top 10 hacker news stories for 2020-12-20

All problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone (2014)

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jul/19/change-your-life-sit-down-and-think

5 years ago

826 upvotes – 446 comments

More challenging projects every programmer should try

https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/morechallengingprojects.html

5 years ago

757 upvotes – 223 comments

The web is 30 years old today

https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web

5 years ago

754 upvotes – 163 comments

Journalists Hacked with Suspected NSO Group iMessage ‘Zero-Click’ Exploit

https://citizenlab.ca/2020/12/the-great-ipwn-journalists-hacked-with-suspected-nso-group-imessage-zero-click-exploit/

5 years ago

622 upvotes – 289 comments

FFmpeg is 20 years old today

https://twitter.com/ffmpeg/status/1340698413143224320

5 years ago

462 upvotes – 93 comments

Windows 10 20H2: ChkDsk damages filesystem on SSDs with KB4592438 installed

https://borncity.com/win/2020/12/18/windows-10-20h2-chkdsk-damages-file-system-on-ssds-with-update-kb4592438-installed/

5 years ago

426 upvotes – 294 comments

Apple M1 foreshadows Rise of RISC-V

https://erik-engheim.medium.com/apple-m1-foreshadows-risc-v-dd63a62b2562

5 years ago

401 upvotes – 305 comments

Lode Runner

https://www.filfre.net/2020/12/lode-runner/

5 years ago

367 upvotes – 104 comments

Raspberry Pi Server Mark III

https://uplab.pro/2020/12/raspberry-pi-server-mark-iii/

5 years ago

322 upvotes – 166 comments

Mile-Long Wooden Xylophone Plays Bach in Japanese Forest

https://dornob.com/mile-long-wooden-xylophone-plays-bach-in-japanese-forest/

5 years ago

299 upvotes – 55 comments
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