693
238
Show HN: Pony – a messenger for mindful correspondence
https://www.ponymessenger.com
4 years ago
599
113
Elfshaker: Version control system fine-tuned for binaries
https://github.com/elfshaker/elfshaker
572
299
Crypto Wash Trading
https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.10984
534
336
Ask HN: I feel so shallow and dumb when I see what other smart people are doing
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29281468
499
271
Tasking developers with creating detailed estimates is a waste of time (2020)
https://iism.org/article/is-tasking-developers-with-creating-detailed-estimates-a-waste-of-company-money-42
445
194
Amazon lobbyists who kill U.S. consumer privacy protections
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/amazon-privacy-lobbying/
433
273
Swedish study finds discrimination against men in female-dominated occupations
https://www.psypost.org/2021/05/swedish-study-suggests-hiring-discrimination-is-primarily-a-problem-for-men-in-female-dominated-occupations-60699
337
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Marriott refused to host Uyghur conference, citing “political neutrality”
https://www.axios.com/marriott-uyghur-conference-d6deb429-9b5e-4759-ba10-98d59e81be12.html
318
135
80386DX ISA single board microcomputer
https://alexandrugroza.ro/microelectronics/system-design/isa-80386dx-sbmc/index.html
349
Where is Ruby Headed in 2021?
https://bignerdranch.com/blog/where-is-ruby-headed-in-2021/
292
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Adults who microdose psychedelics report lower levels of depression and anxiety [pdf]
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01811-4.pdf
277
232
The ‘Zelle fraud’ scam: how it works, how to fight back
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/11/the-zelle-fraud-scam-how-it-works-how-to-fight-back/
261
342
It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but customers are losing
https://apitman.com/27/#losing-the-streaming-wars
258
235
Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020)
https://oonwoye.com/2020/07/31/tech-journalism-is-less-diverse-than-tech/
254
210
Bring Back Our Knobs: Analog vs. Digital (2009)
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a1531/4213770/
248
401
Why Are Topre Keyboards So Expensive?
https://switchandclick.com/why-are-topre-keyboards-so-expensive/
216
176
Pangea Aerospace successfully hot fire tests the first MethaLox aerospike engine
https://www.satellite-evolution.com/post/pangea-aerospace-successfully-hot-fire-tests-the-first-methalox-aerospike-engine-in-the-world
211
157
Google Play permitting alternative billing systems for users in South Korea
https://developers-kr.googleblog.com/2021/11/enabling-alternative-billing-in-korea-en.html
208
227
The Spiral Staircase Myth (2020)
https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-mythbusting-blog-2-the-man-who-invented-the-spiral-staircase-myth/
193
327
Ask HN: Best cars without too much digitalization?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29281034
191
237
The Tinkerbell Griftopia
https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/tinkerbell.html
175
134
FDA wants 55 years to process FOIA request over vaccine data
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/wait-what-fda-wants-55-years-process-foia-request-over-vaccine-data-2021-11-18/
171
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Insurers run from ransomware cover as losses mount
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/insurers-run-ransomware-cover-losses-mount-2021-11-19/
164
91
China's Foreign Ministry 'not aware' of situation of tennis player Peng Shuai
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/32665214/china-foreign-ministry-not-aware-situation-surrounding-tennis-player-peng-shuai
160
32
Modern mainboard for traditional T60 ThinkPad
https://www.xyte.ch/t700-crowdfunding/
159
Ask HN: Why is there no good open-source LMS?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29275470
143
203
A Xiaomi phone might’ve shipped with a censorship list in Europe
https://bigtechnology.substack.com/p/a-xiaomi-phone-mightve-shipped-with
141
57
Ultracold, superdense atoms become invisible
https://news.mit.edu/2021/atoms-ultracold-scatter-light-1118
140
88
The Unfulfilled Promise of Serverless
https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/the-unfulfilled-promise-of-serverless/
136
39
In-orbit demonstration of an iodine electric propulsion system
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04015-y
54
One of these JPEGs is not like the other
https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/not-all-jpegs-are-the-same
215
UC slams the door on standardized admissions tests, nixing any SAT alternative
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-18/uc-slams-door-on-sat-and-all-standardized-admissions-tests
132
43
The WeeCee – Tiny Vortex86-Based DOS Gaming PC
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=80651
129
Notes on Software Development Waste
https://hcarvalhoalves.github.io/software-development-waste/
126
14
HomeBrew Computers Web-Ring
https://www.homebrewcpuring.org/
125
152
The price of individualism has proved to be the loss of privacy
https://www.noemamag.com/surveillance-capitalism-vs-the-surveillance-state/
260
Ask HN: What are your 2022 predictions?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29281732
119
116
Ask HN: What extensions/packs of VS Code are must for web/developers to install?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29278370
34
ChaosDB Explained: Azure's Cosmos DB Vulnerability Walkthrough
https://www.wiz.io/blog/chaosdb-explained-azures-cosmos-db-vulnerability-walkthrough
112
120
Tesla ranks almost dead-last on Consumer Reports reliability list
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/Tesla-ranks-almost-dead-last-Consumer-Reports-16632996.php
108
Ask HN: Advice on Colocating Servers?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29276734
102
Zstandard RFC 8878
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8878
99
170
Why NFTs are bad: the long version
https://antsstyle.medium.com/why-nfts-are-bad-the-long-version-2c16dae145e2
41
MacPaint and MacWrite First Public Demo (1984) [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqQJ-VnJ2uc
98
36
Fragment of lost 12th-century epic poem found in another book’s binding
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/18/fragment-of-lost-12th-century-epic-poem-found-in-another-books-binding
1
RetroBrew Computers
https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php
93
The history of Flash games in China
https://chaoyang.substack.com/p/gold-miner-swf
Clean Streets: People taking San Francisco’s trash into their own hands
https://missionlocal.org/2021/09/the-people-taking-san-franciscos-trash-into-their-own-hands/
90
Scientific American Goes Woke
https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/scientific-american-goes-woke
106
Dick Smith (Entrepreneur)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Smith_(entrepreneur)
118
Austria makes Covid19 vaccination mandatory as of Feb 2022
https://www.rainews.it/tgr/tagesschau/articoli/2021/11/tag-Oesterreich-Lockdown-Salzburg-Oberoesterreich-Pandemie-Coronavirus-fcd1b77f-d64d-4e52-8dae-23301a7c2790.html
69
App is getting 500 server error. Cant connect
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/app-is-getting-500-server-error-cant-connect.247264/
87
55
Duff’s Device in 2021
https://belaycpp.com/2021/11/18/duffs-device-in-2021/
86
153
The IPv4 Cleanup Project
https://github.com/schoen/unicast-extensions
82
He Created the Oregon Trail
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/11/oregon-trail-game-history-inventor-don-rawitsch.html
78
42
Google SAPI: Generate sandboxes for C/C++ libraries automatically
https://github.com/google/sandboxed-api
77
18
Effekt – A research language with effect handlers and lightweight polymorphism
https://effekt-lang.org/
72
58
New Ransomware Reporting Rules for US Financial Institutions
https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/new-ransomware-reporting-rules-for-us-financial-institutions-proposed-bill-would-require-government-permission-for-payments-over-100000/
9
Bubbleos, a Self-Contained OS
https://gitlab.com/kragen/bubbleos
64
How Metro Agencies Design the Letter 'M'
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-08/how-77-metro-agencies-design-the-letter-m-for-their-transit-logo
139
Woman discovers AirTag on her vehicle after receiving iPhone alert
https://www.kait8.com/2021/11/18/jonesboro-woman-finds-something-unexpected-her-car/
63
73
Ask HN: I purchased a domain and now the registry wants to take it back
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29281532
65
SpaceX will ‘hopefully’ launch first orbital Starship flight in January
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/17/elon-musk-spacex-will-hopefully-launch-starship-flight-in-january.html
111
Crypto group loses bid to buy US Constitution copy
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/124872/crypto-group-loses-bid-to-buy-rare-us-constitution-copy-in-record-breaking-sothebys-auction
Transformers from Scratch (2019)
http://peterbloem.nl/blog/transformers
59
27
Fixing the Drift in Shape Rotations
https://www.steveruiz.me/posts/rotating-shapes
40
HTTP Message Signatures
https://httpwg.org/http-extensions/draft-ietf-httpbis-message-signatures.html
7
GTA Modders to Court: Our Game Fixes and Enhancements Are Fair Use, Not Piracy
https://torrentfreak.com/gta-modders-to-court-our-game-fixes-enhancements-are-fair-use-211116/
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