1077
372
Show HN: My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-name app to prepare
https://nomdebebe.app/
4 years ago
872
1128
Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 85%
https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/pfizer-s-oral-covid-19-antiviral-cuts-hospitalization-death-by-85-sending-team-barreling-to
615
430
How credit cards make money
https://bam.kalzumeus.com/archive/how-credit-cards-make-money/
514
250
Helion
https://blog.samaltman.com/helion
401
58
How to Learn Stuff Quickly
https://www.joshwcomeau.com/blog/how-to-learn-stuff-quickly/#%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F/
374
189
Scrape like the big boys
https://incolumitas.com/2021/11/03/so-you-want-to-scrape-like-the-big-boys/
354
63
Pdfsandwich
http://www.tobias-elze.de/pdfsandwich/
341
345
Nuclear power is the best climate-change solution
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nuclear-power-best-climate-change-solution-by-far-global-warming-emissions-cop26-11636056581
269
258
IAB Europe cookie consent pop-ups to be found in breach of GDPR
https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/05/iab-europe-tcf-gdpr-breach-belgium/
264
132
Things to say when you're losing a technical argument (2001)
http://web.archive.org/web/20050131033632/http://www.skirsch.com/humor/techarg.htm
252
356
Why SQLite does not use Git (2018)
https://sqlite.org/whynotgit.html
249
38
Orca – esoteric programming language, designed to create procedural sequencers
http://100r.co/site/orca.html
238
136
Ask HN: Coping with cancer in the family
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29120388
224
71
React Aria: A headless UI component library
https://react-spectrum.adobe.com/react-aria/
211
85
An inside look into the illicit ad industry
https://ariadne.space/2021/11/04/an-inside-look-into-the-illicit-ad-industry/
210
University of Florida reverses course, allows professors to testify
https://www.wuft.org/news/2021/11/05/university-of-florida-reverses-course-allows-professors-to-testify-regardless-of-compensation/
206
68
We bootstrapped our open source Google Analytics alternative to $500k ARR
https://plausible.io/blog/bootstrapping-saas
193
95
LXQt 1.0.0
https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/releases/tag/1.0.0
192
43
POSSE: Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere
https://indieweb.org/POSSE
67
Faking Twitter unfurling to phish you
https://harrydenley.com/faking-twitter-unfurling/
188
In C, how do you know if the dynamic allocation succeeded?
https://lemire.me/blog/2021/10/27/in-c-how-do-you-know-if-the-dynamic-allocation-succeeded/
185
209
DJI Mavic 3 Drone
https://www.dji.com/mavic-3
179
59
Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t
https://www.vox.com/recode/22761598/facebook-facial-recognition-meta
174
137
China says it will hold supporters of Taiwan's independence responsible for life
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-says-it-will-hold-supporters-taiwans-independence-criminally-responsible-2021-11-05/
160
Calm Technology
https://calmtech.com/
151
89
The decline of baleen whales has led to a decline of krill, researchers find
https://news.stanford.edu/press-releases/2021/11/03/researchers-findles-eat-expected/
150
1
How to learn compilers: LLVM Edition
https://lowlevelbits.org/how-to-learn-compilers-llvm-edition/
99
Dealing with the Evasive Witness
https://www.lawyerminds.com/effective-deposition-strategy-and-dealing-with-the-evasive-non-cooperative-witness/
147
246
From macOS to Arch Linux
https://www.juxt.pro/blog/from-mac-to-arch
Does having prime neighbors make you more composite?
http://bit-player.org/2021/does-having-prime-neighbors-make-you-more-composite
37
Show HN: WebFrame: F# framework for rapid prototyping with ASP.NET Core
https://github.com/RussBaz/WebFrame
145
92
The Soviet 1801VM2 LSI-11 Processor
https://www.cpushack.com/2021/11/04/the-soviet-1801vm2-lsi-11-processor/
142
263
Why Co–Star Uses Haskell
https://www.costarastrology.com/why-haskell
140
114
Embedded malware in RC (NPM package)
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g2q5-5433-rhrf
29
Apple’s $13k operating system (2013)
https://www.cnet.com/news/the-untold-story-behind-apples-13000-operating-system/
138
The promise and paradox of decentralization
https://www.thediff.co/p/the-promise-and-paradox-of-decentralization
83
Embedded Malware in Coa
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-73qr-pfmq-6rp8
130
72
RFC: Make NPM install scripts opt-in
https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/488
127
113
Widespread security risk identified in phones and Bluetooth devices
https://spectrum.ieee.org/bluetooth-security
124
Things I would like to 3D print
https://jmtd.net/log/3d_print_list/
9
Peeking through logs
https://asylum.madhouse-project.org/blog/2021/10/23/peeking-through-logs/
119
56
Psilocybin clinical trial to treat anxiety disorder receives approval
https://www.monash.edu/research/research-news/world-first-psilocybin-clinical-trial-in-the-treatment-of-generalised-anxiety-disorder-receives-ethics-approval
A 1958 UNIVAC airline reservation system
https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2021/11/04/a-1958-univac-airline-reservation-system/
116
93
Trading cards are cool again
https://www.tradingcardsarecoolagain.com
16
The secret lives of cells – as never seen before
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02904-w
102
Red Hat forced to hire cheaper, less senior engineers amid budget freeze
https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/05/red_hat_jobs/
163
Will it rot my students' brains if they use Mathematica? (2002)
https://theodoregray.com/BrainRot/
42
Slime molds’ complex ability to detect mass from a distance
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/11/right-now-can-slime-molds-think
69
Scripting languages of the future
https://www.jntrnr.com/scripting-languages-of-the-future/
94
Contract for Sale of Soul
https://liminalwarmth.com/contract-for-sale-of-soul/
Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29120254
108
IRS announces 401(k) limit increases to $20,500
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-401k-limit-increases-to-20500
49
On the future of Akka and Lightbend
https://discuss.lightbend.com/t/on-the-future-of-akka-lightbend/8997
Async Python is not faster (2020)
https://calpaterson.com/async-python-is-not-faster.html
80
164
Why the Job Search Sucks (2018)
https://blog.webb.page/2018-01-11-why-the-job-search-sucks.txt
76
41
Web fonts, boy, I don't know (2016)
https://meowni.ca/posts/web-fonts/
75
End Software Patents
https://endsoftwarepatents.org/
64
Launch HN: Terra (YC W21) – API to easily connect wearables to apps
https://tryterra.co
73
21
Wasp: WASM Programming Language
https://github.com/pannous/wasp
15
Scotland's Largest Pictish Fort 'Reconstructed' in New Images
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/11/scotlands-largest-pictish-fort.html
172
Google Employees Oppose Company's Cooperation with Israel
https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/google-and-amazon-cooperate-with-israel-employees-protest/zd3bd4
27
My WhatsApp Security code changed, with no login or logout
https://old.reddit.com/r/whatsapp/comments/qmwtyn/my_security_code_changed_no_login_or_logout/
Groke: A situational awareness system to make seafaring safer
https://aqworks.com/en/work/groke/
70
62
A city within a city in Kyiv, whose design was inspired by Legos
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/european-town-built-resemble-lego-blocks
19
The Biodegradable Battery
https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/papierbatterie
129
Top officers of a Navy nuclear sub have lost their jobs over undersea collision
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/04/1052513150/nuclear-sub-uss-connecticut-officers-undersea-collision
66
60
High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34121997/
10
An Incremental Approach to Compiler Construction (2006) [pdf]
http://scheme2006.cs.uchicago.edu/11-ghuloum.pdf
65
33
Show HN: View the patent and innovation history of any company
https://goodip.io/iq/
Health-care cyberattack is worst in Canadian history, says expert
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-cyber-attack-worst-canada-1.6236210
Intel Core i5 12600K / Core i9 12900K “Alder Lake” Linux Performance
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel-12600k-12900k&num=1
12
A guide to designing accessible focus indicators
https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/focus-indicators/
Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 85%