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Stories, Ask HN, Show HN

Top stories

1
Nvidia releases open-source GPU kernel modules
2410
2
I'm all-in on server-side SQLite
1353
3
No Dislikes has officially ruined YouTube for me
1097
4
Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work
1069
5
Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring
1032
6
The Apple GPU and the impossible bug
965
7
We need a middle class for startups
899
8
Finland will seek NATO membership immediately
840
9
Tether starting to lose its peg too, after Terra did
823
10
Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pilot incapacitated
814

Top Ask HN

1
Is anyone else glad the crypto market is crashing?
627
2
How do you deal with rude interviewers?
319
3
Who decided copy+paste should copy styling/formatting?
277
4
Important nonobvious startup/business lessons you've learned?
272
5
Is it true that any community that grows big enough, gets ruined?
256
6
Is Heroku Being Sunset?
203
7
Is DBA still a good job?
201
8
Any other self taught devs terrified of interviewing these days?
195
9
Why does nobody support h.265/HEVC anymore?
165
10
How do I get my Google account back?
138

Top Show HN

1
Mitmproxy2swagger – Automagically reverse-engineer REST APIs
691
2
A Full-Stack Web Framework for Go
531
3
A Visual IDE for React
479
4
1,900 remote company profiles with tech stacks and employee benefits
457
5
Oldest Search – Search for the oldest result on internet
295
6
I made a browser-based RTS game
212
7
Weron – A Peer-to-Peer VPN Based on WebRTC Written in Go
204
8
Paperd.ink – an open-source e-paper development board
195
9
Fruits – Sell digital products via your website, newsletter, etc
185
10
I made Ankify that converts notes to Anki cards
180

News, Tech Blogs, Scientific Publications and more

Tech news [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • techcrunch.com
  • venturebeat.com
  • gizmodo.com
  • arstechnica.com
  • theverge.com
  • wired.com
  • vice.com
  • zdnet.com
  • engadget.com
  • technologyreview.com
  • cnet.com
  • vox.com
  • fastcompany.com
  • protocol.com
  • wired.co.uk
  • therecord.media
  • qz.com
  • techradar.com
  • techspot.com
  • pcgamer.com
  • thenextweb.com
  • restofworld.org
  • bleepingcomputer.com
1
Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring
1032
2
Luna Cryptocurrency Collapse: How UST Broke
396
3
Eve Online fans cheer Microsoft Excel features at annual Fanfest
304
4
Supabase (YC S20) raises $80M Series B
247
5
Eve Online is getting Microsoft Excel support
238
6
After roasting Apple about headphone jacks, Google dumps it from Pixel 6A
225
7
Many popular websites see what you type before you hit submit
204
8
Tiger Global, hit by $17B in hedge fund losses, has nearly depleted its VC fund
160
9
EverQuest players break sacred MMO code by waking up 20-year-old dragon
138
10
Nanobots Can Swim Around a Wound and Kill Bacteria
129

News [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • nytimes.com
  • theguardian.com
  • edition.cnn.com
  • bloomberg.com
  • bbc.com
  • wsj.com
  • reuters.com
  • washingtonpost.com
  • cnbc.com
  • theatlantic.com
  • bbc.co.uk
  • theregister.com
  • npr.org
  • economist.com
  • ft.com
  • cnn.com
  • forbes.com
  • newyorker.com
  • apnews.com
  • axios.com
  • businessinsider.com
  • finance.yahoo.com
  • nbcnews.com
  • msn.com
  • thehill.com
  • independent.co.uk
  • nypost.com
  • dw.com
  • lite.cnn.com
  • slate.com
  • scmp.com
  • politico.com
  • latimes.com
  • nbcnews.com
  • fortune.com
  • news.yahoo.com
  • aljazeera.com
  • asia.nikkei.com
  • time.com
  • sfchronicle.com
  • abc.net.au
  • cbsnews.com
  • euronews.com
  • telegraph.co.uk
  • reason.com
  • cbc.ca
  • dailymail.co.uk
  • theintercept.com
  • sfgate.com
  • politico.eu
  • buzzfeednews.com
1
Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pilot incapacitated
814
2
The ACLU Has Lost Its Way
764
3
Coinbase warns that bankruptcy could wipe out user funds
696
4
Tech bubbles are bursting all over the place
569
5
I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was called
454
6
Emerging evidence that mindfulness can sometimes increase selfish tendencies
424
7
Amazon abruptly fires senior managers tied to unionized warehouse
336
8
Day trader army loses all the money it made in meme-stock era
308
9
World record 477-mile-long lightning ‘megaflash’ confirmed over U.S.
272
10
U.S. takes unprecedented steps to replenish Colorado River's Lake Powell
206

Scientific publications [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • arxiv.org
  • phys.org
  • spectrum.ieee.org
  • space.com
  • ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  • pnas.org
  • nasa.gov
1
Vitamin D and Depression (2020)
296
2
Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life
68
3
Single electrons trapped on solid neon potentially act as stable qubits
59
4
Flares from black hole binaries: black hole shadows via light-curve tomography
43
5
When Wireless Malware Stays on After Turning Off iPhones [pdf]
36
6
Solving high-dimensional parabolic PDEs using the tensor train format
7
7
Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin apparently threatens Elon Musk
5
8
SpaceX's Crew-3 astronauts dish on their action-packed 6 months in orbit
5
9
People overestimate the presence of minorities, impeding equity and inclusion
5
10
New study lays out hidden backstory behind deadly Pacific Northwest heat wave
4

Dev Blogs [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • phoronix.com
  • lwn.net
  • thenewstack.io
  • hackernoon.com
  • blog.twitter.com
  • blog.mozilla.org
  • openai.com
  • engineering.fb.com
  • stripe.com
  • krebsonsecurity.com
  • coindesk.com
  • blog.google
  • brendangregg.com
  • threatpost.com
  • stackoverflow.blog
  • github.blog
  • infoq.com
  • portswigger.net
  • betterprogramming.pub
  • ai.googleblog.com
  • blog.cloudflare.com
  • devblogs.microsoft.com
  • cloud.google.com
  • schneier.com
  • nextplatform.com
  • developer.apple.com
1
UST Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg
655
2
D1: Our SQL database
592
3
Meta Is Transferring Jest to the OpenJS Foundation
301
4
Cloud TPU VMs are generally available
199
5
I/O 2022
179
6
Your phone may soon replace many of your passwords
159
7
The next chapter for Cloudflare Workers: open-source
154
8
Cloudflare Pub/Sub: Programmable MQTT Message Brokers
128
9
Why is a registry file called a “hive”? (2003)
88
10
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
87

Tech blogs [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • macrumors.com
  • 9to5mac.com
  • tomshardware.com
  • hackaday.com
  • anandtech.com
  • newatlas.com
  • appleinsider.com
  • eff.org
1
Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work
1069
2
Fastest-ever logic gates could make computers a million times faster
230
3
Apple discontinues iPod touch, ending 20 year run of iconic ‘iPod’ brand
188
4
Record-breaking camera keeps everything between 3 cm and 1.7 km in focus
108
5
Texas’ Unconstitutional Social Media Law Allowed to Proceed
45
6
2021 MacBook Pro users complain about crackling and popping audio issues
28
7
TSMC sends prices hike for clients: 10-20% in 2022 and 5-9% in 2023
27
8
Apple return to work policy leads to ML lead departure
20
9
Hundreds of MacBook Pro workers break through Covid barriers, battle guards
19
10
CA Law Enforcement Now Needs Approval for Military-Grade Surveillance Equipment
12

FAANG+ [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • aws.amazon.com
  • amazon.com
  • microsoft.com
  • apple.com
1
Apple is discontinuing the iPod
664
2
Apple, Google, and Microsoft commit to expanded support for FIDO standard
214
3
AWS commits additional $10M to OpenSSF for open source security
24
4
Amazon reviews rating doesn't add up
5
5
Microsoft Adaptive Accessories
5
6
Amazon Astro, Household Robot for Home Monitoring
4
7
Amazon EC2 Now Supports NitroTPM and UEFI Secure Boot
4
8
Three AAPI founders building apps on the App Store that cultivate community
4
9
Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy
2
10
General Availability of NitroTPM and UEFI Secure Boot on Amazon EC2
1

Misc and Hobbies [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • thedrive.com
  • atlasobscura.com
  • electrek.co
  • aeon.co
  • lesswrong.com
  • hbr.org
  • torrentfreak.com
  • nationalgeographic.com
  • docs.google.com
  • web.archive.org
  • stratechery.com
  • archive.org
1
Solid-state cells will cut EV charging time and increase volumetric density
326
2
Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu (1978) [video]
205
3
So You Wanna Be a Chef (2010)
183
4
Kiss Linux (2020)
104
5
Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf]
94
6
“Computers”, BSA Merit Badge Series (1973)
61
7
What is parallelism, anyhow? (2009)
34
8
Drivers Can’t Stop Crashing on This Highway Exit in Seattle
30
9
Stamp Design Errors (2013)
21
10
U.S. Copyright Office Seeks Input on Mandatory DMCA “Upload Filters”
14

Science News [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • nature.com
  • livescience.com
  • techxplore.com
  • interestingengineering.com
  • science.org
  • medicalxpress.com
  • quantamagazine.org
  • scientificamerican.com
  • theconversation.com
  • nautil.us
  • sciencealert.com
  • smithsonianmag.com
  • news.mit.edu
  • sciencedaily.com
  • sciencedirect.com
  • scitechdaily.com
  • newscientist.com
  • sciencemag.org
  • eurekalert.org
  • bmj.com
1
Equality is prevented by the misperception that it harms advantaged groups
210
2
A common sunscreen ingredient turns toxic in the sea – anemones suggest why
191
3
Plants grown in Apollo lunar regolith
158
4
Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil protects against chronic pain
157
5
‘Machine Scientists’ Distill the Laws of Physics from Raw Data
123
6
Butyrylcholinesterase is a potential biomarker for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
116
7
Origin of life theory involving RNA–protein hybrid gets new support
105
8
Global decline in ocean memory over the 21st century
95
9
Air-breathing electric propulsion for long-term orbital stability (2021)
94
10
AI software clears high hurdles on IQ tests but still makes dumb mistakes
90

Social [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • old.reddit.com
  • reddit.com
  • twitter.com
  • facebook.com
  • linkedin.com
  • youtube.com
1
Apple Maps location scan spikes WiFi latency every 60 seconds
677
2
Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold
650
3
When old historic maps overlap with modern political maps
385
4
The Making Of Grand Theft Auto (1996) [video]
194
5
Jeffrey Snower was originally demoted over PowerShell
187
6
eBay Robbed This Man of $4700 and Suspended His Account When He Asked Questions
184
7
Ian Goodfellow, Apple's Director of ML leaves Apple due to return-to-work policy
127
8
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of JPEG: A Signal Processing Approach [video]
104
9
One of Norway's biggest CS players tries playing under a female alias [video]
91
10
While I’m on a tech rant – who invented this piece of pure sadism?
83

Github repos and gists [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • github.com
  • gist.github.com
1
Web Development for Beginners – A Curriculum
354
2
Bubble Tea: fun, functional and stateful way to build terminal apps
308
3
Unauthorized gem takeover for some gems
239
4
Hacking F-117A
164
5
Bzip3 – A better and stronger spiritual successor to bzip2
158
6
TodoMVC App Written in Vanilla JavaScript
152
7
Windows Terminal Source Code
151
8
Tesseract.js wraps an Emscripten port of the Tesseract OCR Engine
146
9
Jonesforth – A sometimes minimal Forth compiler and tutorial (2007)
120
10
Catalog of Elixir-specific code smells
107

Wikipedia [?]

Posts matching the following domain: wikipedia.org

1
The Nature of the Firm (1937)
132
2
Volume of an n-ball
90
3
Soundies
40
4
Project Denver
23
5
Memex
12
6
Natural Nuclear Fission Reactor
10
7
Gimli Glider
10
8
Auguste Deter
7
9
TP-82 Cosmonaut Survival Pistol
7
10
Laser Turntable
7

Blogs [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • medium.com
  • world.hey.com
  • danluu.com
  • jvns.ca
  • paulgraham.com
1
Why I Quit Google’s WebAssembly Team, and How It Made Me Sick
488
2
Plane accidentally flew around the world (2018)
327
3
Pages that didn't make it into “How DNS Works”
136
4
Deno.js in production
99
5
Steps to Organizational Change Without the Drama
35
6
The Curious Case of the Missing Cell
10
7
Predibase: the enterprise declarative machine learning platform
10
8
We Opened 50 VR Arenas, and Reached a $50k Monthly Turnover Rate
8
9
Manas: A high performing customized search system – Pinterest Engineering
7
10
We Solved the Thundering Herd Problem
5

Stackoverflow [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • stackoverflow.com

Substack [?]

Posts matching the following domain: substack.com

1
I saw a cool truck today
472
2
How to get rid of gerrymandering: the math is surprising
275
3
Monsanto’s ghostwriting to influence science and media
213
4
65k fake students enrolled in the California junior college system
174
5
Scarcity Truthers
146
6
Is there a housing shortage or not?
107
7
The time SUSE, the German Linux company, banned mentioning Jewish holidays
86
8
The Problem with Slack at Scale
73
9
No, America is not collapsing
70
10
Longer elected terms would lead to better government?
36