1868
588
Google’s GDPR Workaround
https://brave.com/google-gdpr-workaround/
6 years ago
679
420
In a swipe at Chrome, Firefox now blocks ad trackers by default
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/firefox-browser-cookie-blocking-default
671
250
Human speech may have a universal transmission rate: 39 bits per second
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/human-speech-may-have-universal-transmission-rate-39-bits-second
649
165
A database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online
https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/04/facebook-phone-numbers-exposed/
608
323
Hong Kong leader to announce formal withdrawal of extradition bill
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3025641/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-announce-formal-withdrawal
479
132
Google, YouTube to Pay $170M Penalty over Collecting Kids' Personal Info
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/04/757441886/google-youtube-to-pay-170-million-penalty-over-collecting-kids-personal-info
452
94
Johns Hopkins Launches Center for Psychedelic Research
https://hub.jhu.edu/2019/09/04/hopkins-launches-psychedelic-center/
409
59
Regex Crossword
https://regexcrossword.com/
379
130
Crystalline nets harvest water from desert air, turn CO2 into liquid fuel
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/crystalline-nets-harvest-water-desert-air-turn-carbon-dioxide-liquid-fuel
359
317
Why Index Funds Are Like Subprime CDOs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-04/michael-burry-explains-why-index-funds-are-like-subprime-cdos
331
71
Upcoming Firefox update will decrease power usage on macOS by up to three times
https://www.zdnet.com/article/upcoming-firefox-update-will-decrease-power-usage-on-macos-by-up-to-three-times/
311
223
TypeScript vs. ReasonML
https://blog.dubenko.dev/typescript-vs-reason/
292
267
How do people learn to cook a poisonous plant safely?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48859333
269
56
Static TypeScript: A Static Compiler for the TypeScript Language
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/static-typescript/
140
Mental-health information 'sold to advertisers'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49578500
248
48
Rust in Large Organizations
https://gist.github.com/rylev/0e3c3895dcb40b6a1c1cf8c427c01b5e
245
124
What Is a Tech Company?
https://stratechery.com/2019/what-is-a-tech-company/
242
20
Creating a Magical Videobooth for a Wedding
https://www.jamesporter.me/2019/08/30/wedding-videobooth.html
241
133
WeWork CEO gives back $5.9M from 'We' trademark after criticism
https://www.businessinsider.com/wework-ceo-gives-back-millions-from-we-trademark-after-criticism-2019-9
235
10
Sally Floyd, who helped things run smoothly online, has died
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/science/sally-floyd-dead.html
233
Google accused of secretly feeding personal data to advertisers
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/google-accused-of-secretly-feeding-personal-data-to-advertisers-1.4007629
231
143
The effects of Portal 2 and Lumosity on cognitive and noncognitive skills
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131514001869
230
81
The more you use Facebook, the worse you feel (2017)
https://hbr.org/2017/04/a-new-more-rigorous-study-confirms-the-more-you-use-facebook-the-worse-you-feel
229
65
Linus’s rules on keeping Git history clean (2009)
https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg39091.html
227
102
Amazon AWS had a power failure, their backup generators failed
https://www.twitter.com/PragmaticAndy/status/1168916144121634818
178
When I Took My Zipcar Into the Wilderness
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/zipcar-into-the-wilderness/597217/
219
197
Whatever happened to Six Sigma?
https://qz.com/work/1635960/whatever-happened-to-six-sigma/
257
Camera sales are falling sharply
https://om.co/2019/09/03/camera-sales-are-falling-sharply/
215
176
Drone Bubble Bursts, Wiping Out Startups and Hammering VC Firms
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-30/drone-bubble-bursts-wiping-out-startups-and-hammering-vc-firms
204
98
Warning: Implicit Backdoor
https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/warning-implicit-backdoor
202
95
Solving Every Sudoku Puzzle (2006)
https://norvig.com/sudoku.html
201
172
DRM Broke Its Promise
https://locusmag.com/2019/09/cory-doctorow-drm-broke-its-promise/
195
50
Browser Fingerprinting: An Introduction and the Challenges Ahead
https://blog.torproject.org/browser-fingerprinting-introduction-and-challenges-ahead
186
41
Real-Time maps warn Hong Kong protesters of water cannons and riot police
https://qz.com/1700205/real-time-maps-warn-hong-kong-protesters-of-poliec/
171
72
Teardown of a Failed Linux LTS Spectre Fix
https://grsecurity.net/teardown_of_a_failed_linux_lts_spectre_fix.php
162
47
CircleCI Security Incident
https://support.circleci.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034852194-Security-Incident-on-8-31-2019-Details-and-FAQs-
152
Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on the 405
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-09-04/tesla-autopilot-is-found-partly-to-blame-for-2018-freeway-crash
147
135
How U.S. Banks Took Over the World
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-u-s-banks-took-over-the-world-11567589403?mod=rsswn
63
Debugging WebAssembly outside of the browser
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/09/debugging-webassembly-outside-of-the-browser/
138
31
Chinese people who show sympathy for HK protests risk getting doxxed by friends
https://qz.com/1696522/chinese-supporters-of-hong-kong-protests-face-doxxing/
136
64
Dear Search Guard Users
https://www.elastic.co/blog/dear-search-guard-users
123
22
Maesh, a Lightweight and Simpler Service Mesh
https://blog.containo.us/announcing-maesh-a-lightweight-and-simpler-service-mesh-made-by-the-traefik-team-cb866edc6f29
121
39
YC Office Hours for Startups Tackling Climate Issues
https://blog.ycombinator.com/office-hours-for-startups-tackling-climate-issues/
117
36
A 2019 Guide for Automatic Speech Recognition
https://heartbeat.fritz.ai/a-2019-guide-for-automatic-speech-recognition-f1e1129a141c
111
Neutralizing Tear Gas
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a28904691/how-tear-gas-works/
170
The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-baffling-legal-gray-zone-of-marijuana-at-the-airport-11567589405?mod=rsswn
103
Amazon’s Shipping Empire Is Challenging UPS and FedEx
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-amazons-shipping-empire-is-challenging-ups-and-fedex-11567071003?mod=rsswn
Show HN: fast visual-inertial odometry/SLAM for AR/VR/Robotics
https://github.com/ucla-vision/xivo
100
68
Report says Apple to release new ‘iPhone SE’ with 4.7-inch display in 2020
https://9to5mac.com/2019/09/04/cheaper-smaller-iphone-spring/?__twitter_impression=true
99
Kleroterion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleroterion
Metaphysics and JavaScript
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PUvpXMBEDS45rd0wHu6tF3j_8wmGC6cOLtOw2hzU-mw/preview?slide=id.p
92
27
Man jailed for criticizing court system
https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/macomb-county/grieving-dad-jailed-for-repeatedly-criticizing-court-system-in-macomb-county
Sally Floyd, who helped things run smoothly online, has died