Hacker News Weekly

Weekly Hacker News for the 7 days ending 2024-11-30

The 20 highest-rated articles on Hacker News in the 7 days ending November 30, 2024 which have not appeared on any previous Hacker News Weekly are:

• Highest-resolution images ever captured of the sun’s surface
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• Frosted glass from games to the web
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• Denmark will plant 1B trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest
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• Starlink Direct to Cell
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• This website is hosted on Bluesky
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• The two factions of C++
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• SQLiteStudio: Create, edit, browse SQLite databases
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• RFC 35140: HTTP Do-Not-Stab (2023)
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• Model Context Protocol
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• Amazon S3 Adds Put-If-Match (Compare-and-Swap)
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• The capacitor that Apple soldered incorrectly at the factory
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• Show HN: App that asks ‘why?’ every time you unlock your phone
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• You can use C-Reduce for any language
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• Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230
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• Hetzner cuts traffic on US VPSs, raises prices
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• The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)
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• Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter
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• Engineers do not get to make startup mistakes when they build ledgers
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• What does this button do? – My new car has a mysterious and undocumented switch
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• Breaking the 4Chan CAPTCHA
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