top 20 hacker news stories for 2020-03-27

Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act

https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2020/03/27/zoom/

6 years ago

The Hardest Program I've Ever Written – How a code formatter works (2015)

http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2015/09/08/the-hardest-program-ive-ever-written/

6 years ago

Mycroft – An open-source voice assistant

https://mycroft.ai/

6 years ago

How are Unix pipes implemented?

https://toroid.org/unix-pipe-implementation

6 years ago

Coyotes are being seen on the empty streets of San Francisco

https://www.sfgate.com/living-in-sf/article/Coyotes-are-being-seen-on-the-empty-streets-15159105.php

6 years ago

Singapore to Open Source Bluetooth Contact Tracing

https://bluetrace.io

6 years ago

Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

http://darlinghq.org/

6 years ago

Show HN: Introvert – Generative artwork to keep you off your phone

https://iamintrovert.co

6 years ago

God be with you till we meet again (1918)

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2020/03/god-be-with-you-till-we-meet-again.html

6 years ago

Bird lays off hundreds via Zoom call

https://twitter.com/mjnblack/status/1243641637420453889

6 years ago

The New York Times Releases Its Dataset of U.S. Confirmed Coronavirus Cases

https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-releases-its-dataset-of-u-s-confirmed-coronavirus-cases/

6 years ago

Apple releases new Covid-19 app and website based on CDC guidance

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/03/apple-releases-new-covid-19-app-and-website-based-on-CDC-guidance/

6 years ago

Talkyard: Open-Source forum software – a StackOverflow, Reddit, Disqus hybrid

https://github.com/debiki/talkyard

6 years ago

★ 1.8k TypeScript AGPL-3.0

Sony spins off camera business into separate company

https://petapixel.com/2020/03/26/sony-spins-off-camera-business-into-separate-company/

6 years ago

Instacart’s gig workers are planning a nationwide strike

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4agmvd/instacarts-gig-workers-are-planning-a-massive-nationwide-strike

6 years ago

Was corporate profit growth a bubble inflated by "financial engineering"?

https://www.openpolitics.com/2020/03/14/was-corporate-profit-growth-inflated-by-financial-engineering/

6 years ago

Ask HN: Is HN a ‘healthy online community’? I’m doing a case study for a class

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22704051

6 years ago

The theory of infectious origin of the Alzheimer’s disease

https://padiracinnovation.org/News/2020/03/the-theory-of-infectious-origin-of-the-alzheimers-disease

6 years ago

Is there any code in Firefox (as of 2020) that comes from Netscape Navigator?

https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/14229/is-there-any-code-in-firefox-as-of-2020-that-comes-from-netscape-navigator

6 years ago

How South Korea Reined In The Outbreak Without Shutting Everything Down

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/26/821688981/how-south-korea-reigned-in-the-outbreak-without-shutting-everything-down

6 years ago