1109
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Twitter applies 7-day suspension to half a dozen journalists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/15/twitter-journalists-suspended-musk/
3 years ago
826
591
Atom was archived today
https://github.com/atom/atom
736
317
A Linux Evening
https://fabiensanglard.net/a_linux_evening/index.html
637
349
Twitter has banned Mastodon links in name and bio for being “malware”
https://mastodon.social/@danluu/109521316258129814
606
350
Peter Norvig critically reviews AlphaCode’s code quality
https://github.com/norvig/pytudes/blob/main/ipynb/AlphaCode.ipynb
595
270
BundesMessenger, a secure messenger for Germany’s public administration
https://element.io/blog/bundesmessenger-is-a-milestone-in-germanys-ground-breaking-vision/
465
173
OCaml 5.0 Multicore is out
https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ocaml-5-0-0-is-out/10974
420
6
https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/releases/tag/5.0.0
399
374
Ask HN: I have diagnosed ADHD and cannot work with Slack anymore – advice?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34013643
384
142
I almost failed to search a 37 GB text file in under 1 millisecond
https://death.andgravity.com/pwned
366
277
Tell HN: Doing a chargeback against Google will get your account banned
https://old.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/zndbku/tifu_by_accidentally_buying_two_google_pixels_and/
332
147
Worst Opening Sentences of 2022
https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2022
309
889
The Twitter Files, Part Six
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857534737072128
307
313
Apple TV+ to adapt William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel Neuromancer
https://www.cinemaexpress.com/english/news/2022/dec/02/apple-tv-to-adapt-william-gibsons-cyberpunk-novel-neuromancer-37299.html
291
58
Show HN: Forma – An efficient vector-graphics renderer
https://github.com/google/forma
287
209
Legacy Update: Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, 2000
https://legacyupdate.net
286
278
Ask HN: How do you protect your children from internet addiction?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34019486
283
167
Congress passes legislation to end US participation in global shark fin trade
https://www.humanesociety.org/news/congress-passes-legislation-end-us-participation-global-shark-fin-trade
137
Use a laptop as a 2nd display on Linux using FreeRDP
https://blog.jacobstoner.com/use-a-laptop-or-tablet-as-a-2nd-display-on-linux-with-a-dummy-monitor-and-rdp/
275
254
EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64004673
264
259
Cylindrical aquarium housing 1,500 exotic fish bursts in Berlin
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/16/huge-cylindrical-aquarium-housing-1500-exotic-fish-bursts-in-berlin
257
197
Honey consumption improves blood sugar and cholesterol levels, study suggests
https://www.sci.news/medicine/honey-cardiometabolic-risks-11401.html
253
192
Twitter is suspending journalists who cover Elon
https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1603551884748460034
235
237
IBM creates 24-core Power chip so customers can exploit Oracle database license
https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/15/new_ibm_power_cpu_for_oracle/
69
Ancient grammatical puzzle solved after 2,500 years
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-ancient-grammatical-puzzle-years.html
201
604
Nuclear power is too slow
https://jackdevanney.substack.com/p/nuclear-power-is-too-slow
194
210
Ask HN: Anyone using proprietary Unix at work?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34017934
41
The Continuity of Splines [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPPXbo87ds
190
California pulls the plug on rooftop solar
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/12/15/california-pulls-the-plug-on-rooftop-solar/
182
87
Geodesic domes made simple
https://buildwithhubs.co.uk/
168
211
WeWork’s once robust cash reserves have dwindled, raising chances of default
https://www.wsj.com/articles/weworks-once-robust-cash-reserves-have-dwindled-raising-chances-of-default-11670905533
165
Forgejo
https://forgejo.org/2022-12-15-hello-forgejo/
162
14
Vulnerability scanner written in Go that uses osv.dev data
https://github.com/google/osv-scanner
40
Beautiful Software: Christopher Alexander's research initiative on computing
https://beautiful.software/
161
10
Tiny Code Christmas
https://tcc.lovebyte.party/
158
67
Codeberg launches Forgejo – Gitea fork
https://blog.codeberg.org/codeberg-launches-forgejo.html
153
74
Tiktoken: OpenAI’s Tokenizer
https://github.com/openai/tiktoken
151
Trump's Trading Card Grift Is Worse Than You Think
https://threats.substack.com/p/trumps-trading-card-grift-is-worse
150
27
Ask HN: Similar books to “Raytracing in one Weekend”?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34019549
60
Ask HN: Help with Meta
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34021944
Graph showing level of Covid, flu and RSV in US wastewater systems, by city
http://publichealth.verily.com/
140
39
Kilo Lisp: A Kilo Byte-Sized Lisp System
http://t3x.org/klisp/index.html
139
93
The more metrics you track, the less you know
https://breakingpoint.substack.com/p/you-have-too-many-metrics
138
66
Twitter blocks users from sharing Mastodon links
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63999452
136
82
Humans hold the key to collaboration no matter how good the software tools
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-15/focus-on-employees-not-tech-to-build-high-performing-team
132
28
Supabase Vault is now in Beta
https://supabase.com/blog/vault-now-in-beta
130
18
Twitter has flagged all the major Mastodon servers as malware
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34011514
57
Water-based circuit concept switches much faster than semiconductors
https://newatlas.com/electronics/water-circuit-switches-thz-faster-semiconductors/
123
Thomas Pynchon, famously private, sells his archive
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/arts/thomas-pynchon-huntington-archive.html
122
73
WordPress testing official SQLite Support
https://github.com/WordPress/performance/pull/547
121
Research reveals ways lead and cadmium in chocolate may be reduced
https://candyusa.com/news/research-reveals-ways-lead-and-cadmium-in-chocolate-may-be-reduced/
85
Writing good performance self reviews
https://andrewhuth.substack.com/p/writing-good-performance-self-reviews
120
273
JFK Assassination Records – 2022 Additional Documents Release
https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/release2022
113
15
Science Images of 2022
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-022-04372-2/index.html
108
49
Surprisingly Turing-Complete (2021)
https://www.gwern.net/Turing-complete
106
19
Ghostwriter, a haunted AI-powered typewriter that talks to you
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/meet-ghostwriter-a-haunted-ai-powered-typewriter-that-talks-to-you/
97
Schizophrenia: The new etiological synthesis
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422003839
96
11
Anker’s Eufy erased these 10 privacy promises instead of answering our questions
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/16/23512952/anker-eufy-delete-promises-camera-privacy-encryption-authentication
126
The Boring Conservatism of Elon Musk
https://kottke.org/22/12/the-boring-conservatism-of-elon-musk
94
76
Hot Wheels are one of the most inflation-proof toys in American history
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/16/1143282569/why-hot-wheels-are-one-of-the-most-inflation-proof-toys-in-american-history
Elon’s Commitment to Free Speech Rapidly Replaced by His Commitment to Hypocrisy
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/15/elons-commitment-to-free-speech-rapidly-replaced-by-his-commitment-to-blatant-hypocrisy-bans-the-joinmastodon-account/
90
25
So, what can you do with a process ID?
https://will-keleher.com/posts/What-can-you-do-with-a-pid.html
77
Geese return twice as quickly if you try to shoo them away
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351985-canada-geese-return-twice-as-quickly-if-you-try-to-shoo-them-away/
86
89
Binance is fucked
https://somereverie.substack.com/p/binance-is-fucked
Twitter is blocking links to Mastodon
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512113/twitter-blocking-mastodon-links-elon-musk-elonjet
83
Fears of ‘dead pool’ on Colorado River as drought threatens Hoover Dam water
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-12-16/risk-of-dead-pool-looms-at-colorado-river-meeting
48
Fallacies about RISC-V
https://www.eetimes.com/examining-the-top-five-fallacies-about-risc-v/
81
24
‘Nasty’ geometry breaks decades-old tiling conjecture
https://www.quantamagazine.org/nasty-geometry-breaks-decades-old-tiling-conjecture-20221215/
80
22
ZX81 Goes Nuclear – Game for Controlling a Nuclear Power Plant [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB6CC8UbJLU
79
Ask HN: What are good self hosted time tracking software for consultants?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34013754
75
Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing
https://www.techspot.com/article/2485-path-tracing-vs-ray-tracing/
23
Corkscrew optics yield direct line to electronics
https://spectrum.ieee.org/optical-computing-picosecond-gates
70
32
UWaterloo Steam Tunnels (2016)
https://hashman.ca/tunnels/
36
Twitter Is Banning Prominent Journalists Criticizing Elon Musk
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/elon-musk-twitter-journalists-banned-1234648351/
68
My plane is not trackable without using non-public data
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603656085390270464
65
Solar panels open crop lands to farming energy
https://spectrum.ieee.org/agrivoltaics-optimize-yield
13
How to spot a 'short snorter'
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-a-short-snorter
7
Show HN: MyJekyllBlog - an open source CMS and web host for Jekyll blogs
https://github.com/symkat/MyJekyllBlog
16
Selfish Writing (2018)
https://collabfund.com/blog/selfish-writing/
63
Britain’s empire of science
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2022/11/how-the-victorians-took-us-to-the-moon-iwan-rhys-morun-review
Quebec’s Great Maple Syrup Heist (2016)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/maple-syrup-heist
61
Ford again hikes the starting price of the F150 Lighting now up 40% since launch
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/16/ford-f-150-lightning-electric-pickup-gets-another-price-hike.html