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December 2020 Archive
91.
Longest known exposure photograph ever captured using a beer can (herts.ac.uk)
610 points by lnguyen on Dec 12, 2020 | 107 comments
92.
California Public Utilities Commission fired director who exposed missing $200M (propublica.org)
609 points by js2 on Dec 27, 2020 | 247 comments
93.
The Game UI Database, a comprehensive reference of game interface design (gameuidatabase.com)
609 points by homarp on Dec 5, 2020 | 101 comments
94.
Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan (mirrorlessrumors.com)
608 points by giuliomagnifico on Dec 21, 2020 | 363 comments
95.
Show HN: This website is valid JSON (webdatarender.com)
604 points by gpnt on Dec 8, 2020 | 229 comments
96.
Lambda School is the biggest mistake I made this year (reddit.com)
602 points by barry-cotter on Dec 14, 2020 | 431 comments
97.
Cosmopolitan Libc: build-once run-anywhere C library (justine.lol)
599 points by pantalaimon on Dec 28, 2020 | 166 comments
98.
The Case of the Extra 40ms (netflixtechblog.com)
597 points by atg_abhishek on Dec 15, 2020 | 197 comments
99.
Apple’s Anti-Tracking Plans for iPhone (foundation.mozilla.org)
591 points by nojito on Dec 15, 2020 | 386 comments
100.
Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify (open.spotify.com)
585 points by I-M-S on Dec 2, 2020 | 568 comments
101.
iPhone workers given choice of forced labor or being sent to detention centers (9to5mac.com)
575 points by notRobot on Dec 29, 2020 | 1 comments
102.
Computer Science textbooks that are freely available online (csgordon.github.io)
574 points by MrXOR on Dec 29, 2020 | 53 comments
103.
Four-day week means 'I don't waste holidays on chores' (bbc.co.uk)
571 points by edward on Dec 30, 2020 | 329 comments
104.
Photocatalyst splits water into H and O2 at quantum efficiency near 100% (fuelcellsworks.com)
570 points by bookofjoe on Dec 26, 2020 | 284 comments
105.
Firefox 84.0 (mozilla.org)
565 points by easton on Dec 15, 2020 | 315 comments
106.
CLI Guidelines – A guide to help you write better command-line programs (clig.dev)
564 points by bfirsh on Dec 4, 2020 | 212 comments
107.
Facebook: Free as in Bullshit (daringfireball.net)
555 points by throw0101a on Dec 19, 2020 | 249 comments
108.
Distributed Systems Reading List (dancres.github.io)
554 points by dedalus on Dec 6, 2020 | 76 comments
109.
EU pushes for 'right to disconnect' from work at home (m.dw.com)
553 points by CapitalistCartr on Dec 4, 2020 | 524 comments
110.
YouTube Class Action: Same IP Address Upload Pirate Movies and File DMCA Notices (torrentfreak.com)
552 points by picture on Dec 21, 2020 | 126 comments
111.
Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK (bbc.com)
551 points by ascorbic on Dec 2, 2020 | 728 comments
112.
Reverse Engineering the Source Code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (berthub.eu)
549 points by ahubert on Dec 25, 2020 | 60 comments
113.
Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back (telegra.ph)
548 points by monort on Dec 23, 2020 | 239 comments
114.
72% of smart TVs and 46% of game consoles hardcode DNS settings (labzilla.io)
546 points by boramalper on Dec 5, 2020 | 649 comments
115.
Sick of spending time on Auth, we built an open source 'Stripe for Auth'
545 points by advaitruia on Dec 17, 2020 | 339 comments
116.
CSS in GitHub Readmes (github.com)
544 points by MH15 on Dec 8, 2020 | 193 comments
117.
Colombia is considering legalizing its cocaine industry (vice.com)
542 points by lxm on Dec 3, 2020 | 446 comments
118.
Improving DNS Privacy with Oblivious DoH (blog.cloudflare.com)
541 points by websirnik on Dec 8, 2020 | 349 comments
119.
Things You're Allowed to Do (milan.cvitkovic.net)
537 points by thesephist on Dec 23, 2020 | 416 comments
120.
Congress Crams Language to Criminalize Streaming, Meme-Sharing into Omnibus Bill (commondreams.org)
536 points by CharlesW on Dec 22, 2020 | 198 comments