2229
543
Oppose the Earn IT Act
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/oppose-earn-it-act/
5 years ago
824
488
DuckDuckGo browser seemingly sends domains a user visits to DDG servers
https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/issues/527
597
229
Apple Lightning
https://nyansatan.github.io/lightning/
422
677
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23702122
392
147
Fighter pilot breaks down every button in an F-15 cockpit [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zikI2fazPLo
386
28
Lights and Shadows
https://ciechanow.ski/lights-and-shadows/
385
93
Intuitive Guide to Maxwell's Equations
https://github.com/photonlines/Intuitive-Guide-to-Maxwells-Equations
365
199
A researcher on how to live a happy life
http://www.ox.ac.uk/research/research-in-conversation/how-live-happy-life/michael-plant
362
277
A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts
https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-is-the-mystery-shopper-leaving-behind-all-those-online-shopping-carts-11593617464
358
592
California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on Indian employee's caste
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cisco-lawsuit/california-accuses-cisco-of-job-discrimination-based-on-indian-employees-caste-idUSKBN2423YE
354
144
Not a Wheelchair [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuMg0QwKAGI
353
377
Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53246899
349
508
How the 2021 Ford F-150's onboard generator works
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/car-technology/a32970167/f-150-generator-pro-power-onboard/
337
223
Invasive, secretive “bossware” tracking workers
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/inside-invasive-secretive-bossware-tracking-workers
302
226
Kongregate closed to new games, shutting down forums and chat
https://www.kongregate.com/forums/1-kongregate/topics/1916387-important-kongregate-announcement
217
Apple forcing app developers to implement auto-billing after free trial
https://old.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/hj57fv/apple_forcing_app_developers_to_implement/
301
161
Moldova Shuts Down Bootleg Helicopter Factory
https://balkaninsight.com/2020/06/30/moldova-shuts-down-bootleg-helicopter-factory/
296
339
Hazard pay in focus as essential workers earn less than the jobless
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/882957793/when-essential-workers-earn-less-than-the-jobless-we-put-the-country-on-our-back
280
399
San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/01/san-francisco-one-bedroom-rent-price-drops-11point8percent-in-june-zumper.html
279
33
The Whimsical Website Club
https://whimsical.club/
245
122
Show HN: Coding Career Handbook
https://www.learninpublic.org/?from=Hacker%20News
238
58
Comparing how different devices display the SSID “á̶̛̛̓̿̈͐͆̐̇̒̑̈́͘͝aaa”
https://hamptonmoore.com/posts/weird-wifi-name-display/
236
177
Raspberry Pi 4 PCIe bridge “chip”
https://blog.zakkemble.net/rpi4-pci-express-bridge-chip/
232
128
What is the core of the Python programming language?
https://snarky.ca/what-is-the-core-of-the-python-programming-language/
230
Web Dark Ages
https://pavellaptev.github.io/web-dark-ages/
193
Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983 (2017)
https://twitter.com/gravislizard/status/927593460642615296
214
213
Turkey determined to control social media platforms, Erdogan says
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-turkey-security-socialmedia/turkey-determined-to-control-social-media-platforms-erdogan-says-idUKKBN2425Y4
209
109
Deconstructing Pinterest’s reverse-image-search SEO growth hack
https://www.rankscience.com/blog/pinterest-image-seo-growth-hack
202
81
Entr: Rerun your build when files change
https://jvns.ca/blog/2020/06/28/entr/
198
118
Japan auto companies triple Mexican pay rather than move to US
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Japan-auto-companies-triple-Mexican-pay-rather-than-move-to-US
164
Norwegian Air cancels order for 97 Boeing aircraft, sues Boeing
https://airlinegeeks.com/2020/06/30/norwegian-air-cancels-order-for-97-boeing-aircraft-sues-boeing/
188
250
The percentage of Americans who are employed has fallen from 61 to 51
https://www.axios.com/half-us-population-unemployed-341ba30c-777e-4ba2-bccf-d2274b2770f0.html
168
What It’s Like to Report on Facebook
https://www.cjr.org/special_report/reporting-on-facebook.php
165
11
Show HN: Pygooglenews – Python library for advanced Google News data mining
https://github.com/kotartemiy/pygooglenews
66
Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names (Part II)
https://decentdrops.com
155
The caretakers of Sealand, the most stubborn micronation
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/caretakers-of-sealand
152
116
USA buys up world stock of remdesivir
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/30/us-buys-up-world-stock-of-key-covid-19-drug
151
100
German stock trading platform Xetra down, all securities affected
https://thestarphoenix.com/pmn/business-pmn/german-stock-trading-platform-xetra-down-all-securities-affected/
42
Multiple service providers are blocking DuckDuckGo in India
https://thenextweb.com/in/2020/07/01/multiple-service-providers-are-blocking-duckduckgo-in-india/
Ray Tracing in Nim
https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/06/30/ray-tracing-in-nim.html
146
40
The gap between learning code and producing usable software
https://yassine.substack.com/p/the-gap-between-learning-code-and
142
158
Tell candidates what to expect from your job interviews
https://jvns.ca/blog/2020/06/30/tell-candidates-what-to-expect-from-your-job-interviews/
140
Cirque Du Soleil Files for Bankruptcy Protection
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cirque-du-soleil-files-for-bankruptcy-protection-in-canada-11593455498
138
59
How to list all the targets on a Makefile
https://diamantidis.github.io/tips/2020/07/01/list-makefile-targets
Magic hat leaves behind a transformed craft beer industry in Vermont
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/magic-hat-leaves-behind-a-transformed-craft-beer-industry-in-vermont/Content?oid=30705701
25
Taking over Azure DevOps accounts with one click
https://blog.assetnote.io/2020/06/28/subdomain-takeover-to-account-takeover/
114
Launch HN: PostEra (YC W20) Medicinal Chemistry-as-a-Service and Covid Moonshot
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23700275
110
13
Show HN: Delightfully animated, bite-sized knowledge
http://www.brainfoodapp.co
107
Ask HN: What kind of ideas are not VC-backable but should exist in the future?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23697840
104
278
Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23702120
102
39
Hundreds of Botswana elephants dead in mysterious mass die-off
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/01/more-than-350-elephants-dead-in-mysterious-mass-die-off-botswana-aoe
14
Studies in Intelligence [pdf]
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol-64-no-1/pdfs/Studies-64-1-March-2020-UnclassifiedExtracts.pdf
101
52
Substack has spawned a new class of newsletter entrepreneurs
https://digiday.com/media/how-substack-has-spawned-a-new-class-of-newsletter-entrepreneurs/
10
Museum of Digital Art forced to close its doors
https://muda.co/closing/
121
The world of cheap produce and its consequences
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/cheap-food-consequences-bee-wilson-book-review/
97
126
No More Coffee
https://jayriverlong.github.io/2020/06/30/coffee.html
95
24
Local area network push notifications
https://thomask.sdf.org/blog/2020/07/01/local-area-network-push-notifications.html
92
46
Classic ThinkPad Thermal Paste Change
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2020/06/30/classic-thinkpad-thermal-paste-change/
91
Who Needs an Architect? (2003) [pdf]
https://martinfowler.com/ieeeSoftware/whoNeedsArchitect.pdf
16
A man who saved a generation of premature babies (2016)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36321692
90
45
Phrases that incorrectly trigger Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/uncovered-1000-phrases-that-incorrectly-trigger-alexa-siri-and-google-assistant/
Turkey determined to control social media platforms, Erdogan says