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1.Gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger observed by LIGO and Virgo (caltech.edu)
528 points by nickcw on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 154 comments [ext]
2.Open-Sourcing Vespa, Yahoo’s Data Processing and Serving Engine (oath.com)
512 points by mkagenius on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 121 comments [ext]
3.Dumb Things Camera Companies are Still Doing (dslrbodies.com)
583 points by ValentineC on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 385 comments [ext]
4. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 13 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
4.Git git git git git (caiustheory.com)
510 points by caiusdurling on Sept 26, 2017 [ext] | 233 comments [ext]
5.Dat: non-profit, secure, and distributed package manager for data (datproject.org)
245 points by tambourine_man on Sept 26, 2017 [ext] | 68 comments [ext]
6.GM is launching a $5K tiny electric car in China made for city commuters (dailymail.co.uk)
272 points by lxm on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 217 comments [ext]
7. Safety as a slow-motion serial killer of ambition (shaanpuri.com)
370 points by ien6880 398 days ago | hide | 146 comments
7.Cloudflare Stream – Combines video encoding, global delivery, and player (cloudflare.com)
305 points by Bulk70 on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 256 comments [ext]
8.Stop Calling it ‘Identity Theft’ (securitybytes.io)
361 points by herghost on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 181 comments [ext]
9.Show HN: Moocha.io – A search engine for MOOCs (moocha.io)
231 points by mxeven on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 54 comments [ext]
10. Why you care for your dog better than yourself — and the fix (web.archive.org)
420 points by guz3550 601 days ago | hide | 25 comments
10.Battery-Free Cell Phone (techradar.com)
214 points by jacquesm on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 77 comments [ext]
11.LU Factorization and Linear Systems for Programers (dragan.rocks)
131 points by disaster01 on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
12.Wallaroo: a fast, scalable data processing engine (wallaroolabs.com)
154 points by spooneybarger on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 69 comments [ext]
13. Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now ()
322 points by oik7062 59 days ago | hide | 65 comments
13.A bizarre “403 Forbidden” bug-hunting adventure (hellocode.co)
137 points by joshsharp on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 42 comments [ext]
14.Stream VByte: breaking new speed records for integer compression (lemire.me)
129 points by ingve on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
15.Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan offices (2011) (nih.gov)
317 points by villaaston1 on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 194 comments [ext]
16. From BankAmericard to mRNA-1273: A Catalog of Improbable Speed (patrickcollison.com)
98 points by oem2878 252 days ago | hide | 150 comments
16.With lax oversight, the FAA has enabled secrecy in the skies (bostonglobe.com)
124 points by duck on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 70 comments [ext]
17.Coding in the open: how to do it securely (gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk)
135 points by robin_reala on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 69 comments [ext]
18.XSS Attack Embedded in an ERC20 Token Contract Steals Thousands (hackernoon.com)
84 points by brett on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 46 comments [ext]
19. Why Whoever Reaches AGI First Won't Actually Own Intelligence ()
215 points by fik8005 56 days ago | hide | 155 comments
19.Detect.location: Access iOS location data without actually having access (github.com/krausefx)
213 points by epaga on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 63 comments [ext]
20.FaceID Security [pdf] (images.apple.com)
250 points by MBCook on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 304 comments [ext]
21.Ataribox will be an open, Linux-based console priced starting at $249 (techcrunch.com)
188 points by justinucd on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 144 comments [ext]
22. The three fuels that turned farming villages into doomed empires (theguardian.com)
436 points by iik2616 251 days ago | hide | 170 comments
22.Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative (opensource.org)
230 points by Dinux on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 158 comments [ext]
23.Chrome OS KVM - A component written in Rust (googlesource.com)
239 points by cyber1 on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 107 comments [ext]
24.Real-Time Recognition of Handwritten Chinese Characters (machinelearning.apple.com)
115 points by aeontech on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 42 comments [ext]
25. How a PVC rig in a Dallas garage became a $500M chemicals company (centuryofbio.com)
297 points by pun2167 600 days ago | hide | 170 comments
25.What should follow the web? (plan99.net)
167 points by telotortium on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 168 comments [ext]
26.PostgreSQL's Hash Indexes Are Now Cool (rhaas.blogspot.com)
214 points by rachbelaid on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
27.New theory why languages don’t all have the same number of terms for colors (theconversation.com)
130 points by Mz on Sept 26, 2017 [ext] | 92 comments [ext]
28. Private Equity's Denominator Effect Returns as Markets Crater (archive.ph)
344 points by aul1104 367 days ago | hide | 7 comments
28.Frictionless Data: Lightweight standards and tooling for data sharing (frictionlessdata.io)
84 points by rkda on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
29.HAProxy vs. Nginx for load balancing (2016) (thehftguy.com)
214 points by deathtrader666 on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 116 comments [ext]
30.Why did we choose Rust to develop TiKV? (pingcap.github.io)
159 points by cyber1 on Sept 27, 2017 [ext] | 200 comments [ext]
31. The crypto scheme where auditors told on the promoters (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 333 days ago | hide | 88 comments

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