12.26.25 | Fabrice Bellard's MicroQuickJS released, man stays with family for 45 years, default settings possibly too high
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- (00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS
(01:28) - We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years
(02:35) - Maybe the default settings are too high
(03:50) - I sell onions on the Internet (2019)
(04:54) - The entire New Yorker archive is now digitized
(05:54) - Python 3.15’s interpreter for Windows x86-64 should hopefully be 15% faster
(07:07) - Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott's Glucose Monitors
(08:24) - Fahrplan – 39C3
(09:20) - Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2 (2024)
(10:32) - Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players
(11:33) - Outro
Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS
https://github.com/bellard/mquickjs/blob/main/README.md
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367224
We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxwllqz1l0o
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46383552
Maybe the default settings are too high
https://www.raptitude.com/2025/12/maybe-the-default-settings-are-too-high/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46387657
I sell onions on the Internet (2019)
https://www.deepsouthventures.com/i-sell-onions-on-the-internet/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46385308
The entire New Yorker archive is now digitized
https://www.newyorker.com/news/press-room/the-entire-new-yorker-archive-is-now-fully-digitized
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46336577
Python 3.15’s interpreter for Windows x86-64 should hopefully be 15% faster
https://fidget-spinner.github.io/posts/no-longer-sorry.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46384167
Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott's Glucose Monitors
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2025/dec/23/seven-abbott-freestyle-libre-cgm-patients-dead/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46388040
Fahrplan – 39C3
https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2025/fahrplan/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46386211
Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2 (2024)
https://daniel.lawrence.lu/blog/2024-12-01-asahi-linux-with-sway-on-the-macbook-air-m2/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46384565
Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players
https://gamingcouch.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46344573