1.1.26 | Buffett resigns as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, 2025 focuses on LLMs, canceled book deal
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- (00:00) - Intro
(00:15) - Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades
(01:22) - 2025: The Year in LLMs
(02:38) - I canceled my book deal
(03:42) - Show HN: Use Claude Code to Query 600 GB Indexes over Hacker News, ArXiv, etc.
(04:46) - Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design (2011) [pdf]
(05:56) - Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups
(07:09) - Demystifying DVDs
(08:10) - On privacy and control
(09:24) - Scientists unlock brain's natural clean-up system for new treatments for stroke
(10:28) - Outro
Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-31/warren-buffett-steps-down-as-berkshire-hathaway-ceo-after-six-decades
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46448705
2025: The Year in LLMs
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/the-year-in-llms/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46449643
I canceled my book deal
https://austinhenley.com/blog/canceledbookdeal.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46446815
Show HN: Use Claude Code to Query 600 GB Indexes over Hacker News, ArXiv, etc.
https://exopriors.com/scry
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46442245
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design (2011) [pdf]
https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~elec399/201409/Akin%27s%20Laws%20of%20Spacecraft%20Design.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46442903
Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups
https://www.smokingonabike.com/2025/12/31/web-browsers-have-stopped-blocking-pop-ups/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46446366
Demystifying DVDs
https://hiddenpalace.org/News/One_Bad_Ass_Hedgehog_-_Shadow_the_Hedgehog#Demystifying_DVDs
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46417162
On privacy and control
https://toidiu.com/blog/2025-12-25-privacy-and-control/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46446938
Scientists unlock brain's natural clean-up system for new treatments for stroke
https://www.monash.edu/pharm/about/news/news-listing/latest/scientists-unlock-brains-natural-clean-up-system-to-develop-new-treatments-for-stroke-and-other-neurological-diseases
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46448894