816
116
How to Understand Things
https://nabeelqu.co/understanding
5 years ago
537
1500
Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23803539
482
426
PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN
https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1282052801347100675
468
491
Linux kernel in-tree Rust support
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAKwvOdmuYc8rW_H4aQG4DsJzho=F+[email protected]/T/#u
404
124
CRDTs: The Hard Parts [video]
https://martin.kleppmann.com/2020/07/06/crdt-hard-parts-hydra.html
402
128
Show HN: Trail Router – generate running routes that prefer greenery and nature
https://trailrouter.com/
288
180
How much your computer can do in a second (2015)
http://computers-are-fast.github.io
279
31
Testing Firefox more efficiently with machine learning
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/07/testing-firefox-more-efficiently-with-machine-learning/
268
262
Scientists say you can cancel the noise but keep your window open
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/science/windows-street-noise.html
263
84
Announcing The Zig Software Foundation
https://ziglang.org/news/announcing-zig-software-foundation.html
206
148
Beware of Being “Right”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-entitlement/201401/beware-being-right
195
75
The battle to outlaw end-to-end encryption in the U.S. is heating up
https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/the-battle-to-outlaw-end-to-end-encryption-is-heating-up
189
96
PureDarwin – Darwin-based open source OS
https://github.com/PureDarwin/PureDarwin
155
Why are toys such a bad business?
https://diff.substack.com/p/why-are-toys-such-a-bad-business
173
217
Britain to give millions of HKers a path to citizenship
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3091404/britain-give-3-million-hongkongers-residency-rights-and-path
161
105
Researchers create air filter that can kill the coronavirus
https://uh.edu/news-events/stories/july-2020/07072020ren-coronavirus-filter.php
151
131
Ask HN: How can I quickly trim my AWS bill?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23798347
142
89
LinkedIn sued over allegation it secretly reads Apple users' clipboard content
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-linkedin-lawsuit/linkedin-sued-over-allegation-it-secretly-reads-apple-users-clipboard-content-idUSKBN24C010
141
39
Modes, Medians and Means: A Unifying Perspective (2013)
http://www.johnmyleswhite.com/notebook/2013/03/22/modes-medians-and-means-an-unifying-perspective/
136
77
Commander X16 8 bit computer now has its own website
https://www.commanderx16.com/
134
2
Linus Torvalds on 'Linux kernel in-tree Rust support'
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/10/1261
42
Migrating Away from Google Analytics
https://freshman.tech/google-analytics-to-plausible/
132
41
The Frink Is Good, the Unit Is Evil
https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/frink/
278
Should I buy an Intel Mac today or wait to buy an Arm-based Mac?
https://www.macrumors.com/guide/buy-or-wait-intel-apple-silicon-mac/
119
68
A Typology of Dumplings (2019)
https://borstell.github.io/dumplings.html
108
62
Scraping Isn't Hacking
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/themarkup/issues/scraping-isn-t-hacking-261438
106
88
A doctor who championed hand-washing and briefly saved lives (2015)
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives
36
An aerospace engineer explains fireworks
https://datagenetics.com/blog/july12020/index.html
102
74
Tell HN: 6.3% of HN top submissions in plain HTTP, more than half upgradable
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23802521
95
33
Tracking Pico Balloons Using Ham Radio [pdf]
http://www.harc.net/programs/wb8elk-balloon-tracking.pdf
93
40
Refined Hacker News
https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news#highlights
92
63
Show HN: HN Demetricator – An extension that removes upvote and comment counts
https://github.com/brian-yu/hn-demetricator
91
140
Soup.io Will Be Discontinued
https://kitchen.soup.io/post/696483222/The-sadest-news-in-the-soup-history
Scientists warn of potential wave of Covid-linked brain damage
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brains/scientists-warn-of-potential-wave-of-covid-linked-brain-damage-idUSKBN24837S
54
Aquarius builds an engine others only dreamed of
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-a-little-startup-that-could-aquarius-builds-an-engine-others-only-dreamed-of-1.8984355
87
10
Favorite Problems: A Practical Framework for Discovering Your Purpose
https://joebalcom.blog/2020/07/11/12-favorite-problems/
86
22
Comet streaking past Earth, providing spectacular show
https://phys.org/news/2020-07-comet-streaking-earth-spectacular.html
73
The Modern-Day Mind-Killer
https://www.keaganstokoe.com/post/the-modern-day-mind-killer
56
California sues Cisco alleging discrimination based on India’s caste system
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-07-02/california-sues-cisco-bias-indian-caste-system
83
17
Eigenquestions: The Art of Framing Problems
https://coda.io/@shishir/eigenquestions-the-art-of-framing-problems
80
153
The Rise of the “Liberaltarian”
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/rise-liberaltarian
79
67
Complete Guide to Buying Lumber (2015)
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/primer-on-lumber/
25
The illusion of control, and how to give it up
http://nautil.us/issue/87/risk/what-i-learned-from-losing-200-million-rp
78
A voice separation model that distinguishes multiple speakers simultaneously
https://ai.facebook.com/blog/a-new-state-of-the-art-voice-separation-model-that-distinguishes-multiple-speakers-simultaneously
19
Reflections on Trusting Trust (1984) [pdf]
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_ReflectionsonTrustingTrust.pdf
85
The world is drinking less coffee while office workers stay home
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/economy/the-world-is-drinking-less-coffee-while-office-workers-stay-home/ar-BB16BZzj
69
3
The only catfish native to the Western U.S. is running out of water
https://www.hcn.org/issues/52.7/fish-the-only-catfish-native-to-the-western-u-s-is-running-out-of-water
66
18
A long-lost perfume got a second life after 150 years underwater
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/shipwreck-perfume-bermuda-mary-celestia
Modes, Medians and Means: A Unifying Perspective (2013)