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Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 13,067 posts.
Society, Policy & Culture
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DoorDash and Pizza Arbitrage (2020)
There is such a thing as a free lunch
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Why American Construction Costs Are So High
I am embarking on a long-term project to investigate why US construction costs are high using case studies, so everything I’m going to say so far is tentative. In particular, one of my favori…
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I don’t want a new phone, but I’m probably buying one
I don’t want a new phone, but I’m probably buying one.
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Berkeley's upzoning would be among nation's largest
A proposal to end exclusionary zoning would allow for 100,000 more homes in Berkeley's neighborhoods.
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USDA ignoring the science on low-carb diets
Since 2014, the US Dept. of Agriculture has a record of "burying" the science
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Arizona Mom Fights Abusive Prosecution by Department of Child Safety
Phoenix; July 20, 2022: On Friday, an Arizona mother filed suit against the Arizona Department of Child Safety to defend her right to due process and
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Floating megabomb heaves to near the English coast
The MV Ruby, a ship carrying a highly explosive Russian cargo, is damaged and looking for a port. The threat is clear.
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The English Paradox: Four decades of life and language in Japan
A personal perspective on the complex role English plays in Japan.
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Who Owns, Operates, and Develops Your VPN Matters
New research: Eight popular, commercial VPN apps operate deceptively and put more than 700 million users at risk of authoritarian surveillance.
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Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe?
The molecule DMT (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine) is a psychoactive chemical that causes intense visions and can induce its users to quickly enter a completely different "environment" that some have likened to an alien or parallel universe. The transition from our world to theirs occurs with no cessation of consciousness or…
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Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges
What begins at Girl Scouts can take you anywhere you want to go. Explore who you are and what you can accomplish as a Girl Scout.
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The Deal That Makes No Sense
Early this morning Microsoft acquired Nokia for €3.79 billion (plus €1.65 billion for patents). It is a deal that makes no sense. While industry observers love to pontificate about mergers and acqu…
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Victims of school bullying are at a higher risk of developing violent behavior
A University of Cordoba and University of Cambridge study analyzed what factors in childhood and adolescence increase the likelihood of having violent...
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The Placeholder Girlfriend
It became real when I saw the list. When I saw the rubric.
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Tor is not just for anonymity (2022)
Tech, Pets, and Vettes
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The Slack Social Network
Slack lost to Microsoft head-to-head, but has smartly shifted to a horizontal strategy that the vertically-oriented Microsoft can’t match.
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The collective insanity of the publishing industry
Unless you're a writer, I imagine you haven't been paying quite as close attention to the publishing industry and all its weirdness as I have, and that's a shame, because it's been really entertaining. Actually, entertaining isn't the right word. It's been insane, but the kind of insane that's unreasonably fun to…
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Why Do Nigerian Scammers Say They Are from Nigeria? (2012)
Explore research at Microsoft, a site featuring the impact of research along with publications, products, downloads, and research careers.
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On Depression and Founders
Depression is real in founders. Please be careful.
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Coffee linked to slower biological ageing among those with severe mental illness
New research from King’s College London finds that coffee consumption within the NHS recommended limit is linked to longer telomere lengths – a marker of biological ageing – among people with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The effect is comparable to roughly five years younger biological age.
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Stop eating Lady Gaga's Oreos
OR: The Great Switcheroo
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Web Scraping and Crawling Are Perfectly Legal, Right? (2017)
In this post, you'll find out more on the legal aspect of web scraping and crawling, and what possible consequences you might face.
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Migratory monarch butterfly now endangered
Gland, Switzerland, 21 July 2022 (IUCN) – The migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus), known for its spectacular annual journey of up to 4,000 kilometres across the Americas, has entered the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM as Endangered, threatened by habitat destruction and climate change. All…