Web3 is centralized and inefficient — and A one in a million bug in Switch kernel

Issue #715 — March 24, 2022

You receive this email because you are subscribed to Hacker News Digest. You can open it in the browser if you prefer.

1

Web3 is centralized and inefficient neelc.org \| points: 749 \| comments: 680

2

A one in a million bug in Switch kernel gist.githubusercontent.com \| points: 621 \| comments: 85

3

Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses (2020) blog.jonlu.ca \| points: 510 \| comments: 464

4

Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage kwigglebike.com \| points: 509 \| comments: 380

5

Start Self Hosting rohanrd.xyz \| points: 432 \| comments: 282

Our sponsors make this possible. Please support us by supporting them:

Make $100k+/year? Playbook puts you on the path toward early retirement.

Playbook maximizes tax savings for young high-earners. We build you a plan unique to your goals and income, automate it, and supercharge your net worth.

Your side-project here? Contact us for more info

6

Our fundamental right to shame and shun the New York Times popehat.substack.com \| points: 384 \| comments: 540

7

Thank You HN news.ycombinator.com \| points: 339 \| comments: 92

8

I won an award from the FSF for my contributions to Emacs protesilaos.com \| points: 313 \| comments: 24

9

DEV-0537 targeting organizations for data exfiltration and destruction microsoft.com \| points: 309 \| comments: 164

10

Okta’s Investigation of the January 2022 Compromise okta.com \| points: 274 \| comments: 110

11

The Wisdom in Kung Fu Panda moviewise.substack.com \| points: 255 \| comments: 150

12

GitHub incident 2022-03-23 githubstatus.com \| points: 255 \| comments: 176

13

Problems with “graceful shutdown” in Kubernetes (2019) philpearl.github.io \| points: 241 \| comments: 74

14

Show HN: We made an open-source personalization engine github.com \| points: 221 \| comments: 49

15

Ken and Roberta Williams Working on Colossal Cave Adventure Remake for VR and PC gameworldobserver.com \| points: 190 \| comments: 152

16

Diagrams: Open-Source Alternative to Lucidchart diagrams.net \| points: 163 \| comments: 35

17

Apple acquires UK open banking startup Credit Kudos ffnews.com \| points: 158 \| comments: 94

18

Qubes OS: A reasonably secure operating system qubes-os.org \| points: 157 \| comments: 89

19

Completely Locked-In Patients Can Communicate, Thanks to a Brain Implant (BCI) technologynetworks.com \| points: 156 \| comments: 59

20

Nushell 0.60 Released nushell.sh \| points: 131 \| comments: 39

This digest was generated for you on 24 March, 6:02am for delivery at 7:00am and contains the top 20 stories between 23 March, 2:00am and 24 March, 2:00am

Your next delivery is on Friday, 25 March at 7:00am. Adjust these settings.

Privacy Policy \| Instant Unsubscribe \| Settings \| hello@hndigest.com

Please put units in names — Windows needs a change in priorities — and Sumerian dog jokes, or the difficulty of translating dead languages

Monday, March 21, 2022

Issue #713 — Top 20 stories of March 22, 2022 Issue #713 — March 22, 2022 You receive this email because you are subscribed to Hacker News Digest. You can open it in the browser if you prefer. 1 Please

Arizona moves to ban recording video of police — and NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange for a cut of the fines

Sunday, March 20, 2022

Issue #712 — Top 20 stories of March 21, 2022 Issue #712 — March 21, 2022 You receive this email because you are subscribed to Hacker News Digest. You can open it in the browser if you prefer. 1

First images from James Webb telescope exceed expectations — Asahi Linux alpha release — and Crypto is an unproductive bubble

Saturday, March 19, 2022

Issue #711 — Top 20 stories of March 20, 2022 Issue #711 — March 20, 2022 You receive this email because you are subscribed to Hacker News Digest. You can open it in the browser if you prefer. 1 First

Each Firefox download has a unique identifier — Food Packaging — and Kharkiv Rubyist during the war: We are still here

Friday, March 18, 2022

Issue #710 — Top 20 stories of March 19, 2022 Issue #710 — March 19, 2022 You receive this email because you are subscribed to Hacker News Digest. You can open it in the browser if you prefer. 1 Each

Hot Dog Linux – Horrible Obsolete Typeface and Dreadful Onscreen Graphics — Zelensky video deepfake — and How our free plan stays free

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Issue #708 — Top 20 stories of March 17, 2022 Issue #708 — March 17, 2022 You receive this email because you are subscribed to Hacker News Digest. You can open it in the browser if you prefer. 1 Hot

Web3 is centralized and inefficient — and A one in a million bug in Switch kernel

Make $100k+/year? Playbook puts you on the path toward early retirement.

Older messages

Please put units in names — Windows needs a change in priorities — and Sumerian dog jokes, or the difficulty of translating dead languages

Arizona moves to ban recording video of police — and NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange for a cut of the fines

First images from James Webb telescope exceed expectations — Asahi Linux alpha release — and Crypto is an unproductive bubble

Each Firefox download has a unique identifier — Food Packaging — and Kharkiv Rubyist during the war: We are still here

Hot Dog Linux – Horrible Obsolete Typeface and Dreadful Onscreen Graphics — Zelensky video deepfake — and How our free plan stays free

You Might Also Like

Daily Coding Problem: Problem #1664 [Easy]

Spyglass Dispatch: The Case for a For-Profit OpenAI

⌨️ 10 Mods to Improve Your Mechanical Keyboard — How to Set Up Quick Share on Windows

Your best friends in design

Charted | How Canada Would Rank as the 51st State 📊

Pinpointing The Actual Problem 🎯

😱Major Azure Outage in EastUS2, 🚀New AI and Azure Developer CLI Courses, azureedge.net DNS retiring

iOS Cocoa Treats

Issue #575: Excalibird, bird’s eye metropolis, and Stimulation Clicker

22 CES products you can't miss