France rejects backdoor mandate(eff.org)
905 points by hn_acker | 262 comments
EFF Deeplinks post reporting that France's National Assembly rejected a proposed mandate for encryption backdoors in messaging services.
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IronRDP: a Rust implementation of Microsoft's RDP protocol(github.com)
506 points by mikece | 208 comments
GitHub repository for IronRDP, Devolutions' open-source Rust implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
Career Development: What It Means to Be a Manager, Director, or VP (2015)(kellblog.com)
502 points by AnhTho_FR | 227 comments
A 2015 Kellblog post by Dave Kellogg explaining what it really means to be a manager, director, or VP, and critiquing job leveling practices.
Boycott IETF 127(boycott-ietf127.org)
396 points by randompeach | 173 comments
An advocacy site calling for a boycott of the IETF 127 meeting, disputing the IETF's claim that a change requires clear evidence of a direct issue.
Pen and Paper Exercises in Machine Learning (2022)(arxiv.org)
389 points by ibobev | 53 comments
arXiv paper by Michael U. Gutmann collecting pen-and-paper exercises on machine learning topics like graphical models, HMM inference, sampling, and variational inference.
The earliest versions of the first C compiler known to exist(github.com)
351 points by diginova | 161 comments
GitHub repository containing source code of the earliest known versions of Dennis Ritchie's first C compiler (last1120c and prestruct).
The little book about OS development(littleosbook.github.io)
343 points by ibobev | 49 comments
The Little Book About OS Development by Erik Helin and Adam Renberg, a free online book guiding readers through writing a simple x86 operating system.
The indieweb doesn't need to “take off”(susam.net)
272 points by susam | 140 comments
Use Long Options in Scripts(matklad.github.io)
246 points by OptionOfT | 124 comments
Calibre 8.0(calibre-ebook.com)
232 points by thawawaycold | 94 comments
Frink(frinklang.org)
199 points by lisper | 35 comments
Wheel Reinventor’s Principles (2024)(tobloef.com)
188 points by TobLoef | 95 comments
![Screenshot of daemonology.net: Chunking Attacks on File Backup Services Using Content-Defined Chunking [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2025/3/21/91823f4b-0828-4256-a7fd-abca01e63347.jpg)
Bigscreen Beyond 2(bigscreenvr.com)
95 points by nipponese | 91 comments
EFF Border Search Pocket Guide(eff.org)
95 points by doener | 23 comments
The Jakt Programming Language(github.com)
95 points by gw2 | 30 comments
Matched and Deleted(dikshaupadhyay.com)
59 points by rgbimbochamp | 31 comments
