2011
Moore's law hits the roof
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 3,426 posts.
2012
Why We Should Demand a Shorter Workweek
I.W.W. Poster By Dustin Guastella If the labourer consumes his disposable time for himself, he robs the capitalist. – K. Marx Recently a Chicago firm made headlines when it was revealed that they allowed their workers less than six minutes a day in the bathroom. Naturally, people were outraged, but this is an old…
2013
What I Wish I Knew When Starting Out as a Software Developer: Slow the Fuck Down
Insights on 3D product configuration, visual CPQ, and e-commerce optimization for manufacturers. Read guides, case studies, and expert analysis.
2014
AT&T Hotspots: Now with Advertising Injection
While traveling through Dulles Airport last week, I noticed an Internet oddity. The nearby AT&T hotspot was fairly fast—that was a pleasant surprise.
2015
Where Rust really shines
Yesterday I was working on a small feature for the Rust compiler, and came across a situation which really showcased Rust’s awesomeness as a language …
2016
CloudFlare “Interview Questions”
For quite some time we've been grilling our candidates about dirty corners of TCP/IP stack. Every engineer here must prove his/her comprehensive understanding of the full network stack. For example: what are the differences in checksumming algorithms between IPv4 and IPv6 stacks?
2017
The Expert in a Year Challenge
The Expert in a Year Challenge took place in 2014 and followed novice table tennis player Sam Priestley's journey from complete beginner to mastery.
2018
Writ – Opinionated, classless styles for semantic HTML
HTML is super easy to write. Markdown is even easier to write and generate HTML from. But what does it look like?
2019
Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind
Over 20 designers copied my website and I don't mind at all, it's actually quite flattering. How would you feel if you were in my shoes - flattered or offended?
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Flickr now offers Public Domain and CC0 designations
Starting today, Flickr is happy to support Public Domain and Creative Commons 0 (CC0) works on our site.
2026
After 20 years, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy thrives on the web
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2027
Should AI Be Open?
I. H.G. Wells’ 1914 sci-fi book The World Set Free did a pretty good job predicting nuclear weapons:They did not see it until the atomic bombs burst in their fumbling hands…before the l…
2028
Final Steps
An update as promised: all systems are now ‘Go’ on the technical side (pun intended) and we intend to release Frontier this week. Thank you to everyone who...
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Russ Cox: Go, Open Source, Community
Why is Go open source, and how can we strengthen our open-source community?
2031
Will there be a Distributed HTTP?
One of the things that came up at the HTTP Workshop was “distributed HTTP” — i.e., moving the Web from a client/server model to a more distributed one. This week, Brewster Khale (of Archive.org fame) talked about similar thoughts on his blog and at CCC. If you haven’t seen that yet, I’d highly suggest watching the…
2032
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Out of the Darkness: How two psychologists and CIA devised torture program
How two psychologists teamed up with the CIA to devise a torture program and experiment on human beings.
2034
Facebook and PGP
Facebook just announced support for PGP, an encrypted email standard, for email from them to you. It’s an interesting move on many levels, albeit one that raises some interesting questions. The answers, and Facebook’s possible follow-on moves, are even more interesting.
2035
Duqu 2.0 Hits Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab uncovers Duqu 2.0 – a highly sophisticated malware platform exploiting up to three zero-day vulnerabilities.
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RethinkDB Driver for Java now available
Today, we’re pleased to announce the release of our Java client driver for RethinkDB. Visit the installation instructions for details about how to use it in your Java project.
2038
Larry Wall announces that Perl6 is ready for production
Hello. Ting, ting, ting. Attention! … ATTENTION! Thank you. Hi, I’m Camelia, if you don’t know me. (Or even if you do.) They told me I had to give a speech at Perl 6’s offic…
2039
Startup Priorities
One of the most difficult tasks for a startup founder is deciding what to do. Where should the tiny number of people working on a brand new company spend their time? Choosing wisely can place your...
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