top 20 hacker news stories for 2021-10-24

Google has a secret deal with FB called “Jedi Blue” that they knew was illegal

https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452053940024057857

4 years ago

1417 upvotes – 405 comments

Despite having just 5.8% sales, over 38% of bug reports come from Linux

https://old.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/qeqn3b/despite_having_just_58_sales_over_38_of_bug/

4 years ago

1292 upvotes – 255 comments

NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on previous hacking attempts

https://citizenlab.ca/2021/10/breaking-news-new-york-times-journalist-ben-hubbard-pegasus/

4 years ago

1062 upvotes – 310 comments

Google digital advertising antitrust litigation [pdf]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564903/gov.uscourts.nysd.564903.152.0_1.pdf

4 years ago

718 upvotes – 258 comments

Google had a plan called “Project NERA” to turn the web into a walled garden

https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452053941504684036

4 years ago

653 upvotes – 318 comments

Microsoft no longer signs Windows drivers for Process Hacker

https://borncity.com/win/2021/10/23/microsoft-signiert-windows-treiber-fr-process-hacker-nicht-mehr/

4 years ago

650 upvotes – 518 comments

The Financial Times’ 404 page

https://www.ft.com/3lJQa6w

4 years ago

609 upvotes – 90 comments

RFC 3339 vs. ISO 8601

https://ijmacd.github.io/rfc3339-iso8601/

4 years ago

514 upvotes – 172 comments

5 side projects in 6 years, earning $0

https://kwcodes.com/how-i-failed-5-side-projects-in-6-years-earning-0/

4 years ago

472 upvotes – 198 comments

Proton wins appeal in Swiss court over surveillance laws

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/proton-wins-appeal-in-swiss-court-over-surveillance-laws/47052196

4 years ago

420 upvotes – 69 comments

To learn a new language, read its standard library

http://patshaughnessy.net/2021/10/23/to-learn-a-new-language-read-its-standard-library

4 years ago

402 upvotes – 236 comments

New language features since Java 8 to 17

https://advancedweb.hu/new-language-features-since-java-8-to-17/

4 years ago

345 upvotes – 351 comments

Ask HN: Is the Great Resignation in tech real? If so, why?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28973942

4 years ago

325 upvotes – 259 comments

Ask HN: Whatever happened to exploring the internet?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28976069

4 years ago

320 upvotes – 268 comments

Deadly infection linked to contaminated room spray sold at Walmart

https://www.statnews.com/2021/10/22/melioidosis-outbreak-georgia-walmart/

4 years ago

280 upvotes – 214 comments

Barcelona’s Bicibús: hundreds of families biking to school together

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/22/1047341052/barcelona-bicibus-kids-parents-bike-ride-to-school

4 years ago

274 upvotes – 179 comments

We are recreating the entire planet in Minecraft

https://buildtheearth.net/

4 years ago

270 upvotes – 92 comments

Jetson One – Personal Electric Aerial Vehicle

https://www.jetsonaero.com/

4 years ago

270 upvotes – 237 comments

Self studying the MIT applied math curriculum (2019)

https://www.smallstepcap.com/

4 years ago

243 upvotes – 44 comments

Scientists have found a way to harden wood to make a knife that rivals steel

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/oct-23-vikings-in-newfoundland-new-rocks-from-the-moon-making-wood-better-and-more-1.6219865/scientists-have-found-a-way-to-harden-wood-to-make-a-knife-that-rivals-steel-1.6219874

4 years ago

238 upvotes – 162 comments
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