top 20 hacker news stories for 2021-01-20

Show HN: Beeper – All Your Chats in One App

https://www.beeperhq.com/?hn

5 years ago

962 upvotes – 486 comments

I no longer trust The Great Suspender

https://dafoster.net/articles/2021/01/20/i-no-longer-trust-the-great-suspender/

5 years ago

889 upvotes – 371 comments

Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys

https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354

5 years ago

778 upvotes – 329 comments

Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25850739

5 years ago

740 upvotes – 852 comments

Show HN: I built an online interactive course that helps you learn Vim faster

https://www.vim.so

5 years ago

667 upvotes – 280 comments

Porting Firefox to Apple Silicon

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2021/01/porting-firefox-to-apple-silicon/

5 years ago

644 upvotes – 236 comments

Anthony Levandowski Pardoned

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-012021/

5 years ago

574 upvotes – 942 comments

Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process

https://www.eenewseurope.com/news/intel-TSMC-5nm

5 years ago

495 upvotes – 296 comments

I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019)

https://blog.samuelmaddock.com/posts/google-widevine-blocked-my-browser/

5 years ago

479 upvotes – 186 comments

Update: YouTube-dl reinstated thanks to EFF (2020)

https://assassinate-you.net/posts/2020/11/youtube-dl-update/

5 years ago

430 upvotes – 53 comments

Serverless SQLite

https://sql.lspgn.workers.dev/?hn

5 years ago

396 upvotes – 163 comments

Linux Running on Apple M1

https://twitter.com/cmwdotme/status/1351838924621099008

5 years ago

378 upvotes – 275 comments

FedEx shipping damage creates fractured artworks

https://kottke.org/21/01/fedex-shipping-damage-creates-fractured-artworks

5 years ago

352 upvotes – 167 comments

Jack Ma makes first live appearance in three months in online meet

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-alibaba-jack-ma/alibabas-jack-ma-makes-first-public-appearance-since-oct-in-online-meeting-state-media-idUSKBN29P0CA

5 years ago

318 upvotes – 332 comments

Can't uninstall Adobe apps without an account (2018)

https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/photoshop/cant-uninstall-adobe-apps-without-an-account/5f5f45ee4b561a3d4268bd5e

5 years ago

312 upvotes – 247 comments

Vitamin D uncorrelated with Covid severity in those of European descent

https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/2021/01/07/bmjnph-2020-000151

5 years ago

265 upvotes – 120 comments

SpaceX acquires former oil rigs to serve as floating Starship spaceports

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/01/spacex-rigs-starship-spaceports/

5 years ago

248 upvotes – 179 comments

Distributed search engines using BitTorrent and SQLite

https://github.com/lmatteis/torrent-net

5 years ago

246 upvotes – 48 comments

Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores

https://newatlas.com/good-thinking/vertical-field-urban-farm-geoponics/

5 years ago

244 upvotes – 231 comments

Have we already been visited by aliens?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/have-we-already-been-visited-by-aliens

5 years ago

240 upvotes – 356 comments
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