422
104
The German Tank Problem
https://www.eadan.net/blog/german-tank-problem/
6 years ago
405
SwiftWebUI
http://www.alwaysrightinstitute.com/swiftwebui/
106
Grubhub is using fake websites to drive up commission fees from real businesses
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/28/19154220/grubhub-seamless-fake-restaurant-domain-names-commission-fees
390
251
The Cost of JavaScript in 2019
https://v8.dev/blog/cost-of-javascript-2019
377
163
Show HN: Web pages stored entirely in the URL
https://github.com/jstrieb/urlpages
352
99
Go Slices Are Fat Pointers
https://nullprogram.com/blog/2019/06/30/
340
47
Lazydocker: a terminal GUI for Docker
https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/blob/master/README.md
310
141
Tell HN: Social media strike proposed for July 4-5 by Wikipedia co-founder
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20316140
299
220
New Raspberry Pi 4 Firmware Lowers Temperature by 3-5°C
https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/06/29/new-raspberry-pi-4-vli-firmware-lowers-temperature/
279
88
NYC Mesh Begins Broadband Expansion in Brooklyn
https://www.nycmesh.net/pressreleases/Release19-06-13
277
You're Worthwhile, Even When You Make Mistakes
https://spin.atomicobject.com/2019/06/30/mentoring-you-are-worthwhile/#.XRkm4GAtLuU.hackernews
175
“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow free use any more”
https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/386505/3834
262
222
Non-English-based programming languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_languages
232
139
Microsoft's eBook Apocalypse Shows the Dark Side of DRM
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-ebook-apocalypse-drm/
231
227
Ask HN: Why do new(ish) programming languages eschew OOP features?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20320752
228
33
Moons of all the planets in our solar system
https://www.go-astronomy.com/planets/planet-moons.htm
196
94
LIGO detects probable black hole merger event
https://twitter.com/ligo/status/1145405632553656326
188
37
China pressured London police to arrest Tiananmen protester, says watchdog
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/30/political-pressure-before-arrest-of-chinese-dissident-london
177
118
Microsoft Tells FTC Repair Poses a Cyber Risk
https://securepairs.org/microsoft-tells-ftc-repair-poses-a-cyber-risk-it-doesnt/
176
India is now producing the world’s cheapest solar power
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/06/india-is-now-producing-the-world-s-cheapest-solar-power/
169
Factoring may be easier than we think (2016)
http://math.mit.edu/~cohn/Thoughts/factoring.html
165
45
My $3.3M Mistake (2009)
https://sivers.org/mistake
160
Reducing Wasted Food at Home
https://www.epa.gov/recycle/reducing-wasted-food-home
158
26
GNUnet 0.11.5
https://gnunet.org/en/#gnunet-0.11.5-release
156
178
Nipping Libra in the Bud
https://mondaynote.com/nipping-libra-in-the-bud-595cea72c6a4
153
29
Google Earth Ported to Browsers with WebAssembly
https://www.infoq.com/news/2019/06/google-earth-web-assembly-port/
150
54
With a single wiretap, police collected 9.2M text messages
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/29/wiretap-prosecutors-texas/
145
36
Study finds that mindfulness is associated with reduced procrastination
https://solvingprocrastination.com/procrastination-study-mindfulness/
No Strong Opposition to 144-146 MHz Reallocation Proposal at CEPT Meeting
http://www.arrl.org/news/no-strong-opposition-to-144-146-mhz-reallocation-proposal-at-cept-meeting
131
44
Vintage video game cartridges with built-in modems
https://writing.markchristian.org/2019/06/29/communicating-cartridges/
120
5
Graphs and Geometry (2010) [pdf]
http://web.cs.elte.hu/~lovasz/bookxx/geomgraphbook/geombook2019.01.11.pdf
114
Cold-war-style suspicion of Chinese-American and Chinese academics
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3016267/chinese-scientists-guilty-researching-while
116
55
Smartphones and Dematerialization
https://www.wired.com/story/iphone-environment-consumption/
113
133
Open Letter to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard#Open_letter_to_the_WMF_Board
111
263
Microsoft explains the lack of Registry backups in Windows 10
https://www.ghacks.net/2019/06/29/microsoft-explains-the-lack-of-registry-backups-in-windows-10/
110
60
Pennsylvania Is First State to Use Automated System to Expunge Criminal Records
https://www.routefifty.com/public-safety/2019/06/pennsylvania-becomes-first-state-use-automated-system-expunge-criminal-records/158085/
76
Sysop Chat
http://www.bemmu.com/sysop-chat
108
61
Scientists are searching for a mirror universe
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/scientists-are-searching-mirror-universe-it-could-be-sitting-right-ncna1023206
190
Electric cars: New vehicles to emit noise to aid safety
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48815968
17
Rethinking the Commodore 64 Memory Map (2018)
http://www.c64os.com/post?p=57
102
117
Rising US Inequality: How We Got Here, Where We're Going
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/rising-us-inequality-how-we-got-here-where-were-going
101
39
Tightening up Privacy in Matrix
https://matrix.org/blog/2019/06/30/tightening-up-privacy-in-matrix
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