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Hacker News (Oct 2020)

  1. 4Chan Smear Campaigns Seek to ‘Red-Pill’ Boomers with Fake Snopes Content

    19 points • comment • oct 25, 2020

  2. AI model detects asymptomatic Covid infections through cellphone-recorded coughs

    19 points • comment • oct 30, 2020

  3. Blue Peter shows off a phone with no cable (1976) [video]

    19 points • comment • oct 18, 2020

  4. Twitter early release v2 API conversation tree example

    19 points • comment • oct 23, 2020

  5. Alzheimer’s may be driven by overactivation of cerebral fructose metabolism

    19 points • comment • oct 04, 2020

  6. Facebook and Google cash in on misleading ads for ‘garbage’ health insurance

    19 points • comment • oct 20, 2020

  7. Starfleet Ships Use SQL

    19 points • comment • oct 27, 2020

  8. 'I think phones are much more dangerous than guns' – filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi

    18 points • comment • oct 25, 2020

  9. Human 'microevolution' sees people born without wisdom teeth and extra artery

    18 points • comment • oct 09, 2020

  10. Google to Pay Publishers over $1B for News Content

    18 points • comment • oct 01, 2020

  11. Ad-blocker extension caught stealing user data and-accessing accounts

    18 points • comment • oct 23, 2020

  12. Trump, first lady test positive for Covid-19

    18 points • comment • oct 02, 2020

  13. Security Operation Center Simulation for Beginners

    18 points • comment • oct 15, 2020

  14. The Case for Unique Email Addresses

    18 points • comment • oct 17, 2020

  15. SARS-CoV-2 blocks pain receptors, results in asymptomatic patients

    18 points • comment • oct 05, 2020

  16. Apple started hiding the traffic of its own Mac apps

    18 points • comment • oct 22, 2020

  17. Open Source Factory Building Game

    18 points • comment • oct 04, 2020

  18. Covid's cognitive costs? Some patients' brains may age 10 years

    18 points • comment • oct 27, 2020

  19. After the QAnon Ban, Who's Next?

    18 points • comment • oct 08, 2020

  20. Show HN: PageWatch – Check your site for layout errors/spelling mistakes

    18 points • comment • oct 05, 2020

  21. An Interview about Spinoza

    18 points • comment • oct 13, 2020

  22. Mathwashing

    18 points • comment • oct 15, 2020

  23. Human-Centered Programming

    18 points • comment • oct 30, 2020

  24. Ask HN: Should I learn C/C++ or Rust as my first systems programming language?

    18 points • comment • oct 28, 2020

  25. Microsoft says ‘configuration update’ caused global Outlook outage

    18 points • comment • oct 01, 2020

  26. What reinfections mean for Covid-19

    18 points • comment • oct 13, 2020

  27. Machine Learning Engineering Book

    18 points • comment • oct 11, 2020

  28. How to remember anything forever-ish (2018)

    18 points • comment • oct 23, 2020

  29. Netflix’s The Social Dilemma highlights the problem, but what’s the solution?

    18 points • comment • oct 07, 2020

  30. How I used GPT-3 to hit Hacker News front page 5 times in 3 weeks

    18 points • comment • oct 28, 2020

  31. Meteoroid Caught on Camera Bouncing Off Earth’s Atmosphere

    18 points • comment • oct 05, 2020

  32. Yacht: Web interface for managing containers with 1 click deployments

    18 points • comment • oct 21, 2020

  33. As Trump Equivocates on White Supremacy, the FBI Warns of Right-Wing Terror

    18 points • comment • oct 01, 2020

  34. Facebook under fire for boosting right-wing news sources

    18 points • comment • oct 29, 2020

  35. Ad Tech Could Be the Next Internet Bubble

    18 points • comment • oct 19, 2020

  36. Ask HN: How Do You Learn?

    18 points • comment • oct 13, 2020

  37. It’s Time for the Eternal September to End

    18 points • comment • oct 19, 2020

  38. Why Gravity Is Not a Force

    18 points • comment • oct 19, 2020

  39. Minimalism in Programming: How Complexity Harms Your Productivity

    18 points • comment • oct 20, 2020

  40. Destroy All Monsters (2006)

    18 points • comment • oct 10, 2020

  41. Did Mark Zuckerberg lie to Congress?

    18 points • comment • oct 29, 2020

  42. Bill to kick blacklisted Chinese firms out of U.S. markets

    18 points • comment • oct 27, 2020

  43. US removes Sudan from terrorism blacklist in return for $335m

    18 points • comment • oct 19, 2020

  44. Herd immunity letter signed by fake experts including 'Dr Johnny Bananas'

    18 points • comment • oct 12, 2020

  45. How I spent my summer of 1982: the Making of Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600

    18 points • comment • oct 29, 2020

  46. Windows Update for the Removal of Adobe Flash Player

    17 points • comment • oct 29, 2020

  47. The Fall of the CDC

    17 points • comment • oct 15, 2020

  48. Greeks rejected heliocentricity due to conflict with lack of stellar parallax

    17 points • comment • oct 24, 2020

  49. Robot’s parents proud of her for finally passing CAPTCHA test

    17 points • comment • oct 23, 2020

  50. FCC will move to regulate social media after censorship outcry

    17 points • comment • oct 15, 2020

  51. Ramirez: “You Cannot Die, MacLeod. Accept It!” (1986) [video]

    17 points • comment • oct 31, 2020

  52. In Love with the Louvre

    17 points • comment • oct 23, 2020

  53. Teradata is laying off people today

    17 points • comment • oct 26, 2020

  54. The D. H. Lawrence We Forgot

    17 points • comment • oct 18, 2020

  55. Is the World Getting Safer?

    17 points • comment • oct 13, 2020

  56. Harry Reid Confirms Federal Government Covered Up UFOs for Years

    17 points • comment • oct 13, 2020

  57. Should Remote Compensation Be Tied to Location?

    17 points • comment • oct 12, 2020

  58. Ann Arbor decriminalizes magic mushrooms, psychedelic plants

    17 points • comment • oct 01, 2020

  59. Google Suppresses Breitbart News in Search – Even with Exact Headline

    17 points • comment • oct 27, 2020

  60. Exposure to Static Magnetic and Electric Fields Treats Type 2 Diabetes

    17 points • comment • oct 11, 2020

  61. Faster Web Applications with SCGI (2007)

    17 points • comment • oct 12, 2020

  62. Why I’m Glad I Left America

    17 points • comment • oct 14, 2020

  63. EFF: The Online Content Policy Modernization Act Is an Unconstitutional Mess

    17 points • comment • oct 05, 2020

  64. Ask HN: Why can't nuclear waste be launched into the sun?

    17 points • comment • oct 26, 2020

  65. Nanoparticles eat cardiovascular plaques from the inside out

    17 points • comment • oct 26, 2020

  66. Zig inventor in dispute with landlord over Shrill TV show

    17 points • comment • oct 25, 2020

  67. How the coronavirus is spread through the air

    17 points • comment • oct 31, 2020

  68. Google is beginning the forced migration from Hangouts to Chat next year

    17 points • comment • oct 17, 2020

  69. A meditation on space in four parts (2012)

    17 points • comment • oct 07, 2020

  70. Facebook bans troll accounts linked to conservative group

    17 points • comment • oct 08, 2020

  71. STAT-Harris Poll: Share of Americans who want Covid-19 vaccine ASAP is dropping

    17 points • comment • oct 19, 2020

  72. Possible malware found inside the ImageNet dataset

    17 points • comment • oct 03, 2020

  73. Elm vs. PureScript

    17 points • comment • oct 22, 2020

  74. U.S. States Face Biggest Cash Crisis Since the Great Depression

    17 points • comment • oct 29, 2020

  75. Good Mentors and Bad Mentors

    17 points • comment • oct 09, 2020

  76. Unforced Management Errors

    17 points • comment • oct 18, 2020

  77. The Widening Responsibility for Front-End Developers

    17 points • comment • oct 13, 2020

  78. Recovering Lost Roam Notes

    17 points • comment • oct 30, 2020

  79. The default branch for newly-created repositories is now main

    17 points • comment • oct 01, 2020

  80. Windows 10 Forced Restarts

    17 points • comment • oct 23, 2020

  81. Countdown to Scala 3 by Martin Odersky

    17 points • comment • oct 06, 2020

  82. Show HN: Learn coding concepts faster

    17 points • comment • oct 11, 2020

  83. Seismometer noise includes storms, 'footquakes' from soccer matches (2011)

    17 points • comment • oct 20, 2020

  84. Forget Antitrust Laws. To Limit Tech, Some Say a New Regulator Is Needed

    17 points • comment • oct 22, 2020

  85. I’ve Been Watching My Kid’s Teacher on Zoom, and I’m Horrified

    17 points • comment • oct 08, 2020

  86. 'Brain fog' following Covid-19 recovery may indicate PTSD

    17 points • comment • oct 08, 2020

  87. A fresh cup is retiring

    17 points • comment • oct 30, 2020

  88. Nvidia announces $59 Jetson Nano 2GB model

    17 points • comment • oct 05, 2020

  89. Ubuntu 20.10 'Groovy Gorilla' Swings onto Raspberry Pi

    17 points • comment • oct 22, 2020

  90. Justices to weigh in on landmark copyright battle between Google and Oracle

    17 points • comment • oct 05, 2020

  91. Mozilla shares fix for Twitter not working on Firefox

    17 points • comment • oct 07, 2020

  92. People are leaving San Francisco, after decades of growth

    17 points • comment • oct 11, 2020

  93. Early Adopters: Be Picky About Who You Serve

    17 points • comment • oct 22, 2020

  94. It’s in the Air: The Corsair HS70 Wireless Headset and Linux

    17 points • comment • oct 25, 2020

  95. AMD Radeon Reveal Event Livestream

    17 points • comment • oct 28, 2020

  96. FCC Set to Take Away Another Ham Radio Band in 2021

    17 points • comment • oct 22, 2020

  97. Ask HN: Did the Bloomberg's story “The Big Hack” happen?

    17 points • comment • oct 26, 2020

  98. Covid virus ‘survives for 28 days’ in lab conditions

    17 points • comment • oct 12, 2020

  99. Tory Covid track and trace system used Excel columns to store data, crashed

    17 points • comment • oct 05, 2020

  100. The Grand Design (2010)

    17 points • comment • oct 01, 2020