top 20 hacker news stories for 2024-08-23

Did you lose your AirPods?

https://alexyancey.com/lost-airpods/

4 months ago

1115 upvotes – 383 comments

DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-realpage-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions-american-renters

4 months ago

795 upvotes – 624 comments

17-year-old student exposes Germany's 'secret' pirate site blocklist

https://torrentfreak.com/17-year-old-student-exposes-germanys-secret-pirate-site-blocklist-240822/

4 months ago

521 upvotes – 228 comments

We have reached OpenBSD of Theseus

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=172443408727088&w=2

4 months ago

420 upvotes – 87 comments

SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

https://github.com/dpjudas/SurrealEngine

4 months ago

361 upvotes – 138 comments

Meta cancels high-end mixed reality headset after Apple Vision Pro struggles

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/23/meta-cancels-high-end-headset/

4 months ago

357 upvotes – 526 comments

We need to liberate the Postcode Address File

https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/secret-paf-report

4 months ago

356 upvotes – 312 comments

Claude's API now supports CORS requests, enabling client-side applications

https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/23/anthropic-dangerous-direct-browser-access/

4 months ago

349 upvotes – 163 comments

Microsoft formally deprecates the Windows Control Panel

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/microsoft-formally-deprecates-the-39-year-old-windows-control-panel/

4 months ago

325 upvotes – 492 comments

Adding 16 kb page size to Android

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2024/08/adding-16-kb-page-size-to-android.html

4 months ago

322 upvotes – 167 comments

The journey of an internet packet: Exploring networks with traceroute

https://sebastianmarines.com/post/journey-of-a-packet-exploring-networks-with-traceroute/

4 months ago

319 upvotes – 107 comments

Author-paid publication fees corrupt science and should be abandoned

https://osf.io/preprints/osf/3ez9v

4 months ago

305 upvotes – 156 comments

Cautionary tale on using Chase bank for indie business

https://jxnl.co/writing/2024/09/21/chase-bank-small-business-nightmare/

4 months ago

295 upvotes – 263 comments

Vega – A declarative language for interactive visualization designs

https://vega.github.io/vega/

4 months ago

266 upvotes – 41 comments

OpenSSH Backdoors

https://blog.isosceles.com/openssh-backdoors/

4 months ago

257 upvotes – 129 comments

BMW Overtakes Tesla in European EV Sales for First Time

https://electriccarsreport.com/2024/08/bmw-overtakes-tesla-in-european-ev-sales-for-first-time/

4 months ago

224 upvotes – 323 comments

I lost my Google Play dev account

https://old.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1ezirdx/how_i_lost_my_google_play_dev_account_forever/

4 months ago

199 upvotes – 90 comments

Confessions of a Theoretical Physicist

https://nautil.us/confessions-of-a-theoretical-physicist-787199/

4 months ago

185 upvotes – 206 comments

Elon Musk was just forced to reveal who owns X. Here's the list

https://fortune.com/2024/08/22/elon-musk-x-twitter-owner-list/

4 months ago

173 upvotes – 113 comments

Generating Mazes

https://healeycodes.com/generating-mazes

4 months ago

153 upvotes – 31 comments
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