Here are some of our favorite recent posts on Hacker News.
Quantum computers ready to leap out of the lab in 2017
A handful of quantum computing researchers bump into each other.
A large slab of ice is breaking off an Antarctic glacier
An Antarctic researcher chimes in about their ice shelf discovery.
Working on Chrome made me develop a tool for reading source code
Chrome team co-founder responds to codebase comment.
Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during production? (2012)
A former Pixar engineer talks about their animation system.
Why Medical Advice Seems to Change So Frequently
Two MDs who are HN users discover they agree.
The Awk Programming Language (1988) [pdf]
A HN user brings up an old Awk compiler for DOS and another user published a review of it 20 years ago.
American chestnut trees are “technically extinct”
Arboreal activism.