786
312
Buffett wins $1M decade-old bet that the S&P500 would outperform hedgefunds
http://www.aei.org/publication/warren-buffett-wins-1m-bet-made-a-decade-ago-that-the-sp-500-stock-index-would-outperform-hedge-funds/
8 years ago
563
186
How the Bitcoins Were Stolen from Mt. Gox [video]
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/09/17/kim-nilsson-of-wizsec-how-the-bitcoins-were-stolen-from-mt-gox/
527
128
Discover the world of microcontrollers through Rust
https://japaric.github.io/discovery/
418
224
The iPhone X’s notch is basically a Kinect
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/17/16315510/iphone-x-notch-kinect-apple-primesense-microsoft
273
124
Payment Request API
https://www.w3.org/blog/wpwg/2017/09/14/payment-request-api-now-being-implemented-in-all-major-browsers-advances-on-the-recommendation-track/
254
261
Show HN: No Coin – A browser extension to block coin miners
https://github.com/keraf/NoCoin
★ 1.5kJavaScriptMIT–8 years ago
248
66
NixOps – Declarative cloud provisioning and deployment with NixOS
https://nixos.org/nixops/
244
110
Devs unknowingly use “malicious” modules snuck into official Python repository
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/devs-unknowingly-use-malicious-modules-put-into-official-python-repository/
237
179
Our Approach to Privacy
https://www.apple.com/privacy/approach-to-privacy/
229
161
China Makes Chat Group Administrators Criminally Liable for Unlawful Messages
https://globalvoices.org/2017/09/13/china-makes-chat-group-administrators-i-e-regular-users-criminally-liable-for-unlawful-messages/
193
210
Chrome to force .dev domains to HTTPS via preloaded HSTS
https://ma.ttias.be/chrome-force-dev-domains-https-via-preloaded-hsts/
103
A simple heap memory allocator in about 230 lines of C
https://github.com/CCareaga/heap_allocator#shmall---simple-heap-memory-allocator
★ 915CMIT–8 years ago
174
67
What’s New in Python 3.7
https://docs.python.org/3.7/whatsnew/3.7.html
171
86
Xanadu
http://xanadu.com/
170
148
Safari no longer supported by Spotify
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Safari-No-Longer-Supported/td-p/1975103
165
42
Why is memory reclamation so important for lock-free algorithms?
https://concurrencyfreaks.blogspot.com/2017/08/why-is-memory-reclamation-so-important.html
15
A Prehistory of the Ethereum Protocol
http://vitalik.ca/general/2017/09/14/prehistory.html
158
138
Fuchsia: Google's modular, capability-based, non-Unix operating system
https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/docs/+/HEAD/book.md
157
152
Is There a Cryptocurrency Bubble? Just Ask Doge
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/business/cryptocurrency-bubble-doge.html
156
13
Every Nintendo Switch appears to contain a hidden copy of NES Golf
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/every-nintendo-switch-appears-to-contain-a-hidden-copy-of-nes-golf/
151
49
Expressive Writing Cools Brain on Stressful Tasks
http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2017/for-worriers-expressive-writing-cools-brain-on-stressful-tasks/
146
51
The 'internet of things' is sending us back to the Middle Ages
https://theconversation.com/the-internet-of-things-is-sending-us-back-to-the-middle-ages-81435
134
19
PostgreSQL 10 Beta 4 Released
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1776/
119
16
California Legislature Sells Out Our Data to ISPs
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/california-legislature-sells-out-our-data-isps
116
78
Lenovo Accidentally Leaks an Image of Its ‘Retro Thinkpad’
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/retro-thinkpad-image-2017
114
24
Understanding V8’s Bytecode
https://medium.com/dailyjs/understanding-v8s-bytecode-317d46c94775
112
163
What, exactly, do philosophers do?
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/where-modern-philosophy-began/
109
What Is Life? (1944) [pdf]
http://dlab.clemson.edu/11._Erwin_Schrodinger_-_What_is_Life__1944_.pdf
106
32
Input: Fonts for Code
http://input.fontbureau.com/info/
105
94
Finding UX in the Trash
https://f2.svbtle.com/ux-in-the-trash
100
85
Western fast food companies are aggressively expanding in Brazil
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/16/health/brazil-obesity-nestle.html
95
63
When devops makes a clock
http://smaslennikov.com/whattimeisitrightmeow/
80
The Debate Over Neighborhood Zoning Could Hold Up Fast 5G Wireless for Years
https://www.fastcompany.com/40468468/the-debate-over-neighborhood-zoning-could-hold-up-fast-5g-wireless-for-years-to-come
93
33
Emailing 25k Marilyn Manson fans a video of their house
https://medium.com/@leemartin/wkwyfl-43879e3348ac
92
18
Here I Stand, at Age 80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmfjM-SGlGs
89
50
The Joy of Sexagesimal Floating-Point Arithmetic
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/the-joy-of-sexagesimal-floating-point-arithmetic/
21
Show HN: Colors – A data-driven collection of beautiful color palettes
https://klart.co/colors
88
22
Random Write Considered Harmful in SSDs (2012) [pdf]
https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/fast12/tech/full_papers/Min.pdf
57
How We're Building a Business to Last
https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/how-were-building-a-business-to-last/?m=1
31
Schrödinger’s Tcl – Values that differ if you look at them
https://github.com/aidanhs/schrotcl
★ 29C–8 years ago
Fuchsia: Google's modular, capability-based, non-Unix operating system