1086
494
Drunk Post: Things I've Learned as a Sr Engineer
https://old.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/nmodyl/drunk_post_things_ive_learned_as_a_sr_engineer/
5 years ago
1057
440
Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ‘free shipping’
https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/amazon-primes-free-shipping-promise
1013
624
Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box instead of a Sony A1
https://petapixel.com/2021/05/26/couple-buys-7000-camera-from-amazon-gets-empty-boxes-instead/
949
1143
It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency
https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1399058952336277505
856
706
Overkill objects for everyday life
https://neil.computer/notes/overkill-objects-for-everyday-life/
536
343
Please commit more blatant academic fraud
https://jacobbuckman.com/2021-05-29-please-commit-more-blatant-academic-fraud/
371
269
After a week at my mom’s house I'm getting ads for her toothpaste brand
https://twitter.com/RobertGReeve/status/1397032784703655938
362
306
Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27338008
361
76
All the best engineering advice I stole from non-technical people (2019)
https://bellmar.medium.com/all-the-best-engineering-advice-i-stole-from-non-technical-people-eb7f90ca2f5f
288
277
“Computer science is not about computers”
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/04/02/computer-science/
270
219
Windows 10 nagging users with Bing advertisements (push alerts)
https://www.windowslatest.com/2021/05/31/windows-10-is-now-nagging-users-with-microsoft-bing-alerts/
239
84
Show HN: Kalk, A calculator with math syntax, complex numbers
https://kalk.strct.net
233
190
Improving ventilation will help curb SARS-CoV-2
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/05/26/improving-ventilation-will-help-curb-sars-cov-2
232
61
Show HN: Paperd.ink – Open-source e-paper development board
https://paperd.ink
205
Drones may have attacked humans fully autonomously for the first time
https://nypost.com/2021/05/29/killer-drone-hunted-down-a-human-target-without-being-told-to/
200
81
The New York Times uses the dark patterns it derides
https://www.nirandfar.com/cancel-new-york-times/
118
Molecular biology clues portray SARS-CoV-2 as a lab manipulation of RaTG13
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00274
178
132
Uber charges driver for completing a 13-mile fare
https://twitter.com/TheSofaaa/status/1398990015611473927
177
167
Ask HN: Negotiating Salary
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27332305
161
24
RFC.fyi: Browse RFCs by keywords, id or collection
https://rfc.fyi/
158
142
The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly (2010)
https://scatter.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/the-shortest-possible-game-of-monopoly-21-seconds/
32
Terra: Low-level system programming language meta-programmed from Lua
https://terralang.org/
153
GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG
https://orhun.dev/blog/introducing-gpg-tui/
253
Naomi Osaka faces default from Grand Slam for refusing to speak to media
https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/57301475
143
87
PolarDB, yet another open source database system based on PostgreSQL
https://github.com/alibaba/PolarDB-for-PostgreSQL
130
26
Somewhere Under My Left Ribs: A Nurse’s Story (2018)
https://longreads.com/2018/05/31/somewhere-under-my-left-ribs-a-nurses-story/
123
170
Don't take on China alone, says ex-Australia PM Kevin Rudd
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57264249
110
59
Show HN: DarkHN – Dark Mode Mirror for Hacker News
https://darkhn.herokuapp.com/
109
2
95
30
Creator of Rufus outlines the problems with Microsoft's UWP
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues/1617
