Hackernews posts about Omicron

Omicron is a novel variant of SARS-CoV-2 that was first detected in November 2021 and has been classified as a Variant of Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) due to its rapid global spread and potential impact on public health.

1. A note on the USB-to-PS/2 mouse adapter that came with Microsoft mouse devices (devblogs.microsoft.com)
   381 points by luu 5 days ago | 141 comments
2. Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account (infosec.exchange)
   264 points by tech234a 4 days ago | 282 comments
3. Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built for Windows 10 users (www.theregister.com)
   241 points by beardyw 20 days ago | 359 comments
4. Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account (www.theverge.com)
   194 points by nickthegreek 4 days ago | 197 comments
5. Notes on the Pentium's microcode circuitry (www.righto.com)
   169 points by leotravis10 1 day ago | 32 comments
6. Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft (mastodon.social)
   135 points by mraniki 2 days ago | 43 comments
7. Why I'm No Longer Talking to Architects About Microservices (blog.container-solutions.com)
   117 points by saikatsg 3 days ago | 92 comments
8. New Windows 11 build makes mandatory Microsoft sign-in even more mandatory (arstechnica.com)
   74 points by Brajeshwar 3 days ago | 47 comments
9. Microsoft redesigns BSOD, drops QR code, frowning face, blue colour (www.windowslatest.com)
   20 points by vo2maxer 1 day ago | 4 comments
10. Microsoft reports several bootloader vulnerabilities (www.microsoft.com)
    18 points by hacknslack 1 day ago | 3 comments
11. Undocumented 8086 instructions, explained by the microcode (www.righto.com)
    5 points by birdculture 43 minutes ago | 1 comments
12. Microsoft marks 50 yrs: Copilot says half a century is 25 yrs; feels much longer (www.theregister.com)
    4 points by rntn about 6 hours ago | discuss
13. Microsoft Celebrates 50 Years (news.microsoft.com)
    2 points by mapolone about 1 hour ago | discuss
14. Intel and Microsoft staff allegedly lured to work for fake Chinese company (www.theregister.com)
    2 points by leeny about 2 hours ago | discuss
15. Microsoft turns 50: 4 employees recall their early years (www.seattletimes.com)
    2 points by rmason 1 day ago | discuss
16. Gave up on marketing, and decided to open-source my content review micro-SaaS (github.com)
    1 points by pulkitsh1234 about 7 hours ago | 1 comments
17. Silicon Valley, Halt and Catch Fire, and How Microserfdom Ate the World (2015) (grantland.com)
    1 points by Apocryphon 41 minutes ago | discuss
18. Majorana 1 – Microsoft's Quantum Computing Breakthrough (datacentremagazine.com)
    1 points by mfareed about 3 hours ago | discuss
19. Microsoft's Newest Acquisition (www.neystadt.org)
    1 points by skylurk about 7 hours ago | discuss
20. Delicious irony: Euro alliance put Microsoft's €1M to open source cloud fed tech (www.theregister.com)
    1 points by rntn about 7 hours ago | discuss
21. The 50 Best Things Microsoft has ever made (www.theverge.com)
    1 points by isaacfrond about 12 hours ago | discuss
22. Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one (heyopenspot.com)
    470 points by fliellerjulian 9 days ago | 377 comments
23. Best Linux distro in 2025 for non-experts
    22 points by vvvnnnnvvv 2 days ago | 31 comments
24. Show HN: Less Slow C++: Revisiting Performance Tricks for C/C++/CUDA/Asm/PTX (github.com)
    6 points by ashvardanian 1 day ago | discuss
25. A free and open source software, hardware and firmware PC with a eFPGA
    2 points by vitalmixofntrnt about 7 hours ago | 1 comments
26. One Career, One Language: Could Rust Be This Generation's C?
    1 points by vmcalls about 8 hours ago | 4 comments
27. Show HN: Real time EDA made simple (github.com)
    1 points by seefarer about 7 hours ago | discuss
28. Show HN: CoLaunchly – A marketing co-pilot for devs who hate marketing (www.colaunchly.io)
    1 points by alexcloudstar about 12 hours ago | discuss
29. A 10x Faster TypeScript (devblogs.microsoft.com)
    1827 points by DanRosenwasser 21 days ago | 908 comments
30. Hyperlight WASM: Fast, secure, and OS-free (opensource.microsoft.com)
    230 points by yoshuaw 6 days ago | 86 comments