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Stories from March 5, 2014
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1.Introducing the ‘mozjpeg’ Project (blog.mozilla.org)
409 points by joshmoz on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 128 comments [ext]
2.Mathematicians are chronically lost and confused (j2kun.svbtle.com)
300 points by aditgupta on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 194 comments [ext]
3.Glyphr - HTML5 based font editor (glyphrstudio.com)
250 points by darrenkopp on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 51 comments [ext]
4. Generative AI may finally crack physical design's impenetrable vendor lock-in (felicis.com)
443 points by pal3183 594 days ago | hide | 193 comments
4.Stick bomb (wikipedia.org)
255 points by mxfh on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 57 comments [ext]
5.Netflix disables use of the Chrome developer console (pastebin.com)
248 points by just2n on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 162 comments [ext]
6.Attorneys for Barrett Brown want case on linking to hacked material dismissed (theguardian.com)
252 points by dmazin on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 139 comments [ext]
7. Why giving advice fails and reflecting back changes minds (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 171 days ago | hide | 48 comments
7.Rubygems.org AWS bill for Feb 2014 [pdf] (dropbox.com)
251 points by vbrendel on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 147 comments [ext]
8.Getty Images makes its images free to use (vrge.co)
220 points by heidijavi on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
9.Mexican Protest Site Censored by GoDaddy with the U.S. Embassy's Help (eff.org)
220 points by Dondiego on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
10. A $3 billion token sale that was actually $110 million (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 334 days ago | hide | 88 comments
10.Show HN: Softcover – A publishing platform from the author of the Rails Tutorial (softcover.io)
208 points by mhartl on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 61 comments [ext]
11.SimpleCV – Computer Vision platform using Python (simplecv.org)
201 points by atilev on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
12.A software engineer's website (clarkduvall.com)
189 points by damandumpsta on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 85 comments [ext]
13. Beyond the labor crisis: Managing the coming recession of subjective meaning ()
46 points by gin5806 1 day ago | hide | 47 comments
13.GnuTLS considered harmful (2008) (openldap.org)
185 points by calpaterson on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 115 comments [ext]
14.When Airlines Screw Up Your Flight, AirHelp (YC W14) Gets You Paid (techcrunch.com)
176 points by nicomichaelsen on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 63 comments [ext]
15.The top free-to-play monetization tricks (gamasutra.com)
152 points by wayprogramming on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 108 comments [ext]
16. Why Shipping Software Is the Worst Way to Monetize It ()
374 points by ium4024 71 days ago | hide | 174 comments
16.A vast hidden surveillance network, powered by the repo industry (betaboston.com)
146 points by samkline on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 147 comments [ext]
17.Mandela was right: the Foreign Language Effect (mappingignorance.org)
142 points by bane on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 76 comments [ext]
18.Best practices for API versioning? (stackoverflow.com)
144 points by melvinmt on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 70 comments [ext]
19. The Polish Recluse Who Cracked the Forgetting Curve (wired.com)
244 points by auz7944 480 days ago | hide | 22 comments
19.Every Quadrotor Needs This Failsafe Software (ieee.org)
130 points by spectruman on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 51 comments [ext]
20.The Meta-Marketing of ‘The Lego Movie’ (nytimes.com)
124 points by ot on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 123 comments [ext]
21.The Best Tools for UI Hacking (not jsFiddle) (williamnewton.co)
120 points by williamnewton on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
22. How Three Laws Quietly Killed the Programmable Web (continuations.com)
215 points by doz2675 595 days ago | hide | 76 comments
22.Arscoin, our own custom cryptocurrency (arstechnica.com)
118 points by AndrewDucker on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 135 comments [ext]
23.Using OpenSSH Certificate Authentication (neocri.me)
110 points by p4bl0 on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 47 comments [ext]
24.Mozilla is investigating why Dell is charging to install Firefox (thenextweb.com)
112 points by tweakz on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
25. Why hypothesis and diagnosis will resist the coming AI wave ()
71 points by fin781 264 days ago | hide | 11 comments
25.Major Changes in SAT Announced by College Board (nytimes.com)
113 points by daegloe on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 147 comments [ext]
26.Congressman Calls To Ban U.S. Dollar In Response To Plea For Bitcoin Ban (techcrunch.com)
106 points by milesf on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
27.Broderbund founder donates company archives to National Museum of Play (joystiq.com)
103 points by evo_9 on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
28. Stop Slaving Over Slides: A Technical Expert’s Framework for Memorable Presentations (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 231 days ago | hide | 180 comments
28.2,000 NHS Security Vulnerabilities Disclosed (shkspr.mobi)
107 points by edent on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
29.2014 Goals (wiki.mozilla.org)
99 points by snird on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 87 comments [ext]
30.College Board SAT Partnership (khanacademy.org)
102 points by sophiebits on March 5, 2014 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
31. The defensive capex trap squeezing OpenAI and Anthropic (martinvol.pe)
229 points by bsm1209 3 days ago | hide | 57 comments

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