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9.19.25 | Nvidia acquires $5B Intel stake, KDE becomes favorite desktop, tips to annoy IT department


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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 19, 2025.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Nvidia buys $5B in Intel
  • (01:34) - KDE is now my favorite desktop
  • (02:44) - Want to piss off your IT department? Are the links not malicious looking enough?
  • (03:56) - Apple: SSH and FileVault
  • (05:01) - Grief gets an expiration date, just like us
  • (06:06) - Learn Your Way: Reimagining Textbooks with Generative AI
  • (07:18) - This map is not upside down
  • (08:32) - The Sagrada Família takes its final shape
  • (09:45) - Flipper Zero Geiger Counter
  • (10:47) - TernFS – An exabyte scale, multi-region distributed filesystem
  • (11:59) - Outro

  • Nvidia buys $5B in Intel
    https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/nvidia-and-intel-announce-jointly-developed-intel-x86-rtx-socs-for-pcs-with-nvidia-graphics-also-custom-nvidia-data-center-x86-processors-nvidia-buys-usd5-billion-in-intel-stock-in-seismic-deal
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45288161

    KDE is now my favorite desktop
    https://kokada.dev/blog/kde-is-now-my-favorite-desktop/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45288690

    Want to piss off your IT department? Are the links not malicious looking enough?
    https://phishyurl.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45295898

    Apple: SSH and FileVault
    https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/apple_ssh_and_filevault.7.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45294440

    Grief gets an expiration date, just like us
    https://bessstillman.substack.com/p/oh-fuck-youre-still-sad
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45290021

    Learn Your Way: Reimagining Textbooks with Generative AI
    https://research.google/blog/learn-your-way-reimagining-textbooks-with-generative-ai/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45292648

    This map is not upside down
    https://www.maps.com/this-map-is-not-upside-down/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45292694

    The Sagrada Família takes its final shape
    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/22/is-the-sagrada-familia-a-masterpiece-or-kitsch
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45256575

    Flipper Zero Geiger Counter
    https://kasiin.top/blog/2025-08-04-flipper_zero_geiger_counter_module/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45289453

    TernFS – An exabyte scale, multi-region distributed filesystem
    https://www.xtxmarkets.com/tech/2025-ternfs/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45290245

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