top 20 hacker news stories for 2024-05-04

Show HN: Dillo 3.1.0 released after 9 years

https://dillo-browser.github.io/latest.html

a year ago

430 upvotes – 108 comments

How to build a $20B semiconductor fab

https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-to-build-a-20-billion-semiconductor

a year ago

349 upvotes – 95 comments

I don't want to fill out your contact form

https://adamjones.me/blog/dont-use-contact-forms/

a year ago

324 upvotes – 195 comments

Verified Rust for low-level systems code

https://github.com/verus-lang/verus

a year ago

284 upvotes – 103 comments

In Praise of Idleness (1932)

https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/

a year ago

270 upvotes – 107 comments

Show HN: gpudeploy.com – "Airbnb" for GPUs

https://www.gpudeploy.com

a year ago

267 upvotes – 187 comments

Atari's Mike Jang

https://arcadeblogger.com/2024/02/13/ataris-mike-jang/

a year ago

237 upvotes – 15 comments

Deno KV internals: building a database for the modern web

https://deno.com/blog/building-deno-kv

a year ago

230 upvotes – 94 comments

Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8k emulator-related DMCA takedowns

https://www.engadget.com/nintendo-blitzes-github-with-over-8000-emulator-related-dmca-takedowns-200021877.html

a year ago

225 upvotes – 175 comments

Does the American Diabetes Association work for patients or companies?

https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2024/may/02/american-diabetes-association-lawsuit

a year ago

222 upvotes – 201 comments

A love letter to bicycle maintenance and repair

https://tegowerk.eu/posts/bicycle-repair/

a year ago

219 upvotes – 168 comments

Vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/04/vulture-shortage-threatens-zoroastrian-burial-rites-india-iran-pakistan

a year ago

193 upvotes – 117 comments

Superfest – The almost unbreakable East German Glass (2021)

https://digitalcosmonaut.com/superfest-ceverit-glass-ddr/

a year ago

192 upvotes – 146 comments

Show HN: Bloom – A shadcn like UI library for Elixir and Phoenix

https://bloom-ui.fly.dev/

a year ago

189 upvotes – 22 comments

I joined landlord groups to persuade them to be better people to their tenants

https://www.thisisalot.com/unhinged-opinions/i-joined-a-bunch-of-landlord-groups-to-subtly-manipulate-them-into-being-better-people/118/

a year ago

170 upvotes – 293 comments

Vera Rubin's primary mirror gets its first reflective coating

https://www.universetoday.com/166842/vera-rubins-primary-mirror-gets-its-first-reflective-coating/

a year ago

157 upvotes – 55 comments

I never stopped learning from Daniel Dennett

https://nautil.us/i-never-stopped-learning-from-daniel-dennett-569904/

a year ago

147 upvotes – 58 comments

The Matrix: A Bayesian learning model for LLMs

https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03175

a year ago

139 upvotes – 10 comments

Insects and other animals have consciousness

https://nautil.us/insects-and-other-animals-have-consciousness-571584/

a year ago

127 upvotes – 227 comments

Tell HN: A note of gratitude to the people providing answers over here

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40260862

a year ago

123 upvotes – 16 comments
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