664
92
Inter UI, a typeface designed for user interfaces
https://rsms.me/inter/
7 years ago
637
115
How DOOM fire was done
http://fabiensanglard.net/doom_fire_psx/
529
67
Guesstimate – A Spreadsheet for things that aren't certain
https://www.getguesstimate.com/
518
278
Windows file access performance compared to Linux
https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/873#issuecomment-425272829
★ 32k C++ MIT– 7 years ago
366
211
Doctors ask engineers to spend more time in the hospital before building apps
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/27/doctors-are-asking-technologists-from-google-to-shadow-them-before-they-build-medical-apps-.html
275
113
How Facebook Keeps Messenger from Crashing on New Year's Eve
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/software/how-facebooks-software-engineers-prepare-messenger-for-new-years-eve
259
60
A little-known C feature: Static array indices in parameter declarations (2013)
https://hamberg.no/erlend/posts/2013-02-18-static-array-indices.html
233
224
PayPal has permanently banned The Hacker News and hold funds for 180 days
https://twitter.com/TheHackersNews/status/1078907851995860992
212
182
It is fast or it is wrong
http://tonsky.me/blog/slow-wrong/
203
68
Why Are Printed Circuit Boards Usually Green? (2017)
http://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2017/07/23/why-are-printed-circuit-boards-are-usually-green-in-colour/
181
47
The habit of habit engineering
https://threader.app/thread/1078647576201703427
172
171
Spain will soon overtake Japan in life expectancy rankings
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/spain-is-about-to-overtake-japan-in-life-expectancy
166
The math’s not pretty on digital advertising’s future revenues? (2017)
https://medium.com/s/which-half-is-wasted/googles-350-billion-haircut-fa1a0f33ace1
170
62
Rules of Spycraft (2009) [pdf]
http://www.oss.net/dynamaster/file_archive/100102/0a947a77d762061cc87ec541c2d2dcc7/2010-01-02%20Dulles%20on%20Tradecraft%20via%20Srodes.pdf
165
46
Gravitee: Open-Source API Gateway
https://gravitee.io
158
71
Ask HN: Anyone doing business using Estonian e-residency?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18785112
146
127
Over half of older US workers are pushed out of longtime jobs before they retire
https://www.propublica.org/article/older-workers-united-states-pushed-out-of-work-forced-retirement
140
The Ghost in the Machine: An AI Perspective on the Soul [video]
https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-10030-the_ghost_in_the_machine
131
136
Why MIT uses Python instead of Scheme for its undergraduate CS program (2009)
https://cemerick.com/2009/03/24/why-mit-now-uses-python-instead-of-scheme-for-its-undergraduate-cs-program/
118
6
Mozilla revives Mozilla Labs
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/12/28/mozilla-revives-mozilla-labs/
12
Connected Components – The one Graph Algorithm you need to know
https://mlwhiz.com/blog/2018/12/07/connected_components/
108
8
Cerberus – Semantic models for C
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~pes20/cerberus/
104
An Introduction to Spacecraft Operations [video]
https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9923-space_ops_101
98
40
An introduction to Georg Cantor’s transfinite paradise
https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/the-nature-of-infinity-and-beyond-a05c146df02c
94
23
How to Make a Crystal Radio – No Batteries, No External Power (2015) [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XR9Uzy2RPM
15
Ion Propulsion – A Plane with No Moving Parts [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IorDYGI1uqc
91
Adding Up the Cost of Tax Breaks for Big Tech’s Data Centers (2016)
https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/report-tech-data-center-subsidies
88
45
VW Solves Quantum Chemistry Problems on a D-Wave Machine
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/vw-tackles-chemistry-problems-with-a-dwave-quantum-computer
86
27
Dop: Distributed Object Protocol
https://distributedobjectprotocol.org/
82
Electronics-Recycling Innovator Going to Prison for Extending Computers’ Lives
https://returntonow.net/2018/05/10/ewaste-innovator-prison/
24
Marchetti's constant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchetti%27s_constant
81
20
Open Source IDE for FPGAs as QtCreator Learns Verilog
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/29/open-source-ide-for-fpgas-as-qtcreator-learns-verilog/
76
21
Lenny's history and why he isn't Creative Commons (2017)
https://www.reddit.com/r/itslenny/comments/5lcfwq/lennys_history_why_he_isnt_creative_commons/
122
What Foods Are Banned in Europe but Not Banned in the U.S.?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/well/eat/food-additives-banned-europe-united-states.html
70
3
Attacking end-to-end email encryption [video]
https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9463-attacking_end-to-end_email_encryption
13
The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead's Short-Lived Wall of Sound
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wnnayb/the-wall-of-sound
64
How to dump 3000 pounds of confetti on Times Square
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/nyregion/how-to-dump-3000-pounds-of-confetti-on-times-square.html
Looking Back on Tech, Startups, and VC in 2018
http://haystack.vc/2018/12/29/looking-back-on-tech-startups-and-vc-in-2018/
66
37
Hackers Make a Fake Hand to Beat Vein Authentication
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59v8dk/hackers-fake-hand-vein-authentication-biometrics-chaos-communication-congress