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1.Zoom Acquires Keybase (keybase.io)
1879 points by vikram7 on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 712 comments [ext]
2.Cross-signing and end-to-end encryption by default (matrix.org)
615 points by thanksforfish on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 186 comments [ext]
3.Ask HN: Is your company sticking to on-premise servers? Why? [ext]
779 points by aspyct on May 6, 2020 [ext] | 755 comments [ext]
4. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 169 days ago | hide | 48 comments
4.Norsk Data (wikipedia.org)
301 points by scottlocklin on May 6, 2020 [ext] | 91 comments [ext]
5.Making Emacs Popular Again (lwn.net)
544 points by todsacerdoti on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 761 comments [ext]
6.Ask HN: Name one idea that changed your life [ext]
1084 points by yarapavan on May 6, 2020 [ext] | 815 comments [ext]
7. The Senior Engineer Skills No One Teaches You in Bootcamp (addyosmani.com)
174 points by mem4364 104 days ago | hide | 48 comments
7.Ask HN: Keybase Alternatives? [ext]
726 points by capableweb on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 228 comments [ext]
8.Driving engineers to an arbitrary date is a value destroying mistake (iism.org)
404 points by signa11 on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 168 comments [ext]
9.GeckoView for Android (mozilla.github.io)
406 points by selvan on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 127 comments [ext]
10. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 431 days ago | hide | 93 comments
10.The Cost of Free Doughnuts: 70 Years of Regret (npr.org)
397 points by leoh on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 306 comments [ext]
11.Pentagon official: FCC decision on 5G threatens GPS, national security (thehill.com)
263 points by anigbrowl on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 214 comments [ext]
12.GCC 10.1 Released (gcc.gnu.org)
323 points by nrgc on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 139 comments [ext]
13. The Trump Adviser Openly Calling Treasury Reserve Status A Burden (archive.ph)
308 points by gsm5278 367 days ago | hide | 168 comments
13.NHS open-sources contract tracing iOS and Android apps (github.com/nhsx)
342 points by orangepanda on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 131 comments [ext]
14.Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto (bbc.com)
325 points by colinprince on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 367 comments [ext]
15.Old box, dumb code, few thousand connections, no big deal (rachelbythebay.com)
395 points by ingve on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 280 comments [ext]
16. The Cybersecurity Stack Was Built on Assumptions AI Just Broke ()
486 points by gtm4646 84 days ago | hide | 150 comments
16.Microsoft's GitHub account allegedly hacked, 500GB stolen (bleepingcomputer.com)
392 points by badRNG on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 114 comments [ext]
17.Gig workers are organising in tech-savvy ways (economist.com)
203 points by edward on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 172 comments [ext]
18.Zork source code, 1977 (github.com/mitddc)
207 points by braythwayt on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 79 comments [ext]
19. Private Equity's Denominator Effect Returns as Markets Crater (archive.ph)
344 points by aul1104 367 days ago | hide | 7 comments
19.Show HN: Beekeeper Studio โ€“ open-source, cross-platform SQL client (beekeeperstudio.io)
343 points by rathboma on May 6, 2020 [ext] | 132 comments [ext]
20.Happiness is a freshly organized codebase (slack.engineering)
184 points by felixrieseberg on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 90 comments [ext]
21.Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy (reuters.com)
201 points by hhs on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 270 comments [ext]
22. Why Whoever Reaches AGI First Won't Actually Own Intelligence ()
215 points by fik8005 56 days ago | hide | 155 comments
22.A Gentle Introduction to the Nix Family (2019) (ebzzry.io)
175 points by gurjeet on May 6, 2020 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
23.When Parallel: Pull, Don't Push (nullprogram.com)
245 points by signa11 on May 6, 2020 [ext] | 61 comments [ext]
24.Instant dev environments for cloud-native apps (okteto.com)
91 points by pchico83 on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 50 comments [ext]
25. The Three Jobs Every Startup Career Eventually Demands ()
133 points by dtx7003 279 days ago | hide | 57 comments
25.Hello, World โ€“ Zerodha, India's largest stock broker (zerodha.tech)
244 points by iamd3vil on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 77 comments [ext]
26.Debt Collectors Are Transforming the Business of State Courts (pewtrusts.org)
141 points by burritofanatic on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 174 comments [ext]
27.Jet propulsion by microwave air plasma in the atmosphere (arstechnica.com)
130 points by Egregore on May 6, 2020 [ext] | 51 comments [ext]
28. When Professionals Arrived: The 2024 Inflection That Flipped Kalshi's Economics (jbecker.dev)
380 points by orz1950 90 days ago | hide | 148 comments
28.New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mobile (anandtech.com)
286 points by awiesenhofer on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 345 comments [ext]
29.The Patent Office is โ€œadjustingโ€ to a Supreme Court ruling by ignoring it (eff.org)
220 points by DiabloD3 on May 7, 2020 [ext] | 64 comments [ext]
30.An introduction to virtual memory (internalpointers.com)
173 points by signa11 on May 6, 2020 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
31. Inside the Lonely Experiment to Remember Everything You Learn (wired.com)
244 points by auz7944 478 days ago | hide | 22 comments

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