~hackernews | Bookmarks (23197)
-
Dogs' brain activity shows they recognize the names of objects
Enlarge / Wired for science! Needle, a cheerful miniature schnauzer I had as a kid, turned...
-
There's nothing you can do to prevent a SIM-swap attack
It is tempting to think that users are to blame for their own misfortune. If only...
-
Globotipo: Making a typeface that is seen by 100M people daily
Globotipo Making a typeface that one hundred million people see every day is no small task....
-
For the Love of Cats in Turkey
video / Human Rights Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori In a brief documentary, an anthropologist provides a glimpse...
-
Be more lucky
What if luck was a skill?The proposition sounds absurd, and yet we all know people who...
-
Programmers are bad at managing state (2020)
“Have you tried turning it off and back on again?” is one of the most familiar...
-
'Super memory': Why Emily Nash is sharing her brain with science
An 18-year-old from near Ottawa has become what appears to be the first Canadian, and among...
-
Build time is a collective responsibility
There's been some talk about Rust's compile time again recently. I feel like there's a mismatch...
-
What Is Green Software and Why Do We Need It?
Software may be eating the world, but it is also heating it. In December 2023, representatives...
-
What Happens When a Fifteen Year Old Pumps and Dumps with a Net Profit of $800k? (2002)
Case Study: What Happens When a Fifteen Year Old Pumps and Dumps, Obtaining a Net Profit...
-
93-Year-Old William Shatner discusses Star Trek, space, and mortality
"It was three years of my, life you?" a 93-year-old William Shatner tells the Guardian when...
-
The greatest energy boom you've never heard of
“A few years ago, we were energy independent, now we’re begging countries to give us gasoline.”...