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1.How the Collison brothers turned ‘seven lines of code’ into Stripe (bloomberg.com)
594 points by coloneltcb on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 182 comments [ext]
2.App sizes are out of control (trevore.com)
729 points by trevor-e on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 442 comments [ext]
3.Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox (techcrunch.com)
386 points by denchikceo on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 204 comments [ext]
4. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 230 days ago | hide | 180 comments
4.NSA Unlawfully Surveiled Kim Dotcom in New Zealand (thehill.com)
455 points by jorkro on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 125 comments [ext]
5.The first Bitcoin Cash block has been mined (blockdozer.com)
373 points by TekMol on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 327 comments [ext]
6.If SoundCloud Disappears, What Happens to Its Music Culture? (nytimes.com)
283 points by mcone on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 207 comments [ext]
7. The crypto scheme where auditors told on the promoters (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 333 days ago | hide | 88 comments
7.Reddit raises $200M at a $1.8B valuation (recode.net)
416 points by snew on July 31, 2017 [ext] | 439 comments [ext]
8.Krita Foundation in Trouble (krita.org)
529 points by gcp on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 226 comments [ext]
9.Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017) [ext]
439 points by whoishiring on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 941 comments [ext]
10. The Anti-Dropout Playbook From a Waterloo Near-Defector (ansonyu.me)
478 points by iuz6368 115 days ago | hide | 193 comments
10.S&P 500 to exclude Snap after voting rights debate (reuters.com)
247 points by dvt on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 167 comments [ext]
11.Data Structures for Coding Interviews (interviewcake.com)
396 points by sharjeelsayed on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 229 comments [ext]
12.Why I Choose Delphi (csvelocity.wordpress.com)
313 points by fenesiistvan on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 300 comments [ext]
13. When Professionals Arrived: The 2024 Inflection That Flipped Kalshi's Economics (jbecker.dev)
380 points by orz1950 91 days ago | hide | 148 comments
13.Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers (techcrunch.com)
261 points by janober on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 257 comments [ext]
14.Message encryption a 'problem' – UK home secretary (bbc.co.uk)
308 points by luxpir on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 267 comments [ext]
15.The 'creepy Facebook AI' story that captivated the media (bbc.com)
157 points by sonabinu on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 104 comments [ext]
16. The power-strip life: picking work that plugs into everything (shaanpuri.com)
249 points by bom7529 398 days ago | hide | 12 comments
16.An update on our commitment to fight terror content online (googleblog.com)
122 points by j2kun on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 226 comments [ext]
17.Theranos Reaches Settlement with Walgreens (theranos.com)
88 points by kqr2 on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
18.Announcing the `http` crate (rust-lang.org)
240 points by JoshTriplett on July 31, 2017 [ext] | 61 comments [ext]
19. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 432 days ago | hide | 93 comments
19.Rust: Not So Great For Codec Implementing (multimedia.cx)
215 points by lossolo on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 278 comments [ext]
20.Shoelace.css – A back to the basics CSS starter kit (shoelace.style)
257 points by nicc on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 122 comments [ext]
21.Black Book of Graphics Programming, Special Edition (1997) (github.com/jagregory)
229 points by cmsimike on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
22. A German philologist explains how dictatorship hides inside daily busyness (press.uchicago.edu)
129 points by bsk2489 211 days ago | hide | 32 comments
22.Race to discover Planet Nine using astronomy and new computational techniques (ieee.org)
166 points by sohkamyung on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
23.Browser Extensions Standard (browserext.github.io)
206 points by tbassetto on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 79 comments [ext]
24.200 terabyte proof demonstrates the potential of brute force math (vice.com)
144 points by sharemywin on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 147 comments [ext]
25. The Senior Engineer Skills No One Teaches You in Bootcamp (addyosmani.com)
174 points by mem4364 105 days ago | hide | 48 comments
25.July 2017 Hacker News Hiring Trends (hntrends.com)
154 points by sndean on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
26.Malta – Alphabet X’s latest grid-scale energy storage technology (bloomberg.com)
134 points by Osiris30 on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 83 comments [ext]
27.Why Are Human Teeth So Messed Up? (aeon.co)
294 points by drchip on July 31, 2017 [ext] | 159 comments [ext]
28. From BankAmericard to mRNA-1273: A Catalog of Improbable Speed (patrickcollison.com)
98 points by oem2878 252 days ago | hide | 150 comments
28.Apple’s Silence in China Sets a Dangerous Precedent (nytimes.com)
210 points by tysone on July 31, 2017 [ext] | 197 comments [ext]
29.Mailit: A Tiny Drop-In REST API to Send Emails (github.com/dthree)
133 points by robinj6 on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 70 comments [ext]
30.U.S. Nuclear Comeback Stalls as Two Reactors Are Abandoned (nytimes.com)
154 points by themgt on Aug 1, 2017 [ext] | 199 comments [ext]
31. The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack (diff.substack.com)
216 points by iam5056 263 days ago | hide | 183 comments

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