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Hacker News (17 May 2021)

  1. Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps?

    996 points • 632 comments • may 17, 2021

  2. Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio

    695 points • 694 comments • may 17, 2021

  3. Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate

    558 points • 266 comments • may 17, 2021

  4. Cosmopolitan Libc 1.0

    535 points • 112 comments • may 17, 2021

  5. A police dog who cried drugs at every traffic stop

    528 points • 401 comments • may 17, 2021

  6. How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS

    492 points • 391 comments • may 17, 2021

  7. Positions chess engines don't understand

    401 points • 185 comments • may 17, 2021

  8. Can't Unsee

    370 points • 120 comments • may 17, 2021

  9. Working over 55 hours a week associated with higher risk of stroke, heart attack

    346 points • 168 comments • may 17, 2021

  10. Michael Burry of ‘The Big Short’ reveals a $530M bet against Tesla

    308 points • 267 comments • may 17, 2021