826
446
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
757
223
More challenging projects every programmer should try
https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/morechallengingprojects.html
754
163
The web is 30 years old today
https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web
622
289
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/
462
93
FFmpeg is 20 years old today
https://twitter.com/ffmpeg/status/1340698413143224320
426
294
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/
401
305
Apple M1 foreshadows Rise of RISC-V
https://erik-engheim.medium.com/apple-m1-foreshadows-risc-v-dd63a62b2562
367
104
Lode Runner
https://www.filfre.net/2020/12/lode-runner/
322
166
Raspberry Pi Server Mark III
https://uplab.pro/2020/12/raspberry-pi-server-mark-iii/
299
55
Mile-Long Wooden Xylophone Plays Bach in Japanese Forest
https://dornob.com/mile-long-wooden-xylophone-plays-bach-in-japanese-forest/
295
178
Starting Sunday, cable companies can no longer ‘rent’ you the router you own
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/19/22191096/internet-modem-router-rental-fee-fix-television-viewer-protection-act-tvpa
291
279
How and why I stopped buying new laptops
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/12/how-and-why-i-stopped-buying-new-laptops.html
290
344
The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)
https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/2019/02/06/the-strange-case-of-dr-ho-man-kwok/
268
44
eBPF Is Awesome
https://filipnikolovski.com/posts/ebpf/
266
427
The Internet Is for Porn
https://themargins.substack.com/p/the-internet-is-for-porn
249
99
An Engineer’s Guide to Stock Options (2013)
https://blog.alexmaccaw.com/an-engineers-guide-to-stock-options#
241
59
Show HN: Owncast – An open-source, self-hosted live streaming server
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25484133
239
103
Researchers propose faster, more efficient alternatives to backpropagation
https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/16/at-neurips-2020-researchers-proposed-faster-more-efficient-alternatives-to-backpropagation/
205
52
Security expert warned SolarWinds in 2019 that anyone could access server
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/solarwinds-warned-weak-123-password-could-expose-firm-report-2020-12
188
72
Decaying Tanker Has 4 Times the Amount of Oil as the Exxon Valdez
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-warn-of-likely-massive-oil-spill-abandoned-tanker-has-4-times-the-amount-of-oil-as-the-exxon-valdez/