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New best story on Hacker News: Faster CRDTs: An Adventure in Optimization

Faster CRDTs: An Adventure in Optimization 539 by xnx | 116 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: New exotic matter particle, a tetraquark, discovered at CERN

New exotic matter particle, a tetraquark, discovered at CERN 510 by mherrmann | 197 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Static.wiki – read-only Wikipedia using a 43GB SQLite file

Show HN: Static.wiki – read-only Wikipedia using a 43GB SQLite file 568 by segfall | 138 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: 1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee

1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee 572 by pseudolus | 453 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Who Owns My Name?

Who Owns My Name? 579 by Tomte | 179 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Grand jury indicts Trevor Milton, Nikola founder, on three counts of fraud

Grand jury indicts Trevor Milton, Nikola founder, on three counts of fraud 530 by us0r | 456 comments on Hacker News.

Statement by the United Nations Network on Migration on the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

Statement by the United Nations Network on Migration on the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons Published July 31, 2021 at 03:28AM Read more at unodc.org

Joint Statement by Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs for World Day against Trafficking in Persons, 30 July 2021

Joint Statement by Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs for World Day against Trafficking in Persons, 30 July 2021 Published July 31, 2021 at 02:30AM Read more at unodc.org

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”

Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information” 548 by URfejk | 406 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Activision Blizzard Hires Notorious Union-Busting Firm WilmerHale

Activision Blizzard Hires Notorious Union-Busting Firm WilmerHale 528 by dv_dt | 277 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: 700k lines of code, 20 years, and one developer: How Dwarf Fortress is built

700k lines of code, 20 years, and one developer: How Dwarf Fortress is built 488 by andreareina | 179 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Crafting Interpreters is available in print

Crafting Interpreters is available in print 448 by azhenley | 92 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Evil programmer's tip: avoid “easy” things (2016)

Evil programmer's tip: avoid “easy” things (2016) 481 by damir | 188 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: IPv4 pricing

IPv4 pricing 519 by terom | 508 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Video game developers at Activision Blizzard say they'll walk out Wednesday

Video game developers at Activision Blizzard say they'll walk out Wednesday 489 by waynekerr | 524 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Postgres Full-Text Search: A search engine in a database

Postgres Full-Text Search: A search engine in a database 581 by twakefield | 136 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The mermaid is taking over Google search in Norway

The mermaid is taking over Google search in Norway 619 by oarth | 223 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Windows 96

Windows 96 608 by besnn00 | 264 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Naval Architecture

Naval Architecture 575 by todsacerdoti | 100 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Father builds exoskeleton to help wheelchair-bound son walk

Father builds exoskeleton to help wheelchair-bound son walk 555 by geox | 162 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mammals dream about the world they are about to experience before they are born

Mammals dream about the world they are about to experience before they are born 551 by birriel | 177 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Element raises $30M to boost Matrix

Element raises $30M to boost Matrix 565 by Sami_Lehtinen | 230 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Insecurity Industry

The Insecurity Industry 553 by stanislavb | 241 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to electric vehicles

Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to electric vehicles 498 by hassanahmad | 617 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe chip plant

TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe chip plant 511 by stereoradonc | 326 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google results for PHP tutorials contain SQL injection vulnerabilities

Google results for PHP tutorials contain SQL injection vulnerabilities 524 by phil294 | 305 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Introduction to open source private LTE and 5G networks

Introduction to open source private LTE and 5G networks 506 by peter_d_sherman | 96 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Anna Kiesenhofer: Mathematician, amateur cyclist, Olympic champion

Anna Kiesenhofer: Mathematician, amateur cyclist, Olympic champion 480 by billfruit | 136 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts

Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts 497 by jiripospisil | 255 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Please, enough with the dead butterflies (2017)

Please, enough with the dead butterflies (2017) 454 by andrelaszlo | 157 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How the Python import system works

How the Python import system works 439 by zikohh | 174 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Self hosting is important

Self hosting is important 426 by hucste | 266 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Open-source alternatives to popular B2B tools

Open-source alternatives to popular B2B tools 440 by deeptichopra | 125 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech

A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech 438 by prostoalex | 422 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: AWS's Egregious Egress

AWS's Egregious Egress 482 by jgrahamc | 136 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: BirdNet – The Easiest Way to Identify Birds by Sound

BirdNet – The Easiest Way to Identify Birds by Sound 476 by r_singh | 117 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Migrating Facebook to MySQL 8.0

Migrating Facebook to MySQL 8.0 443 by moneil971 | 276 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Framework Laptop is now shipping

The Framework Laptop is now shipping 523 by ahaferburg | 252 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Akamai Edge DNS was down

Akamai Edge DNS was down 453 by vhab | 210 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Starlink review, four months in

Starlink review, four months in 460 by geerlingguy | 331 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The FTC Votes Unanimously to Enforce Right to Repair

The FTC Votes Unanimously to Enforce Right to Repair 585 by donohoe | 83 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Germany's national healthcare system adopts Matrix for communication

Germany's national healthcare system adopts Matrix for communication 508 by Arathorn | 139 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Kubernetes is our generation's Multics

Kubernetes is our generation's Multics 563 by genericlemon24 | 523 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over his rare Twitter handle

Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over his rare Twitter handle 520 by miles | 575 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A case against security nihilism

A case against security nihilism 463 by feross | 328 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Restaurant workers quit at record rate

Restaurant workers quit at record rate 439 by boulos | 915 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Papers every developer should read at least twice (2009)

Papers every developer should read at least twice (2009) 602 by teleforce | 94 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Our lawsuit against ChessBase

Our lawsuit against ChessBase 594 by EvgeniyZh | 204 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Hungarian journalists and critics of Orbán were targeted with Pegasus

Hungarian journalists and critics of Orbán were targeted with Pegasus 568 by r_sz | 464 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until proven otherwise?

Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until proven otherwise? 581 by lnyan | 312 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon

Leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon 573 by johnny_reilly | 136 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Huge data leak shatters the lie that the innocent need not fear surveillance

Huge data leak shatters the lie that the innocent need not fear surveillance 640 by ipster_io | 121 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple sued by teen wrongly accused of shoplifting by unreliable facial-rec tech

Apple sued by teen wrongly accused of shoplifting by unreliable facial-rec tech 617 by walterbell | 168 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Julian Assange Case: Keystone Witness Admits He Lied, US Media Ignores

Julian Assange Case: Keystone Witness Admits He Lied, US Media Ignores 615 by graderjs | 136 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censorship

Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censorship 570 by DiabloD3 | 434 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journalists, activists

Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journalists, activists 574 by tosh | 149 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU usage goes up

An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU usage goes up 561 by spideymans | 287 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Looking Glass: Run a Windows VM on Linux in a Window with Native Performance

Looking Glass: Run a Windows VM on Linux in a Window with Native Performance 552 by tambourine_man | 203 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Why we're blind to the color blue

Why we're blind to the color blue 490 by goodway | 193 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swap appears to fix glitch

Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swap appears to fix glitch 497 by sohkamyung | 186 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Open Insulin Foundation

Open Insulin Foundation 516 by hmmx3 | 229 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”

Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” 511 by temp8964 | 575 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Alexander: Why did you build such a long piano?

The Alexander: Why did you build such a long piano? 481 by kurthr | 95 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Intel in talks to buy GlobalFoundries for about $30B

Intel in talks to buy GlobalFoundries for about $30B 486 by hi5eyes | 130 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Alphafold

Alphafold 460 by matejmecka | 132 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I am often asked if I will “return to cryptocurrency”

I am often asked if I will “return to cryptocurrency” 445 by null_object | 277 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Well-Tempered Traveler

The Well-Tempered Traveler 436 by nvahalik | 156 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Germany fines YouTube for removing video of anti-lockdown protest

Germany fines YouTube for removing video of anti-lockdown protest 477 by sbuttgereit | 445 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: WebAssembly from Scratch: From FizzBuzz to DooM

WebAssembly from Scratch: From FizzBuzz to DooM 503 by popitter | 83 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Firefox 90

Firefox 90 455 by TangerineDream | 329 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Valve Steam Deck

Valve Steam Deck 510 by homarp | 451 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: macOS Nix setup: an alternative to Homebrew (2020)

macOS Nix setup: an alternative to Homebrew (2020) 500 by notamy | 238 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Give me /events, not webhooks

Give me /events, not webhooks 523 by todsacerdoti | 293 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: My business might have 32 days before it's shut down by NYC [video]

My business might have 32 days before it's shut down by NYC [video] 517 by xbmcuser | 379 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday 646 by karterk | 259 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)

The worst volume control UI in the world (2017) 572 by yankcrime | 356 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Reddit is forcing SaveVideo to shut down

Reddit is forcing SaveVideo to shut down 544 by nixass | 340 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Organic and regenerative agriculture are revitalizing rural Montana economies

Organic and regenerative agriculture are revitalizing rural Montana economies 522 by DerekBickerton | 262 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: This Website is hosted on an Casio fx-9750GII Calculator

This Website is hosted on an Casio fx-9750GII Calculator 528 by mritzmann | 161 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tesla’s $16k Quote for a $700 Fix Is Why Right to Repair Matters

Tesla’s $16k Quote for a $700 Fix Is Why Right to Repair Matters 482 by samizdis | 225 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go 562 by ericax | 242 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: 25 Gigabit Linux internet router PC build

25 Gigabit Linux internet router PC build 481 by secure | 342 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: People Staring at Computers

People Staring at Computers 612 by BayAreaEscapee | 238 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card

Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card 563 by bndw | 237 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales (2017)

EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales (2017) 550 by seesawtron | 157 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

Instagram Has Become SkyMall 513 by DLay | 261 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: “One Day Longer and Those 13 Boys Would Be Dead”

“One Day Longer and Those 13 Boys Would Be Dead” 491 by Tomte | 184 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Creep – a pretty sweet 4px wide pixel font

Creep – a pretty sweet 4px wide pixel font 465 by pabs3 | 97 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement

Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement 465 by gcoguiec | 158 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Protect student privacy: ban eproctoring

Protect student privacy: ban eproctoring 485 by giuliomagnifico | 280 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google Internal Comics

Google Internal Comics 513 by interlocutor | 203 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Building a data team at a mid-stage startup

Building a data team at a mid-stage startup 540 by squarecog | 78 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Greatest Regex Trick Ever (2014)

The Greatest Regex Trick Ever (2014) 531 by signa11 | 183 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal

Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal 487 by i_love_limes | 379 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Open letter: Ban surveillance-based advertising

Open letter: Ban surveillance-based advertising 484 by velmu | 263 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: NDA expired, let’s spill the beans on a weird startup

NDA expired, let’s spill the beans on a weird startup 705 by pimterry | 255 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 vacant apartments

We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 vacant apartments 630 by rdgthree | 476 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GitHub confirmed using all public code for training copilot regardless license

GitHub confirmed using all public code for training copilot regardless license 647 by fredley | 479 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A call to minimize distraction and respect users’ attention (2013)

A call to minimize distraction and respect users’ attention (2013) 593 by cratermoon | 220 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Npm audit: Broken by Design

Npm audit: Broken by Design 529 by wongmjane | 130 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private communication

European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private communication 545 by pepperberg | 250 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: No More Movies

No More Movies 514 by jeffreyrogers | 525 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Poisson's Equation

Poisson's Equation 565 by mferraro89 | 134 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Linux Rust Support

Linux Rust Support 495 by doener | 334 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Console Do Not Track

Console Do Not Track 462 by thih9 | 188 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: RSS feeds for arbitrary websites using CSS selectors

Show HN: RSS feeds for arbitrary websites using CSS selectors 420 by Vinnl | 97 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Stockfish 14

Stockfish 14 414 by 0-_-0 | 186 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Audacity may collect “Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation” and more

Audacity may collect “Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation” and more 594 by miles | 260 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Untold Story of SQLite

The Untold Story of SQLite 538 by signa11 | 93 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Neovim v0.5

Neovim v0.5 441 by todsacerdoti | 207 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?

Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time? 597 by Cream-Corn-11 | 333 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GPT-J-6B – A 6 billion parameter, autoregressive text generation model

GPT-J-6B – A 6 billion parameter, autoregressive text generation model 566 by canada_dry | 127 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as training for Copilot

I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as training for Copilot 574 by janvdberg | 361 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: US companies hit by 'colossal' cyber-attack

US companies hit by 'colossal' cyber-attack 538 by sedeki | 400 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Brickit – scans your Lego bricks and helps you build new creations

Brickit – scans your Lego bricks and helps you build new creations 509 by ChrisArchitect | 84 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Simple, solar-powered water desalination (2020)

Simple, solar-powered water desalination (2020) 544 by drran | 214 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Secret Recordings Reveal How Exxon Lobbyists Manipulate Politicians and Public

Secret Recordings Reveal How Exxon Lobbyists Manipulate Politicians and Public 503 by DoubleDerper | 195 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Purelymail – cheap, no-nonsense email

Purelymail – cheap, no-nonsense email 532 by pwrplus1 | 281 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Media Blackout After Key Witness Against Assange Admits Lying

Media Blackout After Key Witness Against Assange Admits Lying 548 by k1m | 259 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Intuit to share payroll data from 1.4M small businesses with Equifax

Intuit to share payroll data from 1.4M small businesses with Equifax 549 by todsacerdoti | 194 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: British right to repair law excludes smartphones and computers

British right to repair law excludes smartphones and computers 524 by sidcool | 354 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments

Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments 618 by bencollier49 | 286 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The most precious resource is agency

The most precious resource is agency 549 by simonsarris | 253 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: SparkFun Hooks a Patent Troll

SparkFun Hooks a Patent Troll 532 by mkeeter | 119 comments on Hacker News.