The First Sherpa to Climb to the Top of Mt. Everest (1954)(newyorker.com)

73 points by paulette449 3 years ago | 38 comments

Peter Thiel was an FBI informant(businessinsider.com)

143 points by Anon84 3 years ago | 75 comments

The purist's guide to phở in Hanoi(connla.substack.com)

82 points by vinhnx 6 months ago | 31 comments

Startup Winter: Hacker News Lost Its Faith(vincentschmalbach.com)

427 points by vincent_s 1 year ago | 306 comments

Blog post by Vincent Schmalbach arguing that Hacker News commenters have shifted from supporting failed founders in 2013 to cynicism about startups in 2025.

The Deepest Submarine Rescue (2021)(newsweek.com)

63 points by wallflower 3 years ago | 10 comments

Half of CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Laid Off(newrepublic.com)

33 points by basementcat 1 year ago | 3 comments