909
402
Why is Stack Overflow trying to start audio?
https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/386487/why-is-stack-overflow-trying-to-start-audio
7 years ago
681
320
Calgary student has been studying decibel levels in hand dryers since age nine
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-student-nora-keegan-hand-dyer-research-decibel-1.5185853
669
359
Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine in Rust
https://brave.com/improved-ad-blocker-performance/
561
328
HTML is the Web
https://www.petelambert.com/journal/html-is-the-web
507
341
FAA Finds New Risk on 737 Max, Orders Boeing to Make Changes
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-26/faa-finds-new-risk-on-737-max-and-orders-boeing-to-make-changes
493
230
Hey advertisers, track this
https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/hey-advertisers-track-this/
440
214
Apple buys autonomous driving company Drive.ai
https://www.axios.com/apple-buy-driveai-753da17d-60fe-44f9-84ff-1d2d82cd0b81.html
436
180
I was seven words away from being spear-phished
https://robertheaton.com/2019/06/24/i-was-7-words-away-from-being-spear-phished/
412
66
Real-world dynamic programming: seam carving
https://avikdas.com/2019/05/14/real-world-dynamic-programming-seam-carving.html
408
74
HTTP Cats
https://http.cat/
377
205
‘Pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fake-news-vaccine-works-pre-bunk-game-reduces-susceptibility-to-disinformation
374
373
Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20282397
368
216
The Toyota Way
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Toyota_Way
366
21
A Visual Intro to NumPy and Data Representation
https://jalammar.github.io/visual-numpy/
346
190
Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011)
https://idlewords.com/2011/08/why_arabic_is_terrific.htm
334
Next steps toward Go 2
https://blog.golang.org/go2-next-steps
298
59
150k Small Business Website Teardown 2019
https://freshchalk.com/blog/150k-small-business-website-teardown-2019
293
183
“I thought I'd share this Boris Johnson story with you”
https://www.facebook.com/thejeremyvine/posts/since-he-is-probably-our-next-prime-minister-i-thought-id-share-this-boris-johns/2449074521979085/
282
62
It’s Time for Some Queueing Theory
https://kottke.org/19/01/its-time-for-some-queueing-theory
272
195
Apple Hires Key Chip Designer From ARM as Own Efforts Ramp Up
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-26/apple-hires-key-chip-designer-from-arm-as-own-efforts-ramp-up
267
SymPy makes math fun again
https://wordsandbuttons.online/sympy_makes_math_fun_again.html
248
240
Iceland tire of tourists trashing their nature
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48703462
246
318
Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge
https://behavioralscientist.org/consumers-are-becoming-wise-to-your-nudge/
234
227
VESA Publishes DisplayPort 2.0 Video Standard
https://vesa.org/press/vesa-publishes-displayport-2-0-video-standard-enabling-support-for-beyond-8k-resolutions-higher-refresh-rates-for-4k-hdr-and-virtual-reality-applications/
Reddit has quarantined /r/The_Donald
https://old.reddit.com/r/the_donald
209
160
A Teenager's IoT worm is bricking thousands of devices
https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-silex-malware-is-bricking-iot-devices-has-scary-plans/
179
Building Standalone Python Applications with PyOxidizer
https://gregoryszorc.com/blog/2019/06/24/building-standalone-python-applications-with-pyoxidizer/
164
76
“Twitter has an algorithm that creates harassment all by itself”
https://twitter.com/mcclure111/status/1143925272464506880
161
123
Life is fractal, but markets are square
https://invertedpassion.com/life-is-fractal-markets-are-square/
155
54
What is ergodicity? (2016)
https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/what-is-ergodicity-2/
151
131
The West’s failed fight against China’s ‘Cloud Hopper’ hackers
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cyber-cloudhopper-special-repor/special-report-inside-the-wests-failed-fight-against-chinas-cloud-hopper-hackers-idUSKCN1TR1DK
42
Durable Design (2017)
http://exple.tive.org/blarg/2017/09/13/durable-design/
133
139
YouTube Lets Users Override Recommendations After Criticism
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-26/youtube-lets-users-override-recommendations-after-criticism
127
18
Introducing people.kernel.org
https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/introducing-people-kernel-org
126
44
I will now charge my clients a fee to support open source projects
https://dev.to/manuelbieh/i-will-now-charge-my-clients-a-fee-to-support-open-source-projects-277
125
98
The “backfire effect” is mostly a myth, a broad look at the research suggests
https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-backfire-effect-is-mostly-a-myth-a-broad-look-at-the-research-suggests/
121
30
Mitch Kapor Introduces Lotus 1-2-3 Spreadsheet (1983) [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g46m0vBC9fk
119
156
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? (2017)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/
112
55
Renewables Surpass Coal in U.S. Power Mix
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-25/for-first-time-ever-renewables-surpass-coal-in-u-s-power-mix
111
29
A photo history of Frog, the company that designed the original Mac
https://www.theverge.com/design/2019/6/26/18758789/apple-mac-design-snow-white-frog-polk-photo-essay
103
Can Life Exist in 2 and 1 Dimensions?
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.05336
102
7
3D engine on MS Excel without VBA (2018) [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCeOEQVUWZ0
100
50
A Gas Heist Gone Wrong
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-06-26/a-gas-heist-gone-wrong-an-explosion-and-137-deaths-in-mexico
99
34
Fuck Hard Work
https://m.signalvnoise.com/fuck-hard-work/
96
28
Japan's washi paper torn by modern life
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/06/25/lifestyle/skin-deep-japans-washi-paper-torn-modern-life/
