Hackernews posts about Word

Word is a popular word processing software application developed by Microsoft that allows users to create, edit, and print documents.

1. So Long and Thanks for All the Words: A Toast to Douglas Adams (multiverseemployeehandbook.com)
   231 points by 6forward 23 days ago | 76 comments
2. A glitch in an online survey replaced the word 'yes' with 'forks' (www.pewresearch.org)
   192 points by cpeterso 12 days ago | 98 comments
3. A few words about FiveThirtyEight (www.natesilver.net)
   140 points by JumpCrisscross 28 days ago | 132 comments
4. Words for the Heart: A treasury of emotions from classical India (www.bostonreview.net)
   70 points by summoned 30 days ago | 13 comments
5. Would {word1} beat {word2} • Ranked AI game (www.word-battle.com)
   42 points by benlirio 20 days ago | 51 comments
6. A look back: WordPerfect on DOS (2023) (technicallywewrite.com)
   32 points by TMWNN 1 day ago | 45 comments
7. A AI etymology deconstructor – can guess fake words (deconstructor.ayush.digital)
   27 points by hyusap 20 days ago | 52 comments
8. Homemade board has over 1k keys and types in words, not letters (www.pcgamer.com)
   13 points by speckx 15 days ago | 2 comments
9. These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration (www.nytimes.com)
   12 points by adrian_mrd 26 days ago | discuss
10. Show HN: ProgrammerHumor.io – WordPress to Phoenix Liveview ~ 7x faster (programmerhumor.io)
    12 points by ethan_smith 28 days ago | discuss
11. Show HN: Wordazzle – Become eloquent by mastering elegant words, powered by AI (wordazzle.com)
    10 points by creature_x 24 days ago | 12 comments
12. WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff (techcrunch.com)
    10 points by ilamont about 6 hours ago | 1 comments
13. The difference between tokens and words (www.johndcook.com)
    10 points by handfuloflight 22 days ago | discuss
14. List of films that most frequently use the word fuck (en.wikipedia.org)
    8 points by rendx 13 days ago | discuss
15. FSF Use Microsoft Word and Docx to Submit Its Amicus Brief (techrights.org)
    7 points by zoobab 30 days ago | 11 comments
16. Show HN: I Got Tired of Looking Up Words While Reading, So I Built This (chromewebstore.google.com)
    7 points by yw2365 10 days ago | 3 comments
17. Formalization of Side-Aware DNA Origami Words and Their Rewriting System (www.mdpi.com)
    7 points by PaulHoule 17 days ago | discuss
18. Why do LLMs fail to count letters in a word? (anands.me)
    6 points by piedpipe23 22 days ago | 3 comments
19. Show HN: Learn a language by practicing the words needed to watch a video (video-vocab-bd548852a9a7.herokuapp.com)
    5 points by blackbrokkoli 25 days ago | 8 comments
20. Show HN: SpaceWord – word game, build crosswords while minimizing space (spaceword.org)
    5 points by oliwary 18 days ago | 6 comments
21. NPM blocking all packages with the word "camel" (status.npmjs.org)
    5 points by andrewbarba 1 day ago | 2 comments
22. Windows Server 2025 locking up after Feb patch, no word of when a fix will land (www.theregister.com)
    5 points by cf100clunk 5 days ago | 1 comments
23. Matt Mullenweg blackmails WordPress community with delay threats (www.searchenginejournal.com)
    5 points by AuthorizedCust 21 days ago | discuss
24. WordPress Web Performance Optimization (josh.blog)
    5 points by joshbetz 29 days ago | discuss
25. How DOGE operates; Elon in his own words [video] (www.youtube.com)
    5 points by recursive4 29 days ago | discuss
26. Almost Falling for AI's Advice – Why Do Humans Trust Machine-Generated Words?
    4 points by taka788p 26 days ago | 3 comments
27. Nary a Critical Word: Bill Gates's Close Bond with Narendra Modi (www.nytimes.com)
    4 points by reaperducer 16 days ago | discuss
28. Show HN: LetterFall – Where Tetris Meets Wordle (letterfall.lovable.app)
    4 points by dhimant 21 days ago | discuss
29. The Magic Words Are Squeamish Ossifrage (en.wikipedia.org)
    4 points by bb88 29 days ago | discuss
30. State of WordPress Security in 2025 (patchstack.com)
    3 points by danboarder 19 days ago | 2 comments