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. Bag of words, have mercy on us (www.experimental-history.com)
   300 points by ntnbr about 24 hours ago | 335 comments
2. Linear algebra explains why some words are effectively untranslatable (aethermug.com)
   171 points by mrcgnc 24 days ago | 124 comments
3. WordPress plugin quirk resulted in UK Gov OBR Budget leak [pdf] (obr.uk)
   130 points by robtaylor 7 days ago | 123 comments
4. Show HN: A WordPress plugin that rewrites image URLs for near-zero-cost delivery (wordpress.org)
   67 points by cr1st1an 13 days ago | 65 comments
5. How to get Pandoc to respect custom table styles in Word templates (johnathandos.com)
   32 points by johnathandos 14 days ago | 2 comments
6. Word spacing (en.wikipedia.org)
   27 points by doener 4 days ago | 25 comments
7. One too many words on AT&T's $2k Korn shell and other Usenet topics (blog.gabornyeki.com)
   26 points by gnyeki about 11 hours ago | 3 comments
8. Constructing the Word's First JPEG XL MD5 Hash Quine (stackchk.fail)
   18 points by todsacerdoti 7 days ago | discuss
9. Implementing Wordle in LibreOffice with JavaScript Macros (bojidar-bg.dev)
   12 points by nogajun 27 days ago | 1 comments
10. Europe Wants to Get the Word Out: Russia Is to Blame for Sabotage (www.nytimes.com)
    9 points by danielam 5 days ago | 1 comments
11. Ask HN: I forgot to remove a swear word from a PR and it got merged. What now?
    6 points by agluszak 25 days ago | 8 comments
12. Oxford Word of the Year 2025 is rage bait (corp.oup.com)
    6 points by ChrisArchitect 8 days ago | 5 comments
13. A big list of things I disable in WordPress (shkspr.mobi)
    6 points by speckx 7 days ago | discuss
14. 'Rage Bait' Named Oxford Word of the Year 2025 (www.bbc.com)
    6 points by skx001 8 days ago | discuss
15. Markdown Can Never Replace Microsoft Word (theredline.versionstory.com)
    5 points by jpbryan 5 days ago | 4 comments
16. Constructing the Word's First JPEG XL MD5 Hash Quine (stackchk.fail)
    5 points by luispa 7 days ago | 1 comments
17. Open source YouTube Content Blocker based on words (chromewebstore.google.com)
    4 points by varshneydevansh 9 days ago | 5 comments
18. Raft Consensus in 2k Words (news.alvaroduran.com)
    4 points by ohduran 26 days ago | 5 comments
19. Ask HN: Why don't closed captions boldface words that are likely to be misheard?
    4 points by amichail 10 days ago | 2 comments
20. I'm never going back to Microsoft Word after mastering this OSS self-hosted tool (www.xda-developers.com)
    4 points by billybuckwheat 27 days ago | 1 comments
21. WordPress Playground: 2025 Year in Review (make.wordpress.org)
    4 points by program 4 days ago | discuss
22. I Vibe Coded a WordPress Plugin and Shipped It to Production (kerrick.blog)
    4 points by Kerrick 7 days ago | discuss
23. Did the UK budget leak because of WordPress? (www.altis-dxp.com)
    4 points by rmccue 11 days ago | discuss
24. Show HN: Compare Word documents in the browser (client-side only) (compare2word.com)
    4 points by nighwatch 16 days ago | discuss
25. Parasocial Is Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year (www.bbc.com)
    4 points by throw0101c 19 days ago | discuss
26. Escape from Microsoft Word (2014) (www.nybooks.com)
    4 points by TMWNN 20 days ago | discuss
27. Show HN: Shuffalo – Unlimited free word puzzle game (shuffalo.cc)
    3 points by airobus 5 days ago | 2 comments
28. Cambridge Dictionary's 2025 word of the year captures modern phenomenon (www.cnn.com)
    3 points by jb1991 21 days ago | 1 comments
29. Social media de-imagined. Use your words (cyberspace.online)
    3 points by keircn 21 days ago | 1 comments
30. What do the "neurodivergent" think about the word 'neurodiversity' (theconversation.com)
    3 points by zeristor 28 days ago | 1 comments