6.30.25 | VM simulates CPU fan, ransomware avoids Russian keyboards, HN inquiry on current projects

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 30, 2025.I made my VM think it has a CPU fanhttps://wbenny.github.io/2025/06/29/i-made-my-vm-think-it-has-a-cpu-fan.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44413185Many ransomware strains will abort if they detect a Russian keyboard installed (2021)https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/try-this-one-weird-trick-russian-hackers-hate/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44415233Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44416093The $25k car is going extinct?https://media.hubspot.com/why-the-25000-car-is-going-extincthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44414115Touching the back wall of the Apple storehttps://blog.lauramichet.com/touching-the-back-wall-of-the-apple-store/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44393307We accidentally solved robotics by watching 1M hours of YouTubehttps://ksagar.bearblog.dev/vjepa/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44414171Bought myself an Ampere Altra systemhttps://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2025/06/27/bought-myself-an-ampere-altra-system/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44419446Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage systemhttps://gridfinity.xyz/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44419091The Book of Shaders (2015)https://thebookofshaders.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44389622Event – Fast, In-Process Event Dispatcherhttps://github.com/kelindar/eventhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44413809