699
270
Ask HN: How do I switch from being a passive consumer to an active producer?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14386394
9 years ago
467
255
Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings
https://twitter.com/m8urnett/status/866353982217699328
347
218
Google scored points with its community by supporting Kotlin
https://backchannel.com/the-language-that-stole-android-developers-hearts-807fdbf07c2a
335
44
A working, transistor-scale replica of the MOS 6502 microprocessor
http://monster6502.com/
303
133
We Aren’t Built to Live in the Moment
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/opinion/sunday/why-the-future-is-always-on-your-mind.html
292
92
People Don’t Buy Products, They Buy Better Versions of Themselves (2016)
https://blog.bufferapp.com/people-dont-buy-products-they-buy-better-versions-of-themselves
281
116
TFS: A file system built for performance, space efficiency, and scalability
https://github.com/redox-os/tfs
★ 2.9kRustMIT–9 years ago
278
101
A prototype watch, raising hope for Parkinson’s
https://blogs.microsoft.com/transform/feature/my-god-its-better-emma-can-write-again-thanks-to-a-prototype-watch-raising-hope-for-parkinsons-disease/?utm_source=microsoft_internal&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=buildfeature_may2017&utm_term=build&https://blogs_microsoft_com/transform/feature/a-force-of-nature-ros-harvey-uses-tech-for-an-internet-of-oysters-sustainable-farming-and-better-working-conditions#sm.00001bp03yrty6eofuduw6bwr4ub4
254
168
Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Operations
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world/asia/china-cia-spies-espionage.html
244
155
Ask HN: What are the Madrid and Barcelona tech scenes like?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14386607
212
63
Q – Initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computers
https://www.research.ibm.com/ibm-q/
186
137
Baby boomers are making it harder for millennials to buy homes
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Baby-boomers-are-making-it-harder-for-millennials-11162394.php
185
163
We Need More Alternatives to Facebook
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/604082/we-need-more-alternatives-to-facebook/?set=607909
181
38
A way to make water potable using carbon dioxide
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21722159-lets-hear-it-diffusiophoresis-way-make-water-potable-using-carbon-dioxide
175
68
Nasa revives 'weird life forms' trapped inside crystals for 60,000 years
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/18/newly-discovered-weird-life-forms-may-offer-clue-life-mars/
173
70
300 miles of secret UK cycle paths have been discovered [audio]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p052zgp6
167
59
New SMB Worm Uses Seven NSA Hacking Tools, whilst WannaCry Used Just Two
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-smb-worm-uses-seven-nsa-hacking-tools-wannacry-used-just-two/
160
16
On the Turing Completeness of MS PowerPoint [pdf]
https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/twildenh/PowerPointTM/Paper.pdf
159
85
Git Town – A high-level command line interface for Git
http://www.git-town.com/
154
32
Topics in Core Mathematics at Graterford Prison
http://blogs.ams.org/phdplus/2017/05/18/topics-in-core-mathematics-at-graterford-prison/
TFS: A file system built for performance, space efficiency, and scalability