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Hacker News (May 2021)
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Claims of Anonymity of the Steam Hardware Survey
12 points • comment • may 08, 2021
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Windows Package Manager 1.0
12 points • comment • may 26, 2021
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2x-3x Performance Improvements for Debug Builds
12 points • comment • may 08, 2021
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A CIA trap for Bin Laden led to vaccine hesitancy in Pakistan
12 points • comment • may 12, 2021
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ExxonMobil blames climate change on the public by using 'misleading' language
12 points • comment • may 19, 2021
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Learn CSS
12 points • comment • may 19, 2021
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‘Woke capitalists’ provoke backlash from US conservatives
12 points • comment • may 22, 2021
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Show HN: Smol Pub – Your journal on the small net
12 points • comment • may 18, 2021
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The Complex Path to Quantum Resistance
12 points • comment • may 22, 2021
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Show HN: Catjobs.us – Powered by AMP
12 points • comment • may 07, 2021
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Show HN: Zmsg – Zero knowledge messaging system built on zcash
12 points • comment • may 18, 2021
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Exploring ZooKeeper-Less Kafka
12 points • comment • may 18, 2021
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Ask HN: Has Google figured out you gave them a fake date of birth?
12 points • comment • may 06, 2021
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96% iOS 14.5 App Tracking Opt-Out Rate
12 points • comment • may 09, 2021
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Show HN: Strange Binary – a cellular automata game
12 points • comment • may 30, 2021
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Tiny Products
12 points • comment • may 18, 2021
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Grandma's Tube TV Is the Hottest Gaming Tech
12 points • comment • may 31, 2021
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Show HN: Find Meme Coins Going Through a Price Surge (Rails and React)
12 points • comment • may 23, 2021
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DreamWorld (YC W21) – The Craziest Gaming Scam Ever?
12 points • comment • may 16, 2021
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Tesla finally releases driver monitoring system using its cabin camera
12 points • comment • may 27, 2021
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Voice over IP: Protocols and Standards (1999)
12 points • comment • may 29, 2021
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As Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies crash, this one is up more than 95%
12 points • comment • may 17, 2021
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WHO, Germany launch new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence
12 points • comment • may 05, 2021
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Millennials are fleeing Canada's big cities as Big Government coddles boomers
12 points • comment • may 04, 2021
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Newegg to go public in reverse merger; listing under ticker “N”
12 points • comment • may 23, 2021
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CDC keeps secret its mishaps with deadly germs (2017)
11 points • comment • may 28, 2021
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Superfast-charging aluminum-ion batteries outpower lithium-ion
11 points • comment • may 19, 2021
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In new US broadband plan, cable is in for the fight of its life
11 points • comment • may 12, 2021
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Freenode debacle prompt staff exodus, new network
11 points • comment • may 26, 2021
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Judge dismisses NRA bankruptcy case
11 points • comment • may 11, 2021
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Gaza-based journalists in Hamas chat blocked from WhatsApp
11 points • comment • may 24, 2021
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Ask HN: Most Frequented Websites to Learn
11 points • comment • may 23, 2021
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Iran Enlists Its Spies to Hunt Down Power-Hungry Bitcoin Miners
11 points • comment • may 21, 2021
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Ask HN: Do you regret choosing serverless (lambda) architecture?
11 points • comment • may 18, 2021
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How to Prosecute the Financial Crimes of the Rich
11 points • comment • may 19, 2021
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Digital forensics experts prone to bias, study shows
11 points • comment • may 31, 2021
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Facebook and Others Should Pay Us for Our Data. Here’s One Way
11 points • comment • may 06, 2021
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The virtual office is here to stay
11 points • comment • may 18, 2021
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Advances of the Hare programming language compared to C
11 points • comment • may 25, 2021
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5 years prison for attending Tiananmen Massacre vigil, 1 year for publicizing it
11 points • comment • may 29, 2021
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Show HN: AutoCursor
11 points • comment • may 19, 2021
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Major disruption on UK rail network after 'cracks found on high-speed trains'
11 points • comment • may 08, 2021
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China turned a prize-winning iPhone hack against the Uyghurs
11 points • comment • may 06, 2021
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AstraZeneca Vaccine Fails to Protect Against the South African Variant
11 points • comment • may 20, 2021
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Russia refuses to allow European planes to land in Moscow
11 points • comment • may 27, 2021
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Eichmann in Jerusalem (2017)
11 points • comment • may 02, 2021
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Suppressing data on ivermectin cost 'half a million lives', doctor charges
11 points • comment • may 28, 2021
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New Developments Lower Rents in Surrounding Neighborhoods, Study Says
11 points • comment • may 12, 2021
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A 330-ton fatberg is clogging an English city sewer, and it won't move for weeks
11 points • comment • may 01, 2021
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Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce with $146B at stake
11 points • comment • may 04, 2021
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Deepmind Google Independence Negotiations
11 points • comment • may 25, 2021
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Finite Difference Computing with PDEs: A Modern Software Approach [pdf]
11 points • comment • may 24, 2021
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Blockfi accidentally sends users millions in Bitcoin – and now it wants it back
11 points • comment • may 21, 2021
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Journal of Philosophy of Life
11 points • comment • may 15, 2021
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Bill Barr should lose law license over Devin Nunes scandal: impeachment lawyer
11 points • comment • may 18, 2021
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Ask HN: Cryptocurrencies – POUW (proof of useful work)
11 points • comment • may 20, 2021
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In an alternate universe, GitHub Actions is so much simpler, safer and more fun
11 points • comment • may 04, 2021
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Google wins cloud deal from SpaceX for Starlink internet connectivity
11 points • comment • may 14, 2021
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ACIC believes there's no legitimate reason to use an encrypted communication
11 points • comment • may 07, 2021
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The Death of Expertise and the Rise of the Internet
11 points • comment • may 26, 2021
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Walt Disney: Multiplane Camera (1957)
11 points • comment • may 12, 2021
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A ranger stumbled upon one of the largest fossil finds in California history
11 points • comment • may 27, 2021
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French court upholds ban on pro-Palestine Paris demonstration
11 points • comment • may 16, 2021
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A Hacker’s Guide to Bending the Universe (2016)
11 points • comment • may 21, 2021
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Seeing the Tartars (2020)
11 points • comment • may 09, 2021
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Cotton tote is pretty much the worst replacement for a plastic bag
11 points • comment • may 01, 2021
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Google goes nuclear against Roku by adding YouTube TV to the main YouTube app
11 points • comment • may 08, 2021
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Building an Open Source GPU
11 points • comment • may 07, 2021
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Jailbroken AirTags Could Become a Privacy Nightmare
11 points • comment • may 11, 2021
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GCJ-02 Explained. A Short Guide to the Chinese Coordinate System
11 points • comment • may 17, 2021
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Bezos sells nearly $2B worth of Amazon shares
11 points • comment • may 05, 2021
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If you search "emacs" in Google, it responds: Did you mean: vi. And vice versa.
11 points • comment • may 02, 2021
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/r/LOLHackerNews
11 points • comment • may 04, 2021
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Show HN: Effortless revenue forecasting for SaaS businesses
11 points • comment • may 07, 2021
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Facebook threatens to charge for access on iOS 14.5 unless you give them data
11 points • comment • may 04, 2021
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Hong Kong's Joshua Wong handed extra jail time for Tiananmen vigil
11 points • comment • may 06, 2021
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China to Allow Couples to Have Three Children to Boost Birthrate
11 points • comment • may 31, 2021
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Facebook is manipulating the world and forcing people to like a pro-Israel page
11 points • comment • may 13, 2021
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Belgian parliament halts China Uyghur 'genocide' debate after DDoS
11 points • comment • may 06, 2021
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Understanding Lasers and Fiberoptics: Fiberoptics Fundamentals (2012) [video]
11 points • comment • may 07, 2021
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Appalachia is Dying. Pikeville is Not. (2016)
11 points • comment • may 29, 2021
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Google Revives RSS
11 points • comment • may 19, 2021
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Dark-Matter Storm Is Speeding Toward Our Solar System
11 points • comment • may 10, 2021
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Americans and ‘Cancel Culture’
11 points • comment • may 19, 2021
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Game Programming: Optimization Technique – Delayed Result Gathering
11 points • comment • may 18, 2021
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Mozilla Rally
11 points • comment • may 05, 2021
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A Field Guide to the Long History of Skyjackings
11 points • comment • may 16, 2021
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Microsoft says it probed Gates over relationship with employee
11 points • comment • may 17, 2021
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Yes, your iPhone is taking ‘invisible’ pictures of you
11 points • comment • may 18, 2021
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Paul Graham comes out in support of Antonio García Martínez
11 points • comment • may 14, 2021
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Innovating with Rust
11 points • comment • may 10, 2021
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Show HN: What are the best features you want to find in uptime monitoring?
11 points • comment • may 21, 2021
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Florida governor signs ban on 'deplatforming' by tech companies
11 points • comment • may 25, 2021
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Do Aliens Exist? Scientists Wonder If Extraterrestrial Life Has Visited Earth
11 points • comment • may 31, 2021
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We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia (and Moved to the Netherlands) [video]
11 points • comment • may 06, 2021
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Broadband companies funded 'fake' net neutrality comments, investigation finds
11 points • comment • may 07, 2021
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Machine Learning Accelerates Cosmological Simulations
11 points • comment • may 09, 2021
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China lands Zhurong rover on Mars
11 points • comment • may 17, 2021
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Israeli airstrike in Gaza destroys building with AP bureau
11 points • comment • may 15, 2021
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Bitcoin Is More Modern Art or Religion Than Money
11 points • comment • may 22, 2021