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5.25.25 | o3 finds Linux SMB zeroday, Reinvent the Wheel, US scientific conferences leaving due to border fears


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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 25, 2025.

I used o3 to find a remote zeroday in the Linux SMB implementation
https://sean.heelan.io/2025/05/22/how-i-used-o3-to-find-cve-2025-37899-a-remote-zeroday-vulnerability-in-the-linux-kernels-smb-implementation/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44081338

Reinvent the Wheel
https://endler.dev/2025/reinvent-the-wheel/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44083467

Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01636-5
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44084017

Show HN: Rotary Phone Dial Linux Kernel Driver
https://gitlab.com/sephalon/rotary_dial_kmod
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44080803

Good Writing
https://paulgraham.com/goodwriting.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44081586

Tachy0n: The Last 0day Jailbreak
https://blog.siguza.net/tachy0n/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44083388

The Xenon Death Flash: How a Camera Nearly Killed the Raspberry Pi 2
https://magnus919.com/2025/05/the-xenon-death-flash-how-a-camera-nearly-killed-the-raspberry-pi-2/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44080533

Hong Kong's Famous Bamboo Scaffolding Hangs on (For Now)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/world/asia/hongkong-bamboo-scaffolding.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44080549

Why old games never die, but new ones do
https://pleromanonx86.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/why-old-games-never-die-but-new-ones-do/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44083917

Peer Programming with LLMs, for Senior+ Engineers
https://pmbanugo.me/blog/peer-programming-with-llms
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44081081

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