Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | 2018-02-22 login
Stories from February 22, 2018
Go back a day, month, or year. Go forward a day, month, or year.
1. Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags, disposable utensils by 2030 (hongkongfp.com)
659 points by jacksmith21006 on Feb 22, 2018 | 402 comments
2. Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors (github.com/minimaxir)
803 points by minimaxir on Feb 22, 2018 | 391 comments
3. YC's Series A Diligence Checklist (blog.ycombinator.com)
329 points by akharris on Feb 22, 2018 | 60 comments
4. Self-owning corporations are legally possible (ssrn.com)
321 points by gwern on Feb 22, 2018 | 178 comments
5. A Global Optimization Algorithm Worth Using (dlib.net)
265 points by blt on Feb 22, 2018 | 63 comments
6. I don’t understand Graph Theory (medium.com/vardanator)
566 points by signa11 on Feb 22, 2018 | 138 comments
7. The Battle for Best Semi-Autonomous System: Tesla Autopilot vs. GM SuperCruise (thedrive.com)
193 points by kartD on Feb 22, 2018 | 199 comments
8. China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nobody wants (engadget.com)
342 points by Ajedi32 on Feb 22, 2018 | 261 comments
9. Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School Graduates (npr.org)
257 points by jofer on Feb 22, 2018 | 295 comments
10. Meltdown fix committed to OpenBSD (undeadly.org)
240 points by WhyNotHugo on Feb 22, 2018 | 56 comments
11. UPS is working on a fleet of 50 custom-built electric delivery trucks (techcrunch.com)
136 points by hackme1234 on Feb 22, 2018 | 73 comments
12. Switzerland embraces digital currencies and crypto-entrepreneurs (economist.com)
209 points by edward on Feb 22, 2018 | 144 comments
13. Disney loses bid to stop Redbox from selling its digital download codes (theverge.com)
289 points by IntronExon on Feb 22, 2018 | 178 comments
14. Tiny quad-core system-on-module for makers and hardware startups (neutis.io)
204 points by willey on Feb 22, 2018 | 119 comments
15. Google Calendar should prevent spam by default (daynebatten.com)
173 points by dbatten on Feb 22, 2018 | 67 comments
16. Preparing for Malicious Uses of AI (blog.openai.com)
330 points by williamtrask on Feb 22, 2018 | 228 comments
17. My Python Development Environment, 2018 Edition (jacobian.org)
530 points by craigkerstiens on Feb 22, 2018 | 219 comments
18. Computer History Museum 2018 Fellow: Guido van Rossum (computerhistory.org)
299 points by rbanffy on Feb 22, 2018 | 64 comments
19. The reason Facebook won’t ever change (om.co)
222 points by kawera on Feb 22, 2018 | 152 comments
20. Taking a Picture of a Supernova While Setting Up a New Camera (nytimes.com)
127 points by dnetesn on Feb 21, 2018 | 57 comments
21. Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs (thelancet.com)
133 points by rb2e on Feb 22, 2018 | 108 comments
22. CockroachDB Interactive, D3-Powered Simulations (cockroachlabs.com)
133 points by loiselleatwork on Feb 22, 2018 | 25 comments
23. Programming ARM μC in Rust at four different levels of abstraction (pramode.in)
184 points by signa11 on Feb 22, 2018 | 32 comments
24. Nobody Wants to Let Google Win the War for Maps All Over Again (bloomberg.com)
154 points by adventured on Feb 22, 2018 | 103 comments
25. Snips Uses Rust to Build an Embedded Voice Assistant (blog.mozilla.org)
209 points by albi_lander on Feb 22, 2018 | 56 comments
26. Show HN: Use encrypted passwords in shell scripts signed with your SSH key (github.com/ahnick)
117 points by ahnick on Feb 21, 2018 | 46 comments
27. Electron 2.0.0 beta (electronjs.org)
259 points by l2dy on Feb 22, 2018 | 428 comments
28. Do not use NPM 5.7 (github.com/npm)
544 points by jguimont on Feb 22, 2018 | 225 comments
29. Using a laser to wirelessly charge a smartphone safely across a room (phys.org)
75 points by tech_timc on Feb 22, 2018 | 57 comments
30. Show HN: Headless Chrome Crawler (github.com/yujiosaka)
172 points by yujiosaka on Feb 22, 2018 | 33 comments

Consider applying for YC's W25 batch! Applications are open till Nov 12.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: