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May 2021 Archive
1981.
Vector tiles to GeoJSON (github.com)
62 points by app4soft on May 23, 2021 | 2 comments
1982.
Instruction level just-in-time programming (blog.asrpo.com)
62 points by todsacerdoti on May 6, 2021 | 0 comments
1983.
In big tech’s dystopia, cat videos earn millions while real artists beg for tips (theguardian.com)
61 points by hardmaru on May 31, 2021 | 89 comments
1984.
As a longtime BSD user, I have my doubts about our future (reddit.com)
61 points by protomyth on May 15, 2021 | 85 comments
1985.
In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Students Gifted at Math (reason.com)
61 points by mhb on May 4, 2021 | 50 comments
1986.
The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel (2007) (idlewords.com)
61 points by yellowyacht on May 2, 2021 | 40 comments
1987.
A Historical Perspective on COBOL (2020) (logicmag.io)
61 points by omrjml on May 5, 2021 | 38 comments
1988.
Tani Adewumi is now a chess master (nytimes.com)
61 points by Dangeranger on May 8, 2021 | 32 comments
1989.
Human Antibodies Target Many Parts of Coronavirus Spike Protein (directorsblog.nih.gov)
61 points by danboarder on May 21, 2021 | 23 comments
1990.
Politics and the English Language (1946) (orwellfoundation.com)
61 points by agomez314 on May 6, 2021 | 20 comments
1991.
Amygdala hijack (en.wikipedia.org)
61 points by clockworksoul on May 11, 2021 | 20 comments
1992.
One man’s journey to the center of the bowling ball (wired.com)
61 points by voisin on May 29, 2021 | 14 comments
1993.
Commodore’s Assemblers: Overview (pagetable.com)
61 points by ingve on May 9, 2021 | 8 comments
1994.
Chicago Police Started Secret Drone Program Using Untraceable Cash: Report (gizmodo.com)
61 points by notRobot on May 12, 2021 | 4 comments
1995.
Nuclear reactions at Chernobyl are spiking in an inaccessible chamber (newscientist.com)
61 points by nradov on May 16, 2021 | 2 comments
1996.
Facebook Ordered to Stop Collecting German WhatsApp Data (bloomberg.com)
61 points by tareqak on May 11, 2021 | 1 comments
1997.
Ask HN: What’s the Next Big Thing?
60 points by somid3 on May 5, 2021 | 96 comments
1998.
No Flutter on Linux desktop (news.itsfoss.com)
60 points by stsewd on May 9, 2021 | 79 comments
1999.
The Hume paradox: how great philosophy leads to dismal politics (prospectmagazine.co.uk)
60 points by Petiver on May 8, 2021 | 56 comments
2000.
The Dark Side of Congo’s Cobalt Rush (newyorker.com)
60 points by GranularRecipe on May 25, 2021 | 48 comments
2001.
Returns to Scale in Broken Windows (fantasticanachronism.com)
60 points by apophatic on May 30, 2021 | 46 comments
2002.
Babel has no money because someone took a $130K salary and didn't work (twitter.com)
60 points by yagizdegirmenci on May 11, 2021 | 42 comments
2003.
Show HN: IPster – Peer-to-peer simple job notifications (ipster.io)
60 points by ipster_io on May 4, 2021 | 36 comments
2004.
GADTs for Dummies (wiki.haskell.org)
60 points by g0xA52A2A on May 16, 2021 | 30 comments
2005.
Technocratic Plimsoll Line (lesswrong.com)
60 points by CapitalistCartr on May 17, 2021 | 23 comments
2006.
Sen. Warren wants to bar members of Congress from trading individual stocks (businessinsider.com)
60 points by ArkanExplorer on May 24, 2021 | 23 comments
2007.
FreeSurfer: Open-source software for processing and analyzing brain MRI images (surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu)
60 points by XzetaU8 on May 3, 2021 | 20 comments
2008.
Peak Web Has Passed (datagubbe.se)
60 points by tannhaeuser on May 8, 2021 | 10 comments
2009.
Preventing Crypto Mining Abuse on Gitlab.com SaaS (about.gitlab.com)
60 points by TangerineDream on May 17, 2021 | 10 comments
2010.
The Historic Russian Recipe That Turns Apples into Marshmallows (atlasobscura.com)
60 points by beefman on May 29, 2021 | 9 comments