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Hacker News (Aug 2021)

  1. Implement window.{alert, prompt, confirm} removal from cross-origin iframes

    204 points • comment • aug 03, 2021

  2. Default disappearing messages

    203 points • comment • aug 11, 2021

  3. 20 Years of Haiku

    203 points • comment • aug 20, 2021

  4. Ray Tracing Gems II available as free download

    203 points • comment • aug 04, 2021

  5. How do I turn off the “Try the new Safari” notification?

    202 points • comment • aug 30, 2021

  6. Google introducing tool for under-18s to remove images of them from search

    202 points • comment • aug 19, 2021

  7. US real estate a safe haven for billions in dirty money, report says

    202 points • comment • aug 12, 2021

  8. Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?

    202 points • comment • aug 22, 2021

  9. South Korea: The only middle power of its kind

    202 points • comment • aug 03, 2021

  10. FBI Palantir glitch allowed unauthorized access to private data

    202 points • comment • aug 26, 2021

  11. Rep. Takano Introduces Legislation to Reduce the Standard Workweek to 32 Hours

    201 points • comment • aug 02, 2021

  12. Machine learning’s crumbling foundations

    201 points • comment • aug 22, 2021

  13. Show HN: Till – Unblock and scale your web scrapers, with minimal code changes

    201 points • comment • aug 04, 2021

  14. The Mathematics of 2048: Optimal Play with Markov Decision Processes (2018)

    201 points • comment • aug 26, 2021

  15. Time to retire the CSV?

    200 points • comment • aug 18, 2021

  16. Programming, Math, Science: A list with links to useful resources

    200 points • comment • aug 29, 2021

  17. The first two hours of MTV (1981) [video]

    200 points • comment • aug 08, 2021

  18. Having SARS-CoV-2 once confers much greater immunity than a vaccine

    200 points • comment • aug 27, 2021

  19. John Carmack visits Starbase

    199 points • comment • aug 23, 2021

  20. Amazon union election should be run again, labor board official says

    199 points • comment • aug 02, 2021

  21. Clubhouse Is a Cargo Cult

    199 points • comment • aug 06, 2021

  22. Dallas police lose 8TB of data, impacting criminal cases

    198 points • comment • aug 17, 2021

  23. Because I Am Bored

    198 points • comment • aug 11, 2021

  24. AdObserver Blocked by Facebook

    198 points • comment • aug 04, 2021

  25. Bug in Lynx's SSL certificate validation – leaks password in clear text via SNI

    197 points • comment • aug 07, 2021

  26. 2,400-year-old baskets still filled with fruit found in submerged Egyptian city

    197 points • comment • aug 09, 2021

  27. Expanded Protections for Children

    197 points • comment • aug 05, 2021

  28. Noam Chomsky – Startup Culture

    197 points • comment • aug 25, 2021

  29. Winnebiko

    196 points • comment • aug 02, 2021

  30. Vulnerability in Bumble dating app reveals any user's exact location

    196 points • comment • aug 25, 2021

  31. Open Source Illustrations Kit

    196 points • comment • aug 29, 2021

  32. The Wendelstein 7-X concept proves its efficiency

    196 points • comment • aug 17, 2021

  33. Open-source intelligence challenges state monopolies on information

    195 points • comment • aug 07, 2021

  34. Sweden must repay $1.6M in Bitcoin to convicted drug dealer

    195 points • comment • aug 24, 2021

  35. Launch HN: Turion Space (YC S21) – Space debris removal and satellite servicing

    195 points • comment • aug 04, 2021

  36. Hello Yarn 2, Goodbye node_modules

    195 points • comment • aug 09, 2021

  37. Tikz.net – Graphics with TikZ in LaTeX

    194 points • comment • aug 21, 2021

  38. Show HN: Open-source A/B testing framework

    194 points • comment • aug 06, 2021

  39. The mutation that helps Delta spread

    194 points • comment • aug 20, 2021

  40. FCC Temporary Waiver Permits Higher Symbol Rate Data for Hurricane Ida Traffic

    194 points • comment • aug 30, 2021

  41. Data-Mining Wikipedia for Fun and Profit

    194 points • comment • aug 19, 2021

  42. Unity to acquire Parsec for $320M

    194 points • comment • aug 10, 2021

  43. Noted study in psychology fails to replicate, crumbles with evidence of fraud

    194 points • comment • aug 22, 2021

  44. Learning APL

    193 points • comment • aug 06, 2021

  45. Who Is Being Monitored?

    193 points • comment • aug 12, 2021

  46. $28.50 Beer at LaGuardia Sparks Audit of New York Airport Concession Prices

    193 points • comment • aug 04, 2021

  47. Photography technology has influenced what people consider a good picture

    193 points • comment • aug 30, 2021

  48. Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ contaminate indoor air at worrying levels

    192 points • comment • aug 31, 2021

  49. Longitudinal analysis shows durable immune memory after SARS-CoV-2 infection

    192 points • comment • aug 08, 2021

  50. Apple call center workers fear AI-powered surveillance cameras in their homes

    192 points • comment • aug 11, 2021

  51. Some Reasons to Measure

    191 points • comment • aug 27, 2021

  52. Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if they’re stolen

    191 points • comment • aug 02, 2021

  53. Why extraterrestrial life may not seem alien

    191 points • comment • aug 02, 2021

  54. Guide to cognitive biases

    190 points • comment • aug 13, 2021

  55. How Does FaceTime Work?

    190 points • comment • aug 19, 2021

  56. What I'm Up to Now

    190 points • comment • aug 27, 2021

  57. Firefox 91

    190 points • comment • aug 10, 2021

  58. Launch HN: Fella (YC W20) – Tackling men's obesity using medication and coaching

    190 points • comment • aug 21, 2021

  59. Crypto community slams ‘disastrous’ new amendment to big infrastructure bill

    189 points • comment • aug 07, 2021

  60. Activision Blizzard Sued Over ‘Frat Boy’ Culture, Harassment

    188 points • comment • aug 03, 2021

  61. Machine learning won't solve natural language understanding

    188 points • comment • aug 09, 2021

  62. Poly Network hacker returns $258M after stealing $600M

    188 points • comment • aug 12, 2021

  63. Whoogle Search: A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine

    188 points • comment • aug 27, 2021

  64. Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs found on Google search

    186 points • comment • aug 12, 2021

  65. Letter from Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection to Facebook

    186 points • comment • aug 06, 2021

  66. Home Lab Hardware Guide

    186 points • comment • aug 23, 2021

  67. The slow collapse of Amazon’s drone delivery dream

    186 points • comment • aug 03, 2021

  68. A Compass for the Politics of Collapse

    185 points • comment • aug 30, 2021

  69. Nokia 9000 Communicator was launched 25 years ago

    185 points • comment • aug 16, 2021

  70. Everything has changed in iOS 14, but Jailbreak is eternal [pdf]

    185 points • comment • aug 07, 2021

  71. Go 1.17 Release Notes

    185 points • comment • aug 16, 2021

  72. EU agency advises against using search and browsing history for credit scores

    185 points • comment • aug 28, 2021

  73. Will the rich world’s worker deficit last?

    185 points • comment • aug 17, 2021

  74. The insides of pro bowling balls

    185 points • comment • aug 05, 2021

  75. Huawei stole our tech and created a 'backdoor' to spy on Pakistan, claims IT biz

    185 points • comment • aug 13, 2021

  76. Gitfs: Version Controlled File System

    184 points • comment • aug 22, 2021

  77. Trying to extract Widewine key: A journey to failure

    184 points • comment • aug 01, 2021

  78. Facebook shut down German research on Instagram algorithm

    184 points • comment • aug 14, 2021

  79. Ask HN: What tiny purchases have disproportionately improved your life?

    183 points • comment • aug 09, 2021

  80. Zx 3.0

    183 points • comment • aug 16, 2021

  81. The Peril of Politicizing Science [pdf]

    182 points • comment • aug 22, 2021

  82. Forest Service officials close all California national forests

    182 points • comment • aug 31, 2021

  83. WinFsp – Windows File System Proxy

    182 points • comment • aug 22, 2021

  84. Amiga Music Preservation

    182 points • comment • aug 14, 2021

  85. You Are Not Lazy or Undisciplined. You Have Internal Resistance

    182 points • comment • aug 01, 2021

  86. Launch HN: Flow Club (YC S21) – Virtual co-working space for focused work

    182 points • comment • aug 18, 2021

  87. NetBSD Booting on the Apple M1

    181 points • comment • aug 28, 2021

  88. Uber allegedly more than doubles prices when battery is low

    180 points • comment • aug 20, 2021

  89. How PostgreSQL aggregation works and how it inspired our hyperfunctions’ design

    180 points • comment • aug 05, 2021

  90. AlgorithmWatch shuts down Instagram monitoring after threats from Facebook

    180 points • comment • aug 13, 2021

  91. It's Time for Operating Systems to Rediscover Hardware

    180 points • comment • aug 31, 2021

  92. Overthinking

    180 points • comment • aug 12, 2021

  93. A third of Stitch Fix employees quit after new CEO ends flexible work hours

    180 points • comment • aug 20, 2021

  94. Parser generators vs. handwritten parsers: surveying major languages in 2021

    180 points • comment • aug 21, 2021

  95. The time Pepsi got sued for a $33M fighter jet

    180 points • comment • aug 15, 2021

  96. Ten Years of Bootstrap

    180 points • comment • aug 23, 2021

  97. A Visual Guide to React Rendering

    179 points • comment • aug 19, 2021

  98. IPCC: Sixth Assessment Report

    179 points • comment • aug 09, 2021

  99. Noyb.eu files 422 formal GDPR complaints on nerve-wrecking “Cookie Banners”

    179 points • comment • aug 10, 2021

  100. Apple is now an antifragile company

    179 points • comment • aug 01, 2021