FirstToKnow: March 2021

New best story on Hacker News: Android's new Bluetooth stack rewrite (Gabeldorsh) is written with Rust

Android's new Bluetooth stack rewrite (Gabeldorsh) is written with Rust
487 by nicoburns | 301 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Inside a viral website

Inside a viral website
616 by panic | 240 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Unsplash is being acquired by Getty Images

Unsplash is being acquired by Getty Images
550 by baptlac | 263 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS

Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
574 by gormandizer | 296 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Let’s fix font size

Let’s fix font size
562 by rhabarba | 213 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: 'Fake' Amazon workers defend company on Twitter

'Fake' Amazon workers defend company on Twitter
645 by alexrustic | 316 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Voltswagen of America

Voltswagen of America
531 by throwaway4good | 532 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ubiquiti starts serving ads in their management interface

Ubiquiti starts serving ads in their management interface
607 by andremedeiros | 306 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time

Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time
683 by cwwc | 1357 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I made an eInk newspaper

I made an eInk newspaper
537 by graiz | 210 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Whistleblower: Ubiquiti Breach “Catastrophic”

Whistleblower: Ubiquiti Breach “Catastrophic”
741 by parsecs | 346 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]

Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]
708 by aty268 | 231 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Deno Company

The Deno Company
686 by elisee | 353 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Suez canal is free again

Suez canal is free again
649 by WJW | 345 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Female Founder Secrets: Men Clamming Up

Female Founder Secrets: Men Clamming Up
544 by femfosec | 720 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: In Stockholm there's currently an IT battle underway

In Stockholm there's currently an IT battle underway
535 by div3rs3 | 224 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Employees are happier when led by people with deep expertise (2016)

Employees are happier when led by people with deep expertise (2016)
667 by mgh2 | 193 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apt Encounters of the Third Kind

Apt Encounters of the Third Kind
662 by lormayna | 142 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Louvre makes its entire collection available online

Louvre makes its entire collection available online
697 by colinprince | 147 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web

Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web
691 by skinkestek | 260 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Drivers Cooperative

The Drivers Cooperative
584 by pasquinelli | 240 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Permission.site

Permission.site
533 by valand | 140 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when they don’t distract you

Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when they don’t distract you
497 by wgoto | 195 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Is that ship still stuck?

Is that ship still stuck?
501 by ColinWright | 516 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Do you really want Linux phones

Do you really want Linux phones
491 by JetSpiegel | 525 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: All my servers have an 8 GB empty file on disk

All my servers have an 8 GB empty file on disk
576 by sonicrocketman | 366 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: RIP Google Reader

RIP Google Reader
551 by mrbbk | 303 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: SQLite is not a toy database

SQLite is not a toy database
586 by nalgeon | 222 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The solution of the Zodiac killer’s 340-character cipher

The solution of the Zodiac killer’s 340-character cipher
478 by 0-_-0 | 109 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

Show HN: I wrote a book about Go
449 by maximilienandi | 88 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’

Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
432 by LordAtlas | 385 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: 'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]

'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]
429 by lawrenceyan | 195 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Substack's UI and 1Password temporarily cost me $2k

Substack's UI and 1Password temporarily cost me $2k
507 by tomahony | 259 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Early-Retirement Update

Early-Retirement Update
434 by dkarp | 426 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store

Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
665 by URfejk | 283 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

Suez canal blocked by a massive ship
647 by tilolebo | 222 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Chrome’s address bar will use https:// by default

Chrome’s address bar will use https:// by default
567 by feross | 382 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin

Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin
560 by 9387367 | 288 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed

Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed
513 by ruaraidh | 491 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The absolute worst scenario happened

The absolute worst scenario happened
495 by logronoide | 441 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Live feed from Iceland erupting volcano [video]

Live feed from Iceland erupting volcano [video]
521 by lknik | 133 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Firefox 87 trims HTTP Referrers by default to protect user privacy

Firefox 87 trims HTTP Referrers by default to protect user privacy
547 by twapi | 137 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GPT Neo: open-source GPT model, with pretrained 1.3B & 2.7B weight models

GPT Neo: open-source GPT model, with pretrained 1.3B & 2.7B weight models
456 by pizza | 104 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF

Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF
461 by wrycoder | 390 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Backblaze submitting names and sizes of files in B2 buckets to Facebook

Backblaze submitting names and sizes of files in B2 buckets to Facebook
500 by celsoazevedo | 219 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Invention of a New Pasta Shape

The Invention of a New Pasta Shape
430 by dgellow | 175 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Don't End the Week with Nothing (2014)

Don't End the Week with Nothing (2014)
541 by mooreds | 147 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Nobody designs for small iPhone devices anymore

Nobody designs for small iPhone devices anymore
458 by dirtylowprofile | 255 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Undocumented x86 instructions in Intel CPUs that can modify microcode

Undocumented x86 instructions in Intel CPUs that can modify microcode
429 by BlackLotus89 | 130 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Cookie Consent Speed Running Game

Cookie Consent Speed Running Game
475 by bigdatagirl | 170 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Docker for Mac M1 RC

Docker for Mac M1 RC
440 by mikkelam | 334 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Nyxt Browser

Nyxt Browser
509 by wglb | 118 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Demoscene accepted as UNESCO cultural heritage in Germany

Demoscene accepted as UNESCO cultural heritage in Germany
604 by quakeguy | 88 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Click

Click
628 by st_goliath | 181 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Duke Nukem 3D Mirror Universe

Duke Nukem 3D Mirror Universe
570 by tosh | 163 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Young female Japanese biker is 50-year-old man using FaceApp

Young female Japanese biker is 50-year-old man using FaceApp
577 by amrrs | 350 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: We found and fixed a rare race condition in our session handling

We found and fixed a rare race condition in our session handling
493 by todsacerdoti | 152 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Interview with CEO of rsync.net: “no firewalls and no routers”

Interview with CEO of rsync.net: “no firewalls and no routers”
415 by dmytton | 224 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way

Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way
410 by knuptfad | 131 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade EGA/VGA Comparison

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade EGA/VGA Comparison
414 by ingve | 138 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days
523 by ptype | 224 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Focalboard – a self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana

Focalboard – a self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana
480 by stanislavb | 135 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Manim – an animation engine for explanatory math videos

Manim – an animation engine for explanatory math videos
474 by vermilingua | 29 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Audacity 3.0

Audacity 3.0
414 by app4soft | 76 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Charts.css

Charts.css
402 by pspeter3 | 76 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Milky Way, 12 years, 1250 hours of exposures and 125 x 22 degrees of sky

Milky Way, 12 years, 1250 hours of exposures and 125 x 22 degrees of sky
400 by giuliomagnifico | 82 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google Play service fee reduced to 15% for the first $1M/year

Google Play service fee reduced to 15% for the first $1M/year
414 by h43k3r | 273 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Moore's Law for Everything

Moore's Law for Everything
391 by icey | 495 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innovations you have experienced?

Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innovations you have experienced?
402 by pramodbiligiri | 738 comments on Hacker News.
Peter Thiel has written about the "10x rule" for startups, where your innovation has to be 10 times better than the second best option [1]. Have you personally experienced such 10x improvements in your own interactions with software? What were they? [1] - https://ift.tt/2DgSbyH