top 20 hacker news stories for 2021-05-01

Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcyOxtkafMs

4 years ago

922 upvotes – 487 comments

“Shared libraries are not a good thing in general”

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=whs8QZf3YnifdLv57+[email protected]/

4 years ago

792 upvotes – 501 comments

List of apps people pay for but have low rating

http://ideasfilter.com/

4 years ago

607 upvotes – 214 comments

So I finally sorted out what happened to my brain

https://twitter.com/TinkerSec/status/1388107620574171140

4 years ago

394 upvotes – 289 comments

Bringing GNU Emacs to Native Code (2020)

https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.02504

4 years ago

369 upvotes – 130 comments

SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCoin will void warranty

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/ssd-makers-start-waring-that-mining-products-like-chia-coin-will-void-warranty.html

4 years ago

358 upvotes – 399 comments

Audacity Aquired by Muse Group

https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/muse-group-formed-to-support-musescore-ultimate-guitar-acquires-audacity/

4 years ago

354 upvotes – 198 comments

Will Linux phones stay around this time?

https://linmob.net/will-linux-phones-stay-around-this-time/

4 years ago

351 upvotes – 469 comments

The compiler will optimize that away

https://blog.royalsloth.eu/posts/the-compiler-will-optimize-that-away/

4 years ago

348 upvotes – 324 comments

Edward Snowden ousts a scammer during live stream [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv3UC4lz3oQ

4 years ago

332 upvotes – 76 comments

What can mRNA treat next?

https://qz.com/2001718/modernas-founder-says-mrna-can-treat-a-wide-range-of-diseases/

4 years ago

303 upvotes – 186 comments

GitHub repository for Sedgewick's Algorithms is taken down

https://github.com/kevin-wayne/algs4

4 years ago

302 upvotes – 189 comments

Readme.so – Easiest Way to Create a Readme

https://readme.so/

4 years ago

293 upvotes – 64 comments

India’s second wave of Covid-19 feels nothing like its first

https://www.economist.com/diary/2021/04/30/indias-second-wave-of-covid-19-feels-nothing-like-its-first

4 years ago

288 upvotes – 366 comments

A whale who tried to mimic human speech (2014)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/story-one-whale-who-tried-bridge-linguistic-divide-between-animals-humans-180951437/

4 years ago

278 upvotes – 133 comments

California appeals court finds Amazon responsible for 3rd party sellers products

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/1/22414185/california-appeals-court-amazon-marketplace-responsible-third-party-hoverboard

4 years ago

247 upvotes – 85 comments

Louis Rossmann: A Conversation with Steve Lehto on Right to Repair [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sHbaGuSuck

4 years ago

229 upvotes – 32 comments

Google I/O 2021 and Uncomfortable Questions

https://commonsware.com/blog/2021/05/01/google-io-2021-uncomfortable-questions.html

4 years ago

224 upvotes – 145 comments

Mars Ingenuity helicopter mission extended by NASA

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56951752

4 years ago

187 upvotes – 58 comments

Flocculant/Disinfectant Powder

https://www.cdc.gov/safewater/flocculant-filtration.html

4 years ago

186 upvotes – 94 comments
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