2244
373
Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B001%2718.5%22N+93%C2%B035%2740.5%22W/@39.0219215,-93.5946774,253m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xd87af7588b9c362e!8m2!3d39.0218056!4d-93.5945833
4 years ago
551
187
TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
https://zig.news/xq/a-challenger-to-the-throne-of-vector-graphics-svg-is-dead-long-live-tinyvg-4on8
538
124
HTTP Toolkit
https://httptoolkit.tech/
523
348
Against 3x Speed
https://perell.com/essay/against-3x-speed/
513
131
Show HN: Lisp with GC in 436 Bytes
https://justine.lol/sectorlisp2/
367
119
Learn accounting for free
https://www.accountingcoach.com/
357
235
European alternatives for digital products
https://european-alternatives.eu
343
143
Show HN: Mum's 80th birthday present- a rotary phone from the 1970's
http://fourlightyears.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-is-my-mums-80th-birthday-present.html
319
Code Review as a Service
https://www.pullrequest.com/
316
240
Zig 0.9.0
https://ziglang.org/download/0.9.0/release-notes.html
314
324
There's never been a better time to build websites
https://www.simeongriggs.dev/there-has-never-been-a-better-time-to-build-websites
306
402
New EU data blockage as German court would ban many cookie management providers
https://iapp.org/news/a/new-eu-data-blockage-as-german-court-would-ban-many-cookie-management-providers/
292
73
Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms
https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends
371
Tesla remotely unlocks Model 3 car, uses smart summon to help repo agent
https://tiremeetsroad.com/2021/03/18/tesla-allegedly-remotely-unlocks-model-3-owners-car-uses-smart-summon-to-help-repo-agent/
284
426
Apple added an orange dot that’s a showstopper for live visuals
https://cdm.link/2021/12/apple-added-an-orange-dot-thats-a-showstopper-for-live-visuals-and-it-needs-a-fix/
266
Bugs are evolving to eat plastic
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/12/17/news/bugs-are-evolving-eat-plastic
257
163
Failed for the past 12 years as an tech entrepreneur
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29624502
250
87
Hunting Tech Debt via Org Charts
https://bellmar.medium.com/hunting-tech-debt-via-org-charts-92df0b253145
242
146
Toddlers are harsh judges of moral character
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/12/14/once-a-meanie-always-a-meanie-toddlers-are-harsh-judges-of-moral-character/
288
Ubisoft's unprecedented “exodus” of developers
https://www.axios.com/ubisoft-assassins-creed-great-resignation-aef86e61-75a8-4446-8ad6-f2c58bd0b730.html
165
Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013)
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22751415
229
132
There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically)
https://eukaryotewritesblog.com/2021/05/02/
214
54
The QOI File Format Specification
https://phoboslab.org/log/2021/12/qoi-specification
210
219
Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/11257354?hl=en
206
238
Homebuilt pickups: How underage teens skirt the law to drive in Sweden (2016)
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2016/07/05/homebuilt-pickups-and-trailer-hitches-how-underage-teens-skirt-the-law-to-drive-in-sweden
204
40
Giant 555 Timer
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/20/all-hail-your-new-giant-555-timer-overlord/
198
84
ReactOS 0.4.14
https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-0414-released/
How are Rome's monuments still standing?
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211213-how-are-romes-monuments-still-standing
193
26
Detailed footage reveals what triggers lightning
https://www.quantamagazine.org/radio-telescope-reveals-how-lightning-begins-20211220/
191
168
Dramatic growth in mental-health apps has created a risky industry
https://www.economist.com/business/2021/12/11/dramatic-growth-in-mental-health-apps-has-created-a-risky-industry
190
62
Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29628716
186
65
Implementing RSA in Python from Scratch
https://coderoasis.com/implementing-rsa-from-scratch-in-python/
184
The bulldozer vs. vetocracy political axis
https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/12/19/bullveto.html
142
Elementary OS 6.1
https://blog.elementary.io/elementary-os-6-1-available-now/
158
105
Ask HN: How can a non-techie mom regain access to her FB account?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29623254
152
BlackHole Audio Driver
https://github.com/ExistentialAudio/BlackHole
46
Local man switches to Arch, tells no one
https://lunduke.substack.com/p/local-man-switches-to-arch-tells
140
67
Amputated fingertips sometimes grow back (2013)
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/06/10/190385484/chopped-how-amputated-fingertips-sometimes-grow-back
136
203
You can't lure employees back to the office
https://www.zdnet.com/article/they-really-arent-going-back-work-from-home-is-here-to-stay/
133
15
Femtolisp – A lightweight, robust, scheme-like Lisp implementation
https://github.com/JeffBezanson/femtolisp
25
Inverting PhotoDNA
https://www.anishathalye.com/2021/12/20/inverting-photodna/
129
The Scholarly Pursuit of Shrek
https://www.pastemagazine.com/comedy/shrek-irony-jamie-loftus/
128
35
Fixing memory leaks in popular Python libraries
https://www.paulsprogrammingnotes.com/2021/12/python-memory-leaks.html
120
64
Example Domain
https://example.com
21
Show HN: Python decorator that enables arbitrarily-deep tail/non-tail recursion
https://github.com/tylerhou/fiber
115
113
Before ‘Dune,’ Frank Herbert learned from native Americans
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/23/opinion/culture/dune-frank-herbert-native-americans.html
112
56
Maryland hasn't updated Covid case data for 15 days due to a security incident
https://health1.maryland.gov:443/incidentupdate/Pages/default.aspx
110
6
The science of visual data communication: what works
https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/10.1177%2F15291006211051956-FREE/full#.YbpbbYlu2Xw.twitter
108
16
Annotated explanation of David Beazley's dataklasses
https://til.simonwillison.net/python/annotated-dataklasses
103
39
When Aldous Huxley opened the doors of perception
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/when-aldous-huxley-opened-the-doors-of-perception/
31
Upgrading a motherboard’s BIOS/UEFI (the hard way)
https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2021/12/upgrading-a-motherboards-bios-uefi-the-hard-way/
102
154
Progressive Caucus’ Endorsement of 32-Hour Workweek Act
https://takano.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rep-takano-statement-on-congressional-progressive-caucus-endorsement-of-32-hour-workweek-act
100
181
Ask HN: Which tech stack is the most fun?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29625165
99
45
The Great Offline
https://reallifemag.com/the-great-offline/
93
164
Ask HN: What's the next big thing in computing / programming?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29625625
92
A simple proposal to humankind. Global Peace Dividend
https://peace-dividend.org/
91
Moderna booster increased neutralizing antibody levels against Omicron ~37-fold
https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2021/Moderna-Announces-Preliminary-Booster-Data-and-Updates-Strategy-to-Address-Omicron-Variant/default.aspx
DeFi risks and the decentralisation illusion
https://www.bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_qt2112b.htm
70
Stop Whining about Rust Hype – A Pro-Rust Rant
https://thenewwazoo.github.io/whining.html
86
Why Architecture Oriented Programming Matters (2019)
https://blog.metaobject.com/2019/02/why-architecture-oriented-programming.html
85
53
Speedy Web Compiler – a fast TypeScript/JavaScript compiler
https://github.com/swc-project/swc
80
9
After 737 Max crashes, damning whistleblower report reveals sidelined engineers
https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/15/boeing_737_max_senate_report/
