top 20 hacker news stories for 2015-12-06

Survey of popular Node.js packages reveals credential leaks

https://github.com/ChALkeR/notes/blob/master/Do-not-underestimate-credentials-leaks.md

11 years ago

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355 upvotes – 76 comments

Amazon rainforest was home to millions of people before European arrival

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27945-myth-of-pristine-amazon-rainforest-busted-as-old-cities-reappear/

11 years ago

180 upvotes – 67 comments

Building the Tamagotchi Singularity

http://spritesmods.com/?art=tamasingularity

11 years ago

175 upvotes – 13 comments

Google Patents Needle-Free Blood Draw

http://pdfaiw.uspto.gov/.aiw?PageNum=0&docid=20150342509&IDKey=9B7DC623905A&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fappft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526d%3DPG01%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526s1%3D20150342509.PGNR.%2526OS%3D%2526RS%3D

11 years ago

155 upvotes – 81 comments

I Was Internet-Famous

http://nymag.com/following/2015/12/10-viral-sensations-on-life-after-internet-fame.html

11 years ago

155 upvotes – 51 comments

After 60 Years, B-52s Still Dominate U.S. Fleet

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/us/b-52s-us-air-force-bombers.html

11 years ago

149 upvotes – 146 comments

Show HN: Nchan – a pub/sub server as an Nginx module

https://nchan.slact.net

11 years ago

149 upvotes – 41 comments

Open-source license plate reader

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/12/new-open-source-license-plate-reader-software-lets-you-make-your-own-hot-list/

11 years ago

147 upvotes – 100 comments

Base65536 – Unicode's answer to Base64

https://www.npmjs.com/package/base65536

11 years ago

137 upvotes – 50 comments

Launch of Figma, a collaborative interface design tool

https://medium.com/figma-design/design-meet-the-internet-4140774f2872#.x48eovhnq

11 years ago

135 upvotes – 40 comments

Why I'm Excited About Native CSS Variables

http://philipwalton.com/articles/why-im-excited-about-native-css-variables/

11 years ago

129 upvotes – 31 comments

New Horizons Returns First of the Best Images of Pluto

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-returns-first-of-the-best-images-of-pluto

11 years ago

124 upvotes – 17 comments

Structor – a user interface builder for React

https://github.com/ipselon/structor/

11 years ago

123 upvotes – 24 comments

Market Rate is for Lobsters

https://ernie.io/2015/12/05/market-rate-is-for-lobsters/

11 years ago

120 upvotes – 105 comments

C.S. Lewis' Greatest Fiction: Convincing Kids That They'd Like Turkish Delight

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cs-lewis-greatest-fiction-convincing-american-kids-that-they-would-like-turkish-delight

11 years ago

117 upvotes – 145 comments

Make 8-bit art

http://make8bitart.com/

11 years ago

109 upvotes – 36 comments

Why the CDC Tracks Wireless-Only Households and Their Risky Behavior

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/12/03/458225197/the-daredevils-without-landlines-and-why-health-experts-are-tracking-them

11 years ago

107 upvotes – 89 comments

Tools for debugging, testing and using HTTP/2

https://blog.cloudflare.com/tools-for-debugging-testing-and-using-http-2/

11 years ago

101 upvotes – 7 comments

Mentat Wiki

http://www.ludism.org/mentat

11 years ago

100 upvotes – 32 comments

The cost of LIDAR is coming down

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/12/04/the-75000-problem-for-self-driving-cars-is-going-away/

11 years ago

98 upvotes – 61 comments
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