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31.
Forgetting the Asbestos – how we lose knowledge and technologies
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1517.substack.com
)
283 points
by
areoform
on Oct 24, 2022
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209 comments
32.
Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of SARS-CoV-2?
(
biorxiv.org
)
274 points
by
johnwdefeo
on Oct 20, 2022
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229 comments
33.
Ask HN: First-time dad-to-be. What do you wish you'd known back then?
192 points
by
lllllll0
on July 4, 2022
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332 comments
34.
How we did it: SNL – “The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders” (2013)
(
alex-buono.com
)
109 points
by
AlphaWeaver
on May 10, 2022
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28 comments
35.
Overhauling Mario 64's code to reach 30 FPS and render 6x faster on N64 [video]
(
youtube.com
)
699 points
by
kibwen
on April 18, 2022
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260 comments
36.
Peloton investor Blackwells Capital torched the Peleton founder
(
twitter.com/codinghorror
)
57 points
by
ksec
on Feb 9, 2022
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31 comments
37.
Fixing stutters in Papers Please on Linux
(
jhm.dev
)
726 points
by
rdpintqogeogsaa
on Jan 2, 2022
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190 comments
38.
Lessons from my PhD
(
utk.edu
)
403 points
by
andrewnc
on Dec 28, 2021
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130 comments
39.
Excerpt from CIA's Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944)
(
cacert.org
)
387 points
by
bobbiechen
on Dec 17, 2021
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209 comments
40.
How to make a CPU – a simple picture-based explanation
(
robertelder.org
)
605 points
by
robertelder
on Nov 10, 2021
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169 comments
41.
Open secrets about Hacker News
(
bengtan.com
)
503 points
by
vincent_s
on Oct 28, 2021
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191 comments
42.
The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space flight
(
newyorker.com
)
476 points
by
zlsa
on Sept 1, 2021
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251 comments
43.
ASML, a $300B Dutch firm, makes the machines that make semiconductors
(
twitter.com/trungtphan
)
575 points
by
deegles
on Aug 22, 2021
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262 comments
44.
How ancient people fell in love with bread, beer and other carbs
(
nature.com
)
88 points
by
sohkamyung
on June 24, 2021
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79 comments
45.
SiFive P550 Core: High-Performance RISC-V Processor
(
sifive.com
)
191 points
by
andrewnc
on June 22, 2021
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84 comments
46.
The lab-leak theory: inside the fight to uncover Covid-19’s origins
(
vanityfair.com
)
1426 points
by
codechicago277
on June 3, 2021
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1062 comments
47.
We only ever talk about the third attack on Pearl Harbor
(
butwhatfor.com
)
427 points
by
stanrivers
on May 31, 2021
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238 comments
48.
Think critically about college admissions
(
freddiedeboer.substack.com
)
87 points
by
barry-cotter
on May 27, 2021
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45 comments
49.
Why RISC-V doesn't yet support KVM
(
lwn.net
)
195 points
by
lukastyrychtr
on May 20, 2021
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33 comments
50.
Wat (2012) [video]
(
destroyallsoftware.com
)
147 points
by
mikasjp
on April 18, 2021
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28 comments
51.
MIPS Becomes RISC-V
(
eejournal.com
)
424 points
by
zimmerfrei
on March 8, 2021
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215 comments
52.
Researchers propose that humidity from masks may lessen severity of Covid-19
(
nih.gov
)
99 points
by
elsewhen
on Feb 14, 2021
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100 comments
53.
GTA III and Vice City fully reverse engineered: re3
(
github.com/gtamodding
)
433 points
by
blewboarwastake
on Feb 14, 2021
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154 comments
54.
An internal team 'hoodwinked' Bill Gates into launching the Xbox project
(
gamesradar.com
)
211 points
by
cardimart
on Dec 30, 2020
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237 comments
55.
[dupe]
Your Smart TV is probably ignoring your PiHole
(
labzilla.io
)
405 points
by
giuliomagnifico
on Dec 5, 2020
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2 comments
56.
You Talkin’ to Me? The Unruly History of New York English
(
literaryreview.co.uk
)
106 points
by
pseudolus
on Sept 22, 2020
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78 comments
57.
The populist backlash has been a revolt against the tyranny of merit
(
theguardian.com
)
33 points
by
MaysonL
on Sept 8, 2020
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21 comments
58.
Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy
(
texasmonthly.com
)
380 points
by
pseudolus
on Aug 31, 2020
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544 comments
59.
To the future occupants of my office at the MIT Media Lab
(
ethanzuckerman.com
)
459 points
by
app4soft
on Aug 15, 2020
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180 comments
60.
Reverse-engineering the Intel 8086's instruction register
(
righto.com
)
229 points
by
picture
on Aug 8, 2020
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55 comments
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