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New best story on Hacker News: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

Namecheap: Russia Service Termination 639 by exizt88 | 709 comments on Hacker News. Just received this email: Dear XXXX, Unfortunately, due to the Russian regime's war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, we will no longer be providing services to users registered in Russia. While we sympathize that this war may not affect your own views or opinion on the matter, the fact is, your authoritarian government is committing human rights abuses and engaging in war crimes so this is a policy decision we have made and will stand by. If you hold any top-level domains with us, we ask that you transfer them to another provider by March 6, 2022. Additionally, and with immediate effect, you will no longer be able to use Namecheap Hosting, EasyWP, and Private Email with a domain provided by another registrar in zones .ru, .xn--p1ai (рф), .by, .xn--90ais (бел), and .su. All websites will resolve to 403 Forbidden, however, you can contact us to assist you with your transfer to another...

New best story on Hacker News: Hoppscotch: Open-source alternative to Postman

Hoppscotch: Open-source alternative to Postman 584 by MarcellusDrum | 200 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How I learned French in 12 months (2020)

How I learned French in 12 months (2020) 541 by elamje | 247 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: As JetBrains we condemn the attacks taking place

As JetBrains we condemn the attacks taking place 517 by labrador | 99 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia

Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia 589 by NN88 | 296 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Moving the Linux Kernel to Modern C

Moving the Linux Kernel to Modern C 550 by chmaynard | 278 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces

Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces 482 by tosh | 744 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Twitter based map of Russian troop movements

Twitter based map of Russian troop movements 530 by jillesvangurp | 357 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Soybean oil affects hypothalamus, causes genetic changes in mice: study (2020)

Soybean oil affects hypothalamus, causes genetic changes in mice: study (2020) 495 by whalesalad | 328 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking

Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking 470 by swores | 189 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Estonia, allies to trigger NATO Article 4

Estonia, allies to trigger NATO Article 4 463 by throwaway5752 | 532 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app

I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app 597 by trevor-e | 426 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The cats sitting on a fence in early builds of Windows 8

The cats sitting on a fence in early builds of Windows 8 522 by luu | 155 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ukraine Conflict Live Map

Ukraine Conflict Live Map 449 by journey_16162 | 422 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Top Performers Have a Superpower: Happiness

Top Performers Have a Superpower: Happiness 617 by pella | 449 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack

Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack 833 by eis | 541 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail seriously

In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail seriously 648 by busymom0 | 484 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A career ending mistake

A career ending mistake 639 by ramimac | 256 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)

Things you notice when you quit the news (2016) 568 by abhiminator | 359 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Why I will never buy another Samsung device

Why I will never buy another Samsung device 646 by farmerbb | 474 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I have no capslock and I must scream

I have no capslock and I must scream 576 by mrzool | 288 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I tested four NVMe SSDs from four vendors – half lose FLUSH’d data on power loss

I tested four NVMe SSDs from four vendors – half lose FLUSH’d data on power loss 579 by ahachete | 288 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Be anonymous

Be anonymous 554 by kashnote | 211 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Test your shape rotation skills

Show HN: Test your shape rotation skills 545 by 0xf00ff00f | 167 comments on Hacker News. Hi all, hope someone enjoys (or not) my weekend project. See how many matching pairs you can find in two minutes. This is written in C++ and built to WebAssembly with Emscripten. The code is at https://ift.tt/Y3yTbfC

New best story on Hacker News: Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon

Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon 514 by thyrox | 278 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The fastest GIF does not exist

The fastest GIF does not exist 435 by todsacerdoti | 44 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Scientist busts myths about how humans burn calories

Scientist busts myths about how humans burn calories 719 by sohkamyung | 709 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Controlling the nuclear fusion plasma in a tokamak with reinforcement learning

Controlling the nuclear fusion plasma in a tokamak with reinforcement learning 428 by 317070 | 206 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Unreasonable Math of Type 1 Diabetes

The Unreasonable Math of Type 1 Diabetes 652 by grahar64 | 290 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple's custom NVMes are amazingly fast – if you don't care about data integrity

Apple's custom NVMes are amazingly fast – if you don't care about data integrity 643 by omnibrain | 348 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Building for the 99% Developers

Building for the 99% Developers 462 by bdburns | 300 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Happy 15th birthday Hacker News

Happy 15th birthday Hacker News 802 by andrelaszlo | 118 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Audiblegate

Audiblegate 651 by merlinscholz | 271 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A new wave of Linux applications

A new wave of Linux applications 613 by Vinnl | 500 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Worldle

Worldle 581 by infiniteseries | 131 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Passwordle

Passwordle 566 by snthueoa | 160 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: LibreOffice running natively in the browser via WebAssembly

LibreOffice running natively in the browser via WebAssembly 511 by syrusakbary | 196 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Lorinda Cherry, author of dc, bc, eqn has died

Lorinda Cherry, author of dc, bc, eqn has died 648 by ggm | 101 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Akamai to Acquire Linode

Akamai to Acquire Linode 619 by nycdatasci | 230 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: I let my 6-year-old daughter design my website

Tell HN: I let my 6-year-old daughter design my website 576 by kbst | 111 comments on Hacker News. We had some free time during the Chinese New Year vacation (we live in Taiwan). So I thought it would be fun to work with my daughter on a little web project. She did all the drawings. I digitized them and added them to the page as inline SVGs. Then I wrote the code. Nothing fancy — it's just one HTML page with a few links. But I like the end result (yes, I'm 100% biased): https://kevin.tw Fun technical facts: the page is entirely self-contained (except the favicon). It doesn't have any JavaScript at all. And it weighs 35Kb total (52Kb if you include the favicon).

New best story on Hacker News: Google Search Is Dying

Google Search Is Dying 734 by dbrereton | 401 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish you'd done much earlier?

Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish you'd done much earlier? 577 by greatatuin | 240 comments on Hacker News. What is the main thing that made your business take off and start to see success that you're kicking yourself you didn't start doing it much earlier? Thanks HN!

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How to prepare as soon-to-be blind developer?

Ask HN: How to prepare as soon-to-be blind developer? 534 by MathCodeLove | 116 comments on Hacker News. Disclaimer: Not myself, but a good friend of mine is suffering from rapid vision degradation and will be fully blind within a few months. I want to do what I can to help them prepare. Anything from software and tool suggestions to general workflow and tips would all be very much appreciated, thanks!

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Free and open-source illustrations for your projects

Show HN: Free and open-source illustrations for your projects 491 by murtaza_alexa | 109 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: City Generator

City Generator 526 by breck | 29 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Include diagrams in your Markdown files with Mermaid

Include diagrams in your Markdown files with Mermaid 489 by todsacerdoti | 148 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Dell deletes Latitude CPU Throttling issue after link is posted here

Dell deletes Latitude CPU Throttling issue after link is posted here 466 by hdiniz | 216 comments on Hacker News. Dell deletes Latitude CPU Throttling issue after link is posted here. Dell's new Latitude 5420/7420/7520 Notebooks have a ongoing issue where their CPU are severely throttled when running on any Linux distribution, even on Ubuntu OEM Certified System according to some reports at the forum. After a link to the Dell forum post was ported to HN, the post mysteriously was deleted in the same day. Many users of this model posted to the forum thread since last year and so far no solution was provided and we only received very unenthusiastic responses from Dell support. Shocking to see this apparent action to hide the problem. Originally Here: https://ift.tt/j0PiXVK... You can still see it on Google Cache https://ift.tt/nh4zERH... Screenshot here: https://ift.tt/ASmNQdG

New best story on Hacker News: A simple system I’m using to stay in touch with hundreds of people

A simple system I’m using to stay in touch with hundreds of people 490 by jakobgreenfeld | 337 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: What does it mean to listen on a port?

What does it mean to listen on a port? 472 by paulgb | 125 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: White hat hacker awarded $2M for fixing ETH-creation bug

White hat hacker awarded $2M for fixing ETH-creation bug 454 by cristiandima | 266 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Factorio Mindset

The Factorio Mindset 452 by Ariarule | 338 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Growing a mango tree from seed – one year time lapse [video]

Growing a mango tree from seed – one year time lapse [video] 453 by bookofjoe | 185 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Discord is a black hole for information

Discord is a black hole for information 494 by Prestoon | 317 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Heart-disease risk soars after Covid, even with a mild case

Heart-disease risk soars after Covid, even with a mild case 449 by SquibblesRedux | 489 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Newly declassified documents reveal previously secret CIA bulk collection

Newly declassified documents reveal previously secret CIA bulk collection 535 by sneak | 200 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: uBlock Origin 1.41

uBlock Origin 1.41 528 by favourable | 180 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Web hacking techniques of 2021

Web hacking techniques of 2021 550 by adrianomartins | 49 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?

Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project? 551 by JNRowe | 908 comments on Hacker News. Last February there was, in my opinion, a really uplifting thread with the same title¹. I'd like to see all the cool new things going on, and I'll steal the intro text from as89 to explain: One where you don't care if it makes money or gets a lot of attention, but you are working on it regardless. I don't think I mean private hobbies, exactly, but projects that could or will be shared with others - you just don't care about the outcome. ¹ https://ift.tt/ZTFREmu

New best story on Hacker News: Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act

Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act 656 by buu700 | 273 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: France to Build Six New Nuclear Reactors

France to Build Six New Nuclear Reactors 569 by cyrksoft | 279 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: EdgeDB 1.0

Show HN: EdgeDB 1.0 518 by colinmcd | 222 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data protection authority

Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data protection authority 489 by guillem_lefait | 409 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Words known better by males than females, and vice versa

Words known better by males than females, and vice versa 633 by yurivish | 604 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The data are clear: The boys are not all right

The data are clear: The boys are not all right 529 by paulpauper | 999 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy

Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy 597 by playpause | 532 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone

Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone 708 by todsacerdoti | 578 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: SoftBank's Sale of Arm to Nvidia Collapses, Arm to IPO

SoftBank's Sale of Arm to Nvidia Collapses, Arm to IPO 467 by gaius_baltar | 209 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: My seatbelt rule for judgment

My seatbelt rule for judgment 470 by dguo | 184 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study

Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study 438 by pella | 281 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager 510 by john-doe | 175 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: J&J tried to get federal judge to block publication of Reuters story

J&J tried to get federal judge to block publication of Reuters story 421 by danboarder | 219 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: You can change your number

You can change your number 575 by feross | 334 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: SHA-256 explained step-by-step visually

Show HN: SHA-256 explained step-by-step visually 535 by manceraio | 58 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Why is LinkedIn so cringe?

Why is LinkedIn so cringe? 519 by hui-zheng | 277 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Thank You, Valve

Thank You, Valve 525 by kinduff | 295 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment systems in Netherlands

Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment systems in Netherlands 521 by walterbell | 868 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Unlearning perfectionism

Unlearning perfectionism 535 by akprasad | 93 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost?

Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost? 558 by trendingwaifu | 439 comments on Hacker News. I am turning 35 years soon and I feel like I haven't achieved much, both personally and professionally. I have held jobs in small and big companies for mostly for 1-2 years each, traveled and lived in different countries, had 2 failed startups, and have about $500k in savings. I am single and haven't had a serious relationship for many years now. As time went on, I started feeling less excited about everything, personal or work related. I used to be excited about new technologies, but not these days. I feel like I've seen most things before, and it's all just different iterations of the same. I increasingly wish I could go back to my 20s. Now I feel too old to go to festivals, bars and clubs and make new friends that way. This has been a recent change for me. When I was ~30 I still considered myself young and able to do anything I could do when I was in my 2...

New best story on Hacker News: The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever

The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever 591 by grappler | 169 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract

Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract 691 by zdw | 304 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Don't make me think, or why I switched to Rails from JavaScript SPAs

Don't make me think, or why I switched to Rails from JavaScript SPAs 497 by vdemedes | 401 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: iPhone flaw exploited by second Israeli spy firm

iPhone flaw exploited by second Israeli spy firm 491 by caaqil | 137 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Yes, I can connect to a DB in CSS

Yes, I can connect to a DB in CSS 523 by skilled | 134 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Meta shares drop 20% on Q4 earnings miss, weak outlook

Meta shares drop 20% on Q4 earnings miss, weak outlook 512 by unboxedvariable | 524 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GDPR enforcer rules that IAB Europe’s consent popups are unlawful

GDPR enforcer rules that IAB Europe’s consent popups are unlawful 480 by bajtos | 417 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Amazon Pip Horror Story

Amazon Pip Horror Story 574 by vikinghckr | 474 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: In second largest DeFi hack, Blockchain Bridge loses $320M Ether

In second largest DeFi hack, Blockchain Bridge loses $320M Ether 580 by CharlesW | 558 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Competitive Programming with AlphaCode

Competitive Programming with AlphaCode 647 by yigitdemirag | 371 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae 565 by robinhouston | 209 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Normalized crash data shows Autopilot is much less safe than Tesla claims

Normalized crash data shows Autopilot is much less safe than Tesla claims 694 by gnicholas | 400 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook loses users for the first time

Facebook loses users for the first time 736 by prostoalex | 586 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google Maps now requires WiFi scanning to use navigation

Google Maps now requires WiFi scanning to use navigation 675 by bbarnett | 393 comments on Hacker News. I've been using Google Maps a long time, and during all of that time I have only used GPS for location tracking on Android. Depending upon the version of Android, I've had different things disabled. Wifi scanning. Bluetooth. Cell location data. Etc. Always with one single goal -- GPS only for location. And further, this is always, especially with newer versions of Android, restricted in many ways. For example, only allowing when an app is active, and so on. Google has always played games with Maps, using dark patterns. For example, with the versions prior to the current version, if I wanted Maps to zoom in on my location, I'd hit the tracking button. It'd first say something like "To continue, turn on device location". Of course, device location is on, but it's only for GPS, and google so badly wants that (apparently) vital, and sweet wifi + bluetooth...

New best story on Hacker News: Google to turn on activity tracking for many users who turned it off

Google to turn on activity tracking for many users who turned it off 678 by twhb | 271 comments on Hacker News. I received an email from Google yesterday that communicated, with much obfuscation, the following key points: - The “Web & App Activity” setting for Google Workspace users will be ignored by Gmail, Drive, Docs, Calendar, Chat, Meet, Keep, and several other services. - Tracking for these services will be controlled by a new user setting, “Google Workspace Search History”, which will default to on regardless of the user’s Web & App Activity setting. - The ability of Google Workspace organizations to turn off “Web & App Activity” for all users will be removed. - These changes will take effect on 2022-03-29. Full email text: https://ift.tt/DNGQOvRsZ More info from Google: https://ift.tt/cKFGdWTOA

New best story on Hacker News: Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Francisco

Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Francisco 620 by d-jones | 520 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter

Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter 567 by alexc05 | 476 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Fetch API has landed into Node.js

Fetch API has landed into Node.js 577 by yamafaktory | 180 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Please make a dumb car

Please make a dumb car 590 by wrycoder | 623 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Red Light Green Light

Red Light Green Light 636 by aseattledev1234 | 140 comments on Hacker News.