Hacker News
@hackernewslive
24.9K
subscribers
218K
links
Download Telegram
Join
Hacker News
24.9K subscribers
Hacker News
Did lead poisoning cause downfall of Roman Empire? The jury is still out
Article
,
Comments
Ars Technica
Did lead poisoning cause downfall of Roman Empire? The jury is still out
A new video from the American Chemical Society revisits longstanding academic debate
6
👍
86%
1
👎
14%
Hacker News
Windows 11 laptops will REQUIRE front facing camera in 2023
Article
,
Comments
TweakTown
Uh, so Windows 11 laptops will REQUIRE front facing camera in 2023
Starting in 2023, all new laptops will require front-facing webcams for Windows 11 -- so we expect tape sales to increase by then.
2
👍
4%
46
👎
96%
Hacker News
Pentagon cancels $10B Jedi cloud contract
Article
,
Comments
CNBC
Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI cloud contract that Amazon and Microsoft were fighting over
But the Pentagon is launching a new multivendor cloud computing contract and soliciting both AWS and Microsoft for proposals.
0
👍
0%
2
👎
100%
Hacker News
An Exxon lobbyist thought he was in a job interview. Instead, it was recorded
Article
,
Comments
8
👍
80%
2
👎
20%
Hacker News
Tell HN: YC will help you find a co-founder
Article,
Comments
0
👍
0%
2
👎
100%
Hacker News
Kepler telescope reveals population of free-floating planets in deep space
Article
,
Comments
phys.org
Kepler telescope glimpses population of free-floating planets
Tantalizing evidence has been uncovered for a mysterious population of "free-floating" planets, planets that may be alone in deep space, unbound to any host star. The results include four new discoveries ...
9
👍
100%
0
👎
0%
Hacker News
As climate warms, a rearrangement of world’s plant life looms
Article
,
Comments
Yale e360
As Climate Warms, a Rearrangement of World’s Plant Life Looms
Previous periods of rapid warming millions of years ago drastically altered plants and forests on Earth. Now, scientists see the beginnings of a more sudden, disruptive rearrangement of the world’s flora — a trend that will intensify if greenhouse gas emissions…
5
👍
63%
3
👎
38%
Hacker News
Old school: I work in DOS for an entire day (2014)
Article
,
Comments
Ars Technica
Old school: I work in DOS for an entire day
From the archives: Open source MS-DOS alternative lives—but using it nearly killed me.
3
👍
100%
0
👎
0%
Hacker News
Posix Hardlink Heartache
Article
,
Comments
1
👍
100%
0
👎
0%
Hacker News
Min Breathing Exercise Lowers Blood Pressure
Article
,
Comments
Study Finds
5-minute breathing exercise lowers blood pressure better than working out, medication
This groundbreaking exercise makes use of a hand-held device which provides resistance as the user breathes.
6
👍
100%
0
👎
0%
Hacker News
Headless React
Article
,
Comments
Acko.net
Headless React
Doing React-like things without React.
3
👍
100%
0
👎
0%
Hacker News
How to build a small town in Texas
Article
,
Comments
Substack
How to Build a Small Town in Texas
Of all the questions I get on Twitter the most common is this: “How do you build a town?” We know how it used to be done, but these last two centuries we have forgotten how to do it.
5
👍
100%
0
👎
0%
Hacker News
Open 3D Engine
Article
,
Comments
👍
👎
Hacker News
Programming Language Memory Models
Article
,
Comments
3
👍
100%
0
👎
0%
Hacker News
Dumping and extracting the SpaceX Starlink user terminal firmware
Article
,
Comments
8
👍
100%
0
👎
0%
Hacker News
A new brain implant automatically detects and kills pain in real time
Article
,
Comments
Singularity Hub
A New Brain Implant Automatically Detects and Kills Pain in Real Time
A group from the New York University School of Medicine have designed a smart, closed-loop brain implant to detect and relieve bursts of pain in real time.
2
👍
15%
11
👎
85%
Hacker News
A theory that “elite overproduction” leads to political instability (2020)
Article
,
Comments
The Economist
Can too many brainy people be a dangerous thing?
Some academics argue that unhappy elites lead to political instability
12
👍
75%
4
👎
25%
Hacker News
America’s Obsession with Self-Help
Article
,
Comments
The New Republic
America’s Obsession With Self-Help
From “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” to “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” what do bestselling guides to self-improvement reveal about the United States?
5
👍
100%
0
👎
0%
Hacker News
Chime has been suddenly closing accounts, not returning customers’ money
Article
,
Comments
ProPublica
A Banking App Has Been Suddenly Closing Accounts, Sometimes Not Returning Customers’ Money
Chime, a “neobank” serving millions, is racking up complaints from users who can’t access their cash. The company says it’s cracking down on an “extraordinary surge” in fraudulent deposits. That’s little consolation to customers caught in the fray.
2
👍
100%
0
👎
0%
Hacker News
European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private communication
Article
,
Comments
Patrick Breyer
Chatcontrol: European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private communications
Today, the European Parliament approved the ePrivacy Derogation, allowing providers of e-mail and messaging services to automatically search all personal messages of each citizen for presumed suspect content and report suspected cases to the police. The European…
3
👍
6%
44
👎
94%
Hacker News
Stolen Picasso and Mondrian paintings found stashed in a ravine in Greece
Article
,
Comments
NY Times
Stolen Picasso and Mondrian Paintings Found Stashed in a Ravine in Greece
Ending a long-running mystery, a construction worker guided the police to the hiding place after admitting he had taken the works in a daring one-man raid on the National Gallery in Athens in 2012.
9
👍
90%
1
👎
10%
TWeb.init({scrollToPost:'hackernewslive/103685'});