11.8.25 | YouTube removes Windows 11 bypass tutorials, VLC's Jean-Baptiste Kempf wins European SFS Award 2025, Zig's appeal discussed

Hacker News Highlights · Nov 8, 2025 · 11m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 8, 2025.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:22) - YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'

(01:34) - VLC's Jean-Baptiste Kempf Receives the European SFS Award 2025

(02:48) - Why is Zig so cool?

(04:01) - Why I love OCaml (2023)

(05:12) - James Watson has died

(06:08) - Myna: Monospace typeface designed for symbol-heavy programming languages

(07:06) - Valdi – A cross-platform UI framework

(08:15) - Becoming a Compiler Engineer…