1417
405
Google has a secret deal with FB called “Jedi Blue” that they knew was illegal
https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452053940024057857
4 years ago
1292
255
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/
1062
310
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/
718
258
Google digital advertising antitrust litigation [pdf]
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564903/gov.uscourts.nysd.564903.152.0_1.pdf
653
318
Google had a plan called “Project NERA” to turn the web into a walled garden
https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452053941504684036
650
518
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/
609
90
The Financial Times’ 404 page
https://www.ft.com/3lJQa6w
514
172
RFC 3339 vs. ISO 8601
https://ijmacd.github.io/rfc3339-iso8601/
472
198
5 side projects in 6 years, earning $0
https://kwcodes.com/how-i-failed-5-side-projects-in-6-years-earning-0/
420
69
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
402
236
To learn a new language, read its standard library
http://patshaughnessy.net/2021/10/23/to-learn-a-new-language-read-its-standard-library
345
351
New language features since Java 8 to 17
https://advancedweb.hu/new-language-features-since-java-8-to-17/
325
259
Ask HN: Is the Great Resignation in tech real? If so, why?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28973942
320
268
Ask HN: Whatever happened to exploring the internet?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28976069
280
214
Deadly infection linked to contaminated room spray sold at Walmart
https://www.statnews.com/2021/10/22/melioidosis-outbreak-georgia-walmart/
274
179
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
270
237
Jetson One – Personal Electric Aerial Vehicle
https://www.jetsonaero.com/
92
We are recreating the entire planet in Minecraft
https://buildtheearth.net/
243
44
Self studying the MIT applied math curriculum (2019)
https://www.smallstepcap.com/
238
162
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
231
98
Signal for Help
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_for_Help
220
76
Gunship “Tech Noir” Breakdown
https://synthctrl.com/blogs/blog/gunship-tech-noir-breakdown
185
354
A cautionary tale from the streets of San Francisco
https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/10/23/a-cautionary-tale-from-the-streets-of-san-francisco
180
215
230 people living communally on 175 acre eco village [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-uH36w9xg8
23
Goodnight Dune (2011)
https://goodnightdune.com/
168
189
EU scientists reveal long-term brain damage caused by Covid
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20211022-eu-research-reveals-long-term-brain-damage-caused-by-covid
166
27
Replacing my Octopress blog with 200 lines of Babashka
https://blog.michielborkent.nl/migrating-octopress-to-babashka.html
165
New Brunswick’s Mystery Disease
https://thewalrus.ca/new-brunswicks-medical-mystery/
161
49
Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine (1989)
https://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine/
158
54
Percentage of Hacker News job postings that mention a remote option 2017-2021
https://rinzewind.org/blog-en/2021/percentage-of-hacker-news-job-postings-that-mention-a-remote-option.html
156
175
OK Lenovo, we need to talk
https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/mmu_man/2021-10-04_ok_lenovo_we_need_to_talk/
137
33
Show HN: Made a web app to read a book carefully, paragraph by paragraph
https://readwok.com
136
148
Signed integers are asymmetrical
https://borretti.me/article/signed-integers-asymmetrical
133
13
Polyhedra Viewer: Visualize relationships between convex regular-faced polyhedra
https://polyhedra.tessera.li/
130
48
Feature comparison of ack, ag, Git-grep, grep and ripgrep
https://beyondgrep.com/feature-comparison/
128
95
Why did Dostoyevsky write Crime and Punishment?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/dostoyevsky-crime-punishment-birmingham-sinner-saint/620175/
141
Two conspiracy theories about cola
https://dynomight.net/cola/
119
Let’s Put an End to Prosecutorial Immunity (2018)
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/03/13/let-s-put-an-end-to-prosecutorial-immunity
112
125
Ask HN: What’s your favorite tool for planning your day?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28979602
111
21
NSA's Key Role in Major Developments in Computer Science [pdf]
https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/01/2002754533/-1/-1/0/6586785-NSA-KEY-ROLE-IN-MAJOR-DEVELOPMENTS-IN-COMPUTER-SCIENCE.PDF
110
102
CNN goes first two weeks of October without any program reaching 1M viewers
https://londondaily.com/cnn-goes-first-two-weeks-of-october-without-any-program-reaching-1-million-viewers
109
8
A few of the best math explainers from this summer [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Qixy-r_rQ
108
Habits I've developed for fast and efficient programming
https://cprimozic.net/blog/programming-speed-strategies/
106
203
Message from cycling heaven: it’s not that fantastic here
https://bikecity.amsterdam.nl/en/trending/bericht-uit-de-fietshemel-het-hier-niet-fantastisch-en/
101
Supercharge Your Node.js with Rust
https://yieldcode.blog/supercharge-nodejs-with-rust/
97
70
Show HN: Pimp My Readme
https://pimp-my-readme.webapp.io/
93
66
The most brilliant bookshops in the world
https://www.ft.com/content/42bb3a0f-ba18-4dc7-ae8a-570fd989cbfc
Feature comparison of ack, ag, Git-grep, grep and ripgrep