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Hacker News (Aug 2021)
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Implement window.{alert, prompt, confirm} removal from cross-origin iframes
204 points • comment • aug 03, 2021
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Default disappearing messages
203 points • comment • aug 11, 2021
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20 Years of Haiku
203 points • comment • aug 20, 2021
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Ray Tracing Gems II available as free download
203 points • comment • aug 04, 2021
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How do I turn off the “Try the new Safari” notification?
202 points • comment • aug 30, 2021
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Google introducing tool for under-18s to remove images of them from search
202 points • comment • aug 19, 2021
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US real estate a safe haven for billions in dirty money, report says
202 points • comment • aug 12, 2021
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Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
202 points • comment • aug 22, 2021
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South Korea: The only middle power of its kind
202 points • comment • aug 03, 2021
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FBI Palantir glitch allowed unauthorized access to private data
202 points • comment • aug 26, 2021
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Rep. Takano Introduces Legislation to Reduce the Standard Workweek to 32 Hours
201 points • comment • aug 02, 2021
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Machine learning’s crumbling foundations
201 points • comment • aug 22, 2021
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Show HN: Till – Unblock and scale your web scrapers, with minimal code changes
201 points • comment • aug 04, 2021
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The Mathematics of 2048: Optimal Play with Markov Decision Processes (2018)
201 points • comment • aug 26, 2021
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Time to retire the CSV?
200 points • comment • aug 18, 2021
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Programming, Math, Science: A list with links to useful resources
200 points • comment • aug 29, 2021
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The first two hours of MTV (1981) [video]
200 points • comment • aug 08, 2021
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Having SARS-CoV-2 once confers much greater immunity than a vaccine
200 points • comment • aug 27, 2021
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John Carmack visits Starbase
199 points • comment • aug 23, 2021
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Amazon union election should be run again, labor board official says
199 points • comment • aug 02, 2021
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Clubhouse Is a Cargo Cult
199 points • comment • aug 06, 2021
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Dallas police lose 8TB of data, impacting criminal cases
198 points • comment • aug 17, 2021
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Because I Am Bored
198 points • comment • aug 11, 2021
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AdObserver Blocked by Facebook
198 points • comment • aug 04, 2021
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Bug in Lynx's SSL certificate validation – leaks password in clear text via SNI
197 points • comment • aug 07, 2021
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2,400-year-old baskets still filled with fruit found in submerged Egyptian city
197 points • comment • aug 09, 2021
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Expanded Protections for Children
197 points • comment • aug 05, 2021
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Noam Chomsky – Startup Culture
197 points • comment • aug 25, 2021
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Winnebiko
196 points • comment • aug 02, 2021
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Vulnerability in Bumble dating app reveals any user's exact location
196 points • comment • aug 25, 2021
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Open Source Illustrations Kit
196 points • comment • aug 29, 2021
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The Wendelstein 7-X concept proves its efficiency
196 points • comment • aug 17, 2021
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Open-source intelligence challenges state monopolies on information
195 points • comment • aug 07, 2021
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Sweden must repay $1.6M in Bitcoin to convicted drug dealer
195 points • comment • aug 24, 2021
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Launch HN: Turion Space (YC S21) – Space debris removal and satellite servicing
195 points • comment • aug 04, 2021
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Hello Yarn 2, Goodbye node_modules
195 points • comment • aug 09, 2021
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Tikz.net – Graphics with TikZ in LaTeX
194 points • comment • aug 21, 2021
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Show HN: Open-source A/B testing framework
194 points • comment • aug 06, 2021
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The mutation that helps Delta spread
194 points • comment • aug 20, 2021
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FCC Temporary Waiver Permits Higher Symbol Rate Data for Hurricane Ida Traffic
194 points • comment • aug 30, 2021
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Data-Mining Wikipedia for Fun and Profit
194 points • comment • aug 19, 2021
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Unity to acquire Parsec for $320M
194 points • comment • aug 10, 2021
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Noted study in psychology fails to replicate, crumbles with evidence of fraud
194 points • comment • aug 22, 2021
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Learning APL
193 points • comment • aug 06, 2021
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Who Is Being Monitored?
193 points • comment • aug 12, 2021
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$28.50 Beer at LaGuardia Sparks Audit of New York Airport Concession Prices
193 points • comment • aug 04, 2021
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Photography technology has influenced what people consider a good picture
193 points • comment • aug 30, 2021
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ contaminate indoor air at worrying levels
192 points • comment • aug 31, 2021
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Longitudinal analysis shows durable immune memory after SARS-CoV-2 infection
192 points • comment • aug 08, 2021
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Apple call center workers fear AI-powered surveillance cameras in their homes
192 points • comment • aug 11, 2021
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Some Reasons to Measure
191 points • comment • aug 27, 2021
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Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if they’re stolen
191 points • comment • aug 02, 2021
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Why extraterrestrial life may not seem alien
191 points • comment • aug 02, 2021
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Guide to cognitive biases
190 points • comment • aug 13, 2021
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How Does FaceTime Work?
190 points • comment • aug 19, 2021
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What I'm Up to Now
190 points • comment • aug 27, 2021
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Firefox 91
190 points • comment • aug 10, 2021
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Launch HN: Fella (YC W20) – Tackling men's obesity using medication and coaching
190 points • comment • aug 21, 2021
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Crypto community slams ‘disastrous’ new amendment to big infrastructure bill
189 points • comment • aug 07, 2021
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Activision Blizzard Sued Over ‘Frat Boy’ Culture, Harassment
188 points • comment • aug 03, 2021
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Machine learning won't solve natural language understanding
188 points • comment • aug 09, 2021
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Poly Network hacker returns $258M after stealing $600M
188 points • comment • aug 12, 2021
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Whoogle Search: A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine
188 points • comment • aug 27, 2021
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Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs found on Google search
186 points • comment • aug 12, 2021
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Letter from Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection to Facebook
186 points • comment • aug 06, 2021
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Home Lab Hardware Guide
186 points • comment • aug 23, 2021
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The slow collapse of Amazon’s drone delivery dream
186 points • comment • aug 03, 2021
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A Compass for the Politics of Collapse
185 points • comment • aug 30, 2021
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Nokia 9000 Communicator was launched 25 years ago
185 points • comment • aug 16, 2021
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Everything has changed in iOS 14, but Jailbreak is eternal [pdf]
185 points • comment • aug 07, 2021
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Go 1.17 Release Notes
185 points • comment • aug 16, 2021
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EU agency advises against using search and browsing history for credit scores
185 points • comment • aug 28, 2021
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Will the rich world’s worker deficit last?
185 points • comment • aug 17, 2021
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The insides of pro bowling balls
185 points • comment • aug 05, 2021
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Huawei stole our tech and created a 'backdoor' to spy on Pakistan, claims IT biz
185 points • comment • aug 13, 2021
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Gitfs: Version Controlled File System
184 points • comment • aug 22, 2021
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Trying to extract Widewine key: A journey to failure
184 points • comment • aug 01, 2021
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Facebook shut down German research on Instagram algorithm
184 points • comment • aug 14, 2021
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Ask HN: What tiny purchases have disproportionately improved your life?
183 points • comment • aug 09, 2021
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Zx 3.0
183 points • comment • aug 16, 2021
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The Peril of Politicizing Science [pdf]
182 points • comment • aug 22, 2021
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Forest Service officials close all California national forests
182 points • comment • aug 31, 2021
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WinFsp – Windows File System Proxy
182 points • comment • aug 22, 2021
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Amiga Music Preservation
182 points • comment • aug 14, 2021
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You Are Not Lazy or Undisciplined. You Have Internal Resistance
182 points • comment • aug 01, 2021
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Launch HN: Flow Club (YC S21) – Virtual co-working space for focused work
182 points • comment • aug 18, 2021
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NetBSD Booting on the Apple M1
181 points • comment • aug 28, 2021
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Uber allegedly more than doubles prices when battery is low
180 points • comment • aug 20, 2021
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How PostgreSQL aggregation works and how it inspired our hyperfunctions’ design
180 points • comment • aug 05, 2021
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AlgorithmWatch shuts down Instagram monitoring after threats from Facebook
180 points • comment • aug 13, 2021
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It's Time for Operating Systems to Rediscover Hardware
180 points • comment • aug 31, 2021
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Overthinking
180 points • comment • aug 12, 2021
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A third of Stitch Fix employees quit after new CEO ends flexible work hours
180 points • comment • aug 20, 2021
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Parser generators vs. handwritten parsers: surveying major languages in 2021
180 points • comment • aug 21, 2021
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The time Pepsi got sued for a $33M fighter jet
180 points • comment • aug 15, 2021
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Ten Years of Bootstrap
180 points • comment • aug 23, 2021
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A Visual Guide to React Rendering
179 points • comment • aug 19, 2021
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IPCC: Sixth Assessment Report
179 points • comment • aug 09, 2021
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Noyb.eu files 422 formal GDPR complaints on nerve-wrecking “Cookie Banners”
179 points • comment • aug 10, 2021
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Apple is now an antifragile company
179 points • comment • aug 01, 2021