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Hacker News (18 Jan 2021)

  1. I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea

    798 points • 371 comments • jan 18, 2021

  2. Software effort estimation is mostly fake research

    759 points • 302 comments • jan 18, 2021

  3. GPT-Neo – Building a GPT-3-sized model, open source and free

    715 points • 251 comments • jan 18, 2021

  4. HR is not your friend, and other things I think you should know

    663 points • 417 comments • jan 18, 2021

  5. Context switching costs more than we give it credit for

    578 points • 347 comments • jan 18, 2021

  6. We are sending more foster kids to prison than to college

    519 points • 379 comments • jan 18, 2021

  7. Show HN: Compare prices that US hospitals charge patients, insurance companies

    431 points • 371 comments • jan 18, 2021

  8. That XOR Trick (2020)

    410 points • 221 comments • jan 18, 2021

  9. Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cloud providers

    407 points • 872 comments • jan 18, 2021

  10. Patient Regains Sight Following Artificial Cornea Implantation

    395 points • 74 comments • jan 18, 2021