434
79
How to teach yourself hard things
https://jvns.ca/blog/2018/09/01/learning-skills-you-can-practice/
7 years ago
403
220
Ask HN: How to organize personal knowledge?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17892731
396
152
A Conversation with Paul Graham [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WO5kJChg3w
372
90
Web Design Museum
https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/
303
222
Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among the young
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/08/31/loneliness-is-pervasive-and-rising-particularly-among-the-young
289
153
I don't want to learn your query language
https://erikbern.com/2018/08/30/i-dont-want-to-learn-your-garbage-query-language.html
287
414
$600 Chromebooks are a dangerous development for Microsoft
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/09/600-chromebooks-are-a-dangerous-development-for-microsoft/
242
49
MatchSticks: Portable CNC System for Automating Wood-Working Joinery
https://rutian.github.io/projects/MS/
241
163
India Pushes Back Against Tech ‘Colonization’ by Internet Giants
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/technology/india-technology-american-giants.html
239
224
Rails, still?
https://blog.phusion.nl/2018/08/30/rails-still/
228
87
Eating in 10-hour window can override disease-causing genetic defects
https://www.salk.edu/news-release/eating-in-10-hour-window-can-override-disease-causing-genetic-defects-nurture-health/
171
116
Microwave Weapons Are Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/science/sonic-attack-cuba-microwave.html
170
431
Electric Vehicles’ Day Will Come, and It Might Come Suddenly
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-31/electric-vehicles-in-california-their-day-will-come-suddenly
164
60
Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]
https://twitter.com/cthulhu20234/status/1035682925956788224?s=21
148
114
Notes on the Go2 Generics Draft
http://jmoiron.net/blog/notes-on-the-go2-generics-draft/
145
62
Meal frequency and timing in health and disease
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4250148/
135
25
Coherence Penalty for Humans
http://www.michaelnygard.com/blog/2018/01/coherence-penalty-for-humans/
134
57
Loopwheels: A vibration-reducing wheel with integral suspension
https://www.loopwheels.com/
130
125
How to Retire in Your 30s with $1M in the Bank
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/style/fire-financial-independence-retire-early.html
117
Tesla, software and disruption
https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2018/8/29/tesla-software-and-disruption
58
The Village Voice, a New York Icon, Closes
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/business/media/the-village-voice-closes.html
110
74
Carlo Rovelli on challenging our common-sense notion of time
http://nautil.us/blog/forget-everything-you-think-you-know-about-time
103
20
Cognitive Biases and the Human Brain
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/09/cognitive-bias/565775/?single_page=true
100
39
Movie madness: Why Chinese cinemas are empty but full
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-45318316
98
50
Paul Graham on why he doesn’t like seeing college-age and younger founders
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/01/paul-graham-on-why-he-doesnt-like-seeing-college-age-and-younger-founders/
91
Service provider story about tracking down TCP RSTs
https://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2018-September/096871.html
12
Ask HN: Which hackers should I be following these days?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17891080
Vredefort Crater, the world’s oldest and largest known impact structure
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92689/vredefort-crater
80
55
A Better Way to Cancel Noise
http://nautil.us/blog/a-better-way-to-cancel-noise
78
19
Fail
https://www.facebook.com/notes/tanmay-shankar/fail/10156284481025342/
77
93
How America Killed Transit
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/08/how-america-killed-transit/568825/
Irish beach washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight after freak tide (2017)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/08/irish-beach-washed-away-reappears-freak-tide
Volunteers scour drone footage in search for woman who went missing on hike
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/volunteers-scour-drone-footage-online-search-woman-went-missing-hike-north-seattle/
76
173
Ask HN: Is the new MacBook Pro worth its value for a developer?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17894252
71
Apparent Evidence for Hawking Points in the CMB Sky
https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.01740
Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]