562
178
Fixing Mass Effect black blobs on modern AMD CPUs
https://cookieplmonster.github.io/2020/07/19/silentpatch-mass-effect/
6 years ago
543
281
The NBA bans customers from putting ‘freehongkong’ on customized league jerseys
https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1282731020647895043
478
465
Tired of note-taking apps
https://akkshaya.blog/2020/07/19/note-taking/
453
234
Giving GPT-3 a Turing Test
http://lacker.io/ai/2020/07/06/giving-gpt-3-a-turing-test.html
446
142
Worms Armageddon 3.8
https://worms2d.info/Worms_Armageddon_3.8_Features
433
289
Things Unexpectedly Named After People
https://notes.rolandcrosby.com/posts/unexpectedly-eponymous/
373
185
Insect-worn microcamera streams video to phone 120 meters away
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/uw-micro-camera
359
107
Low-Background Steel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel
317
135
Why OKRs might not work at your company
https://svpg.com/team-objectives-overview/
278
37
MIT OCW: Statistics for Applications (2016)
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-650-statistics-for-applications-fall-2016/lecture-slides/
275
227
Why it’s hard to kill the Bloomberg terminal (2019)
https://marker.medium.com/why-its-hard-to-kill-the-bloomberg-terminal-61073482e496
267
189
Tempering Expectations for GPT-3 and OpenAI’s API
https://minimaxir.com/2020/07/gpt3-expectations/
209
52
The Passport Payment (2000)
https://web.archive.org/web/20031002153020/http://www.doublewide.net/
198
156
All of us test in production all the time (2019)
https://increment.com/testing/i-test-in-production/
194
75
Pine64 announce the Pinecil, TS100 compatible RISC-V soldering iron
https://www.pine64.org/2020/07/15/july-updatepmos-ce-pre-orders-and-new-pinephone-version/
192
79
The Zen of Erlang (2016)
https://ferd.ca/the-zen-of-erlang.html
190
163
Why companies lose their best innovators (2019)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kmehta/2019/07/11/why-companies-lose-their-best-innovators/#72eade2032e1
171
54
Binary Search: A new implementation that is up to 25% faster
https://github.com/scandum/binary_search
159
102
Peter Thiel's New Man in the Defense Department
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/07/peter-thiels-new-man-defense-department/166851/
155
49
Clear explanation of Rust’s module system
http://www.sheshbabu.com/posts/rust-module-system/
147
203
Amazon’s UK FBA operations will be split from the EU
https://tamebay.com/2020/07/amazon-fba-brexit-bombshell-efn-and-pan-european-fba-ends-for-uk.html
146
80
The Next Phase of the Retail Apocalypse: Stores Reborn as E-Commerce Warehouses
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-next-phase-of-the-retail-apocalypse-stores-reborn-as-e-commerce-warehouses-11595044859
141
158
Coronavirus doctor's diary: Why are people remaining ill for so long?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-53368768
88
Bohr–van Leeuwen theorem – magnetism in solids is a quantum mechanical effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr%E2%80%93van_Leeuwen_theorem
136
28
Optimizing 128-bit Division
https://danlark.org/2020/06/14/128-bit-division/
132
Remdesivir will cost insurers $520 for a single vial. Production cost: 93 cents
https://theintercept.com/2020/07/01/coronavirus-treatment-drug-contracts-trump/
127
39
Show HN: Dendron – a roam like open source markdown note taking app
https://www.dendron.so/
120
The Many Methods of Communicating with Submarines
https://hackaday.com/2020/07/15/the-many-methods-of-communicating-with-submarines/
113
89
New Cobalt-free Li-ion battery reduces costs with similar design and performance
https://news.utexas.edu/2020/07/14/new-cobalt-free-lithium-ion-battery-reduces-costs-without-sacrificing-performance/
109
72
Study of over 1m people finds association between lifespan and blood iron levels
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17312-3
211
Why do U.S. coins seem to be in short supply?
https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/why-do-us-coins-seem-to-be-in-short-supply-coin-shortage.htm
100
27
Data-Transfer-Project
https://engineering.fb.com/security/data-transfer-project/
33
Building DIY LED strips for fun
https://a.wholelottanothing.org/2020/07/18/building-diy-led-strips-for-fun/
95
43
Fast Vue SSR with Rust and QuickJS
https://github.com/galvez/fast-vue-ssr
64
GitHub buries 21 TB open-source code in Arctic vault for 1k years
https://github.blog/2020-07-16-github-archive-program-the-journey-of-the-worlds-open-source-code-to-the-arctic/
85
69
Icelandair letting go its flight attendants and shifting their duties to pilots
https://www.businessinsider.com/icelandair-fire-all-flight-attendants-make-pilots-do-job-2020-7
83
15
In a first, UAE spacecraft blasts off to Mars from Japan
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/in-a-first-uae-spacecraft-blasts-off-to-mars-from-japan-20200720-p55djq.html
81
60
How Ruby on Rails Could Be Much Better (2008)
https://www.dreamhost.com/blog/how-ruby-on-rails-could-be-much-better/
76
23
How e-commerce platform Elliot fell back down to Earth
https://www.modernretail.co/startups/how-e-commerce-platform-elliot-fell-back-down-to-earth/
74
96
Shall the West Pass Too? Whispers from Fallen Civilisations
https://www.themetasophist.com/chapter/whispers-from-fallen-civilisations
26
Front End Interview Handbook
https://yangshun.github.io/front-end-interview-handbook/
The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy
https://marianamazzucato.com/publications/books/value-of-everything/
110
Does playing chess make you smarter? A look at the evidence
https://theconversation.com/does-playing-chess-make-you-smarter-a-look-at-the-evidence-76062
68
36
Spies in the Xerox Machine (1997)
https://electricalstrategies.com/about/in-the-news/spies-in-the-xerox-machine/
50
No-reply emails from businesses shouldn’t be allowed
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23890584
65
56
How to Gradually Exit Twitter
https://balajis.com/how-to-gradually-exit-twitter/