644
419
Rejecting a candidate for over-qualification results in age bias
https://www.facebook.com/notes/kent-beck/over-qualification-wut/1671791376187053/
8 years ago
614
129
An open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2
★ 15.5kC++GPL-3.0–8 years ago
577
282
TerrariaClone – An incomprehensible hellscape of spaghetti code
https://github.com/raxod502/TerrariaClone
★ 1.8kJavaMIT–8 years ago
447
73
Exploding Git Repositories
https://kate.io/blog/git-bomb/
390
96
Equifax website hacked again, this time to redirect to fake Flash update
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/equifax-website-hacked-again-this-time-to-redirect-to-fake-flash-update/
366
351
Google commits $1B in grants to train U.S. workers for high-tech jobs
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/12/google-commits-1-billion-in-grants-to-train-u-s-workers-for-high-tech-jobs/
364
503
Hyperloop One Becomes ‘Virgin Hyperloop One’
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/12/hyperloop-one-becomes-virgin-hyperloop-one-with-virgin-group-investment/
353
112
John Carmack's Keynote at Oculus 4 Live Stream [video]
https://www.facebook.com/oculusvr/videos/vb.270208243080697/1189602884474557/?type=3&theater
347
83
Exploiting the Wi-Fi Stack on Apple Devices
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/10/over-air-vol-2-pt-3-exploiting-wi-fi.html
303
77
Digging for treasure in Aladdin’s source code
https://gamehistory.org/aladdin-source-code/
288
41
Containers and Distributed Systems: Where They Came from and Where They’re Going
https://mesosphere.com/blog/containers-distributed-systems/
265
40
Rust 1.21
https://blog.rust-lang.org/2017/10/12/Rust-1.21.html
251
66
Go Python, Go: Stream Processing for Python
https://blog.wallaroolabs.com/2017/10/go-python-go-stream-processing-for-python/
240
136
Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-equifax-breach/equifax-takes-down-web-page-after-reports-of-new-hack-idUSKBN1CH2F3
225
135
How to Set Up a Company in Germany for English-Speaking People
https://blog.datacircle.io/2017/10/11/setting-up-company-in-berlin/
221
91
Qutebrowser – a keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI
https://qutebrowser.org
199
31
Eloquent JavaScript, 3rd edition
https://eloquentjavascript.net/3rd_edition/
192
52
Atom's new concurrency-friendly buffer implementation
http://blog.atom.io/2017/10/12/atoms-new-buffer-implementation.html
191
82
Gluon – Deep Learning API from AWS and Microsoft
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-gluon-a-new-library-for-machine-learning-from-aws-and-microsoft/
181
58
The Case for Writing a Kernel in Rust [pdf]
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~bjc8c/papers/levy17rustkernel.pdf
178
33
Lessons Operating a Serverless-Like Platform at Netflix, Part 2
https://medium.com/@NetflixTechBlog/developer-experience-lessons-operating-a-serverless-like-platform-at-netflix-part-ii-63a376c28228
173
50
A bot that tweets anonymous Wikipedia edits from IP addresses in the US Congress
https://twitter.com/congressedits
171
166
Arabic characters found woven into burial costumes from Viking boat graves
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41567391
85
Byzantium Hard Fork Announcement
https://blog.ethereum.org/2017/10/12/byzantium-hf-announcement/
165
61
CockroachDB 1.1 Released: Production Made Easy
https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/cockroachdb-1dot1/
163
New periodic orbits of the three-body problem
https://phys.org/news/2017-10-scientists-periodic-orbits-famous-three-body.html
American Nazis at Madison Square Garden, 1939
https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/542499/marshall-curry-nazi-rally-madison-square-garden-1939/
162
56
Securing Microservices
https://medium.facilelogin.com/securing-microservices-with-oauth-2-0-jwt-and-xacml-d03770a9a838
140
76
The Toxic Saga of the Tsukiji Fish Market
https://www.eater.com/2017/7/25/16019906/tokyo-tsukiji-toyosu-olympics-delay
19
Reverse Engineering an Eclipse Plugin
https://0x10f8.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/reverse-engineering-an-eclipse-plugin/
Yemen's cholera outbreak now the worst in history as millionth case looms
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/oct/12/yemen-cholera-outbreak-worst-in-history-1-million-cases-by-end-of-year
125
71
The Forces Behind Toutiao, China’s Content King
http://blog.ycombinator.com/the-hidden-forces-behind-toutiao-chinas-content-king/
55
The /bin/true Command and Copyright (1990)
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/humor/ATT_Copyright_true.html
119
16
AlgoWiki: Repository of resources on different topics of computer science
https://github.com/vicky002/AlgoWiki
★ 4.2kCSSMIT–8 years ago
117
80
UPX – Ultimate Packer for Executables
https://upx.github.io/
72
Plato Would Have Wanted Us to Unplug
https://eidolon.pub/plato-would-have-wanted-you-to-unplug-712a908a16e0
109
44
Show HN: Vue-Model – Models with HTTP Actions for Vue.js
https://github.com/aarondfrancis/vue-model
★ 851JavaScriptMIT–8 years ago
99
121
African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard English with Mistakes (1999) [pdf]
https://web.stanford.edu/%7Ezwicky/aave-is-not-se-with-mistakes.pdf
94
36
MAMR Breakthrough for Next-Gen HDDs
https://www.anandtech.com/show/11925/western-digital-stuns-storage-industry-with-mamr-breakthrough-for-nextgen-hdds
92
42
The Uber Game: Can you make it in the gig economy?
https://ig.ft.com/uber-game/
86
Bitcoin just passed $5,000
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/12/bitcoin-just-passed-5000/
84
Identifying a Large Number of Fake Followers on Instagram
https://srfdata.github.io/2017-10-instagram-influencers/
142
Much of the research around meditation and mindfulness has serious flaws
http://www.newsweek.com/mindfulness-meaningless-word-shoddy-science-behind-it-682008
48
Movies Anywhere App Launches with Joint Studio Backing
http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/movies-anywhere-launches-with-joint-studio-backing-1202587915/
79
Wildfire smoke spreads across the bay
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/11/east-bay-schools-libraries-close-as-wildfire-smoke-spreads-across-the-bay-area/
Magic Leap raising up to $1B in new round
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/12/ar-mystery-startup-magic-leap-looking-to-raise-as-much-as-1b-in-new-round/
45
KeePass 2.37 has been released
https://keepass.info/news/n171012_2.37.html
4
Transit and Peering: How your requests reach GitHub
https://githubengineering.com/transit-and-peering-how-your-requests-reach-github/
69
Jeff Bezos Wants to Give More Money to Charity. He Should Pay His Workers First
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59a7220fe4b07e81d354e6e3
68
Gov. Jerry Brown signs AB168: bans employers from asking about salary history
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/12/in-bid-to-fight-gender-pay-gap-gov-jerry-brown-signs-salary-privacy-law/
14
Interview with Don Chamberlin, designer of SQL
https://www.mappingthejourney.com/single-post/2017/10/12/episode-11-interview-with-don-chamberlin-designer-of-sql-database-language/
67
32
Gex (1997)
https://games.greggman.com/game/gex/
Equifax website hacked again, this time to redirect to fake Flash update
