9.8.25 | MacBook screen hinge sensor, Claude Code modernizes kernel driver, GPT-5 excels in search

Hacker News Highlights

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

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:20) - The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge
• (01:23) - Using Claude Code to modernize a 25-year-old kernel driver
• (02:42) - GPT-5 Thinking in ChatGPT (a.k.a. Research Goblin) is good at search
• (03:56) - I am giving up on Intel and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D
• (05:14) - Keeping secrets out of logs (2024)
• (06:25) - Garmin beats Apple to market with satellite-connected smartwatch
• (07:38) - What is the origin of the private network address 192.168.*.*? (2009)
• (08:56) - Everything from 1991 Radio Shack ad I now do with my phone (2014)
• (10:05) - The demo scene is dying, but that's alright
• (11:20) - Formatting code should be unnecessary
• (12:30) - Outro

The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge
https://twitter.com/samhenrigold/status/1964428927159382261
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45158968

Using Claude Code to modernize a 25-year-old kernel driver
https://dmitrybrant.com/2025/09/07/using-claude-code-to-modernize-a-25-year-old-kernel-driver
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45163362

GPT-5 Thinking in ChatGPT (a.k.a. Research Goblin) is good at search
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/6/research-goblin/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45152284

I am giving up on Intel and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D
https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2025-09-07-bye-intel-hi-amd-9950x3d/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45155986

Keeping secrets out of logs (2024)
https://allan.reyes.sh/posts/keeping-secrets-out-of-logs/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45160774

Garmin beats Apple to market with satellite-connected smartwatch
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/09/03/garmin-satellite-smartwatch/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45118286

What is the origin of the private network address 192.168.*.*? (2009)
https://lists.ding.net/othersite/isoc-internet-history/2009/oct/msg00000.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45156826

Everything from 1991 Radio Shack ad I now do with my phone (2014)
https://www.trendingbuffalo.com/life/uncle-steves-buffalo/everything-from-1991-radio-shack-ad-now/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45161816

The demo scene is dying, but that's alright
https://www.datagubbe.se/sceneherit/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45162803

Formatting code should be unnecessary
https://maxleiter.com/blog/formatting
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45163043