Thursday, 31 March 2022

New best story on Hacker News: I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed

I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed
547 by matiskay | 392 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: The smallest and worst HDMI display

The smallest and worst HDMI display
543 by todsacerdoti | 95 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out

Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out
663 by webmaven | 342 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco

Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco
509 by ra7 | 687 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Ubiquiti is suing Brian Krebs for his reporting on their breach

Ubiquiti is suing Brian Krebs for his reporting on their breach
529 by arusahni | 186 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Visa's marketing opt-out has been down for over a week. Is this a legal issue?

Visa's marketing opt-out has been down for over a week. Is this a legal issue?
523 by robertwiblin | 144 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: $625M worth of ETH drained on Axie Infinity's Ronin Network

$625M worth of ETH drained on Axie Infinity's Ronin Network
554 by colesantiago | 710 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Hackers gaining power of subpoena via fake “emergency data requests”

Hackers gaining power of subpoena via fake “emergency data requests”
538 by todsacerdoti | 361 comments on Hacker News.


Monday, 28 March 2022

New best story on Hacker News: Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first time since Fukushima

Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first time since Fukushima
522 by karaokeyoga | 283 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles

Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles
560 by razin | 355 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Which book can attract anyone towards your field of study?

Ask HN: Which book can attract anyone towards your field of study?
491 by debanjan16 | 242 comments on Hacker News.
If you were to choose one book (or maybe more than one :P) to lure a curious person to your field of study, which will you choose? For example: How to Design Programs for Computer Science. Note: It has to be inviting for someone that knows nothing about the field but becomes hooked after reading it. Not some epitome which is revered by experts only.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: If you used to be socially awkward and shy, how did you improve?

Ask HN: If you used to be socially awkward and shy, how did you improve?
490 by dondraper36 | 523 comments on Hacker News.
Recently, I cannot help but notice how shy and socially awkward I might be at times, which is quite frustrating. To be fair to myself, I am not awful in social situations in that depending on the context I can be seemingly confident and calm, especially when I am among people I know and the context is familiar. When it comes to new people and places, everything changes dramatically. My voice changes, my posture changes, everything changes. I can start being awkward in all possible senses. The discomfort gets to the point where I blush and this physical state of vulnerability and self-doubt of course makes things even worse :) I understand that all of that relates to self-esteem and phychology in general therefore my question. It's common to advise hitting on the gym, which I just started doing last week. Funnily, the gym is the place where I last noticed my awkward behavior :) If you have managed to deal with that and improve in that regard, what is your success story?

New best story on Hacker News: `COPY –chmod` reduced the size of my container image by 35%

`COPY –chmod` reduced the size of my container image by 35%
575 by unmole | 155 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Nvidia Research Turns 2D Photos into 3D Scenes

Nvidia Research Turns 2D Photos into 3D Scenes
483 by bcaulfield | 224 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Microsoft is tied to hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign bribes

Microsoft is tied to hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign bribes
596 by jrepinc | 377 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Applebee’s exec urges using high gas prices to push lower wages, sparks walkout

Applebee’s exec urges using high gas prices to push lower wages, sparks walkout
538 by Geekette | 550 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: I'm writing a free book called Computer Networks from Scratch

Show HN: I'm writing a free book called Computer Networks from Scratch
636 by sarchertech | 118 comments on Hacker News.


Thursday, 24 March 2022

New best story on Hacker News: Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses (2020)

Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses (2020)
519 by lord_sudo | 475 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage

Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage
521 by bwindels | 405 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Hyper-realistic digital humans in Unity

Hyper-realistic digital humans in Unity
504 by Naracion | 300 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Who operates at scale without containers?

Ask HN: Who operates at scale without containers?
578 by disintegore | 425 comments on Hacker News.
In other words, who runs operations at a scale where distributed systems are absolutely necessary, without using any sort of container runtime or container orchestration tool? If so, what does their technology stack look like? Are you aware of any good blog posts? edit : While I do appreciate all the replies, I'd like to know if there are any organizations out there who operate at web scale without relying on the specific practice of shipping software with heaps of dependencies. Whether that be in a container or in a single-use VM. Thank you in advance and sorry for the confusion.

New best story on Hacker News: But life had other plans

But life had other plans
657 by JBiserkov | 71 comments on Hacker News.


Tuesday, 22 March 2022

New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: A $40B company killed my 2yo son. Now they force me to keep silent

Tell HN: A $40B company killed my 2yo son. Now they force me to keep silent
521 by bereavedparent | 103 comments on Hacker News.
My 2yo son was struck and killed by a garbage truck next to a children's playground in the SF bay area less than 2 years ago. The driver who has fled violated multiple traffic rules which directly caused my son's horrible death. We have evidence that the company's unimaginable level of negligence allowed this to happen and now they want us to sign an agreement forbidding us to disclose the details. I'm writing this in great pain as I was not able to talk about it for a long time. My entire family were devastated. My mom passed away unable to accept the loss. My wife suffers PTSD. I stopped working so that I can go to the cemetery to stay with my son everyday. It's been almost two years. They see our weakness not strong enough to go through litigation as it tortures us. They offered to settle through mediation with a laughable amount of money which I can earn in less than 4 years. And they want me to shut up so that they may do whatever they want to continue killing children in our neighborhood. My family want to settle and avoid the additional suffering. I feel so weak. I want to protect them as much as possible but know in my heart I need to fight. I would never forgive me if one day another child gets killed and I could have avoided the tragedy if I choose to fight. I need help. What would you do if you were me?

New best story on Hacker News: Mercedes to accept legal responsibility for a vehicle when Drive Pilot is active

Mercedes to accept legal responsibility for a vehicle when Drive Pilot is active
497 by gscott | 359 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Hackers claim to have breached Okta systems

Hackers claim to have breached Okta systems
553 by obi1kenobi | 189 comments on Hacker News.


Monday, 21 March 2022

New best story on Hacker News: I think US college education is nearer to collapsing than it appears

I think US college education is nearer to collapsing than it appears
633 by jger15 | 957 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Decrypting your own HTTPS traffic with Wireshark

Decrypting your own HTTPS traffic with Wireshark
507 by rl1987 | 91 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area

Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area
630 by adamlynch | 239 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Asahi Linux alpha release

Asahi Linux alpha release
572 by robbiet480 | 219 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Christopher Alexander has died

Christopher Alexander has died
490 by voisin | 129 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: How I learned to stop worrying and structure all writing as a list

How I learned to stop worrying and structure all writing as a list
469 by Naac | 127 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: How Zillow's homebuying scheme lost $881M

How Zillow's homebuying scheme lost $881M
512 by spansoa | 663 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Please put units in names

Please put units in names
770 by todsacerdoti | 405 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Windows needs a change in priorities

Windows needs a change in priorities
727 by dend | 527 comments on Hacker News.


Tuesday, 15 March 2022

New best story on Hacker News: Go 1.18

Go 1.18
492 by mjlee | 311 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent

US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent
776 by enraged_camel | 1259 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks

DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks
588 by nilsandrey | 154 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Cities should not pay for new stadiums

Cities should not pay for new stadiums
528 by droptablemain | 506 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer

Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer
474 by DemiGuru | 485 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Vanced has been discontinued

Vanced has been discontinued
484 by nixass | 397 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Why is it hard to buy things that work well?

Why is it hard to buy things that work well?
573 by davidmckenna | 341 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Medical student surgically implants Bluetooth into own ear to cheat in final

Medical student surgically implants Bluetooth into own ear to cheat in final
537 by softwarebeware | 417 comments on Hacker News.


Monday, 14 March 2022

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes

Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes
530 by tomxor | 326 comments on Hacker News.
Paste the following into the console of any HN page - for annotated avatars on all HN comments. (self contained code) for(u of document.querySelectorAll('.hnuser'))for(u.prepend(c=document.createElement('canvas')),x=c.getContext('2d'),c.width=18,c.height=14,s=u.innerText,r=1,i=28+s.length;i--;i<28?r>>>29>X*X/3+Y/2&&x.fillRect(6+2*X,2*Y,2,2)&x.fillRect(6-2*X,2*Y,2,2):r+=s.charCodeAt(i-28,x.fillStyle='#'+(r>>8&0xFFFFFF).toString(16)))r^=r<<13,r^=r>>>17,r^=r<<5,X=i&3,Y=i>>2

New best story on Hacker News: Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust

Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust
536 by albertzeyer | 108 comments on Hacker News.


Thursday, 10 March 2022

New best story on Hacker News: DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation”

DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation”
447 by thallium205 | 626 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Blender 3.1

Blender 3.1
504 by mkaic | 125 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Twitter is now available on Tor

Twitter is now available on Tor
492 by pcaversaccio | 3 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line on war

China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line on war
430 by sofixa | 391 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Bugs in Hello World

Bugs in Hello World
513 by sizediterable | 246 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Static torrent website with peer-to-peer queries over BitTorrent on 2M records

Static torrent website with peer-to-peer queries over BitTorrent on 2M records
557 by voigt | 97 comments on Hacker News.


Monday, 7 March 2022

New best story on Hacker News: The Dirty Pipe Vulnerability

The Dirty Pipe Vulnerability
451 by max_k | 151 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Windows Defender is enough, if you harden it

Windows Defender is enough, if you harden it
505 by h0ek | 262 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Why is there a TikTok tracking pixel on UberEats what is this crap?

Why is there a TikTok tracking pixel on UberEats what is this crap?
434 by cmoog | 194 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: IBM open sources fully-functional Lego microscope design (2020)

IBM open sources fully-functional Lego microscope design (2020)
449 by Tomte | 47 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: The campaign to shut down YouTube-dl continues

The campaign to shut down YouTube-dl continues
514 by DiabloD3 | 161 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll
547 by otras | 310 comments on Hacker News.


Friday, 4 March 2022

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

New best story on Hacker News: Epic Games acquires Bandcamp

Epic Games acquires Bandcamp
544 by kylestetz | 357 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: SingleFile: Save a complete web page into a single HTML file

SingleFile: Save a complete web page into a single HTML file
503 by crbelaus | 161 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Write plain text files

Write plain text files
527 by sivers | 271 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong

Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong
545 by lessmilk | 102 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN! I made many small web games in the past with Unity or Phaser. But this time I wanted to make something completely on my own. So I coded a basic game framework in plain JavaScript, and used it to make Almost Pong. This was a really fun project that taught me a lot about JavaScript, and I plan to make more minimalist games with this framework. Interesting fact: Almost Pong doesn't load any assets, all sprites and sounds are generated with code. Happy to answer questions, and please let me know if you have any feedback on the game. Thanks!

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

New best story on Hacker News: Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system

Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system
483 by Brajeshwar | 360 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Zain Nadella, Satya Nadella's son, dies at 26

Zain Nadella, Satya Nadella's son, dies at 26
461 by softwarebeware | 102 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: “O, so sorry. I need more time. my country defending Russian invasion”

“O, so sorry. I need more time. my country defending Russian invasion”
459 by EdwinHoksberg | 131 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Lambda Calculus in 400 Bytes

Lambda Calculus in 400 Bytes
529 by mmphosis | 58 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: BP quits Russia in up to $25B hit after Ukraine invasion

BP quits Russia in up to $25B hit after Ukraine invasion
487 by vitabenes | 330 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: No_color

No_color
463 by ducaale | 194 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: '50% of transactions were fraudulent' when Steam accepted Bitcoin for payments

'50% of transactions were fraudulent' when Steam accepted Bitcoin for payments
470 by mrkramer | 311 comments on Hacker News.