1466
637
AWS forked my project and launched it as its own service
https://twitter.com/tim_nolet/status/1317061818574082050
5 years ago
959
238
Animation of how bridges were built in Central Europe in the Middle Ages [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJgD6gyi0Wk
535
111
So you want to build an embedded Linux system?
https://jaycarlson.net/embedded-linux/
497
191
ElectronJS alternative: SciterJS – HTML/CSS/JS in 4.5 MB executable
https://github.com/c-smile/sciter-js-sdk
397
167
Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod
https://www.lenire.com/
380
298
Atlassian moving to cloud-only, will stop selling server licenses
https://www.atlassian.com/migration/journey-to-cloud?jobid=104830907&subid=1515944789
369
231
Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, says WHO
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-54566730
315
80
Uninstall Nano Defender
https://resynth1943.net/articles/uninstall-nano-defender-immediately/
48
Cat Gap
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_gap
289
120
Firms That Imploded Have Something in Common: Ernst and Young Audited Them
https://www.wsj.com/articles/string-of-firms-that-imploded-have-something-in-common-ernst-young-audited-them-11602863319
279
124
Chewing Food More Thoroughly Results in Reduced Insulin Output (2013)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23181989/
278
140
Nim 1.4
https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/10/16/version-140-released.html
249
65
How to answer questions in a helpful way (2017)
https://jvns.ca/blog/answer-questions-well/
227
179
Pianojacq, an easy way to learn to play the piano
https://jacquesmattheij.com/2020-09-20-pianojacq-learn-to-play-piano/
226
129
FreePN: Open-source peer-to-peer VPN service
https://www.freepn.org/
211
123
Babies' random choices become their preferences
https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/10/02/babies-prefer-what-they-choose-even-when-random/
210
96
Behind Cambridge Analytica lay a bigger threat to our democracy: Facebook
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2020/oct/15/cambridge-analytica-threat-democracy-facebook-big-tech
92
Zeptoseconds: New world record in short time measurement
https://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/93203693/Zeptoseconds__New_world_record_in_short_time_measurement?locale=en
204
128
Porn, Zen, and .vimrc
http://karolis.koncevicius.lt/posts/porn_zen_and_vimrc/
203
95
Wim Hof breathing technique can modulate immune response to pathogens (2014)
https://www.pnas.org/content/111/20/7379
195
159
We Tested Comma AI's OpenPilot
https://www.thedrive.com/tech/36604/we-tested-openpilot-the-1199-device-that-adds-entry-level-autonomy-to-your-car
102
HTML5 Accelerator Card
https://twitter.com/_Ninji/status/1317197426449633281
184
The Abundance of Silicon Valley
https://moultano.wordpress.com/2020/10/15/abundance/
183
264
Section 230 Explained
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/section-230-the-internet-law-politicians-love-to-hate-explained/
276
Chess’s Cheating Crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/16/chesss-cheating-crisis-paranoia-has-become-the-culture
175
137
He Married a Sociopath: Me
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/style/modern-love-he-married-a-sociopath-me.html
172
74
Exponential growth in DDoS attack volumes
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/identifying-and-protecting-against-the-largest-ddos-attacks
166
35
The Elroy Lamp: A transparent LCD lamp (2019)
https://www.kylescholz.com/wp/the-elroy-lamp/
25
The Nikon Small World Competition
https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/photomicrography-competition
148
NixCon Live
https://2020.nixcon.org/live.html
142
109
A disturbing Twinkie that has, so far, defied science
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/15/923411578/a-disturbing-twinkie-that-has-so-far-defied-science
44
Embracing Asynchronous Communication at Gitlab
https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/asynchronous/#async-30-at-gitlab
116
How to Hide from a Drone
https://theconversation.com/how-to-hide-from-a-drone-the-subtle-art-of-ghosting-in-the-age-of-surveillance-143078
139
Why are some bilingual people dyslexic in English but not their other language?
https://neurosciencenews.com/bilingual-dyslexia-17144/
149
Engineers, not racers, are the true drivers of success in motor sport
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/10/17/engineers-not-racers-are-the-true-drivers-of-success-in-motor-sport
133
57
Pippi and the Moomins
https://aeon.co/essays/pippi-and-the-moomins-served-as-a-social-antidote-to-fascism
53
Slow map: Mapping Britain's intercity footpaths
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54562137
125
63
Why 4,998 died in U.S. jails before their day in court
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-jails-deaths/
30
Neural Databases
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.06973
117
36
Slow Ways – a network of walking routes connecting Great Britain
https://slowways.uk/
93
Maruti Suzuki won over India’s car market with Japanese innovation
https://classic.qz.com/perfect-company-2/1149106/the-recipe-for-winning-indias-car-market-japanese-innovation-with-a-touch-of-indian-it/
108
301
Does C++ still deserve a bad rap?
https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/10/does-c-still-deserve-bad-rap-it-has-had.html
Slack outage: Degraded performance and connectivity issues
https://status.slack.com/2020-10/3e2253fb0e2f1b7c
107
23
Iron, How Did They Make It, Part IVb: Work Hardening, or Hardly Working?
https://acoup.blog/2020/10/16/collections-iron-how-did-they-make-it-part-ivb-work-hardening-or-hardly-working/
136
N.H. Announces It Will Sue Massachusetts over Cross-Border Income Tax Collection
https://www.nhpr.org/post/nh-announces-it-will-sue-massachusetts-over-cross-border-income-tax-collections#stream/0
104
97
Charles Lindbergh is the reason the U.S. doesn't have cameras in the courtroom
https://slate.com/technology/2020/10/supreme-court-oral-arguments-cameras-lindbergh-baby-trial.html
103
19
Groundbreaking discovery finally proves rain can move mountains
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-groundbreaking-discovery-mountains.html
100
Cognition All the Way Down
https://aeon.co/essays/how-to-understand-cells-tissues-and-organisms-as-agents-with-agendas
98
64
GDPR watchdog: tracking and consent popups unlawful
https://www.iccl.ie/news/gdpr-watchdogs-investigation-finds-that-tracking-and-consent-pop-ups-used-by-google-and-other-major-websites-and-apps-are-unlawful/
135
Where Are All the Successful Rationalists?
https://applieddivinitystudies.com/2020/09/05/rationality-winning/
90
The UNIX Time-Sharing System (1974)
https://chsasank.github.io/classic_papers/unix-time-sharing-system.html
86
21
CZ-4C R/B passed over LeoLabs Kiwi Space Radar – with no signs of debris
https://twitter.com/LeoLabs_Space/status/1316919600160903168
77
28
Scientists Create Living Concrete
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/science/construction-concrete-bacteria-photosynthesis.html
76
9
Tesla is fighting a Right-to-Repair initiative in Massachusetts
https://electrek.co/2020/10/14/tesla-fights-right-to-repair-initiative-over-cybersecurity-concerns/
75
Will SARS-CoV-2 become endemic?
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/10/13/science.abe5960
Iron, How Did They Make It, Part IVb: Work Hardening, or Hardly Working?
