721
447
Kosmonaut: web browser from scratch in Rust
https://github.com/twilco/kosmonaut
6 years ago
662
403
Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy Is Killing You
https://medium.com/@steve.yegge/dear-google-cloud-your-deprecation-policy-is-killing-you-ee7525dc05dc
478
303
Arm co-founder: Sale to Nvidia would be a disaster
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53637463
459
180
To the future occupants of my office at the MIT Media Lab
http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2020/08/15/to-the-future-occupants-of-my-office-at-the-mit-media-lab/
455
204
A guide to learning algorithms through LeetCode
https://github.com/labuladong/fucking-algorithm/tree/english
426
48
Amazon's ML University is making its online courses available to the public
https://www.amazon.science/latest-news/machine-learning-course-free-online-from-amazon-machine-learning-university
421
345
Ghost.org deleted my website
https://postapathy.substack.com/p/i-was-building-a-new-website-for
404
394
Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
https://civilityandtruth.com/2020/08/13/mozillas-uncertain-future/
366
104
Fungus at Chernobyl absorbs nuclear radiation via radiosynthesis
https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/videos/chernobyl-fungus-eats-nuclear-radiation-via-radiosynthesis-338464
356
128
Using machine learning to recreate photorealistic portraits of Roman Emperors
https://voshart.com/ROMAN-EMPEROR-PROJECT
346
272
The best way to exercise self-control is not to exercise it at all
https://psyche.co/ideas/the-best-way-to-exercise-self-control-is-not-to-exercise-it-at-all
338
147
MicroPython
https://micropython.org/
326
42
Write Your Own Virtual Machine
https://justinmeiners.github.io/lc3-vm/
313
54
Isoflow – Infrastructure Diagrams
https://isoflow.io/
302
156
Oh Shit, Git?
https://ohshitgit.com/
290
186
Fastest star ever seen is moving at 8% the speed of light
https://phys.org/news/2020-08-fastest-star.html
287
112
NTFS read-write GPL kernel driver
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
262
98
SEC Enforcement of Insider Trading Dropped to Lowest Point in Decades
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/14/901862355/under-trump-sec-enforcement-of-insider-trading-dropped-to-lowest-point-in-decade
260
118
Buying a single character domain – and 3 character FQDN – for £15
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/08/buying-a-single-character-domain-and-3-character-fqdn-for-15/
245
315
Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-diverse individuals
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17794-1
113
The brilliance of All Gas No Brakes
https://bigtechnology.substack.com/p/the-brilliance-of-all-gas-no-brakes
233
236
Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-arctic-idUSKCN25A2X3
229
255
Ask HN: Anyone a social entrepreneur, i.e. placing social impact above profit?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24168902
222
Instagram faces $500B in fines alleging it harvested biometric data
https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-facing-500-billion-in-fines-in-facial-recognition-lawsuit-2020-8
195
177
Not everyone needs 8 hours of sleep: new research
https://time.com/5876614/circadian-rhythm-study/
117
India announces plan to connect 600k villages with optical fiber in 1000 days
https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/independece-day-2020-speech-next-1000-days-6-lakh-villages-optical-fibre-pm-modi-6555511/
176
30
Using Askgit – A SQL interface to your Git repository
https://willschenk.com/articles/2020/using_askgit/
175
53
XCSSET Mac Malware infects Xcode projects, performs UXSS attack on browsers
https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/xcsset-mac-malware-infects-xcode-projects-performs-uxss-attack-on-safari-other-browsers-leverages-zero-day-exploits/
168
74
Paul Rand's NeXT Logo (2010)
https://www.logodesignlove.com/next-logo-paul-rand
164
86
The BEAM Has Spoiled Me
https://gvaughn.github.io/2020/08/08/beam_spoiled_me.html
Saliva-based Covid-19 test approved by FDA
https://news.yale.edu/2020/08/15/yales-rapid-covid-19-saliva-test-receives-fda-emergency-use-authorization
160
59
J Notation as a Tool of Thought
https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/j-notation/
46
Scribd acquires SlideShare from LinkedIn
https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/11/scribd-acquires-slideshare/
158
We are a spectrum of jobs, not just one
http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2020/08/14/jobs/
157
38
How the 8086 processor handles power and clock internally
http://www.righto.com/2020/08/how-8086-processor-handles-power-and.html
151
35
Dashboard for tracking insider trading at S&P 500 companies
https://www.quiverquant.com/sources/insidertrading?hn=2
143
31
LFE: Lisp Flavored Erlang
https://lfe.io/books/tutorial/index.html
142
Psychedelic drugs reduce depressive symptoms by helping people accept emotions
https://www.psypost.org/2020/08/psychedelic-drugs-reduce-depressive-symptoms-by-helping-individuals-to-accept-of-their-emotions-study-suggests-57654
135
77
The Baltic states are reconfiguring their electric grids
https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/08/15/why-the-baltic-states-are-reconfiguring-their-electric-grids
133
7
The Illustrated TLS Connection
https://tls.ulfheim.net/
131
US plans to produce ‘Iberian’ ham in Texas and Georgia
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/15/fury-in-spain-at-us-plans-to-produce-iberian-ham-in-texas-and-georgia
130
17
Russell Kirsch, inventor of the pixel, has died
https://petapixel.com/2020/08/13/russell-kirsch-inventor-of-the-pixel-passed-away-this-week/
125
237
California issues first rolling blackouts since 2001
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/15/902781690/california-issues-first-rolling-blackouts-since-2001-as-heat-wave-bakes-western-
119
My One Day at Recurse Center
http://cadlag.org/posts/on-showing-up-to-school-in-your-underwear.html
136
Ordeal by Title IX
https://quillette.com/2020/08/13/ordeal-by-title-ix/
111
73
Brain Oriented Programming
https://tobeva.com/articles/brain-oriented-programming/
79
Opus Audio Codec – FAQ
https://wiki.xiph.org/index.php?title=OpusFAQ
109
50
ATM Hackers Have Picked Up Some Clever New Tricks
https://www.wired.com/story/atm-hackers-jackpotting-remote-malware/
25
Types as axioms, or: playing god with static types
https://lexi-lambda.github.io/blog/2020/08/13/types-as-axioms-or-playing-god-with-static-types/
107
47
Connecting a Macintosh SE to the Internet with a Raspberry Pi
https://metalbabble.wordpress.com/2020/02/08/the-final-frontier-connecting-a-macintosh-se-to-the-internet-with-a-raspberry-pi/
102
23
MiniFB: Small cross platform library to create framebuffer to draw pixels in
https://github.com/emoon/minifb
100
Using an old BlackBerry as a portable SSH or Telnet terminal
https://rqsall.com/posts/using-an-old-blackberry-as-a-portable-ssh-terminal
97
16
Mystery of superior Leeuwenhoek microscope solved after 350 years (2018)
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-mystery-superior-leeuwenhoek-microscope-years.html
95
76
It’s strange what people put up with in C#
https://gist.github.com/dsyme/32de0d1bb0799ca438477c34205c3531
93
80
OpenVMS on x86
https://vmssoftware.com/updates/state-of-the-port/
90
Study: Cheap gas, not renewables, caused nuclear woes (2018)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/mit-cheap-gas-not-renewables-caused-nuclear-woes/514310/
88
66
The Mozilla Manifesto
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/
