Hacker News Daily Top 10 @2024-02-05

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1. Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight? 422 points by wscourge 17 hours ago | 278 comments

2. Write code for the web 406 points by mnvrth 10 hours ago | 324 comments

3. Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackable software (2019) 383 points by mufty 8 hours ago | 206 comments

4. Finance worker pays out $25M after video call call with deepfake CFO 324 points by bsdz 15 hours ago | 233 comments

5. How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days 319 points by tl 15 hours ago | 225 comments

6. Vision Pro Teardown – Why those fake eyes look so weird 303 points by zdw 22 hours ago | 323 comments

7. The underground world of hobby tunneling 242 points by robinhouston 1 day ago | 150 comments

8. Gödel, Escher, Bach is the most influential book in my life (2022) 226 points by drcwpl 5 hours ago | 167 comments

9. Plastic bag bans work 215 points by Brajeshwar 10 hours ago | 473 comments

10. Beyond self-attention: How a small language model predicts the next token 167 points by tplrbv 7 hours ago | 26 comments

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