top 10 hacker news stories for 2021-01-06

WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/whatsapp-users-must-share-their-data-with-facebook-or-stop-using-the-app/

5 years ago

2254 upvotes – 1148 comments

U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests

https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/954028436/u-s-capitol-locked-down-amid-escalating-far-right-protests

5 years ago

1986 upvotes – 2422 comments

What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry

https://www.bti360.com/what-ive-learned-in-45-years-in-the-software-industry/

5 years ago

1270 upvotes – 354 comments

Simulating the PIN cracking scene in Terminator 2

https://bert.org/2021/01/04/t2-pin-cracking/

5 years ago

435 upvotes – 115 comments

Facebook senior software engineer interview

https://daqo.medium.com/facebook-senior-software-engineer-interview-the-only-post-youll-need-to-read-e4604ff2336d

5 years ago

432 upvotes – 504 comments

GNU Units

https://www.gnu.org/software/units/

5 years ago

421 upvotes – 203 comments

How the placenta evolved from an ancient virus

https://whyy.org/segments/the-placenta-went-viral-and-protomammals-were-born/

5 years ago

389 upvotes – 106 comments

Memory access on the Apple M1 processor

https://lemire.me/blog/2021/01/06/memory-access-on-the-apple-m1-processor/

5 years ago

372 upvotes – 260 comments

How WhatsApp works with other Facebook products

https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/updates/privacy-policy?eea=0#privacy-policy-updates-how-we-work-with-other-facebook-companies

5 years ago

329 upvotes – 196 comments

Peter Norvig's “pytudes” for Advent of Code 2020

https://github.com/norvig/pytudes/blob/master/ipynb/Advent-2020.ipynb

5 years ago

306 upvotes – 89 comments
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