760
370
Internet addiction and the habit of book reading
https://benwajdi.com/2021/12/18/is-internet-addiction-eradicating-the-habit-of-reading/
4 years ago
444
151
Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
https://github.com/haimgel/display-switch
438
430
My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and left me with chemical burns
https://recursive-public-rants.blogspot.com/2021/12/my-bose-qc-35-ii-headphones-suddenly.html
432
312
Third High Severity CVE in Log4j Is Published
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html
355
149
Exa - A Modern Replacement for ls
https://the.exa.website/
324
127
A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado
https://bikeindex.org/news/closing-the-loop-a-deep-dive-on-a-facebook-reseller-of-bikes-stolen-in
284
41
Omnizart: Library for automatic music transcription
https://github.com/Music-and-Culture-Technology-Lab/omnizart
281
295
Group of monkeys kill over 250 dogs for 'revenge' in Indian town
https://www.newsweek.com/group-monkeys-kill-over-250-dogs-revenge-indian-town-1660683
280
60
Boston police bought spy tech with a pot of money hidden from the public
https://www.propublica.org/article/boston-police-bought-spy-tech-with-a-pot-of-money-hidden-from-the-public#1203986
264
23
An Origami Samurai Made from a Single Sheet of Rice Paper
https://www.openculture.com/2021/12/an-origami-samurai-made-from-a-single-sheet-of-rice-paper.html
250
186
To opt out of Google Analytics you have to install a browser extension
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/eula.html?hl=en
246
292
Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019)
https://blog.wolfram.com/2019/04/02/why-wolfram-tech-isnt-open-source-a-dozen-reasons/
223
Ask HN: Life Changing Books?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29605394
235
269
Why Not Rust? (2020)
https://matklad.github.io//2020/09/20/why-not-rust.html
226
173
Log4j 2.16: Certain strings can cause infinite recursion
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-3230
221
32
Show HN: Timeless articles posted on Hacker News, written 1321 to 2021
https://hn.lindylearn.io
217
161
UberEats took unauthorized amount (and not willing to pay it back)
https://twitter.com/TamasNo1/status/1472271668898893834
192
YouTube TV loses ESPN, ABC and other Disney channels in fee dispute
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-12-17/youtube-tv-loses-espn-abc-and-other-disney-channels-in-fee-dispute
185
An NFT without a blockchain
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/12/an-nft-without-a-blockchain-no-gas-fees-no-eth/
182
229
The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than It Should Be
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-universe-is-expanding-faster-than-it-should-be
181
45
Wingman for Haskell
https://haskellwingman.dev/
106
Lead exposure from routine consumption of coffee and tea from ceramic mugs
https://foodcontaminationjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40550-017-0049-7
176
137
Perl Turns 34 Today
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/8d063cd8450e59ea1c611a2f4f5a21059a2804f1
171
253
Ask HN: 27, accidentally became wealthy, lost drive. What should I do?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29606476
111
Ask HN: Can web scraping be the basis of a viable business model?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29605104
162
94
JPMorgan hit with $200M in fines for letting employees use WhatsApp
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/17/jpmorgan-agrees-to-125-million-fine-for-letting-employees-use-whatsapp-to-evade-regulators.html
147
72
Thread Safety in C++ and Rust
https://blog.reverberate.org/2021/12/18/thread-safety-cpp-rust.html
143
Tell HN: AWS warns us about irregular activity related to Log4shell
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29608244
142
50
Firefox Profilemaker
https://ffprofile.com/
135
34
C Programming on System 6 – Implementing Multi-User Chat
https://jcs.org/2021/12/18/chat
123
71
Hidden Pentagon records reveal patterns of failure in deadly airstrikes
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/18/us/airstrikes-pentagon-records-civilian-deaths.html
120
79
Don't use Digital Ocean (DO) for production
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29600320
119
48
Matrix Multiplication Inches Closer To Mythic Goal
https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-inch-closer-to-matrix-multiplication-goal-20210323/
114
49
Protonmail was identified as spam in Gmail
https://i.imgur.com/rpJDQX2.png
99
Kolmogorov Complicity and the Parable of Lightning (2017)
https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/23/kolmogorov-complicity-and-the-parable-of-lightning/
109
30
What scientists must know about hardware to write fast code (2020)
https://biojulia.net/post/hardware/
107
59
Ask HN: What are the best books for professional effectiveness?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29602228
20
Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking
https://linkingmanifesto.org/
101
Ask HN: How do you get articles/papers/talks recommendations?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29604618
98
110
U.N. talks adjourn without deal to regulate 'killer robots'
https://www.reuters.com/world/un-talks-adjourn-without-deal-regulate-killer-robots-2021-12-17/
Unbreakable phone screens could be made with a new material
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/unbreakable-phone-screens-could-be-made-with-a-new-material/21806552
91
38
To Understand Language Is to Understand Generalization
https://evjang.com/2021/12/17/lang-generalization.html
88
Self-Organizing Teams
https://vadimkravcenko.com/en/self-organizing-teams/
85
63
Windows: The next killer application on the internet (1994) [pdf]
https://sriramk.com/memos/KillerApp.pdf
83
29
On commercial forks FOSS projects
https://drewdevault.com/2021/12/18/Commercial-forks-of-FOSS-projects.html
78
11
The only Christmas tradition I care about is Sweden’s arson goat
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/22841071/sweden-arson-goat-gavle-gavlebocken-spirit-of-christmas
77
10
The Haskell School of Music (2012) [pdf]
https://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/hudak/Papers/HSoM.pdf
6
A new cycle-stepped Z80 emulator
https://floooh.github.io/2021/12/17/cycle-stepped-z80.html
76
36
When MVPs Hurt
https://builtin.com/software-engineering-perspectives/when-mvps-hurt
74
9
Opening a 50-year-old Christmas present from the Moon
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Opening_a_50-year-old_Christmas_present_from_the_Moon
San Francisco Mayor Declares State of Emergency to Fight City’s ‘Nasty Streets’
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/us/san-francisco-state-of-emergency-crime.html
