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December 4, 2023

Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (December 05, 2023)

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        <h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
        <p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for December 05, 2023 :</p>

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I Hacked Magic the Gathering: Arena for a 100% Win Rate

https://www.mayer.cool/writings/I-Hacked-Magic-the-Gathering/

Summary: A hacker discovered a way to make opponents auto-concede in Magic: The Gathering Arena, achieving a 100% win rate. The hacker utilized the game's bot logic, which runs locally on players' machines, to connect to both sides of a regular match and force the opponent to concede. The game servers have since been patched to prevent this exploit.

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Common Rust Lifetime Misconceptions

https://github.com/pretzelhammer/rust-blog/blob/master/posts/common-rust-lifetime-misconceptions.md

Summary: This article discusses common misconceptions about Rust lifetimes and generics. It covers topics such as the relationship between T, &T, and &mut T; the difference between T: 'static and &'static T; the distinction between &'a T and T: 'a; the fact that almost all Rust code is generic; and the possibility of a Rust program being technically compilable but semantically wrong. The author provides examples and key takeaways to help clarify these concepts.

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