Hacker News top 30 - 2023-12-22

1. ArXiv now offers papers in HTML format blog.arxiv.org - 220 comments 768 points
2. Apple allows some iOS apps to track user locations via lists of nearby SSIDs wingu.se - 278 comments 744 points
3. Tell HN: I salute everyone on call/working support through the holidays news.ycombinator.com - 127 comments 697 points
4. Beeper – Moving Forward blog.beeper.com - 647 comments 405 points
5. Fantasy Map Brushes kmalexander.com - 40 comments 390 points
6. Google OAuth is broken (sort of) trufflesecurity.com - 172 comments 328 points
7. The right to use adblockers fsfe.org - 231 comments 269 points
8. Two pharmacists figured out that oral phenylephrine doesn’t work www.scientificamerican.com - 296 comments 265 points
9. Police get medical records without a warrant arstechnica.com - 246 comments 239 points
10. New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroids www.llnl.gov - 212 comments 219 points
11. Find out who owns a nursing home with our Nursing Home Inspect tool www.propublica.org - 53 comments 219 points
12. Rust to stabilize async fn and return-position impl Trait in traits blog.rust-lang.org - 38 comments 212 points
13. Apple wants AI to run directly on its hardware instead of in the cloud arstechnica.com - 188 comments 206 points
14. New York’s attorney general says SiriusXM’s cancellation process is illegal www.theverge.com - 151 comments 203 points
15. How to turn off Google’s “privacy sandbox” ad tracking, and why you should www.eff.org - 154 comments 197 points
16. PHOLED Will Transform Displays spectrum.ieee.org - 160 comments 185 points
17. DocuSeal – Open-source Document Signing www.docuseal.co - 59 comments 185 points
18. 7.1M miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo’s safety data looks good arstechnica.com - 3 comments 185 points
19. Many VCs have stopped investing this year pitchbook.com - 101 comments 180 points
20. Polish DRMed trains stop as predicted due to date-based logic-bomb social.hackerspace.pl - 61 comments 164 points
21. SMTP Smuggling – Spoofing Emails Worldwide sec-consult.com - 28 comments 154 points
22. US homelessness up 12% from 2022, hits highest level since 2007 blobstreaming.org - 268 comments 152 points
23. Nvidia CEO: We bet the farm on AI and no one knew it techcrunch.com - 189 comments 152 points
24. Flare, a video sharing site built on Nostr njump.me - 169 comments 152 points
25. Hyperloop One to shut down www.bloomberg.com - 305 comments 150 points
26. Splatter Image: Ultra-Fast Single-View 3D Reconstruction szymanowiczs.github.io - 40 comments 146 points
27. The great cousin decline www.theatlantic.com - 266 comments 145 points
28. Wasmer JavaScript SDK wasmer.io - 36 comments 140 points
29. Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker handed indefinite hospital order www.bbc.co.uk - 251 comments 137 points
30. New UK record for wind power set today – 21.81 GW between 0900-0930 GMT grid.iamkate.com - 147 comments 133 points