Stories by vinnyglennon

What's the history behind 192.168.1.1?

How Ambitious Fintech Startup Kabbage Is Expanding While Avoiding an IPO

A broad overview of how modern Linux systems boot

How we implemented consistent hashing efficiently

“Have you ever needed to generate a random number in code?”

Who is Captain Zap? 1981

High-quality Terraform configuration code ready to use

Google vs. Facebook vs. Microsoft – Compare career levels across companies

Ask HN: Any service available to translate 60 lines of Algol60 code into Ruby?

Credit-Card Wars

A Robot Just Operated on a Human Eye for the First Time

Prosthetic hand can sense pain using “electronic skin”

Blue Origin plans to start selling suborbital spaceflight tickets next year

The New Satellite Arms Race Threatening to Explode in Space

Israel Criticized Over Civilian Casualties, Would US Forces Perform Any Better?

Google Helps Chinese Military, Why Not US?

Oracle Internet Intelligence Map: Algeria

Algeria turns off its internet to keep students from cheating on exams – CNN

DeepMind AI learns to reconstruct scenes from images

Erich Hartmann – most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare