1041
801
Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-out use of Excel
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54423988
5 years ago
716
268
Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid
https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/full-bleed/
614
199
Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux
https://www.darlinghq.org/
609
147
Android In a Box – Run Android applications on any GNU/Linux operating system
https://anbox.io/
560
391
I built a lay-down desk
https://blog.luap.info/drafts/i-built-a-lay-down-desk.html?hnn
547
263
Python 3.9
https://docs.python.org/release/3.9.0/whatsnew/3.9.html
381
141
Patent Lawyer Turned Judge Advertises for Patent Trolls to Come to His Court
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200927/01044945391/former-patent-litigator-becomes-federal-judge-begins-advertising-patent-trolls-to-come-to-his-court-they-have-droves.shtml
379
118
How we built a $1M ARR SaaS startup
https://canny.io/blog/how-we-built-a-1m-arr-saas-startup/
375
134
Principles of Data Oriented Programming
https://blog.klipse.tech/databook/2020/09/29/do-principles.html?essence
183
Applying “make invalid states unrepresentable”
https://kevinmahoney.co.uk/articles/applying-misu/
319
245
Amazon turned off customer’s Kindle account, blocking her from her books (2012)
https://www.nbcnews.com/technolog/you-dont-own-your-kindle-books-amazon-reminds-customer-1C6626211
299
218
Users may be unable to connect or experiencing degraded performance
https://status.slack.com/2020-10/e8c094cc99aabf64
60
Diagram Maker: Open sourcing IoT visualization
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/diagram-maker-open-sourcing-iot-visualization/
294
117
Cells are fast and crowded places (2011)
http://www.righto.com/2011/07/cells-are-very-fast-and-crowded-places.html
284
201
Nvidia announces Jetson Nano 2GB, a single board computer
https://medium.com/@ageitgey/build-a-face-recognition-system-for-60-with-the-new-nvidia-jetson-nano-2gb-and-python-46edbddd7264
281
327
Fortunately, I don't squash my commits
https://blog.ploeh.dk/2020/10/05/fortunately-i-dont-squash-my-commits/
278
280
.NET Orleans
http://dotnet.github.io/orleans/
265
429
Tesla hacker reveals what driver-facing camera is looking for
https://electrek.co/2020/10/04/tesla-hacker-driver-facing-camera-looking-for/
257
80
Kube Doom, Kill Kubernetes Pods Using Id's Doom
https://github.com/storax/kubedoom
248
89
For every 1% increase in the number of lawyers, economic growth falls 3% (1986)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0305750X86900434
240
69
Venice holds back the water for first time in 1,200 years
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-flood-barrier/index.html
230
226
Police are requesting data from smart speakers
https://www.wired.com/story/star-witness-your-smart-speaker/
222
94
What you could steal from the Kakoune code editor, and get away with
https://kakoune-editor.github.io/community-articles/2020/10/01/what_steal_get_away_kakoune.html
219
70
Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy and Physics: A Topical Index
https://astrosociety.org/file_download/inline/621a63fc-04d5-4794-8d2b-38e7195056e9
208
82
McAfee Arrested in Spain, DOJ Indictment for Tax Evasion Using Cryptocurrencies
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/john-mcafee-indicted-tax-evasion
204
Show HN: Turn your “read later” folder into a physical book
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24690310
28
It’s 255:19AM. Do you know what your validation criteria are?
https://hdevalence.ca/blog/2020-10-04-its-25519am
195
93
FastCGI – The Forgotten Treasure (2002)
http://www.nongnu.org/fastcgi/
191
59
Programmable Search Engine
https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/about/
48
Covid-19 contact tracing study finds children key to spread
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/09/30/largest-covid-19-contact-tracing-study-date-finds-children-key-spread-evidence
169
India's new paper Covid-19 test
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54338864
36
State sanctioned secrecy: NSA's criminality shield
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/516064-state-sanctioned-secrecy-nsas-criminality-shield
168
65
Benchmarking static website hosting providers
https://www.savjee.be/2020/05/benchmarking-static-website-hosting-providers/
159
24
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Compression
https://go-compression.github.io/
158
167
Why Life Can’t Be Simpler
https://fs.blog/2020/10/why-life-cant-be-simpler/
157
130
Humans are more closely related than we commonly think
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-are-all-more-closely-related-than-we-commonly-think/
When do we become unable to learn a language like a native speaker? (2018)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/at-what-age-does-our-ability-to-learn-a-new-language-like-a-native-speaker-disappear/
145
128
Tell HN: FB tracked my sensitive buy outside FB, cant delete a suggestion in app
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24689438
142
14
Show HN: Collaboratively Edit Diagrams in VS Code with Draw.io
https://github.com/hediet/vscode-drawio/blob/14209ad462028cbf7013bc8e094bf0fc6e811d30/README.md
139
55
Manipulative tactics are the norm in political emails: Evidence from 100K emails [pdf]
https://electionemails2020.org/assets/manipulative-political-emails-working-paper.pdf
22
UK Covid-19 data underreported due to file size limit exceeded
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/18770299.data-blunder-affect-battle-covid-19/
27
Type-Level Programming in Rust
https://willcrichton.net/notes/type-level-programming/
127
Show HN: I built a simple web app for streaming videos
https://peer-flix.herokuapp.com
109
46
Tools I use: argparse builder
https://blog.rfox.eu/en/Programming/Tools_I_use/Tools_I_use_argparse_builder.html
62
Parallel Tracks
https://defmacro.substack.com/p/parallel-tracks
104
23
Ask HN: What are the most fun-to-play-with open source deep learning projects?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24691990
102
Windows Timer Resolution: The Great Rule Change
https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2020/10/04/windows-timer-resolution-the-great-rule-change/
The Absolute No-Frills Quite Ignorant Incomplete Beginner’s Guide to Smalltalk
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/the-absolute-no-frills-quite-ignorant-very-incomplete-and-certainly-flawed-beginners-guide-to-smalltalk/
101
26
Jupyter Notebooks Gallery
https://notebook.community
97
32
How narcissistic leaders infect their organizations’ cultures
https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/research/how-narcissistic-leaders-infect-their-organizations-culture/
Is Wildfire Smoke Making Our Fog More Persistent?
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2020/10/is-wildfire-smoke-making-our-fog-more.html
44
Show HN: A site to help you validate ideas in bulk
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24689091
92
A ritual for your product increases satisfaction and spending
https://ariyh.substack.com/p/attach-a-ritual-to-your-product
90
49
Only existing market leaders are benefiting from coronavirus lockdowns
https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2020/10/05/only-existing-market-leaders-are-benefiting-coronavirus-lockdowns
Demo: iPhone as trackpad on macOS
https://twitter.com/hugolispector/status/1312146776053305344
29
s7 – Scheme implementation intended as extension language for other applications
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/snd/snd/s7.html
78
Show HN: Feature Rich Wiki for Microsoft Teams
https://perfectwiki.xyz/
76
Facebook leak hints at its defense against a government-ordered breakup
https://www.engadget.com/facebook-government-antitrust-breakup-defense-214554210.html
AT&T kills DSL, leaves tens of millions of homes without fiber Internet
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/life-in-atts-slow-lane-millions-left-without-fiber-as-company-kills-dsl/
