1036
366
Post-surgical deaths in Scotland drop by a third, attributed to a checklist
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-47953541
7 years ago
826
207
I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs
https://possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/follow-up-i-found-two-identical-packs-of-skittles-among-468-packs-with-a-total-of-27740-skittles/
747
165
Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis
http://matthewrayfield.com/articles/animating-urls-with-javascript-and-emojis/#%F0%9F%8C%92
461
111
Microsoft turned down facial-recognition sales on human rights concerns
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-ai/microsoft-turned-down-facial-recognition-sales-on-human-rights-concerns-idUSKCN1RS2FV
404
216
Intel Exiting 5G Modems
https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/intel-modem-statement/#gs.639at4
388
173
Popular Google Play store apps are abusing permissions and committing ad fraud
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/google-play-store-ad-fraud-du-group-baidu
342
110
Let’s Encrypt to transition to ISRG root
https://scotthelme.co.uk/lets-encrypt-to-transition-to-isrg-root/
330
361
Google Decides to Monetize Maps
https://adage.com/article/digital/google-flips-switch-its-next-big-money-maker-maps/2163976
319
99
Lemmy: Federated Alternative to Reddit in Rust
https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy
115
Fluent 1.0: a localization system for natural-sounding translations
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/fluent-1-0-a-localization-system-for-natural-sounding-translations/
301
93
Tolkien was right: Scholars conclude Beowulf likely the work of single author
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/tolkien-was-right-scholars-conclude-beowulf-likely-the-work-of-single-author/
272
210
Facebook shareholders are getting fed up with Zuckerberg but can’t do anything
https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-20190416-story.html
262
39
Meshroom: Open Source 3D Reconstruction Software (2018) [video]
https://alicevision.github.io/#meshroom
261
103
Microsoft loses control over Windows Tiles
https://www.golem.de/news/subdomain-takeover-microsoft-loses-control-over-windows-tiles-1904-140717.html
252
26
Ask HN: Machine learning resources for audio processing
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19681804
250
151
Should I Resign from My Full Professor Job to Work Fulltime on Cocalc?
http://blog.sagemath.com/2019/04/12/should-i-resign-from-my-full-professor-job-to-work-fulltime-on-cocalc.html
243
119
Fireball over US, Wednesday, April 17th 2019 around 02:57
https://fireballs.imo.net/members/imo_view/event/2019/1775?platform=hootsuite
31
‘Bubble Boys’ Cured in Medical Breakthrough Using Gene Therapy
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-17/-bubble-boys-cured-in-medical-breakthrough-using-gene-therapy
240
190
Once it was easy to be obscure, but technology has ended that
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/opinion/data-privacy.html
235
141
Olympic medal-winning cyclist Rebecca Twigg is homeless in Seattle
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/olympic-medal-winning-cyclist-rebecca-twigg-is-homeless-in-seattle/
227
107
Why the Instagram founders really quit
https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/4/17/18411363/why-instagram-founders-quit-hamburger-button-location-tracking
11
Graphical Introduction to Dynamic Programming
https://avikdas.com/2019/04/15/a-graphical-introduction-to-dynamic-programming.html
203
98
A Chicago woman fell victim to Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/health/candida-auris-fungus-chicago.html
200
325
AMP pages displaying your own domain
https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2019/04/instant-loading-amp-pages-from-your-own.html
Announcing AMP Real URL
https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-amp-real-url/
187
140
A Cult Japanese Retailer Making Billions Breaking All the Rules
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-17/the-cult-japanese-retailer-making-billions-breaking-all-the-rules
57
Gene Wolfe, 'magnificent' giant of science fiction, dies aged 87
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/16/gene-wolfe-science-fiction-author-dies-aged-87
184
36
Recursive Drawing
https://recursion.mandalagaba.com
50
How Not to Acknowledge a Data Breach
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/04/how-not-to-acknowledge-a-data-breach/
176
195
Pig brains partially revived four hours after death
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47960874
172
90
India will soon overtake China to become the most populous country in the world
https://ourworldindata.org/india-will-soon-overtake-china-to-become-the-most-populous-country-in-the-world
171
44
Planet’s ocean-plastics problem detailed in 60-year data set
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01252-0
168
34
Adventures in reverse engineering Broadcom NIC firmware
https://www.devever.net/~hl/ortega
162
People Lose Their Employer-Sponsored Insurance Constantly
https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2019/04/04/people-lose-their-employer-sponsored-insurance-constantly/
154
A Measles Case Hits Google's Silicon Valley Headquarters
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/measles-google-headquarters-mountain-view
152
17
How the quantum search algorithm works
https://quantum.country/search/
83
God's Number Is 20 (2010)
https://cube20.org/
148
43
Stripe Acquires Touchtech
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/17/stripe-acquires-touchtech-updates-apis-to-prep-for-strong-customer-authentication-in-europe/
147
51
Engineers create ‘lifelike’ material with artificial metabolism
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/04/engineers-create-lifelike-material-artificial-metabolism
146
SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins
https://www.universetoday.com/141980/spacexs-starlink-constellation-construction-begins-2200-satellites-will-go-up-over-the-next-5-years/
144
30
Tinfoil Chat – Onion-routed, endpoint secure messaging system
https://github.com/maqp/tfc
139
Nothing Fails Like Success
https://alistapart.com/article/nothing-fails-like-success/
137
69
Ask HN: How do you secure your Mac?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19681270
134
38
The Drones and Robots That Helped Save Notre Dame
https://hackaday.com/2019/04/17/the-drones-and-robots-that-helped-save-notre-dame/
133
Thundering Herds and Promises
https://instagram-engineering.com/thundering-herds-promises-82191c8af57d
130
A Practical Guide to Hyperparameter Optimization
https://blog.nanonets.com/hyperparameter-optimization/
129
The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems
https://qz.com/1598094/the-samsung-galaxy-folds-display-seems-to-have-problems/
121
21
Classic Usborne Computer Science Books/Comics as PDFs
https://usborne.com/browse-books/features/computer-and-coding-books/
118
35
Google OAuth Login Issues
https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/cloud-iam/19001
102
Why aren't figs considered vegan?
https://www.quora.com/Why-arent-figs-considered-vegan/answer/Beth-Goldowitz
109
Making the obvious code fast (2016)
https://jackmott.github.io/programming/2016/07/22/making-obvious-fast.html
41
Anarchists Who Took the Commuter Train
https://longreads.com/2019/04/16/the-anarchists-who-took-the-commuter-train/
106
56
Lessons from the Long Depression
http://www.coppolacomment.com/2019/04/lessons-from-long-depression.html
105
12
Teaching rigorous distributed systems with efficient model checking
https://blog.acolyer.org/2019/04/17/teaching-rigorous-distributed-systems-with-efficient-model-checking/
8
Lupin III Manga author Monkey Punch passes away at 81
https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2019/04/16/lupin-iii-manga-author-monkey-punch-passes-away-at-age-of-81
'Calling bullshit': the college class on how not to be duped by the news
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/16/calling-bullshit-college-class-news-information
94
86
I write fake online reviews
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47952165
92
91
Foxconn's Gou Runs for Taiwan President, Citing Message from Sea Goddess
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-17/foxconn-s-gou-says-sea-goddess-backs-his-run-for-taiwan-leader
Pyodide: Bringing the scientific Python stack to the browser
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/pyodide-bringing-the-scientific-python-stack-to-the-browser/
89
96
Show HN: Simple but Powerful IDE for Databases
https://www.sqlgate.com/
88
63
‘When the Glaciers Disappear, Those Species Will Go Extinct’
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/16/climate/glaciers-melting-alaska-washington.html
87
14
Obfuscated Erlang (2012)
https://ferd.ca/obfuscation.html
73
Open-plan offices reduce face-to-face interactions (2018)
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/07/05/open-plan-offices-drive-down-face-to-face-interactions-and-increase-use-of-email/
81
167
New study shows grim outlook for future of Air Force pilot shortage
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/dod-personnel-notebook/2019/04/new-study-shows-grim-outlook-for-future-of-air-force-pilot-shortage/
80
25
I Obtained Satoshi's Treasure Keys 1, 2, and 3 in Minutes
https://gist.github.com/johncantrell97/bbab69bbde03d22eb8323fd94cd46db0
Gene Wolfe, 'magnificent' giant of science fiction, dies aged 87
