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February 2020 Archive
1.
Gears (ciechanow.ski)
2760 points by robert-boehnke on Feb 12, 2020 | 222 comments
2.
Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID (github.com)
2292 points by rvnx on Feb 4, 2020 | 615 comments
3.
Wacom tablets track every app you open (robertheaton.com)
1594 points by krithix on Feb 5, 2020 | 449 comments
4.
Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust (blog.discordapp.com)
1582 points by Sikul on Feb 4, 2020 | 642 comments
5.
I Add 3-25 Seconds of Latency to Every Site I Visit (howonlee.github.io)
1564 points by curuinor on Feb 13, 2020 | 437 comments
6.
My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file (jeffhuang.com)
1545 points by lazyjeff on Feb 8, 2020 | 402 comments
7.
Google Maps Hacks (simonweckert.com)
1410 points by rsj_hn on Feb 2, 2020 | 382 comments
8.
Larry Tesler Has Died (gizmodo.com)
1346 points by drallison on Feb 18, 2020 | 149 comments
9.
Freeman Dyson Has Died (nytimes.com)
1238 points by ChickeNES on Feb 28, 2020 | 248 comments
10.
Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner (neilwithdata.com)
1232 points by nsainsbury on Feb 23, 2020 | 210 comments
11.
What's SAP? (retool.com)
1221 points by dvdhsu on Feb 5, 2020 | 600 comments
12.
The missing semester of CS education (missing.csail.mit.edu)
1163 points by anishathalye on Feb 3, 2020 | 196 comments
13.
Let's Encrypt Has Issued a Billion Certificates (letsencrypt.org)
1160 points by jaas on Feb 27, 2020 | 258 comments
14.
Smithsonian Releases 2.8M Images into Public Domain (smithsonianmag.com)
1115 points by ChrisArchitect on Feb 25, 2020 | 123 comments
15.
Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Windows 10 start menu (news.softpedia.com)
1047 points by milankragujevic on Feb 10, 2020 | 559 comments
16.
1-on-1 meeting questions (github.com)
1030 points by yankit on Feb 16, 2020 | 296 comments
17.
The dystopian world of software engineering interviews (jarednelsen.dev)
1027 points by asangha on Feb 15, 2020 | 811 comments
18.
Old CSS, New CSS (eev.ee)
1018 points by culturedsystems on Feb 2, 2020 | 244 comments
19.
Signs you’re working in a feature factory (2016) (cutle.fish)
1002 points by aphextron on Feb 15, 2020 | 281 comments
20.
“We found PayPal vulnerabilities and PayPal punished us for it” (cybernews.com)
980 points by teslademigod1 on Feb 24, 2020 | 328 comments
21.
Tailwind UI (tailwindui.com)
974 points by alt3red on Feb 26, 2020 | 358 comments
22.
How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades (washingtonpost.com)
962 points by allard on Feb 11, 2020 | 330 comments
23.
More bosses give four-day workweek a try (npr.org)
934 points by hhs on Feb 21, 2020 | 388 comments
24.
Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?
930 points by xcoding on Feb 4, 2020 | 862 comments
25.
A half-hour to learn Rust (fasterthanli.me)
927 points by xrd on Feb 29, 2020 | 148 comments
26.
Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety (boingboing.net)
919 points by ericdanielski on Feb 13, 2020 | 403 comments
27.
Kickstarter employees vote to unionize (vice.com)
910 points by danso on Feb 18, 2020 | 1092 comments
28.
Explorabl.es (explorabl.es)
894 points by rickdeveloper on Feb 19, 2020 | 36 comments
29.
Which of these Amazon Prime purchases are real? (thewirecutter.com)
853 points by zdw on Feb 21, 2020 | 408 comments
30.
Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building projects?
852 points by Shosty123 on Feb 11, 2020 | 178 comments