1. | | Linus Torvalds' good taste argument for linked lists, explained (github.com/mkirchner) |
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717 points by mkirchner on Dec 6, 2020 | 326 comments
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2. | | Every Model Learned by Gradient Descent Is Approximately a Kernel Machine (arxiv.org) |
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406 points by scottlocklin on Dec 5, 2020 | 107 comments
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3. | | EmacsConf 2020 Talks (emacsconf.org) |
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386 points by AlexeyBrin on Dec 6, 2020 | 83 comments
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4. | | 72% of smart TVs and 46% of game consoles hardcode DNS settings (labzilla.io) |
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546 points by boramalper on Dec 5, 2020 | 649 comments
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5. | | A tool for recovering passwords from pixelized screenshots (github.com/beurtschipper) |
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449 points by maydemir on Dec 6, 2020 | 124 comments
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6. | | The Grenfell Tower inquiry is uncovering a major corporate scandal (spectator.co.uk) |
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464 points by VieEnCode on Dec 6, 2020 | 261 comments
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7. | | How I Collected a Debt from an Unscrupulous Merchant (mtlynch.io) |
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473 points by notadog on Dec 6, 2020 | 259 comments
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8. | | LinkedIn’s Alternate Universe (divinations.substack.com) |
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613 points by dshipper on Dec 6, 2020 | 277 comments
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9. | | InstaHide Disappointingly Wins Bell Labs Prize, 2nd Place (carlini.com) |
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487 points by z3t111 on Dec 6, 2020 | 44 comments
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10. | | The Tragic Tale of DEC, the Computing Giant That Died Too Soon (digital.com) |
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289 points by mooreds on Dec 5, 2020 | 210 comments
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11. | | The Economics of Christmas Trees (thehustle.co) |
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213 points by Anon84 on Dec 6, 2020 | 161 comments
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12. | | Monopoly Technology Platforms Are Colonizing Education (instituteforpubliceducation.org) |
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207 points by partingshots on Dec 6, 2020 | 124 comments
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13. | | Winning back the Internet by building our own (roarmag.org) |
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178 points by sanqui on Dec 6, 2020 | 149 comments
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14. | | Diem – A rebrand of Facebook’s Libra (diem.com) |
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235 points by obilgic on Dec 6, 2020 | 405 comments
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15. | | The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and Extreme Behavior (wsj.com) |
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297 points by harambae on Dec 6, 2020 | 296 comments
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16. | | A technique from human archaeology could help restore sea otter populations (nytimes.com) |
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46 points by Thevet on Dec 6, 2020 | 2 comments
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17. | | Hardware-Accelerated TensorFlow and TensorFlow Addons for macOS 11.0 (github.com/apple) |
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183 points by sandGorgon on Dec 6, 2020 | 92 comments
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18. | | Let’s Encrypt moving to new CA root (infoq.com) |
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152 points by alblue on Dec 6, 2020 | 36 comments
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19. | | Lambda: Turn Excel formulas into custom functions (microsoft.com) |
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223 points by lelf on Dec 5, 2020 | 135 comments
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20. | | Cashew of Pirangi (wikipedia.org) |
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177 points by tcgv on Dec 4, 2020 | 38 comments
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21. | | YARA – The pattern matching swiss knife (github.com/virustotal) |
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117 points by peter_d_sherman on Dec 6, 2020 | 14 comments
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22. | | Asteroid capsule located in Australian desert (bbc.co.uk) |
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156 points by ColinWright on Dec 5, 2020 | 61 comments
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23. | | Scroll Back: The Theory and Practice of Cameras in Side-Scrollers (docs.google.com) |
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127 points by ibobev on Dec 5, 2020 | 9 comments
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24. | | Between two Lisps (ane.github.io) |
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142 points by galfarragem on Dec 5, 2020 | 100 comments
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25. | | Docker's Second Death (tariqislam.com) |
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302 points by alexellisuk on Dec 6, 2020 | 272 comments
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26. | | 'Havana syndrome' likely caused by directed microwaves – US report (bbc.com) |
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219 points by kpetermeni on Dec 6, 2020 | 158 comments
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27. | | My Procedurally Generated Music Is Awful (groovelet.com) |
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120 points by mproud on Dec 6, 2020 | 111 comments
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28. | | Benefits of Walking (klimy.co) |
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225 points by KlimYadrintsev on Dec 5, 2020 | 108 comments
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29. | | Fixing a 3 year old bug in Nvidia GeForce Experience (details-of-note.blogspot.com) |
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229 points by dsafonov on Dec 6, 2020 | 56 comments
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30. | | Skybolt: A C++ planetary environment rendering engine with Python bindings (github.com/piraxus) |
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147 points by matt128 on Dec 6, 2020 | 11 comments
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