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10.14.25 | NanoChat offers affordable ChatGPT, innovation stifled by lack of science, Dutch government seizes Nexperia


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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 14, 2025.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy
  • (01:25) - No science, no startups: The innovation engine we're switching off
  • (02:35) - Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
  • (03:53) - Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend
  • (04:57) - Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users
  • (05:58) - Don’t Look Up: Sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites [pdf]
  • (07:13) - Smartphones and being present
  • (08:19) - New York Times, AP, Newsmax and others say they won't sign new Pentagon rules
  • (09:26) - JSON River – Parse JSON incrementally as it streams in
  • (10:32) - Outro

  • NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy
    https://github.com/karpathy/nanochat
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569350

    No science, no startups: The innovation engine we're switching off
    https://steveblank.com/2025/10/13/no-science-no-startups-the-unseen-engine-were-switching-off/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45567877

    Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/dutch-government-takes-control-of-chinese-owned-chipmaker-nexperia.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45566644

    Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend
    https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/software-update-bricks-some-jeep-4xe-hybrids-over-the-weekend/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45568700

    Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users
    https://sqliteonline.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45567770

    Don’t Look Up: Sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites [pdf]
    https://satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontlookup_ccs25_fullpaper.pdf
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575391

    Smartphones and being present
    https://herman.bearblog.dev/being-present/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45568613

    New York Times, AP, Newsmax and others say they won't sign new Pentagon rules
    https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-press-access-defense-department-rules-95878bce05096912887701eaa6d019c6
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575755

    JSON River – Parse JSON incrementally as it streams in
    https://github.com/rictic/jsonriver
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45518033

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