8.15.25 | Strongest AI model on a laptop, Gemma 3 270M for efficient AI, Steve Wozniak on happiness over accomplishment

Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 15, 2025.

What's the strongest AI model you can train on a laptop in five minutes?
https://www.seangoedecke.com/model-on-a-mbp/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44875848

Gemma 3 270M: Compact model for hyper-efficient AI
https://developers.googleblog.com/en/introducing-gemma-3-270m/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44902148

Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about happiness
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=23765914&cid=65583466
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44903803

Blood oxygen monitoring returning to Apple Watch in the US
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/08/an-update-on-blood-oxygen-for-apple-watch-in-the-us/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44899999

Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/14/cant-pay-wont-pay-impoverished-streaming-services-are-driving-viewers-back-to-piracy
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44902797

1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' (2015)
https://mashable.com/archive/soviet-hobbit
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44859049

New protein therapy shows promise as antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning
https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/new-protein-therapy-shows-promise-as-first-ever-antidote-for-carbon-monoxide-poisoning.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44899339

What does Palantir actually do?
https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44894910

I made a real-time C/C++/Rust build visualizer
https://danielchasehooper.com/posts/syscall-build-snooping/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44902127

500 days of math
https://gmays.com/500-days-of-math/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44880139