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New best story on Hacker News: A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools

A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools 501 by ksj2114 | 292 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A half-hour to learn Rust

A half-hour to learn Rust 497 by xrd | 71 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How to brainstorm great business ideas

How to brainstorm great business ideas 479 by jhow15 | 58 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The boss who put everyone on 70K

The boss who put everyone on 70K 451 by orjan | 325 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride

I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride 541 by whatever_dude | 362 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Freeman Dyson Has Died

Freeman Dyson Has Died 576 by ChickeNES | 119 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to prevent lawsuits

Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to prevent lawsuits 533 by jensgk | 194 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mapping Coronavirus, Responsibly

Mapping Coronavirus, Responsibly 470 by three14 | 128 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type for numbers

Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type for numbers 437 by joelanman | 117 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths

Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths 462 by davedx | 392 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Simpsons in CSS

The Simpsons in CSS 492 by CoreSet | 101 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash iron is hot

DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash iron is hot 431 by erwan | 323 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: MSPaint in JavaScript

MSPaint in JavaScript 502 by whalesalad | 125 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Let's Encrypt Has Issued a Billion Certificates

Let's Encrypt Has Issued a Billion Certificates 598 by jaas | 140 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Hard Startups

Hard Startups 538 by sethbannon | 256 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tailwind UI

Tailwind UI 526 by alt3red | 220 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus not contained

Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus not contained 485 by doppp | 629 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: An Intuitive Guide to Linear Algebra (2012)

An Intuitive Guide to Linear Algebra (2012) 570 by PNWChris | 88 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: To get good, go after the metagame

To get good, go after the metagame 574 by shadowsun7 | 239 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mozilla’s DNS over HTTPs

Mozilla’s DNS over HTTPs 506 by Vinnl | 655 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Smithsonian Releases 2.8M Images into Public Domain

Smithsonian Releases 2.8M Images into Public Domain 533 by ChrisArchitect | 78 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Disney blocks John Oliver’s new episode critical of India’s PM Modi

Disney blocks John Oliver’s new episode critical of India’s PM Modi 456 by pseudolus | 177 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billing up to 80%

We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billing up to 80% 469 by talonx | 264 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Cloudflare silently deleted my DNS records

Cloudflare silently deleted my DNS records 689 by iudqnolq | 391 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Donald Knuth was framed

Donald Knuth was framed 601 by akalin | 157 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician, has died at 101

Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician, has died at 101 523 by uptown | 67 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app

EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app 489 by maxbaines | 271 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Andreessen-Horowitz craps on “AI” startups from a great height

Andreessen-Horowitz craps on “AI” startups from a great height 626 by dostoevsky | 216 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: We found six critical PayPal vulnerabilities, and PayPal punished us for it

We found six critical PayPal vulnerabilities, and PayPal punished us for it 685 by teslademigod1 | 217 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner

Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner 571 by nsainsbury | 92 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Which of these Amazon Prime purchases are real?

Which of these Amazon Prime purchases are real? 525 by zdw | 253 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Guide to running Elasticsearch in production

Guide to running Elasticsearch in production 496 by thunderbong | 118 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Spain builds submarine 70 tons too heavy due to wrong decimal (2013)

Spain builds submarine 70 tons too heavy due to wrong decimal (2013) 237 by EndXA | 178 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Does memory leak? (1995)

Does memory leak? (1995) 477 by rot25 | 263 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software projects

Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software projects 490 by rauhl | 343 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Scientists use ML to find an antibiotic able to kill superbugs in mice

Scientists use ML to find an antibiotic able to kill superbugs in mice 424 by adventured | 86 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: DigitalOcean raises $100M in debt as it scales toward revenue of $300M

DigitalOcean raises $100M in debt as it scales toward revenue of $300M 473 by drchiu | 281 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Guide to Equity Compensation

Guide to Equity Compensation 455 by DyslexicAtheist | 191 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Amazon let a fraudster keep my Sony A74 IV and refunded him

Amazon let a fraudster keep my Sony A74 IV and refunded him 451 by ProAm | 174 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: More bosses give four-day workweek a try

More bosses give four-day workweek a try 477 by hhs | 239 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear fusion tech

Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear fusion tech 501 by chris_overseas | 194 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How to Write Usefully

How to Write Usefully 501 by r_singh | 217 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Suspicious Discontinuities

Suspicious Discontinuities 483 by janvdberg | 162 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Real-time, in-camera background compositing in The Mandalorian

Real-time, in-camera background compositing in The Mandalorian 512 by ashin | 79 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Let's Encrypt has turned on stricter validation requirements

Let's Encrypt has turned on stricter validation requirements 454 by mmoez | 134 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: ADS-B Exchange – Co-op of unfiltered flight data

ADS-B Exchange – Co-op of unfiltered flight data 428 by AWildC182 | 195 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Hackers Were Inside Citrix for Five Months

Hackers Were Inside Citrix for Five Months 453 by feross | 190 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Explorabl.es

Explorabl.es 559 by rickdeveloper | 26 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Bert Sutherland Has Died

Bert Sutherland Has Died 411 by dang | 19 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Why SQLite succeeded as a database (2016)

Why SQLite succeeded as a database (2016) 466 by Tomte | 230 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: IRS sues Facebook for $9B, says company offshored profits to Ireland

IRS sues Facebook for $9B, says company offshored profits to Ireland 401 by TwoFactor | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Internet Society told to halt .org sale by its own advisory council

Internet Society told to halt .org sale by its own advisory council 394 by sohkamyung | 107 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Larry Tesler Has Died

Larry Tesler Has Died 493 by drallison | 71 comments on Hacker News. Larry Tesler has died. Larry was in the middle of many of the most influential of Silicon Valley projects and an insightful contributor. See his Wikipedia biography for a snapshot. https://ift.tt/1J4eWQT

New best story on Hacker News: Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983

Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983 438 by LinuxBender | 235 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Computer vision basics in Excel, using just formulas

Computer vision basics in Excel, using just formulas 470 by alok-g | 57 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Weird-Looking Freak Saves Apollo 14 (1971)

Weird-Looking Freak Saves Apollo 14 (1971) 314 by astdb | 97 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Kickstarter employees vote to unionize

Kickstarter employees vote to unionize 491 by danso | 612 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets

Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets 329 by ajaviaad | 218 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Photographer sues Getty Images for $1B for being billed for her own photo (2016)

Photographer sues Getty Images for $1B for being billed for her own photo (2016) 401 by vezycash | 117 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Don't touch my clipboard

Don't touch my clipboard 572 by otras | 215 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Twitter locks WikiLeaks account days before Assange's extradition hearing

Twitter locks WikiLeaks account days before Assange's extradition hearing 381 by akvadrako | 221 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Pay up or we’ll make Google ban your ads

Pay up or we’ll make Google ban your ads 499 by akeck | 165 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How These Things Work – A book about CS from first principles (2016)

How These Things Work – A book about CS from first principles (2016) 545 by falava | 47 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: South Korea switching their 3.3M PCs to Linux

South Korea switching their 3.3M PCs to Linux 424 by bitxbitxbitcoin | 193 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Rules to run a software startup with minimum hassle

Rules to run a software startup with minimum hassle 529 by joisig | 77 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple Edge Cache

Apple Edge Cache 480 by bwilliams18 | 216 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I Learned French in 12 Months

I Learned French in 12 Months 632 by ingve | 281 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: 1-on-1 meeting questions

1-on-1 meeting questions 508 by yankit | 170 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: FDA clears ‘world’s first’ portable, low-cost MRI

FDA clears ‘world’s first’ portable, low-cost MRI 401 by apsec112 | 119 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Signs you’re working in a feature factory

Signs you’re working in a feature factory 579 by aphextron | 204 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google cuts jobs at cloud-computing group

Google cuts jobs at cloud-computing group 470 by pgodzin | 293 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The dystopian world of software engineering interviews

The dystopian world of software engineering interviews 490 by asangha | 490 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the masses

Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the masses 440 by jmsflknr | 284 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: 18-year-old personal website, built with Frontpage and still updated

18-year-old personal website, built with Frontpage and still updated 425 by fbn79 | 384 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old

Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old 475 by kawera | 242 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple store workers should be paid for time waiting to be searched, court rules

Apple store workers should be paid for time waiting to be searched, court rules 447 by danso | 331 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Usenet – Let's Return to Public Spaces

Usenet – Let's Return to Public Spaces 393 by jsmoov | 355 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook Dating launch blocked in Europe after it fails to show privacy workings

Facebook Dating launch blocked in Europe after it fails to show privacy workings 346 by ajaviaad | 205 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ultimate Electronics

Ultimate Electronics 531 by tosh | 82 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Court rules that people can't be locked up indefinitely for refusing to decrypt

Court rules that people can't be locked up indefinitely for refusing to decrypt 431 by danso | 169 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Rotary Cellphone

Rotary Cellphone 555 by nallerooth | 163 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Becoming a high performing software developer working from your bedroom

Becoming a high performing software developer working from your bedroom 599 by kevinpaladin | 293 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety 486 by ericdanielski | 226 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I Add 3-25 Seconds of Latency to Every Site I Visit

I Add 3-25 Seconds of Latency to Every Site I Visit 671 by curuinor | 169 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GitHub CLI is now in beta

GitHub CLI is now in beta 633 by twapi | 178 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: No person who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia

No person who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia 541 by SZJX | 197 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Gears

Gears 695 by robert-boehnke | 59 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously complained about autopilot

Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously complained about autopilot 529 by jelliclesfarm | 766 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell

Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell 487 by kick | 114 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building projects?

Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building projects? 633 by Shosty123 | 150 comments on Hacker News. A continuation of https://ift.tt/2lSoUC1 which has been incredibly useful to me. I recently finished this phenomenal book called "Building Enterprise JavaScript Applications": https://ift.tt/2td8tIO Which takes the reader from zero to building a non-trivial production fullstack application with JavaScript. I also recommend "Building Git". The title is self-explanatory: https://ift.tt/2SXltOD Other resources: https://ift.tt/2y6bifc https://ift.tt/2BMhkTM

New best story on Hacker News: N26 will be leaving the UK

N26 will be leaving the UK 414 by vinnyglennon | 399 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Firefox 73

Firefox 73 460 by i_am_not_elon | 249 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades

How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades 444 by allard | 153 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: “We already store data. In a database. It works well”

“We already store data. In a database. It works well” 568 by susam | 209 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume Masterpiece

Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume Masterpiece 364 by vo2maxer | 106 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Why Google Did Android

Why Google Did Android 466 by zdw | 317 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I ordered a box of boxes from The Packaging Wholesalers via Amazon.ca

I ordered a box of boxes from The Packaging Wholesalers via Amazon.ca 476 by jellicle | 185 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What's the best resource for learning modern x64 assembly?

Ask HN: What's the best resource for learning modern x64 assembly? 476 by ssklash | 107 comments on Hacker News. I've found lots of resources for x86, but considerably less for x64. Pentester Academy has a promising course on it, along with shellcoding, but I'm not sure what else is out there.

New best story on Hacker News: Dangerous domain corp.com goes up for sale

Dangerous domain corp.com goes up for sale 399 by DemiGuru | 290 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Dogs poop in alignment with Earth’s magnetic field, study finds (2014)

Dogs poop in alignment with Earth’s magnetic field, study finds (2014) 342 by pionerkotik | 158 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Debt is coming to the tech industry

Debt is coming to the tech industry 527 by jger15 | 198 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Windows 10 start menu

Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Windows 10 start menu 642 by milankragujevic | 326 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Linux 5.6 is the most exciting kernel in years

Linux 5.6 is the most exciting kernel in years 591 by alexellisuk | 182 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Reasons not to become famous

Reasons not to become famous 571 by imgabe | 293 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Time.gov was upgraded today

Time.gov was upgraded today 660 by eganist | 192 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Simple, solar-powered water desalination

Simple, solar-powered water desalination 474 by chmaynard | 190 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tesla remotely removed autopilot features from used Tesla without notice

Tesla remotely removed autopilot features from used Tesla without notice 472 by t23 | 439 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews

Turning Off Autoplaying Previews 529 by dylan604 | 224 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-interview feedback

No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-interview feedback 502 by leeny | 605 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file

My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file 655 by lazyjeff | 224 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Python dicts are now ordered

Python dicts are now ordered 679 by signa11 | 409 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: FLIF – Free Lossless Image Format

FLIF – Free Lossless Image Format 550 by scotteh | 185 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Reverse engineering my router's firmware with binwalk

Reverse engineering my router's firmware with binwalk 652 by sprado | 75 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Open-Plan Offices Are the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time

Open-Plan Offices Are the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time 543 by simonebrunozzi | 326 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Surveillance on UK council websites [pdf]

Surveillance on UK council websites [pdf] 521 by pier25 | 136 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Wacom tablets track every app you open

Wacom tablets track every app you open 542 by krithix | 138 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums

Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums 470 by SJSque | 380 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: What's SAP?

What's SAP? 552 by dvdhsu | 340 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I found a WhatsApp security flaw that allowed hackers to read the file system

I found a WhatsApp security flaw that allowed hackers to read the file system 446 by ccmpx | 101 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Firefox Preview adds support for recommended extensions, including uBlock Origin

Firefox Preview adds support for recommended extensions, including uBlock Origin 430 by Aissen | 186 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust

Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust 490 by Sikul | 221 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?

Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020? 480 by xcoding | 554 comments on Hacker News. What are some skills (technical or not) you think someone should consider acquiring in 2020?

New best story on Hacker News: Google admits it sent private videos in Google Photos to strangers

Google admits it sent private videos in Google Photos to strangers 335 by midef | 110 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada

U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada 343 by md8 | 346 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Reviving Sandstorm

Reviving Sandstorm 422 by anotherevan | 99 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tesla's self driving algorithm's overlay [video]

Tesla's self driving algorithm's overlay [video] 628 by belltaco | 614 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Microsoft Teams outage due to expired certificate

Microsoft Teams outage due to expired certificate 327 by stygiansonic | 169 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: TeamViewer stores user passwords in registry, encrypted with hard-coded key

TeamViewer stores user passwords in registry, encrypted with hard-coded key 426 by reiichiroh | 120 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Coronavirus Forces World’s Largest Work-from-Home Experiment

Coronavirus Forces World’s Largest Work-from-Home Experiment 607 by adventured | 325 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google has a backdoor to track individual users per Chrome installation ID

Google has a backdoor to track individual users per Chrome installation ID 730 by rvnx | 240 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The missing semester of CS education

The missing semester of CS education 786 by anishathalye | 121 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Old CSS, New CSS

Old CSS, New CSS 736 by culturedsystems | 182 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google Maps Hacks

Google Maps Hacks 682 by rsj_hn | 203 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Palindrome Day 20200202

Palindrome Day 20200202 498 by stanislavb | 94 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall

OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall 541 by LinuxBender | 126 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: California Attorney General delays .org sale

California Attorney General delays .org sale 517 by bbatsell | 37 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The EARN IT Act: how to ban end-to-end encryption without banning it

The EARN IT Act: how to ban end-to-end encryption without banning it 571 by liotier | 230 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Let's remove quaternions from every 3D engine (2018)

Let's remove quaternions from every 3D engine (2018) 599 by lelf | 305 comments on Hacker News.