top 10 hacker news stories for 2020-10-01

My friend starts her job today, after learning to program in prison

https://twitter.com/jessicamckellar/status/1311349439479463937

5 years ago

1040 upvotes – 622 comments

USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’s a total mess

https://debugger.medium.com/usb-c-was-supposed-to-simplify-our-lives-instead-its-a-total-mess-626bb2ea3688#Echobox=1601499898

5 years ago

590 upvotes – 605 comments

My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build her a giant bookshelf

https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/j321gz/my_wife_recently_passed_away_i_used_my_time_off/

5 years ago

536 upvotes – 238 comments

We learn faster when we aren’t told what choices to make

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-learn-faster-when-we-arent-told-what-choices-to-make/

5 years ago

496 upvotes – 167 comments

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2020)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24651639

5 years ago

426 upvotes – 809 comments

Car seats as contraception

https://privpapers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3665046

5 years ago

377 upvotes – 329 comments

Irish Court Says Subway Bread Is Too Sugary to Be Called 'Bread'

https://www.foodandwine.com/news/subway-bread-sugar-content-ireland-court-ruling

5 years ago

361 upvotes – 253 comments

Industrial Literacy

https://rootsofprogress.org/industrial-literacy

5 years ago

330 upvotes – 192 comments

Code scanning for security vulnerabilities now available

https://github.blog/2020-09-30-code-scanning-is-now-available/

5 years ago

298 upvotes – 109 comments

Where our economy is, for the young

https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1662085.html

5 years ago

276 upvotes – 440 comments
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