1330
1520
Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”
https://support.google.com/docs/answer/148505#zippy=%2Cmisleading-content
5 years ago
884
186
The Alexander: Why did you build such a long piano?
https://www.alexanderpiano.nz/page/the-alexander-piano
629
231
Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swap appears to fix glitch
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/hubble-back-famed-space-telescope-has-new-lease-life-after-computer-swap-appears-fix
575
211
Why we're blind to the color blue
https://calebkruse.com/10-projects/seeing-blue/
567
243
Open Insulin Foundation
https://openinsulin.org/
511
332
The case for banning non-competes
https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-case-for-banning-non-competes
435
303
Illinois first state to tell police they can't lie to minors in interrogations
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1016710927/illinois-is-the-first-state-to-tell-police-they-cant-lie-to-minors-in-interrogat
408
339
112 Gripes About the French
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112_Gripes_About_the_French
362
113
Apple removes ‘Fakespot’ app from iOS App Store following Amazon request
https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/16/apple-removes-fakespot-app-from-ios-app-store-following-amazon-request/
335
100
Remote code execution in cdnjs of Cloudflare
https://blog.ryotak.me/post/cdnjs-remote-code-execution-en/
281
39
WaveFunctionCollapse: Generates bitmaps that are locally similar to the input
https://github.com/mxgmn/WaveFunctionCollapse
260
59
Last Mile Redis
https://fly.io/blog/last-mile-redis/
258
75
Mitmproxy 7.0
https://mitmproxy.org/posts/releases/mitmproxy7/
242
191
Voice clone of Anthony Bourdain prompts synthetic media ethics questions
https://techpolicy.press/voice-clone-of-anthony-bourdain-prompts-synthetic-media-ethics-questions/?mc_cid=f76836fe27&mc_eid=4336df8131
239
178
We will win the war for general-purpose computing
https://cheapskatesguide.org/articles/war-on-gp-computing-farnell.html
181
It's been three years. Stop saying your European visitors are important to you
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27854663
224
146
Ask HN: Anyone here built successful SaaS/startup just for money?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27853352
217
70
Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change
https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-climate-environment-and-nature-climate-change-6ac3a74848b2cf7c89d18c348b19e3a7
214
155
Show HN: I made an interactive anti-procrastination video course
https://www.deprocrastination.co/course
198
107
Classified Challenger tank specs leaked online for videogame
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/classified-challenger-tank-specs-leaked-online-for-videogame/
197
Walmart releases more affordable analog insulin
https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2021/06/29/walmart-revolutionizes-insulin-access-affordability-for-patients-with-diabetes-with-the-launch-of-the-first-and-only-private-brand-analog-insulin
192
27
Hooking Candiru: Another mercenary spyware vendor comes into focus
https://citizenlab.ca/2021/07/hooking-candiru-another-mercenary-spyware-vendor-comes-into-focus/
223
Jet Li rejected The Matrix as he didn’t want his kung fu moves recorded (2018)
https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3028904/jet-li-says-he-rejected-matrix-because-he-didnt-want-his-kung-fu
174
71
To help gamers on Twitch, Dr. K balances mental health advice and medical ethics
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/13/956315576/psychiatrist-criticized-for-addressing-mental-health-issues-on-twitch
164
119
OpenAI disbands its robotics research team
https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/16/openai-disbands-its-robotics-research-team/
160
44
The Print Shop Club: Create Apple II Print Shop Printouts in the Browser
https://theprintshop.club
151
54
State Department to pay up to $10M for information on foreign cyberattacks
https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/state-dept-to-pay-up-to-$10m-for-information-on-foreign-cyberattacks/d/d-id/1341540
145
Full Throttle
https://www.filfre.net/2021/07/full-throttle/
144
57
Restoring your privacy costs money, which makes it a marker of class
https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/15/privacy_costs_money/
142
74
New generation artificial heart implanted in patient
https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news/new-generation-artificial-heart-implanted-patient-duke-first-us
140
153
Tesla’s new patent involves using table salt to mine lithium
https://electrek.co/2021/07/09/tesla-patent-reveals-elon-musk-table-salt-lithium-extraction-process/
125
A haunting new documentary about Anthony Bourdain
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/the-haunting-afterlife-of-anthony-bourdain
122
19
(All) DNS Resource Records
https://www.netmeister.org/blog/dns-rrs.html
Launch HN: MergeQueue (YC S21) – Automate rebasing and merging for your codebase
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27858013
120
61
Was Jeffrey Epstein a Spy?
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jeffrey-epstein-steven-hoffenberg-intelligence-agencies-spy-1197708/
33
The Computer Scientist Training AI to Think with Analogies
https://www.quantamagazine.org/melanie-mitchell-trains-ai-to-think-with-analogies-20210714/
Physically Based Rendering Book
https://www.pbr-book.org/3ed-2018/Preface
118
110
Cuba jamming ham radio frequencies [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s9TpQSkN9w
106
167
Poll: 1.8M Americans have turned down jobs due to unemployment benefits
https://www.axios.com/high-unemployment-insurance-people-reject-jobs-9e426791-65b6-453b-9803-81aa3d0ca7e7.html
102
How Dangerous Are Solar Storms?
http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2021/07/blog-post.html
101
37
Linear Circuit Design Handbook (2008)
https://www.analog.com/en/education/education-library/linear-circuit-design-handbook.html
97
Google parts with Cloud VP over his manifesto renouncing his antisemitism
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/16/google-separates-with-cloud-vp-after-employees-complain-about-manifesto.html
92
10
Reddit AMA by FB whistleblower Sophie Zhang who found troll farms
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/oll01o/i_am_sophie_zhang_at_fb_i_worked_in_my_spare_time/
86
25
Component Graph System (2017)
https://github.com/kvark/froggy/wiki/Component-Graph-System
84
13
Speeding Up Reinforcement Learning with a New Physics Simulation Engine
https://ai.googleblog.com/2021/07/speeding-up-reinforcement-learning-with.html
83
7
Japan Shatters Internet Speed Record at 319 tb/s
https://interestingengineering.com/japan-shattered-internet-speed-record-319-terabits
79
Defense Motion: Bitcoin is not “money” within the meaning of 18 U.S..C. § 1960 [pdf]
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.100639/gov.uscourts.miwd.100639.37.0.pdf
129
Airbnb and Neighborhood Crime
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0253315#sec012
78
29
Europe floods: At least 120 dead and hundreds unaccounted for
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57858829
Runbooks for better incident management
https://ashpatel.substack.com/p/runbooks-for-better-incident-management
76
16
Four lessons from a year building tools for machine learning
https://humanloop.com/blog/4-lessons-from-a-year-building-tools-for-machine-learning/
