870
223
VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary jam happening now
http://distractionware.com/blog/2020/01/vvvvvv-is-now-open-source/
6 years ago
867
371
SMS is not 2FA-secure
https://www.issms2fasecure.com/
646
239
The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019)
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/02/19/the-unstoppable-rise-of-sci-hub-how-does-a-new-generation-of-researchers-perceive-sci-hub/
466
76
A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography
https://crypto.stanford.edu/~dabo/cryptobook/
428
233
I almost sold Baremetrics for $5M
https://baremetrics.com/blog/i-almost-sold-baremetrics-for-5m?ck_subscriber_id=1673362
407
49
Ask HN: Are there any openly available software architecture documents?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22011743
380
236
Boeing employees mocked FAA in internal messages before 737 Max disasters
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/09/795123158/boeing-employees-mocked-faa-in-internal-messages-before-737-max-disasters
352
242
Facebook's PR feels broken
https://themargins.substack.com/p/facebooks-pr-feels-broken
345
283
Alphabet’s Chief Legal Officer Stepping Down Amid Investigation
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/technology/david-drummond-google.html
336
181
War Is a Racket (1933)
https://www.wanttoknow.info/warisaracket
273
139
Benchmarking DNS response times of TLDs
https://bunnycdn.com/blog/is-your-fancy-new-domain-hurting-your-performance-gtld-benchmark/
272
I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Why I Left
https://write.as/dsf4khx3r1m1208f.md
266
333
Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs
http://news.mit.edu/2020/faq-fact-finding-report-jeffrey-epstein-0110
262
141
The Unison language
https://www.unisonweb.org/
261
Did you ever need to run a piece of C# code on Windows 3.11?
https://twitter.com/MStrehovsky/status/1215331352352034818
249
287
Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-10/women-stand-out-in-otherwise-middling-u-s-december-jobs-report
229
81
Towards a Rust Foundation
http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2020/01/09/towards-a-rust-foundation/
85
Vermont’s DMV has been selling personal data to private companies since 2004
https://vtdigger.org/2019/11/25/how-vermonts-dmv-makes-millions-selling-personal-information/
119
Tanka: Our way of deploying to Kubernetes
https://grafana.com/blog/2020/01/09/introducing-tanka-our-way-of-deploying-to-kubernetes/
215
68
Mozilla says a new Firefox security bug is under active attack
https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/10/firefox-security-bug-zero-day/
178
34
Rush Drummer Neil Peart Dead at 67
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-peart-rush-obituary-936221/
169
88
The Disturbing Power of Information Pollution
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/disturbing-power-of-information-pollution/
160
117
'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/10/795169417/enormous-mega-fire-in-australia-engulfs-1-5-million-acres
159
55
Show HN: Screentop.gg – a platform for tabletop games
https://screentop.gg
67
Amiga Java
http://www.mikekohn.net/micro/amiga_java.php
153
191
A fitness watch that measures blood pressure
https://omronhealthcare.com/products/heartguide-wearable-blood-pressure-monitor-bp8000m/
152
26
Milvus – An Open-Source Vector Similarity Search Engine
https://milvus.io/
59
Three New Longevity Startups
https://www.leafscience.org/three-groundbreaking-longevity-startups/
146
Unremovable malware found preinstalled on low-end smartphone sold in the US
https://www.zdnet.com/article/unremovable-malware-found-preinstalled-on-low-end-smartphone-sold-in-the-us/
44
Boeing docs show staffers discussing ways to manipulate regulators on 737 Max
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/internal-boeing-documents-show-employees-discussing-efforts-to-mani/2020/01/09/83a0c6ec-334f-11ea-91fd-82d4e04a3fac_story.html
11
Age-Partitioned Bloom Filters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.03147
48
African grey parrots spontaneously 'lend a wing'
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/cp-agp010220.php
137
40
Database containing details of 56M US residents found on the public internet
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/09/checkpeoplecom_data_exposed/
133
158
Casper Sleep S-1
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598674/000104746920000166/a2240404zs-1.htm
132
307
Uber stops upfront ride pricing in response to California worker law
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-california/uber-stops-upfront-ride-pricing-in-response-to-california-worker-law-idUSKBN1Z731Z
122
36
Home in Nix – dotfile management
https://hugoreeves.com/posts/2019/nix-home/
118
127
ngn/k, an AGPL K interpreter
https://bitbucket.org/ngn/k/
113
277
Why we've never fallen in love with virtual reality
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50265414
109
171
Mazda made its first EV artificially slower 'to feel more like a gas car'
https://electrek.co/2020/01/10/mazda-electric-car-artificially-slower-to-feel-like-gas-car/
107
105
Confessions of a lotus-eater
https://tjcx.me/posts/confessions-lotus-eater/
65
T1: A Modern Programming Language for Constrained Environments
https://t1lang.github.io/
104
FAANG hiring managers share how to answer behavioral interview questions
https://www.beseen.com/blog/talent/faang-managers-answer-interview-questions/
98
24
Some aspects of memory get better as we age
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/opinion/sunday/age-memory.html
Why should bottlepy stick to a file?
https://github.com/bottlepy/bottle/issues/1158
92
60
Uber to quit Colombia after judge says it doesn’t compete fairly
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-10/uber-to-quit-colombia-after-judge-says-it-doesn-t-compete-fairly
91
174
In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/09/silicon-valley-some-men-say-cosmetic-procedures-are-essential-career/
90
What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops?
https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2019/10/23/what-is-wrong-with-all-those-aarch64-desktops/
5
Synopsis – Open-Source Computational Cinematography
https://synopsis.video/
Effect of Weight Loss on Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The Importance of Tongue Fat
https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/rccm.201903-0692OC