411
228
Google, Xiaomi, and Huawei affected by zero-day flaw that unlocks root access
https://thenextweb.com/security/2019/10/04/google-xiaomi-and-huawei-devices-affected-by-zero-day-flaw-that-unlocks-root-access/
6 years ago
393
102
Sqlite 3.30.0
https://www.sqlite.org/changes.html
386
232
An Antique Toaster That's Better Than Today’s [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y
382
71
Galactic Algorithm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_algorithm
280
165
Why Japan lost its comparative advantage in producing electronic parts
https://voxeu.org/article/why-japan-lost-its-comparative-advantage-producing-electronic-parts-and-components
244
202
Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21167689
69
Walkability a key factor determining upward mobility of a city's residents
https://www.bipartisanalliance.com/2019/10/we-identified-walkability-of-city-how.html
229
121
Project MKUltra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra
227
32
3D animation with sound in 64 bytes of assembler
https://old.reddit.com/r/tinycode/comments/d4kdco/3d_animation_with_sound_in_64_bytes_of_assembler/
214
15
Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science
https://introtcs.org/public/index.html
213
52
Measuring actual learning versus feeling of learning
https://www.pnas.org/content/116/39/19251
212
72
Avoid Working Alone
https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com/2019/06/24/avoid-working-alone/
203
65
The Wave that changed the world (2017)
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2017/03/17/the-wave-that-changed-history
350
Thoughts on Cocoa
https://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2019/Oct/msg00004.html
195
92
Tesla Acquires Canadian Battery Specialist, Hibar Systems
https://electricautonomy.ca/2019/10/04/tesla-acquires-canadian-battery-specialist-hibar-systems/
160
50
V8: Workaround for Intel Gemini Lake Processor Bug
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/v8/v8/+/1803775
156
34
Deep Learning: Our Miraculous Year 1990-1991
http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/deep-learning-miraculous-year-1990-1991.html
151
188
Over twenty percent of cable TV bills are bogus fees, study says
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmjqa5/24-of-your-cable-tv-bill-is-just-bogus-fees-study-says
138
48
Principal Component Analysis
http://www.oranlooney.com/post/ml-from-scratch-part-6-pca/
135
126
How Much Money Do Parking Lots Make?
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/how-much-money-do-parking-lots-actually-make
281
The GM strike is really about the switch to electric cars
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/guid/3870F370-E6CB-11E9-83E6-1366F1C3851C
131
30
Unit 731
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
127
96
RISC V: A new blueprint for microprocessors challenges the industry’s giants
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/10/03/a-new-blueprint-for-microprocessors-challenges-the-industrys-giants
73
Quantum computers: amazing progress, but probably false supremacy claims
https://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2019/09/23/quantum-computers-amazing-progress-google-ibm-and-extraordinary-but-probably-false-supremacy-claims-google/
124
31
Three Big Things: Important forces shaping the world
https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/three-big-things-the-most-important-forces-shaping-the-world/
123
51
Fab in India: India is trying to create an indigenous chip-making industry
https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/10/03/india-is-trying-to-create-an-indigenous-chip-making-industry
118
67
E*Trade Announces $0 Base Commissions for Online Stock, ETF, and Options Trades
https://about.etrade.com/newsroom/press-releases/article?qmodStoryID=5545607436705191
114
61
Show HN: Transform Data Without Programming
https://www.easydatatransform.com
110
Under-Investigated Fields
https://matthewmcateer.me/blog/under-investigated-fields/
109
66
Attorneys say Elizabeth Holmes isn’t paying them
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/03/theranos-disgraced-founder-elizabeth-holmes-cant-pay-lawyers-lawyers-claim/
107
40
What's Coming in Go 1.14 [slides]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HfIwlVTmVWQk94OLKfTGvXpQxyp0U4ywG1u5j2tjiuE/mobilepresent?slide=id.g550f852d27_228_0
105
2
Small Clojure Interpreter
https://npmjs.com/package/@borkdude/sci
97
13
Scientists implant "memories" into bird brains to teach them songs
https://newatlas.com/biology/implant-memories-bird-brains-teach-songs/
94
Startup options are better than they look (2017)
https://www.benkuhn.net/optopt
22
Taiwan flag emoji disappears from latest Apple iPhone keyboard
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/10/05/taiwan-flag-emoji-disappears-latest-apple-iphone-keyboard/
90
20
Physically fit young adults have healthier white matter in their brains
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/well/move/being-young-active-and-physically-fit-may-be-very-good-for-your-brain.html
11
Show HN: Easy Serverless GraphQL APIs with Serverless Framework AppSync
https://github.com/serverless-components/aws-app-sync
85
28
A Sociology of Steve Jobs (2011)
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2011/10/10/a-sociology-of-steve-jobs/
84
10
The End of Guinea Worm Was Just Around the Corner. Not Anymore
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/10/04/767177987/the-end-of-guinea-worm-was-just-around-the-corner-not-anymore
83
60
Monty Python at 50
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/04/monty-python-at-50-a-half-century-of-silly-walks-edible-props-and-dead-parrots
79
7
A Separate Kind of Intelligence
https://www.edge.org/conversation/alison_gopnik-a-separate-kind-of-intelligence
76
Traveling Wave Reactor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_wave_reactor
45
Tesla Is Changing the Used Car Game
https://www.capitalone.com/cars/learn/finding-the-right-car/the-tesla-effect-how-tesla-is-changing-the-used-car-game/1096
Google, Xiaomi, and Huawei affected by zero-day flaw that unlocks root access