1141
402
I won the local election, but my township ignored the results and state law
https://twitter.com/gaughen/status/1486834885964832770
4 years ago
770
349
I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)
https://web.stanford.edu/~learnest/les/crypto.htm
722
188
Apple contributes to OBS to support screen capture using ScreenCaptureKit
https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/5875/commits/551c54ba8440fcdf4cdc221f5d50a30a68b87a7e
681
408
Apple removes Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 beta
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-12_3-release-notes#Python
634
259
If Looks Could Kill
https://vintagecomputerstories.blogspot.com/2022/01/if-looks-could-kill.html
602
468
Reclaiming the lost art of Linux server administration
https://www.pietrorea.com/2022/01/28/reclaiming-the-lost-art-of-linux-server-administration/
426
382
Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against blockchain technologies
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30120437
366
379
There’s No Such Thing as Clean Code
https://www.steveonstuff.com/2022/01/27/no-such-thing-as-clean-code
342
307
Dozens of U.S. states say Apple stifles competition, back Epic
https://www.reuters.com/technology/dozens-us-states-say-apple-stifles-competition-back-fortnite-maker-2022-01-28/
313
242
Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without an account
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30114173
Docker for Mac Without Docker Desktop
https://github.com/stenh0use/docker-machine-for-mac
305
Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park
https://triblive.com/local/frick-park-bridge-collapses-natural-gas-smell-in-area/
302
145
The Banality of Genius: Notes on Peter Jackson's Get Back
https://ianleslie.substack.com/p/the-banality-of-genius-notes-on-peter
287
107
Rare real colour photos of WWII
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/color-photos-from-second-world-war/
286
207
Simulation of a 2B-atom cell that metabolizes and grows like a living cell
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/01/20/living-cell-simulation/
282
238
Wire is now on F-Droid
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.wire/
261
83
The Manga Guide Series
https://www.ohmsha.co.jp/english/manga.htm
255
114
Sega quits arcade business after 50 years
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-28-sega-quits-japanese-arcade-business-after-50-years
248
62
Suicide hotline shares data with for-profit spinoff, raising ethical questions
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/28/suicide-hotline-silicon-valley-privacy-debates-00002617
237
45
Toxic black mold is growing in my brain
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tysonbottenus/black-mold-growing-toxic-brain-vacation
225
82
Rome: Decline and Fall? Part II: Institutions
https://acoup.blog/2022/01/28/collections-rome-decline-and-fall-part-ii-institutions/
212
89
Quitting Dgraph Labs
https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/quitting-dgraph-labs/16702
210
44
Brian Kernighan on the Origins of Unix
https://lwn.net/Articles/881431/
254
‘Fix My Computer’ Cry Echos on Social Media; Air Force CIO Responds
https://www.airforcemag.com/fix-my-computer-cry-echos-on-social-media-air-force-cio-responds/
192
120
I paid for a perpetual license of TeamViewer. Stop calling and emailing me
https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/1445974503771672581
185
118
Rebranding FLoC Without Addressing Key Privacy Issues
https://brave.com/web-standards-at-brave/7-googles-topics-api/
178
71
Over 20k servers have their iLO interfaces exposed to the internet
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Over+20+thousand+servers+have+their+iLO+interfaces+exposed+to+the+internet%2C+many+with+outdated+and+vulnerable+versions+of+FW/28276
175
Things we finally know about network queues (2017)
https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170814
170
99
Tell HN: Google returning 'Untitled' results that redirect to malware/spam
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30117388
167
37
Prioritization, multiple work streams, unplanned work
https://leeorengel.com/prioritization-multiple-work-streams-unplanned-work-oh-my/
161
43
Evolution of the elephant depiction throughout the middle ages
https://www.uliwestphal.de/elephas-anthropogenus/index.html
156
182
Unlisted App Distribution
https://developer.apple.com/support/unlisted-app-distribution/
152
63
A Padlock I’d Use [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrV86GqlY8o
151
181
Twitter doesn't care about spam?
https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1487022342630957062
149
140
Ask HN: Does your team use feature flags?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30114856
148
72
2FA app with 10k Google Play downloads loaded well-known banking trojan
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/2fa-app-with-10000-google-play-downloads-loaded-well-known-banking-trojan/
147
67
A virus helped a woman survive a dangerous antibiotic-resistant infection
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-27/how-a-virus-helped-a-woman-survive-a-dangerous-antibiotic-resistant-infection.html
180
'Dutch reach' rule change to Highway Code welcomed
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-60089225
144
Atari System V Unix – Unofficial Website
http://www.atariunix.com/
142
Can I have a smaller Prometheus
https://wejick.wordpress.com/2022/01/29/can-i-have-a-smaller-prometheus/
141
84
The battle for the world’s most powerful cyberweapon
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/magazine/nso-group-israel-spyware.html
38
Devious SQL: Message Queuing Using Native PostgreSQL
https://blog.crunchydata.com/blog/message-queuing-using-native-postgresql
138
69
Vitamin D supplementation reduces autoimmune disease risk in trial findings
https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-066452
137
42
Right to Repair Fight
https://www.checkbook.org/national/right-to-repair/
135
199
Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19
https://www.cureus.com/articles/82162-ivermectin-prophylaxis-used-for-covid-19-a-citywide-prospective-observational-study-of-223128-subjects-using-propensity-score-matching
129
26
Nova – Erlang Web Framework
http://novaframework.org/
127
78
How to excel in tech without learning to code
https://future.a16z.com/excel-in-tech-without-learning-to-code/
121
Async Rust: Panics vs. Cancellation
https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps//blog/2022/01/27/panics-vs-cancellation-part-1/
46
Wonderland Crypto Co-Founder Revealed to Be Infamous Fraudster, Investors Shaken
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxakz/crypto-co-founder-revealed-to-be-infamous-fraudster-investors-shaken
112
101
Message in a bottle from Scottish girl found in Norway after 25 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-60121185
110
The Smart Modem
https://computer.rip/2022-01-24-the-smart-modem.html
106
United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fuel supplying one engine
https://www.ge.com/news/reports/united-flies-worlds-first-passenger-flight-on-100-sustainable-aviation-fuel-supplying-one
103
53
Hoare’s Rebuttal and Bubble Sort’s Comeback
https://blog.reverberate.org/2020/05/29/hoares-rebuttal-bubble-sorts-comeback.html
102
61
Waymo sues state DMV to keep robotaxi safety details secret
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-01-28/waymo-robot-taxi-sues-state-secret-black-ice
22
Official Beijing2022 apps silently collect audio
https://twitter.com/jonathandata1/status/1486458526767661060
56
The Society of the Spectacle
https://unredacted-word.pub/
96
41
On self-modifying executables in Rust
https://blog.dend.ro/self-modifying-rust/
93
Orcas found to kill blue whales
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/orcas-can-kill-blue-whales-the-biggest-animal-on-earth
91
30
Theoretical Advances in AMM (Automated Market Maker) Understanding
https://fbifemboy.substack.com/p/theoretical-advances-in-amm-understanding
90
119
Ask HN: Why is there no high quality method for voice control of a PC?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30117383
Some Amazon divisions have lost at least 35% of their staff in the past year
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-attrition-rates-as-high-as-35-doesnt-reward-loyalty-2022-1
85
Can medieval sleeping habits fix America’s insomnia?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/medieval-sleeping-habits-insomnia-segmented-biphasic/621372/
28
Writing an efficient Vulkan renderer (2020)
https://zeux.io/2020/02/27/writing-an-efficient-vulkan-renderer/
Hive: A Globally-Distributed Key/Value Store [pdf]
https://papers.s3.fr-par.scw.cloud/hive.pdf
79
18
Astronomers close in on new way to detect gravitational waves
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00170-y
77
193
Why is there no theory of the just riot? (2021)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-political-science/article/british-academy-brian-barry-prize-essay-why-is-there-no-just-riot-theory/0FB53D483E24A115BB336DB95A8AC79A
Ask HN: FOMO by working in startups only vs. Big companies
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30115078
76
Can a biologist fix a radio?–Or, what I learned while studying apoptosis (2002) [pdf]
https://www.cell.com/cancer-cell/pdf/S1535-6108(02)00133-2.pdf
75
155
New data shows Americans more miserable than we've been in half a century
https://thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/new-data-shows-americans-more-miserable
73
51
Sinking 1K NYC subway cars in the Atlantic to create a reef didn’t go as planned
https://www.fastcompany.com/90716245/sinking-1000-nyc-subway-cars-in-the-atlantic-to-create-a-reef-didnt-go-as-planned
15
Mixbox: Practical pigment mixing for digital painting
https://github.com/scrtwpns/pigment-mixing
68
Terminal support for emoji
https://darrenburns.net/posts/emoji-in-the-terminal/
39
The sun was dimmer when earth formed – how did life emerge?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-sun-was-dimmer-when-earth-formed-how-did-life-emerge-20220127/
The Long Road to Today’s Cochlear Implant
https://spectrum.ieee.org/cochlear-implant-history
19
Joan Didion: On Self-Respect (1961)
https://www.vogue.com/article/joan-didion-self-respect-essay-1961
