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  1. A Contamination Theory of the Obesity Epidemic (lesswrong.com)
    13 points 2
  2. Ask HN: How do you unblock websites?

    Many times when we have to use a network/ISP which blocks certain websites, there are a few ways to unblock them including proxies (in-browser) and VPNs. Now assuming I don't belong to the crowd that exclusively uses…

    1 points 3
  3. Hyperpolyglot: Side-by-Side Comparisons of Programming Languages (hyperpolyglot.org)
    2 points 0
  4. Cathedrals, Bazaars, and Fusion Reactors (murilopereira.com)
    1 points 0
  5. Why GNU/Linux Viruses are fairly uncommon (2005) (gnu.org)
    95 points 69
  6. Ask HN: Why HN Doesn't Have Tags?

    I understand the desire to keep the site minimal. But given we already have a moderation, will it require any fundamental changes to add tags? There are IMO some valid reasons for wanting tags: * Filtering: Eg: I don't…

    8 points 14
  7. Systems Software Research is Irrelevant (2001) (doc.cat-v.org)
    2 points 0
  8. How to be Silicon Valley (2006) (paulgraham.com)
    1 points 0
  9. Open Textbook Library: Computer Science Books (open.umn.edu)
    4 points 0
  10. Ask HN: What's your favorite “forgotten” technology / software?

    Recently read about Oberon system and its compile speed, simplicity etc.. Finding out more about not-so-mainstream tech is one of the main reasons I read HN. And I see once in a while some "forgotten" tech mentioned,…

    39 points 53
  11. Ask HN: Is Immutability new OOP kool-aid?

    Object oriented programming was once portrayed as great thing and we are now seeing a (kind of) widespread backslash. Immutability and FP is being portrayed as next big thing these days, at least on HN and similar…

    3 points 4
  12. Ask HN: Is Immutability Next OOP?
    1 points 0
  13. What does I/O bound mean? (2008) (erikengbrecht.blogspot.com)
    79 points 56
  14. Ask HN: Websites Like LWN

    These days most of tech / programming related content is very shallow, and lot of it is written for resume padding or SEO purpose. I like LWN articles, which are generally interesting and often cover technical topics…

    16 points 5
  15. C++ Should Support JIT Compilation (open-std.org)
    1 points 0
  16. Use Cases for Thread-Local Storage (2014) (open-std.org)
    1 points 0
  17. Ask HN: How do you avoid bullshit tech content in search?

    This happens when I want any deep technical treatment of a topic. There are hundreds of SEO-optimized websites that basically post obvious shallow information and still achieve to trick search engine algorithms with…

    27 points 15
  18. Known Deficiencies in GCC's Optimizer (gcc.gnu.org)
    3 points 0
  19. Ask HN: Your Favourite HN Comment?

    Every once in a while there are some good, __in-depth__ replies to posts on HN, worth bookmarking. What are your favourite HN comments?

    342 points 246
  20. Ask HN: What are the less-mentioned drawbacks of acclaimed software / libraries?

    There are some projects often mentioned for their technical superiority. Eg: * LLVM * Rust * Qt * F# * Mac OS And there are many more in the list. Now, apart from non technical things (eg: license complications of Qt),…

    1 points 2
  21. Ask HN: What are the most promising recent developments in computer science?
    1 points 0
  22. Ask HN: Currently which companies make the best workplaces in tech?

    I am a Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) student studying in India. Generally people join Engineering in India because it can provide them some CRUD / consultancy type of job, better paying as compared to other…

    3 points 1
  23. Ask HN: What is impact of Oracle lawsuits on alternative implementations?

    Now that Oracle claimed Google is infringing the copyright on their APIs, how will the situation affect alternative implementations? Eg: someone wants to write some research or commercial JIT for a __subset__ of Java..

    2 points 0