This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 16, 2025.

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(00:30): TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45601750&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(01:51): How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45610226&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(03:12): Claude Skills
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45607117&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(04:34): Retiring Windows 10 and Microsoft's move towards a surveillance state
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45600338&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(05:55): Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agreeing new rules
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45602179&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(07:17): Liquibase continues to advertise itself as "open source" despite license switch
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45602676&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(08:38): Tor browser removing various Firefox AI features
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45605842&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(10:00): Upcoming Rust language features for kernel development
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45601982&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(11:21): Gemini 3.0 spotted in the wild through A/B testing
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45607758&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(12:43): Video game union workers rally against $55B private acquisition of EA
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45606394&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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