DESQview/X: The forgotten mid-1990s OS from the future
28 by WoodenChair | 7 comments on Hacker News.
28 by WoodenChair | 7 comments on Hacker News.
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
New top story on Hacker News: AWS Nitro SSD – High Performance Storage for Your I/O-Intensive Applications
AWS Nitro SSD – High Performance Storage for Your I/O-Intensive Applications
5 by Trisell | 1 comments on Hacker News.
5 by Trisell | 1 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Ten Million Deaths a Year: David Wallace-Wells on Polluted Air
Ten Million Deaths a Year: David Wallace-Wells on Polluted Air
59 by Glench | 21 comments on Hacker News.
59 by Glench | 21 comments on Hacker News.
Monday, 29 November 2021
New top story on Hacker News: The poetry and brief life of a Foxconn worker: Xu Lizhi (2014)
The poetry and brief life of a Foxconn worker: Xu Lizhi (2014)
42 by tediousdemise | 6 comments on Hacker News.
42 by tediousdemise | 6 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Breakthrough, PhD student creates a simple, cost-effective laser on silicon
Breakthrough, PhD student creates a simple, cost-effective laser on silicon
4 by croes | 1 comments on Hacker News.
4 by croes | 1 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
12 by schemescape | 1 comments on Hacker News.
12 by schemescape | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Sunday, 28 November 2021
Hondurans seek a break from graft and despair in an election with repercussions for the United States.
Los hondureños buscan un alivio de la desesperación en unas elecciones con repercusiones para Estados Unidos
New top story on Hacker News: A small Scheme implementation with AOT and incremental compilers that fits in 4K
A small Scheme implementation with AOT and incremental compilers that fits in 4K
23 by eatonphil | 3 comments on Hacker News.
23 by eatonphil | 3 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Today’s Disneyland is a price gouge, not a magical experience
Today’s Disneyland is a price gouge, not a magical experience
42 by imperio59 | 31 comments on Hacker News.
42 by imperio59 | 31 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: BMW removing touchscreen from a bunch of models due to chip shortage
BMW removing touchscreen from a bunch of models due to chip shortage
3 by edward | 0 comments on Hacker News.
3 by edward | 0 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What's the best way to secure your workstation?
Ask HN: What's the best way to secure your workstation?
17 by bccdee | 12 comments on Hacker News.
Here's a very plausible threat: Some developer with a left-pad package, some dependency-of-a-dependency, injects malware into their library. A developer (who is broadly trustworthy) updates their package's dependencies without auditing them properly, and the malware ends up in a VSCode plugin that you use. You open VSCode, your system is infected. We know this sort of malware is making its way onto package repositories [1]. We know people are falling for these attacks. How do we protect ourselves against this family of threats? [1]: https://ift.tt/3eIvIio We could trust nothing beyond our base system and our browser, and refuse to use any code we don't fully audit, but this would be an impossibly austere way to live. I expect most of us, when pressed, would admit that we're trusting much more code than we would like to. The alternative is sandboxing, using a lightweight option like firejail (which I use) or a totalizing system like QubesOS. But these systems are awkward to use, and have their own drawbacks. What's the bar for reasonable security, in your opinion? How do you secure your workstation without living like a monk?
17 by bccdee | 12 comments on Hacker News.
Here's a very plausible threat: Some developer with a left-pad package, some dependency-of-a-dependency, injects malware into their library. A developer (who is broadly trustworthy) updates their package's dependencies without auditing them properly, and the malware ends up in a VSCode plugin that you use. You open VSCode, your system is infected. We know this sort of malware is making its way onto package repositories [1]. We know people are falling for these attacks. How do we protect ourselves against this family of threats? [1]: https://ift.tt/3eIvIio We could trust nothing beyond our base system and our browser, and refuse to use any code we don't fully audit, but this would be an impossibly austere way to live. I expect most of us, when pressed, would admit that we're trusting much more code than we would like to. The alternative is sandboxing, using a lightweight option like firejail (which I use) or a totalizing system like QubesOS. But these systems are awkward to use, and have their own drawbacks. What's the bar for reasonable security, in your opinion? How do you secure your workstation without living like a monk?
Saturday, 27 November 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Why is Docusign a $50B company?
Ask HN: Why is Docusign a $50B company?
9 by akouri | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I have been searching for a solution to e-sign some lease agreements. It is something that I need to do maybe once a year and the only thing I need is a legally binding way to put signatures and timestamps on a PDF. I do not need any fancy features. I was doing research, and it seems like most document signature companies all charge monthly subscription fees! This does not work for me as I am not using the platform on a monthly basis. Are there free, open source alternatives to Docusign? If so, why do more companies not use them?
9 by akouri | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I have been searching for a solution to e-sign some lease agreements. It is something that I need to do maybe once a year and the only thing I need is a legally binding way to put signatures and timestamps on a PDF. I do not need any fancy features. I was doing research, and it seems like most document signature companies all charge monthly subscription fees! This does not work for me as I am not using the platform on a monthly basis. Are there free, open source alternatives to Docusign? If so, why do more companies not use them?
New top story on Hacker News: Tell HN: GitHub is down again
Tell HN: GitHub is down again
322 by pupdogg | 175 comments on Hacker News.
Yet somehow https://ift.tt/2rzqrAY is ALL GREEN! smh
322 by pupdogg | 175 comments on Hacker News.
Yet somehow https://ift.tt/2rzqrAY is ALL GREEN! smh
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: A music player that creates real-time music videos
Show HN: A music player that creates real-time music videos
7 by aeroheim | 8 comments on Hacker News.
7 by aeroheim | 8 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Godot Engine – Multiplayer in Godot 4.0: Scene Replication (Part 1)
Godot Engine – Multiplayer in Godot 4.0: Scene Replication (Part 1)
17 by Tomte | 1 comments on Hacker News.
17 by Tomte | 1 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: 2021 Tesla Model Y review: Nearly great, critically flawed
2021 Tesla Model Y review: Nearly great, critically flawed
6 by unclebucknasty | 1 comments on Hacker News.
6 by unclebucknasty | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Friday, 26 November 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
36 by nycdatasci | 15 comments on Hacker News.
36 by nycdatasci | 15 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: I faked tons of Covid passes – “Weak Key Cryptography in real world”
I faked tons of Covid passes – “Weak Key Cryptography in real world”
29 by jtaft | 2 comments on Hacker News.
29 by jtaft | 2 comments on Hacker News.
