10.18.25 | Karpathy on agents' decade-long challenges, 50 Cent's inflation-adjusted impact, Claude's impressive skills surpassing MCP

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 18, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Andrej Karpathy – It will take a decade to work through the issues with agents
• (01:29) - The Rapper 50 Cent, Adjusted for Inflation
• (02:20) - Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
• (03:40) - Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock
• (04:47) - Live Stream from the Namib Desert
• (05:45) - 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence
• (06:54) - EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars
• (08:11) - New Work by Gary Larson
• (09:06) - Exploring PostgreSQL 18's new UUIDv7 support
• (10:21) - Outro

Andrej Karpathy – It will take a decade to work through the issues with agents
https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/andrej-karpathy
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45619329

The Rapper 50 Cent, Adjusted for Inflation
https://50centadjustedforinflation.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45618790

Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/claude-skills/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45619537

Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/amazons-ring-to-partner-with-flock-a-network-of-ai-cameras-used-by-ice-feds-and-police/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45614713

Live Stream from the Namib Desert
https://bookofjoe2.blogspot.com/2025/10/live-stream-from-namib-desert.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45615931

4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117792
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45614148

EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars
https://restofworld.org/2025/ev-depreciation-blusmart-collapse/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45615237

New Work by Gary Larson
https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45622365

Exploring PostgreSQL 18's new UUIDv7 support
https://aiven.io/blog/exploring-postgresql-18-new-uuidv7-support
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45593358