Hacker NewsWednesday, November 12

Toy Story originally looked different than today's digital versions. In 1995, Pixar had to print every frame onto 35mm film since theaters couldn't display digital files. The studio designed colors knowing they'd change on film - greens darkened, blues needed less saturation. This created a softer, grainier look with warmer colors compared to today's crisp digital transfers on Disney+. When DVDs arrived, Pixar began direct digital transfers, eliminating the film middleman but changing the movie's appearance. The same transformation affected Disney's 1990s films like The Lion King and Mulan, which were also designed for film but now exist primarily as digital transfers with altered colors and missing texture.

Apple is withdrawing its Advanced Data Protection encryption feature from the UK due to government pressure through Technical Capability Notices under the Investigatory Powers Act. UK users with ADP enabled must manually disable it or lose their iCloud accounts, affecting encryption for data like backups, photos, and notes. The author recommends migrating to end-to-end encrypted alternatives and reducing dependence on major tech companies' services.

The author discovered lazygit, a terminal-based Git UI, by accident while experimenting with neovim during paternity leave. After years of using git CLI and basic GUI tools, they found lazygit's consistency, discoverability, and interactivity made Git workflows faster and safer, quickly adopting it for all Git operations due to its excellent user experience design.

A controversy erupted when Google's AI found an obscure security bug in FFmpeg, sparking debate about corporate responsibility versus volunteer labor in open source projects. FFmpeg developers argue it's unfair for trillion-dollar companies like Google to burden unpaid volunteers with fixing AI-discovered vulnerabilities while profiting from their work, highlighting the critical underfunding of essential open source infrastructure.

Many users initially hoped "iPhone Pocket" meant a new small iPhone model like the discontinued Mini, but were disappointed to find it's an expensive fabric phone carrier. This sparked discussions about the lack of compact phone options and how modern phones have grown too large for convenient pocket carry.

Discussion split between those praising Buffett's integrity and wisdom versus critics pointing to ruthless business practices like mass layoffs at companies he's involved with, questioning his "folksy" public image

This project implements a Serial Wire Debug protocol for debugging RP2350 RISC-V cores using Raspberry Pi Pico2 hardware. The author admits about 80% of the code was AI-generated after creating an initial 1000-line prototype. While functional, they express regret and disgust about losing ownership and understanding of their code through AI assistance, questioning what programming has become and feeling shame about the development process despite the working result.

Redmond police suspended their Flock Safety cameras after ICE agents arrested seven people near the camera locations. Police Chief Darrell Lowe confirmed no federal agencies accessed the city's camera data, but agreed to halt officer access pending discussions about ending the contract.

Users are divided on whether screenshots of code/text are helpful or harmful. Supporters argue screenshots preserve formatting, syntax highlighting, and prevent text wrapping issues. Critics emphasize accessibility, searchability, and copy-paste functionality are lost with images.

SoftBank sold its entire $5.83 billion Nvidia stake to fund its $22.5 billion OpenAI investment, raising its OpenAI ownership from 4% to 11%. The sale was part of asset monetization strategy, not concerns about AI valuations. Vision Fund gains helped double quarterly profits.