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| 391. | Breaking the 4Chan CAPTCHA (nullpt.rs) | |
| 580 points | 2024 | author blackjackfoe showed up | their comment | thread
“Interestingly, the email registration/time-limit was added after I started this project, but before I told anyone about it.” | ||
| 392. | No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive (idiallo.com) | |
| 580 points | 2025 | author firefoxd showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“I'm not against against free cloud back up. I was a Ubuntu One user before it shutdown. The problem isn't even that you can disable it via the registry. The problem is…” | ||
| 393. | IBM creates 2nm chip (anandtech.com) | |
| 579 points | 2021 | author IanCutress showed up | their comment | thread
“but I've also made a video on the topic. Covers the same topic, but some people like video better than written. Also includes a small segment of a relevant Jim Keller…” | ||
| 394. | A Git story: Not so fun this time (blog.brachiosoft.com) | |
| 578 points | 2024 | author eliangcs showed up | their comment (+1 more) | thread
“That's a good catch, thanks! I've replaced it with a newer screenshot from August 2008.” | ||
| 395. | Choose Boring Technology (mcfunley.com) | |
| 577 points | 2015 | author mcfunley showed up | their comment | thread | on Y Recombinator
“It's PHP though. I'm fighting quota issues with my dumb host. I assure you migrating to something better is not my day job. Here's a pdf of it:” | ||
| 396. | TerrariaClone – An incomprehensible hellscape of spaghetti code (github.com) | |
| 577 points | 2017 | author raxod502 showed up | their comment (+2 more) | thread
“I can confirm that the actual reason is that at the time I thought typing "print" instead of "System.out.println" was a great idea.” | ||
| 397. | PostgreSQL Exercises (pgexercises.com) | |
| 576 points | 2016 | author AlisdairO showed up | their comment (+2 more) | thread | on Y Recombinator
“yeah, that seems to be a common theme. I will probably update the site at some point to fix this. Sadly I'm mid-emigration at the moment, so it probably won't be in the…” | ||
| 398. | Show HN: A CSS Keylogger (github.com) | |
| 576 points | 2018 | author maxchehab showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“I believe the injection of the css in the chrome extension will only work in newer versions of chrome. However the "attack" would still work for all browsers. :)” | ||
| 399. | Docker in Production: A History of Failure (thehftguy.wordpress.com) | |
| 575 points | 2016 | author user5994461 showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“A bit of context missing from the article. We are a small shop with a few hundreds servers. At core, we're running a financial system moving around multi-million dollars…” | ||
| 400. | Doomsday planning for less crazy folk (lcamtuf.coredump.cx) | |
| 575 points | 2017 | author f- showed up | their comment (+1 more) | thread | on Y Recombinator
“The mindset is actually a large component of this guide, and it intentionally delays any discussion of "prepper gear" until it gets through a long laundry list of…” | ||
| 401. | Proton Native – React Native for the desktop (proton-native.js.org) | |
| 575 points | 2018 | author kusti8 showed up | their comment | thread
“Hey. I'm the author. It's hard to find a simple example that everyone understands but can show capabilities. If you're used to Qt then you're going to like Qt better,…” | ||
| 402. | Memories – 256 bytes demo winner of Revision 2020 (sizecoding.org) | |
| 574 points | 2020 | author HellMood showed up | their comment (+11 more) | thread
“Well there is You can try samples, write your own code, or create clickable links =)” | ||
| 403. | Show HN: A Firefox add-on to strip Google search results of 'blacklisted' URLs (github.com) | |
| 574 points | 2020 | author davehcker showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“I wrote this because I was so annoyed by irrelevant low-quality search results for my queries on Google. For instance if I'm looking up for Python xyz topic, 99% of the…” | ||
| 404. | Inserting a billion rows in SQLite under a minute (avi.im) | |
| 573 points | 2021 | author avinassh showed up | their comment | thread
“I didn't expect this to reach front page of HN. I came here to submit and it was here already! I am looking for more ideas to experiment. Here's one idea which someone…” | ||
| 405. | Zero-Width Characters: Invisibly fingerprinting text (zachaysan.com) | |
| 572 points | 2018 | author 3pt14159 showed up | their comment | thread
“I was kinda on the fence, but I was considering my target: Journalists. A journalist may not notice simple differences like an extra space here or there when reading,…” | ||
| 406. | S3 is files, but not a filesystem (calpaterson.com) | |
| 571 points | 2024 | author calpaterson showed up | their comment | thread
“I can't reply to the GP because that comment is "dead" but yes, please, be specific! Then I can fix the sentences that are bad and perhaps also improve in the future.” | ||
| 407. | I hacked a dating app (and how not to treat a security researcher) (alexschapiro.com) | |
| 570 points | 2025 | author bearsyankees showed up (and submitted it) | their comment (+1 more) | thread
“Not exactly sure what you are talking about — I think I found this vulnerability pretty close to when the app first went public but not sure why that makes it a scam And…” | ||
| 408. | Inside Palantir (buzzfeed.com) | |
| 569 points | 2016 | author willalden showed up | their comment | thread
“It's really awesome to see all this discussion about it. As I say in the post, please don't hesitate to contact me if you'd like to chat confidentially. I am always…” | ||
| 409. | Generating custom photo-realistic faces using AI (blog.insightdatascience.com) | |
| 569 points | 2018 | author summitkwan showed up | their comment | thread
“feel free to ask me any questions about this work! Thank you for your comments!” | ||
| 410. | Salsify – A New Architecture for Real-time Internet Video (snr.stanford.edu) | |
| 568 points | 2018 | author keithwinstein showed up | their comment | thread
“Totally reasonable reaction, and we've heard this when the paper was posted elsewhere (e.g. on Reddit), but have not heard it from specialists, and honestly we suspect…” | ||
| 411. | Lambda Calculus in 400 Bytes (justine.lol) | |
| 568 points | 2022 | author jart showed up | their comment | thread
“Love SectorLambda for its mathematical beauty. If you're hungry for more efficient practical computation, check out my C language projects like Cosmopolitan Libc and…” | ||
| 412. | In 8 months at Microsoft, I learned these things (ahmetalpbalkan.com) | |
| 567 points | 2013 | author alpb showed up | their comment | thread
“I don't think there is a company policy that restricts that or any manager that would be mad because you're answering comments on Stack Overflow. It is all about culture…” | ||
| 413. | Ten Years of Erlang (ferd.ca) | |
| 567 points | 2019 | author mononcqc showed up | their comment | thread
“I'm not really disappointed Erlang didn't catch on more. As I said in the post, I wanted to take a bit of time to reflect over most of that decade, the ladder of ideas,…” | ||
| 414. | Interactive Vim tutorial (openvim.com) | |
| 566 points | 2017 | author mushishi showed up | their comment | thread
“The tutorial succeeds if it gets people to have a superficial comprehension what Vim is about -- especially for those that have been putting off trying it out in a…” | ||
| 415. | Google and Mozilla are failing to support browser extension developers (armin.dev) | |
| 563 points | 2019 | author dessant showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“Certain software may bring greater value for society when it is freely accessible for everyone, without compromising on user privacy, while being partially subsidized by…” | ||
| 416. | Using an 8K TV as a Monitor (daniel.lawrence.lu) | |
| 562 points | 2024 | author dllu showed up | their comment (+1 more) | thread
“ask me anything! Apart from programming, one of the motivations for getting the 8K display is to look at lidar point clouds. For example the desktop background in my…” | ||
| 417. | The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020) (interactionmagic.com) | |
| 562 points | 2024 | author george_cave showed up | their comment | thread
“You're on Android I think, based on the other comments here? I only have an iPhone to test, but I can pinch+expand the site on my phone no problem. Was not intentional…” | ||
| 418. | App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps (notes.alinpanaitiu.com) | |
| 561 points | 2022 | author alin23 showed up (and submitted it) | their comment (+1 more) | thread
“Man that camera app sounds so good! I love gesture based apps, and I'm tired of going looking for buttons on the most used functions of a device.. The biggest problem I…” | ||
| 419. | I built a lay-down desk (blog.luap.info) | |
| 560 points | 2020 | author polote showed up (and submitted it) | their comment (+1 more) | thread
“I understand your reaction, and I think I didn't put enough context on the safety part. I recommend to anyone to do basic carpentry stuff, but here we have a more…” | ||
| 420. | How to self-publish a book: A handy list of resources (blog.datascienceheroes.com) | |
| 558 points | 2018 | author pablo_c showed up | their comment | thread
“Hi! I wrote the post, glad you found useful! Also, I'm with you with the recommendations :P It was just a funny image I found on the internet and shared to produce some…” | ||
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