699
257
Persisting as a solo founder
https://vishnu.tech/posts/persistence/
6 years ago
406
364
US Border Patrol says they can create central repository of traveler emails
https://viewfromthewing.com/us-border-patrol-says-they-can-create-central-repository-of-traveler-emails-keep-them-for-75-years/
332
402
Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/ketamine-injected-arrests-draws-scrutiny-72542386
322
205
Never run ‘python’ in your downloads folder
https://glyph.twistedmatrix.com/2020/08/never-run-python-in-your-downloads-folder.html
252
90
Simultaneous AP and Client Mode Wi-Fi on Raspberry Pi Zero W
https://github.com/lukicdarkoo/rpi-wifi
241
201
Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-stoked-washingtons-fears-about-tiktok-11598223133
231
80
Show HN: Using Rust to write shell-script like tasks
https://github.com/rust-shell-script/rust_cmd_lib
218
223
Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production of crops and power
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aenm.202001189
216
15
Build Your Own FPGA (2012)
http://blog.notdot.net/2012/10/Build-your-own-FPGA
207
57
Bare Metal Rust Generics
https://www.ecorax.net/as-above-so-below-1/
203
149
Paragon submits 27k-line NTFS driver to Linux kernel
https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/18/paragon_tries_to_contribute_ntfs/
196
125
Finding vulnerable Twitter accounts with expired domains
https://zainamro.com/hacks/finding-vulnerable-twitter-accounts
191
94
YTS torrent tracker part of new anti-piracy scheme
https://torrentfreak.com/yts-torrent-giant-is-part-of-a-bizarre-brand-new-anti-piracy-scheme-200823/
187
131
Apple takes Prepear logo trademark fight to Canada
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/22/apple-takes-prepear-logo-trademark-fight-to-canada
182
How to Leave Work at Work
https://hbr.org/2020/02/how-to-leave-work-at-work
167
153
The demise of the second-hand bookshop
https://thecritic.co.uk/the-demise-of-the-second-hand-bookshop/
162
127
Facebook is pressuring its independent fact-checkers to change their rulings
https://www.fastcompany.com/90538655/facebook-is-quietly-pressuring-its-independent-fact-checkers-to-change-their-rulings
46
Songwhip – Share a music link to every platform
https://songwhip.com
150
157
Chrome, Firefox extension that blocks NSFW images using TensorFlow JS
https://github.com/nsfw-filter/nsfw-filter
141
85
PHP Built-In Web Server
https://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php
156
Solar panels are starting to die, leaving behind toxic trash
https://www.wired.com/story/solar-panels-are-starting-to-die-leaving-behind-toxic-trash/
139
69
The French Army Is Building Renaissance-Style Fortresses in Africa
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/35863/the-french-army-is-building-renaissance-style-fortresses-in-africa
132
FritzFrog: A New Generation of Peer-to-Peer Botnets
https://www.guardicore.com/2020/08/fritzfrog-p2p-botnet-infects-ssh-servers/
126
Launch HN: Depict.ai (YC S20) – Product recommendations for any e-commerce store
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24252408
123
43
A step towards new nitrogen products
https://news.yale.edu/2020/08/12/new-nitrogen-products-are-air
86
Chromium devs want the browser to talk to devices, computers directly
https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/22/chromium_devs_raw_sockets/
121
103
Why facial recognition has led to false arrests
http://nautil.us/issue/89/the-dark-side/the-bias-in-the-machine
64
How to delete all your files
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/if1krd/how_to_delete_all_your_files/
118
62
Remembering what you Read: Zettelkasten vs. P.A.R.A
https://www.zainrizvi.io/blog/remembering-what-you-read-zettelkasten-vs-para/
117
A Clean Start for the Web
https://macwright.com/2020/08/22/clean-starts-for-the-web.html
116
Airbus pilot tries Microsoft Flight Simulator [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jchxsSdBRLo
113
59
Realtime California Air Quality
https://www.purpleair.com/map?opt=1/i/mAQI/a10/cC4#7.22/37.494/-120.928
107
70
Microsoft Statement in Support of Epic [pdf]
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21810025/statement_support_microsoft.pdf
101
22
My Fourier Epicycles
https://www.myfourierepicycles.com/
88
20
Show HN: Boook.link – Share a book with links to all stores
https://boook.link
16
Network Coding in P2P Networks
https://adlrocha.substack.com/p/adlrocha-network-coding-in-p2p-networks
76
Blockchain, the Solution for Almost Nothing
https://thecorrespondent.com/655/blockchain-the-amazing-solution-for-almost-nothing/86649455475-f933fe63
74
41
Earth has lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice in less than 30 years
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/23/earth-lost-28-trillion-tonnes-ice-30-years-global-warming
44
On the problems with automated contact tracing
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1296248163653660672
67
84
Office Life at the Pentagon Is Disconcertingly Retrograde
https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-office-life-at-the-pentagon-is-disconcertingly-retrograde/
65
34
Bliss: A language for systems programming (1971) [pdf]
https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/classes/cs520/spring06/bliss.pdf
Natural language benchmarks don’t measure AI models’ general knowledge well
https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/12/natural-language-benchmarks-dont-measure-ai-models-general-knowledge-well-research-shows/