I made $100K from a dick joke(imgur.com)
472 points by imglorp | 223 comments
An Imgur gallery post recounting how the author made $100K selling a novelty gag gift that mailed bags of penis-shaped candy and confetti.
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Web page annoyances that I don't inflict on you(rachelbythebay.com)
470 points by todsacerdoti | 244 comments
A blog post by Rachel Kroll listing common web page annoyances, such as popups and tracking, that her own site deliberately avoids.
In my life, I've witnessed three elite salespeople at work(slate.com)
447 points by mooreds | 266 comments
A Slate Life essay in which the author recounts witnessing three elite salespeople at work and reflects on sales jobs in America.
Extracting AI models from mobile apps(altayakkus.substack.com)
435 points by smoser | 208 comments
Altay Akkus's Substack post "You wouldn't download an AI," about extracting on-device AI models from mobile apps through reverse engineering.
A messy experiment that changed how I think about AI code analysis(nmn.gl)
417 points by namanyayg | 215 comments
A blog post describing an experiment in getting AI to analyze codebases the way a senior developer reads code, prompted by failures on a React codebase.
Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately(uwaterloo.ca)
358 points by ndrwnaguib | 145 comments
University of Waterloo news release about researchers developing a needle-free wrist-worn device that tracks blood glucose levels more accurately.
How NAT Traversal Works (2020)(tailscale.com)
345 points by hhthrowaway1230 | 69 comments
Tailscale blog post from 2020 explaining how NAT traversal works for establishing direct peer-to-peer connections between devices.
Writing a simple pool allocator in C(8dcc.github.io)
283 points by 8dcc | 118 comments
Guten: A Tiny Newspaper Printer(amanvir.com)
243 points by thunderbong | 101 comments
SrsRAN: Open-Source 4G/5G(github.com)
175 points by gballan | 53 comments
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How to Debounce a Contact (2014)(ganssle.com)
139 points by user_7832 | 73 comments
Ask HN: Favorite blog in 2024?
132 points by s-a-p | 54 comments
Writing as Transformation(newyorker.com)
131 points by lermontov | 37 comments
The Rise of the French Fry Cartel(jacobin.com)
112 points by ohjeez | 110 comments
My Favorite Book on AI(gatesnotes.com)
105 points by f1shy | 83 comments
Help! Politics Blog Cloudflare Subpoena
94 points by wandaluzt | 38 comments
Learn New Skills(attejuvonen.fi)
76 points by baobabKoodaa | 10 comments
Size Optimization Tricks (2022)(justine.lol)
67 points by Narishma | 22 comments
Do It in Jeans First(gkogan.co)
54 points by mooreds | 66 comments
Ask HN: Spending Tracking Tools
53 points by dyeje | 65 comments
Get the Funk Out(lessheavy.substack.com)
31 points by bgoldste | 9 comments