614
101
A journalism student who found out she won a Pulitzer in class
https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/mariel-padilla-pulizter-cincinnnati.php
8 years ago
469
270
VS Code can do that?
https://vscodecandothat.com/
434
263
Heart surgeons refuse difficult operations to avoid poor mortality ratings
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/06/03/one-in-three-heart-surgeons-refuse-difficult-operations-to-avoid/
227
80
Gravitation water vortex power plant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation_water_vortex_power_plant
225
118
Google's Project Zero exposes unpatched Windows 10 lockdown bypass
https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-project-zero-reveals-windows-10-lockdown-bypass/
218
29
Mapping the internet with Hilbert curves
https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/scan-ping-the-internet-hilbert-curve
202
95
A guide to building a fast electric skateboard at home
http://eskateboard.huu.la
184
22
How to Find Product Market Fit – founder of Segment (2017) [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6pl5GG8RQ4
55
How to scrape anything on the web and not get caught
https://tinyendian.com/articles/how-to-scrape-the-web-and-not-get-caught/
176
126
Elon Musk reveals his productivity rules in a letter he sent to Tesla employees
http://www.themindsetapp.com/musk-letter/
165
106
To Understand the Future of Tesla, Look to the History of GM
https://hbr.org/2018/04/to-understand-the-future-of-tesla-look-to-the-history-of-gm
162
46
When There’s an Audience, People’s Performance Improves
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/when_theres_an_audience_peoples_performance_improves
147
168
A brief list of what Scrum gets wrong
https://medium.com/@ard_adam/why-scrum-is-the-wrong-way-to-build-software-99d8994409e5
144
82
Yes, You Should Delete Facebook
https://medium.com/s/story/yes-you-should-delete-facebook-heres-why-bc623a3b4625
140
68
Shaper Origin: Hand-Held CNC Machine
https://shapertools.com
138
43
Datomic: Look at all the things I'm not doing
http://augustl.com/blog/2018/datomic_look_at_all_the_things_i_am_not_doing/
124
85
The Looming Battle Over AI Chips
https://www.barrons.com/articles/the-looming-battle-over-ai-chips-1524268924
122
89
Not your Tibetan Buddhism
https://aeon.co/essays/what-lies-behind-the-simplistic-image-of-the-happy-buddhist
120
Can psychedelics make you a better person?
http://www.philosophyforlife.org/can-psychedelics-make-you-a-better-person/
84
Coinbase blocks WikiLeaks Shop
https://twitter.com/WikiLeaksShop/status/987510235349663744
117
67
CBC is destroying its broadcast archives after they’re digitized
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2018/04/19/cbc-is-destroying-its-broadcast-archives-after-theyre-digitized.html
114
Friendship’s Dark Side
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/science/friendship-discrimination.html
111
13
Dissecting the NVIDIA Volta GPU Architecture via Microbenchmarking
https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.06826
102
97
Giving money directly to poor people (2013)
https://www.economist.com/news/international/21588385-giving-money-directly-poor-people-works-surprisingly-well-it-cannot-deal
98
13-inch MacBook Pro (non Touch Bar) Battery Replacement Program
https://www.apple.com/ca/support/13inch-macbookpro-battery-replacement/
93
6
Building Robust Systems (2008) [pdf]
https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6.945/readings/robust-systems.pdf
19
How IBM quietly pushed out 20,000 aging workers
https://www.vox.com/2018/4/20/17261798/ibm-layoffs-retirements-older-workers-age-discrimination-claims
88
1
Matabele ants have evolved a complex system of battlefield triage and rescue
https://theconversation.com/these-ants-have-evolved-a-complex-system-of-battlefield-triage-and-rescue-94778
15
Tricks Make Virtual Reality Feel Real (2016)
http://nautil.us/issue/32/space/these-tricks-make-virtual-reality-feel-real
81
Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/world/asia/facebook-sri-lanka-riots.html
77
Study suggests drunk people are better at creative problem solving
https://hbr.org/2018/05/drunk-people-are-better-at-creative-problem-solving
35
Show HN: Writt – Make and publish notes from Telegram
https://writt.glitch.me
73
2
Freeman Dyson’s Life, Through His Letters
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/books/review/freeman-dyson-maker-of-patterns.html
When There’s an Audience, People’s Performance Improves