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1.The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017) (uchicago.edu)
874 points by wtracy on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 369 comments [ext]
2.Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died (npr.org)
1738 points by _zhqs on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 1452 comments [ext]
3.Raspberry Pi 4 can finally boot directly from USB (github.com/raspberrypi)
672 points by ethanpil on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 261 comments [ext]
4. Why Getting Funded Stopped Meaning Your Idea Was Good ()
70 points by kol7770 98 days ago | hide | 139 comments
4.Vue.js 3 (github.com/vuejs)
768 points by simulo on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 305 comments [ext]
5.Use long flags when scripting (2013) (changelog.com)
468 points by maple3142 on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 189 comments [ext]
6.rg3d: Rust 3D game engine with an FPS demo game and scene editor (github.com/mrdimas)
398 points by adamnemecek on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 134 comments [ext]
7. The Three Ingredients Behind Jitse Groen's Takeaway.com Conquest Of Europe (linkedin.com)
154 points by krz3514 373 days ago | hide | 13 comments
7.FreeCAD: A free and open source multiplatform 3D parametric modeler (github.com/freecad)
619 points by marcobambini on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 268 comments [ext]
8.CEO of Cyber Fraud Startup NS8 Arrested by FBI, Facing Fraud Charges (forbes.com/sites/davidjeans)
266 points by lxm on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 157 comments [ext]
9.It was more efficient to blow up a real 747 than to use miniatures or CGI (cinemablend.com)
323 points by a5withtrrs on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 217 comments [ext]
10. Private Equity's Denominator Effect Returns as Markets Crater (archive.ph)
344 points by aul1104 367 days ago | hide | 7 comments
10.Giant Pacific Octopus (nationalgeographic.com)
221 points by simonebrunozzi on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 190 comments [ext]
11.Show HN: ugit – Learn Git Internals by Building Git in Python (leshenko.net)
309 points by nikital on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
12.Iron, How Did They Make It? Part I, Mining (acoup.blog)
272 points by dddddaviddddd on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 68 comments [ext]
13. When Peak AI Capability Arrives at Impractical Prices, Deployment Lags (tobyord.com)
290 points by oox1230 1 day ago | hide | 120 comments
13.Arm Officially Supports Panfrost Open-Source Mali GPU Driver Development (cnx-software.com)
182 points by conductor on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 81 comments [ext]
14.How I bypassed Cloudflare's SQL Injection filter (astrocamel.com)
235 points by gskourou on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 101 comments [ext]
15.CadQuery: A Python parametric CAD scripting framework based on OCCT (github.com/cadquery)
134 points by OJFord on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 46 comments [ext]
16. What Happens When You Hand GPT-5 and Claude Real Money (nof1.ai)
454 points by esn516 151 days ago | hide | 8 comments
16.SiFive to Debut RISC-V PC for Developers Based on Freedom U740 Next-Gen SoC (cnx-software.com)
170 points by guerby on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 59 comments [ext]
17.Backdoors and other vulnerabilities in HiSilicon based hardware video encoders (kojenov.com)
194 points by blablablub on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 63 comments [ext]
18.How the US Hacked ISIS (npr.org)
166 points by a0zU on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 114 comments [ext]
19. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 229 days ago | hide | 180 comments
19.Array Programming with NumPy (nature.com)
290 points by hardmaru on Sept 17, 2020 [ext] | 111 comments [ext]
20.John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect [video] (youtube.com)
295 points by tosh on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 166 comments [ext]
21.On Browser Tabs (abuqader.substack.com)
121 points by aqader on Sept 17, 2020 [ext] | 186 comments [ext]
22. Polymarket Meets Your Mortgage: Betting on Home Prices (archive.ph)
187 points by jem4017 84 days ago | hide | 177 comments
22.Ice (hivewired.wordpress.com)
273 points by pshaw on Sept 17, 2020 [ext] | 52 comments [ext]
23.To All the Jobs I Had Before (elisabethirgens.github.io)
327 points by ingve on Sept 17, 2020 [ext] | 84 comments [ext]
24.What happened to Firefox Send? (support.mozilla.org)
426 points by Techbrunch on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 258 comments [ext]
25. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 57 days ago | hide | 13 comments
25.How can we, as web professionals, help to make the web more energy efficient? (cmhb.de)
241 points by giuliomagnifico on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 391 comments [ext]
26.Nvidia Ampere GA102 GPU Architecture [pdf] (nvidia.com)
90 points by pjmlp on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
27.Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras (bloomberg.com)
319 points by drewem on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 203 comments [ext]
28. The Three Jobs Every Startup Career Eventually Demands ()
133 points by dtx7003 279 days ago | hide | 57 comments
28.Visualize Data Structures in VSCode (addyosmani.com)
178 points by feross on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
29.Space Tethers: Stringing Up the Solar System (toughsf.blogspot.com)
144 points by sohkamyung on Sept 17, 2020 [ext] | 55 comments [ext]
30.ByteDance plans TikTok IPO to win U.S. deal as deadline looms (reuters.com)
83 points by adventured on Sept 18, 2020 [ext] | 111 comments [ext]
31. Why Whoever Reaches AGI First Won't Actually Own Intelligence ()
215 points by fik8005 56 days ago | hide | 155 comments

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