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http://www.tracyplatt.com I go by ALousyPlayer on lichess.org.
  1. Ask HN: I was hit with a SIM swapping attack; ideas on improving protection?

    Yesterday I suddenly lost cell service while running errands. Within a half hour I was home. Upon checking my email I found notifications of financial transactions pending (thankfully on a delay). I was able to resolve…

    3 points 5
  2. Why Are Most Impact Craters Perfectly Circular? (Rather Than Ovals) (youtube.com)
    2 points 0
  3. The Gulag Archipelago: A New Foreword by Jordan B. Peterson (quillette.com)
    8 points 1
  4. Tell HN: Some thoughts on ten years on Hacker News

    Ten years ago today I created an account on Hacker News. I just wanted to share some thought about what I’ve seen here. 1. The quality of the content, both stories and comments, has remained remarkably high. There have…

    72 points 19
  5. Let This Video Take You Through the Evolution of Sim Racing (roadandtrack.com)
    1 points 0
  6. My Farewell Column – Thomas Sowell (wnd.com)
    1 points 0
  7. The Case for the Ugly Duckling: Why the World Needs UX Designers (linkedin.com)
    2 points 0
  8. Three Gears Are Possible – Numberphile (youtube.com)
    5 points 1
  9. Homemade wooden framed motorcycle (facebook.com)
    2 points 0
  10. Low water in Great Salt Lake reveals ‘rocks that are alive’ (sltrib.com)
    2 points 0
  11. The Wisdom of Peanuts (tabletmag.com)
    1 points 0
  12. Strength Training at Age 92 – Gus has put away her walker and cane (pjmedia.com)
    1 points 0
  13. Group for Hacker News NCAA Brackets (games.espn.go.com)
    1 points 0
  14. BAHFest – Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses (bahfest.com)
    2 points 0
  15. Meteor Explosion Milky Way Time Lapse. By: Wes Eisenhauer (vimeo.com)
    2 points 0
  16. Net neutrality and the disruption of television distribution (washingtonpost.com)
    2 points 0
  17. Artist Recreated His Childhood Doodles as Digital Pics 20 Years Later (mic.com)
    4 points 1
  18. ‘Madness and Memory,’ a Memoir About Discovering Prions (nytimes.com)
    1 points 0
  19. Ask HN: Any insight here on what happened to flight 370?

    The news on flight 370 seems to be turning more and more speculative and strange, including conflicting interpretations of data. Is there anyone here who can give a reliable summary of what is known and what can be…

    7 points 2
  20. The Real Rain Man - Documentary (youtube.com)
    1 points 0
  21. When Skynet awakens, she tries to convince a janitor to destroy her [short film] (io9.com)
    4 points 1
  22. Show HN: My attempt at a piano version of Guitar Hero

    So I've been working on this for quite a while and it's time I made a serious push. Besides being fun I think it could have a serious impact on how people learn to play the piano. I just launchedd a kickstarter project…

    1 points 1
  23. Was Beethoven’s Metronome Wrong? (blogs.smithsonianmag.com)
    9 points 1
  24. Cockatoos crack lock-picking puzzle (bbc.co.uk)
    2 points 1
  25. The Plain View Exception Should Be Applied More Narrowly to Digital Searches (volokh.com)
    2 points 0