2901
277
Paul Allen has died
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/15/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-of-cancer-at-age-65.html
8 years ago
717
171
Ask HN: What are some of the best technical talks you've heard?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18217762
633
184
Twilio to Acquire Sendgrid
https://www.twilio.com/press/releases/release_twilio_acquires_sendgrid
560
164
M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1B
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/mit-college-artificial-intelligence.html
540
435
Survey of YC female founders on sexual harassment, coercion by angels and VCs
https://blog.ycombinator.com/survey-of-yc-female-founders-on-sexual-harassment-and-coercion-by-angel-and-vc-investors/
444
175
Air pollution linked to “huge” reduction in intelligence
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/air-pollution-linked-huge-reduction-intelligence
426
88
Lessons learned from creating a real-time collaborative rich-text editor
https://ckeditor.com/blog/Lessons-learned-from-creating-a-rich-text-editor-with-real-time-collaboration/
382
69
Show HN: Polar – an offline web browser with annotations and tagging
https://getpolarized.io/
372
198
Study shows massive insect loss
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/10/15/hyperalarming-study-shows-massive-insect-loss/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6e364be6ddca
362
25
How to Write a Technical Paper [pdf]
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441f/ac7c2020e1c8f0d32adffca697bbb8a198a1.pdf
328
288
Ask HN: Over 60 = no engineering jobs?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18225080
300
236
Messenger systems compared by security, privacy, compatibility, and features
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-UlA4-tslROBDS9IqHalWVztqZo7uxlCeKPQ-8uoFOU/edit
297
42
Show HN: Physically Based Rendering – Online Edition
http://www.pbr-book.org/
289
137
IPv6 breaks the 25% barrier
https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html?25%
265
32
How to Manage Connections Efficiently in Postgres, or Any Database
https://brandur.org/postgres-connections
257
40
Facebook says millions had phone numbers, search history and location stolen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/10/12/facebook-says-fewer-users-were-affected-by-data-breach-more-information-was-taken
249
86
How I hacked modern vending machines
https://hackernoon.com/how-i-hacked-modern-vending-machines-43f4ae8decec
230
102
Alternative code styles
https://swalladge.id.au/archives/2018/10/15/alternative-code-styles/
217
91
Removing Old Versions of TLS
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/10/15/removing-old-versions-of-tls/
199
126
Why Doctors Reject Tools That Make Their Jobs Easier
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-doctors-reject-tools-that-make-their-jobs-easier/
191
209
The Cryptocurrency Industry Is 'On the Brink of an Implosion', Research Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-09/bitcoin-on-the-brink-of-an-implosion-researcher-juniper-says
190
66
Using /proc to get a process' current stack trace
https://ops.tips/blog/using-procfs-to-get-process-stack-trace/
181
Vectorized Emulation: fuzzing at 2 trillion instructions per second
https://gamozolabs.github.io/fuzzing/2018/10/14/vectorized_emulation.html
176
96
Did Uber steal Google’s intellectual property?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/did-uber-steal-googles-intellectual-property
170
153
Blockchain isn't about democracy and decentralisation – it's about greed
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/15/blockchain-democracy-decentralisation-bitcoin-price-cryptocurrencies
160
106
Instagram Has a Massive Harassment Problem
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/instagram-has-massive-harassment-problem/572890/?single_page=true
156
31
RaptorJIT 1.0: Lua implementation for high-perf low-level system programming
https://github.com/raptorjit/raptorjit/releases/tag/v1.0.0
★ 865 C – 8 years ago
145
125
The future’s so bright, I gotta wear blinders
http://www.roughtype.com/?p=8557
140
Robinhood Gets Almost Half Its Revenue from Bargain with High-Speed Traders
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-15/robinhood-gets-almost-half-its-revenue-in-controversial-bargain-with-high-speed-traders?srnd=premium
136
80
The extraordinary influence of the Iliad and Odyssey
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/measure-of-homer-review/
68
A Look at Game Streaming Tech in the Browser
https://blog.parsecgaming.com/game-streaming-tech-in-the-browser-with-parsec-5b70d0f359bc
135
34
RISC-V: More Than a Core
https://semiengineering.com/risc-v-more-than-a-core/
127
107
Priority Queue on Ethereum with a 15 ETH Bug Bounty
https://github.com/zmitton/eth-heap
★ 138 JavaScript – 8 years ago
29
A Framework for Intelligence and Cortical Function Based on Grid Cells
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/10/13/442418
82
Tesla deploys massive new Autopilot neural net in v9
https://electrek.co/2018/10/15/tesla-new-autopilot-neural-net-v9/
93
Tether (USDT) price falling to $0.95
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/tether/#charts
124
37
Modernizing Transport Security
https://security.googleblog.com/2018/10/modernizing-transport-security.html
123
85
Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails still worth learning?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18223575
122
50
Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work (2006) [pdf]
http://www.cogtech.usc.edu/publications/kirschner_Sweller_Clark.pdf
121
149
United Airlines Threatens to Engage Collections for Passengers Who Skip Segments
https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2018/10/14/united-airlines-threatens-to-trash-the-credit-of-passengers-who-skip-purchased-flights/
116
57
Can moons have moons?
https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.03304
114
Senators Demand Google Hand Over Internal Memo Urging Google+ Cover-Up
https://www.zdnet.com/article/senators-demand-google-hand-over-internal-memo-urging-google-cover-up/
110
54
The story of Augur, an Ethereum prediction market
https://decryptmedia.com/2018/10/15/augur-ico-prediction-market/
109
18
GitHub's game jam returns next month
https://blog.github.com/2018-10-15-game-off-returns-november-2018/
108
Harvard Asian-American discrimination case opens with packed courtroom
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/harvard-asian-american-discrimination-case-opens-packed-courtroom-n920376
Java Is Still Free
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nFGazvrCvHMZJgFstlbzoHjpAVwv5DEdnaBr_5pKuHo
132
Facebook to ban misinformation on voting in upcoming U.S. elections
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-election-exclusive/exclusive-facebook-to-ban-misinformation-on-voting-in-upcoming-u-s-elections-idUSKCN1MP2G9