1164
686
Software engineering topics I changed my mind on
https://chriskiehl.com/article/thoughts-after-6-years
5 years ago
774
673
Pip has dropped support for Python 2
https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/#id1
723
199
Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second computer screen
https://github.com/pavlobu/deskreen
380
351
Whitehouse.gov Chooses WordPress, Again
https://pagely.com/blog/whitehouse-gov-chooses-wordpress-again/
357
134
Lack of sleep, stress can lead to symptoms resembling concussion
https://news.osu.edu/lack-of-sleep-stress-can-lead-to-symptoms-resembling-concussion/
355
188
SoftBank’s plan to sell Arm to Nvidia is hitting antitrust wall around the world
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/SoftBank-s-plan-to-sell-Arm-to-NVIDIA-is-hitting-antitrust-wall-around-the-world
290
258
Forever chemicals are widespread in U.S. drinking water
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/forever-chemicals-are-widespread-in-u-s-drinking-water/
260
564
Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not how it works”
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/01/waymo-ceo-tesla-is-not-a-competitor-at-all/
259
72
PfSense Is Closed Source
https://github.com/rapi3/pfsense-is-closed-source
255
88
All 104 amendments to the Constitution of India as Git commits
https://github.com/prince-mishra/the-constitution-of-india
231
158
The Michael Scott Theory of Social Class
https://danco.substack.com/p/the-michael-scott-theory-of-social
225
109
Military intelligence buys location data instead of getting warrants
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/military-intelligence-buys-location-data-instead-of-getting-warrants-memo-shows/
220
148
Delta Chat – decentralized chat via email
https://delta.chat/en/
215
179
The computer revolution hasn’t happened yet (1997)
https://catonmat.net/videos/the-computer-revolution-hasnt-happened-yet
213
217
Our experience with the Fediverse, and why we left
https://infosec-handbook.eu/news/2020-12-05-leaving-the-fediverse/
205
252
Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/solar-cheap-energy-coal-gas-renewables-climate-change-environment-sustainability
202
57
Show HN: Full text search Project Gutenberg (60m paragraphs)
https://gutensearch.com/
223
Overweight and healthy is a big fat lie, obesity study finds
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/overweight-and-healthy-is-a-big-fat-lie-obesity-study-finds-pqc3bzjz7
190
20
ffscreencast – a screencast CLI-tool with video overlay and multimonitor support
https://github.com/cytopia/ffscreencast
184
43
Show HN: Sokyokuban, a puzzle game in a non-Euclidian world
https://sokyokuban.com/
183
68
Incomplete List of Mistakes in the Design of CSS
https://wiki.csswg.org/ideas/mistakes
22
Make Boring Plans
https://skamille.medium.com/make-boring-plans-9438ce5cb053
181
71
Proof of X
https://julian.digital/2020/08/06/proof-of-x/
62
Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit (1996)
http://phrack.org/archives/issues/49/14.txt
180
94
Racket Compiler and Runtime Status
https://blog.racket-lang.org/2021/01/racket-status.html
175
135
Ghost cities and abandoned areas with a declining population
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/24/as-birth-rates-fall-animals-prowl-in-our-abandoned-ghost-villages
165
176
I wouldn't invest in open-source companies, even though I ran one
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-i-wouldnt-invest-open-source-companies-even-though-wolfram-hempel
73
Czech trainers teach dogs to sniff out Covid: 95-percent success rate
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210124-czech-trainers-teach-dogs-to-sniff-out-covid
164
86
Hush: Noiseless Browsing for Safari
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/01/23/hush
141
136
Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye their hair black (2019)
https://japantoday.com/category/national/tokyo-public-schools-will-stop-forcing-students-to-dye-their-hair-black-official-promises
Oxford pledged to donate rights to their Covid Vaccine, then sold them to pharma
https://khn.org/news/rather-than-give-away-its-covid-vaccine-oxford-makes-a-deal-with-drugmaker/
51
SpaceX: World record number of satellites launched
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55775977
41
Octave Compass
https://octavecompass.com/1453
131
91
Uber, after buying Postmates, lays off more than 180 employees
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/technology/uber-postmates-layoffs.html
126
157
Experienced well-being rises with income, even above $75,000 per year
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/4/e2016976118
125
28
The RustyHermit Unikernel
https://rust-osdev.com/showcase/rusty-hermit/
118
Japanese companies fight for share of EUV chip technology sector
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Electronics/Japanese-companies-fight-for-share-of-EUV-chip-technology-sector
116
13
AeroPython: Classical Aerodynamics with Python
https://github.com/barbagroup/AeroPython
114
46
A 10B Pixel Scan of Vermeer’s Masterpiece
https://www.micro-pano.com/pearl/index.html
108
San Francisco is one of CA’s most conservative cities when it comes to housing
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/San-Francisco-is-one-of-California-s-most-15891810.php
107
44
Our infrastructure is being built based on past climate data
https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgx8y8/our-infrastructure-is-being-built-for-a-climate-thats-already-gone
106
26
How To Get Your First 1,000 Users (2011)
http://viniciusvacanti.com/2011/02/08/how-to-get-your-first-1000-users/
102
84
The Pyra Handheld Linux PC is Shipping
https://boilingsteam.com/the-pyra-handheld-linux-pc-is-shipping/.
100
19
Show HN: RevoGrid – Spreadsheet data table for all frameworks
https://github.com/revolist/revogrid
97
Move to EU to avoid Brexit costs, firms told
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/23/brexit-hit-firms-advised-government-officials-set-up-shop-in-eu
89
11
Jim Haynes: A man who invited the world over for dinner
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55703174