top 10 hacker news stories for 2020-03-03

SETI@home shuts down after 21 years

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/seti-home-search-for-alien-life-project-shuts-down-after-21-years/

6 years ago

1216 upvotes – 343 comments

What's so hard about PDF text extraction?

https://www.filingdb.com/pdf-text-extraction

6 years ago

733 upvotes – 342 comments

Simple Systems Have Less Downtime

https://www.gkogan.co/blog/simple-systems/?r=0

6 years ago

685 upvotes – 263 comments

Introduction to D3

https://observablehq.com/@mitvis/introduction-to-d3

6 years ago

599 upvotes – 92 comments

Reddit has become a guide to personal finance

https://qz.com/1707479/reddit-has-become-a-guide-to-personal-finance/

6 years ago

548 upvotes – 405 comments

What are the mysterious light sources on light pollution maps?

https://altairspace.com/2020/03/02/mysterious-light-sources/

6 years ago

519 upvotes – 142 comments

Revoking certain certificates on March 4

https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/revoking-certain-certificates-on-march-4/114864

6 years ago

364 upvotes – 155 comments

Fed cuts half point in emergency move amid spreading virus

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-03/fed-cuts-rates-half-point-in-emergency-move-amid-spreading-virus

6 years ago

364 upvotes – 481 comments

Mastercard investing in technology to identify commuters by gait, heartbeat

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mastercard-is-pioneering-new-payment-technology-that-identifies-commuters-by-the-way-they-walk-2020-02-14

6 years ago

331 upvotes – 157 comments

The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/22/808404928/listen-the-sound-of-the-hagia-sophia-more-than-500-years-ago

6 years ago

330 upvotes – 86 comments
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