top 20 hacker news stories for 2019-01-30

Why isn't the internet more fun and weird?

https://jarredsumner.com/codeblog/

7 years ago

1516 upvotes – 588 comments

Ending our Medium integration

https://write.as/blog/ending-our-medium-integration

7 years ago

936 upvotes – 367 comments

Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-blocked-internal-ios-apps

7 years ago

735 upvotes – 310 comments

Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/googles-also-peddling-a-data-collector-through-apples-back-door/

7 years ago

640 upvotes – 258 comments

Remembering Roger Boisjoly: He Tried to Stop Shuttle Challenger Launch

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/02/06/146490064/remembering-roger-boisjoly-he-tried-to-stop-shuttle-challenger-launch

7 years ago

559 upvotes – 174 comments

Statistics Done Wrong

https://www.statisticsdonewrong.com

7 years ago

547 upvotes – 54 comments

'Karma': A hack used by the UAE to break into iPhones of foes

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-spying-karma/

7 years ago

423 upvotes – 224 comments

Some Fundamental Theorems in Mathematics

https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.08416

7 years ago

419 upvotes – 71 comments

Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing

https://thepointsguy.com/news/boeing-787-suffers-rare-dual-engine-failure-on-landing/

7 years ago

406 upvotes – 350 comments

Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScript

https://www.stef.be/bassoontracker/

7 years ago

385 upvotes – 95 comments

Use DuckDuckGo to improve your privacy online (2018)

https://spreadprivacy.com/privacy-simplified/

7 years ago

362 upvotes – 173 comments

Lock-Free Rust: Crossbeam in 2019

https://stjepang.github.io/2019/01/29/lock-free-rust-crossbeam-in-2019.html

7 years ago

322 upvotes – 72 comments

Ask HN: Why can’t I block all incoming calls that aren’t in my contact list?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19031711

7 years ago

319 upvotes – 324 comments

Facebook shares shoot up after strong Q4 earnings despite data breach

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/facebook-earnings-q4-2018/

7 years ago

293 upvotes – 211 comments

A Coder Who Became a Crime Boss

https://www.wired.com/story/mastermind-excerpt/

7 years ago

291 upvotes – 66 comments

8bit Workshop

https://8bitworkshop.com/

7 years ago

281 upvotes – 32 comments

Facebook will shut down its controversial market research app for iOS

https://www.theverge.com/facebook/2019/1/30/18203349/facebook-research-app-apple-shutdown

7 years ago

261 upvotes – 218 comments

Foxconn Is Reconsidering Plan for Manufacturing in Wisconsin

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/business/foxconn-wisconsin-manufacturing.html

7 years ago

230 upvotes – 224 comments

India’s largest bank SBI leaked account data on millions of customers

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/state-bank-india-data-leak/

7 years ago

226 upvotes – 67 comments

Nintendo Makes It Clear That Piracy Is Only Way to Preserve Video Game History

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjm5kw/nintendo-makes-it-clear-that-piracy-is-the-only-way-to-preserve-video-game-history

7 years ago

208 upvotes – 65 comments
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