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Hacker News (27 Jun 2024)

  1. Remembering Larry Finger, who made Linux wireless work

    715 points • 78 comments • jun 27, 2024

  2. Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from JavaScript to WasmGC

    427 points • 198 comments • jun 27, 2024

  3. 200 people charged in $2.7B health care fraud crackdown

    405 points • 220 comments • jun 27, 2024

  4. ID verification service for TikTok, Uber, X exposed driver licenses

    401 points • 252 comments • jun 27, 2024

  5. 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

    398 points • 303 comments • jun 27, 2024

  6. A modern 8 bit design, built using 1950s thermionic valves

    394 points • 70 comments • jun 27, 2024

  7. Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement

    347 points • 644 comments • jun 27, 2024

  8. Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught (1996) [pdf]

    331 points • 86 comments • jun 27, 2024

  9. The loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player

    326 points • 272 comments • jun 27, 2024

  10. Gemma 2: Improving Open Language Models at a Practical Size [pdf]

    315 points • 166 comments • jun 27, 2024