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Hacker News (Aug 2021)
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Razer bug lets you become a Windows 10 admin by plugging in a mouse
364 points • 157 comments • aug 23, 2021
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It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record
364 points • 448 comments • aug 13, 2021
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OpenAI's Codex sure knows a lot about HN [video]
364 points • 99 comments • aug 15, 2021
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Apple banned a pay equity Slack channel
364 points • 300 comments • aug 31, 2021
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Silent changes to Western Digital’s budget SSD may lower speeds by up to 50%
363 points • 94 comments • aug 26, 2021
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How can we make air conditioners more efficient? [video]
363 points • 205 comments • aug 22, 2021
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How to prevent email spoofing, using an unholy combination of silly standards
363 points • 119 comments • aug 15, 2021
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Apple iPhone charger teardown: quality in a tiny expensive package (2012)
362 points • 266 comments • aug 03, 2021
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Steam survey shows Linux marketshare hitting 1.0%
361 points • 271 comments • aug 02, 2021
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LÖVR – An open source framework for rapidly building immersive 3D experiences
360 points • 115 comments • aug 06, 2021
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U.S. opens probe into Tesla’s Autopilot over emergency vehicle crashes
358 points • 444 comments • aug 16, 2021
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Sailfish 4
357 points • 137 comments • aug 26, 2021
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A man spent a year in jail on murder charge that hinged on disputed AI evidence
354 points • 194 comments • aug 22, 2021
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The Inconsistency of Arithmetic (2011)
351 points • 144 comments • aug 16, 2021
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You don’t need to work on hard problems (2020)
351 points • 105 comments • aug 17, 2021
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Very fast rocket
351 points • 90 comments • aug 07, 2021
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Performance Improvements in .NET 6
350 points • 216 comments • aug 18, 2021
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Many Americans not aware of being tracked with facial recognition while shopping
349 points • 333 comments • aug 16, 2021
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Netflix intensifies VPN ban and targets residential IP addresses
348 points • 460 comments • aug 11, 2021
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Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote app store competition
347 points • 311 comments • aug 11, 2021
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API Tokens: A Tedious Survey
346 points • 100 comments • aug 24, 2021
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Illinois Is the First State to Have High Schools Teach News Literacy
345 points • 397 comments • aug 13, 2021
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Show HN: I built an AI art installation at home generating new pieces on the fly
345 points • 144 comments • aug 18, 2021
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Egui: An easy-to-use immediate mode GUI
344 points • 136 comments • aug 13, 2021
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U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, report finds (2020)
343 points • 246 comments • aug 01, 2021
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HTTP/2: The Sequel is Always Worse
343 points • 105 comments • aug 05, 2021
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Charlie Watts has died
342 points • 91 comments • aug 24, 2021
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I Don’t Want to Be Like a Family with My Co-Workers
340 points • 214 comments • aug 21, 2021
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Launch HN: Hotswap (YC S21) – Easily migrate customers away from competitors
340 points • 146 comments • aug 27, 2021
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Stop Waiting for Godot
339 points • 115 comments • aug 30, 2021
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LeafletJS: a JavaScript library for interactive maps
339 points • 83 comments • aug 16, 2021
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Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn
338 points • 167 comments • aug 10, 2021
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Exploring Clang/LLVM optimization on programming horror
337 points • 65 comments • aug 17, 2021
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Chinese authorities say overtime '996' policy is illegal
337 points • 257 comments • aug 27, 2021
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A Programmer’s Introduction to Mathematics
337 points • 93 comments • aug 16, 2021
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OpenAI Codex
336 points • 167 comments • aug 10, 2021
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A sewing page that never closed its font size HTML tags
335 points • 65 comments • aug 03, 2021
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Dating in Delhi when you're poor
335 points • 242 comments • aug 06, 2021
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Terrorist watchlist exposed via misconfigured Elasticsearch cluster
335 points • 199 comments • aug 16, 2021
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Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search engine in 2021
332 points • 311 comments • aug 26, 2021
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Bigger vehicles are directly resulting in more deaths of people walking
332 points • 274 comments • aug 22, 2021
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Interactive Linear Algebra (2019)
331 points • 40 comments • aug 13, 2021
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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)
331 points • 698 comments • aug 02, 2021
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mRNA vaccine trial for Lyme disease
326 points • 208 comments • aug 26, 2021
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SEC charges Netflix insider trading ring
326 points • 247 comments • aug 18, 2021
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A catalog of naturally occurring images whose Apple NeuralHash is identical
325 points • 279 comments • aug 25, 2021
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Why is it so hard to be rational?
324 points • 279 comments • aug 16, 2021
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Google employees who work from home could lose money
323 points • 620 comments • aug 10, 2021
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Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you unlock the bootloader
323 points • 157 comments • aug 24, 2021
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The complicated reality of doing what you love
322 points • 145 comments • aug 29, 2021
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Vue.js is Wikimedia Foundation's future JavaScript framework
322 points • 143 comments • aug 02, 2021
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Why are hyperlinks blue?
321 points • 245 comments • aug 26, 2021
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U.S. drone pilot leaks footage reveals accidental killing of children and adults
318 points • 205 comments • aug 25, 2021
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Wildfire restored a Yosemite watershed
318 points • 153 comments • aug 09, 2021
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App store payments will have increased competition
316 points • 269 comments • aug 27, 2021
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Is Hacker News a good predictor of future tech trends?
316 points • 251 comments • aug 24, 2021
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Mastodon now a non-profit organisation
315 points • 71 comments • aug 17, 2021
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Don’t starve, Diablo – Parallax 7 (2016)
314 points • 53 comments • aug 21, 2021
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Why Erlang?
314 points • 147 comments • aug 31, 2021
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$600M taken in largest DeFi hack to date
313 points • 321 comments • aug 10, 2021
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The Clickbaitification of Netflix
312 points • 266 comments • aug 24, 2021
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Costa Rica signs law to attract digital nomads
312 points • 216 comments • aug 14, 2021
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Strict Tables – Column type constraints in SQLite - Draft
312 points • 99 comments • aug 21, 2021
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They thought they were going to rehab but ended up in chicken plants (2017)
311 points • 242 comments • aug 24, 2021
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Beware state surveillance of your lives – governments can change for the worse
308 points • 101 comments • aug 21, 2021
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Ansible Techniques I Wish I’d Known Earlier
308 points • 73 comments • aug 27, 2021
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For programmers, remote working is becoming the norm
308 points • 375 comments • aug 12, 2021
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The British Library puts 1M newspaper pages online for free
307 points • 50 comments • aug 11, 2021
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TikTok requests access to devices on local network
307 points • 139 comments • aug 16, 2021
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Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
307 points • 40 comments • aug 23, 2021
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Helvetica Now Variable
306 points • 174 comments • aug 17, 2021
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Security Threat Model Review of the Apple Child Safety Features [pdf]
305 points • 354 comments • aug 13, 2021
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Scientists find an effective solution for the three-body problem
304 points • 219 comments • aug 14, 2021
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Nerds Don't Respond to Marketing; Try Technical Documentation Instead
304 points • 220 comments • aug 14, 2021
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An Open Source Multi-Player Starship Bridge Simulator for Linux
304 points • 60 comments • aug 29, 2021
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“My scooter was stolen. Unknown to the thief, I hid two AirTags inside it.”
303 points • 145 comments • aug 10, 2021
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How to Hack APIs in 2021
303 points • 77 comments • aug 10, 2021
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MeiliSearch: A Minimalist Full-Text Search Engine
303 points • 100 comments • aug 15, 2021
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I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week leading to 1929
301 points • 232 comments • aug 08, 2021
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T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People
300 points • 247 comments • aug 18, 2021
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Ploopy: open hardware trackballs and mouse
299 points • 123 comments • aug 24, 2021
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Thunderbird 91.0
298 points • 242 comments • aug 12, 2021
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Google Groups kills RSS support without notice
297 points • 97 comments • aug 16, 2021
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The US should be held accountable: Gitmo survivor on the war on terror’s failure
295 points • 274 comments • aug 16, 2021
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Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people
293 points • 251 comments • aug 26, 2021
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Show HN: 59a34eabe31910abfb06f308 – NeuralHash Collision Demo
293 points • 192 comments • aug 25, 2021
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Postgres.app
293 points • 145 comments • aug 06, 2021
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A layman’s guide to recreational mathematics videos
293 points • 51 comments • aug 31, 2021
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How to Remember What You Read
293 points • 81 comments • aug 21, 2021
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Reverse engineering software licensing from early-2000s abandonware
292 points • 85 comments • aug 30, 2021
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The thing standing between procrastination and daily progress is ritual
291 points • 102 comments • aug 19, 2021
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My small revenge on Apple
291 points • 361 comments • aug 04, 2021
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How to deliver constructive feedback in difficult situations (2019)
289 points • 75 comments • aug 22, 2021
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Roblox faces criticism for 'exploiting' young game developers
288 points • 193 comments • aug 20, 2021
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AWS adds an extra 5.5M IPv4 addresses
288 points • 254 comments • aug 14, 2021
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Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery
288 points • 311 comments • aug 05, 2021
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We Hire Old People
287 points • 229 comments • aug 25, 2021
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Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020)
286 points • 199 comments • aug 01, 2021
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Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in science
286 points • 234 comments • aug 08, 2021
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Launch HN: Buoyant (YC S21) – Blimp drones for air freight
286 points • 164 comments • aug 23, 2021