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Hacker News (Sep 2020)
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Energy Efficiency across Programming Languages [pdf]
190 points • comment • sep 30, 2020
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The unrealized potential of federation
190 points • comment • sep 20, 2020
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Kb: A minimalist hacker-oriented knowledge base manager
189 points • comment • sep 17, 2020
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OpenSSH 8.4
189 points • comment • sep 28, 2020
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Mouse found atop a 22,000-foot volcano, breaking world record
189 points • comment • sep 20, 2020
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Tesla suffers network outage disabling vehicles’ mobile app
188 points • comment • sep 23, 2020
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Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video platforms
188 points • comment • sep 12, 2020
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Trello co-founder Michael Pryor on pandering to power users
188 points • comment • sep 30, 2020
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) Book
188 points • comment • sep 10, 2020
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Backdoors and other vulnerabilities in HiSilicon based hardware video encoders
188 points • comment • sep 18, 2020
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Web Clipper Browser Extension with Automatic Content Extraction, Now Open Source
188 points • comment • sep 13, 2020
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Low Doses of LSD Acutely Increase BDNF Blood Plasma Levels in Healthy Volunteers
188 points • comment • sep 06, 2020
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To design and develop an interactive globe
187 points • comment • sep 02, 2020
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Caramel: an Erlang back end for OCaml
187 points • comment • sep 27, 2020
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U.S. Customs at JFK Seizes Counterfeit Apple Airpod Earbuds
187 points • comment • sep 14, 2020
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The EU is set to declare war on encryption
187 points • comment • sep 23, 2020
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AresDB: Uber's GPU-Powered Open Source, Real-Time Analytics Engine
187 points • comment • sep 13, 2020
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'Wild West' mentality lingers in modern populations of US mountain regions
187 points • comment • sep 08, 2020
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Show HN: Skia-canvas, a browserless implementation of the Canvas API for Node.js
186 points • comment • sep 03, 2020
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Unlimited Information Is Transforming Society
186 points • comment • sep 06, 2020
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Tips for immersive video calls
185 points • comment • sep 27, 2020
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Seattle approves minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers
185 points • comment • sep 30, 2020
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Cyberpunk 2077 Logos
185 points • comment • sep 15, 2020
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Duf: Disk Usage/Free Utility
185 points • comment • sep 27, 2020
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PEP – An open source PDF editor for Mac
185 points • comment • sep 15, 2020
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The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect [pdf]
185 points • comment • sep 15, 2020
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Warrior skeletons reveal Bronze Age Europeans couldn’t drink milk
185 points • comment • sep 06, 2020
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Covid vaccine makers commit to not seek approval until complete Phase III trials
185 points • comment • sep 08, 2020
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Police across Canada are using predictive policing algorithms, report finds
184 points • comment • sep 01, 2020
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Geometric Algebra for Python
184 points • comment • sep 05, 2020
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RISC-V: What’s Missing and Who’s Competing
184 points • comment • sep 26, 2020
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eBay’s Cockroach Cult: The Story of a Stalking Scandal
184 points • comment • sep 26, 2020
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Google, nobody asked for a new Blogger interface
183 points • comment • sep 16, 2020
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Fastcore: A library that extends Python with new features
183 points • comment • sep 04, 2020
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Apple’s use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 14
183 points • comment • sep 27, 2020
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Gerät 32620: the machine that powered numerous number stations
183 points • comment • sep 01, 2020
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PostgreSQL B-Tree index deduplication
183 points • comment • sep 07, 2020
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Autodesk Fusion 360 becomes almost useless for hobbyists
183 points • comment • sep 17, 2020
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NSA Technical Report on UEFI Secure Boot Customization [pdf]
182 points • comment • sep 24, 2020
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TamaGo – bare metal Go for ARM SoCs
182 points • comment • sep 24, 2020
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Show HN: Ruby One-Liners Cookbook
182 points • comment • sep 30, 2020
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JPMorgan to pay nearly $1B for metals market manipulation
182 points • comment • sep 29, 2020
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Bill to tear down federal courts’ paywall gains momentum in Congress
182 points • comment • sep 18, 2020
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Arm Officially Supports Panfrost Open-Source Mali GPU Driver Development
181 points • comment • sep 18, 2020
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AirMessage – Android app to interface with iMessage on a Mac
181 points • comment • sep 05, 2020
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The long lost manual for the Zuse Z4 has been found
181 points • comment • sep 27, 2020
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Winner of French Scrabble Title Does Not Speak French (2015)
180 points • comment • sep 06, 2020
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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2020)
180 points • comment • sep 01, 2020
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Ask HN: How to find “senior” jack of all trades jobs?
180 points • comment • sep 30, 2020
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Show HN: Build a DIY license plate reader with machine learning
180 points • comment • sep 16, 2020
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Fatal brain-eating microbe found in Lake Jackson, Texas water supply
180 points • comment • sep 27, 2020
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The Vampire Ship: The seizure of Europe's largest heroin shipment
179 points • comment • sep 20, 2020
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Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
179 points • comment • sep 10, 2020
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Bakeware – Compile Elixir applications into single executable binaries
179 points • comment • sep 16, 2020
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ProtonDrive Security Model
179 points • comment • sep 08, 2020
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Home Studio Setup Costs Compared – 1980s And Now
179 points • comment • sep 10, 2020
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Boeing whistle-blower says proposed 737 Max fixes aren't enough
178 points • comment • sep 21, 2020
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Study shows proof that a safer UV light effectively kills virus causing Covid-19
178 points • comment • sep 18, 2020
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Why Bayesian Stats Needs Monte-Carlo Methods
178 points • comment • sep 09, 2020
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More than half of 18 to 29-year-olds in the US are living with parents
178 points • comment • sep 06, 2020
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iPhone audio detectable with AM radio
178 points • comment • sep 03, 2020
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The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down
178 points • comment • sep 04, 2020
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Research questions that could have a big social impact, organised by discipline
177 points • comment • sep 14, 2020
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Haskell RecordDotSyntax language extension proposal (Accepted)
177 points • comment • sep 21, 2020
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The Hash Monster: ESP-32 Tamagotchi for WiFi Cracking
177 points • comment • sep 02, 2020
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Python for Kids: A Comprehensive Python Development Tutorial for Kids
176 points • comment • sep 29, 2020
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Amtrak’s Empire Builder: The Train That Deserves Better
176 points • comment • sep 29, 2020
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An Update About Changes to Facebook’s Services in Australia
176 points • comment • sep 01, 2020
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US sanctions International Criminal Court officials
176 points • comment • sep 03, 2020
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Org-mode 9.4 is out. Can you help?
176 points • comment • sep 14, 2020
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The Polygons of Doom: PSX
176 points • comment • sep 28, 2020
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Why books don't work (2019)
176 points • comment • sep 21, 2020
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Essential C (2003) [pdf]
175 points • comment • sep 02, 2020
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If management isn't a promotion, then engineering isn't a demotion
175 points • comment • sep 11, 2020
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Neue Haas Grotesk (2011)
174 points • comment • sep 25, 2020
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Moving 25TB data from one S3 bucket to another took 7 engineers and 2 full days
174 points • comment • sep 13, 2020
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Gravitricity – Fast, long-life energy storage
174 points • comment • sep 08, 2020
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Amazon is filled with fake reviews and it’s getting harder to spot them
174 points • comment • sep 06, 2020
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Physicists argue that black holes from the Big Bang could be the dark matter
174 points • comment • sep 24, 2020
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Visualize Data Structures in VSCode
173 points • comment • sep 18, 2020
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The Architecture of Open Source Applications
173 points • comment • sep 30, 2020
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BEHEMOTH – Big Electronic Human-Energized Machine, Only Too Heavy
173 points • comment • sep 11, 2020
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List of All Current TLDs
172 points • comment • sep 10, 2020
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Haskell's Children
172 points • comment • sep 23, 2020
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Creativity Changes as We Age
172 points • comment • sep 19, 2020
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ScummVM “Interactive Fantasy” 2.2.0 Sees the Light
171 points • comment • sep 28, 2020
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How India Censors the Web
171 points • comment • sep 29, 2020
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Old, Good Database Design
171 points • comment • sep 14, 2020
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.NET 5.0 – New APIs
171 points • comment • sep 22, 2020
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A Software Engineer’s Guide to Cybernetics
171 points • comment • sep 14, 2020
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Toonify Yourself
170 points • comment • sep 16, 2020
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Why Is 1 World Trade Center Missing from Spider-Man?
170 points • comment • sep 17, 2020
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Show HN: Open-Source Memex – Alternative Approach to Roam/Obsidian
170 points • comment • sep 23, 2020
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Vinyl LPs Sell More Than CDs for the First Time in 3 Decades
170 points • comment • sep 11, 2020
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Riding the RISC-V wave
170 points • comment • sep 13, 2020
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Zink (OpenGL on Vulkan) performance better than expected
170 points • comment • sep 09, 2020
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Maxima – A Computer Algebra System built with Lisp
170 points • comment • sep 14, 2020
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Assange Hearing Day 7
169 points • comment • sep 09, 2020
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Apple (Pro) Mouse (2014)
169 points • comment • sep 05, 2020
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Ask HN: What did you do to improve your company?
169 points • comment • sep 07, 2020