1669
171
Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water
https://joshdata.me/iceberger.html
5 years ago
723
464
United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet separates from engine
https://avherald.com/h?article=4e35503b&opt=0
552
357
How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020)
https://thorstenball.com/blog/2020/09/08/how-can-you-not-be-romantic-about-programming/
428
265
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/
406
151
We live in an age of distractions, dealing with constant mental stimulus
https://www.lostbookofsales.com/age-of-distractions/
401
158
I don't know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility (2007)
https://qntm.org/responsibility
382
310
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/
375
89
0 A.D. Alpha 24: Xšayāršā
https://play0ad.com/new-release-0-a-d-alpha-24-xsayarsa/
368
195
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/
348
231
M1 Macs have another hidden boot mode
https://eclecticlight.co/2021/02/20/m1-macs-have-another-hidden-boot-mode/
320
274
The modern packager’s security nightmare
https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2021/02/19/the-modern-packagers-security-nightmare/
307
200
OpenBSD boots multi-user on Apple M1 hardware
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-arm&m=161386122115249&w=2
293
155
How to Destroy the Earth (2006)
https://qntm.org/destroy
282
69
What Is Huffman Coding?
https://www.baseclass.io/huffman-coding/
My Life in E-Ink
https://rgoswami.me/posts/my-life-in-eink/
249
63
Adversarial.io – Fighting mass image recognition
https://adversarial.io
241
80
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
222
109
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/
208
304
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
201
146
Debian Packages That Need Lovin'
https://wnpp.debian.net/
198
127
California bill would decriminalize psychedelics
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/17/california-bill-decriminalize-psychedelic-drugs
192
129
Little is a statically typed, C-like scripting language
http://www.little-lang.org/
162
83
How Swift achieved dynamic linking where Rust couldn't (2019)
https://gankra.github.io/blah/swift-abi/
161
120
Metallica's BlizzCon Performance Ruined by Twitch
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/metallicas-blizzcon-performance-ruined-by-twitch/1100-6487855/
149
113
Ask HN: How do solo SaaS founders handle monitoring/PagerDuty?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26203074
148
72
Turbo Pascal Compiler in JavaScript
https://github.com/lkesteloot/turbopascal
141
18
Cranelift, Part 2: Compiler Efficiency, CFGs, and a Branch Peephole Optimizer
https://cfallin.org/blog/2021/01/22/cranelift-isel-2/
140
35
Show HN: Vellum – An interactive list of nonfiction books reviewed by academics
https://vellum.tachy.org
136
Teardown of a quartz crystal oscillator and the tiny IC inside
https://www.righto.com/2021/02/teardown-of-quartz-crystal-oscillator.html
126
60
Scientists Achieve Real-Time Communication with Lucid Dreamers in Breakthrough
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4admym/scientists-achieve-real-time-communication-with-lucid-dreamers-in-breakthrough
49
Phthalates damage babies' brains and must be banned immediately, say experts
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/20/health/baby-brain-damage-plastic-phthalates-wellness/index.html
116
71
Native Type Theory
https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2021/02/native_type_theory.html
111
37
Memory Techniques from Vedic Learning [pdf]
https://artofmemory.com/files/forum/1183/divideandlink_0.pdf
42
Augmenting Human Intellect (1962)
https://www.dougengelbart.org/content/view/138
108
95
How to have better arguments online
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/16/how-to-have-better-arguments-social-media-politics-conflict
105
38
Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains Learn
https://www.quantamagazine.org/artificial-neural-nets-finally-yield-clues-to-how-brains-learn-20210218/
103
Show HN: A browser extension to use picture-in-picture with any website
https://www.tabfloater.io/
102
254
Clearing price for supplying power to Texas grid –$31.65
http://www.ercot.com/content/cdr/contours/rtmLmp.html
97
21
Machine Learning for Computer Architecture
https://ai.googleblog.com/2021/02/machine-learning-for-computer.html
25
My history with Forth and stack machines (2010)
https://yosefk.com/blog/my-history-with-forth-stack-machines.html
94
3
Google Fires “Ethical AI” Research Lead Meg Mitchell, Escalating Turmoil
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-19/google-fires-researcher-meg-mitchell-escalating-ai-saga
Nano is what Bitcoin hoped to be
https://magnuschatt.medium.com/nano-is-what-bitcoin-hoped-to-be-a84aecf46b74
28
Sequoia Capital says it was hacked
https://www.axios.com/sequoia-capital-says-it-was-hacked-590dcdd6-fe49-46c6-8422-60a944272302.html
86
NSan: a floating-point numerical sanitizer
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3446804.3446848
85
139
What is the fuss over central-bank digital currencies?
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/02/16/what-is-the-fuss-over-central-bank-digital-currencies
12
Twitch censors live Metallica concert with dorkiest music imaginable
https://music.avclub.com/twitch-censors-live-metallica-concert-with-dorkiest-mus-1846314134
77
Website scores kill our success, waste our time
https://www.arencambre.com/2021/02/20/website-scores-kill-our-success-waste-our-time/
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