October 19th, 2025 | Replacement.ai

Hacker News Recap

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 19, 2025.
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(00:30): Replacement.ai
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45634095&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:51): Doing well in your courses: Andrej's advice for success (2013)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45635533&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:13): OpenAI researcher announced GPT-5 math breakthrough that never happened
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45633482&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:35): Xubuntu.org Might Be Compromised
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45634367&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:56): Novo Nordisk's Canadian Mistake
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45637744&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:18): Airliner hit by possible space debris
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45636285&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:40): US Government Uptime Monitor
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45637049&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:02): Show HN: Duck-UI – Browser-Based SQL IDE for DuckDB
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45633453&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:23): Friendship Begins at Home
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631503&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:45): Ask HN: What are people doing to get off of VMware?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45635940&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
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