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October 2021 discussion archive

Browse 151 retained Hacker News discussion records from October 2021, with reading status and captured HN facts shown for every entry.

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  1. Ask HN: How do you tackle your own negativity?31 Oct 2021 · 275 points · 202 commentsPartial reading withheld
  2. Avoiding bot detection: How to scrape the web without getting blocked?31 Oct 2021 · 586 points · 298 commentsPartial reading withheld
  3. Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open31 Oct 2021 · 630 points · 227 commentsPartial reading withheld
  4. A developer's guide to programatically overcome fear of failure31 Oct 2021 · 292 points · 46 commentsPartial reading withheld
  5. All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected31 Oct 2021 · 284 points · 418 commentsPartial reading withheld
  6. How to help a programming student get unstuck30 Oct 2021 · 273 points · 97 commentsPartial reading withheld
  7. Programmers’ emotions30 Oct 2021 · 281 points · 141 commentsPartial reading withheld
  8. The metaverse is bullshit30 Oct 2021 · 1,031 points · 747 commentsPartial reading withheld
  9. FAA approves hundreds more engines to use unleaded avgas29 Oct 2021 · 271 points · 172 commentsPartial reading withheld
  10. Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central District of California29 Oct 2021 · 1,286 points · 580 commentsPartial reading withheld
  11. Hexing the Technical Interview (2017)29 Oct 2021 · 268 points · 41 commentsPartial reading withheld
  12. Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm29 Oct 2021 · 593 points · 674 commentsPartial reading withheld
  13. 55 GiB/s FizzBuzz28 Oct 2021 · 1,260 points · 255 commentsPartial reading withheld
  14. What caused all the supply chain bottlenecks?28 Oct 2021 · 735 points · 657 commentsPartial reading withheld
  15. Facebook Renames to Meta28 Oct 2021 · 1,089 points · 1,054 commentsPartial reading withheld
  16. I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own28 Oct 2021 · 832 points · 250 commentsPartial reading withheld
  17. New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacement design since 201227 Oct 2021 · 718 points · 613 commentsPartial reading withheld
  18. This word does not exist26 Oct 2021 · 1,184 points · 413 commentsPartial reading withheld
  19. A patent troll backs off26 Oct 2021 · 799 points · 208 commentsPartial reading withheld
  20. A bug that doesn’t exist on x86: Exploiting an ARM-only race condition26 Oct 2021 · 291 points · 134 commentsPartial reading withheld
  21. The FBI's internal guide for getting data from AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon25 Oct 2021 · 818 points · 265 commentsPartial reading withheld
  22. Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details25 Oct 2021 · 752 points · 312 commentsPartial reading withheld
  23. Apple's M1 Pro, M1 Max SoCs Investigated25 Oct 2021 · 287 points · 240 commentsPartial reading withheld
  24. Nine Raspberry Pis powering an office (2016)25 Oct 2021 · 276 points · 155 commentsPartial reading withheld
  25. Show HN: I built a fake VS Code to browse live cricket score in office25 Oct 2021 · 674 points · 209 commentsPartial reading withheld
  26. Node-RED: Low-code programming for event-driven applications25 Oct 2021 · 283 points · 90 commentsPartial reading withheld
  27. WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers25 Oct 2021 · 636 points · 454 commentsPartial reading withheld
  28. Jetson One – Personal Electric Aerial Vehicle24 Oct 2021 · 270 points · 237 commentsPartial reading withheld
  29. Deadly infection linked to contaminated room spray sold at Walmart24 Oct 2021 · 280 points · 214 commentsPartial reading withheld
  30. We are recreating the entire planet in Minecraft24 Oct 2021 · 270 points · 92 commentsPartial reading withheld
  31. The Financial Times’ 404 page24 Oct 2021 · 609 points · 90 commentsPartial reading withheld
  32. NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on previous hacking attempts24 Oct 2021 · 1,062 points · 310 commentsPartial reading withheld
  33. Despite having just 5.8% sales, over 38% of bug reports come from Linux24 Oct 2021 · 1,292 points · 255 commentsPartial reading withheld
  34. Google has a secret deal with FB called “Jedi Blue” that they knew was illegal24 Oct 2021 · 1,417 points · 405 commentsPartial reading withheld
  35. Barcelona’s Bicibús: hundreds of families biking to school together24 Oct 2021 · 274 points · 179 commentsPartial reading withheld
  36. Microsoft no longer signs Windows drivers for Process Hacker24 Oct 2021 · 650 points · 518 commentsPartial reading withheld
  37. Google digital advertising antitrust litigation [pdf]24 Oct 2021 · 718 points · 258 commentsPartial reading withheld
  38. Google had a plan called “Project NERA” to turn the web into a walled garden24 Oct 2021 · 653 points · 318 commentsPartial reading withheld
  39. Long Beach has temporarily suspended container stacking limitations23 Oct 2021 · 678 points · 485 commentsPartial reading withheld
  40. Fastmail, Runbox, and Posteo under DDoS extortion attack23 Oct 2021 · 291 points · 123 commentsPartial reading withheld
  41. Google 'colluded' with Facebook to bypass Apple privacy23 Oct 2021 · 808 points · 246 commentsPartial reading withheld
  42. RSS is wonderful23 Oct 2021 · 812 points · 281 commentsPartial reading withheld
  43. Gallium helps convert CO2 into Carbon and Oxygen23 Oct 2021 · 279 points · 178 commentsPartial reading withheld
  44. Scryer Prolog: A modern Prolog implementation written mostly in Rust23 Oct 2021 · 272 points · 95 commentsPartial reading withheld
  45. An enormous thread on alleged Google Facebook collusion23 Oct 2021 · 737 points · 349 commentsPartial reading withheld
  46. John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset22 Oct 2021 · 817 points · 304 commentsPartial reading withheld
  47. Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?22 Oct 2021 · 666 points · 787 commentsPartial reading withheld
  48. Flexport CEO on how to fix the US supply chain crisis22 Oct 2021 · 290 points · 267 commentsPartial reading withheld
  49. Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then tell a jury you refused22 Oct 2021 · 592 points · 581 commentsPartial reading withheld
  50. Magit, the magical Git interface (2017)22 Oct 2021 · 658 points · 344 commentsPartial reading withheld
  51. Fed to ban policymakers from owning individual stocks21 Oct 2021 · 578 points · 217 commentsPartial reading withheld
  52. Beyond Smart21 Oct 2021 · 695 points · 432 commentsPartial reading withheld
  53. Willingness to look stupid21 Oct 2021 · 1,859 points · 777 commentsPartial reading withheld
  54. Yamaha DX7 Technical Analysis21 Oct 2021 · 287 points · 125 commentsPartial reading withheld
  55. Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 102120 Oct 2021 · 655 points · 391 commentsPartial reading withheld
  56. U.S. tightens export controls on items used in surveillance of private citizens20 Oct 2021 · 289 points · 183 commentsPartial reading withheld
  57. Vscode.dev20 Oct 2021 · 803 points · 260 commentsPartial reading withheld
  58. Amazon warehouse employee in Poland dies at work20 Oct 2021 · 274 points · 206 commentsPartial reading withheld
  59. Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in the Brave browser20 Oct 2021 · 738 points · 534 commentsPartial reading withheld
  60. Overly analytical guide to escorting19 Oct 2021 · 826 points · 440 commentsPartial reading withheld
  61. Outdated, vulnerable open source components shipped with Windows 10 and 1119 Oct 2021 · 283 points · 107 commentsPartial reading withheld
  62. Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro19 Oct 2021 · 577 points · 816 commentsPartial reading withheld
  63. The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription19 Oct 2021 · 744 points · 448 commentsPartial reading withheld
  64. Study: Recycled Lithium Batteries as Good as Newly Mined19 Oct 2021 · 635 points · 187 commentsPartial reading withheld
  65. Deleting an S3 Bucket Costs Money19 Oct 2021 · 290 points · 145 commentsPartial reading withheld
  66. I once killed a $125M deal by being “too honest”19 Oct 2021 · 289 points · 133 commentsPartial reading withheld
  67. MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch18 Oct 2021 · 1,657 points · 2,059 commentsPartial reading withheld
  68. Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors18 Oct 2021 · 1,052 points · 983 commentsPartial reading withheld
  69. AWS is playing chess, Cloudflare is playing Go18 Oct 2021 · 797 points · 286 commentsPartial reading withheld
  70. Airbnb removes 80% of advertisements in Amsterdam after registration obligation18 Oct 2021 · 282 points · 392 commentsPartial reading withheld
  71. Roger Hui has died17 Oct 2021 · 563 points · 44 commentsPartial reading withheld
  72. Facts every web dev should know before they burn out and turn to painting17 Oct 2021 · 615 points · 420 commentsPartial reading withheld
  73. Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files17 Oct 2021 · 624 points · 353 commentsPartial reading withheld
  74. Dislike button would improve Spotify's recommendations16 Oct 2021 · 881 points · 598 commentsPartial reading withheld
  75. Implementing Hash Tables in C16 Oct 2021 · 268 points · 159 commentsPartial reading withheld
  76. Git Command Explorer16 Oct 2021 · 289 points · 91 commentsPartial reading withheld
  77. Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink16 Oct 2021 · 970 points · 470 commentsPartial reading withheld
  78. A viable solution for Python concurrency15 Oct 2021 · 841 points · 358 commentsPartial reading withheld
  79. Most Canadians believe Facebook harms their mental health15 Oct 2021 · 651 points · 257 commentsPartial reading withheld
  80. Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices14 Oct 2021 · 816 points · 382 commentsPartial reading withheld
  81. Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website14 Oct 2021 · 1,300 points · 678 commentsPartial reading withheld
  82. Apple Joins Blender Development Fund14 Oct 2021 · 826 points · 280 commentsPartial reading withheld
  83. Gitlab from YC to IPO14 Oct 2021 · 632 points · 250 commentsPartial reading withheld
  84. FB seals off some internal message boards to prevent leaking, immediately leaked14 Oct 2021 · 283 points · 159 commentsPartial reading withheld
  85. Esbuild – An extremely fast JavaScript bundler14 Oct 2021 · 679 points · 281 commentsPartial reading withheld
  86. SpaceCadetPinball – Decompilation of 3D Pinball for Windows14 Oct 2021 · 288 points · 147 commentsPartial reading withheld
  87. Kape Now Owns ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, PIA, Zenmate, and VPN “Review” Sites13 Oct 2021 · 275 points · 85 commentsPartial reading withheld
  88. Apple silently fixes iOS zero-day, asks bug reporter to keep quiet13 Oct 2021 · 600 points · 246 commentsPartial reading withheld
  89. The Overview Effect – William Shatner's Words After Returning from Space13 Oct 2021 · 268 points · 302 commentsPartial reading withheld
  90. Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promote its own brands13 Oct 2021 · 589 points · 238 commentsPartial reading withheld
  91. Dopamine, Smartphones and You: A battle for your time13 Oct 2021 · 270 points · 107 commentsPartial reading withheld
  92. SHA-1 'fully and practically broken' by new collision (2020)12 Oct 2021 · 279 points · 197 commentsPartial reading withheld
  93. IoT hacking and rickrolling my high school district12 Oct 2021 · 1,912 points · 383 commentsPartial reading withheld
  94. Tricks I wish I knew when I learned TypeScript12 Oct 2021 · 598 points · 264 commentsPartial reading withheld
  95. Rancher Desktop, a Docker Desktop Replacement12 Oct 2021 · 650 points · 220 commentsPartial reading withheld
  96. Hacking YouTube with a MP411 Oct 2021 · 273 points · 86 commentsPartial reading withheld
  97. Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefinitely11 Oct 2021 · 593 points · 547 commentsPartial reading withheld
  98. Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan11 Oct 2021 · 679 points · 216 commentsPartial reading withheld
  99. Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]11 Oct 2021 · 700 points · 367 commentsPartial reading withheld
  100. And you will know us by the company we keep11 Oct 2021 · 280 points · 88 commentsPartial reading withheld
  101. Open Source Tractor11 Oct 2021 · 887 points · 204 commentsPartial reading withheld
  102. The State of Web Scraping in 202111 Oct 2021 · 281 points · 125 commentsPartial reading withheld
  103. The City of London Is Hiding the World’s Stolen Money11 Oct 2021 · 280 points · 176 commentsPartial reading withheld
  104. I keep making things out of checkboxes11 Oct 2021 · 725 points · 111 commentsPartial reading withheld
  105. Show HN: YoHa – A practical hand tracking engine11 Oct 2021 · 292 points · 64 commentsPartial reading withheld
  106. How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1k users10 Oct 2021 · 280 points · 82 commentsPartial reading withheld
  107. It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news09 Oct 2021 · 682 points · 282 commentsPartial reading withheld
  108. EU court rules no EULA can forbid decompilation, if you want to fix a bug09 Oct 2021 · 938 points · 224 commentsPartial reading withheld
  109. Google’s apps to embrace iOS on iOS09 Oct 2021 · 268 points · 205 commentsPartial reading withheld
  110. The Ć Programming Language09 Oct 2021 · 290 points · 177 commentsPartial reading withheld
  111. Facebook bans, sends C&D letter to developer of Unfollow Everything extension08 Oct 2021 · 1,513 points · 583 commentsPartial reading withheld
  112. Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac08 Oct 2021 · 282 points · 184 commentsPartial reading withheld
  113. Things I’ve learned in my 20 years as a software engineer08 Oct 2021 · 1,605 points · 722 commentsPartial reading withheld
  114. Facebook banned me for life because I help people use it less07 Oct 2021 · 620 points · 264 commentsPartial reading withheld
  115. How to train large deep learning models as a startup07 Oct 2021 · 273 points · 81 commentsPartial reading withheld
  116. Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return07 Oct 2021 · 685 points · 578 commentsPartial reading withheld
  117. Moths in slow motion [video]07 Oct 2021 · 661 points · 120 commentsPartial reading withheld
  118. Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions07 Oct 2021 · 748 points · 690 commentsPartial reading withheld
  119. The naughty username checking system used by Twitch06 Oct 2021 · 565 points · 337 commentsPartial reading withheld
  120. Terraform vs. AWS CloudFormation06 Oct 2021 · 270 points · 222 commentsPartial reading withheld
  121. Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 3106 Oct 2021 · 1,010 points · 498 commentsPartial reading withheld
  122. A Git Implementation in Awk06 Oct 2021 · 274 points · 96 commentsPartial reading withheld
  123. How to permanently delete your Facebook account06 Oct 2021 · 648 points · 277 commentsPartial reading withheld
  124. Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality06 Oct 2021 · 289 points · 158 commentsPartial reading withheld
  125. Twitch source code and customer data has reportedly been leaked06 Oct 2021 · 1,271 points · 581 commentsPartial reading withheld
  126. Conterintuitive facts in mathematics, CS, and physics05 Oct 2021 · 936 points · 323 commentsPartial reading withheld
  127. Story 2876197405 Oct 2021 · 273 pointsPartial reading withheld
  128. Facebook Whistleblower Leaks Thousands of Pages of Incriminating Internal Docs05 Oct 2021 · 1,143 points · 692 commentsPartial reading withheld
  129. Firefox 9305 Oct 2021 · 279 points · 227 commentsPartial reading withheld
  130. Rowy: Open-source Airtable alternative on Google Cloud05 Oct 2021 · 283 points · 91 commentsPartial reading withheld
  131. Phrack Issue 7005 Oct 2021 · 717 points · 110 commentsPartial reading withheld
  132. Is this the simplest (and most surprising) sorting algorithm?05 Oct 2021 · 621 points · 318 commentsPartial reading withheld
  133. Update about the October 4th outage05 Oct 2021 · 274 points · 224 commentsPartial reading withheld
  134. Facebook going down meant more than just a social network being unavailable04 Oct 2021 · 277 points · 347 commentsPartial reading withheld
  135. Understanding how Facebook disappeared from the internet04 Oct 2021 · 1,226 points · 260 commentsPartial reading withheld
  136. What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp?04 Oct 2021 · 584 points · 311 commentsPartial reading withheld
  137. Apple execs describe a “unique arrangement” with Netflix (2018)04 Oct 2021 · 602 points · 274 commentsPartial reading withheld
  138. Why obsessively following successful people online is dangerous04 Oct 2021 · 285 points · 134 commentsPartial reading withheld
  139. Facebook-owned sites were down04 Oct 2021 · 2,589 points · 1,283 commentsPartial reading withheld
  140. The big alcohol study that didn't happen04 Oct 2021 · 280 points · 210 commentsPartial reading withheld
  141. Brave and Firefox to intercept links that force-open in Microsoft Edge04 Oct 2021 · 571 points · 181 commentsPartial reading withheld
  142. Google keyword warrants give U.S. government data on search users04 Oct 2021 · 289 points · 189 commentsPartial reading withheld
  143. Cloudflare announced four major new features that could disrupt industries04 Oct 2021 · 282 points · 114 commentsPartial reading withheld
  144. It takes a PhD to develop that04 Oct 2021 · 623 points · 411 commentsPartial reading withheld
  145. E-Ink Magic Calendar that runs off a battery powered Raspberry Pi03 Oct 2021 · 685 points · 165 commentsPartial reading withheld
  146. Pandora papers: biggest leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich03 Oct 2021 · 1,312 points · 594 commentsPartial reading withheld
  147. Word-Aligned Bloom Filters03 Oct 2021 · 276 points · 77 commentsPartial reading withheld
  148. Gollum – A simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet API and local frontend02 Oct 2021 · 268 points · 39 commentsPartial reading withheld
  149. The new dot com bubble is online advertising (2019)02 Oct 2021 · 273 points · 167 commentsPartial reading withheld
  150. Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane01 Oct 2021 · 711 points · 174 commentsPartial reading withheld
  151. NFT projects are just MLMs for tech elites01 Oct 2021 · 817 points · 658 commentsPartial reading withheld