Jan 26, 2025 | DeepSeek-R1 enhances LLM reasoning with RL; Steam Brick offers minimalistic design; CIA supports lab leak theory for Covid origins

Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 26, 2025.

DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning Capability in LLMs via RL
https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12948
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42823568

Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port
https://crastinator-pro.github.io/steam-brick/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42825441

CIA now favors lab leak theory to explain Covid's origins
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/us/politics/cia-covid-lab-leak.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42823385

OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era
https://www.openra.net/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42823667

Every HTML Element
https://iamwillwang.com/dollar/every-html-element/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42823722

How far can you get in 40 minutes from each subway station in NYC?
https://subwaysheds.com/#11.27/40.7427/-73.9869
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42810293

An invalid 68030 instruction accidentally allowed the Mac Classic II to boot
https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/01/the-invalid-68030-instruction-that-accidentally-allowed-the-mac-classic-ii-to-successfully-boot-up/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42824562

Open Heart Protocol
https://openheart.fyi/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42791378

The South Vietnamese pilot who landed a Cessna on a carrier to save his family (2019)
https://www.historynet.com/maj-buang-lys-daring-feat-to-save-his-family/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42826536

Show HN: I built a DIY plane spotting system at home
https://pilane.obviy.us/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42821457