594
191
Google Docs gets an API for task automation
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/11/google-docs-gets-an-api-for-task-automation/
7 years ago
542
247
The Psychological Trap of Freelancing
https://www.thecut.com/2019/02/why-freelancing-creates-anxiety-about-money.html
464
171
Undercover spy exposed in NYC was one of many
https://apnews.com/a1d1af4256c04cc5a36347667e966a14
420
202
The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/the-raspberry-pi-store-is-much-cooler-than-an-apple-store/
367
341
None of my projects want to be SPAs
https://whatisjasongoldstein.com/writing/help-none-of-my-projects-want-to-be-spas
358
390
38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using types
https://www.reddit.com/r/typescript/comments/aofcik/38_of_bugs_at_airbnb_could_have_been_prevented_by/
324
116
Arborists Have Cloned Ancient Redwoods from Their Massive Stumps
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/arborists-have-cloned-ancient-redwoods-from-their-massive-stumps
318
224
Amazon is buying Eero
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/11/amazon-is-buying-home-mesh-router-startup-eero/
297
139
Tasks That Can Be Done with Pure HTML and CSS
https://www.256kilobytes.com/content/show/4399/get-these-dependencies-off-my-lawn-5-tasks-you-didnt-know-could-be-done-with-pure-html-and-css
284
279
Mars One, which offered 1-way trips to Mars, declared bankrupt
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/mars-one-bankrupt-1.5014522
280
222
What's next for SemVer
https://words.steveklabnik.com/what-s-next-for-semver
275
52
The Brain’s “Inner GPS” Creates Conceptual Spaces in the Mind
http://nautil.us/blog/new-evidence-for-the-geometry-of-thought
271
59
An optimization guide for assembly programmers and compiler makers (2018) [pdf]
https://www.agner.org/optimize/microarchitecture.pdf
270
55
Pricing Experiments You Can Learn From (2011)
https://conversionxl.com/blog/pricing-experiments-you-might-not-know-but-can-learn-from/
267
240
NBC took Bob Costas off the Super Bowl for speaking out about concussions
http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/25914913/inside-story-how-legendary-nfl-broadcaster-bob-costas-ended-excised-football-nbc-espn
250
245
A letter to Steven Pinker about global poverty
https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/2019/2/3/pinker-and-global-poverty
241
111
Next.js 8 released
https://nextjs.org/blog/next-8
95
CVE-2019-5736: runc container breakout
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q1/119
237
69
Datashader: turns even the largest data into images, accurately
http://datashader.org/
217
134
Cheap and simple medical devices have to overcome deeply rooted biases
https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/reverse-innovation-could-save-lives-why-isnt-western-medicine-embracing-it
205
82
Build your own dial-up ISP in 2019
https://dogemicrosystems.ca/wiki/Build_you_own_dial_up_ISP_in_2019
198
77
PyPy v7.0.0: triple release of 2.7, 3.5 and 3.6-alpha
https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2019/02/pypy-v700-triple-release-of-27-35-and.html
190
33
Dolly Parton Gives a Library of 100M Books (2018)
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/03/01/589912466/dolly-parton-gives-the-gift-of-literacy-a-library-of-100-million-books
188
100
Ask HN: Is it just me or did Google search recently get a lot worse?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19132927
185
48
Reflecting on the Soul of a New Machine
http://dtrace.org/blogs/bmc/2019/02/10/reflecting-on-the-soul-of-a-new-machine/
180
19
Ask HN: Resources for engineers new to system design
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19133097
173
54
Bounty Hunt Announced on Swiss eVoting System
https://onlinevote-pit.ch/details/
Low Level Programming of the Raspberry Pi in C (2013)
http://www.pieter-jan.com/node/15
167
221
Why I quit a $500K job at Amazon to work for myself
https://danielvassallo.com/only-intrinsic-motivation-lasts/
79
What It’s Like to Work Inside Apple’s ‘Black Site’
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-11/apple-black-site-gives-contractors-few-perks-little-security
157
76
YC Interviews in NYC
https://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-interviews-in-nyc/
155
World’s oldest known wild bird is a mother again on Midway Atoll
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/02/11/hawaii-news/worlds-oldest-known-wild-bird-is-a-mother-again-on-midway-atoll-2/
154
169
Microsoft: 70 percent of all security bugs are memory safety issues
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-70-percent-of-all-security-bugs-are-memory-safety-issues/
65
The Bias Bias in Behavioral Economics
https://www.nowpublishers.com/article/Details/RBE-0092
144
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Russia considers 'unplugging' from internet
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47198426
141
34
Forge – Work with Git forges from the comfort of Magit
https://github.com/magit/forge/
138
70
Openrsync imported into the tree
https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20190211081518
135
42
The Mathematics of the Rubik’s Cube (2009) [pdf]
https://web.mit.edu/sp.268/www/rubik.pdf
Air Canada agents reveal overselling practices
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/air-canada-agents-reveal-oversell-practices-1.5008217
133
41
What Is Differentiable Programming?
https://fluxml.ai/2019/02/07/what-is-differentiable-programming.html
129
25
Neural Networks, Manifolds, and Topology (2014)
https://colah.github.io/posts/2014-03-NN-Manifolds-Topology/
128
20
Be: Fundraising Misadventures
https://mondaynote.com/50-years-in-tech-part-16-be-fundraising-misadventures-23c566b82085
124
44
Unity Technologies Targeting 2020 IPO
https://cheddar.com/media/unity-technologies-targeting-2020-ipo-sources
122
Private Mossad for Hire
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/18/private-mossad-for-hire
120
71
Ask HN: How bad is freelancing?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19133864
114
121
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X and Ryzen 3 2300X CPU Review
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13945/the-amd-ryzen-5-2500x-and-ryzen-3-2300x-cpu-review
The Next Wave of ‘Unicorn’ Startups
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/10/technology/new-wave-unicorn-start-ups.html
109
58
Russia to disconnect from the internet as part of a planned test
https://www.zdnet.com/article/russia-to-disconnect-from-the-internet-as-part-of-a-planned-test/
103
Apple's iPhone Shipments Plunge in China as Huawei Tightens Grip
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-11/apple-s-iphone-shipments-plunge-in-china-as-huawei-tightens-grip
101
Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016)
http://www.lbatalha.com/blog/feynman-on-fermats-last-theorem
Activision Blizzard staff reportedly bracing for layoffs
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-02-11-activision-blizzard-staff-reportedly-bracing-for-layoffs
90
The Chinese fascination with numbers
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190210-why-china-is-obsessed-with-numbers
89
24
Shipwreck reveals ancient market for knock-off consumer goods
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/shipwreck-reveals-ancient-market-for-knock-off-consumer-goods/
88
Launch HN: Aura Vision (YC W19) – Google Analytics for Physical Stores
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19136734
87
86
The Dream Hoarders: How America's Top Percent Perpetuates Inequality
https://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-education-opportunity/richard-v-reeves-dream-hoarders-how-americas-top-20-percent
29
Chrome plugin that adds a laugh track to all videos
https://labs.earthpeople.se/2019/02/make-all-videos-fun-to-watch/
85
Dialogical logic programming
http://boxbase.org/entries/2019/feb/11/dialogical-logic-programming/
84
The Data Science of MathOverflow
https://blog.wolfram.com/2019/02/01/the-data-science-of-mathoverflow/
93
SoftBank’s next bet: $940M into autonomous delivery startup Nuro
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/11/softbanks-next-bet-940m-into-autonomous-delivery-startup-nuro/
81
14
Metabase, an Uber Co-Founder’s New Big Data Startup, Raises $13M
https://news.crunchbase.com/news/metabase-an-uber-co-founders-new-big-data-startup-raises-13m/30/
27
Ironies of Automation (1983) [pdf]
https://www.ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Bainbridge_1983_Automatica.pdf
78
I tried to keep my unborn child secret from Facebook and Google
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-internet-hates-secrets
75
Developers Are the Problem, Not Monoliths
https://codeboje.de/developers-problem-not-monoliths/
13
The night parrot, Australia's most elusive bird
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-10/night-parrot-chase/10612496
Mars One, which offered 1-way trips to Mars, declared bankrupt