top 20 hacker news stories for 2021-07-24

Self hosting is important

https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-07-23-why-selfhosting-is-important.html

4 years ago

566 upvotes – 318 comments

How the Python import system works

https://tenthousandmeters.com/blog/python-behind-the-scenes-11-how-the-python-import-system-works/

4 years ago

497 upvotes – 203 comments

Electromagnetism is a property of spacetime itself, study finds

https://sciencex.com/news/2021-07-electromagnetism-property-spacetime.html

4 years ago

397 upvotes – 177 comments

Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

https://twitter.com/Sci_Hub

4 years ago

384 upvotes – 129 comments

A database with 3.8B phone numbers from Clubhouse is up for sale

https://twitter.com/mruef/status/1418693478574346242

4 years ago

350 upvotes – 116 comments

Amazon Echo Dot does not wipe personal content after factory reset

https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/is-it-possible-to-make-iot-devices-private-amazon-echo-dot-does-not-wipe-personal-content-after-factory-reset/

4 years ago

323 upvotes – 99 comments

Empty storefronts are killing neighbourhoods

https://thewalrus.ca/how-empty-storefronts-are-killing-our-neighbourhoods/

4 years ago

291 upvotes – 470 comments

Archaeologists find ancient Egyptian warship sunk near Alexandria

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/archaeologists-find-ancient-egyptian-warship-sunk-near-alexandria/

4 years ago

278 upvotes – 68 comments

K-9 Mail is back

https://k9mail.app/2021/07/24/K-9-Mail-is-back

4 years ago

270 upvotes – 134 comments

Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed

https://insidemedicine.bulletin.com/2977384169199489/

4 years ago

259 upvotes – 260 comments

Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00324-2/fulltext

4 years ago

251 upvotes – 246 comments

China bans for-profit school tutoring in sweeping overhaul

https://www.bloombergquint.com/markets/china-bans-school-curriculum-tutoring-firms-from-going-public

4 years ago

240 upvotes – 223 comments

Fun with Unix domain sockets

https://simonwillison.net/2021/Jul/13/unix-domain-sockets/

4 years ago

212 upvotes – 66 comments

The Highest Forms of Wealth

https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-highest-forms-of-wealth/

4 years ago

210 upvotes – 99 comments

Steven Weinberg has died

https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=12413

4 years ago

197 upvotes – 8 comments

Choose whether Search can show you personal results based on your Google Account

https://www.google.com/setting/search/privateresults/

4 years ago

197 upvotes – 137 comments

CudaText: Cross-platform code editor

https://cudatext.github.io/

4 years ago

196 upvotes – 69 comments

Form Energy reveals the chemistry of its long-duration battery

https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/worlds-cheapest-energy-storage-will-be-an-iron-air-battery-says-jeff-bezos-backed-start-up/2-1-1044174

4 years ago

193 upvotes – 136 comments

Half of US states now using facial recognition to vet unemployment claims

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/tech/idme-unemployment-facial-recognition/index.html

4 years ago

180 upvotes – 150 comments

Is Norway the New East India Company?

https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/is-norway-the-new-east-india-company

4 years ago

173 upvotes – 161 comments
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