985
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Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/slingshot-effect/id1537916631
4 years ago
784
637
Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/macron-says-france-will-build-more-nuclear-energy-reactors-2021-11-09/
702
166
Lesser-known Postgres features
https://hakibenita.com/postgresql-unknown-features
654
311
We saved millions in SSD costs by upgrading our filesystem
https://heap.io/blog/how-we-saved-millions-in-ssd-costs-by-upgrading-our-filesystem
602
350
ProctorU is dystopian spyware
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/11/proctoru-is-dystopian-spyware/
549
235
How my genius roommate changed my perspective
https://www.farhadg.com/my-genius-roommate/
410
61
My Emacs Lisp book is finished
http://mbork.pl/2021-11-06_The_Emacs_Lisp_book_is_finished
403
207
Show HN: I built a no-BS recipe search engine
https://stovetop.app
398
271
“This project will only take 2 hours”
https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/thisprojectwillonlytake.html
389
366
The U.S. Treasury is buying private app data to target and investigate people
https://theintercept.com/2021/11/04/treasury-surveillance-location-data-babel-street/
454
It’s mostly a demand shock, not a supply shock, and it’s everywhere
https://www.bridgewater.com/its-mostly-a-demand-shock-not-a-supply-shock-and-its-everywhere
361
459
Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs
https://you.com/search?q=you.com&fromSearchBar=true
334
204
Jimmy Wales’ Final Email
https://cyounkins.medium.com/jimmy-wales-final-email-de36f39bfbbd
305
140
Write thin to write fast
https://breckyunits.com/write-thin-to-write-fast.html
278
137
The Surreal Horror of Pam
https://christine.website/talks/surreal-horror-pam-2021-11-09
97
Tor Browser 11.0
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-11-0
274
54
Ancient secrets of computer vision
https://pjreddie.com/courses/computer-vision/
261
179
Ask HN: How do you manage your personal documents?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29161110
257
118
Pyjion – A Python JIT Compiler
https://www.trypyjion.com/
253
111
Kite Turbines
https://windswept-and-interesting.co.uk/
248
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Making an old USB printer support Apple AirPrint using a Raspberry Pi
https://blog.jgc.org/2021/11/making-old-usb-printer-support-apple.html
247
131
Unity is buying Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital for $1.6B
https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/09/unity-is-buying-peter-jacksons-weta-digital-for-over-1-6b/
237
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WSL2 can now mount Linux ext4 disks directly
https://www.hanselman.com/blog/wsl2-can-now-mount-linux-ext4-disks-directly
232
74
Grafana OnCall: an easy-to-use on-call management tool
https://grafana.com/blog/2021/11/09/announcing-grafana-oncall/
224
767
NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art
https://www.jacquescorbytuech.com/writing/irl-problem-digital-art-nft
220
Ruby 3.1.0 Preview 1
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/11/09/ruby-3-1-0-preview1-released/
217
5
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96
Cave-Link: Underground text communication system
https://www.cavelink.com/cl3x_neu/index.php/en/
197
251
USC pushed a $115k online degree – graduates got low salaries, huge debts
https://www.wsj.com/articles/usc-online-social-work-masters-11636435900
190
60
Robinhood says millions of customer names, email addresses taken in data breach
https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/09/robinhood-data-breach/
189
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Used car market gets even more bizarre
https://www.axios.com/used-car-market-prices-dbea46f6-f8b3-42fe-b972-ece6c0f96de1.html
185
123
How Industry Weaponizes Science and Sows Doubt to Serve Their Agenda
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/industry-weaponizing-science-agenda/
181
42
Concurrency in Julia
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/875367/bd24fc983affbed4/
180
65
AnimeGANv2: Convert Face Portraits into Anime
https://huggingface.co/spaces/akhaliq/AnimeGANv2
REvil Ransom Arrest, $6M Seizure, and $10M Reward
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/11/revil-ransom-arrest-6m-seizure-and-10m-reward/
172
Suppose I Wanted to Kill a Lot of Pilots (2020)
https://newsletter.butwhatfor.com/p/invert-always-invert-avoid-failure
171
173
$ sudo rm -rf / === NPM install
https://ghuntley.com/sudo-rm-rf/
170
115
The Frenchman who pioneered the modern mercenary industry
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/frenchman-who-pioneered-modern-mercenary-industry-195469
168
19
Arm Joins the Rust Foundation
https://www.eenewseurope.com/news/arm-joins-rust-foundation
153
75
liblinux: Architecture-independent access to Linux system calls
https://github.com/matheusmoreira/liblinux
152
Upcoming Features in Go 1.18
https://sebastian-holstein.de/post/2021-11-08-go-1.18-features/
147
80
Google’s New Business Profile: When Search Becomes a Political Tool
https://www.nearmedia.co/does-the-gmb-rebranding-mean-more-or-less-than-google-say/
145
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Metallurgist admits faking steel test results for US Navy subs
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59186655
GE to split into three separate companies
https://www.ft.com/content/fb73e702-e885-4c20-8857-ddd29dc623af
95
Legacy Train Control System Stabilisation (2012) [pdf]
https://webinfo.uk/webdocssl/irse-kbase/ref-viewer.aspx?refno=1559669757&document=2.10%20strangaric%20-%20legacy%20train%20control%20system%20stabilisation.pdf
129
77
The fastest de-referer service... with AWS Global Accelerator
https://www.lifeofguenter.de/2021/11/fasters-dereferer-service-with-aws-global-accelerator.html
122
Twitter Blue is now available in the US and NZ
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2021/twitter-smarter--twitter-harder-with-twitter-blue
The Polarization Spiral
https://www.persuasion.community/p/haidt-and-lukianoff-the-polarization
120
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Microsoft and the Metaverse
https://stratechery.com/2021/microsoft-and-the-metaverse/
22
L-Arginine potentiates radiation therapy for cancer
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/11/oral-drug-enhances-radiation-therapy-cancer
114
36
A Canadian opens up about her secret wartime work, eavesdropping on Japan
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/second-world-war-marjorie-stetson-japan-1.6239427
113
88
Shooting an Elephant (1936)
https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/shooting-an-elephant/
108
Opening this article voids warranty
https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/vol24-2-dont-be-evil/opening-this-article-voids-warranty/
21
The Startup CEO’s Guide to Customer Success and Onboarding
https://arrows.to/resources/books/startup-ceo-guide-to-customer-success/?ref=hn
101
254
NFT misconception: JPEG aren't stored on the Blockchain
https://erickhun.com/posts/nft-misconception-image-arent-on-blockchains/
30
Intel Hardware allows activation of test or debug logic at runtime
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00528.html
98
JSONiq: JSON Query Language
https://www.jsoniq.org/
94
Stereo Gear in the 1970s
https://www.audioholics.com/editorials/70s-stereo-gear
66
Simula One – office-focused, standalone VR headset based on the Linux Desktop
https://www.simulavr.com/
92
Vivian's TV Head Costume
https://rose.systems/tv_head/
91
28
Node-RED: How an open-source tool is establishing itself in Industrial IoT
https://docs.umh.app/docs/concepts/node-red-in-industrial-iot/
89
Decaying but beloved, Tokyo’s Capsule Tower faces uncertain future
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/09/decaying-but-beloved-tokyos-capsule-tower-faces-uncertain-future
87
43
Doing Fraud on Securities Fraud
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-09/matt-levine-s-money-stuff-doing-fraud-on-securities-fraud
86
Git techniques
https://riskledger.com/blog/git-basics-at-risk-ledger/
85
US House Republicans introduce strategy to establish national privacy standard
https://republicans-energycommerce.house.gov/news/press-release/ec-republicans-unveil-comprehensive-strategy-to-establish-a-national-privacy-standard/
82
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Compass Pathways' Phase IIb psilocybin trial shows reduced depression symptoms
https://endpts.com/compass-pathways-phase-iib-psilocybin-trial-shows-reduced-depression-symptoms/
79
47
‘Encrypted’ peptides could be wellspring of natural antibiotics
https://blog.seas.upenn.edu/penn-researchers-show-encrypted-peptides-could-be-wellspring-of-natural-antibiotics/
16
Mozilla Guidelines to Secure SSH
https://infosec.mozilla.org/guidelines/openssh
9
Whistleblower awarded $24M by NHTSA for exposing HyundaiKia engine security flaw
https://www.carscoops.com/2021/11/whistleblower-awarded-24-million-by-nhtsa-for-exposing-hyundai-and-kia-engine-flaw/
Europa.eu domain name contacted through Signal Helper
https://community.signalusers.org/t/europa-eu-domain-name-contacted-through-signal-helper/38748
73
72
Xfinity outage leaves tens of thousands in the Bay Area without internet
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Forget-checking-your-cables-the-Xfinity-outage-16604558.php
70
81
LAPD ended predictive policing but a new effort shares many of their flaws
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/07/lapd-predictive-policing-surveillance-reform
The machine that saved Moore's Law
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/10/27/1037118/moores-law-computer-chips/
67
90
Ask HN: Could VSCode be the new Emacs?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29159192