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The most popular blog posts about society, policy & culture on Hacker News. 347 posts.
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Why does the "chart increasing" emoji show in red?
It's a small but persistent emoji query: one that finds new life whenever there's a new development in the "stonks" discourse: why is the upward line on 📈 Chart Increasing displayed in the seemingly-counterintuitive color red? The answer to this question is actually quite simple, but is an
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YouTube disrupted in Pakistan as former PM Khan streams speech
NetBlocks metrics confirm the disruption of YouTube on multiple internet providers in Pakistan on Sunday 21 August 2022. The disruption comes as former Prime Minister Imran Khan makes a live ...
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Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and elderly? (2019)
Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and elderly? By Adara Liao | October 13, 2019
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Do success stories cause false beliefs about success?
Does explicitly acknowledging bias make us less likely to make biased decisions? A new study examining how people justify decisions based on biased data finds that this is not necessarily the case.
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Russia’s Possible Invasion of Ukraine
If peace talks fail, the Russian military has several options to invade Ukraine through northern, central, and southern routes, raising critical questions for the United States and its NATO allies according to analysis by the CSIS International Security Program.
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EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted
How is electric car adoption accelerating in the US?
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CNIL makes Google Analytics almost illegal in France
In reaction to the invalidation of the Privacy Shield in July 2020 by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), US President Joe Biden adopted on 7 October 2022 a new legal framework (Executive Order) to strengthen safeguards on the collection and use of personal data by US intelligence agencies.
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What it feels like to be bullied out of a job you love
Wesley Faulkner’s story
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We found critical vulnerabilities in Hive Social
Dieser Artikel ist auch auf deutsch erschienen. Update: The vulnerabilities are currently no longer exploitable because Hive deactivated their servers. More details Following the Twitter takeover, a number of services promising to be an alternative gained traction. One of those is “Hive Social”, which reached more…
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The Twitter whistleblower story is worse than you think
Twitter's security issues might be "egregious," but they're also all too common.
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Open-source software vs. the proposed Cyber Resilience Act
By Maarten Aertsen NLnet Labs is closely following a legislative proposal by the European Commission affecting almost all hardware and software on the European market. The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) intends to ensure cybersecurity of products with digital elements by laying down requirements and obligations for…
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Proposed bill in New Hampshire would enshrine free software into law
Libreboot – New Hampshire (USA) may soon enshrine Software Freedom into law. YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!
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New Pegasus spyware abuses identified in Mexico
Mexican digital rights organization R3D, with technical support from the Citizen Lab, has determined that Mexican journalists and a human rights defender were infected with Pegasus between 2019 and 2021. The infections occurred years after the first revelations of Pegasus abuses in Mexico, and after Mexico’s current…
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Investigating the effects of bike lanes in Minneapolis
Investigating the effects of bike lanes in Minneapolis.
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Notes on Nationalism (1945)
"By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled 'good' or 'bad'."
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The implementation of the UK Covid-19 dashboard
Why and how the UK Coronavirus Dashboard team built their analytics service on top of PostgreSQL & Citus on Azure.
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An Experience with Modafinil
An Experience with Modafinil. 'Caffeine's Smarter Sibling' by Medifinil
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6M Acres of Public Land in the US West Are Corner-Locked
Read the onX report on corner locked land to learn how much land is involved, the concerns of affected property owners, and what can be done to solve this issue.
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Study finds Wikipedia influences judicial behavior
A new study finds clear empirical evidence that Wikipedia influences judges’ application of the law. The study was led by Neil Thompson of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).
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Toxic Positivity
Can positivity be toxic? We’ll investigate the concept of toxic positivity. From this, we'll learn how we can communicate authentically.
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The reality of celebratory gunfire
A must-see interactive analysis of Celebratory Gunfire, including animations and projections on how far and how fast bullets travel
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One more small step toward the right to software repair
Our Motion to Remand in Vizio Lawsuit Shows How the Law Brings Software Freedom to All Users Yesterday afternoon, we filed a Motion for Remand in our lawsuit against Vizio for their flagrant GPL & LGPL violations, alleged with great detail in our complaint in California state court. Vizio's response to that complaint…
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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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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…