Feb 12, 2025 | Honda's rodent-repelling tape review, Backblaze 2024 drive statistics, a year of survival challenges

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 12, 2025.I tasted Honda's spicy rodent-repelling tape and I will do it again (2021)https://haterade.substack.com/p/i-tasted-hondas-spicy-rodent-repellinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43013615Backblaze Drive Stats for 2024https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2024/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43013431The year I didn't survivehttps://bessstillman.substack.com/p/the-year-i-didnt-survivehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43020983Thomson Reuters wins first major AI copyright case in the UShttps://www.wired.com/story/thomson-reuters-ai-copyright-lawsuit/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43018251The subtle art of designing physical controls for carshttps://www.theturnsignalblog.com/the-subtle-art-of-designing-physical-control-for-cars/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43017010WASM will replace containershttps://creston.blog/wasm-will-replace-containers/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43020684Smoke in the cabin of two 737 MAX caused by Load Reduction Device system [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swlVkYVSlIEhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42994590Launch HN: A0.dev (YC W25) – React Native App Generatorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43015267Intel's Battlemage Architecturehttps://chipsandcheese.com/p/intels-battlemage-architecturehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43014408JJ Cheat Sheethttps://justinpombrio.net/2025/02/11/jj-cheat-sheet.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43020180