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  1. Ask HN: Has Google search become quantitatively worse?
    (755 points | Comments)

  2. Ask HN: Are Indeed, LinkedIn the go-to places for exploring new jobs?
    (159 points | Comments)

  3. Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions?
    (436 points | Comments)

  4. Ask HN: What's the best way to secure your workstation?
    (117 points | Comments)

  5. Ask HN: EU devs who moved to the States for work, has it been worth it?
    (117 points | Comments)

  6. Ask HN: Why is Docusign a $50B company?
    (321 points | Comments)

  7. Ask HN: Software Engineer hitting 40: what's next?
    (442 points | Comments)

  8. Ask HN: Is discrimination to promote diversity okay?
    (136 points | Comments)

  9. Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?
    (515 points | Comments)

  10. Ask HN: What steps do you take to protect yourself and your family online?
    (135 points | Comments)

  11. Ask HN: How did you learn math notation?
    (123 points | Comments)

  12. Ask HN: Why is machine learning easier to learn than basic social skills?
    (165 points | Comments)

  13. Ask HN: I’d like to hire a personal/executive assistant – any tips or advice?
    (247 points | Comments)

  14. Ask HN: Is back end dev generally easier than front end?
    (111 points | Comments)

  15. Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
    (249 points | Comments)

  16. Ask HN: Most interesting, mildly impractical, well-written books on software?
    (105 points | Comments)

  17. Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs without anything planned. How did it go?
    (272 points | Comments)

  18. Ask HN: How do you start a new career with minimal qualifications?
    (208 points | Comments)

  19. Ask HN: What mental models do you use everyday?
    (383 points | Comments)

  20. Ask HN: Great tools for solo SaaS founders?
    (215 points | Comments)

  21. Ask HN: Why there are no Android mini phones?
    (129 points | Comments)

  22. Ask HN: What are your 2022 predictions?
    (125 points | Comments)

  23. Ask HN: I feel so shallow and dumb when I see what other smart people are doing
    (534 points | Comments)

  24. Ask HN: Best cars without too much digitalization?
    (193 points | Comments)

  25. Ask HN: What extensions/packs of VS Code are must for web/developers to install?
    (119 points | Comments)

  26. Ask HN: Advice on Colocating Servers?
    (108 points | Comments)

  27. Ask HN: Why is there no good open-source LMS?
    (157 points | Comments)

  28. Ask HN: What are you using for public documentation these days?
    (174 points | Comments)

  29. Ask HN: How to contact Uber about a rider safety exploit being used in the wild?
    (144 points | Comments)

  30. Ask HN: What is the fastest way to ramp up on DevOps, k8 and GCP?
    (165 points | Comments)

  31. Ask HN: What are some great engineering blogs?
    (281 points | Comments)

  32. Ask HN: Looking for a book on algorithms and data structures
    (197 points | Comments)

  33. Ask HN: What do you think about the no-code movement?
    (348 points | Comments)

  34. Ask HN: What metrics do you pay attention to?
    (115 points | Comments)

  35. Ask HN: How do you manage your personal documents?
    (261 points | Comments)

  36. Ask HN: Any indications Copilot scans your local files?
    (189 points | Comments)

  37. Ask HN: What HN threads most influenced your thinking about startups?
    (109 points | Comments)

  38. Ask HN: Starting a career as a programmer in my mid-40s
    (186 points | Comments)

  39. Ask HN: What was it like to use BBS?
    (144 points | Comments)

  40. Ask HN: How is the “metaverse” concept different from the Second Life boom?
    (257 points | Comments)

  41. Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha?
    (340 points | Comments)

  42. Ask HN: Connect to the Internet the old way during next Ethiopian lockdown?
    (129 points | Comments)

  43. Ask HN: How were video games from the 90s so efficient?
    (286 points | Comments)

  44. Ask HN: Coping with cancer in the family
    (238 points | Comments)

  45. Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?
    (471 points | Comments)

  46. Ask HN: Is the ISO 27001 certification worth it?
    (125 points | Comments)

  47. Ask HN: Best Alternative to Homebrew in 2021?
    (271 points | Comments)

  48. Ask HN: How do you security-audit external software using NPM packages?
    (106 points | Comments)

  49. Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)
    (614 points | Comments)

  50. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2021)
    (383 points | Comments)

  51. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2021)
    (133 points | Comments)

  52. Ask HN: Is it unprofessional to leave a new job where everything is a mess?
    (242 points | Comments)