931
406
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913
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EFF sues Proctorio on behalf of student falsely DMCA'd
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527
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“Proctorio is expanding their lawsuit against me and I urgently need your help.”
https://twitter.com/Linkletter/status/1385004344903290883
460
317
Unicode Proposal – Textile Care Symbols
https://github.com/Crissov/unicode-proposals/issues/410
452
311
Ubuntu 21.04
https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-21-04-is-here
438
486
Green vs. Brown Programming Languages
https://earthly.dev/blog/brown-green-language/
415
104
Semgrep: Semantic grep for code
https://semgrep.dev
414
239
Zellij – A Terminal Workspace and Multiplexer
http://zellij.dev/news/beta#
409
140
Show HN: I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning
https://simulator.money/
391
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Why I distrust Google Cloud more than than AWS or Azure
http://www.iasylum.net/writings/2021-04-21-why-I-distrust-google-cloud-more-than-AWS-or-Azure.html
383
159
Tiny Container Challenge: Building a 6kB Containerized HTTP Server
https://devopsdirective.com/posts/2021/04/tiny-container-image/
375
143
Mars Helicopter successfully completed its second flight
https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1385228111323615239
329
172
How to navigate directories faster with Bash (2015)
https://mhoffman.github.io/2015/05/21/how-to-navigate-directories-with-the-shell.html
308
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Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands
https://en.mercopress.com/2021/04/22/argentine-version-of-google-falls-into-wrong-hands-leading-to-search-engine-s-temporary-collapse
296
69
Show HN: I built a tool to generate triangulated art from images
https://github.com/RH12503/Triangula
273
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Cerebras’ new monster AI chip adds 1.4T transistors
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/processors/cerebras-giant-ai-chip-now-has-a-trillions-more-transistors
269
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Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Cracking Tool
https://gizmodo.com/signals-ceo-just-hacked-the-cops-favorite-phone-crackin-1846733412
266
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Wildtype: Sushi-grade salmon grown from Pacific Salmon cells
https://www.wildtypefoods.com/oursalmon
264
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Jonathan Smith walks free after 21 years of wrongful imprisonment
https://innocenceproject.org/jonathan-smith-walks-free-after-21-years-of-wrongful-imprisonment-in-maryland/
262
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DreamWorld (YC W21) MMO raises all red flags
https://mmofallout.com/mmo-rant-dreamworld-raises-all-red-flags/
261
Challenges Building an Open-Source E Ink Laptop
https://alexsoto.dev/challenges-building-an-open-source-eink-laptop.html
258
68
Bugs allowed hackers to dox John Deere tractor owners
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4avy8j/bugs-allowed-hackers-to-dox-all-john-deere-owners
257
516
The real reason to end the death penalty
http://paulgraham.com/real.html
250
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Noise in Creative Coding
https://varun.ca/noise/
247
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Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
https://www.computer.org/education/bodies-of-knowledge/software-engineering
236
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Lambda: The Ultimate Excel Worksheet Function
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/lambda-the-ultimatae-excel-worksheet-function/
235
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The Rise of North Korea's Hacking Army
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/the-incredible-rise-of-north-koreas-hacking-army
230
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Why does trying to break into the NT 3.1 kernel reboot my 486DX4 machine?
https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/q/19655/7932
204
108
Headless WYSISWYG Text Editor – tiptap editor
https://www.tiptap.dev/
200
Ask HN: Is there a way to efficiently subscribe to an SQL query for changes?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26901352
198
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Show HN: DbGate – open-source, cross-platform SQL+noSQL database client
https://dbgate.org/
179
49
GitHub Actions update: Helping maintainers combat bad actors
https://github.blog/2021-04-22-github-actions-update-helping-maintainers-combat-bad-actors/
304
How to find a job as Software Developer in Germany
https://germantechjobs.de/blog/how-to-find-job-as-software-developer-in-germany-complete-guide
Manhattan DA says his office to stop prosecuting prostitution
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/21/989588072/a-relic-and-burden-manhattan-district-attorney-to-stop-prosecuting-prostitution
164
Wisconsin has negotiated a dramatically scaled-back deal with Foxconn
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/wisconsin-drastically-scales-back-politically-charged-deal-with-foxconn/
162
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The anti-pattern of responsive design
http://john.ankarstrom.se/responsive/
158
Explaining 4K 60Hz Video Through USB-C Hub (2019)
https://www.bigmessowires.com/2019/05/19/explaining-4k-60hz-video-through-usb-c-hub/
31
Pgvector – vector similarity search for Postgres
https://github.com/ankane/pgvector
128
My three-year-old has taught me the value of talking to strangers
https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/04/20/my-three-year-old-has-taught-me-the-value-of-talking-to-strangers
130
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SolarBatteryBitcoin
https://github.com/ARKInvest/SolarBatteryBitcoin
54
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https://themythicalengineer.com/converting-markdown-to-epub-mobi.html
126
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Filecoin, StorJ and the problem with decentralized storage (2019)
https://randomoracle.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/filecoin-storj-and-the-problem-with-decentralized-storage/
119
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https://drewdevault.com/2019/10/12/how-to-fuck-up-releases.html
116
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Running code within another process's address space
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/852662/af59b68d9663b1a0/
Show HN: Litmaps – Visual Research Discovery Tool
https://app.litmaps.co
112
On Being an Outsider
https://lithub.com/on-being-an-outsider-words-by-charles-simic-photos-romeo-alaeff/
107
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Ask HN: Moving from a product org to a consulting org: What should I know?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26901468
82
Show HN: Human Lambdas – Create Human in the Loop queues and outsource them
https://humanlambdas.com/
118
Ask HN: Maybe I'm just not smart enough?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26902219
101
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Biden eyeing tax rate as high as 43.4% in next economic package
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-22/biden-to-propose-capital-gains-tax-as-high-as-43-4-for-wealthy
98
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From WinZips to GIFs, Jacob Ziv’s Algorithms Have Powered Decades of Compression
https://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/from-winzips-to-cat-gifs-jacob-zivs-algorithms-have-powered-decades-of-compression
93
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India's massive COVID surge puzzles scientists
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01059-y
199
Bitcoin has few attributes of money but all the attributes of a collectible
https://jabberwocking.com/how-baseball-cards-explain-what-bitcoin-really-is/
92
Intel Internet Party Line (1997)
https://web.archive.org/web/19970419202411/http://www1.intel.com/iaweb/ipl/index.htm
89
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X11 Universal File Opener and XDG Mess
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2021/04/22/freebsd-desktop-part-24-configuration-universal-file-opener/
88
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Maxwell’s Demon Continues to Startle Scientists
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-maxwells-demon-continues-to-startle-scientists-20210422/
87
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Employee accused of skipping work for 15 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56822571
86
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Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/04/16/americans-overwhelmingly-say-marijuana-should-be-legal-for-recreational-or-medical-use/
8
Non-profit legal entity for Mastodon being registered in Germany
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/106104387021236353
57
Smart Folk Often Full of Crap, Study Finds
https://themultidisciplinarian.com/2021/04/22/smart-folk-often-full-of-crap-study-finds/
75
Web developer's guide to AVIF images
https://darekkay.com/blog/avif-images/
81
7
Moving Forth (1993)
https://www.bradrodriguez.com/papers/moving1.htm
80
70
Simone Weil and the Need for Roots
https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-great-unsettling
77
Waking Up During Surgery (2019)
https://mosaicscience.com/story/anaesthesia-anesthesia-awake-awareness-surgery-operation-or-paralysed/
52
Show HN: Diffie-Hellman exchange for the layman
https://borisreitman.com/privacy.html
Filecoin, StorJ and the problem with decentralized storage (2019)