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New best story on Hacker News: A single line of code made a 24-core server slower than a laptop

A single line of code made a 24-core server slower than a laptop 477 by Ygg2 | 159 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Linux Kernel RNG is now Blake2 instead of SHA1 and 3x faster

Linux Kernel RNG is now Blake2 instead of SHA1 and 3x faster 494 by tptacek | 138 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: FAA investigating controversial crash video

FAA investigating controversial crash video 528 by nostromo | 407 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Emfy: Emacs for You – Quickly set up vanilla Emacs for editing

Emfy: Emacs for You – Quickly set up vanilla Emacs for editing 440 by todsacerdoti | 159 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checkers admit they were wrong

Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checkers admit they were wrong 479 by nradov | 664 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tools to Download Netflix / Disney / Apple TV Content

Tools to Download Netflix / Disney / Apple TV Content 562 by janekg | 246 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised

LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised 543 by markplindsay | 314 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: iPhone camera app replaces person’s head with a leaf in photo

iPhone camera app replaces person’s head with a leaf in photo 578 by davidbarker | 356 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The gift of it's your problem now

The gift of it's your problem now 568 by Tomte | 230 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective in controlled study

Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective in controlled study 564 by carabiner | 284 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects

Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects 583 by Tomte | 449 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child

Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child 614 by lwansbrough | 523 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Italian Courts Find Open Source Software Terms Enforceable

Italian Courts Find Open Source Software Terms Enforceable 621 by em-bee | 150 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth of games for inactivity

Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth of games for inactivity 555 by josephcsible | 518 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ontario bans non-competes and creates right to disconnect from work

Ontario bans non-competes and creates right to disconnect from work 562 by smitop | 171 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Anti-mimetic tactics for living a counter-cultural life

Anti-mimetic tactics for living a counter-cultural life 615 by Ariarule | 263 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: You block ads in your browser, why not in your city?

You block ads in your browser, why not in your city? 560 by bearbin | 603 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: “Play-to-Earn” and Bullshit Jobs

“Play-to-Earn” and Bullshit Jobs 691 by paulgb | 450 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Prince of Persia in JavaScript

Prince of Persia in JavaScript 678 by colinprince | 156 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How did my LastPass master password get leaked?

Ask HN: How did my LastPass master password get leaked? 605 by gregsadetsky | 324 comments on Hacker News. Hi, I've just had a bizarre thing happen and wanted to see if the HN community could come up with some theories as to what happened. LastPass blocked a login attempt from Brazil (it wasn't me). According to an email I received from LastPass, this login was using the LastPass account's master password. The email doesn't look like it's a phishing attempt. What troubles me is that the master password was stored in a local encrypted KeePassX file. I can imagine that someone has my KeePassX file and the (completely different) password to this file. If that's the case, I'm in a world of hurt. But are there any other possibilities? Is the email from LastPass accurate i.e. was the login attempt actually using my master password? Is there some LastPass extension installed on some computer still having a valid auth token allowing them to login as me to LastPas...

New best story on Hacker News: A New Coefficient of Correlation

A New Coefficient of Correlation 562 by malshe | 142 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)

All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020) 545 by tosh | 180 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: 25-Dec. Shout-out to everyone else at work

25-Dec. Shout-out to everyone else at work 589 by sandworm101 | 127 comments on Hacker News. I made a similar post last year at this time and, again, I am in my office on Christmas morning. There are a few days every year that really show which jobs are vital and which can be left aside for a day. I started my car this morning (-32, -40 with wind chill). On my way to work I drove past a hospital and a care home, both were manned. The dairy farm had its lights on. A cop with his flashers drove past me on the way to some emergency. The macdonalds drive-through was open too. I had to be at work by 0600, but I was relieving someone who had been sitting in another office since 1800. On my computer were the same dozen emails I get every morning, each from someone else who drew the short straw. There aren't many of us on HN that work weekends let alone Christmas morning, but If you too are sitting in a dark office remember that all across the world are millions of other people working ...

New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: Microsoft forks MIT licensed repo, and changes the copyright to them

Tell HN: Microsoft forks MIT licensed repo, and changes the copyright to them 639 by mkdirp | 242 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Wish HN: Happy Holidays

Wish HN: Happy Holidays 754 by rcarmo | 188 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Entire website in a single HTML file

Entire website in a single HTML file 542 by jaytaylor | 280 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file (2020)

My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file (2020) 500 by simonebrunozzi | 191 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Street Fighter II paper trails – allocating sprite space by hand

Street Fighter II paper trails – allocating sprite space by hand 528 by krajzeg | 74 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter

Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter 507 by bale | 389 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell 570 by folli | 610 comments on Hacker News. It seems this question hasn't been asked for some time, so I'd be interested hear what new (and old) ideas have come up.

New best story on Hacker News: How to draw S-curved arrows between boxes

How to draw S-curved arrows between boxes 542 by alex_stoddard | 48 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Regulator halts lending operations of LendUp (YC W12)

Regulator halts lending operations of LendUp (YC W12) 531 by boeingUH60 | 457 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: AWS appears to be down again

AWS appears to be down again 603 by riknox | 443 comments on Hacker News. Console is flickering between "website is unavailable" and being up for my team. This is happening very frequently just now, reliability seems to have taken a hit.

New best story on Hacker News: Hidden Networks in TP-Link Routers

Hidden Networks in TP-Link Routers 542 by ignitionmonkey | 192 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics

TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics 502 by todsacerdoti | 165 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Big DevOps Misunderstanding

The Big DevOps Misunderstanding 503 by WolfOliver | 303 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: An iframe from googlesyndication.com tries to access the camera and microphone

An iframe from googlesyndication.com tries to access the camera and microphone 541 by authed | 269 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Test your product on a crappy laptop

Test your product on a crappy laptop 515 by dredmorbius | 302 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: CCPA Scam – Human subject research study conducted by Princeton University

CCPA Scam – Human subject research study conducted by Princeton University 476 by ColinWright | 328 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps 749 by edge17 | 161 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Bottles: GUI front end to run Windows software on Linux

Bottles: GUI front end to run Windows software on Linux 559 by 1_player | 179 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China

Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China 536 by baylearn | 570 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation

Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation 607 by paulpauper | 804 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Internet addiction and the habit of book reading

Internet addiction and the habit of book reading 606 by shankarro | 327 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tokio Console

Tokio Console 709 by hasheddan | 101 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg

Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg 705 by DrHilarius | 332 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment

President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment 688 by h2odragon | 675 comments on Hacker News.

UN anti-corruption conference concludes with Sharm El-Sheikh Declaration to safeguard emergency and crisis response

UN anti-corruption conference concludes with Sharm El-Sheikh Declaration to safeguard emergency and crisis response Published December 18, 2021 at 12:15PM Read more at unodc.org

New best story on Hacker News: TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS

TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS 642 by cwaffles | 198 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tqdm (Python)

Tqdm (Python) 682 by manjana | 146 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Pelosi defends stock trading by lawmakers. ‘We are a free-market economy’

Pelosi defends stock trading by lawmakers. ‘We are a free-market economy’ 581 by tiahura | 491 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefox’s Default Browser Workaround

Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefox’s Default Browser Workaround 617 by beezle | 464 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much work we do?

Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much work we do? 728 by ConfessionTime | 489 comments on Hacker News. I have been working as a software developer for almost two decades. I have received multiple promotions. I make decent money, 3x - 4x my area's median salary, so I live a comfortable life. I have never been fired or unemployed for more than a few months total over my entire career. Through most of that time I have averaged roughly 5 - 10 hours of actual work a week. I'm not even discounting job related but non-coding time as not work. There are literally days in which the only time I spend on my job is the few minutes it takes to attend the morning stand-up. Then I successfully bullshit my way through our next stand-up to hide my lack of production. No one has ever called me out on this and my performance reviews range from mediocre to great. I'm generally a smart person. I went to a top 30 university, but it's not like I'm a genius or I'm c...

New best story on Hacker News: From Node to Ruby on Rails

From Node to Ruby on Rails 588 by mokkol | 397 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Don't start with microservices – monoliths are your friend

Don't start with microservices – monoliths are your friend 628 by galovics | 254 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: AWS appears to be down again

AWS appears to be down again 742 by thadjo | 406 comments on Hacker News. Anyone else seeing this?

New best story on Hacker News: Log4Shell update: second Log4j vulnerability published

Log4Shell update: second Log4j vulnerability published 631 by freeqaz | 245 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: Touchpad Gestures Now Shipping

Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: Touchpad Gestures Now Shipping 574 by wbharding | 389 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Neon Genesis Evangelion (2019)

Neon Genesis Evangelion (2019) 504 by impoppy | 194 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Plans you're not supposed to talk about

Plans you're not supposed to talk about 551 by dynm | 420 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Go Replaces Interface{} with 'Any'

Go Replaces Interface{} with 'Any' 565 by brosciencecode | 298 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results

uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results 475 by nothrowaways | 187 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Best Way to Contact YouTube

Ask HN: Best Way to Contact YouTube 469 by S_A_P | 136 comments on Hacker News. I woke up this morning to an email from YouTube stating that my channel is banned for repeated violations. They didn’t specify what I violated but it could be anything from copyright to hate speech. Let me explain the content of all 5 videos on my 11 year + old channel. 1) a video of a squirrel that carried half a loaf of French bread along a fence and jumped into a tree. He dropped the bread during the jump but somehow managed to one hand/paw catch the bread and save it. 2) a friend of mine who was unable to ride a spring horse on a playground. 3)my son reacting to a scene from the movie hot rod(cool beans) this was a private video. 4) music video of my own music. No samples or other copyrighted material contained. 5) another music video also with no copyrighted material. I submitted a request to the YouTube forum but I suspect that is a black hole where support requests go to die. I’m not really all th...

New best story on Hacker News: Toyota owners have to pay $8/mo to keep using their key fob for remote start

Toyota owners have to pay $8/mo to keep using their key fob for remote start 539 by slobotron | 486 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Matrix Is Unreal

The Matrix Is Unreal 469 by vblanco | 224 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Putty maintainer on his attitude towards security and open source

Putty maintainer on his attitude towards security and open source 517 by AndrewDucker | 129 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells behind aging

Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells behind aging 461 by olalonde | 344 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Log4j: Between a rock and a hard place

Log4j: Between a rock and a hard place 534 by todsacerdoti | 385 comments on Hacker News.

UN anti-corruption conference begins with call to restore trust to tackle pandemic challenges, achieve sustainable development

UN anti-corruption conference begins with call to restore trust to tackle pandemic challenges, achieve sustainable development Published December 14, 2021 at 05:54AM Read more at unodc.org

New best story on Hacker News: This website has 81% battery power remaining

This website has 81% battery power remaining 587 by behnamoh | 163 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Professional maintainers: a wake-up call

Professional maintainers: a wake-up call 491 by FiloSottile | 383 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3

PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3 492 by diplodocusaur | 288 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps

Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps 482 by vmbrasseur | 221 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Summary of the AWS Service Event in the Northern Virginia (US-East-1) Region

Summary of the AWS Service Event in the Northern Virginia (US-East-1) Region 501 by eigen-vector | 299 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Sleep technique used by Salvador Dalí works

Sleep technique used by Salvador Dalí works 500 by ohiovr | 188 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)

Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018) 478 by hidden-spyder | 85 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules

Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules 576 by goodcanadian | 573 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Groups never admit failure

Groups never admit failure 475 by todsacerdoti | 341 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Log4j RCE Found

Log4j RCE Found 549 by usmannk | 181 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threatening

Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threatening 493 by dredmorbius | 249 comments on Hacker News.

First-ever Global Report on Corruption in Sport flags urgent need for unified, international response to corrupt practices in sport

First-ever Global Report on Corruption in Sport flags urgent need for unified, international response to corrupt practices in sport Published December 10, 2021 at 02:21AM Read more at unodc.org

New best story on Hacker News: We will be retiring Alexa.com

We will be retiring Alexa.com 539 by dlackty | 197 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Rust support in the Linux kernel

Rust support in the Linux kernel 514 by SEJeff | 346 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial 418 by Jimmc414 | 320 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016

Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016 757 by baybal2 | 427 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: NASA returns Hubble to full science operations

NASA returns Hubble to full science operations 417 by DamnInteresting | 151 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Issues with Cloudflare Images

Issues with Cloudflare Images 515 by danielskogly | 137 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How a Kalman filter works, in pictures

How a Kalman filter works, in pictures 456 by jack_riminton | 78 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Django 4.0

Django 4.0 455 by Spiritus | 208 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: AWS us-east-1 outage

AWS us-east-1 outage 734 by judge2020 | 409 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Debunking Cloudflare’s recent performance tests

Debunking Cloudflare’s recent performance tests 507 by mcone | 263 comments on Hacker News.

UNODC-INTERPOL Programme provides a way forward for the COP26 pledge to end deforestation by 2030

UNODC-INTERPOL Programme provides a way forward for the COP26 pledge to end deforestation by 2030 Published December 08, 2021 at 06:59AM Read more at unodc.org

New best story on Hacker News: Apache Guacamole

Apache Guacamole 495 by WallyFunk | 115 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: CT scans of AirPods evolution

CT scans of AirPods evolution 579 by vitruvius | 151 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Wikipedia

Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Wikipedia 575 by sjdz | 268 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: YouTube suspended my account for posting DeFi hackathon video

YouTube suspended my account for posting DeFi hackathon video 578 by thijser | 343 comments on Hacker News. I knew Google's automated processes were pretty bad from earlier stories here, but today I got hit by it myself. I participated in the totally legit EthGlobal "Hack Money" hackathon ( https://ift.tt/3c6VSHN ) earlier this year and one of required submissions of that event was a video describing your work. I made one and uploaded it to Youtube. The hackathon went great and we won some prizes but that's not relevant to this story. Yesterday evening I received an email from Youtube that they've removed my channel because "Spam, scams or commercially deceptive content are not allowed on YouTube.". I thought this certainly must be an error so I used the attached appeal link and got a response within less than 15 minutes that they appeal has been rejected and that no further replies will be processed. I am a paid Youtube Music subscriber and I can...

New best story on Hacker News: Leaving MySQL

Leaving MySQL 540 by sammorrowdrums | 293 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: WhatsApp has removed answer to “how do I choose not to share data with FB”

WhatsApp has removed answer to “how do I choose not to share data with FB” 569 by behnamoh | 153 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Amazon is bypassing supply chain chaos with chartered ships and long-haul planes

Amazon is bypassing supply chain chaos with chartered ships and long-haul planes 538 by thunderbong | 456 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Bumble claims IP rights on employee's open-source libs

Bumble claims IP rights on employee's open-source libs 580 by giansegato | 312 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple broke up with me

Apple broke up with me 726 by MereCivilian | 486 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of the dislike count

YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of the dislike count 695 by jafitc | 434 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Germany: New government plans 'right to encryption'

Germany: New government plans 'right to encryption' 657 by Audiophilip | 184 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Blender 3.0

Blender 3.0 615 by marcodiego | 186 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware

U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware 585 by amadeuspagel | 247 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

Show HN: Emoji to Scale 551 by javierbyte | 109 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: FTC sues to block Nvidia-Arm merger

FTC sues to block Nvidia-Arm merger 536 by badwolf | 273 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers

Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers 598 by ghuntley | 324 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Supersonic Trebuchet

Supersonic Trebuchet 626 by wyrm | 217 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Townscaper Running in the Browser

Townscaper Running in the Browser 681 by krstffr | 97 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Stripe hiring issues make some lose job offers

Stripe hiring issues make some lose job offers 531 by wongc | 334 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What are these low quality “code snippet” sites?

Ask HN: What are these low quality “code snippet” sites? 561 by endofreach | 309 comments on Hacker News. Whenever i am trying to google a code issue i have, there is countless low quality sites just showing SO threads with no added value whatsoever. It is so annoying it actually drives me mad. Does anyone know what's up with that? I am really disappointed because the guys creating these sites (i guess for some kind of monetization) must have some relation to coding. But i feel this is an attack against all of us. Every programmer should be grateful for the opportunity to find good quality content quickly. Now my search results are flooded with copy & paste from SO. They are killing that. Am I the only one experiencing this or being that annoyed by it? P.S: I don't name URLs because if you don't know what I am talking about already, you probably don't have that issue.

New best story on Hacker News: FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app content and metadata [pdf]

FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app content and metadata [pdf] 545 by sega_sai | 443 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: AWS Private 5G

AWS Private 5G 584 by Trisell | 354 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: 100 years of whatever this will be

100 years of whatever this will be 718 by mumblemumble | 477 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Advent of Code 2021

Advent of Code 2021 622 by ducharmdev | 242 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: This shouldn't have happened: A vulnerability postmortem

This shouldn't have happened: A vulnerability postmortem 604 by trulyrandom | 221 comments on Hacker News.

Message from the UNODC Executive Director on World AIDS Day 2021

Message from the UNODC Executive Director on World AIDS Day 2021 Published December 02, 2021 at 10:18AM Read more at unodc.org