top 20 hacker news stories for 2020-07-04

Where Am I? NYTimes or Google?

https://theinternetbytes.com/2020/07/03/where-am-i/

5 years ago

1130 upvotes – 355 comments

Websites that look like desktop GUIs

https://simone.computer/#/webdesktops

5 years ago

981 upvotes – 183 comments

De-escalating social media conflict

https://nickpunt.com/blog/deescalating-social-media/

5 years ago

583 upvotes – 335 comments

Show HN: USA.css – units set in inches, 1776 bytes

https://bennettfeely.com/usacss/

5 years ago

457 upvotes – 180 comments

A look at the Gemini protocol: a brutally simple alternative to the web

https://toffelblog.xyz/blog/gemini-overview/

5 years ago

415 upvotes – 347 comments

Ask HN: What weird or hard problems are you trying to solve?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23735676

5 years ago

361 upvotes – 812 comments

Repairing your smartphone or installing a ROM will now be a crime in Mexico

https://www.xataka.com.mx/legislacion-y-derechos/reparar-tu-smartphone-instalarle-rom-sera-delito-mexico-nueva-ley-que-proteje-candados-digitales-explicada

5 years ago

350 upvotes – 110 comments

The Fourth of July

https://www.popehat.com/2020/07/04/the-fourth-of-july-rerun/

5 years ago

329 upvotes – 300 comments

A ‘viral’ new bird song in Canada is causing sparrows to change their tune

https://gizmodo.com/a-viral-new-bird-song-in-canada-is-causing-sparrows-t-1844245103

5 years ago

291 upvotes – 93 comments

Scuba diver accidentally discovers prehistoric industrial complex in Mexico

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/a-canadian-scuba-diver-in-mexico-accidentally-discovers-a-vast-prehistoric-industrial-complex

5 years ago

249 upvotes – 85 comments

From context collapse to content collapse

http://www.roughtype.com/?p=8724

5 years ago

224 upvotes – 109 comments

After many false starts, hydrogen power might now bear fruit

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/07/04/after-many-false-starts-hydrogen-power-might-now-bear-fruit

5 years ago

211 upvotes – 330 comments

Invention of satanic witchcraft by medieval authorities was met with skepticism

https://theconversation.com/the-invention-of-satanic-witchcraft-by-medieval-authorities-was-initially-met-with-skepticism-140809

5 years ago

179 upvotes – 202 comments

Scaling Linux Services: Before accepting connections

https://theojulienne.io/2020/07/03/scaling-linux-services-before-accepting-connections.html

5 years ago

175 upvotes – 29 comments

Back to old tricks, or, baby steps in Rust

https://donsbot.wordpress.com/2020/07/04/back-to-old-tricks-or-baby-steps-in-rust/

5 years ago

173 upvotes – 54 comments

Gitqlite: Query Git Repositories with SQL

https://github.com/augmentable-dev/gitqlite

5 years ago

166 upvotes – 36 comments

MaXX Interactive Desktop: A Re-Implementation of the IRIX Interactive Desktop

https://maxxinteractive.com/

5 years ago

166 upvotes – 132 comments

SSH Emergency Access

https://smallstep.com/blog/ssh-emergency-access/

5 years ago

165 upvotes – 72 comments

Lisp Badge: A single-board computer that you can program in uLisp

http://www.ulisp.com/show?2L0C

5 years ago

162 upvotes – 25 comments

Tinc – A Virtual Private Network (VPN) Daemon

http://tinc-vpn.org/

5 years ago

158 upvotes – 51 comments
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