top 20 hacker news stories for 2021-02-20

Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water

https://joshdata.me/iceberger.html

5 years ago

United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet separates from engine

https://avherald.com/h?article=4e35503b&opt=0

5 years ago

How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020)

https://thorstenball.com/blog/2020/09/08/how-can-you-not-be-romantic-about-programming/

5 years ago

New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with near-perfect efficiency

https://academictimes.com/new-plant-based-plastics-can-be-chemically-recycled-with-near-perfect-efficiency/

5 years ago

We live in an age of distractions, dealing with constant mental stimulus

https://www.lostbookofsales.com/age-of-distractions/

5 years ago

I don't know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility (2007)

https://qntm.org/responsibility

5 years ago

NASA Has Decided to Start Building the Lunar Gateway Using the Falcon Heavy

https://www.universetoday.com/150124/nasa-has-decided-to-start-building-the-lunar-gateway-using-the-falcon-heavy/

5 years ago

0 A.D. Alpha 24: Xšayāršā

https://play0ad.com/new-release-0-a-d-alpha-24-xsayarsa/

5 years ago

New malware found on 30k Macs has security pros stumped

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/02/new-malware-found-on-30000-macs-has-security-pros-stumped/

5 years ago

M1 Macs have another hidden boot mode

https://eclecticlight.co/2021/02/20/m1-macs-have-another-hidden-boot-mode/

5 years ago

The modern packager’s security nightmare

https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2021/02/19/the-modern-packagers-security-nightmare/

5 years ago

OpenBSD boots multi-user on Apple M1 hardware

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-arm&m=161386122115249&w=2

5 years ago

How to Destroy the Earth (2006)

https://qntm.org/destroy

5 years ago

My Life in E-Ink

https://rgoswami.me/posts/my-life-in-eink/

5 years ago

What Is Huffman Coding?

https://www.baseclass.io/huffman-coding/

5 years ago

Adversarial.io – Fighting mass image recognition

https://adversarial.io

5 years ago

In the 90s part of Germany's air traffic control software ran on Emacs

https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/lly7po/do_you_use_emacs_lisp_as_a_general_purpose/gnvzisy

5 years ago

I paid for Spotify playlist placements so you don’t have to

https://najinsan.wordpress.com/2021/02/15/i-paid-for-spotify-playlist-placements-so-you-dont-have-to/

5 years ago

Highest rates of teen bullying are between friends and friends-of-friends: study

https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/most-teen-bullying-occurs-among-peers-climbing-social-ladder

5 years ago

Debian Packages That Need Lovin'

https://wnpp.debian.net/

5 years ago