24x7TopNews: May 2020

Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years and counting?
89 by genedangelo | 35 comments on Hacker News.
In May of 1963, I started my first full-time job as a computer programmer for Mitchell Engineering Company, a supplier of steel buildings. At Mitchell, I developed programs in Fortran II on an IBM 1620 mostly to improve the efficiency of order processing and fulfillment. Since then, all my jobs for the past 57 years have involved computer programming. I am now a data scientist developing cloud-based big data fraud detection algorithms using machine learning and other advanced analytical technologies. Along the way, I earned a Master’s in Operations Research and a Master’s in Management Science, studied artificial intelligence for 3 years in a Ph.D. program for engineering, and just two years ago I received Graduate Certificates in Big Data Analytics from the schools of business and computer science at a local university (FAU). In addition, I currently hold the designation of Certified Analytics Professional (CAP). At 74, I still have no plans to retire or to stop programming.

New top story on Hacker News: The Myers diff algorithm that is used in Git (2017)

The Myers diff algorithm that is used in Git (2017)
8 by dgudkov | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Los Angeles mayor calls for National Guard help

05/30/20 8:25 PM

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: I made a simple PDF text editor

Show HN: I made a simple PDF text editor
19 by shashanoid | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The extra $600 in unemployment insurance has been effective

The extra $600 in unemployment insurance has been effective
9 by viburnum | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Cracking WordPress passwords with 20 lines of Go

Cracking WordPress passwords with 20 lines of Go
10 by frenxi | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Making a SNES game in 2020 (using modern tools)

Making a SNES game in 2020 (using modern tools)
6 by drludos | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: US food prices see historic jump and are likely to stay high

US food prices see historic jump and are likely to stay high
14 by harambae | 15 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Is Capitalism Racist?

Is Capitalism Racist?
6 by yogiUSA | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Operation of a silicon quantum processor unit cell above one kelvin

Operation of a silicon quantum processor unit cell above one kelvin
5 by martinmartinez | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Nukemap

Nukemap
3 by rolph | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Powers of Two (2017)

Powers of Two (2017)
8 by momonga | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

At Trump request, Pentagon puts military police on alert to combat riots

05/30/20 12:11 AM

Friday, 29 May 2020

New top story on Hacker News: Black Hole Paradoxes Reveal a Fundamental Link Between Energy and Order

Black Hole Paradoxes Reveal a Fundamental Link Between Energy and Order
3 by nnx | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Matrix Calculus for Deeplearning Part2

Matrix Calculus for Deeplearning Part2
8 by UKamath7 | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Startups Shouldn't Raise Money

Startups Shouldn't Raise Money
31 by rheotron | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Seven-year-olds as hackers, and why we should imitate them

Seven-year-olds as hackers, and why we should imitate them
17 by claes-magnus | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: SQLite Turns 20

SQLite Turns 20
23 by creolabs | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: What did Schrodinger's Cat experiment prove? (2013)

What did Schrodinger's Cat experiment prove? (2013)
15 by slynn12 | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Blood of Recovered Covid-19 Patients Is Becoming a Hot Commodity

Blood of Recovered Covid-19 Patients Is Becoming a Hot Commodity
3 by adventured | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: High Definition SATA Cable for Audio

High Definition SATA Cable for Audio
5 by rsync | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Frameworkless Movement

The Frameworkless Movement
23 by charlysl | 10 comments on Hacker News.

Coronavirus Live Updates: As U.S. Cities Ease Restrictions, Other Nations Backslide

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New top story on Hacker News: ESA's Solar Orbiter will pass through comet ATLAS' tail on May 31-June 1

ESA's Solar Orbiter will pass through comet ATLAS' tail on May 31-June 1
4 by uncertainquark | 0 comments on Hacker News.

‘Facing the Darkest Hour’: Hong Kong’s Protest Movement in Crisis

By BY VIVIAN WANG, TIFFANY MAY, AUSTIN RAMZY AND LAM YIK FEI from NYT World https://ift.tt/2M9gLaw
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New top story on Hacker News: Licenses in a Subscription World

Licenses in a Subscription World
3 by robmay | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: What is emergence?

What is emergence?
4 by got-any-grapes | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: World's deepest octopus captured on camera

World's deepest octopus captured on camera
4 by pseudolus | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Meander: a procedural system for generating maps of rivers that never existed

Meander: a procedural system for generating maps of rivers that never existed
13 by henning | 0 comments on Hacker News.

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Fox News Breaking News Alert

White House briefly locked down as unrest reported in Atlanta, Washington and New York City in wake of George Floyd's death

05/29/20 5:38 PM

New top story on Hacker News: Surveillance tools used by the Minneapolis Police Department

Surveillance tools used by the Minneapolis Police Department
32 by jbegley | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: SpaceX Starship SN4 launch vehicle prototype explodes after static engine test

SpaceX Starship SN4 launch vehicle prototype explodes after static engine test
17 by edward | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Oldest 'nearly complete' HIV genome found in forgotten tissue sample from 1966

Oldest 'nearly complete' HIV genome found in forgotten tissue sample from 1966
9 by mmoez | 0 comments on Hacker News.

A Continent Reopens

By BY PATRICK KINGSLEY AND LAETITIA VANCON from NYT World https://ift.tt/3diaoNV
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When Going to Work Means Taking a Calculated Risk

By BY IAN AUSTEN from NYT World https://ift.tt/2XFEG6Y
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Thursday, 28 May 2020

New top story on Hacker News: U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row with China

U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row with China
27 by JumpCrisscross | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Redux with a UseState Hook

Show HN: Redux with a UseState Hook
12 by harrisonhope | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Parsing Series of Integers with SIMD

Parsing Series of Integers with SIMD
3 by lelf | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Trump vows military support to Minnesota governor

05/28/20 11:30 PM

The Return to School

By BY BESHA RODELL from NYT World https://ift.tt/2TPXJtV
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New top story on Hacker News: Relationship between psychedelics, the brain, well-being, and creativity

Relationship between psychedelics, the brain, well-being, and creativity
8 by kenta_nagamine | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Maigret’s Room

Maigret’s Room
2 by apollinaire | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tools for Better Thinking

Tools for Better Thinking
487 by mmoez | 66 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Guitar Decomposed: 5. Mutating the Third

Guitar Decomposed: 5. Mutating the Third
3 by lelf | 0 comments on Hacker News.

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Fox News Breaking News Alert

Protesters Breach Police Station

05/28/20 9:05 PM

Coronavirus Live Updates: Caseloads Accelerate, Even as Nations Reopen

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3cbEtxp
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New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: RoughNotation – create and animate hand-drawn annotations on a web page

Show HN: RoughNotation – create and animate hand-drawn annotations on a web page
442 by shihn | 60 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: GPT-3: Language Models Are Few-Shot Learners

GPT-3: Language Models Are Few-Shot Learners
49 by baylearn | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: “GPT-3: Language Models Are Few-Shot Learners”, Brown et al. 2020 (OpenAI)

“GPT-3: Language Models Are Few-Shot Learners”, Brown et al. 2020 (OpenAI)
64 by gwern | 13 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: 1989 California Medfly Attack

1989 California Medfly Attack
34 by eindiran | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: OpenSSL 3.0

OpenSSL 3.0
19 by ddb | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: What's in a Parser Combinator? (2016)

What's in a Parser Combinator? (2016)
4 by pythux | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Mux (YC W16) is hiring engineers to work on cloud video infrastructure

Mux (YC W16) is hiring engineers to work on cloud video infrastructure
1 by jon_dahl | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Deno Is a Browser for Code

Deno Is a Browser for Code
10 by beefman | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Dangerous SHA-1 crypto function is about to die in SSH

Dangerous SHA-1 crypto function is about to die in SSH
15 by headalgorithm | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Writings of Leslie Lamport

The Writings of Leslie Lamport
5 by kaymanb | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Epic Games Primer

The Epic Games Primer
4 by homarp | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Kosovo Court Says New Government Can Be Formed Without an Election

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Wednesday, 27 May 2020

New top story on Hacker News: Draft of Executive Order on Online Censorship [pdf]

Draft of Executive Order on Online Censorship [pdf]
103 by longdefeat | 49 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: “Maxwell's equations of software” examined (2008)

“Maxwell's equations of software” examined (2008)
14 by lelf | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Coronavirus Live Updates: Britain to Roll Out Mass Testing; U.S. Death Toll Passes 100,000

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2B0PmFl
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New top story on Hacker News: Circle Medical (YC S15) is hiring an iOS engineer in Montreal

Circle Medical (YC S15) is hiring an iOS engineer in Montreal
1 by jboula | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Using regmaps to make Linux drivers more generic

Using regmaps to make Linux drivers more generic
29 by mfilion | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: OpenSilver is a modern, plugin-free, open-source reimplementation of Silverlight

OpenSilver is a modern, plugin-free, open-source reimplementation of Silverlight
25 by LyalinDotCom | 11 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Poems of my Father #3 – The First Snowfall

Poems of my Father #3 – The First Snowfall
7 by BobbyVsTheDevil | 0 comments on Hacker News.

A €750 Billion Virus Recovery Plan Thrusts Europe Into a New Frontier

By BY MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF from NYT World https://ift.tt/2ZHAgyP
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New top story on Hacker News: Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2
12 by sohkamyung | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Simple-blogger – blog generated from GitHub project READMEs

Show HN: Simple-blogger – blog generated from GitHub project READMEs
12 by depthfirst | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Puritan Bohemian

The Puritan Bohemian
7 by pepys | 0 comments on Hacker News.

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Fox News Breaking News Alert

Barr asks US Attorney John Bash to review 'unmasking' before and after 2016 election, DOJ tells Fox News

05/27/20 7:08 PM

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Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fugitive UConn student wanted in 2 killings is caught in Maryland after manhunt, police say

05/27/20 6:51 PM

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Heated protests, reports of looting as tension builds in Minneapolis over George Floyd death

05/27/20 6:25 PM

New best story on Hacker News: Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms
532 by patd | 1290 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: We reduced AWS costs by 67% on our streaming data pipeline

We reduced AWS costs by 67% on our streaming data pipeline
8 by cloudfalcon | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: An English Clergyman’s Advice for Quarantine

An English Clergyman’s Advice for Quarantine
6 by Petiver | 0 comments on Hacker News.

‘Europe’s Moment’? Coronavirus Recovery Plan Might Bolster E.U. Power: Live Coverage

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New best story on Hacker News: Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands more planned

Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands more planned
510 by hhs | 399 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Regexes vs. Combinatorial Parsing

Regexes vs. Combinatorial Parsing
9 by pcr910303 | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Day AppGet Died

The Day AppGet Died
65 by lostmsu | 12 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Building an IBM 3270 terminal controller

Building an IBM 3270 terminal controller
17 by rbanffy | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Canada’s Largest Newspaper Changes Hands Amid Vow to Keep Liberal Voice

By BY IAN AUSTEN from NYT World https://ift.tt/2XyUJU1
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Atget’s Paris, 100 Years Later

By BY EUGENE ATGET, MAURICIO LIMA AND ADAM NOSSITER from NYT World https://ift.tt/3ca1Ib8
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‘Overtaken by Aliens’: India Faces Another Plague as Locusts Swarm

By BY JEFFREY GETTLEMAN AND SUHASINI RAJ from NYT World https://ift.tt/3c6ENxs
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New top story on Hacker News: CareRev (YC S16) Is Hiring a Product Manager (Health Care / Enterprise)

CareRev (YC S16) Is Hiring a Product Manager (Health Care / Enterprise)
1 by sofia_ | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

macOS Catalina 10.15.5
36 by simjue | 25 comments on Hacker News.

Protesters in Hong Kong Rally Against China’s Tightening Grip

By BY AUSTIN RAMZY, TIFFANY MAY, AMY QIN AND LAM YIK FEI from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Xzp3xz
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Outcry Over Dominic Cummings Turns Public Against Boris Johnson for 1st Time

By BY MARK LANDLER AND STEPHEN CASTLE from NYT World https://ift.tt/2M4lSJ7
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New top story on Hacker News: An open source Firebase alternative

An open source Firebase alternative
34 by vira28 | 12 comments on Hacker News.

This Chef Has a Michelin Star and a Mission: Feeding Millions in India’s Lockdown

By BY SHALINI VENUGOPAL BHAGAT from NYT World https://ift.tt/2LZiXkH
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Canada’s ‘Voice of the Nation’ Rings Out in a Capital Quieted by a Virus

By BY IAN AUSTEN from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dirjQN
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020

New top story on Hacker News: Catching It Early: New Ways of Detecting Coronavirus

Catching It Early: New Ways of Detecting Coronavirus
5 by sohkamyung | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depression

A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depression
25 by xoxoy | 12 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Growing Anomalies at the Large Hadron Collider Raise Hopes

Growing Anomalies at the Large Hadron Collider Raise Hopes
24 by theafh | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Twitter tags Trump tweet with fact-checking warning

Twitter tags Trump tweet with fact-checking warning
9 by evancaine | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Why C# coders should shut up about Delphi

Why C# coders should shut up about Delphi
21 by tones411 | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: China’s Communist Party and Its American Media Enablers

China’s Communist Party and Its American Media Enablers
29 by jamesdd | 2 comments on Hacker News.

Coronavirus Live Updates: International Climate Talks May Be Delayed by a Year

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New top story on Hacker News: How to detect if an object has been garbage collected in JavaScript

How to detect if an object has been garbage collected in JavaScript
9 by luu | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Reading habits that changed my life

Reading habits that changed my life
26 by manjotpahwa | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Diving into Go by building a CLI application

Diving into Go by building a CLI application
9 by eryb | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Amazon in Advanced Talks to Buy Self-Driving-Car Tech Company Zoox

Amazon in Advanced Talks to Buy Self-Driving-Car Tech Company Zoox
10 by jmsflknr | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Venom: All Terrain Autonomous Quadruped

Venom: All Terrain Autonomous Quadruped
10 by ameschin | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Blue Bee, Feared Extinct, Found in Florida

Blue Bee, Feared Extinct, Found in Florida
18 by lerie1982 | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: YouTube says that an error caused comments critical of China to auto-delete

YouTube says that an error caused comments critical of China to auto-delete
26 by TurkishPoptart | 6 comments on Hacker News.

China’s Military Vows to Defend the Country’s Interests in Hong Kong

By BY STEVEN LEE MYERS AND ELAINE YU from NYT World https://ift.tt/2M4Mg5n
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New top story on Hacker News: A Forgotten Twentieth-Century Photographer’s Wild Portraits of Women in Nature

A Forgotten Twentieth-Century Photographer’s Wild Portraits of Women in Nature
6 by prismatic | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Instrumentation in Go

Instrumentation in Go
8 by gobwas | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Why super apps are proliferating across emerging markets

Why super apps are proliferating across emerging markets
13 by thought | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: New Two-Stroke Engine Design Could Help Keep Internal Combustion Around Longer

New Two-Stroke Engine Design Could Help Keep Internal Combustion Around Longer
3 by clouddrover | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Monday, 25 May 2020

New best story on Hacker News: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something

I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something
608 by notRobot | 60 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How VC Works – A Beginner's Guide

How VC Works – A Beginner's Guide
23 by simonpure | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Wikimedia enacts new standards to address harassment and promote inclusivity

Wikimedia enacts new standards to address harassment and promote inclusivity
6 by elsewhen | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Vim Killer

Vim Killer
24 by 3001 | 12 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: I/O library 6x faster than fmt, 10x faster than stdio.h and iostream

I/O library 6x faster than fmt, 10x faster than stdio.h and iostream
3 by RMPR | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Future of College Is Online, and It’s Cheaper

The Future of College Is Online, and It’s Cheaper
39 by prostoalex | 33 comments on Hacker News.

Coronavirus Live Coverage: British Official Won’t Apologize for Breaching Lockdown

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New top story on Hacker News: Mastodon: Add end-to-end encryption API

Mastodon: Add end-to-end encryption API
4 by sohkamyung | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Dsnet, a simple command to manage a centralised WireGuard VPN

Show HN: Dsnet, a simple command to manage a centralised WireGuard VPN
26 by naggie | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Sod – An Embedded Computer Vision and Machine Learning Tiny C Library

Sod – An Embedded Computer Vision and Machine Learning Tiny C Library
5 by symisc_devel | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Today’s JavaScript, from an Outsider’s Perspective

Today’s JavaScript, from an Outsider’s Perspective
14 by llacb47 | 11 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: SCI Runs OpenVMS on x86-64

SCI Runs OpenVMS on x86-64
10 by xeeeeeeeeeeenu | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: A Simple COBOL Game, TicTacTOBOL

Show HN: A Simple COBOL Game, TicTacTOBOL
5 by BasiliusCarver | 2 comments on Hacker News.

Oil-Starved Venezuela Celebrates Arrival of Tankers From Iran

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Sunday, 24 May 2020

New top story on Hacker News: Beyond Remote

Beyond Remote
14 by antgoldbloom | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: List of all 5 AWS partitions (AWS, AWS-cn, AWS-us-gov, AWS-ISO, AWS-ISO-b)

List of all 5 AWS partitions (AWS, AWS-cn, AWS-us-gov, AWS-ISO, AWS-ISO-b)
21 by ta20190717 | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act

H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act
35 by rawgabbit | 31 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Fashion industry suffers

Fashion industry suffers
6 by filtercoffee37 | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Adds Brazil to Travel Ban List

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New top story on Hacker News: Scientists baffled by decision to stop a pioneering coronavirus testing project

Scientists baffled by decision to stop a pioneering coronavirus testing project
4 by Reedx | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Software will eat software in a remote-first world

Software will eat software in a remote-first world
36 by sidhanthp | 18 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A major reason for departures at Slack was “remote work request rejected”

A major reason for departures at Slack was “remote work request rejected”
23 by luu | 2 comments on Hacker News.

Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Adds Brazil to Travel Ban List

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‘Quite a Decent Shake’: Quake Interrupts Jacinda Ardern’s TV Interview

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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Use Your Inbox As A Google Reader Replacement

Show HN: Use Your Inbox As A Google Reader Replacement
6 by cameronbrown | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A Field Guide to zkSNARKs Part I: A Primer on Computation

A Field Guide to zkSNARKs Part I: A Primer on Computation
9 by madrafi | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Learn Genetics

Learn Genetics
7 by zerubeus | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Removing old, obsolete dams restores life to creeks and streams

Removing old, obsolete dams restores life to creeks and streams
13 by fludlight | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Argument Against Quantum Computers and the Quantum Laws of Nature [pdf]

The Argument Against Quantum Computers and the Quantum Laws of Nature [pdf]
5 by luu | 0 comments on Hacker News.

U.S. Bans Flights From Brazil, Where Pandemic Is Raging

By BY LETÍCIA CASADO AND ANATOLY KURMANAEV from NYT World https://ift.tt/2B1Epnf
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New best story on Hacker News: Jepsen: MongoDB 4.2.6

Jepsen: MongoDB 4.2.6
545 by aphyr | 225 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: GitHub Reinstates Popcorn Time Code Despite MPA ‘Threat’

GitHub Reinstates Popcorn Time Code Despite MPA ‘Threat’
11 by throwaway888abc | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A Guide to Threat Modelling for Developers

A Guide to Threat Modelling for Developers
4 by petercooper | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: A Firefox add-on to strip Google search results from 'blacklisted' URLs

Show HN: A Firefox add-on to strip Google search results from 'blacklisted' URLs
72 by davehcker | 43 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Linus Torvalds has switched to AMD

Linus Torvalds has switched to AMD
7 by kdrag0n | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Real reasons why tech giants are hugging “Remote Work”

Real reasons why tech giants are hugging “Remote Work”
31 by 5ep | 17 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Orion’s Arm Universe Project: Collaborative Hard Sci-Fi Worldbuilding

Orion’s Arm Universe Project: Collaborative Hard Sci-Fi Worldbuilding
5 by aspenmayer | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Comment Ranking Algorithms: Hacker News vs. YouTube vs. Reddit

Comment Ranking Algorithms: Hacker News vs. YouTube vs. Reddit
44 by callmeschroeder | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: We just wanted free internet

We just wanted free internet
7 by nonoesp | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The front page of The New York Times for May 24, 2020

The front page of The New York Times for May 24, 2020
11 by boraoztunc | 1 comments on Hacker News.

For Some Italians, the Future of Work Looks Like the Past

By BY JASON HOROWITZ from NYT World https://ift.tt/2WYSTwD
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New top story on Hacker News: Coronavirus: 'Baffling' observations from the front line

Coronavirus: 'Baffling' observations from the front line
15 by sjcsjc | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Classic Calculator Was Reverse Engineered from the Bare Metal

Classic Calculator Was Reverse Engineered from the Bare Metal
9 by samizdis | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: New threat to the economy: Americans are saving like it's the 1980s

New threat to the economy: Americans are saving like it's the 1980s
25 by kabisote | 4 comments on Hacker News.

Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas at Protest Against China’s Push

By BY VIVIAN WANG, AUSTIN RAMZY AND TIFFANY MAY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2WVGf1a
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Kim Jong-un Moves to Increase North Korea’s Nuclear Strength

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Saturday, 23 May 2020

New top story on Hacker News: Latency in Asynchronous Python

Latency in Asynchronous Python
5 by chmaynard | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Marketing for Engineers

Marketing for Engineers
40 by rofws | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Lorenzetti’s Allegory of Good and Bad Government

Lorenzetti’s Allegory of Good and Bad Government
4 by tomhoward | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Afghan Sides Agree to a Rare Cease-Fire During Eid al-Fitr

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New best story on Hacker News: Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims

Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims
534 by anarchyrucks | 245 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Chromium project finds that 70% of security defects are memory safety problems

Chromium project finds that 70% of security defects are memory safety problems
36 by solarengineer | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Peer Review

Peer Review
20 by haltingproblem | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Lockdowns Ease, Even as Death Toll Nears 100,000

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New top story on Hacker News: They redesigned PubMed, a beloved website. It hasn’t gone over well

They redesigned PubMed, a beloved website. It hasn’t gone over well
30 by dredmorbius | 12 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Want to Be More Productive? Try Doing Less

Want to Be More Productive? Try Doing Less
34 by prostoalex | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How a “Rope Lighter” Works

How a “Rope Lighter” Works
10 by bitcharmer | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A list of the 5000 most commonly used domain prefix/suffix

A list of the 5000 most commonly used domain prefix/suffix
12 by erikig | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: unc0ver Jailbreak for iOS 11.0 to 13.5

unc0ver Jailbreak for iOS 11.0 to 13.5
6 by ValentineC | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Japan’s Forgotten Indigenous People

Japan’s Forgotten Indigenous People
14 by yial | 0 comments on Hacker News.

European Defense and ‘Strategic Autonomy’ Are Also Coronavirus Victims

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New top story on Hacker News: Just some red flags. No big deal. Just ignore them

Just some red flags. No big deal. Just ignore them
70 by ciprian_craciun | 13 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Herd of Fuzzy Green 'Glacier Mice' Baffles Scientists

Herd of Fuzzy Green 'Glacier Mice' Baffles Scientists
15 by Xplor | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Common Rust Lifetime Misconceptions

Common Rust Lifetime Misconceptions
4 by donmcc | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Into the Tar Pit

Into the Tar Pit
4 by tosh | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Friday, 22 May 2020

New top story on Hacker News: Facebook pay cuts for remote employees who move prove that labor market rigged?

Facebook pay cuts for remote employees who move prove that labor market rigged?
41 by pragmatic | 19 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A collection of essays about why online communities end up the way they do

A collection of essays about why online communities end up the way they do
4 by networked | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Destroyed by Rockefellers, Mural Trespassed on Political Vision (2014)

Destroyed by Rockefellers, Mural Trespassed on Political Vision (2014)
4 by tintinnabula | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: React Native scrollable bottom sheet native animations gestures 60FPS

Show HN: React Native scrollable bottom sheet native animations gestures 60FPS
20 by rgommezz | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Jacinda Ardern Sold a Drastic Lockdown With Straight Talk and Mom Jokes

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Coronavirus Live Updates: White House Suggests U.S. Death Toll Is Inflated

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New top story on Hacker News: Interviewed with Triplebyte? Your profile is about to become public

Interviewed with Triplebyte? Your profile is about to become public
11 by winston_smith | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Fortunately this email made it through my spam filter. Looks like they want to take on LinkedIn and are planning to seed it by making existing accounts public unless you opt OUT within the next week: Hey [redacted], I’m excited to announce that we are expanding the reach of your Triplebyte profile. Now, you can use your Triplebyte credentials on and off the platform. Just like LinkedIn, your profile will be publicly accessible with a dedicated URL that you can share anywhere (job applications, LinkedIn, GitHub, etc). When you do well on a Triplebyte assessment, your profile will showcase that achievement (we won’t show your scores publicly). Unlike LinkedIn, we aim to become your digital engineering skills resume — a credential based on actual skills, not pedigree. The new profiles will be launching publicly in 1 week. This is a great opportunity to update your profile with your latest experience and preferences. You can edit your profile privacy settings to not appear in public search engines at any time. Our mission is to build an open, valuable, and skills-based credential for all engineers. We believe that allowing Triplebyte engineers to publicly share their profiles and skills-based credentials will accelerate this mission. Thanks, Ammon Co-founder & CEO, Triplebyte

New top story on Hacker News: Trump’s Press Secretary Shows His Private Bank Account and Routing Numbers

Trump’s Press Secretary Shows His Private Bank Account and Routing Numbers
21 by tech-historian | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Hertz files for bankruptcy protection

Hertz files for bankruptcy protection
25 by boulos | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Netflix Stops Charging Customers Who Never Watch

Netflix Stops Charging Customers Who Never Watch
35 by d99kris | 35 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: PGCon 2020 is free and will stream beginning May 26th

PGCon 2020 is free and will stream beginning May 26th
13 by Dowwie | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Multi-room audio with Snapcast and Raspberry Pi

Show HN: Multi-room audio with Snapcast and Raspberry Pi
17 by elgfare | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Video Game Heritage and Preservation

Video Game Heritage and Preservation
4 by rbanffy | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: If your product is great, it doesn't need to be good (2010)

If your product is great, it doesn't need to be good (2010)
9 by gmays | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Virus Lockdown Forces Iran Into Its First Virtual Quds Day

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U.K. to Quarantine All Incoming Air Travelers; a Chinese Coronavirus Vaccine Shows Promise: Live Coverage

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New top story on Hacker News: FBI cannot even look at your phone lock screen without a warrant, rules judge

FBI cannot even look at your phone lock screen without a warrant, rules judge
31 by arkadiyt | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Waiting in Asyncio

Waiting in Asyncio
5 by BerislavLopac | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Mechanics (and Kinematics) of Web-Work Plot Construction (1927)

The Mechanics (and Kinematics) of Web-Work Plot Construction (1927)
3 by benbreen | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Thursday, 21 May 2020

New top story on Hacker News: Why no one uses functional languages (1998)

Why no one uses functional languages (1998)
16 by todsacerdoti | 5 comments on Hacker News.

Beer With Bella: Malcolm Turnbull

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New top story on Hacker News: A job that can be done from home, is a job that can be outsourced

A job that can be done from home, is a job that can be outsourced
29 by Ice_cream_suit | 17 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: CMU Researchers: Nearly Half of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Bots

CMU Researchers: Nearly Half of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Bots
35 by Scipio_Afri | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: I Made JavaScript Color Conversion Library for LCH/Lab/XYZ/RGB/Hex/HSL

Show HN: I Made JavaScript Color Conversion Library for LCH/Lab/XYZ/RGB/Hex/HSL
5 by semantictags | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Novel Anti-Inflammatory High-CBD Cannabis Modulate ACE2 Expression in Covid-19

Novel Anti-Inflammatory High-CBD Cannabis Modulate ACE2 Expression in Covid-19
23 by g42gregory | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Coronavirus Live Updates: Pandemic Hovers Over China’s Legislative Pageant

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New top story on Hacker News: Hercules IBM System/370, ESA/390, and Z/Architecture Emulato

Hercules IBM System/370, ESA/390, and Z/Architecture Emulato
9 by emersonrsantos | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The sad case of Unreal Engine 1 on Mesa and Linux in 2020

The sad case of Unreal Engine 1 on Mesa and Linux in 2020
19 by Lammy | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Libinput's bus factor is 1

Libinput's bus factor is 1
18 by luu | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Economics of ASICs: At What Point Does a Custom SoC Become Viable?

The Economics of ASICs: At What Point Does a Custom SoC Become Viable?
21 by amelius | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Military Smartphone: Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition

Military Smartphone: Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition
8 by throwaway888abc | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Howell Torpedo 1896 [video]

Howell Torpedo 1896 [video]
4 by gus_massa | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: An introduction to RabbitMQ

An introduction to RabbitMQ
436 by olikas | 188 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Left, Right, Above, and Under: Intel 3D Packaging Tech Gains Omnidirectionality

Left, Right, Above, and Under: Intel 3D Packaging Tech Gains Omnidirectionality
7 by rbanffy | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: List of companies going full remote after Covid

List of companies going full remote after Covid
45 by geoffreyy | 16 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Will Trump White House tear down journal paywalls? Many anxiously await decision

Will Trump White House tear down journal paywalls? Many anxiously await decision
8 by Ankaios | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The What-If Tool: Code-Free Probing of Machine Learning Models

The What-If Tool: Code-Free Probing of Machine Learning Models
12 by polm23 | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Reported Coronavirus Cases Top 5 Million Worldwide: Live Coverage

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New top story on Hacker News: Scott Forstall tells story about Steve Jobs, Microsoft, and a dead fish

Scott Forstall tells story about Steve Jobs, Microsoft, and a dead fish
5 by shawndumas | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: GW-BASIC from 1983 released under MIT license

GW-BASIC from 1983 released under MIT license
36 by AlexeyBrin | 17 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Goals and Priorities for C++

Goals and Priorities for C++
12 by cyber1 | 6 comments on Hacker News.

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

New top story on Hacker News: The most advanced jail-break tool. Coming soon to all devices on iOS 13.5

The most advanced jail-break tool. Coming soon to all devices on iOS 13.5
25 by fheld | 11 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: China’s new plan to seize the world’s tech crown from the U.S

China’s new plan to seize the world’s tech crown from the U.S
32 by pseudolus | 40 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Why isn’t visual programming a bigger thing?

Ask HN: Why isn’t visual programming a bigger thing?
25 by remolacha | 52 comments on Hacker News.
Visual programming seems to unlock a ton of value. Difficult concepts can more easily be grokked in a visual form. Programming becomes more approachable to first-timers. Since text is difficult to manipulate without a physical keyboard, visual programming opens the doors to doing development on mobile devices. And yet it only seems to be mainstream in education (i.e. Scratch). Why?

Monday, 18 May 2020

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Now we're staying inside with Wi-Fi, have you changed your cell plan?

Ask HN: Now we're staying inside with Wi-Fi, have you changed your cell plan?
15 by behnamoh | 25 comments on Hacker News.
Some MVNOs are offering plans as low as $6/mo. The only reason I'm keeping my cell is to make calls. Now I think by switching to a cheaper plan, I can save at least $30/mo. Have you done this? If it's not too much to ask, can you say which plans work better for calls?