675
346
The real OnlyFans scandal is the unaccountable power of platforms and banks
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/28/onlyfans-scandal-platforms-banks-ban-sexual-content-sex-workers
4 years ago
608
447
FB messenger silently censoring links, claims they were sent
https://twitter.com/kylejohnmorris/status/1431714982782066688
493
163
The Future of discord.py
https://gist.github.com/Rapptz/4a2f62751b9600a31a0d3c78100287f1
472
508
Weird Languages
http://paulgraham.com/weird.html
315
129
Samsung seemingly caught swapping components in its 970 Evo Plus SSDs
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/samsung-seemingly-caught-swapping-components-in-its-970-evo-plus-ssds/
304
131
Apple can read your iMessages (even though they’re E2E encrypted)
https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/pcb3ej/a_timely_reminder_that_apple_can_read_your/
278
88
Watch Windows 95 crash live as it exceeds 49.7 days uptime [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdrRoSdBM5M
262
122
Zoom RCE from Pwn2Own 2021
https://sector7.computest.nl/post/2021-08-zoom/
253
51
Apple’s new Private Relay is leaking your original address through WebRTC
https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/pd4y5m/apples_new_private_relay_is_leaking_your_original/
192
117
EU agency advises against using search and browsing history for credit scores
https://therecord.media/eu-agency-advises-against-using-search-browsing-history-for-credit-scores/
191
115
NetBSD Booting on the Apple M1
https://twitter.com/jmcwhatever/status/1431575270436319235
184
67
Corporations Are Crappy Archivists
https://www.pcjs.org/blog/2017/10/13/
177
54
TekSavvy takes pirate site blocking battle to Canada’s Supreme Court
https://torrentfreak.com/teksavvy-takes-pirate-site-blocking-battle-to-canadas-supreme-court-210826/
175
172
Climate change will alter where many crops are grown
https://www.economist.com/international/2021/08/28/climate-change-will-alter-where-many-crops-are-grown
170
40
LucidVR open source force feedback VR gloves
https://github.com/LucidVR/lucidgloves/releases/tag/Proto4
168
37
Role-based access control like it was meant to be
https://tailscale.com/blog/rbac-like-it-was-meant-to-be/
164
82
Next-gen chips will be powered from below
https://spectrum.ieee.org/next-gen-chips-will-be-powered-from-below
75
This Is Water (2005)
https://fs.blog/2012/04/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water/
151
20
New study examines ‘Achilles heel’ of cancer tumours
https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/new-study-examines-achilles-heel-of-cancer-tumours-paving-the-way-for-new-treatment-strategies/
143
28
AT&T Archives: The Unix Operating System [video] (1982)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc4ROCJYbm0
142
34
Pocuter – A coin-sized micro computer with WiFi and BLE
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zepsch/pocuter
140
112
After 18 years, SCO's IBM litigation may be settled for $14.5M
https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/08/28/0237243/after-18-years-scos-ibm-litigation-may-be-settled-for-145-million
137
305
I believe California is the dumping ground for America's homeless problem
https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/2021/08/i-believe-california-is-dumping-ground.html
136
114
Forget privacy: you're terrible at targeting anyway (2019)
https://apenwarr.ca/log/20190201
128
Researcher experiences of funder suppression of health trial findings
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0255704
126
89
Repairs of leaning San Francisco skyscraper on hold
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/08/27/repairs-sinking-san-francisco-skyscraper-on-hold-engineering-expert-blasts-plan/
Israeli Study: Natural Immunity Is 13x Stronger Than Pfizer Covid Shots
https://thinkcivics.com/israeli-study-natural-immunity-is-13x-stronger-than-pfizer-covid-shots/
134
Missile Base for Sale
http://mobile.missilebaseforsale.com/
121
78
Brazil prisoners reading books to shorten their sentences (2020)
http://prison-off.com/brazil-prisoners-reading-books-to-shorten-their-sentences/?lang=en
Canada, April: Under-65 excess mortality exceeds under-65 Covid-19 deaths
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210712/dq210712b-eng.htm
120
30
A comment in Hacker News led Girish Mathrubootham to create Freshworks (2019)
https://yourstory.com/2019/11/turning-point-freshworks-chennai-saas-startup-girish-mathrubootham/
113
69
Familia Toledo: The most inexpensive computer USD $99.00
http://www.biyubi.com/eng_principal.html
169
Emacs Modernization: Simple Changes Emacs Should Adopt (2006)
http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/modernization.html
107
74
Life After White Collar Crime
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/life-after-white-collar-crime
105
27
Developers aren’t impressed with Apple’s App Store changes
https://www.macworld.com/article/354291/developers-arent-impressed-with-apples-app-store-changes.html
104
Chicago sues Grubhub and DoorDash for allegedly deceptive practices
https://chicago.eater.com/2021/8/27/22644787/chicago-grubhub-doordash-lawsuit-third-party-delivery
103
17
The 20x24 Polaroid instant camera
https://20x24studio.com/?page_id=1653
101
Tupolev Tu-144: The Soviets' doomed rival to Concorde (2017)
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/tupolev-tu-144-concordski/index.html
98
Away from Exceptions: Errors as Values
https://humanlytyped.hashnode.dev/away-from-exceptions-errors-as-values
95
48
Do You Need a Blockchain? (2017)
http://doyouneedablockchain.com/
90
91
Police in the US shoot dogs so often, an expert calls it an “epidemic” (2016)
https://qz.com/870601/police-killing-dogs-is-an-epidemic-according-to-the-justice-department/
Snap is Scheme disguised as Scratch [pdf]
https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~bh/snap/baby3.pdf
33
Google: 'Reverse Warrants' Becoming Law Enforcement's Go-To Investigative Tool
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210821/10494847401/google-report-shows-reverse-warrants-are-swiftly-becoming-law-enforcements-go-to-investigative-tool.shtml
87
In a patch of Arizona, everyone knows Waymo, but few use it
https://www.morningbrew.com/emerging-tech/stories/2021/08/23/patch-arizona-everyone-knows-waymo-use
86
23
Show HN: Simple tool for creating command-line bar charts
https://github.com/TurkeyMcMac/barchart
49
The Psychology of Online Political Hostility
https://psyarxiv.com/hwb83/
84
59
Tesla Packs 50B Transistors onto D1 Dojo Chip
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tesla-d1-ai-chip
80
Getting started with large format film photography
https://shootitwithfilm.com/getting-started-with-large-format-film-photography/
76
41
Vega Strike
https://www.vega-strike.org/
73
The Sunk Cost Fallacy
https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/the-sunk-cost-fallacy/
Mortuaries fill, hospitals clog in rural California towns with low vaccination
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-28/la-me-rural-california-covid-surge-vaccinations-lag
68
63
Ask HN: Is there a recruiter email blocklist somewhere?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28336742
64
44
Elizabeth Holmes to Accuse Ex-Boyfriend of Abuse at Trial
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/28/1031961327/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-trial-boyfriend-balwani-emotional-sexual-abuse
12
Anthropic Bias (2020)
https://www.anthropic-principle.com/q=book/table_of_contents/
In a patch of Arizona, everyone knows Waymo, but few use it