2022
1091
Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26721951
5 years ago
1019
476
Screw it, I’ll host it myself
https://www.markozivanovic.com/screw-it-ill-host-it-myself/
880
443
Et Tu, Signal?
https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/signal.html
560
292
Particle mystery: physicists confirm the muon is more magnetic than predicted
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/particle-mystery-deepens-physicists-confirm-muon-more-magnetic-predicted
559
753
Cycling is more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
https://theconversation.com/cycling-is-ten-times-more-important-than-electric-cars-for-reaching-net-zero-cities-157163
483
419
All C++20 core language features with examples
https://oleksandrkvl.github.io/2021/04/02/cpp-20-overview.html
448
327
34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to full-time office work
https://www.psychnewsdaily.com/a-third-of-wfh-employees-say-theyd-rather-quit-than-return-to-full-time-office-work/
440
132
FDA approves first test of CRISPR for genetic defect causing sickle cell disease
https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/03/30/fda-approves-first-test-of-crispr-to-correct-genetic-defect-causing-sickle-cell-disease/
427
127
Idempotence now prevents pain later
https://ericlathrop.com/2021/04/idempotence-now-prevents-pain-later/
414
249
Signal Adds Cryptocurrency Support
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/04/wtf-signal-adds-cryptocurrency-support.html
389
974
Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitch-moderation/twitch-will-ban-users-for-severe-misconduct-that-occurs-away-from-its-site-idUSKBN2BU2QJ
346
93
Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-data-leak/facebook-does-not-plan-to-notify-half-billion-users-affected-by-data-leak-idUSKBN2BU2ZY
334
382
7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they?
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/04/02/7-of-americans-dont-use-the-internet-who-are-they/
328
103
BleedingTooth: Linux Bluetooth Zero-Click Remote Code Execution
https://google.github.io/security-research/pocs/linux/bleedingtooth/writeup.html
298
158
After working at Google, I’ll never let myself love a job again
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/opinion/google-job-harassment.html
297
112
Dynamicland
https://dynamicland.org/
273
107
iOS 14 and Facebook Pixel causing increase in PSL inclusion requests
https://github.com/publicsuffix/list/issues/1245
272
194
Signal Server code on GitHub is up to date again
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/commits/master
264
83
Wix and Their Dirty Tricks
https://ma.tt/2021/04/wix-dirty-tricks/
253
145
The NoPhone
https://www.thenophone.com
234
245
A Critique of the Open Letter Calling for the Removal of RMS
https://meribold.org/2021/04/07/critique-of-rms-open-letter/
141
Show HN: DragonRuby Game Toolkit
http://dragonruby.org/toolkit/game
230
387
Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/economy/amazon-jeff-bezos-corporate-tax-increase/index.html
229
252
YouTube Kids a “vapid wasteland” say US lawmakers
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56662103
220
What have we lost? [video]
https://media.ccc.de/v/rc3-525180-what_have_we_lost
208
178
Modern CI is too complex and misdirected
https://gregoryszorc.com/blog/2021/04/07/modern-ci-is-too-complex-and-misdirected/
A woman who took on Google and won
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56659212
205
42
Show HN: Kaboom.js is a zero-dependency declarative JavaScript game library
https://kaboomjs.com/
196
Adding is favoured over subtracting in problem solving
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00592-0
116
Cosmic rays causing 30k network malfunctions in Japan each year
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210405/p2g/00m/0bu/028000c
187
75
Wuffs the Language
https://github.com/google/wuffs/blob/main/doc/wuffs-the-language.md
161
Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site
https://opensource.cooking
171
213
The antidote to civilisational collapse – An interview with Adam Curtis (2018)
https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/12/06/the-antidote-to-civilisational-collapse
GNU lightning: generates assembly language code at run-time
https://www.gnu.org/software/lightning/
156
94
Lisp as an alternative to Java (2000)
https://norvig.com/java-lisp.html
154
Time to regulate AI that interprets human emotions?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00868-5
147
81
Apple’s Find My network now offers new third-party finding experiences
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/04/apples-find-my-network-now-offers-new-third-party-finding-experiences/
123
TailwindCSS JIT with arbitrary values
https://tailwindcss.com/docs/just-in-time-mode
136
69
Update on Git.php.net Incident
https://externals.io/message/113981
133
105
IBM COBOL for Linux on x86
https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/9/872/ENUSAP21-0019/index.html&request_locale=en
128
74
IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1
https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2021/04/intellij-idea-2021-1/
Left-wing party opposed to rare earth mining project wins Greenland election
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210407-left-wing-party-opposed-to-rare-earth-mining-project-wins-greenland-election
163
Show HN: Skruv – No-dependency, no-build, small JavaScript framework
https://skruv.io/
118
104
A bit of XENIX history (2014)
http://seefigure1.com/2014/04/15/xenixtime.html
1
'Strong' evidence found for a new force of nature
https://www.bbc.com/news/56643677
110
19
Privacy activist Max Schrems claims Google Advertising ID on Android is unlawful
https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/07/max_schrems_google_complaint/
109
65
You can now turn on Nvidia's excellent noise cancellation with any GeForce GPU
https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-rtx-voice-noise-cancellation-geforce-gpu-supported/
49
The Edges of Our Universe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.01191
106
62
Learning COBOL: A Journey for the Modern Programmer
https://monadical.com/posts/cobol.html
77
Writing HTML in HTML (2019)
http://john.ankarstrom.se/html/
6
TLA+ Graph Explorer
https://github.com/afonsonf/tlaplus-graph-explorer
99
113
SPAs Are Dead?
https://leastprivilege.com/2020/03/31/spas-are-dead/
98
The Health Hazards of Plug-In Air Fresheners (2017)
https://www.indoordoctor.com/health-hazards-plug-air-fresheners/
90
52
Writing advice should stop targeting people who hate to write
https://enkiv2.medium.com/writing-advice-should-stop-targeting-people-who-hate-to-write-6d7d658954d2
89
18
Redefining Threat Modeling: Security team goes on vacation
https://segment.com/blog/redefining-threat-modeling/
88
30
Deep genetic affinity between coastal Pacific and Amazonian natives
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/14/e2025739118