Jan 22, 2025 | Signal, Discord vulnerable; Ulbricht pardoned; Stargate Project

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 22, 2025.0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord, other platformsHN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42780816Link: https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/45a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117Points: 1196 | Comments: 74Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardonHN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42786962Link: https://twitter.com/Free_Ross/status/1881851923005165704Points: 982 | Comments: 87Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centersHN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42785891Link: https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-openai-oracle-softbank-son-altman-ellison-be261f8a8ee07a0623d4170397348c41Points: 628 | Comments: 115Ask HN: Is anyone doing anything cool with tiny language models?HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42784365Points: 385 | Comments: 47Invisible Electrostatic Wall at 3M plant (1996)HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42782914Link: http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/e-wall.htmlPoints: 332 | Comments: 29Calm tech certification "rewards" less distracting techHN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42780953Link: https://spectrum.ieee.org/calm-techPoints: 275 | Comments: 25Hunyuan3D 2.0 – High-Resolution 3D Assets GenerationHN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42786040Link: https://github.com/Tencent/Hunyuan3D-2Points: 196 | Comments: 7Moving on from React, a year laterHN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42769822Link: https://kellysutton.com/2025/01/18/moving-on-from-react-a-year-later.htmlPoints: 195 | Comments: 27What are these bumps on the top of a pull-tab can?HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42788455Link: https://old.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/1i5ztq4/comment/m8a7m8m/Points: 158 | Comments: 6Mercator: ExtremeHN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42783948Link: https://mrgris.com/projects/merc-extreme/Points: 153 | Comments: 16