forth, with people debating sources and historical comparisons. Definitely a hot topic.

Signal's Post-Quantum Security

Then, Signal, you know, the secure messaging app? They put out a blog post about their Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum Ratchets. Basically, they're working on making sure our messages stay super secure even if quantum computers become a thing and can break current encryption. People in the comments were saying how great it is that Signal makes strong security so easy for everyone, which is pretty cool.

Immich Hits Stable Release

For the self-hosting crowd, Immich hit version 2.0.0, their first stable release! That's the photo and video backup thingy, kinda like a personal Google Photos but you control it. Folks were excited, sharing how they're running it, like on ProxMox with encrypted storage. Sounds like a big deal for people who want to keep their photos off the big tech clouds.

OpenAI's Wild Finances

This one was a shocker: OpenAI's financials for the first half of 2025. They pulled in $4.3 billion, which sounds huge, right? But they also lost a massive $13.5 billion! So, making money but losing way more. People were debating their 'moat' – like, what makes them special – and someone even compared it to Pets.com, remember that dot-com bust? Wild numbers.

AI Finds Bugs in Curl

Something actually useful from AI this time! The guy behind curl, Daniel Stenberg, used AI-assisted tools to find potential issues in curl. And it worked! Like, it actually helped surface some bugs. The comments were all about how AI can be a great assistant for developers, especially for reviewing code, if you know how to use it right. Not just hype, real results.

Meta Told to Respect User Choices

Big news for privacy: a Dutch judge told Meta they have to respect users' choices about recommendation systems. So, you might get to say 'no thanks' to their creepy algorithms trying to push stuff on you. People were cheering this on, hoping for more control over what we see online instead of Meta deciding everything for us.

Baseball in Your Terminal

Finally, this super cool project called Playball lets you watch MLB games right from your terminal! Like, text-based baseball. How neat is that? Comments were talking about other text-based sports projects and how baseball broadcasts sometimes talk too much about gambling now. A fun, nerdy little tool if you're into baseball and command lines.

Alright, gotta run! Talk soon!