743
261
The surreal experience of my first developer job
https://bennuttall.com/the-surreal-experience-of-my-first-developer-job/
5 years ago
459
240
The historical accuracy of medieval city-builder video games
https://www.leidenmedievalistsblog.nl/articles/why-medieval-city-builder-video-games-are-historically-inaccurate
435
77
Facebook bans researchers who were investigating Facebook ads
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/facebook-bans-researchers-providing-transparency-on-sites-ads/
338
113
PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter
https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/oxmgg2/phd_student_in_switzerland_expelled_from_his/
326
454
My small revenge on Apple
https://javierantonsblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/my-small-revenge-on-apple.html
303
210
Simple Systems Have Less Downtime (2020)
https://www.gkogan.co/blog/simple-systems/
300
180
SAML Is Insecure by Design
https://joonas.fi/2021/08/saml-is-insecure-by-design/
292
126
Good Design is Imperfect Design, Part 1: Honest Names
https://www.domainlanguage.com/articles/good-design-is-imperfect-design-part-1-honest-names/
234
378
Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-04/woman-sues-after-being-hit-by-a-car-on-street-where-homeless-encampment-blocks-the-sidewalk
220
31
Ray Tracing Gems II available as free download
https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/ray-tracing-gems-ii-available-today-as-free-digital-download/
209
58
Show HN: Till – Unblock and scale your web scrapers, with minimal code changes
https://github.com/DataHenHQ/till
203
238
$28.50 Beer at LaGuardia Sparks Audit of New York Airport Concession Prices
https://eyeoftheflyer.com/2021/08/03/tweet-of-28-50-beer-at-la-guardia-sparks-audit-of-new-york-airport-concession-prices/
202
46
AdObserver Blocked by Facebook
https://twitter.com/LauraEdelson2/status/1422736706554433538
200
111
Launch HN: Turion Space (YC S21) – Space debris removal and satellite servicing
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28061725
178
285
Law school applicants surge 13%, biggest increase since dot-com bubble
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/law-school-applicants-surge-13-biggest-increase-since-dot-com-bubble-2021-08-03/
170
296
Early Retirement (2006)
https://philip.greenspun.com/materialism/early-retirement/
169
76
GAN-generated facial images that are capable of impersonating multiple IDs
https://www.unite.ai/master-faces-that-can-bypass-over-40-of-facial-id-authentication-systems/
166
259
The STEM Crisis Is a Myth (2013)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-stem-crisis-is-a-myth
164
183
Microsoft deletes all comments under heavily criticized Windows 11 upgrade video
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Damage-control-Microsoft-deletes-all-comments-under-heavily-criticized-Windows-11-upgrade-video.553279.0.html
163
93
China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-closing-in-on-thorium-nuclear-reactor
