top 10 hacker news stories for 2020-12-26

Photocatalyst splits water into H and O2 at quantum efficiency near 100%

https://fuelcellsworks.com/news/photocatalyst-that-can-split-water-into-hydrogen-and-oxygen-at-a-quantum-efficiency-close-to-100/

5 years ago

570 upvotes – 284 comments

Fun with IP address parsing

https://blog.dave.tf/post/ip-addr-parsing/

5 years ago

505 upvotes – 146 comments

1937 film explains how a car differential works

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a25833/1937-film-perfectly-explains-how-a-car-differential-works/

5 years ago

498 upvotes – 144 comments

Print this file, your printer will jam (2008)

https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200811/print_this_file_your_printer_will_jam.html

5 years ago

492 upvotes – 208 comments

What If You Could Do It All Over?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/21/what-if-you-could-do-it-all-over

5 years ago

447 upvotes – 442 comments

Talking out loud to yourself is a technology for thinking

https://psyche.co/ideas/talking-out-loud-to-yourself-is-a-technology-for-thinking

5 years ago

423 upvotes – 128 comments

I reverse engineered Google Docs to play back any document's keystrokes (2014)

http://features.jsomers.net/how-i-reverse-engineered-google-docs/

5 years ago

413 upvotes – 140 comments

Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii

https://www.reuters.com/article/italy-pompeii-idUSKBN2900D3

5 years ago

344 upvotes – 210 comments

Starship / Super Heavy

https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder_engagement/spacex_starship/starship_super_heavy/

5 years ago

327 upvotes – 284 comments

Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25540583

5 years ago

326 upvotes – 248 comments
show: top 10 top 20 top 50%
go to date: prev next
sort by: date score comments