783
370
Comparing the Same Project in Rust, Haskell, C++, Python, Scala and OCaml
http://thume.ca/2019/04/29/comparing-compilers-in-rust-haskell-c-and-python/
7 years ago
351
95
Show HN: Openring, a free and decentralized network of blogs
https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/openring
286
216
Word processors are ditching equation editors in favour of LaTeX
https://go.nature.com/2wRfbCD
267
67
Google refunded $200 because I missed 5 lines of Code
https://aswinmohanme.github.io/why-google-refunded-200-because-i-missed-5-lines-of-code.html
261
170
U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/us/politics/trump-cyber-russia-grid.html
259
76
What happens behind the scenes when we type www.google.com in a browser? (2015)
https://github.com/vasanthk/how-web-works
★ 16.7k – 7 years ago
257
107
When to use web workers
https://dassur.ma/things/when-workers/
256
35
Soviet Arcade Games from the 70s and 80s
https://arcadeblogger.com/2019/06/15/the-museum-of-soviet-arcade-games/
242
180
Oberlin College case shows how universities are losing their way
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/448711-oberlin-college-case-shows-how-universities-are-losing-their-way
233
25
Calculators for Contractors, Builders, Remodelers, Carpenters, Woodworkers
https://www.blocklayer.com/
226
125
The Man Behind “Fortnite”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-man-behind-fortnite-11560571201?mod=rsswn
89
Facebook lawyers explain to a judge that privacy on Facebook is nonexistent
https://theintercept.com/2019/06/14/facebook-privacy-policy-court/
210
43
Inside a low budget consumer hardware espionage implant (2018)
https://ha.cking.ch/s8_data_line_locator/
201
36
Hacking Water
http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/hacking_water/
185
52
Gut microbes eat medication
https://chemistry.harvard.edu/news/gut-microbes-eat-our-medication
163
135
The Touchscreen Infotainment Systems in New Cars Are a Distracting Mess
https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-technology/a26016348/car-infotainment-distraction/
156
171
Ask HN: What can I do to accelerate scientific research?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20189664
150
15
Zero elephants poached in a year in top Africa wildlife park
https://www.apnews.com/ef25debd7ab74b7ca5dc3fe9692c1fa8
143
102
U.S. and U.K. F-35 Jets Include 'Core' Circuit Boards from Chinese-Owned Company
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/06/15/chinese-owned-company-supplies-electronics-on-u-s-and-u-k-f-35-fighter-jets/#f144b3c25c05
140
20
Level Design and Shaping a Roguelike Experience
https://www.gridsagegames.com/blog/2019/02/level-design-shaping-cogmind-experience/
137
77
Plastics recycling with microbes and worms is further away than we think (2018)
https://cen.acs.org/environment/sustainability/Plastics-recycling-microbes-worms-further/96/i25
134
41
The rise and fall of the company behind ‘Reader Rabbit’ and other games (2018)
https://theoutline.com/post/6293/reader-rabbit-history-the-learning-company-zoombinis-carmen-sandiego?zd=1&zi=bzhzqye6
128
Uniform Structured Syntax, Metaprogramming and Run-Time Compilation
https://m00natic.github.io/lisp/manual-jit.html
119
85
Hong Kong Leader Backs Down on China Law But More Protests Planned
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-to-suspend-controversial-extradition-bill-11560579580?mod=rsswn
116
132
Lessons learned from rewriting code
http://huseyinpolatyuruk.com/2019/02/04/lessons-learned-from-rewriting-code-in-my-10-years-as-a-developer/
101
176
Self-Driving Cars Have a Problem: Safer Human-Driven Ones
https://www.wsj.com/articles/self-driving-cars-have-a-problem-safer-human-driven-ones-11560571203?mod=rsswn
97
16
Amiga BBS Online in 2019
https://blog.nootch.net/post/amiga-bbs-online-2019/
96
7
Show HN: Brancher – A user-friendly PyTorch module for probabilistic inference
https://brancher.org/
93
48
Amazon Alexa Secretly Records Children, Lawsuits Allege
https://threatpost.com/amazon-alexa-secretly-records-children/145708/
92
12
Mozilla files FTC comments calling for interoperability (2018)
https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2018/08/21/mozilla-files-ftc-comments-calling-for-interoperability-to-promote-competition/
91
Minimal Project Management
https://hiltmon.com/blog/2016/03/05/minimal-project-management/
90
42
All the balls are the same color: brown
https://twitter.com/chazfirestone/status/1139533381597847555
88
14
Show HN: Squirrel Curve Studio – A simple tool to design spline curves
https://github.com/AntixK/Curve-Studio
★ 147 JavaScript MIT– 7 years ago
82
21
The Obsessively Complete Infocom Catalog
https://eblong.com/infocom/
80
51
When Everything That Counts Can’t Be Counted
https://thereformedbroker.com/2019/06/13/when-everything-that-counts-cant-be-counted/
79
49
What Is Called Nuclear Waste Is Mostly Fuel for Molten Salt and Fast Reactors
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/06/what-is-called-nuclear-waste-is-mostly-unused-fuel-for-molten-salt-and-fast-reactors.html
78
23
Making Direct Messages Reliable and Fast
https://instagram-engineering.com/making-direct-messages-reliable-and-fast-a152bdfd697f
75
0
How and How Not to Write a Good Systems Paper (1983)
https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/dsl97/good_paper.html
73
8
Abusing the CPU's Adder Circuits
https://giannitedesco.github.io/2019/06/15/abusing-add.html
60
Why are CVS receipts so long? (2018)
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/10/10/17956950/why-are-cvs-pharmacy-receipts-so-long
72
13
Simone Weil is the patron saint of anomalous persons
https://aeon.co/essays/why-simone-weil-is-the-patron-saint-of-anomalous-persons
71
Distortion-Free Wide-Angle Portraits on Camera Phones [video]
https://people.csail.mit.edu/yichangshih/wide_angle_portrait/#supp
70
69
Ask HN: “Contact us for pricing” nonsense
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20191005
