What 4M Hacker News Posts Reveal About How Stories Go Viral and Timing
TL;DR A Show HN project publishes a free web tool that analyzes launch titles; its interface advertises local NLP, instant…
Dad’s Fitness Encoded in Sperm RNA Could Influence Offspring Health
TL;DR Mouse studies suggest a father’s diet, exercise and stress can alter sperm RNA, which in turn may change gene…
Replacing JavaScript with Just HTML: Using Native HTML/CSS Patterns
TL;DR Aaron T. Grogg argues many common UI behaviors can be implemented using native HTML and CSS primitives instead of…
Why Reliability Requires Functional Programming and Algebraic Data Types
TL;DR The article argues that functional programming and algebraic data types (ADTs) push many classes of bugs out of reach…
An ounce of silver now fetches a higher price than a barrel of oil
TL;DR A Wall Street Journal headline reports that an ounce of silver is currently worth more than a barrel of…
Yanis Varoufakis on the Future of Capitalism, Cloud Capital and Tech Power
TL;DR In a video posted by the Institute of Art and Ideas, economist and commentator Yanis Varoufakis examines how capitalism…
Scientists uncover an ‘off switch’ that halts Toxoplasma parasite growth
TL;DR Researchers report that disabling a single Toxoplasma gondii protein stops the parasite from invading and replicating in lab cells.…
Market Oddity: One Ounce of Silver Is Now Worth More Than a Barrel of Oil
TL;DR A Wall Street Journal headline reports that the market value of a single ounce of silver has exceeded the…
How a 10-day Netscape Sprint in 1995 Produced the Language That Runs the Web
TL;DR Brendan Eich built a working prototype of what became JavaScript during a 10-day sprint at Netscape in May 1995;…