February 2021 Archive
481.
Epic will pay off class-action loot-box settlement with in-game currency (arstechnica.com)
482.
Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round (reuters.com)
483.
Larry Flynt has died (bbc.com)
484.
Malware in open-source web extensions (lwn.net)
485.
The Therac-25 Incident (thedailywtf.com)
486.
No Qualified Immunity for Cops Who Made Stuff Up to Justify Phone Seizure (techdirt.com)
487.
Mypyc: Compile type-annotated Python to C (github.com)
488.
Using computer vision to help win $1M in Mountain Dew's Super Bowl contest (blog.roboflow.com)
489.
How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomously on Mars (spectrum.ieee.org)
490.
AirPods Causing Tinnitus (600+ reports since 2019?) (discussions.apple.com)
491.
Block Facebook Servers (github.com)
492.
Show HN: Remarkbox – Hosted comments without ads or tracking (remarkbox.com)
493.
Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust (2020) (blog.discord.com)
494.
Modifying Telegram's “People Nearby” feature to pinpoint people's homes (owlspace.xyz)
495.
Show HN: "Programming Algorithms in Lisp” Book (apress.com)
496.
Browser Fuzzing at Mozilla (hacks.mozilla.org)
497.
Clubhouse Bio Generator (perchance.org)
498.
Threadripper 3990X: The Quest To Compile 1B Lines Of C++ On 64 Cores (blogs.embarcadero.com)
499.
Gridcoin: An open-source cryptocurrency that rewards volunteer computing (gridcoin.us)
500.
Show HN: CalcuLaTeX, a pretty-printing calculator language (mkhan45.github.io)
501.
Launch HN: H3X (YC W21) – High power density electric aircraft motors
502.
Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?
503.
Virginia lawmakers pass marijuana legalization bills (wset.com)
504.
Please do not put IP addresses into DNS MX records (blog.hboeck.de)
505.
If any Ubuntu maintainers are listening: PLEASE STOP DOING THIS (github.com)
506.
Python’s tug of war between beginner-friendly and advanced features (aroberge.blogspot.com)
507.
Passerine: A small extensible language designed for concise expression (passerine.io)
508.
Brendan Eich on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video] (youtube.com)
509.
ReactOS Updates (reactos.org)
510.
Launch HN: SigNoz (YC W21) – Open-source alternative to DataDog