12.11.25 | Life's dimensions, Australia enforces teen social media ban, Valve reports HDMI Forum blocks HDMI 2.1 for Linux

Hacker News Highlights · Dec 11, 2025 · 11m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 11, 2025.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:17) - Size of Life

(01:17) - Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban

(02:24) - Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux

(03:34) - Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration

(04:42) - Auto-grading decade-old Hacker News discussions with hindsight

(05:53) - Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

(07:07) - Patterns.dev

(07:59) - Qwen3-Omni-Flash-2025-12-01：a…